I’m normally not into the quiz thing, but I have been known to be bored and/or amused enough to take some.

the Ham (39% dark, 47% spontaneous, 22% vulgar)

your humor style: CLEAN | SPONTANEOUS | LIGHT Your style’s mostly goofy, innocent and feel-good. Perfect for parties and for the dads who chaperone them. You can actually get away with corny jokes, and I bet your sense of humor is a guilty pleasure for your friends. People of your type are often the most approachable and popular people in their circle. Your simple & silly good-naturedness is immediately recognizable, and it sets you apart in this sarcastic world. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Will Ferrell - Will Smith

Link Game Over! You scored 91%!

Your legend was a success! You defeated Ganon and rescued the princess… now for another quest.

Damn. I wonder what I missed.

” The Punching bag” You are 79 fuckable!

Yeah, you’re fuckable. Probably fucked, too. You can be so wild sometimes that you may even be, well, how should I put this nicely, easy. Wild and kinky is good, but you should lean to use it in maderation. Hold out a bit when it comes to having sex with a new person. You don’t have to let it all hang out! Sure, people want you, but it’s probably because they know they could have you. It’s ok to play hard-to-get once and a while. In fact, it makes you even sexier!

Hehe. I just wish more girls would notice.

“The following program contains discussions of same-sex marriage. Viewer discretion is advised.”

Well, I’m sorry that homosexuality has become lumped in with all the other offensive subject matter on television such as people getting their heads blown off.

Unbelievable.

I have a handful of games that I never got around to finishing, so I figured I would give them another shot. I racked up another 8 hours or so in Dragon Warrior VII, but the sheer scope of that game is rather intimidating, and, unfortunately, it’s become the same thing over and over again. I’ve had the same three characters for something like 15 hours of gameplay, fighting palette-swapped enemies with virtually no storyline advancement. From what I’m told, I have at least 60 more hours of this. I don’t think that’s ever going to happen.

I did actually play through Valkyrie Profile, however. The battle system is pretty bad and the voice work isn’t great, but everything else about the game was surprisingly well done. Despite the fact that I was practically dragging myself through it, I think I can recommend it overall. Basically, the story follows a valkyrie that collects the souls of warriors who have recently died, but you also see the stories behind their deaths. It also gets into the valkyrie’s past a bit, and has some interesting twists along the way. It’s a sad story that had a bit of an impact on me. Best world map system ever, too - flying around and diving into towns is fun.

I also tried to start Vagrant Story again, but I just can’t get into that game for some reason. It just seems so inaccessible at first, and the controls are kind of clunky. I just don’t think I can play these older titles anymore; they don’t have the voice acting, high-quality music, and refined graphics that I’m used to. Furthermore, conventions on controls and accessibility have changed more than I’ve realized over the years. Difficulty has also decreased significantly. It’s just hard to get back into that frame of mind, especially when you’ve played MMO’s for years. These games are many years old. It’s kinda hard to imagine their place in the product cycle.

Conjure One is releasing a new CD, and POE’s on it again. Happy times. =D There’s some samples here:

http://www.myspace.com/conjureone

Comes out August 30th. I can’t wait!

I’ve been on the warpath recently. Here’s some more opinion:

MSNBC: Wisconsin moves to restrict ‘morning after’ pill

I don’t have a problem with a state banning the sale of a certain pill, as long as its clear why it is being banned. Some states in this union are more one-sided on controversial issues than others, which is why if Roe v. Wade was overturned sometime in the future, abortions would still be legal in some states, and would be completely illegal in others. It’s sad that people might some day choose where to live based on the divisive politics in this country, but I’ve already resigned myself to that. I can merely respect the individual decisions of the state governments.

The anti-abortion crowd in the Wisconsin Assembly has jumped all over this one in an attempt to incrementalize their way into policy change. What’s worse, they’ve done it under false pretenses. The conservatives in the Assembly aren’t saying that they are just against abortion–the real reason they are fighting against this–they are citing the health of the women at the University, and so forth.

I’ve got a news flash for ya. College students fuck. A lot. A lot of them are stupid when it comes to contraception, as well. They either don’t use condoms, don’t know how to use condoms properly, and so forth. These kids are 18 (occasionally younger) when they go to college, and it’s often their first exposure to sexual activity, and definitely the first time they are responsible for their own decisions. I don’t care how much abstinence education you provide in middle and high school; this is not going to change anytime soon. There’s an entire culture of sexuality rising fast in this country, some of it underground, some of it not. Plan B provides a sort of safety net in case there’s an accident, or some stupid, drunk frat boy slips a date rape drug into a girl’s drink, or straight up assaults her.

At this point it’s silly to deny students access to the pill at a discounted rate on campus when they can go off campus and get it elsewhere. This effectively taxes the worried (or victimized) girl who is trying to get some help. This is one of the main reasons why the bill won’t pass. There’s been a big debate on whether pharmacists can carry this drug, whether it should be banned outright, and so forth.

My point is this: if you’re going to restrict the sale of this drug somewhere, the university campus is a bad, bad place to start. These politicians love to say how they are concerned about our youth, the future of our nation, but they won’t allow our young women to make mistakes or take action if they’ve been victimized. We risk having these intelligent young women dropping out of college due to pregnancy or getting abortions, which I think everyone can agree is worse than Plan B. All this because a bunch of suits with a political agenda want to make a statement.

I’d go off on a tangent about paternalistic society and power structures, but I think that’s for another day. I don’t like this, that’s for sure.