The Daily Show, Pokemon, anime, RL
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heidi8: Comedy Central Refutes O'Reilly's Claim. Quote:
The folks at Comedy Central were annoyed when Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly kept referring to "The Daily Show" audience as "stoned slackers." So they did a little research. And guess whose audience is more educated? Viewers of Jon Stewart's show are more likely to have completed four years of college than people who watch "The O'Reilly Factor," according to Nielsen Media Research. (End quote)
How typical is that? Right wing folks insulting people who don't believe what they do? To lie and make up "facts"? Bah. It's not even safe to watch TV anymore without getting annoyed.
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People playing the new Pokemon games: Have you tried trading yet? Are you supposed to be able to trade with Gameboys? Or only Gameboy Advances? I hook my GB up to my GBA, but it won't recognize the connection... Very annoying.
I've rediscovered my hatred of all star-shaped pokemon. Misty is such a bitch to beat! I've tried three times now, leveling my team a few levels between each try, and still get my ass kicked. Grr.
Current team: Charmeleon, Spearow, Pikachu, Kadabra, Butterfree, Rattata. Kadabra is surprisingly strong; I've not used one on a regular basis before. (I'll need to get that trading issue fixed, so I can get the final evolution.)
I'm sort of surprised that I can still remember what is weak/strong to other things. Even when I feel like I don't know, I tend to guess correctly. I guess all that time I spent writing code wasn't totally wasted!
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I watched FMA 50 this morning, but as it's the current ep, I won't say much to keep from spoiling people. Well, just one comment: What the hell? And notice that there was no preview for the next ep?
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RL is blah. I'm in a bad cycle of sleep, so only get a couple hours (at very best) each night. Got three last night. As this is after a night of four hours and about two weeks of well under eight hours a night, I'm not feeling so hot.
I need to do something about eating, too. I'm going to look for some place that delivers pre-made meals for a week and see if that's an option. I can't cook and don't really want to, but I really need to do something along those lines... or eat out more, or something. I can't keep living on pizza, pasta, and peanut butter.
Walking is okay. I skipped Monday because I was tired, but I made myself go today. Oddly (or not), I got more tired from walking than I usually do. Plus I'm really, really hungry. Weight loss is going okay though; I'm still tending towards 1-2 pounds lost per week (though some weeks I have much bigger losses, like 5-7, and now and then I hover at one weight for a week or two). It's so slow though! But I try not to be impatient.
heidi8: Comedy Central Refutes O'Reilly's Claim. Quote:The folks at Comedy Central were annoyed when Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly kept referring to "The Daily Show" audience as "stoned slackers." So they did a little research. And guess whose audience is more educated? Viewers of Jon Stewart's show are more likely to have completed four years of college than people who watch "The O'Reilly Factor," according to Nielsen Media Research. (End quote)
How typical is that? Right wing folks insulting people who don't believe what they do? To lie and make up "facts"? Bah. It's not even safe to watch TV anymore without getting annoyed.
---
People playing the new Pokemon games: Have you tried trading yet? Are you supposed to be able to trade with Gameboys? Or only Gameboy Advances? I hook my GB up to my GBA, but it won't recognize the connection... Very annoying.
I've rediscovered my hatred of all star-shaped pokemon. Misty is such a bitch to beat! I've tried three times now, leveling my team a few levels between each try, and still get my ass kicked. Grr.
Current team: Charmeleon, Spearow, Pikachu, Kadabra, Butterfree, Rattata. Kadabra is surprisingly strong; I've not used one on a regular basis before. (I'll need to get that trading issue fixed, so I can get the final evolution.)
I'm sort of surprised that I can still remember what is weak/strong to other things. Even when I feel like I don't know, I tend to guess correctly. I guess all that time I spent writing code wasn't totally wasted!
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I watched FMA 50 this morning, but as it's the current ep, I won't say much to keep from spoiling people. Well, just one comment: What the hell? And notice that there was no preview for the next ep?
---
RL is blah. I'm in a bad cycle of sleep, so only get a couple hours (at very best) each night. Got three last night. As this is after a night of four hours and about two weeks of well under eight hours a night, I'm not feeling so hot.
I need to do something about eating, too. I'm going to look for some place that delivers pre-made meals for a week and see if that's an option. I can't cook and don't really want to, but I really need to do something along those lines... or eat out more, or something. I can't keep living on pizza, pasta, and peanut butter.
Walking is okay. I skipped Monday because I was tired, but I made myself go today. Oddly (or not), I got more tired from walking than I usually do. Plus I'm really, really hungry. Weight loss is going okay though; I'm still tending towards 1-2 pounds lost per week (though some weeks I have much bigger losses, like 5-7, and now and then I hover at one weight for a week or two). It's so slow though! But I try not to be impatient.
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Date: 2004-09-28 10:38 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-09-28 11:43 am (UTC)The wires for the old style GBs only could do data transfers one way at a time. The GBA ones can do two way transfers at the same time. The trade systems were set up differently because of that and became incompatible.
I cheated the system in general to play since I don't usually stay hooked for more than a day though so trading's not an option for me. ;)
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Date: 2004-09-28 12:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-28 11:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-28 01:28 pm (UTC)Actually, Mister O is adamant about being moderate and/or independant, not right or left wing. Just because he makes an observation on some other show really doesn't give you the right to beating up on right-wingers in general. ^^ I don't insult you because you don't believe what I do. Please don't insult me with generalities.
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Date: 2004-09-28 02:57 pm (UTC)Pfft, come on. This is Thistle we're talking about. Forget raindrops on roses, sweeping generalizations and hypocrisy are totally a few of her favorite things.
(Hi, Thistle, please don't hit me!)
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Date: 2004-09-28 04:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-28 04:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-09-28 04:28 pm (UTC)That may be so, but the network his show airs on cannot claim the same.
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Date: 2004-09-28 02:03 pm (UTC)I hate that you have to have Rattata in your team to begin with. Not you, you, but people in general. I cannot stand that pokemon. But, at least you don't have a dumb seel like Zac.
Anyways, the only pokemon I can really see making a difference in your party is Pikachu and Butterfree. My Spearow, at least in the original one, never did very well against Misty, nor did Charmeleon for obvious reasons. If I were you, I'd get a Nidoran of whatever gender, use Butterfree first, and keep Kadabra as your last line of offense (aka The Big Guns).
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Date: 2004-09-28 04:23 pm (UTC)Made a large difference in my battle with Lance, as my team had nothing particularly good against Dragon types. ...Course, he'd also DIE as soon as he got that off, so.
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Date: 2004-09-28 04:36 pm (UTC)I'm going to get Pikachu a few more levels, then try it again. Maybe Kadabra, too. (If I could only trade, I'd evolve him NOW! I bet that'd kick Misty's wet little ass!)
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Date: 2004-09-28 02:58 pm (UTC)Heh. Next episode is the last one, and they:
A) Don't want to release any spoilers, and
B) Are Square. Square = Likes to screw with you.