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This is just whatever I feel like ranting about at the moment... Notice the title of the page. Scroll down to the Rant Archive for past ramblings.
Lactic acid is also called lactate, and when a mother is producing milk for a child she is lactating. I do not think this is a coincidence. I think lactate is secretly breast milk. Lactic acid is toxic to the body which is why muscles hurt after one has been anaerobically respiring. Thus, I believe we ruin our brains at an early age from drinking something that is toxic. Our lives are nothing more than hallucinations that we experience due to lactic acid. Our lives are one big acid trip. Yeah. That was my rant. Don’t laugh.
BEWARE. This is a spoiler for anyone who hasn't read the book or seen the movie!
First of all, let me start with this statement: I REALLY did not like the movie. It's too long. There's too much fighting. It's trying to be serious, but during the majority of it I was laughing AT the movie. But put all of that aside. Let's pretend that I'm a person who loves long movies, who enjoys TONS of fighting on the big screen, and who thinks that the movie was incredibly dark and deep. Even then the movie isn't up to par. It took the book and shredded away every last bit of meaning and integrity it ever possessed.
Let's begin with Exhibit A. Denethor's death. In the book, even when Faramir was taken away from him, Denethor threw himself on the burning pyre. And I quote from the book, "Then Denethor leaped upon the table, and standing there wreathed in fire and smoke he took up the staff of his stewardship that lay at his feet and broke it on his knee." Very serious and grim. At least to me. The movie? Well, Gandalf and Denethor get in a semi-fight and Denethor is pushed onto the pyre. Then, Denethor proceeds to run, flaming from head to foot and looking like an idiot, off of a ledge. I actually laughed. In the book I did not.
Exhibit B. The special effects. The special effects are marvelous!!! I really must give them that. But they're used in such stupid ways. Take the Nazgul-coming-out-of-its-tower scene for instance. A giant, glowing, green light emerges when the Witch King comes out from his tower because it feels the ring nearby. What in the world? Why do you even need this light? Sure, it looked cool, but WHY?
Exhibit C. The destruction of the ring. This is one of the great things about the book. "But Gollum, dancing like a mad thing, held aloft the ring, a finger still thrust within its circle. It shone now as if verily it was wrought of living fire. 'Precious, precious, precious!' Gollum cried. 'My Precious! O my Precious!' And with that, even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell." He was not pushed. The hero did not bravely enter Mount Doom and throw the ring into it's depths, thus destroying it and saving the world. No. If it were not for Gollum, which Gandalf seemed to know for quite some time, the world would not have been saved. If it were not for PITY, that of Frodo and Bilbo, Gollum would not have been around to accidentally help. The movie? Well, after Gollum bites Frodo's finger off in an incredibly funny-to-watch moment of fighting with an invisible Frodo, Frodo proceeds to fight him for the ring and Gollum is accidentally pushed into Mount Doom. This obviously does NOT have the same effect as the book. Maybe it was still an accident, but it just doesn’t mean as much to me. It almost becomes an easy-to-predict, happy fairytale where people are sick of the hero always saving the world. If you still don't understand how much this ruins it, then I don't know what else to say.
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Ah, yes, the ever-stimulating topic of chickens. We eat them. We pluck them. We use their way of life as model for our own mass armies, thus successfully conquering all chickendom. Or not. But anyways... Are chickens not everywhere? There is a whole fast food chain dedicated to them. We not only use them, but their unfertilized child-carrying things as well. What would we do without eggs? Without chicken nuggets? We are quite dependent on these creatures.
Then, because they are everywhere, we must think about their survival possibilities. When one cuts off their head they may continue to run around. There are so many of them that the odds of at least a few surviving some sort of world disaster is great.
So brings the argument of my rant. Chickens are the Roaches of Poultry. Eat them, bash them, cut them, smite them. They aren’t going away anytime soon. We're in for a long ride with these head banging fellows so you'd better get used to them. And roaches? Well, I'd hope you see he similarities because I don’t really feel like talking about them right now. G'day. *hands you a Roaches of Poultry button*
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Subject of rant: High school class hatred
Why? WHY?! I have firsthand experience in the past with this hatred toward freshmen in high school... It is not anyone’s fault that they are a certain age or grade and they should not be punished for it. Some older students might say "but people were mean to us when we were freshmen." Then should you not turn around and rebel against the older students who were cruel to you in years past?! The newly arrived freshmen have done nothing. Others might remark that "it's tradition." WHO CARES?! Some traditions of the past have been absolutely terrible and people eventually came to realize they were in the wrong. If it is tradition to put down and criticize others because of what class they are in, then it should be uprooted. It sickens me to see such behavior and I hope that somehow, someday, it will be changed for the better.
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Subject of rant: My ideal legal structure of Harry Potter’s wizarding community
Disclaimer: I own none of the people I will speak of. They all belong to the Harry Potter series. This is merely some fun I am having by putting my favorite character from the series in a leadership role. Don’t take it seriously.
If you have seen the fetishes page, then you will know that I am rather attached to Remus Lupin. So, to begin… In my ideal legal structure of Harry Potter’s wizarding community, Lupin would be the King. Yes, you read it correctly, King Remus. He would keep his position for life, and after concluding his reign, a new King for life would be voted upon by all magical creatures and humans. The King’s powers would include all executive responsibilities, and partial control over the legislative branch of the government. He would be able to suggest laws and write them up, but would not be able to pass them. That brings us to the next position of the government, the Head of House. Now, Hermione would have this position, seeing as she is my second favorite character. The Head of House also has a lifetime job, and the new leader is voted upon after his/her period in office is complete. The Head of House is the representative and leader of the House, the legislative branch of the government, which passes or rejects laws. Hermione also is an adviser to the King, for she is a representative who is chosen by the people and/ or creatures. The House would consist of one elected representative for every 100 civilians in the wizarding community, and would include Hagrid, Draco Malfoy, Dumbledore, and others. Hermione’s vote in the House does not carry a greater weight than any other member; however, she is the more prominent figure that is often seen by the public to deliver speeches on behalf of the other members. The House may take suggested laws from King Remus, may create their own, or may take suggestions from the judicial branch. Which brings us to our final section of the would be government, the judicial branch. Fred and George Weasley would be the only two judges, upholding the laws created by the House, for they are my third favorite characters (And after all, isn’t justice represented by a balance? I find it coincidental that Fred and George are twins). They, too, would hold their positions for life and two more judges would be elected to replace them after their job is complete. No juries would be needed, for Fred and George are such spectacular characters that the court only needs one opinion in every case. And so concludes the imaginary government of King Remus Lupin.
Now, that turned out to be much longer than I ever intended. I originally meant it to be more fun than anything, and it ended up being a bit too descriptive, and yet, if it were a true legal structure, it would not be descriptive enough. oO;
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Subject of rant: "Kill two birds with one stone. Save the birds."
I have decided this shall be my first thing to rant about because I have been lead to believe this quote of mine is not self explanatory. While I understand what it means, that may only be due to the fact that I have written the statement. If you do indeed understand what is meant by this quote, then please forgive my excessive speaking on the subject. Now, to delve into the depths of the quote...
Well, the common phrase of "Kill two birds with one stone" basically means to do two tasks at once, or with one throw so to speak, also known as multitasking. Now, if you take that saying literally and figuratively at the same time, then it tells you to kill two birds and to multitask while doing it. So, if you save both literal birds in one try that you would have killed, then you are indeed multitasking, therefore following the figurative direction of the saying, and at the same time doing the opposite of the literal meaning.
I’m terribly sorry if this still makes no sense, but often times rants do not draw from the typical aspects of the world.