On why I like Assassin’s Creed

The setting of this game is back when Jerusalem was ruled by the crusade, and the concept of modern law had not so much been established. The government was The Church, and the King was a “divinely chosen”. The main character is an assassin who is part of a brotherhood of assassins. They counter the wrongful actions of the Crusade and the king’s men.

I mean aside from the fact that it’s just awesome to soar from building top to building top, and from the awesome ways of assassinating, this game has a really interesting concept.

When I was in my Freshmen year, I had to do a research project for National History Day. For mine, I chose to research and write about the ancient religion of the Cathars. They were a sect of Christianity, however, they did not believe that Jesus was the son of God. They believed that he was the enbodiement of the “spark of light” of humanity.

The Church, being itself, shunned the Cathars from society. It got to the point where the remaining Cathars in France and Portugal were slaughtered for their beliefs.

The fact that the game is a historical reference to this time period is what interests me. I’ve always been interested in Religious History.

Also, thanks to Matthew Hughes for the plug.

During Recording – Ciervos

why did they mention
that i was leaving here
you cant embrace
the hard fact that i knew
and i am always right
you say you care
about everything that matters here
it seems easy
but lets be clear
we need a life
that makes more sense
ive got one chance
ive always tried to advance on my own

but when you talk about your hardest times
with your high set friends
you begin to end
and my regards to out to
the sounds of
new thoughts for me (2x)

i might have touched down in texas
im armarillo
i didnt feel so great
i looked down
into a pool of endlessness
its just a metaphor for my
loss of security
we trecked on
but memories
stick hard
when your friends are abrod
and im tired of trecking on
ill sleep through it
ill sleep through all of the exits

chorus (2x)

Layout/Theme Change

I’m going to be working on the layout of this, so by the time you read this, the blog will most likely be different from the last time.

Who Knew

that I’ve been doodling fractals on my math notes this whole time.

I’m American.

All my American friends reading this: you all should be proud to live through this election. It’s been a tough battle of pointing fingers and scoffing, but now that it’s over, we need to unite and solve our problems.

As a Democrat, I did not have a lot of respect for John Mccain, as he played the POW card numerous times, and pointed fingers at Barack for rather meaningless things. However, I just watched his concession speech, and I must say, I commend him. That is the greatest speech I’ve ever heard, and probably will ever hear. I think that it was an accurate representation of America, as well as a memorial for a fallen comrade. He made me proud to be an American.

The times to come in President Obama’s reign will be hard. I can see the momentum of energy rise constantly. I honestly think that America is headed for a revolution. Whether it be an internal revolution, or a revolt against the world, there’s no telling.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Remember this day.

Darlene Freiberg et al- go back to Catholocism please.

Recently I read an article that stated that in Dayton, Tennessee, an image that is supposedly similar to Charles Darwin appeared on a wall. According to the article, the image appeared from steam scourching the wall. However, due to the logical reason of its appearance, Evolutionists “flocked” to the site to examine the image. Darlene Freiberg, a logical Evolutionist, even bought her baby to the site so the baby could touch it so “the power of Darwin can purify her genetic makeup of undesirable inherited trait.”

After reading this, I was astonished. This is like the numerous situations of Catholics claiming to see the Virgin Mary in toast, I thought.

The idea that an Evolutionist (which, in very general terms, is a person of logical thinking and not of faith) made a sort of pilgrimage to the site so her babies DNA could magically be fixed to be “perfect.” If one were to look at the picture in the liked article, it’s just a big scourch mark on the wall with dark and light colors, that only resembles Darwin to those seeking his phyiscal appearance. Those who have faith that he is right, not knowledge in his correctness.

Also, to Darlene, by who’s standards would your babies DNA be “perfected”? Yours? The thought that she would like to modify her baby to fit her standarts is vile in itself. Who is to say that the babies DNA isn’t already perfect? Definitely not you.

My General Ideology

Generally, my beliefs lie with the Democratic ideal system and have a very liberal taste to them. This is mostly true, and I identify myself with the Democrats. However, some of my beliefs are very outlying and do not apply to the general trend of things.

