Song: The Part Where He Kills You, Aperture Science Psychoacoustics Laboratory <--- LINK
Alright, this was me going overkill (pun intended) and choosing a song with no lyrics. So anyway the first 40 seconds are just creepy ominous background sounds. You can hear three overlapping patterns, it kind of makes me think of water dripping in a cave. After the strange prelude it begins with the sounds of an alarm, rhythmically matched to an orchestra. It all sounds very electronic, and after about a minute in, we get this weird drum-like solo, and then the rhythm returns but faster. It makes me think of when a cartoon character is running away from some bad guy, and hides, only to see what it was running away from. If you don't understand here's a clip.
Then about a minute later at 2:14, there's this weird bump sound, that sort of sounds like someone jumping away from their pursuer link here. Then after 2:51, one of the coexisting patterns ends for a few seconds. By the end of the song it's just this flattened, muted version of the alarm we heard earlier. Sorry if this creeped you out, but I like this song because I have no idea what it's about, write what you think in the comments below.
Thanks for reading! (and hopefully listening)
-drat
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Who Will Save You Now? Blogpost # I Don't Remember
Book: The World Made By Hand by: James Howard Kunstler (wiki) <---
The World Made By Hand, by James Howard Kunstler is a dystopian novel about the end of the world, and how it affects a small town. In Union Grove, NY, we take on the character of Robert Earle, a refugee of the end of the world. Most electricity is out, and all government has retired. Our story starts when he and his friend, Loren (the reverend of their church) stumble upon newcomers to their small suburban town. Brother Jobe (nils<) of The New Faith Church had just bought the old abandoned high school in their town, for his church to live and worship in. Only a few days later, a young boy is shot within Robert's vicinity. This raises up questions if their still is any laws, and if the shooter can be prosecuted. This also drives Brother Jobe to start introducing himself, and his church to the townspeople.
So far, this book has been startlingly realistic. Though power occasionally flicks on, their world is dark except for those with the power to build generators. Luckily, Union Grove stayed to together, which kept them alive. I really understand these people, (after reading enough of these books) they are stuck in a tough situation, and need to find a way out. The main character talks about people making drugs and alcohol as a "public service." That reminded me of the child soldier unit, in which the soldiers used drugs to leave the horrible place they were in. However, what really spooked me was how the general store owner acted when the boy was killed:
"-nothing I can do will bring this young man back to life. This will all come out in the wash, I promise you. ... I'm personally sorry this has happened, and I wish you luck in dealing with it."
This boy died, because a man shot his dog thinking it had rabies, and he yelled at the man. The shop owner thinks this will come out in the wash. I personally think that that is in humane. Why persecute a killer when normal life might serve him justice. This kind of think may be what comes out of catastrophic events, but it still should not be stood for.
Thanks For Reading! (it took me exactly 29:30 to write this)
-drat
Post Script: Do you believe what the shop keeper said was reasonable?
The World Made By Hand, by James Howard Kunstler is a dystopian novel about the end of the world, and how it affects a small town. In Union Grove, NY, we take on the character of Robert Earle, a refugee of the end of the world. Most electricity is out, and all government has retired. Our story starts when he and his friend, Loren (the reverend of their church) stumble upon newcomers to their small suburban town. Brother Jobe (nils<) of The New Faith Church had just bought the old abandoned high school in their town, for his church to live and worship in. Only a few days later, a young boy is shot within Robert's vicinity. This raises up questions if their still is any laws, and if the shooter can be prosecuted. This also drives Brother Jobe to start introducing himself, and his church to the townspeople.
So far, this book has been startlingly realistic. Though power occasionally flicks on, their world is dark except for those with the power to build generators. Luckily, Union Grove stayed to together, which kept them alive. I really understand these people, (after reading enough of these books) they are stuck in a tough situation, and need to find a way out. The main character talks about people making drugs and alcohol as a "public service." That reminded me of the child soldier unit, in which the soldiers used drugs to leave the horrible place they were in. However, what really spooked me was how the general store owner acted when the boy was killed:
"-nothing I can do will bring this young man back to life. This will all come out in the wash, I promise you. ... I'm personally sorry this has happened, and I wish you luck in dealing with it."
