Wednesday, October 20, 2004

People (3 or 4, but still people mind you) have been bugging me to update this site. That's not going to happen right now. So until I feel like adding more content or writing a real update, here's something to read.

"If there's anything which screams "possibilities," it's the trampoline. For example, take any profession. How about Law. Now, imagine an entire court case being carried out on trampolines. Lawyers, judge, jury, the whole shebang. People would sue each other and commit crimes just for the trial, I tell you. So maybe it wouldn't be great for society, but it would be a lot of fun.
Inspired by this thought, I've now decided that if I am ever called to court for whatever reason, I will bring my own trampoline. If anybody else in the room looks at me strangely or dares question my trampolining, I will shoot them. A meaningful stare.
Eventually I'd probably get tired, though. Trials tend to drag out, and trampolining can use a lot of energy. So I'll let other people take turns. After they get used to my hoppity presence, I'm sure they'll be aching for a try. And while they're distracted by the amazing elastic platform of fun, I'll quietly sneak out the front door into FREEDOM.
After all, Freedom, isn't that what America's all about? Freedom. What are you going to do, take my FREEDOM away? No, you can't. Because it's my FREEDOM, and I have a Right to the FREEDOM to have FREEDOM.
But in an utterly depressing ironic twist, it doesn't even sound like a word now. I've abused my Freedom and mutated it into a meaningless couple of syllables.
That phenomenom seems to happen every once in a while, to everyone. You find a word, say it many times, and it doesn't seem like a word anymore, in some odd way. I think people should keep a log of every time that happens. Count how many times you have to say it before it sounds weird. Then, every five years, send your log details into the government. The CIA could have a big database of word information, and we could know which words most commonly lose their meaning, and which words lose their meaning the quickest. We could also keep tabs on people who say "Jihad" a lot, I think that might be of some use." -neil cicierega

bye for now

ps: happy birthday cabin boy