Gun Control is big issue for most Americans, as if it is breached, they’d call it a hit against their rights. Though this may be true, I think that when the Framers wrote the Constitution, they meant the concept of firearms to be use in moderation. Not a free for all, kill each other with an unregistered shotgun. I believe that gun moderation would be better for public interest. For example, I would prefer that every gun be registered to the person that is physically in the store buying it. And that a background check must be completed before a person gets possession of a higher-caliber gun.

I feel that the Patriot Act is a direct violation of rights. Honestly, activist energies should be put fourth into denying this act to go further. The concept that our privacy can be breached by a fat man behind a CIA desk is up hauling, and violates my civil liberties. Seriously, they can just tap your line if they call you a terrorist because they heard you say bomb in a situation that does not apply to the explosive meaning of bomb. Ergo making it a hassle for the rest of your life if you wanted to fly 100 miles to the next city. Because you said the word bomb.

Stem Cell research is also an important issue. Developing cures for cancer and such is the next biggest step in the medical research field, and it would help humanity greatly. The only thing that stops this from happening is right-wing conservatives that like to criticize people for wanting to further the progress of science for the better good. Though they may use dead, donated fetuses for this purpose, the operative word is donated. The mother and father decide that they will have their fetus donated to do this. Donated. By no means are the parents being forced to have their baby killed. It is a choice.

This brings us to the concept of abortion. I believe that abortion is up to the mother. If she feels that she can bare having the death of her child on her back for the rest of her life, then so be it. Let her sabotage herself. It is her decision, and no one can say no.

Taking a tangent on the idea of freedom to live the way they want, I shall explain my thoughts on gay marriage. This harps on the idea that everyone is equal in their ventures, and no one can bestow judgment upon them. Honestly, if you’re in love with someone, so be it. No one can tell you that your love is wrong in any manner. A person would hear that “it’s unnatural because two men cannot reproduce,” but who is to say that the concept of being natural means to reproduce? Air is natural, does it reproduce? “Uh, no.” Hmm. Okay then. Can’t it also be said that anything that exists in this world is natural, since it exists? Anything that is in existence was created by matters of science. Ergo, it is natural. Other than that, there is nothing else that would make this bond “unnatural”.

Now for the Death Penalty. I feel strongly that this should be in place. An eye for an eye. If someone were to kill another person, for what reason should they not suffer the same fate? Justice is the lace of the society. It keeps us running smoothly and within reasonable limits that most people agree too. Let’s say that someone killed someone by like, poisoning their soda at lunch. What good would it do to keep that person here in this world?

All in all, my beliefs fall into the category of Democratic. I believe that people have the basic rights to life, liberty, and equality (the motto of the French Revolution). Though with my strong sense of justice, these core values are modified to fit with it but still follow suit with them.

Don’t mind the first and last paragraphs. They were to make my Government teacher happy.

A conversation of mine between a good friend and myself .

Top 10 favorite songs.

A friend of mine asked me what my favorite songs were. The Top 10. As difficult as it is to determine them, I will give it a shot here.

Mind you, these are not in a particular order. They’re listed as I come across them in my library.

1. Prevent this Tragedy – Alkaline Trio

2. The Power of Love – Celine Dion *

3. Breaking the Habit – Linkin Park

4. Truly Madly Deeply – Savage Garden *

5. Mr. Brightside – The Killers

6. While your Lips are still Red – Nightwish

7. Wings of a Butterfly – HIM

8.  Love, Me – Collin Raye

9. Clocks – Coldplay

10. Crash and Burn – Savage Garden *

The * denotates songs that bare a heavy weight to me

First post, sorta.

Alas, another switch. I just switched from Livejournal not two days ago, and moved over to Blogger. However, a friend convinced me to switch over here. I like this much better, there is much more power of moderation with this one. Also, im fond of the fact that other people can actually make an account on your blog to comment and such. It’s awesome.