Delta · Force · Padbury

There is anal bleaching. There I said it. Did you already know? Will they print those two words next to each other in a family newspaper? Like "asparagus warfare" or "pancreas toothpaste," it is perhaps two words you never thought you'd see butting up against each another. So to speak.

From Mark Morfod's Column

Happy Valentines Day!

I write this as the hours grow late, and near the time that which things, as they say, will never be the same again comes hence forth. I sit on the brink of something incredible, something that will send me skyrocketing past even where my own dreams end.

Something wonderful is brewing, and its reward will make all the pain and suffering that I have endured to get here worth it. I sit on the verge of reaching my dreams, a dream which I thought was impossible, but 2 years ago. Today may be the last day of who I am, and tomorrow I may be the person whom I wish to become.

Today my 3 game design concepts go forth to have their pages casted upon by the eyes of several of the top game designers in the world. It is my hope that these are sold, and that the long hours of work and research will be rewarded by becoming games played by millions.

Though I did not know about today, I began the year with the sense of impending greatness. I have faith that this be the case. I hope you will remember reading this post, as it may very well be the day that changes everything.

Ok, so in Australia, we air these fantastic ads of accidents in slow motion. You get to see all the details like the woman's skull cracking as she bangs up against the front windshield.

In any case, the advertising campaign accompanying this symphony of a PSA, was "If you drink and drive, you're a bloody idiot."

Let's switch gears now and talk about Americaland. I received this e-mail from a contact of mine:

I went to a party,

And remembered what you said.

You told me not to drink, Mom,

so I had a Sprite instead.

I felt proud of myself,

The way you said I would,

that I didn't drink and drive,

though some friends said I should.

I made a healthy choice,

And your advice to me was right.

The party finally ended,

and the kids drove out of sight.

I got into my car,

Sure to get home in one piece.

I never knew what was coming, Mom,

something I expected least.

Now I'm lying on the pavement,

And I hear the policeman say,

the kid that caused this wreck was drunk,

Mom, his voice seems far away.

My own blood's all around me,

As I try hard not to cry.

I can hear the paramedic say,

this girl is going to die.

I'm sure the guy had no idea,

While he was flying high.

Because he chose to drink and drive,

now I would have to die.

So why do people do it,

Mom Knowing that it ruins lives?

And now the pain is cutting me,

like a hundred stabbing knives.

Tell sister not to be afraid,

Mom Tell daddy to be brave.

And when I go to heaven,

put "Mommy's Girl" on my grave.

Someone should have taught him,

That it's wrong to drink and drive.

Maybe if his parents had,

I'd still be alive.

My breath is getting shorter,

Mom I'm getting really scared.

These are my final moments,

and I'm so unprepared.

I wish that you could hold me Mom,

As I lie here and die.

I wish that I could say,

"I love you, Mom!"

So I love you and good-bye.

MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) IS HOPING TO GET 5,000 SIGNATURES ON THIS, THEN PASS IT ON TO SIGN. When this petition has reached 5,000, please return it to: MADD P.O. Box 541688 Dallas, TX75354-1688 1-800-GET-MADD (1-800-438-6233) If you receive this petition and do nothing but delete it, your selfishness knows no bounds. Signing is such a small effort to make. After you have read the poem, please add your name at the bottom. And never forget, DON'T EVER DRINK AND DRIVE, not even once, thinking that it won't matter. IT DEFINITELY WILL MATTER!!!

Mothers against Drunk Driving? This e-mail could very well be a geniune message wrapped in the most appauling bullshit I've ever seen. Don't drink and drive because you love your mother? Oh please. It's so saddening that these people think that this is the sort of message that teens will listen too. Over-dramatic properganda is not only not working, but since they ignore the message that comes with it, MADD is doing exactly the opposite of what it intends.

I for one am strongly in favor of drinking - but I would never drive a car. Nor would I engage in sex whilst operating heavy machinery. But that's another story.

It saddens me that such an important message is being drowned by the most offensive stupid anecdote, oh which I have become ineffible to come up with more verbs to describe it.

The 'Bloody Idiot' campaign is almost as old as I am, and is definitely one of the strongest messages from my childhood (in fact I asked my mother what they were talking about - because I didn't know that drinking a glass of water might be bad - I thought that it might be because you shouldn't eat or drink 45 minutes before swimming). However gone are the days of it, and now we use GHOSTS to communicate this important message. Yes that's right ghosts.

See, we know that you're more likely to listen to a ghost, than to your own mother - cause seriously folks, when did you ever do something your mother asked you?

On This Day - 1984 - Apple releases the Macintosh, and 1984 wasn't like 1984.

Yes, that headline is correct. You might've read elsewhere that it was the other way around, but that's the magic of Steve Jobs's sleight of hand. Pixar has really acquired Disney. "How? Mr Padbury" I hear them ask in the audience.

The secret is fried pork.

From E! Online

Under the terms of the purchase, Lasseter takes on the role of chief creative officer of the animation studios and principal creative adviser at Walt Disney Imagineering, which designs and builds the company's theme parks.

Pixar President Ed Catmull will serve as president of the new combined Pixar and Disney animation studios, reporting to Iger and Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook.

