"The land fills were full...New Jersey was full..."
The title for the last entry, "I have to go to some BS charity for some knocked up teenage sluts", is once again from
Futurama. In this case this character Mom (I talked about her in my entry from July 7th) had just been introduced as "the world's most huggable industrialist." After she got done being lovable on camera to everyone as soon as she was out of the public eye she sheds this giant costume dress to reveal a much more anorexic figure and immediately lights up a cigarette and eventually leaves via this quote. I think I'm running out titles for my blog entries. Good thing I got Futurama to watch now. As mentioned last time I do enjoy exploring the subtleties of writing and re-arranging words. I know not all people enjoy this. In fact some may call it dull (or whatever). In Futurama, for example, is this character called Bender, a robot. Now he officially exists
as a bender, who "bends girders". In other words he's made to actually bend stuff. But also he drinks lots and lots of booze (he says) to help keep his batteries charged. So essentially he's on one long continuous
bender. A bender, as in a long drinking binge. So there's a subtle pun. I didn't even notice this until yesterday. So he IS a bender who is ON a bender. Doesn't anyone else find this amusing? I suppose not.
Firstly I want to mention I have now read the first three books in the
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. I think I really do like this series. In some ways I find it similar to the sitcom Third Rock From the Sun insofar as not taking itself that seriously or having any pretenses of realistic sci-fi travels around the galaxy. For example starting from the first book is this new space ship propelled by the "infinite improbability drive". Via this things that infinitely unlikely to happen will happen. For example at one point they were entering the atmosphere of a planet and some missiles were fired and bearing down on the ship. The infinite improbability drive was activated, turning one of the incoming missiles into a whale. This is of course infinitely improbable, that an incoming missile would spontaneously transform into a whale. So the whale realizes its' existence, asks itself a few philosophical questions like where he came from what's up with all the wind before finally hitting the ground and going splat.
Now to talk about a couple things controversial thus alienating what audience I have...
First of all I'm trying to figure out this Marijuana thing. Now right now I feel like I'm about the last one in the greater western hemisphere area that doesn't use it or rant on and on about how it should be legalized. Now the only thing I find inconsistent in these highly pro-dope people is their same breath gross villainization of cigarettes/tobacco companies. So a
legal product, made and produced by
legitimate, tax paying corporations who are
subsidized by the federal government only cares about money and is the worst thing in the history of the universe...while an illegal product that is produced by criminals, sold by drug dealers and distributed by ruthless, murdering drug cartels is completely harmless and the
best thing ever created and distributed in the history of the universe. I'm the only one that "doesn't get it" though. I'm required to hate all tobacco companies at all times no matter what while promoting under all circumstances the amazing cancer curing amazingness of marijuana. That's the rule. I stray from that and I'm some weird Mormon or something' I guess. Some kinda monk who doesn't have any fun. By the way there is apparent evidence that this illicit product produced in Hawaii in fact has some mercury in it which when taken into the bloodstream will have very, very negative side effects. But this is "science" and "factual" so you see it makes no difference. It's not pro-marijuana and is therefore merely right-wing propaganda. So be sure not to believe it or look it up or anything.
Now I'm gonna take-it-up-a-notch. This will be really, really controversial. For you see I believe otherwise inanimate, relatively irrelevant bodily organs should be charged separately in manslaughter and murder cases. For example a drunk driver hitting a pedestrian, killing him instantly. Now this isn't one case of manslaughter ya see, it's two. One for the pedestrian and one for his spleen for instance. And why not? The spleen is a very important organ. After all a fetus is nothing more than an irrelevant organ in body not any more relevant than a spleen yet if a drunk driver kills a woman with a fetus the driver is charged with a double homicide yet the same fetus and electively be removed without incident. So as with the fetus we need spleen rights now. After all, all laws are consistent are they not? So it's no problem. When you a drunk driver kills a person the driver is charged once for the murder of the person and again for the spleen. Hey I said this would be controversial. Some radical people don't want spleen rights. Maybe a political movement will start up and some day the spleen will enjoy the rights it so deserves.
Aren't you glad I stopped talking politics? What? That was political? Pfffff. Ok now I'll talk it more overtly. For example this whole third party presidential candidacy. I realize few have heard of the Libertarian Party or if they have, know it still exists. But it does. The libertarians (the party members that is) always complain about the about the two major parties' candidates and yet push their own candidate despite what I would call a lack of qualifications and/or experience. I mean wouldn't you want a qualified candidate with adequate experience for any job you were interviewing someone for? Has anyone noticed the number presidents who came off of successful governorships or as a vice president? I think there's a reason for this. Mainly that these people are obviously in some manner or another at least qualified-looking if nothing else. Very few senators seem to win the presidency. And yet these third parties including but not limited to the Libertarians continue to run people who haven't even been in elected office period never mind a governor or senator or whatever. So why not concentrate on getting a party member into a governor's office, show off some successes and advantages to this third party and only then run this candidate as for president? Or am I the only one thinking of this?