This boy died, because a man shot his dog thinking it had rabies, and he yelled at the man. The shop owner thinks this will come out in the wash. I personally think that that is in humane. Why persecute a killer when normal life might serve him justice. This kind of think may be what comes out of catastrophic events, but it still should not be stood for.
Thanks For Reading! (it took me exactly 29:30 to write this)
-drat
Post Script: Do you believe what the shop keeper said was reasonable?
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Non Fic Post #1
Are You Being Tracked (upfront magazine, Sep 3rd 2012 link <--)
This Article was about how law enforcement uses Global Positioning Systems in cell phones to solve crimes. The question brought up in this article, is if using this information is an invasion of privacy, a "violation of fourth amendment rights." (paraphrase) Though "phone tracking is a valuable weapon in emergencies like child abductions and suicide calls," many people have sued police for using cellular information without a warrant or probable cause. Though many of those people have won their cases, the people really getting a pay day, are the phone companies.
The author wants you to think about everything you do with your own life, and how much of the time you have your cell phone. The author wants you to know that the police have automatic clearance to peek in at your life. The author wants you to feel a little worried, however safer, so if you're in a dangerous situation, cell phone technology could be your savior. Most importantly, the author wants you to know exactly how much information is out there, and he does that quite blankly, leaving you with how useful it is: "Without it, she never would have been found," said Lt. Heitkemper of Adam's County Sheriff's office in West Union, Ohio, while speaking about the attempted kidnapping of a girl, where GPS technology allowed the police to cutoff the vehicle of the kidnapper. He also tells you the other side, the fourth amendment disputes, who's profiting from it, letting you choose your own side.
It was quite relieving for me, and let me know that if my family or friends were missing, cell phone data could help us find them. It also gave me a better view of what had happens when every person has a tracking chip in their pocket, crimes get solved. It gave me more faith in modern society. I personally think its a good idea for everyone to be tracked and logged. However if this information isn't kept out of the wrong hands, cops may find themselves being tracked and cataloged by criminals. So I would be interested if this information is at high enough clearance, that anyone can't hack into it.
Thanks for reading! (sorry if this one was repetitive)
-drat
This Article was about how law enforcement uses Global Positioning Systems in cell phones to solve crimes. The question brought up in this article, is if using this information is an invasion of privacy, a "violation of fourth amendment rights." (paraphrase) Though "phone tracking is a valuable weapon in emergencies like child abductions and suicide calls," many people have sued police for using cellular information without a warrant or probable cause. Though many of those people have won their cases, the people really getting a pay day, are the phone companies.
The author wants you to think about everything you do with your own life, and how much of the time you have your cell phone. The author wants you to know that the police have automatic clearance to peek in at your life. The author wants you to feel a little worried, however safer, so if you're in a dangerous situation, cell phone technology could be your savior. Most importantly, the author wants you to know exactly how much information is out there, and he does that quite blankly, leaving you with how useful it is: "Without it, she never would have been found," said Lt. Heitkemper of Adam's County Sheriff's office in West Union, Ohio, while speaking about the attempted kidnapping of a girl, where GPS technology allowed the police to cutoff the vehicle of the kidnapper. He also tells you the other side, the fourth amendment disputes, who's profiting from it, letting you choose your own side.
It was quite relieving for me, and let me know that if my family or friends were missing, cell phone data could help us find them. It also gave me a better view of what had happens when every person has a tracking chip in their pocket, crimes get solved. It gave me more faith in modern society. I personally think its a good idea for everyone to be tracked and logged. However if this information isn't kept out of the wrong hands, cops may find themselves being tracked and cataloged by criminals. So I would be interested if this information is at high enough clearance, that anyone can't hack into it.
Thanks for reading! (sorry if this one was repetitive)
-drat
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
The Hunger Games (Dooh Dooh Dooh Doooo)
Reading Response #?
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Let me level the playing field, Here is the wiki link but I doubt that you'll need it.
So in this dystopian trilogy, a Girl named Katniss, lives in a strange world (Panem) built on top of the remains of old civilization. (ahem America) I am reading this book for a whopping 3rd Time. Anyhoo, I am reading this again for a dystopian literature book club, which is where you will be able to find my posts in the future, on another blog. Link SOON TO COME, but back to the capitol.