So, the two guys behind Pixar seize creative control of Disney's entire animation division reporting directly to the board, ths same board of which Steve Jobs is now sitting on. I put $100 on Steve Jobs performing a coup détat on Robert Iger, seizing control of the House of Mouse. Yep, David just slain Golliath.

Quote of the Day: "It's a shame that Disney won't be participating in Pixar's future successes." - Steve Jobs, Jan 29, 2004

On this day: 1556 - The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.



So Oscar and I saw Memoirs of a Geisha tonight. A fabulous story about an american kid who learns the ancient art of karate from Mr Myagi. No? Oh well. Needless to say it was absolutely fabulous. Oscar had his reservations, but I for one thoughouly enjoyed it.

It highlighted something for me in my own life that is the reason behind this post. The idea of respect is something that I think needs to be highlighted. Not necessarily 'respect' in the circumstance of human to human interaction (or god forbid the african american colloquialism of the word), but respect for ideas, and the respect of the items we own.

Perhaps the best way to describe it is the way you treat something important to you (something of much sentimental and/or financial value) compared to something like a ball point pen.

No one treats a ball point pen with much thought or respect. We will leave it on the floor, step on it and generally not care about it. When it dies we do not mourn it - even for a second - before we toss it aside in the bin, go to the store and pay 50c for a box of 20 more.

My instinct is that we should try to treat more of our possessions (and our friends, and our self) with more and more respect. I do not know why I feel this.

In an effort to simplify my life, I decided to make a list of all the items I wanted in my new apartment. Moving is a good time to begin practicing change. What I found when I listed these things is that I was filtering through the stuff I could remember from my apartment. In doing so, I had created a list of the things that were important to me.

Perhaps what was more interesting than the items on the list, was the items that were not on the list. All the crap that i've garnered, and since it was not important enough for me to list, I will be removing it to try to seek simplicity.

Lastly tonight, I have recieved news that Disney is going to purchase Pixar for $7 or $8 billion dollars. At first this made me sad, but I think having Steve Jobs on the board, is the smartest business decision that Disney could've hoped for. Steve likes fixer-uppers and I suspect that this be more Disney being raised to Pixar's level than Pixar being lowered to Disney.

On this day: 1999 - War on Drugs: In one of the one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of cocaine on board. *Sniff*

I am looking for any good references and resources for drawing anime / manga. Specifically I'm looking for drawing in the 'chibi' style. You know, four heads high.

Merci

On this day: 1793 - Russia and Prussia partition Poland. They were creating a dual-boot system.

My first choice of words to forever be engraved in my tombstone, would be something in the order of "Robert, he would've tried anything once, except incest and line-dancing".

Unfortunately for me, I today added another item on the list of 'things to never try again'. What could be a sign of the inevitable apocalypse was that this item never to be tried again - was food. Sort of.

People who know me would probably describe my eating habits as 'Omnivorous'. That is, I will eat anything. So this morning for breakfast, when the people I was with said "Let's go get some Chicken Feet' I assumed they were kidding.

They were not.

As I placed the bony foot into my mouth, all I could think about was where that foot had been, and all the nasty things it probably stepped in. The texture of the skin was terrifying. I quickly removed it from my mouth, and it's new home became the side of my plate - destined to go where it should've gone in the first place - the trash.

Fact: Chinese women sit on children. I was witness to this strange phenomina on the Muni. That is all.

On this day: 2005 - George W. Bush is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States. One down, three to go.



I would like to draw your attention to this stunning piece of literary effluence which has speed with incredible ferocity towards reconditely. It was dispensed through the anus of MySpace Bulletins.

"The pigs (cops) r using myspace 2 catch taggers!!!
its true. I watched it yesterday.

IF U (ALL) DONT BELIEVE ME, CHECK THIS WEB OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_011133721.html

DONT BE A DICK , ........WARN PEOPLE PASS THIS DOWN!, COPY & PASTE THIS WEBSITE ON ADDRESS & READ THE INFORMATION. THIS AIN'T A JOKE!!!!!!!!!

*hint*-block ur myspace. so that ur friends can only see what u write.

P.S GO TO THE WEBSITE AND WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP!!!
THIS IS TRUE SO IF UR A TAGGER THEN TAKE OFF ALL THOSE PIX OF TAGGIN THAT U HAVE ON MYSPACE AND NICKNAMES!!!!"

Now, although I can read this, I don't want to (hint, substituting 'U' for 'you' is a sign that you need to put yourself to death). I appreciate the artistic skill behind graffiti art, and it's true that there are many talented masters of the spray can. However most of the tagging out there is just fucking dumb.

It looks terrible and warrants about as much artistic merit, as my last deposit in the bathroom.

I also object to the automatic derogatory preposition that you donate to the police. There are some police officers who truly deserve to be associated with animals that roll in their own shit, but for the most part, they are wonderful human beings - who exist to protect your sorry arse when you're in trouble.

Some of the most wonderful people I have met were police officers. In fact the first people who consoled me and comforted me after my father died were police officers. So screw the author and their disrespect of the people looking out for them, and their shameless lack of respect for other people's property.

I guess it's appropriate for these people to be stupid enough post documentation of their illegal activities online. Even more-so that they need messages like the one above to communicate that they need to conceal their activities.

This has been a Public Shut the Fuck Up Announcement.