Amerist's Xanga

Are people actually getting smarter?

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:47:39 GMT

Are people getting smarter? If so, we'll be seeing this happening to oil companies as well, and for the same reason.

A Big Blow to the Omnivores

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:52:55 GMT

I hate to admit it, but I was actually pleased to read this article on Reuters this morning. I'd like to see more of the same. Meet your Meat. Become a vegetarian today!

Remembering 9/11

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:52:01 GMT

There are many people (myself included) who believe that the attacks on Sept. 11 were an inside Job. Sure, the pilots and the planes and the hijackers were probably all real, they were not enough to have brought down not just two buildings but three.

While this is certainly not a popular viewpoint on the matter, I believe it is the correct one. There is enough evidence to support this claim and the only reason more people don't know about it, is because the corporate news media are protecting the ones responsible.

The Internet, however is still a relatively uncensored place to share opinions and in this case, otherwise unseen video footage and photos from six years ago which clearly demonstrate the fallacy in what was told to us by our president and our elected officials, and was nothing short of poor investigative journalism by all the major broadcast networks.

This quick six minute video shows what the Corporately-owned News Media Machine has not told the American people in six years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezIU6ZxYU3A
"9/11 Inside Job - The Most Damning Evidence Yet!"

The orders still stand!

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:27:01 GMT

Seismic Activity

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:42:03 GMT

I had a dream last night that an earthquake shook the san andreas fault areas of California and an angry mob of Americans marched to the capital to demand that George W Bush get impeached and arrested for crimes against humanity.

Shortcomings

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:30:26 GMT

If there's one device on the market that exemplifies the word shortcomings better than any other it's the iPhone. I say it's short on features because it's got all the hardware and operating system necessary to do these very basic things that it can't even do. With that said, I'm certain that Apple engineers are hard at work at adding these missing features:

Cut & Paste
Flash support in Safari
Ability to use an external portable bluetooth keyboard, for when you are actually USING the internet for more than just looking up information really quickly.
Bluetooth stereo headset capability (A2DP)
WiFi calling. (cheaper phones from T-Mobile can do this, why can't the iPhone?)

Side note: This would be the one feature At&t and Apple could add to the iPhone to make me be be able to justify purchasing one despite its other shortcomings

Ability to create your own ringtones from songs in iTunes
iPod Games
Instant Messenger programs
No Quick Text in SMS applications.
MMS
Video Recording
Voice dialing

There's other people complaining about hardware features that the phone lacks like a removable battery, and an expansion slot for adding more storage space. I think that while these things are desirable features, neither are things that most iPod owners have ever had. This is an iPod first, a phone second, in my opinion. They already tried adding iPod features to a phone (remember the Motorola ROKR?) Why they didn't just develop that partnership better, I have no idea. It was an ugly-ass phone but at least it did not cost an arm and a leg.

Ha Ha this is great

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:51:02 GMT

I don't remember this interview and I'm really glad someone found it. This is Cheney in 1994 talking about the first Gulf War, explaining in his own words why it would be a bad idea to remove Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq.

An Epiphany about dating female phone call psychology.

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:28:08 GMT

I was thinking today why so many women, instead of telling a guy that she's not interested, will instead simply never call or stop calling with no explanation whatsoever. And I'm not talking about not calling for days or weeks at a time. I'm talking about Not calling back, ever. Even the ones that swear up and down that they are not like other women are guilty of this.

Granted, It is obvious that there is something I have done in the past to make this sort of situation occur so frequently. I don't deny that I am the reason this keeps happening, since I get the same treatment from literally every girl that has or has had my phone number at one time. Now figuring out what that is, requires me to examine the evidence. All I have to go on right now is their actions.

I started thinking about why some women do this.

First I thought it was because they wanted me to stop calling, but just didn't have the balls to say that, or they just really don't care at all and don't mind that I call them or text message them. They are just content to ignore me, and will hope that I will just "take a hint".

This is what came to my mind as a more in-depth explanation...

They didn't want to say, "I don't want to talk to you anymore" because this way they can always change their minds later. Yes, someday down the road when they are bored with nothing better to do and they decide they finally want to talk to me, they know they can still call me and give me some lame-ass excuse why its been months since we last talked.

Knowing the women that I know, this seems like the best answer because not only does it include the reasoning of the first section, but it gives greater depth as to WHY. I am certain that the women that I know are just keeping their options open because thats what they like to do. After all, I'm smart, attractive and I have my affairs in order. To close a door on a good guy is a big mistake and permanent. He's not coming back. To stop answering the door gives you plausible deniability. At least he'll try knocking again if he's seriously interested. And the effects can be reversed if the story adds up. The smart ones will have their story ready in an instant if I bump into them at random; out comes the story. At least they tried. The dumb ones will continue to evade me even after eye contact and recognition is made. This is irreversible damage. You can't fix stupid.

Inspiration kicked in

Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:28:26 GMT

I realized another way that I get inspired today. When I'm sitting down at my computer and experiencing something online and it stirs an idea which becomes an impulse inside me that gets released the moment I stand up. I walk over to the kitchen or toward the bedroom and suddenly BAM! music just starts pouring out my lips as I hum some little tune that I've never heard before. WHOA! where did that come from? A lot of times the tunes themselves are developed around a central idea or thought. Most of the time it's pretty simple but either way, I just run with it, grab my voice recorder and start singing out the way I feel it should sound. Most of the times it's something repetitive, which would work well for dance music but lately I've been overflowing with ballads. Whole complete choruses come running right off the top of my head in real time. What the heck is going on??? Not that I'm complaining but this is serious inspiration on an entirely different level than I have experienced before.

And you know something else? Every time I tell someone about it, I re-affirm it. Whether it's a subconscious thing, or not, I feel that sharing my experiences effectively multiplies the success I am having with it many times over. I actually sang for someone tonight. I've NEVER done that before. And, I was impressed with myself. For once I didn't let the fear get in the way of doing a good job, and I felt pleased with my performance. Hours later I had music flowing through me like I have never experienced before. By doing well in real life, I established a permanent foothold of success and was able to stand on that to reach new heights of achievement. Now I know this is going somewhere.

I really want to figure out how I can get the training that I need to get more out of my talent. I am on the search for a teacher now. Anyone who can tell me more than I know (which is very little) about music. I have this overwhelming feeling that somehow I need to find a way to set this music free.

something bad?

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:01:13 GMT

I feel something major is about to happen to the United States. Usually something major means something bad. I sense a problem with the US postal service.

I will meditate more on this but I felt compelled to say something even though it's not really of any help right now. Maybe it's just the eeriness of Friday the 13th. The cloud of superstition that covers the first unlucky day following the luckiest day of the Millennium. (7/7/07). I just say that because of the traditional association with luck and the number seven. My personal number of fortune is 8. It is the month in which I was born and also the day before my birth. The year was 1978.