Ethics and Religion and Life

Top 10 before 2010

The top 10 things i will still despise after the new year:

10. The Japanese culture wave.

I despise to this day the pale, scruffy, pimply middle-class or upper middle class white child who dresses in black and "only listens to JPop" while discussing how in the future, creating a company devoted to anime will create millions in dividends. I admire Japan for continuing their attack upon north america long after Pearl Harbor, yet I cannot for the life of me figure out why science fiction cartoons in another language happen to absorb and transform/conform the minds of the youth in the western world. Yes, samurai and ninjas are cool, yes i might be a tad rascist here, but I just hate it when i see some random scruffy white guy call me Jay-san and ask me questions in broken japanese which i dont even understand to begin with.

Guy: Jay-san, haru-shimi-kanja, shogun ashikaga (this is all gibberish im typing which i think sounds japanese)

if you want to love another culture, thats great, but dont let it assimilate you. It's bad enough that cultural assimilation has occurred at all, but through cartoons and comics? good lord..

9. Debbie Downers, Negative Nancies, and Cynical Cyruses (thats a new one for all y'all) and... complaining connors

Nobody likes a cynic. And I know that i'm semi-hypocritical for stating this (haha critical is in hypocritical) but i just despise a downer. Also i recognise the immense irony considering that this is a list of things i will still hate. BUT If you are going to ruin somebodies day by being a total douchebag, then why the hell are you even outdoors? I dont care about what people say about H1N1, negative people are generally the greater threat to human happiness and survival. You cant devise a vaccine for assholes, but you can do so for swine flu. In short. Negative people suck, because they suck the fun out of everything. and that's not cool.

8. pay-per-use things on the internet

The internet should be completely free because shareware and peer to peer downloading is pretty much making it free. Why content online continues to be pay-per-use is a mystery to me. There's ad money, and there's the rest of the world to take money from. Hell, the internet wasnt even great like 15 years ago. I remember looking up mortal kombat moves in 1998 on netscape navigator on a geocities webpage with a really lame midi on in the background and dial up. They didnt charge me then. And they sure as hell shouldnt charge me now. Just because it's spruced up with flash doesn't mean i should pay for something i could google for 5 minutes.
srsly.

7. Way-too-conservative and way-too-liberal people.

Its great if you're the supreme commandant of the fascist club, or the ultimate stalin of the marxist/leninist/stalinist/maoist/guevara-ho chi minh movement, but seriously being that insane about a political ideology is only going to drive wedges between people. And in the end, is that what the world needs? probably not. A smart man once said "that which is virtuous is a mean between excess and deficient" that man was aristotle. he was a pretty smart dude, although he would often think so hard that he'd fall into a pit. Or maybe that was someone else.. anyhow:
a moderate position may often result in compromise, but much like the lesser of three evils argument (see what i did there?) its usually better to be a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll (so to speak). Why it is in human nature to create divisions and walls amongst others is a mystery, but it is as inherently within us as is our love of freedom. if you're really conservative, that's fine, just dont force it down the throats of others. If you want to speak, you must also listen to what others say, for keeping your ears closed to the world will keep you deaf and ignorant. (no joke i just made that up)

6. writers/composition/anything created block. As well as getting cock-blocked and shot-blocked.

Because knowing you can do something or feeling like you're a split second away from accomplishing something and having it yanked from underneath you and/or getting rejected and having it smacked into your face. That sucks. Some people may say that the true test of a persons grit and character is how they bounce back from that. Well guess what people who say things that may sound wise but in truth have probably never faced such situations through a combination of luck and sheltering/skill you should shut your mouth and say something a bit more reassuring. or better yet, be a better wingman or something next time! ANUSFACE!!!

ahem.

5. people who are way too stingy on money that its actually kind of annoying/and free loaders

Dont you hate it, when someone invites you to his house for a home cooked dinner, then when the dessert comes up s/he gives you a bill? Like, wtf. if you were going to invite me for food which you were going to cook and make me pay i'd have told you to take your invite, turn it crock side up and shove it up your extremely dry chicken which smells like cranberries and apple vinegar.

Or if you're going somewhere and someone tells you that you owe them money from like 3 years ago, or makes up some bullshit about the random piece of jerkey you ate costing their family 3 bucks and that that's three dollars of compensation? please. I think it's a rule of mine that you only owe a person money if it's over 20 dollars, otherwise it's like petty cash. That then brings me to...

