Usurper

Chapter 2 of my awesome novel is up. Check it out. Sorry about the sappy ending, but I need to get that out of the way.

http://theinsideworld.pbwiki.com/

Halo 3 > Potter

Well, duh.

http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/070927/1527507.html?.v=3&.pf=career-work

Happy Anniversary Blogger!

Today is the second anniversary of me using blogger as my blog.

Yippe! Staying with a site that long is incredible. What can I say though? Its been a good one. No frills, reliable. Go Blogger! Thanks for two great years and many more to come!

You can see my first blog 2 years ago at 12:03 PM here: Though its really lousy. http://guenthercorp.com/2005/09/guenthercorps-premiere-blog.html

Now a quick anecdote:
The reason I chose to use Blogger in the first place was seeing that little "I Power Blogger" on Alton Brown's blog. The Good Eats man himself and commentator for Iron Chef America.

Good Eats times

i don't know what i want to eat

Post 190 and I can't think of anything that rhymes with nineteenteen.

Usually at this time I'm out to lunch, but I have no clue what I wish to eat. Frankly I'm bored with eating, although once do I eventually get started... And now you know the rest of the story.

Well I've been working on my second chapter of The Inside World. I like how its going so far. Although starting or stopping is hard to do. Is that weird? Not that being weird is wrong. For me at least. Sentence fragment.

Well in other news a very special blog shall be posted... but I won't tell you for what reason. In fact, I think its gonna be lame. Shame really. Though I constantly remind myself against my own will that I'm doing this for my own benefit and not for anybody elses. Just like my novel. Just like my MMORPG. Maybe I'll combine the last two. That should pad out the novel nicely. Though it'll be an overused concept to do so. Yeah, I think I should avoid the whole TRON look.

Well, I'll be working on my novel if you need me. I'll post when I release it to the public on my pbwiki. Ciao.

Escape from Shopping Center Island

I hate my car's security system. It was yet to deter anyone from stealing it and has succeeeded twice in keeping me stranded. Yesterday was the second time it happened.

I was out to lunch, when I was going back to school for class, the wireless remote wouldn't unlock the car. I could open the car alright with the key, but whenever I opened the door the alarm would go off. Not that people do anything about it. So I pretty much waited outside the car for five hours waiting for my father to come after work with his remote to switch the security off.

Well I did take pictures of it which you can find someplace. I did attempt calling the dealer and the company that did make the security system, but luckily I found out my brand new phone isn't very good for having phone calls made from it without eating the battery up.

Later I went to see I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. I still don't know which was Chuck and which was Larry, but whatever. It was pretty good. Good ol' dollar theatre. Maybe I'll go see Die Hard 18 tonight.

Top Ten Ways to Destroy the Earth

http://www.livescience.com/technology/destroy_earth_mp.html

Personally I've wondered about this from time to time.

Morality without God

Is there any basis for morality without God?

Well beyond the obvious "don't get caught" excuse. Which is probably the whole reason people isn't a burning sesspool. I mean... hmmm.

Is there morality at all in the world? Do people just say what they believe in so they can join some invisible clique? Is it just because their parents made them go to church and they're now too scared that the pastor knows they didn't go to church?

Is there any reason to obey the speed limit if there isn't a cop sitting there?

Is the invisible threat that "God will know" the reason people do good?

For many, sure. They just do it because they're stuck in a rut. Others still see God as some boogeyman that will get them if they do bad. What should somebody do when they run into an ethical decision if they truely are a Christian?

I guess I'm trying to say I'm trying to see the other side to this issue. I guess I'm a moderate. So was Jesus. I mean sure you should obey the commandments and all, but just because somebody doesn't doesn't mean you should hang them from the gallows. People won't always believe the same exact thing as you do. We all have varrying ideas and cognitive resources to even grasp advanced concepts such as eternity, forgiveness, and that aching little question "What exactly happens when you die."

I like Christianity for two reasons: Its the easiest way to redeem yourself and completely logical if you have the understanding that humanity is flawed. The second reason is that it explains pretty much everything. Sometimes the Bible doesn't fill in the gaps, but I'm not saying that is by any means its downfall.

People simply wouldn't understand if God attempted to explain to the people how the mysteries of the universe occured. Its sinful nature to completely ignore something you don't understand. Not that talking and trying to explain how these things happen doesn't end up with the same result today. People's minds are just too bound to what they can see and hear, now I'm not claiming I have the answers either, but they seem to work.

