Last night as I was lying in bed, my thoughts began to wander towards the famous guy known as Adolf Hitler. Sure, he was a fierce, war-mongering dictator, and he was a genocidal maniac that much of the world hates, but as my head lay on my pillow, I began to think that he, like everyone else, had an everyday life. He would wake up every morning and yawn. Maybe stretch out and scratch his gut, like any normal man would. Doesn't that thought seem weird to you? You never see any pictures of Hitler in his pajamas. Sure, he may have hated the Jews, but those probably weren't the only thoughts in his head. I remember when I was reading a biography on the man, it said that he would sometimes dance a little jig when a general reported a victory. What do you suppose Hitler sang in the shower? German opera, maybe? Picture it: Hitler... in the shower... singing opera... It seems strange, doesn't it? Better yet, what did he read when he was sitting on the porcelain throne? A newspaper, perhaps?

Lets take a more hypothetical route. Suppose Hitler succeeded in getting into that art college in his early years. Can you imagine that? Instead of the epitome of evil, you would have Hitler the No-Name Artist. With him being such a large part of history, it is difficult to picture him as a nobody. By about this point, I believe I lost consciousness. Good night.

Y'know, sometimes I do make fun of religion. I mean, I am a devout Pastafarian and all, so it comes naturally. Sometimes, though, religious followers just seem to make fun of themselves. This makes my job all the easier. A case in point is the "burqini," or "burkini" depending on how you like to spell it.

You see, it is not only a type of swimwear that is light-weight and does not retain water, but also a modest ensemble for our Muslim friends. I could not make this up if I tried. It seems that a Muslim woman in Australia felt ostracized at the beach since her garb did not allow her to go into the water. Through some divine inspiration (I'm guessing), she thought up the burqini. It's genius, really. It even comes with a cover for the head. She may not win any Olympic gold medals, but at least she will be having some fun, neh? I don't think even Allah (or God, or Odin, or the FSM, or Ra, or Kami, or Buddha, or Xenu, or Haruhi Suzumiya, or whomever else) can complain if one of his / her / its / their followers is having a good time. (t3h reference)

Two points in unrelated news shall be in this post as well. I have added some music to the site as of this morning. If you want to shut it up, the player is at the top of the topic list. For you Japan-a-holics, there is only one Japanese song on there, so don't get your hopes up. The other thing is... NEW HARVEST MOON MANGA!

In no particular order, I present to you some characters that should be a couple, but for some idiosyncratic reason, like plot-development, they are not. Let us begin with...

Lelouch and Shirely
Code Geass: Lelouch of Rebellion

I tell you, these two should be the main couple in the series. The series is not over yet, so there is still time, but it seems highly unlikely. I mean, the chick had a crush on the dude. She even gave him a cheesy nickname. Hell, to drive the point home, they were the first ones to kiss in the series (whoops, um... belated spoiler alert!). But no, Lelouch (the dude) had to go and do something stupid like stab her in the face with a soldering iron. Wait, I'm thinking of something else. Nevertheless, he took the easy way out of a relationship that should have been.

Keita and Tayune
Inukami!

Lets pair up a hopeless pervert with a spectrophobic masochist and see what happens. It could work. Heck, it worked in Love Hina didn't it? Creators of Inukami... you are on notice. Make it happen.

Tatsuya and Natsuki
Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na Crescent Love

I tell you, if that pushy Feena fap Earthlight didn't come in and bring up the past, then this would be the couple to beat. Childhood friends, work in the same restaurant, next door neighbors, C'MON! But nooooo, that princess from the moon had to come in and ruin it all. For shame, Feena, for shame.

Kyon and Yuki
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Because Yuki is awesome. What, you need more reason? Pfft, get outta here. There's no debate here.

Crikey, this game hasn't even come out in Japan yet, and I'm already psyched for it. The current release date in Japan is the first of February. A stateside release has not even been announced yet. Oh Natsume, why do you torture us so? Anyway, two "new" characters were recently announced. I put "new" in quotation marks because the characters were technically in older games. They have just been added to this game as well. First off, we have the Harvest Goddess:

The Harvest Goddess has simply been in every single Harvest Moon game made. It looks like this one is no exception. To talk to her, you do the same thing as you always do: throw some rubbish into her pond and she appears. As to whether she says "ta-daaaa" has yet to be determined.

Another favored character making a return is the Witch Princess from Harvest Moon DS! I'm sure a friend of mine is on tenterhooks waiting to see her! She seems to be a little bit different in this game. According to the main site, she teleported to the island because she was bored with Forget-Me-Not Valley. It is unclear whether the Harvest Goddess came before or after, but the Witch Princess is clearly pissed. She seems to enjoy teddy bears. Probably for her own nefarious schemes. Anyway, in the preview above she appears to be using some sort of spell involving Pi. More news on this as events warrant.

Now, for a quick recap of release dates:
Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon ~ April/May/June of 2007 (likely to be delayed)
Harvest Moon: Island That Grows With You ~ 1 February 2007 (Japan)

Now, this goes out to the people who frequent my blog. Especially to Amanda, who mentioned it in my last post. I try to generally post every day. Usually I do have something that I want to post. However, I sometimes just don't have the ability to do so. I'm trying to balance a full-time college schedule with a full-time work schedule and sometimes it gets tough. However, I love writing here and I don't plan to stop anytime soon. So keep checking this space, 'cause I'll always be here!

Rather busy today. Will try to post again either tomorrow or the next day. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my underground lair. It seems that the U.S. military has concocted a new weapon, which they call a (quotation marks with fingers) "heat-ray."