So anyway, the world is set up into separate districts by what their production is. Their only reason to exist is to fuel the capitol with supplies. The capitol is run by a 'president' snow, but it isn't quite descriptive of how much power he has as 'president.' Several years ago, (74 years) District 13 (Graphite Mining) rebelled against the capitol and many died. When the capitol eventually won the war, and obliterated District 13, The capitol invented The Hunger Games, in which each district would give up it's young, to fight to the death... on live T.V!
Alright, the rest of the story goes, with Katniss, and a strange boy (Peeta) from her past, being entered into the Hunger Games Battle. They pretend to be in love, to keep each other alive. Peeta always loved Katniss, but Katniss loves Gale her hunting Partner... Another teenage love triangle. (that makes most of the second book unbearable) I'm not going to explain the story any further, but some great Hunger Games fanatics wrote on the wiki, so just check up there if you haven't read it.
Katniss, has a kind of despicable character type. I can't exactly explain it so well if you haven't read the entire series, but Katniss sort of plays everyone, which doesn't make me feel sad for her. I mean she is fighting for her life out there, but you can't have the best of both worlds... or it'll bite you back, and that's just what happened. Now many people may disagree, but I don't like Katniss. She is not a good person, but that's really what makes this so fun to read.
I also don't really like the world Suzanne Collins has made, why is everyone in the capitol so rich when they don't have jobs, or do anything. Also, why does everyone trust the capitol (at least for the first book) when the capitol turns your children to killers?
Thanks For Reading! (I'm not gonna attempt a joke here <---)
-drat
Post Script:
Do you believe that a society could work if some people just stood around like cows in a pasture, living off the work of others?
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Let me level the playing field, Here is the wiki link but I doubt that you'll need it.
So in this dystopian trilogy, a Girl named Katniss, lives in a strange world (Panem) built on top of the remains of old civilization. (ahem America) I am reading this book for a whopping 3rd Time. Anyhoo, I am reading this again for a dystopian literature book club, which is where you will be able to find my posts in the future, on another blog. Link SOON TO COME, but back to the capitol.
So anyway, the world is set up into separate districts by what their production is. Their only reason to exist is to fuel the capitol with supplies. The capitol is run by a 'president' snow, but it isn't quite descriptive of how much power he has as 'president.' Several years ago, (74 years) District 13 (Graphite Mining) rebelled against the capitol and many died. When the capitol eventually won the war, and obliterated District 13, The capitol invented The Hunger Games, in which each district would give up it's young, to fight to the death... on live T.V!
Alright, the rest of the story goes, with Katniss, and a strange boy (Peeta) from her past, being entered into the Hunger Games Battle. They pretend to be in love, to keep each other alive. Peeta always loved Katniss, but Katniss loves Gale her hunting Partner... Another teenage love triangle. (that makes most of the second book unbearable) I'm not going to explain the story any further, but some great Hunger Games fanatics wrote on the wiki, so just check up there if you haven't read it.
Katniss, has a kind of despicable character type. I can't exactly explain it so well if you haven't read the entire series, but Katniss sort of plays everyone, which doesn't make me feel sad for her. I mean she is fighting for her life out there, but you can't have the best of both worlds... or it'll bite you back, and that's just what happened. Now many people may disagree, but I don't like Katniss. She is not a good person, but that's really what makes this so fun to read.
I also don't really like the world Suzanne Collins has made, why is everyone in the capitol so rich when they don't have jobs, or do anything. Also, why does everyone trust the capitol (at least for the first book) when the capitol turns your children to killers?
Thanks For Reading! (I'm not gonna attempt a joke here <---)
-drat
Post Script:
Do you believe that a society could work if some people just stood around like cows in a pasture, living off the work of others?
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Ray Bradbury #2 (Fahrenheit 451)
Wikipedia Page <-- Click Me
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Sorry for not posting. My weekly routine was disrupted by Hurricane Sandy, so I waited for the next Wednesday.
As usual the wiki page is up top. This is going to be an odd response, because I am writing about the entire book. Fahrenheit 451 is split in three parts: The Hearth and the Salamander, The Sieve and the Sand, and Burning Bright.
