Ok, time to rant again.

San Antonio's Northside Indipendant School District has now decided to put Security Cameras in all its high schools, mine included. I called in to complain and after getting through and leaving my recorded message about Orwellian workings in our school district, here is the recorded message I got back:

"Thank you for your support. We are glad to know you care about the safety of your children."

BULLSHIT! With these cameras, Big Brother will be watching over us the entire time we're in school. Cameras will be everywhere but the bathrooms and locker-rooms, becuase it'd be an invasion of privacy to put them there. Anyone else find that ironic? Deciding that only in certain instances are hidden cammeras an invasion of privacy. I hate hypocrites.

What comes next! Are we gonna have posters of our principals in the halls like the one of Big Brother?! "Mr. Woods is Watching You." Then come the posters in the halls with the words "War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength."

Now, I'm sure most of you are thinking, "If they've got nothing to hide, it's no problem." Oh yes it is a problem. It's a big problem. Those with nothing to hide will be giving out personal information without even knowing it, most likely through a conversation with a close friend. With these cameras, the schools will have more power & knowledge than has ever befallen them. They will know who made-out with whom at what time, who went to the bathroom at what time, who got a drink of water at what time, and who bought pot from whom.

This is not to look out for the children's safety, as those who attempted to justify this Orwellian Act have said. This is just another way to crack down on drug users. I for one will be fighting this act in every way I can. Now that Orwellian Moments are beginning to hit our schools, let's look at another Orwellian Move(this one orchestrated by the Bush Administration).

The USA Patriot Act. The most Fascist thing to hit America since Bush himself. With this, he took Orwellian policies in America to a new level. Thanks to the USA Patriot Act I have this to look forward to whenever I use the phone:

Yep. The Patriot Act makes it legal to invade anyone's privacy. It makes it legal to look at what books you've checked out, where you live, makes it legal for them to tap your phone-lines, etc. etc. etc. a bunch of other crap. They can now do complete background checks on anyone, even if they have committed no crime and much more.

Congradulations, Big Bush. You did it. You managed to make America into a veritable Oceania(the place in George Orwell's 1984, dumbasses).

Currently Reading 1984 : Centennial Edition By George Orwell, Thomas Pynchon, Erich Fromm, Eric Arthur Blair see related

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! GO SPURS GO!!

We are the champions, my friends!
And we'll keep on fighting, 'till the end.
We are the champions
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

No time for losers,
'Cause we are the champions...
of the world!

Who are the champions? I'll tell you who! THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS!!!

Number 21: TIM DUNCAN!!
Number 20: MANU GINOBILI!!!!!!!! GO MANU!
Number 09: TONY PARKER!
Number 05: ROBERT HORRY!!
Number 17: BRENT BARRY!!!
Number 12: BRUCE BOWEN!!
Number 03: BIG DOG ROBINSON!
Number 02: NAZR MOHAMMAD!
Number 31: MALIK ROSE(sadly, he left us... WE MISS YOU, BUDDY!)
Number 14: BENO UDRIH!
Number 50: DAVID ROBINSON!! (retired years ago, sadly)
Number 23: DEVON BROWN! WHOOT!
Number Blank: ROMAN SATO(reserves)
Number 04: SEAN MARKS!
Number 11: What's-His-Face!
Number 34: TONY MASSENBERG!!
And the rest of your SAN ANTONIO SPURS!!

Popavich sucks! But not as bad as the Pistons(though that's not saying much). 

Thanks to the world's best announcers:
#25 STEVE KERR and #32 SEAN ELLIOT!!! ... Charles Barkley can come too.



Bill Walton sucks. You hear me, Walton? YOU SUCK!!!

IF FREAK BOY EVER MET BILL WALTON

Bill Walton: Spurs aren't gonna win, Spurs aren't gonna win.

[Spurs Win]

Bill Walton: Wow... they won. But hey, in the city of last stands and lost causes, the Spurs accomplish both in their last stand against unbeatable odds!

Freak Boy: Fuck you! Up yours, asshole! Spurs were shoe-ins from the start! If I recall, the final score was what now?

Bill Walton: Uhm... I think it was 75 to 76?

Freak Boy: OH NO!! Try 75 to 81, bitch! We the champions THREE TIMES NOW, and you KNOW that the Derek Fisher shot from last year didn't count, so it SHOULD be FOUR TIMES! Now prepare to get your pompous ass kicked!!!
GO SPURS GO!
IT'S THRICE AS NICE!!

