My mind is numb

Damn you Labview! How my brain is smothered by your pretty pink lines of DOOM!

I am trying to keep my mind focused but it seems to be a failing effort. Did you know that I have a copy of Gwar's "The Dawn of the Day of the Night of the Penguin" on my shelf at work? I bet you did not even know I had a shelf... bastards. If you do not believe me then you can ask me (politely) to take a picture and to post it online so that you can all have visual confirmation that I am not lying.

I am at this very moment listening to the new Green Day album, of which I am sure you are aware. I wonder what I will make of it? Dont you!? Fuck.

Zzzz. Monkey

P.S. I'm sure you are happy you wasted your time reading this, huh?

Ha!

It is always amusing when one of sites I frequent makes a comment about the profession I am supposed to be in. This comment, which points to this article, seems very relevant to what I am currently doing. Apparently, people who write weblogs are morons who have never read a book from cover to cover. While this may be true in most cases, it is not fair to generalize. I presonally read everything between the covers of every book I read and go so far as to read the spine of each book as well!

While I do not see any harm in letting Google paying for the digitization of books and then give access to them. I do agree that reading a book online is shitty for several reason: (1) screens suck, (2) computers are heavy and put your legs to sleep if you use them on the shitter, (3) computers are hot and burn your legs, cock and/or balls if you use them on the shitter, (4) computers have batteries and (5) you cannot carry a computer around in your back pocket for reading on the bus, train, etc (some bastardface may steal it).

I also think that in the near future many of the above-mentioned problems will be remedied and having access to a large number of books online will be fucking fantastic. I do understand that people will search these books online and misquote, misread or take out of context much of what is in them. This, however, is not a new thing. Look at how people quote the fucking Bible! Talk about taking something out of context!

Z. Monkey

First Comment

I have received my first comment. It is not as exciting as I dared let myself believe it would be. I wonder if the last sentence is bad grammar. In response to it I would have to ask, "Why would I post stuff for people to read if I cared that people would read it?" and "Are you stupid?" Then answer, "I wouldn't" and "Yes you are".

Also, I have to taken the commentators suggestion give to me last January of reading "Breakfast of Champions" but I am planning on removing it from the publicly funded book repository soon.

Z. Monkey

Another day at work

Today I am at work... I am not working right now because I am writing this thing (though I should really not be as I have a few other things I could/should be doing). I have recently read through "Alice in Wonderland" and I have just started to read through "Through the Looking-Glass", which is a mirror for those who do not know.

Also, you may have noticed that I linked directly to copies of each of these stories. I do this because they are in the "public domain", meaning anyone can do whatever they like with them. Project Gutenberg has been kind enough to scan copies of old books, stories, diaries, what-have-you, and make digital copies of them that anyone can read.

Anyway, I am reading these stories and asking myself "Why?". Why is the queen offing everybodies head? Why is Alice always changing sizes? What's with the pepper, cook? I read someplace, that the stories are supposed to, in addition to entertaining children, teach them that other people are different and that those differences sometimes appear... silly. I dont know perhaps there is more to it... I will have to read up on the Victorians.

Also here is a poem at the beginning of "Through the Looking-Glass" (at least the edition I have at home) which I am quite enamored with. I will have to post it when I get home.

Post also, if anyone is stupid enough to read this weblog but smart enough to have insight into Carrol feel free to post a comment.

Change

Out of necessity this will be a quick post. I am going to check out a new apartment, as the one we currently live in has a multitude of problems. This possible new apartment is only one of many changes which will happen in the future. Another is my wife will become employed. She is currently not employed for no other reason than she finished school and no one is hiring (we can thank Bush for cutting funding to anything that is not military related... I would link to something but I am in a hurry). Another is a possible job change for me... apparently the University library is looking to hire someone to coordinate something. I will look into it but I do not know for sure it is something I want to do or something that I am even qualified to do. That is all.

Z. Monkey

Things to do

I have things to do.

This is not a new or exciting development... simply an observation. I have made a list for myself, perhaps it will goad me into doing one or more of them.

1. Purchase contacts for seeing
   
2. Contact the library (see previous post)
3. Beat the final boss in Metriod Prime 2
4. Read Library Book (the title of which I cannot remember)
5. Do work at work (too hungover today, will work on that tomorrow)
6. Figure out why I've been in such a crappy mood lately
7. Start Half-Life2
8. Play hockey (poorly)
9. Figure out a place to backup digital photos or, alternatively, burn said photos onto CDs
10. Water plant on desk
    

Blah, I feel like crap. Stupidly wonderful alcohol. At least the better team won last night.

Z. Monkey

Robinson Crusoe

This is not a post about me being lost, metaphorically or otherwise. It is a post regarding the actual novel by Daniel Defoe, which I recently read.

The one thing that seems to have stuck in my mind is the idea of Providence, or that everything that happens to you for a reason (as decided by the God). This allows you to not take responsibility for your own actions and to justify behavior such as slavery and misogyny.

For example, Crusoe was put on the desert isle by God so that he could become a better Christian, the ship (which crashed into the isle) was put there so he could easily support himself, the natives on the mainland were put there so they could be mastered by the Europeans, Friday escaped being eaten so that he could willingly become Crusoes slave and a Christian.

One other way to think of this is as follows: greed put Crusoe on a ship and a storm put him on a desert isle, the ship (which crashed into the isle) was put there because it crashed into the isle, the natives were on the mainland because their ancestors moved there because they thought it was nice, Friday escaped being eaten so he would not be eaten and, owning his life to Crusoe, decided to live with him and became a Christian because he had little use for religion (it is often difficult to tell the mind of a fictional character).

Perhaps I am just looking at the superficial reasons and not at the underlying cause, but I doubt it. Why would an omnipotent, omniscience being bother with us (other than as a diversion)? Why would such a being exist? Do we, as a semi-educated society, still need such a crutch? Should not we grow up and start taking responsibilities for our own actions and not justify them by Providence or what not?

Or perhaps the book is simply outdated and no one thinks this way, but that's a lie... I've meet my mother.

Happy New Month

I really have nothing to say today but I am doing this thing as a experiment so I will attempt to write something. Perhaps, experiment is not the correct word as I am not attempt to disprove anything (for those of you who believe in creationism science does not prove anything, it only rules out things that are impossible).

Anyways, I signed up for an adult hockey league that starts this month. As I have never played hockey I decided to go and play in a pickup game at the local arena. For those of you who do not know, skating uses muscles which are not used for anything else. My "skating muscles" are very weak, for lack of skating, and currently they are also very sore. Though I am glad that I went out and tried this hockey thing before my first league game, as it allowed me to make a fool of myself before then (I did fall over the boards... hizzah [sic]).

And now back to work.
Z. Monkey