The Forever Endeavor: August 2005

Some douche left a "Comment" on my last post which turned out to be a bunch of nonsense promoting some cause or some company or something. Regardless, deleted forever.

I had a dentist appointment this morning.

It was all right.

The damn lady was a renegade with the floss, though. Do you NEED to fucking go 110 mph?

You can do it quickly without smashing into my gums everytime. And why do I always have to get stuck with the woman who wants to talk? Since she's always talking, I never find an appropriate moment to ask if we can turn on the TV.

And why is this always the same woman who had some problem earlier in the week that causes her to be Shakey McShakerton with the little metal hook cleaner thing? It's always "it's cold in here today" or "I usually drink decaf" or "I was on vacation for a week and this is my first day back" or "I was struck by lightning 4 minutes ago"..

.and my gums just get raped.

*Scrape, scrape, GUM PUNCTURE.

Eyes water, white knuckles.*
Whoops, sorry.
*Scrape, scrape, ORAL BOMBARDMENT.

*
I'm sorry. You ok?
*Clearly not ok.

Scrape, scrape...

*

And, for the record, I know I should floss, and I know I don't and we both know that I won't. Let's just move on. The cute little "y'know, I heard you can't advance to Junior year of college unless you floss everyday" bit is played.

I may act like an 8-year old, but, I'm reading at a 6th grade level, at least. Let's bump up the trickery.

Also, now I AM going to have to get my wisdom teeth out?

What changed?

My last visit: (February 2005), they looked at my X-ray (taken in August of 2004) and said "yeah, you probably won't need to get them out".
Today: (August 2005), they looked at my X-ray (taken in August of 2004) and said "yeah, you probably will need to get them out.

"

Umm...

what?

Bill Simmons, a while ago, said that he grew up and was not a Star Wars fan; that it was never his thing. That's fine.

But in like, his last dozen or so columns/More Cowbell updates, he has made a Star Wars reference/analogy in half of them. I found that interesting.

After a thorough review of my schedule for fall classes, I realized it's not all that bad.

The biggest drawback is that I have an 8 AM class twice a week. Oh well. My teacher is NOT Peter Eudenbach, who was my 3D Design teacher and a potential candidate for this (Sculpture) class.

The teacher just might be a ballstein, as well, but, it's not Peter, so, I have a good feeling, at least.

Here is that schedule:

Monday:
3 PM - 4:15 PM [Intro to Literature]
4:20 PM - 7 PM [Environmental Geography]

Tuesday:
8 AM - 10:50 AM [Intro to Sculpture]
4:20 - 5:35 PM [Europe in a World Setting]

Wednesday:
3 PM - 4:15 PM [Intro to Literature]
5 PM - 7:50 PM [Music in History and Culture]

Thursday:
8 AM - 10:50 AM [Intro to Sculpture]
4:20 - 5:35 PM [Europe in a World Setting]

See, the early class is lame, but I have pretty much the entire day free after that.

Monday and Wednesdays are good, except that the two late classes are 3 hours long.

But, in fairness, they only meet once a week, so, it makes sense. What doesn't make sense is that all ODU's art classes are 2 hr., 50 min.

, and they meet twice a week...

and you only get 3 hours of credit. Traditionally, the hours you are in that class, per week, is the hours of credit you get. Somehow me being in an art class nearly 6 hours a week is only 3 credits.

So, the real fact of the matter is this: I get to sleep in pretty late Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (in addition to the weekend) if I want to.

Another con of having an early class Tuesday morning is that I will feel the effects of Monday Night Football.

Speaking of which, apparently Tim McGraw is taking over for Hank Williams Jr.

and his "timeless" theme song, which sucked. Tim McGraw, also, is like, touring with Monday Night Football's crew, and performing at every game, at halftime. That's interesting.

You'd think I'd be depressed about all my friends/acquaintances talking non-stop about what they need to go out and buy for college, what they need to pack for their dorm/apartment, where they're living and who with, but, the fact of it is: I'm not. I've been through that and I must say, I hate packing, I hate moving, I hate unpacking. Whether it's for me, or for someone else, it is a very unpleasurable experience and not at all sorely missed.

I'm starting a new trend. Whenever I get a solicitation call, I pick up the phone and scream something and then hang up.

*beep* SWEET MERCIFUL JESUS!

*beep*

Would you call back?