Ok, sorry it took so long to update, but I've become addicted to KOTOR II(which I beat a few days ago), then I had to do last minute Father's Day shopping, and I discovered that there's all kind of kickass shows on the channels that show weird crap in the day if you watch them late at night, and... it's just been a hectic(however long it took me to update).

Ok, time for my ocasional rant:

Among my friends, I'm known as the "oddball." I'm the weird guy, apparently. So, I'm hanging out with my friends and Tr--wait... my friends shall remain nameless. I don't know who's reading this, but with the hatemail I get, it's safe to say there are some real freaks looking at my website. Ok, so Friend 1 tells me, "You know, dude... you're really weird sometimes. But... it's like... a different weird. It's not bad or anything just... strange."

So then I ask him, "What makes me weird?"

To which Friend 2 responded, "Dude... you came to school in a Darth Vader outfit for the STAR WARS premier."

"So did other people. Plenty of people skipped school."

"You're always talking about politics," said Friend 3.

"I'm just informed and dedicated to my cause. Plenty of Right-Wing Nutjobs at the school. You just brought up the politics thing because I'm the opposite political party of the Fascists at our school."

"Dude, what's a Fascist?"

After a while of talking, I came to the conclusion that I'm the normal one and everyone else is weird. How did I come to this conclusion? Well, let me ask you this:

Who is the weird one? The one who attempts to conform to all of society's demands by listening to music that's in, trying to dress like pop celebrities, and killing yourself with all kind of hazardous diet prodcuts, or the one who dresses how he likes, listens to what he likes, and eats food that tastes good?

From my point of view, all those "trendy" people are the weird ones. Why would you want to ever fit in with anyone? When you're the same as everyone else, you're denying the true you! You lose your individuality when you try to conform to what everyone else is doing. Should be common sense, right? No. It's not. Nobody sees it that way, because pop-culture has turned an entire generation of people into idiots who let corporations and high powered politicians think for them.

From my perspective, I'm the normal one. I'm not the one trying to be like everyone else, I'm just trying to be myself. To do what I like so that I can be happy with myself. Those pop-culture zombies have been robbed of their individuality. Sure they'll be popular for a few weeks, but they'll have huge holes in their wallets and black hearts. Me? I'll have a few bucks for food, and I'll always be happy with my life because it's MY LIFE. Not a life I saw on MTV and decided I wanted to emulate, MY LIFE.

Here's a dedication to some of the cool and normal people out there:

Congradulations. You're not even 17 and you're already a slut! You've achieved that which all other horny high-school retards dream about. You got laid. Oh, by the way, you're pregnant now since condoms are unnatural and the pill would've made you fat. Your parents won't let you get an abortion because they're radical Christian fundamentalists and your life is fucked now. But, hey, you got laid and you were popular for a while.

Alright! You're cheerleaders! Read the rant about the slut. It applies to you too.

Yes! You're on the football team! You're big, strong, and have a 20% better chance of getting laid than anyone else on campus! Too bad you're only dating the cheerleaders and sluts. Even worse that no-one gives a shit about high school sports except parents. The chances of you making it big are a whopping 0.0001%, and you'll end up bagging my groceries or not voting for me in the 2034 election, simply out of spite. Go fuck off and die.

Oh! You listen to U2 and J-Rock and wear trendy clothing. Congradulations. You're a sellout and a fad chaser. You have no brain and let other people think for you. You live off your parents and plan on taking their money and their property when they die, and other than walking to the courthouse to sign the legal documents that gives you all their crap, you plan on doing no work in your entire life. Preppy bastards...

Oooooh! You're all dark and mysterious! You amaze us because you have issues and refuse to cope with them. Everyone watches you and places bets on what month you'll try to kill yourself. Bitch. You write crappy poetry, mooch off your parents almost as much as the preps(if you don't count all the money they spend on the medication you don't really need). And what happens after high school? Well, assuming you haven't killed yourself by then, you go to college and find out your boyfriend cheated on you. Because you're so struck with grief, you kill yourself. You lived a short life and no-one cares that you died.

Congradulations. You are the coolest of cool. You act all angry and yell at everyone, trying to show off how cool you are with your expensive hair, expensive boots, and expensive CD Player. You bitch about your parents who do nothing but hand you cash when you ask for it, feed you when you're hungry, and buy you all your shitty clothes. You claim to be an Anarchist and want to topple "The System" but you don't even know who the head of the system is. After high school you marry some punk bitch you knocked up at Warped Tour, then get arrested for starving your kid and beating your wife.