Free loaders. nobody likes a free loader. and im not talking about some guy who is broke but has like a pound of good weed. im talking about a guy who HAS money or HAD money and chooses to scrape on his expenditures (because it's usually a guy) and often tries to tag onto something or get reimbursed for like a hotdog.

money is the root of all evil as well as the currency of desires and a means of living, but in the end it's not something to be a dick about. seriously. if you're ridiculously poor then you probably should get a job and not spend your money on useless shit you dont need. and if you're ridiculously cheap then you should probably be cheap on your own time. Im not saying lavish riches on everyone, but dont get all prenuptial-split the money-tax farmer. Be a little generous but also keep tally on your wallet. thats just sensible.

4. facebook applications and general computer lag

I hate it when i'm playing a video game and all of a sudden the framerate goes from normal to strobe light. if i wanted a seizure i'd watch an episode of pokemon.. seriously. I also hate facebook applications. Because it's like myspace layouts and other crap that is clearly unnecessary. seriously. half of the time it's like
you received a social interview: if you could tell jay something you wanted to 5 years ago, what would it have been? Jay you're a piece of shit wankjob, p.s. can i borrow your car tomorrow?
nobody wants that crap half the time. And if it isnt other people then it's without a doubt this individual right here (sticking thumbs upwards at myself if you enjoy mental pictures) Or the applications that dont work, or the ones that are about the person you should socially have intercourse with and it turns out to be like your mother on facebook. no joke it's happened to people before. (not me, but thats because my mom isnt on facebook)

3. Control-freaks

If it isn't p.c don't say it. That's a line that I think is complete shit. If we start censoring ourselves then what kind of world would we live in? Voltaire once said, I may not agree with what you say, but i defend to death your right to say it. And he was a VERY smart mofo. So dont start getting all "oh but you shouldnt say that" because in the end someone will say something and it'll always generally be a bad thing.

like anger, people have to say dumb shit. it's in our nature. and to be censored is only going to keep it pent up, and then sooner or later.
BLAMMO
someone goes postal and says all the shit s/he has been keeping held inside for all those years. imagine someone just shooting people and screaming out gibberish. because that's what happens if everyone is censored. nobody has fun, and we live in a uniform society that will suck.

in some ways, profanity and lewdness makes the world all the more fun. In england in the 1600's (yes this is educational as well as a rant) one Thomas Cromwell made the entire society boringly puritan christian (not to say that its bad to be christian, but sometimes it's better that sunday is only one day in a week and not all days in a week) that dude banned drinking, gambling, dancing, cards, general flashy clothing, banquets, swearing was fined then if you kept swearing prison, work on a sunday, sports, makeup, CHRISTMAS. imagine a world like that. No wonder why the british cant cook..

end point: control freaks suck. nobody likes control, and in truth the only time control is necessary is when there are many incompetants who need to be marshalled, on the battlefield, or for organizing something big. otherwise, f off. maybe parenting too..

2. Cocky people who have no general right to even be cocky.

I know i know, i'm probably in this category once or twice a month, but generally if i am cocky its more of a competitive thing then anything else.and usually my trash talking gets me to lose, so there's a nice karmic cycle there.

but generally im talking about people who freeload off the accomplishments and talents of others. im talking about the trash talking guy on the basketball court who has lebron james and kobe bryant for teammates, but in truth only inbounds the ball once or twice and otherwise does absolutely nothing other than trash talk.
these people suck.

and number 1?

well.

im not too sure.

i'll probably tell you kids after new years :)

Re-synchronizing with grapefruit

I kid you not, lately i've been eating a whole grapefruit a day and each time i eat a half it's like health-replenishment/mind-body-resynching. it's insanity.

And now its getting me to do all these weird healthy things, like go out for walks, and workout and now i'm going to abstain from smoking weed for a whole week.
for those of you who DONT know me that well, one week of not getting high is like a month. But after the first... 3 weeks it starts to go away. I think it's all the THC in ma belly. but when i was in korea, the withdrawl was killing me. and by that i dont mean nicotine withdrawl just the urge to get baked, was all around. I had to start swigging scotch until i found the right balance between music, episodes of the office, a girl and fifa 08. Now that i've finished watching the office, and that i don't have a good fifa opponent as well as a lack of fems in the girl department i'm pretty much screwed for no weed for two months. BUT I think I can fight myself and hold off for like a week, just to prove to myself.
SO.
today i'm going to get really high til about 11 pm. then tomorrow i'm gonna eat a morning grapefruit, study for greek, then continue in that trend until wednesday when the greek test is over, then i'm gonna have to kick it into high gear, and see if a blend between working out, playing tekken 6 with abdul, writing songs and making food will be able to hold off the beast. For ... 4 days i think i can. y'know because until wednesday i'm pretty much gonna be preoccupied otherwise. maybe i'll study for the LSATs...

