http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36746.html
it is literally 4 minutes of nothing.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
big friendly giants
this issue i want to discuss is sort of an old one, i remember watching this on the news and just being shocked, but for those who have no clue what i am talking about... here it is
now if you still dont know what i am talking about. that is one of the buddhas of bamyan. (note the size of it by looking at the people at its feet)
those buddhas were situated in afganistan which we all hopefully know is an islamic state who do not believe in idolisation, as in you can worship god but you are no allowed to worship a statue of god.
these statues are over 1500 years old, and were listed on the world heritage site.
unfortunately, they were destroyed by the taliban.
and now virtually nothing remains.
of course it is such a huge shame to lose something like that. but before you starting yelling out things like "bloody turbin heads!" etc...
from what i have read, a major factor in it's destruction was a protest...protest against what? you ask.
well, as you probably know, afghanistan is a very poor country with a lot of it's citizens suffering heavily not just from violence, but from poverty and starvation. aid agencies wanted to pay millions to restore the statues before they were destroyed, the government wanted to use the millions to feed the starving children and keep them alive, but were told the money was not for the children but for the statues.
having read that, i can imagine the outrage. yes the starvation is probably due to the government themselves. but this contributed to the destruction.
yes, blowing them up may have been abit extreme and impulsive due to extreme anger.
its funny that there was such outrage at the destruction of the statues, but no outrage when aid agencies decide they dont want to save starving children.
i have never suffered from starvation and have never had to look after a country with children starving, thus perhaps i can not give a very strong and well informed opinon.
but it seems its hard for me to decide between saving a carved rock, or the lives of starving children.
there's something wrong with us all.
now if you still dont know what i am talking about. that is one of the buddhas of bamyan. (note the size of it by looking at the people at its feet)
those buddhas were situated in afganistan which we all hopefully know is an islamic state who do not believe in idolisation, as in you can worship god but you are no allowed to worship a statue of god.
these statues are over 1500 years old, and were listed on the world heritage site.
unfortunately, they were destroyed by the taliban.
and now virtually nothing remains.
of course it is such a huge shame to lose something like that. but before you starting yelling out things like "bloody turbin heads!" etc...
from what i have read, a major factor in it's destruction was a protest...protest against what? you ask.
well, as you probably know, afghanistan is a very poor country with a lot of it's citizens suffering heavily not just from violence, but from poverty and starvation. aid agencies wanted to pay millions to restore the statues before they were destroyed, the government wanted to use the millions to feed the starving children and keep them alive, but were told the money was not for the children but for the statues.
having read that, i can imagine the outrage. yes the starvation is probably due to the government themselves. but this contributed to the destruction.
yes, blowing them up may have been abit extreme and impulsive due to extreme anger.
its funny that there was such outrage at the destruction of the statues, but no outrage when aid agencies decide they dont want to save starving children.
i have never suffered from starvation and have never had to look after a country with children starving, thus perhaps i can not give a very strong and well informed opinon.
but it seems its hard for me to decide between saving a carved rock, or the lives of starving children.
there's something wrong with us all.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
step your game up: kfc
i think roughly 40-60% of my diet is fast food, which isnt a good thing.
but after years of experience with Macdonalds, KFC and Hungry Jacks, i think that KFC stores have got to be the worst in terms of facilities, cleanliness, customer service, management and pretty much everything.
so today i was hungry as shit and decided to visit a KFC store for some oily goodness. we all know fried chicken makes your footwork faster and possibly cleaner...i hope.
i walk in there to find a massive group of people waiting, i was not sure what was going on, but i go up the counter and order my family feast (shared with my parents of course).
they told me it will be a 12 minute wait on the chicken and at first i agreed without second thought. but then i realised 12 BLOODY MINUTES, THATS NOT FAST FOOD! and then i looked at the place where they put chicken, there was nothing there...absolutely nothing.
ok so if that wasnt bad enough the wait actually took longer than 12 minutes, and when i finally got my family feast (10 pieces of chicken + extras), i began to dig in to find that there was only 5 pieces of chicken in my family feast...not much of a feast, so i went up to the counter and it took roughly another 5 minutes to get my 5 pieces of chicken...
so you'd think that whilst the chicken was not ready, the staff would do something useful in that time. instead they stand around looking at the oven for the chicken to come out whilst theres shit all over their tables and dirty stains all over the building. the ground is sticky with god knows what all the bloody time and theres not a single spotless table insight...
the toilets are also dirty as hell, theres no straw dispenser or tissue dispenser anywhere, there is absolutely nothing.
kfc i give you a 10 in terms of overall oily goodness but pretty much 0 on anything else.