You're just plain evil. You stole two elections, disenfranchised thousands of black votes, told the minorities to go to hell, launched a war on Islam and the Middle East, and put America into an economic downward spiral, but still have approval ratings through the roof. Why? Becuase you use religion to keep the masses dumb and docile. When you leave office, people will notice that you fucked up the country, and then hopefully you'll be remembered with the same contempt as James Garfield. HAH! You don't even know who James Garfield is. That's because you're the idiot son of an asshole.

Currently Reading The Revolution Betrayed By Leon Trotsky see related

After seeing STAR WARS Episode III, I must say I was dissapointed with Lucas. However, I won't get in to why I disliked Episode III, because that's off topic and not what I want to talk about today. Seeing all the STAR WARS movies made me realize that there are incredible similarities between the STAR WARS universe and real life... not really. Anyway, I thought it would be good to do a STAR WARS parody using real life people and events! So, I bring you... a sneak peak into a Flash animation that I hope to get around to some time before I die. I give you...

The Inevitable Star Wars Parody!

GULF WARS

GULF WARS
Episode I: The Fascist Menace

It is a dark time for AMERICA. After a horrible terrorist attack, the REPUBLICAN PARTY has used the rampant patriotism in the land to do whatever they please. After passing the PATRIOT ACT, they are now able to monitor internet posts, what books people check out from the library, who someone voted for, and even when they go to the bathroom.

The DEMOCRATS have put up a valiant fight to restore DEMOCRACY but the FASCIST MENACE refuses to heel. Together, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, and Condaleeza Rice have managed to give their corporate friends absolute power and crack down on any forms of dissent amongst the people…

GULF WARS

Episode II: A Clone of the Attack

It’s war… again! Patriotism still at an all time high, it wasn’t difficult for the BUSH ADMINISTRATION to convince the people that they are in danger. Using the threat of the “Terrorist Enemies” they managed to convince the people that the world would be safer with SADDAM HUSSEIN out of the picture.

Never mind that HUSSEIN hated them just as much as we did, or that we put him in power, because he had VALUABLE OIL that we needed. Once again, the DEMOCRATIC PARTY attempted to stop the Evil Emperor--I mean… PRESIDENT BUSH from carrying out this farce of a war, but nobody listened.

GULF WARS

Episode III: Revenge of the Right

SADDAM out of the way, and AMERICA no safer than before, the REPUBLICAN PARTY threw the blame at those who hate “freedom”, in other words, those who aren’t REPUBLICANS.

Yes, the REPUBLICAN PARTY threw in a new twist. They told the people that DEMOCRATS aren’t patriots and may even be collaborating with terrorists! They claimed the DEMOCRATS didn’t know how a true DEMOCRACY worked… never mind that BUSH stole the election, or that AMERICA was now hated by all DEMOCRATIC NATIONS. BUSH said it, so it must be true.

Hiding behind their flag and screaming “terrorist”, the REPUBLICANS launched their wars on the Middle East and the DEMOCRATS...

GULF WARS

Episode IV: A New Dope

The DEMOCRATIC PARTY now in ruins, it didn’t take much effort for EMPEROR BUSH to get elected again. Did I say Emperor? Sorry--PRESIDENT BUSH to get elected again, and the REPUBLICAN PARTY took control of both the HOUSE and the SENATE.

No longer able to blind the people with terrorist threats or the quest to get HUSSEIN, those clever & dastardly REPUBLICANS tried a new strategy: RELIGION. Now, instead of focusing on keeping AMERICA safe, they focus on keeping it CHRISTIAN. Never mind the separation of CHURCH & STATE, the HOUSE easily repealed that.

Yes, with the DOPE in office for another term, it isn’t long before AMERICA crosses the line in to THEOCRACY…

GULF WARS

Episode V: America Strikes Back!

Scrapping the electoral process completely, DARTH DUBYAH has decided to stay on another four years due to recent crisis. Outraged at the backstabbing tactics of the AMERICANS, the EU has cut off all trade with the FSA, Fascist States of America.

In retaliation to the EU’s defiance, EMPEROR CHENEY has ordered the construction of a military weapon so powerful, it can destroy an entire continent. The DEATH BOMB.