Who would have thought you'd get crap when doing charity work...

So. today i decided to finally dust off the collections book for the ontario march of dimes and do my route on ellisson way. To begin, the march of dimes is basically a great charity that works on helping the physically disabled acclimate into society and their community through giving them jobs and helping them with donations and other good things for those who need it.

Now ellisson way is a suburb street in ottawa south where i used to live at. I did the march of dimes on ellisson way a couple of years ago (my grade 11 year i think) and although i didn't get too many donations, I wasn't exactly disgusted with people, i was happy enough to do an imperfect duty for the less fortunate, and to help better the world in my small way.

Now. Today I went to do my regular route. Of the 29 houses that I stopped by, 3 donated money (two of whom were my neighbors, the other house being the former volunteers for the march of dimes), 3 houses were unoccupied, 2 houses at least bothered to ask what the march of dimes was before declining, 1 house had a man who claimed he had "donated at work" , 19 declined without even bothering to hear about the charity, and one home had the gall to scream at me as i left their driveway.

The exact story of the screaming bitch is as follows.
The time was 7:57, I rang their doorbell to be greeted by a chorus of yappy dogs barking. after about 10 minutes i left a brochure. As I left some crabby middle aged woman took the brochure and screamed out "it's a load of garbage" and "I was sleeping, some people have to work tomorrow you know!" it was 7:57.. not even 9. Honestly who sleeps that early to go to a job that must suck THAT much.
I screamed back in reply that it wasnt my fault she had yappy dogs and that she went to sleep at the stupidest hour.

needless to say i'm pretty disgusted with the middle class.
One thing that aggravates me the most is that I was just doing something nice for people and that the cold hearted bitch had the gall to scream at me. what an anus.

anyhow. Another interesting fact is that of the 29 houses i stopped by, 26 of them had dogs.

so now i dont think i'm going to do the march of dimes on ellisson if at all. but who knows, i just might find the heart to do something charitable in another 3-4 years, that being after i torment the cold hearted bitch's house.
but you didn't hear that from me ;)

The number one thing that i will forever despise (now that we're two days into 2010)

and now ladies and gentlemen (or maybe just gents, or maybe nobody at all for that matter...) ahem.

The NUMBER ONE thing i will forever despise.

People who sing offkey.

not even just that but when its offkey and its a song i loive, or when it's the new POPSTAR kids something something when they sing some great hits and completely butcher and bastardize the song for their own little profit. Watching those commercials is pretty much like taking a giant samurai sword and slowly shaving off pieces of my face. its THAT brutal.

and with that we enter 2010.
a few lessons i have learned this year:
1. never ever ever ever buy something online that is not going to be shipped to you. i.e. a blog with the promise of ad revenue. because no matter what the whole "spend money to make money" adage is only right in terms of actual investments. online ones unless they are e-commerce related are generally gonna keep you in the dark with 10 less dollars in your pocket.

2. although you may not know what may come in the future, it's generally not a bad idea to take a bit of time to think about it and not lock yourself into something wily nily. I know i know, a lot of normal people actually think. This lesson i learned is for the idiots like me, if there are any at all like me.

3. keeping friends may be hard, but a relationship is only as strong as the bonds made after tribulation.

4. remember no matter what happens, as long as you are the best person within then you are the best person for you.

why the elderly should not be behind the wheel of a two ton deathtrap and why its ironic to call gigantic metal pliers the jaws of life.
- a safety awareness post by Jay Oh

Have you ever just been driving along the old dusty trail minding your own business and nodding your head to the latest hit single by that band from that genre while that DJ starts going on and on about something?

if you havent. then i dont know how to make it any less general then that. Well I could. but we're talking about North America where freedom impedes efficiency (and thats awesome).

Now. Imagine that you're driving and then all of a sudden somebody rushes in from your blindside and rams you while its a red.

now. the odds are that the kind of person who would do that would be some jerk daytona 500 wannabe, a clearly far too wasted to walk (let alone drive) person, or of course a member of the senior citizens club.

Now. dont get me wrong. I have a general level of respect for seniors (probably more than the average person) and I believe in the beautiful rights and freedoms that is the birthright of every human being. BUT
when said people are endangering lives because they have to get to country kitchen buffet for the early bird special, then we have a problem.