IM me if you wanna know more about it. Or maybe I'll blog about it later with a disclaimer.

WARNING: INDEPENDENT THOUGHT. That'll rake in the pageviews.

Quest for Valor

That's the pending name of my MMORPG "Quest for Valor" its the name of the trading card game I tried to make up a few years ago. I created a pbwiki if you'd like to see the progress of designing it. Course its not open for just anyone to edit yet.

http://questforvalor.pbwiki.com/

Its worth a look. If you're into that kinda thing.

In other news it seems time has increased its speed yet again. According to my calculations its at about triple normal speed. Oh well that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm sure it'll slow back down again once I realize things are boring. I just hope I'm not doing permanent damage to the Space-Time Continuum again. Man those Temporalytes sure get cranky when they have to repair damage to it. Its the worst job ever, even worse than charcoal taste tester.

Self Let Me Down

Nothing bums you out more than pondering your own mortality.

Sure things are doing well so far, nothing has successfully killed you yet... but what in life haven't you gotten around to? Will people notice you're gone? Will they be sad? Will they get drunk off their asses drinking beer our of your polished skull?

I get sentimental late at night. And crazy. Happy 185th blog Guenthercorp.

Be Nice to Me, I Donated Blood

Yep you read that correctly. I just donated blood to the American Red Cross. Why them? They're the one that came to me. No blood for your Lifesource.

Not only is it fun to get pricked for a hemoglobin test, the needle for the blood itself is an experience of its own. Oh and the questions about sex are a lot of fun. Free cookies and juice just sweeten the deal.

I didn't take one of those free T-shirts and I unfortunately didn't see any stickers. Them's the breaks I guess.

For fun I've also been designing the ultimate MMORPG. Its coming along nicely though I haven't the slightest clue how I'll get it programmed. Ah well just means it will be more interesting. That would be my ideal career, owning an MMO play for work, make stuff up for research.

The Funniest Thing Since Unsliced Bread

http://www.xkcd.com/135/

That's rediculously funny and terrifying at the same time. This webcomic might inspire me to rip it off. Then again I don't have the patience to do it everyday.

This one's cool too, it has Runescape on it. http://www.xkcd.com/256/

Mad Dash

Wow, I hadn't realized how rare it is to get a computer in this place. Its so nice every body's wasting time not doing anything. But I have a blog to keep up! How inconsiderate that they not be psychic. I have a chat with the Dean about this.

This computer has the worst keyboard and mouse ever. They all stick. At least at home, its only my house that acts funny. Sigh I guess I have to get a new one, or be lazy and plug in one of my old ones. That'll work. Remind me to do that.

Let's see, I was forced to buy another text book today hoping the one I ordered online would get here in time. Well that's media mail for ya... I don't wanna pay 10 bucks so I have to wait 3 weeks.

It's stupid that any homework be due this early in conceptual classes. I mean in the discrete mathematics class homework isn't ever really due. It's just to make sure you're learning the material and I got it during classtime.

Not that I can't get better practicing but that book hasn't arrived either. Well at least my macro book came so I can follow along with the pretty pictures and diagrams. This book was probably in the bathtub with the previous owner, its all water damaged, doubt I'll be able to resell it. Of course I don't mind it, I doubt whoever eventually buys it from me will either.

The school bookstore system is a total sham. At least at NIU and Harper they had underground bookstores nearby that undercut the official one, I have no idea where one is for this school, which I'm pretty sure has to exist somewhere.

I did notice I never spellcheck my blog, and the labels aren't really helpful finding blogs of note. So I did get rid of the labels, I'll try to relabel stuff helpfully.

Extended Weekend

Well, that was uneventful... the best kind of eventful.

That reminds me of the uncola for some reason, is 7UP all that popular? Was it ever? I mean that Cool Spot game they had out a decade ago was cool, but not like I ever played it all that much. Stupid game hog cousins...

Well, I would say I'm back to the old grind, but that's not true... I'm getting into a whole new grind. I have yet to get a decent restaurant to hang out at during the afternoon like I did at Harper. Course going home between log recesses is too troublesome from this distance.

Well, I don't have anything else interesting to say so I'll cut it off.