STEP YOUR GAME UP!
but after years of experience with Macdonalds, KFC and Hungry Jacks, i think that KFC stores have got to be the worst in terms of facilities, cleanliness, customer service, management and pretty much everything.
so today i was hungry as shit and decided to visit a KFC store for some oily goodness. we all know fried chicken makes your footwork faster and possibly cleaner...i hope.
i walk in there to find a massive group of people waiting, i was not sure what was going on, but i go up the counter and order my family feast (shared with my parents of course).
they told me it will be a 12 minute wait on the chicken and at first i agreed without second thought. but then i realised 12 BLOODY MINUTES, THATS NOT FAST FOOD! and then i looked at the place where they put chicken, there was nothing there...absolutely nothing.
ok so if that wasnt bad enough the wait actually took longer than 12 minutes, and when i finally got my family feast (10 pieces of chicken + extras), i began to dig in to find that there was only 5 pieces of chicken in my family feast...not much of a feast, so i went up to the counter and it took roughly another 5 minutes to get my 5 pieces of chicken...
so you'd think that whilst the chicken was not ready, the staff would do something useful in that time. instead they stand around looking at the oven for the chicken to come out whilst theres shit all over their tables and dirty stains all over the building. the ground is sticky with god knows what all the bloody time and theres not a single spotless table insight...
the toilets are also dirty as hell, theres no straw dispenser or tissue dispenser anywhere, there is absolutely nothing.
kfc i give you a 10 in terms of overall oily goodness but pretty much 0 on anything else.
STEP YOUR GAME UP!
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
spoilers
if you watch doctor who or plan to watch it...then don't read this
----------Spoilers Start here--------------
i watched the stolen earth last night as elises, let me say how fantastic of an episode it was. the return of davros was awesome and the return of dalek caan also. the fact that he predicts that one of the doctors most faithful companions is gonna die is a bit chilling, seeing that jack harkness can't die dont think its going to be him. i think its either sarah jane or rose tyler. it might be sarah jane coz shes technically the longest serving companion who has met 4 doctors i think, whilst rose has only been with 2, however rose has been the only one that has fully confessed her love towards the doctor so maybe shes the most faithful.
at the end of the episode for anyone that saw it came a cliff hanger out of NO WHERE. the 10th doctor is shot and beings his regeneration process and just before we see his new face the screen cuts out to "to be continued". however i have read that hes already filmed the christmas special episodes which means david tennant will be the doctor until at least then, but then i really wonder how the writers will make him regenerate and keep himself. from watching doctor who the cliff hangers usually dont end up as something EPICALLY ENORMOUS. for example the episode when they are trapped at the end of the universe without the tardis, you think OMYGOD HOW ARE THEY GONNA ESCAPE FROM THOSE DIRTY ANIMALS ATTACKING THEM. and the doctor just pulls out his sonic screwdriver and fixes jack's vortex manipulator and way they go. but i dont know...after 3 seasons with david tennant, i have fallen in love with the 10th doctor, i really dont want him to leave the show even though i know one day he will, but damn it...not now.
-------end spoilers-------
so for all that skipped the spoilers, trust me, doctor who is an amazing show, this season finale has gotten off to the best start you could possibly imagine for a tv show. if you havent started watching season 4, go youtube the episode names and youll find them. if oyu havent started watching it at all GO WATCH IT YOU BAFOON!!!(so i can have someone, other than my blog to talk to about it haha)
----------Spoilers Start here--------------
i watched the stolen earth last night as elises, let me say how fantastic of an episode it was. the return of davros was awesome and the return of dalek caan also. the fact that he predicts that one of the doctors most faithful companions is gonna die is a bit chilling, seeing that jack harkness can't die dont think its going to be him. i think its either sarah jane or rose tyler. it might be sarah jane coz shes technically the longest serving companion who has met 4 doctors i think, whilst rose has only been with 2, however rose has been the only one that has fully confessed her love towards the doctor so maybe shes the most faithful.
at the end of the episode for anyone that saw it came a cliff hanger out of NO WHERE. the 10th doctor is shot and beings his regeneration process and just before we see his new face the screen cuts out to "to be continued". however i have read that hes already filmed the christmas special episodes which means david tennant will be the doctor until at least then, but then i really wonder how the writers will make him regenerate and keep himself. from watching doctor who the cliff hangers usually dont end up as something EPICALLY ENORMOUS. for example the episode when they are trapped at the end of the universe without the tardis, you think OMYGOD HOW ARE THEY GONNA ESCAPE FROM THOSE DIRTY ANIMALS ATTACKING THEM. and the doctor just pulls out his sonic screwdriver and fixes jack's vortex manipulator and way they go. but i dont know...after 3 seasons with david tennant, i have fallen in love with the 10th doctor, i really dont want him to leave the show even though i know one day he will, but damn it...not now.
-------end spoilers-------
so for all that skipped the spoilers, trust me, doctor who is an amazing show, this season finale has gotten off to the best start you could possibly imagine for a tv show. if you havent started watching season 4, go youtube the episode names and youll find them. if oyu havent started watching it at all GO WATCH IT YOU BAFOON!!!(so i can have someone, other than my blog to talk to about it haha)
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