Driving is for people who are aware. Not for people who may start to lose their hearing, sight, control of bowels... the list is pretty long..

and even then. some people SHOULDNT drive. Im not gonna lie when i'll say that I got cut off by a fellow asian and I screamed obscenities about how North America and communist china have certain road rules.

So the question here is.
Should a minority receive some rights if they still endanger the majority?

And the answer should clearly be: no.
if prisoners cant vote, and if manslaughter is a crime, then a person behind the wheel who has almost his hearing and sight is a huge liability.

I think that the state should create chauffers who car pool for old people. Im not about to say that old people should be moved into housing communities together because that kind of sounds like auschwitz.

I mean think about it.

Old people are generally in sync in terms of their schedules. They generally do similar things, and for all intents and purposes have very little to do in their lives despite waking up at the crack of dawn.

I think that old people are like pre-teens with humongous egos, discipline and social security cheques.

And now: why it is ironic that they name huge metal pliers the jaws of life...

because jaw means its gonna get eaten.

why not the pliers of life? is it because it sounds lame?

quandry.

(i'll write funnier more engaging things sooner or later)

No pain no gain? pfft. idiot. Use Tramadol!

Tramadol is a beautiful drug developed by our friends the germans in the late 1970s. Like most things engineered by the germans, it is a testament to efficiency, effectiveness, and pain relief (the last thing im not sure is purely german...)

At any rate, dear Tramadol is a drug used to help sick animals going through cancer with excruciating pain and is also used to help treat pain and neuralgia in humans. Now im not saying go to the pharmacy and pop some like candy, there was a recent FDA issue with the drug, but of course you have to realize that idiots using drugs can only make things inevitably worse for everyone, aka i got a papercut i think i'll take some tramadol...

BAD MONKEY BAD MONKEY

it's more like, i have neuralgia and i need it. 

though you readers are a smarter lot than that (at least i hope so)

Tramadol like any other drug has adverse side-effects but the level of side effect is generally why this is not an over-the counter drug. A doctor will prescribe it in Canada and the US, though i hear that it's over the counter in other countries.

At any rate, if you have some severe chronic pain and you tried everything, maybe you should try Tramadol!!.

yes i did this post for money, but i think it can help you if you need it.

Tramadol Drug or www.cheaptramadoldrug.com (though remember the prior warnings)

not pc but logical part 3

is hatecrime and political correctivity ruining freedom of speech? 

is deeper persecution on a public official better than his/her individuals rights?

things people think are not PC even though they're totally logical.

women of the earth who have gay boyfriends

what if there's a super sexy bisexual man you find. Who gets the meat then eh? 

if you used to call a dog a bitch and a donkey an ass what is so bad about calling that dog of a girl and her jerk donkey donkeyhole dogmdonkey punkdonkey dog!!??!!??! (notice the substitutions)

Is a handicapped child "special" because he's better than us or because he's worse than us? Do these people believe themselves when they say it to them? (that ones a bit dark.. time to lighten the mood:

monkey buttflap.

*applause and laughter*

haha thank you thank you we'll be back after these messages 

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When Worlds Collide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgylwjkm8u0&feature=related

watch this episode of trading spouses (it gets reeaaaally good)

anyhow, there's the god warrior, aka the fat woman who goes apeshit, AND she's a very very very very very radical christian.

THEN

The other woman involved is a free-spirited hippie-esque woman who encorporates feng shui and hypnotherapy into her work.

anyhow when the spouses are traded! Oh boy oh boy!

Watch it then think of these questions:

1) which one is crazier? The way left hippie? or the way right radical christian?

2) Although one person is clearly kinder and more accepting, does the other make a point with her actions?

3) did the opposing men do anything to improve or make things worse?

But honestly, reality tv can teach us so much sometimes (usually it's useless) but this time it's hilariously controversial.

also realize that in lousiana (i think thats where they are) EVERYONE is about god.

and in boston, everyone is about a loose spirituality. The worlds collide. And now

maybe someone can recognize why g.w was elected. haha.

but they totally paint the picture of a majority of the United States. 

btw, although the fat lady goes apeshit crazy and the hippie lady is trying her new age stuff (and it totally doesnt work at all, especially with the yes/no rods) both of them are just straaange.

In general, things are never one-sided. and the people who hate on the god warrior (for obvious reasons clearly) should see the WHOLE episode, because there's some kookiness on both camps (though one seems a bit less crazy) [which one is it? ooooooh!]

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todays post features a stroll down memory lane, a compressed (if you can even call it that) overview of Chelsea 11 years ago.