They plan to use this "heat-ray" as a non-lethal weapon to quickly disperse rioting crowds. The beam is fired from a large, square-like dish and can cover a distance of 550 yards. It can easily penetrate clothing and makes you feel... rather... warm? Mua-ha-ha. However, it only penetrates the skin to a tiny depth, so it does no real damage. I propose that we steal this technology and use it to destroy the world... unless the world pays us a hefty ransom. Mua-ha-ha-ha... MUA-ha-ha-ha-ha... MUA-HA-HA-HA-HA... Uh-ha-ha... ha... hmm...

Note from Jimbo: this technology actually exists. t3h reference

Last night I watched a movie called Crank, starring the guy from the movie The Transporter. All I can say is, “wow, that was some crazy poop!”By that, I mean it was freakin’ awesome! It was the ultimate, so-called,“guy-flick.” That’s right, a guy-flick. As in, the opposite of a chick-flick.While chick-flicks have deeply engrossing stories and character development, Crank had none of that. Here is thestory: the main character is given a drug that will kill him, so he goes to get revenge with nothing stopping him. Drugs, explosions, gunfire, carjacking, meat-cleaving… just general testosterone-infused awesome-ness. Stuff that makes you go “oomph”

Oh yeah, this movie was awesome. Especially the ending. The movie just ends. The main character, Chev, is successful in getting hisrevenge, then it ends. Now, do I recommend seeing this movie? Heck no! It mayhave been awesome, but it was incredibly stupid. I would sooner recommend agood chick-flick.

Yes, yes, before you say it: I know I am copying Stephen when I post about this, but I thought I would give you my story about BlockPosters.com. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great site. It probably works wonders. I mean, just look at my comrade's Feena poster. That thing is huge and it still turned out alright. Anyway, let me begin my tale. It all started when my compatriot sent me this picture:

Yes, it looks awesome, doesn't it? It's a picture of Yuki Nagato and Asakura from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Now, here is my posterized version of it:

You probably notice quite a few differences. First off, Asakura has been quite removed from the poster. No, I do not have anything against her. I'll explain later. The top right is also slightly off. Well, that was just an error on my part. Whoopsy-daisy. Moving on, you will notice small white speckles on the poster. No that was not a problem with the camera. It seems that while I was printing this out, my printer decided that now was a good time to retire from years of service. It was actively destroying itself. Those white specks were cause by (and I'm being serious here) bits of the printer falling off and messing up the ink. The reason I had to cut out Asakura was because at the point where she is cut is where the printer finally "died". I had to force-eject the paper and "cut" my losses. And that's the story of my poster. I hope to make some better ones if I ever get a new printer.

If you would look to your right, you will see something new. I have added a "jump to topic" doo-dad. If you really don't care about reading about everything I have to say (shame on you), you can just jump to your topic of interest. I'll try to keep it up to date. I might even add some new topics as time goes on.

And now for something completely different...

I was thinking about something as I was driving home from
work last night. Where is the massively-multiplayer online Pokémon game? I
mean, really now! The Pokémon franchise is still (surprisingly) alive and
kicking, and is just begging for this kind of treatment. I mean, the Nintendo
DS has these awesome WiFi capabilities, and only maybe four or five games make
good use of it. I was planning this all out during the thirty minute drive (I
only hit three pedestrians, I’ll have you know), and here are just a few of the
ideas I have come up with. Lets hope Nintendo and Game Freak don’t drop the
ball on this one.

• You
  can have multiple classes, or jobs, which can potentially include:
• Trainers
  ~ the regular guys that you have played in every single game. Go around
  and fight gym leaders and try to make it to the top of the League.
• Gym
  Leaders ~ you can apply to create a gym that trainers will go to in order
  to get badges. The application test will be tough, but you will to design
  your own badge, gym traps, and even hire your own gym thugs (actual
  players). You can even set up an AI so trainers can face you even when
  you are not playing.
• Healers
  ~ these fine individuals work at pokécenters and, well, heal pokémon. The
  only problem arises when everyone who applies for this class will have a
  username that is some mutant form of Nurse Joy (ex. Nur$3_J0Y,
  X_NurseJoy_X, NurseJoy1023, etcetra).
• Gang
  Member ~ wish you can form your own Team Rocket? If you become a member
  of this class, then you can! I didn’t plan this one out too much. I was
  pulling into my driveway during this one. Sorry.
• Ranchers
  ~ picture it: an entire meadow filled with your own herd of captured
  Miltank. Then, you can sell the milk, which acts like a Super Potion, but
  you can sell it for less and earn gobs of cash (or whatever the heck the
  currency is in the series). Or maybe, you can have a herd of Tauros,
  which you can slaughter and sell the meat.
• Idle
  trainer mode: if you want to, you can set your player to idle trainer mode
  when you are away. This will set your character up at a random point
  depending on the pokémon in your party with the highest level. Then you
  will essentially become one of those NPC trainers that are so frequent in
  the other games.
• Dynamic
  Pokémon League: The members of the League actually change as actual
  trainers win against the current members. To keep it fair, members of the
  league do not actually level up. They will act like gym leaders until they
  are bested.
• Blind
  Rage Mode: when your rage meter fills up, you can hit a certain button and
  become a killing machine. This rage spreads to your pokémon, and they
  become momentarily invincible and their attack power goes through the
  roof. Wait, I’m thinking of another game. Never mind.
• Cell
  Phone: You can gather friend codes and put them on your in-game cell
  phone. Then you can send text messages to your homies on your network.
  “Where you at?”
• No
  online fee: Please? Okay, pretty
  please?

I probably know why this hasn’t come to fruition, though.
Pokémon players are generally younger kids, and most MMO-game players are
generally young adults. I think, however, that if I saw this game on a shelf, I
would seriously consider buying it, and then return it to the shelf when I
realize that I am dirt poor and hardly have the time for it. Let me know if
this sounds like a good idea. I might try and use my influence on the internet
(cough) to start a petition.