...to get me to post online again. I just readthis article. Oh, and the source article. And now I really have to comment.

This is a long one, just keep walking if you don't have the time...

( Wow can I rant )

Alright, closing remarks here. As a biologist, I can only see one way to prove that chimps are "practically human". Mate with them. If these people want to prove it, they need to start sexing up this chimps and having VIABLE OFFSPRING. They have to mate, too. This is how you prove it. If they are not willing to take this step, then they need to shut the FUCK up. This is the EXACT reason why horses and donkeys are two different species: they can have offspring, but they are sterile and the line is dead. Hence, there is a species difference, regardless of any other factors.

I will accept one other method for animals to become human: an existing human gives up all claim to the species in exchange. A 1 to 1 exchange. I suggest the lawyer, but for the future animals, someone has to come forward for each animal.

Do we REALLY need a law that defines a human has "I can't define one, but I know it when I see it?" PEOPLE AREN'T PORN.

Craig Galloway - The common-fucking-sense candidate

OK, classes are going a bit rough. It was always so EASY to slack in undergrad and below. I could do minimal effort and still get A's and B's and the occasional C. This quarter has been a systematic kicking of my ass. I think, though, some good is coming from it. I'm ready to admit just how easily distracted I really am, so I've taken some steps. Namely, I've locked up all my computer games after deleting them from my computer (even the saves >_< ), as well all my comic books and controllers to my video games. Even the D&D books. Essentially I completely reduced my options to reading nonfiction, practicing an instrument, drawing, studying, or cruising the net. The last option is still a problem, since I need the web to do some of my work/studies. I'm open to advice on that.

In other news, the aikido club I'm VP of is going crazy at the moment. It turns out our advisor/instructor has made several executive decisions without informing the club of the effects of it or even consulting the officers. One of these decisions is actually in direct antagonism to our constitution! We've always let things slip by before, but apparently some members have left for this exact reason and we are now verging on bankruptcy. The other officers and I have decided to have some meetings to discuss where everything is going and all that. Hopefully it goes well, I've been a part of this club for 4 years, I would had to see it go under.

What else? Eh, lots of other stuff, I'll see if I feel like posting about it later.

Oh yeah, and I got this quiz from grain_of_sand:

( quiz, don't waste your time/bandwidth )

Craig

For some reason, I'm feeling this powerful need to be frightened. Maybe it has something to do with just passing by Halloween, but I can't deny it. I need a good frightening movie, a scary game. Something that makes me hesitate to turn out the lights. I'm betting that I know where the energy for this need is coming from: I'm about to take the last test of my long exam period, where I've had about 2 tests a week. Some of my grades have been less than stellar and I'm a bit worried about this last one, as it's got a ton of info on it. I could just be transferring concern from that (which is harder to face) to a need to scare myself in a more controllable situation which I can easily face. OH well, I better get back to my studies.

( For those interested... )

Ok, this man is my hero and who I wish to emulate at his age.

Ok, those few people who are reading this now know that I don't really update this thing too often. I've made it as easy as possible to do so: I've got a good client, it's one click away from opening so I can just write down any thoughts that enter my head. The usual result is to ignore it, uncommonly I'll post a quiz result and very rarely I'll make some asinine statement that I'm planning on getting back into LJ. So what is it this time? Well, no quiz yet and I've already hit the button, so here we are.

Actually, I think I've been approaching this thing in the wrong way lately. I've never known if this thing was really just an online public diary, a personal forum, or my own little soap box. I've been confused as to what this thing really is and I believe the confusion is expressed as shitty little quizzes here and there and several entries which were typed up but never posted. A diary always feels too self absorbed, as does a personal forum. I kind of like the soap box idea, as I rarely get a chance to just speak my mind with no interruptions. However, I've also learned that if I'm just left to myself to express an opinion, I have some pretty volatile ones and I can't always back them up.

So this is no promise to update more regularly. Don't get me wrong. Most likely this is another segue to the next 6 months or so of radio silence here at LJ. It was just a thought I had while studying for a test. If anyone has a preference for what I do here (journal or soapbox) just let me know.

Craig.

Explain your LiveJournal name and its meaning. When you're done, tag as many people as there are letters in your name. tagged by lilang_luha

This goes back to either my senior or junior year of high school. Ted, Jerry, and I had discovered that OSU has a free club for capoeira, an activity which is not quite a game, a dance, nor a martial art entirely, but is really a combination of all those plus a bit of mysticism. Needless to say, this caught our attention and we were willing to go to on a regular basis for awhile, which is pretty impressive, since it only met Sundays and Wednesdays from 8-10 at night and we had to drive from Dublin to go. We quickly found it to be fascinating and difficult, but each of us had our strengths. The technique I was the first of the three of us to become proficient in was the quexada, a rather complicated looking maneuver that can be rather easy to pull off quickly. As simply as I can put it, you step forward with your right foot, then without moving that foot, you cross your left leg behind the right, crossing your legs (there will also have to be a twist of the lower body while moving your feet, so your feet will have made an almost 90 degree turn to the left). You keeps both legs pretty straight and you should feel some not insignificant pressure, especially if you also twist your torso to the right. This torque that you have placed in your entire body is what is used to propel the right foot into an arch that goes surprisingly high and fast, allowing you to easily connect with your opponents jaw with your heel. To minimize unbalance this is all to be done lightning fast, though it is fair to say that capoeira is an art of finding balance in unbalance. Anyways, around this time I was looking for a new username, as craig42md was reaching the end of its use. So, I realized quexada is similar to Quixote, so I slapped the title Don in front of it and away I went.

I'm not going to tag anyone, as those who I would I already know ^_^

I'll try to come up with an interesting post sometime soon, I've got some ideas but I want to have them fleshed out before I put something up here.

Tycho is my hero, I just thought I should mention that

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10