I went to MT’s official site to look up some documentation on their software. Off to the side on their main page, they have a list of recently updated MT-powered blogs. Is it just me or do most of the blogs out there deal with politics? I think there were around 15 links to different sites and around 12 of them were political blogs in some fashion. Some were near professional (and very well done), some looked like the collected thoughts of a casual political observer and then there were some that looked like they came straight out of the Alabama Aryan Militia official newsletter.

Basically, it was a mixed bag of ideas spread across the entire political spectrum. It almost makes me wonder if I’m utilizing my webspace and bandwidth effectively. I am getting older (as in I’m too old for a Xanga dripping with angst and Linkin Park lyrics), yet I care more about the social hierarchy of Lilian Academy than American foreign policy.

Maybe I’m not seeing the appeal here, but is it that much fun to push one’s own political agenda onto others? It’s as if most of these people bought a domain name, paid for webspace and then automatically defaulted to talking about politics because they realized that they have nothing else to write about (sound familiar?). There is also the possibility that people maintain blogs about politics because it’s one of those “universal” topics that draw a lot of visitors (i.e. attention whores). I thought writing about anime episodes was unsexy, but pandering political drivel is much worse. To top it all off, most of these blogs suck. It’s okay to have an opinion but your opinion is shit if you can’t even convey it right. Here is an example.

Some Random Blog

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Wait, who shot who in the what now? What’s interesting? Do you agree with this article? Do you think it’s written by Satan? Don’t trick me with your devious mind games! Say something, homeboy!

There’s a problem when half of your entries are copy-paste jobs of news articles found on the internet (or even worse, just a link) with minimal analysis. People have told me that the appeal of my site isn’t what I write about, it’s how I write it. So this means…

LK.com > most of the blogs out there

I win. Discuss.

Box Score

Recap

I went to the Angels game today. Wednesday is GA (Galaxy Angel, not Garret Anderson) night so I would have stayed home under normal circumstances, but how could I say no to…

1. Field level seats, 10 rows behind the Angels dugout on the third base line
2. Ichiro and his chase for the single season hits record

It was a close game until the Mariners decided to ejaculate all over Bartolo Colon in the fourth inning. Then the Mariners thought it would be even funnier to ejaculate all over the entire Angels bullpen. Giving up twenty four hits over the course of nine innings is inexcusable (Bad Angels!), but leaving 13 men on base is also inexcusable (Bad Mariners!).

There was some guy sitting behind me who kept making fat jokes whenever Colon messed up. Apparently, this fat girl sitting a few rows ahead took offense to the cheap stabs at the expense of Bartolo’s horizontal aptitude. A fight was about to break out but everyone realized that giving up 6 earned runs in 2/3 of an inning (81 ERA!!!) justifies any verbal abuse thrown at you. It hurts because it’s true.

On a happier note, Ichiro went 4 for 6 and considering that he’s only 10 hits away from the single season hits record, I’m glad I got to see him play and paste the Angels in the process.* The man is a beast and I’m convinced that he’s the greatest leadoff hitter in the history of baseball. Also, props to Raul Ibanez for going 6 for 6. You don’t get to see something like that too often.

One other thing to note is that Angel Stadium doesn’t have Gordon Biersch garlic fries. Those charlatans have some nerve to think that they can stick in a couple of Panda Expresses and pass that shit off as a concession stand. I guess you can chalk one up for PacBell Park and Network Associates Colloseum in that category, but then there’s that whole $8 beer thing up in norcal. I still hate norcal.

* Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a baseball fan, but I’m not an Angels fan. If they were playing anyone else besides the Mariners, I would be writing my GA entry right now. Oh shit, I forgot about AiShi Beibe and Marimite!!!

It’s almost October, so I decided it would be cool to change the site’s color scheme. I call it Autumn Turns to Shit. This fecal color scheme looked good in my head but it didn’t turn out so well.

I brought back comments for a couple of my close friends. Actually, they’re testing the hacks I made to the code to improve security. Let’s see if they break something. Yeah, that password field is supposed to be there and, no, I’m not going to tell you what it is (yet).

I used to smoke for almost 5 years (1998-2003). It’s been little over a year since I quit. I pretty much quit cold turkey because I’m testicularly gifted like that. I haven’t had a serious craving in a while because I try not to think about it, but then I saw this on an image board.

My mouth started to water. No, not because of Yuzuyu (good guess, though), but because my mind was already in Flavor Country. I hate you, Photoshop!

I need a glass of water or something…

Thanks to Andy Liau for the new banner.

And props to Andy for his artistic interpretation of Yotsuba’s hair color. Even though she’s supposed to have green hair, he knows that Yotsuba is nothing more than a Chiyo clone (combined with Osaka and Tomo).

It’s a little big (in height) but it beats looking at my hand-drawn Chiyo & Chiyochichi.

I got a new cellphone yesterday. It’s a Samsung E105. It’s all pimped out now with a Nazi Waha wallpaper (see below) and a Marimite rap ringtone.

Now I must live with the burden of fighting off hordes of sexy fertile women with a stick because of my phone. They’ll have to save their child-bearing hips for another day.