The hearth and the salamander sets the story in a time in the distant future with an off and on war raging, where Guy Montag, a fireman for the city, meets his new neighbor, Clarisse McClellan. She moved in with her intellectual family, which is unusual for the time period. She talks to him about how she walks about and notices things. She speaks of how many kids her age are just killing each other, in car wrecks and other 'accidents.' It's obvious that kids like Clarisse are a dying breed of children that still ask questions. However, the fireman in this dystopian land aren't the suppressors of fire, they're the starters. It's their job to start them in the homes of book owners, because intuitive insight that is written, has become outlawed. Montag's strange relationship with his wife is also brought up in this first part. At the end of this piece, we become aware that Guy has been keeping a hidden collection of books in his house over the years. At the end he and his wife Mildred start to read out of some of the books, with their last few fragments of curiosity.
The sieve and the sand starts with Montag reading through the pile of books. Montag starts to discover the greatness of books and decides he needs to take charge. He storms off to a friend he met long ago: Faber, an out-of-work English Professor. Faber gives Montag an earpiece so he can help him figure out what kind of character Guy's Chief (Beatty) is.
The last section: burning bright, is when the firehouse is called to Montag's house, with orders to burn all the books inside. Beatty tells Guy to burn it down himself and throws him a flamethrower. Montag follows through, burns down his house. He than faces and kills Captain Beatty, burning him with the flamethrower. The rest is really just a chase to the edge of the city, where Montag meets a group of homeless book aficionados, who plan to reteach the world. Then, suddenly war is made certain, and the city gets bombed. Starting a new world from the ashes.
One of Bradbury's favorite tricks is where he uses a metaphor in a metaphor, where he has one character bring up a metaphor in conversation, and what that character says is really another metaphor. Follow that? It's okay if you don't, I'm not sure I completely get it myself. This book as well as other Bradbury books, are quick reads, but don't miss a word, because it can make things very confusing. when Faber is first mentioned, I guess I incidentally skipped it when saving my page, so the character came out of the blue, so I went all the way back again.
Anyhoo, if you haven't read a good Sci-fi book in a while, read something of Bradbury's, you won't regret it.
Thanks For Reading! (It's amazing you could follow that, you probably couldn't)
-drat
Post Script:
What do you think would happen if we ran out of questions to answer (on earth, in society, in any specific field etc.)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Sorry for not posting. My weekly routine was disrupted by Hurricane Sandy, so I waited for the next Wednesday.
As usual the wiki page is up top. This is going to be an odd response, because I am writing about the entire book. Fahrenheit 451 is split in three parts: The Hearth and the Salamander, The Sieve and the Sand, and Burning Bright.
The hearth and the salamander sets the story in a time in the distant future with an off and on war raging, where Guy Montag, a fireman for the city, meets his new neighbor, Clarisse McClellan. She moved in with her intellectual family, which is unusual for the time period. She talks to him about how she walks about and notices things. She speaks of how many kids her age are just killing each other, in car wrecks and other 'accidents.' It's obvious that kids like Clarisse are a dying breed of children that still ask questions. However, the fireman in this dystopian land aren't the suppressors of fire, they're the starters. It's their job to start them in the homes of book owners, because intuitive insight that is written, has become outlawed. Montag's strange relationship with his wife is also brought up in this first part. At the end of this piece, we become aware that Guy has been keeping a hidden collection of books in his house over the years. At the end he and his wife Mildred start to read out of some of the books, with their last few fragments of curiosity.
The sieve and the sand starts with Montag reading through the pile of books. Montag starts to discover the greatness of books and decides he needs to take charge. He storms off to a friend he met long ago: Faber, an out-of-work English Professor. Faber gives Montag an earpiece so he can help him figure out what kind of character Guy's Chief (Beatty) is.
The last section: burning bright, is when the firehouse is called to Montag's house, with orders to burn all the books inside. Beatty tells Guy to burn it down himself and throws him a flamethrower. Montag follows through, burns down his house. He than faces and kills Captain Beatty, burning him with the flamethrower. The rest is really just a chase to the edge of the city, where Montag meets a group of homeless book aficionados, who plan to reteach the world. Then, suddenly war is made certain, and the city gets bombed. Starting a new world from the ashes.