I was looking through Rolling Stone and in between realizing that Jimi Hendrix was a freak and that Eminem should've "retired" 4 years ago, I came to the conclusion that America, from top to bottom, really has terrible taste in music. Honestly, the Top 40 albums are like 48% rap, 48% country, 2% rock and 2% solo singers.

The "rock" is pretty bad. The rap is god-awful. The country is bullshit.

The solo singers aren't anything noteworthy.

So, you can't quit the military without some sort of criminal charge? What?

Why not?

So, Randy Moss admitted that he's smoked pot before and during his NFL career. Who's surprised?

I'm sure 90% of the pro athletes today have at least tried it or been in a room with someone who was doing it. Big deal. I'd rather they do that occasionally than be hooked on crack.

Speaking of which, Tom Brady admitted *gasp* that he's a normal 27-year old man who does what all 27-year olds do; drink and look at porn. Somehow this is earth-shattering. The point I'm waiting for someone to make is: when you're dating Bridget Moynahan, and have been for a long time.

..do you NEED porn?

Oh, and you're Tom Brady. Yeah, I don't think he's struggling to get any attention.

The 40-Year-Old Virgin is being billed as a "first ballot sex comedy hall-of-famer".

What's a sex comedy? I don't care, because I'm going to see it. And in 21 years, I'll be able to sue them for stealing my story.

I could get into wearing skirts. They seem a lot more comfortable than pants. Of course, I'm basing this completely on wearing a towel around my waist.

I really don't understand why Knights of the Old Republic was praised for being so revolutionary when:

A) the graphics are babycakes
B) the game play isn't something out of another world
C) the story is not very original

Namely, the story. It completely bites off every angle of every Star Wars movie/book already written.

I'll start off with some basic similarities.

• The main character is described as being "too old to begin Jedi training, but, because it's a special circumstance, they will be trained anyway". Where have we heard this before? Oh, Anakin in Episode I and Luke in Episode V.

• The Council has a creature resembling a certain diminutive green Jedi Master (with the same identical voice) and an older, bald, black man. Sounds a lot like Yoda and Mace Windu, does it not?
• When you save Zaalbar from the slavers, he proclaims a life-debt for you.

  See: Chewbacca with Han Solo and Jar-Jar Binks with Qui-Gon Jinn.

• To free Bastila, you have to win the swoop race. To free himself, Anakin had to win the pod race.

• A smuggler (Canderous) agrees to help get you off the planet and past any Sith interference with a ship (the Ebon Hawk) that is the fastest around, provided you give him something (codes into the Sith base). In Episode IV, a smuggler (Han Solo) agrees to help get you off the planet and past any Imperial interference with a ship (the Millennium Falcon) that is the fastest around, provided you give him something (money).
• The final mission is to destroy the enemy's battle station that has the capability to destroy any force that rises against it (the Star Forge).

  The final mission of Episode IV was to destroy the enemy's battle station that has the capability to destroy any force that rises against it (the Death Star).

• You have to get past and/or kill a Rancor in the depths of the Bek Base. In Episode VI, Luke had to get past and/or kill a Rancor in the depths of Jabba's Palace.

• Each character in the game has a mirror image from the films.

1. Main Character (whom you name) - Luke Skywalker.
2. Mission Vao - Princess Leia.

3. Zaalbar - Chewbacca.
4. Canderous Ordo- Han Solo.
5. Carth Onasi- Lando Calrissian.

6. HK-47 - R2-D2
7. Bastila Shan - Anakin Skywalker
8. Jolee Bindo - Mace Windu
9. Master Vandar - Yoda
10. Darth Malak - Emperor Palpatine

• There is a crucial export coming from a planet with cities stationed on top of vast oceans that allows a war effort to continue. Sounds a lot like cloned troops coming from a planet with cities stationed on top of vast oceans, allowing a war effort to continue (Episode II).
• You need to kill an infamous bounty hunter to escape (Calo Nord) an outpost on Tatooine.

  Luke had to kill an infamous bounty hunter to escape (Boba Fett) Jabba's skiff on Tatooine.

• Taris is a planet covered by one huge city. Coruscant is a planet covered by one huge city.

• You have to man the laser turrets on the Ebon Hawk to get past a Sith fighter fleet. Luke and Han had to man the laser turrets on the Millennium Falcon to get past an Imperial fighter fleet.

I would go on, but I'm bored.