After winning their first battle, the LEFTIST ALLIANCE managed to steal the plans to the DEATH BOMB. Hoping to find a weakness in it’s structure, they quickly rush the plans to the last safe haven for LIBERALS(since the EU is a target) … CANADA.

GULF WARS

Episode VI: Return of the Leftists

After blowing up the DEATH BOMB, the REPUBLICANS sent their forces to attack the LEFTIST ALLIANCE. Scattered throughout the world, the FSA seems unable to counter this threat, which is so openly supported by the rest of the world.

DARTH BUSH, totally obsessed in his quest to make a CHRISTIAN AMERICA, has put a bible in every home, while EMPEROR CHENEY begins creating the world’s first CORPORATE REPUBLIC.

The CORPORATIONS rising to power, and RELIGION overtaking SCHOOLS and BUDGET, it’s only a matter of time before the UNITED NATIONS step in. Until then, the LEFTIST ALLIANCE must hold their ground in keeping the FASCISTS at bay…

(Movie ends with Bush killing Cheney because Cheney admitted he only used religion to keep the masses at bay, whereas Bush is actually religious. Bush dies seconds later because a tornado appears out of nowhere, and misses him… but he spontaneously combusts. The United Socialist States of America is formed and everyone lives happily ever after in the USSA.)

Oooooh! Aaaaaaaah! The crowds go wild, and Freak Boy wins an Academy Award for best writer! I'm the man.

Time to adress a personal issue of mine. Internet piracy!

Once upon a time, there was great adventure on the high seas of the internet. Swashbuckling pirates roamed everywhere! Pirates of all shapes and sizes sailed aboard the Dreaded Napster, The Black Kazaa, and The Great Newgrounds.

However, then came the dreaded Metallica, sailing their flag in the name of the Corporate Armada. Thanks to them, piracy's glory days are over. However, there are still many pirates out there today, myself included.

I am Freak Beard the Pirate, arrrgh!

Okay, so Pirates can once again sail the high seas of the internet aboard the good ship LimeWire. I've decided to give you, the reader, a test to see how much of a pirate you are! You know how these tests go, so just answer the damn questions and tally up your score.

How many songs do you have downloaded? Add that number to your score.

For every song you paid for (New Napster, MSN, etc. etc.) subtract 50 points.

If you set fire to your Metallica CDs, or destroyed them in any other way, shape, or form after Napster was shut down, add 300 points.

If you downloaded feature films, add 300 points. (add an extra 500 if you downloaded it the day it was released to theatres.)

If you've downloaded from Kazaa and it DIDN'T eat your computer, add 300 points.

If you've ever said "Arrr" add 200 points.

If you ever said "Matey" add 500 points.

Add 200 points every time you saw Pirates of the Carribbean.

Add 800 points if you've ever been on the Pirates of the Carribbean ride.

Add 1,000 points if you pirated Pirates of the Carribbean.

Add 700 points if you actually go by your pirate name. (Red Beard, Long John Silver, Black Beard, Captain Hook, Sparrow, etc. etc.)

If you own an authentic pirate sword, add 500 points. (add another 1,000 points if you ever actually used it)

Add 5,000 points if you were on that list of most wanted Internet Pirates (compiled by Record Companies, of course).

If you pirated every episode of a TV series, add 600 points. (if it had pirates in it, add an extra 700 points.)

If you fly the jolly roger over your house add 300 points!

If your name is Mike add 1,000 points. (if your name is Mike AND you post as Mischa on YoA, add 3,000 points.)

Ok, add up your score and see where you fall!

In the negatives: You're a Corporate Cronie!
You make me sick! And to think you have the balls to sail under a pirate flag! Time to walk the plank, you pussy!

0-3,000pts: You're a landlubbar!
You aren't in the same calibur as us Pirates. Pirates like us swashbuckle from your homes, pillage your villages, and rape your wives. Woohoo! Pirates life for me!

3,000-8,000pts: You're a scallywag!
You can hang with us pirates, but you're not yet one of us. You're well on the road to becoming a pirate, of course. Keep up the pace and I might develop a sliver of respect for you.

8,000 to 20,000: You're a swashbuckler!
Ahoy, matey! You make me proud! You're an honest to goodness pirate, and you proudly wave your pirate flag above your home! It's good to know that I can sail the high seas of the internet with the likes of you. Arrrrr! 

20,000-1,016,600pts: You're worse than a pirate, you're a liar! There is no way to get that many points, jackass. Arrgh, go fuck yourself!