One of Bradbury's favorite tricks is where he uses a metaphor in a metaphor, where he has one character bring up a metaphor in conversation, and what that character says is really another metaphor. Follow that? It's okay if you don't, I'm not sure I completely get it myself. This book as well as other Bradbury books, are quick reads, but don't miss a word, because it can make things very confusing. when Faber is first mentioned, I guess I incidentally skipped it when saving my page, so the character came out of the blue, so I went all the way back again.
Anyhoo, if you haven't read a good Sci-fi book in a while, read something of Bradbury's, you won't regret it.
Thanks For Reading! (It's amazing you could follow that, you probably couldn't)
-drat
Post Script:
What do you think would happen if we ran out of questions to answer (on earth, in society, in any specific field etc.)
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Nothing is ever what it seems... On Mars!
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (2nd Response)
In the book of stories (Links^) The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Bradbury uses absolutely wonderful plot twists, some obvious, others completely unexpected. In some stories, Bradbury talks about characters we honestly haven't seen in ages, brings them up, and puts them in strange situations. For instance: in one story, an old crew member (Hathaway) of Captain Wilder's is found still living on Mars, even after everyone has gone back to earth. The man and his family are living at the brink of a small town. When Wilder's crew notices that some of Hathaway's kids look a bit older than they actually are, one of them checks a nearby cemetery to find the graves of Hathaways entire family but him. Eventually Hathaway dies and tells the crew that those are really just Androids, robots that helped him keep his sanity on Mars, all alone.
When I started reading this passage, I just thought that this last remaining family would turn out to be Martians, fooling Wilder's crew and end up killing the leader of the fourth expedition. I didn't have any clue about the ending, this kept the book almost fresh. If they all ended up with the earthlings being killed by martians, It would practically be the plot of Scooby Doo. I'm not dissing Scooby Doo, but it would get dry. These plot twists have made this book stick out from other science fiction stories.
All these stories have been connected very well for just being a few pages a piece. His craft skills are uniform, but are diverse enough that all the stories don't blur together. Sorry if this one was a bit boring.
Thanks for Reading!(Its amazing you could follow that!(If you could)
-drat
Post Script(I need a new name for this section, anyone in the comments?)
If you were alone on a desert island, what would you do to keep yourself sane? And do you think that would actually keep you sane?
Join the soon to be stirring conversation, Bye bye.
In the book of stories (Links^) The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury, Bradbury uses absolutely wonderful plot twists, some obvious, others completely unexpected. In some stories, Bradbury talks about characters we honestly haven't seen in ages, brings them up, and puts them in strange situations. For instance: in one story, an old crew member (Hathaway) of Captain Wilder's is found still living on Mars, even after everyone has gone back to earth. The man and his family are living at the brink of a small town. When Wilder's crew notices that some of Hathaway's kids look a bit older than they actually are, one of them checks a nearby cemetery to find the graves of Hathaways entire family but him. Eventually Hathaway dies and tells the crew that those are really just Androids, robots that helped him keep his sanity on Mars, all alone.
When I started reading this passage, I just thought that this last remaining family would turn out to be Martians, fooling Wilder's crew and end up killing the leader of the fourth expedition. I didn't have any clue about the ending, this kept the book almost fresh. If they all ended up with the earthlings being killed by martians, It would practically be the plot of Scooby Doo. I'm not dissing Scooby Doo, but it would get dry. These plot twists have made this book stick out from other science fiction stories.
All these stories have been connected very well for just being a few pages a piece. His craft skills are uniform, but are diverse enough that all the stories don't blur together. Sorry if this one was a bit boring.
Thanks for Reading!(Its amazing you could follow that!(If you could)
-drat
Post Script(I need a new name for this section, anyone in the comments?)
If you were alone on a desert island, what would you do to keep yourself sane? And do you think that would actually keep you sane?
Join the soon to be stirring conversation, Bye bye.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
WE GOT ONE!!!
YAY 150 views! Thanks so much class members and other great people! Sorry, The actual post for this week is down below. THANK YOU!
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