To be honest, I think a lot of South Park’s 12th season episodes were hits, and got back to the core values of the series. There were statements on how to live life without outright positions on issues (Breast Cancer Episode Ever), there were episodes that parodied the series itself (Pandemic 2: The Startling), and there were episodes that had a catchy tune or two (Elementary School Musical.)
As usual, there were the more bitter tastes of opinions in some episodes. One was Canada on Strike with its opinion on internet media and the Writers Strike. The other with its opinion displayed blatantly was Eek, A Penis! talking about the patriots cheating and how cheating is the “White way” to win. Both had their funny moments, such as a penis parallelling a mouse in the latter, and many elements in the former.
A positive thing to note is that this season didn’t hang heavily upon the parody of current events as previous seasons had– they seemed to tackle lingering troubles in life (AIDS, Breast Cancer, Heavy Metal, etc.)
In any case, I’ve been a fan of Moral Orel’s final season on Adult Swim. They tightened the writing down so their ship leaked no story at all– almost everything is deliberate and powerful. It’s powerful to see one episode tie into another– I only wonder how they can finish the series, as it was one of [as]’s best.
On the note of [as]’s other series, The Xtacles (a followup to Frisky Dingo) is quite hilarious. I think the funniest quote I’ve seen from it was,
Guy A: “He rapes people.. with another rapist!?”
Guy B: “I’d prefer to be raped with a penis.”
Guy C: “And you might just get your wish. (Continues on)” (guy B, being talked over: “Hey! It’s not my wish!”)
Outrageous, yet hilarious. “Rapier Ape” another witticism that will last for awhile. Frisky Dingo has this whole ‘internal culture’ or a series of in-jokes that could spawn many more internet phenomenon.
I suppose that’s all I have for this update. See you next time (or not
I knew about this when it came out, but I figured, “I need to make another blog post, eh?” So, here you go.
Mother 3, the unofficial fan translation of the final installation in the Mother series has been released. Mother 3 is the ‘final’ installation because of all the troubles its development went through. Shigesato Itoi had originally intended its release about 11 years ago– and only about 2 years ago did he get it released on the GBA. Because of the stress that went into its development for its ORIGINAL console (N64 and N64DD), and the final production of the GBA Title, I can guess that Itoi is sick of the pressure and hassle unsuccessful development causes.
Furthermore, Mother3 apparently was ‘badly coded’ in many parts– this means that Tomato, Jeffman, and the other M3 translation crews had to do a lot of specific fixes for issues that could’ve been better handled by the original programmers. Of course, this wouldn’t've been an issue, if the Mother 3 team received the original code instead of the already-compiled videogame code.
Basically, it’s like getting spaghetti and meatballs,a nd having to add TONS of spices to it. The spaghetti is already cooked, and the flavor is pretty much set-in.. so how do you alter such a core ingredient? You make it a hundred times, and add spices to it like crazy each time– until you have something different.
Anyways, Mato is quoting numbers that are at least 70,000 from their official website. Why Nintendo didn’t release it stateside? Because the DS was already popular enough in the USA. “NObody’d buy the GBA title.” The irony is that this happened to the first game in the series (Mother 1) when it was about to be brought stateside as well.
I’d love to suggest that you get the game rom, and patch it with the unofficial translation. But, of course, even LuizPrower of YouTube couldn’t handle “Story” and non-instant return on actions.
Ah well. I hope this game becomes another classic, like Cave Story did.
People have connected it to Out of Body experiences, as well as hypnosis.
I’ve tried astral projecting for many years, off and on.. but I have had little success. Why not read up a few articles on it? Wiki is always a great source. :) Another one of the quick google links on Astral Projection points out that you gotta border the line between sleep and awake-ness. How hard is that? It’s difficutl fo ra guy like me who likes sleep.
I believe it started for me back when somebody first told me how she had practiced it. Ever since then, my interest in it was sparked further– I believe she said that her ‘powers’ got stronger when she first projected.
Which sucked, because I haven’t had any success. 8) From my position, I don’t even know if it exists for sure. However, I believe in it. I suppose we can argue it until the cows come home, but it’s a subjective experience– either you’ve had it, or you haven’t.
Have you heard of Grasshopper Enterprises? I used to visit theri site back when they started– they’ve been creating new articles, once in awhile,a bout a bunch of neato new-age things.
It’s very cool to read about them– Their most recent article about Lucid Dreaming was pretty interesting to me. I had never considered using a chemical to place the brain into a state good for lucid dreaming. I had considered chemicals for astral projection, but..
I’m looking forward to their other tests that are coming up soon. It’s pretty exciting! I don’t think they’ll be posting anything new, though..
So I asked this guy to send me a link directly about the pose he mentioned before. I found it out– it’s a Kunlun pose. His summary to me was that it’d help you feel your chi better.
He’s a talented acupuncturist in China– but he’s probably one of many unbeknownst to the rest of the world. I don’t want to say he’s special. That’s up to you to decide. However, the video documentary linked to here about John Chang is quite impresive. Did I mention that he has a form of pyrokinesis? Yes. He lights a newspaper on fire.
Unfortunately, showing off for the world has turned him away from the eager public twice. Once in the above video after finding out the video of him lighting newspaper on fire was leaked. The second time, after he felt he ’showed off’ his, John Chang’s, ability to shove a frail chopstick through wood.
What can I say about him? It’s inspirational to me. I’ve longed for such fantastic powers– but who hasn’t? A positive note is that he worked hard for them. One can’t say that any impressive feat wasn’t done by practice, hard work, and discipline. Even David Blaine had to work hard to work his magic.
I’ll post more about Chi when I’ve learned more. I’ve heard there’re a few meditation stances that’d help you perceive the flow of whatever life energy there is through your body. All I can feel is ache But who knows
I plan on posting new stuff into this blog once in awhile. Maybe links you want to read? Maybe thoughts on webdevelopment? Maybe text about my Nateway website? Maybe thoughts about my online presence? Who knows.
In any case, I hope you come back for another visit in a few months. I’d love to hear what you have to say, or hope to see you then.
But who knows