thoughts after watching "Cashback"

ok so i just got through watching "Cashback," which is a British based movie about an artist played by Sean Biggerstaff who at the beginning breaks up with his old girlfriend and then spends a total of 4 weeks straight without sleep because of the break up. Sean narates the whole movie and you really get to know what is going on in the Ben's (the main character) mind. Ben states that some people can speed up time by not looking at the clock while others keep busy so that time seems to fly by but instead of trying both of those he pauses time in his head. So to illustrate Ben pausing the real world during the movie the film developers actually pause what is going and allow Ben to move through the other characters as if they were statues.

Movie description (copies from IMDB.com): Cashback
When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.

throughout the movie I got an extreme feeling of Bens emotions during each part of what happens and it also made me reflect on things that have happened to me. In short a lot of the things that he deals with are foreign to any of us which makes the movie real in a metaphorical sense. Also it brings to mind the many times that i have thought about other stuff to pass the long hours of the day just to survive the times that make life boring and tiring. During the movie I really felt a true sympathetic pull for what Ben had to go through further turn my mind away from the movie and what Ben is going through but towards myself and the few meager things that i have gone through and how i dealt with them, how they affect me, and how i reacted to thost moments. Over and over again i have felt like Ben even though i have been treated more like Ben's best friend, Sean, who in the movie gets slapped in the face by every girl he has ever tried to date. Yes i know his pain but to those that i know be glad i did do what he did (watch the movie so you know what he did ^_^).

I leave you with these 2 small questions:
How have you treated those around you and how do you think they have felt toward you?
and
If you could stop time only to move through it and see every detail how would you use that time?

In need of hobby.

Ok so yeah i'm in need of an inexpensive hobby that i can do on my own at any time of the day any where no matter what. I spend to much time just sitting around wasting time and really the only thing i can think of doing is read a manga but that becomes very expensive very quick since most manga cost about 5 dollars and you have to buy a whole series just to get the full effect and story of the series. Plus i am into heroclix and other card games but they require hundreds of dollars to be put out for pieces and a friend or 2 to play them with. also gaming has become very expensive since games cost more then 40 dollars at times and hard limited to at home play unless i have my ds with me. oragami is a thought but i would needs lots of square paper to carry with me and that becomes a bit space consuming but it is a possible outcome. i was thinking about getting a math book and just learning how to do more complex math problems and then having a math major or math teacher check them for me just so that i know that i'm doing them right, but at the moment i can't find any good advanced mathmatics books that give lots of equations and examples so that i can do that. if i could get my hands on a school math book like a calculus book that would be great but for now i'm looking into something else that i can do on whenever, wherever, forever, and be able to do it alone. If you have any thoughts comment me and please me them logical and not comical.

Gaming Special

alright so this one is just for kicks but yeah i decided i would do a special about board games and card games. Not sure how this one is going to go but sure we'll soon find out what this is going to become.

Alright so first up we have the latest game that I've been getting fully into is Heroclix.
ok now before any of you start ranting and raving about the game and all that I'm going to put this one thing out there, the game is a born winner. not only does it take American superheros and super villains but it gives you a generic way of fighting any character against any character. Lets take my latest victory for instance [the mutant hit team vs Thor]

Stats on the (mutant hit team):
Storm - long range stealth fighter that can fly
Gambit - running shot ranged fighter with stealth
x-23 - up close "stick the person in place" character that can deal damage at the same time
maverick - running shot low point hitter good for back up damage (came in real handy)
Scarlet Witch - makes bad rolls for me re-rolls for me and opponent

Thor
heavy hitter with a wicked defensive side that can do tons of damage

Alright so i kept storm up high and in range of Thor that way i could hit him from a distance and not have to worry any about what happened to her cause she'd be safe were she was, then i moved gambit using running shot do deal the first bit of damage to Thor. Storm hit him for the second. a few misses followed after that and my team took a good bit of damage. X-23 got KOed even though she held Thor in place for a good bit just to keep him from running off. A knock back from gambit did some extra damage that helped. A few more hits and Thor was out first and only victory of the tournament. So next week since i dont have anything else to do i'm going to go to another tournament up at the command post where i have a possible chance of winning a really nice prize.

conversation between me and a good friend

kavan2006: do you know what the irony of being me is
dyurik: what?
kavan2006: i can have a conversation with someone under the influence of an herbal product such as a lavender extract defused into the air and yet still not fully understand the reason why i'm in such a bad position
dyurik: really sounds like a person problem
kavan2006: yeah it is
dyurik: just have to get past the fact that i can be very childish at times
kavan2006: ....
dyurik: really what would ever make you say that?
kavan2006: i dont know just thinking about all the times that i could have stopped and put my head to the grind stone so to speak and actually accomplished something.
dyurik: really?
kavan2006: yeah like in high school
dyurik: everyone could have done better in high school
kavan2006: yeah well i opted more for the recreational, relaxing, and not work things instead of pushing myself to achieve something greater
dyurik: yeah well we all get that from time to time
kavan2006: yeah well we all can't help what happens
dyurik: ok i'm lost
kavan2006: what do you mean?
dyurik i forgot which voice goes to which person
kavan2006: .....
dyurik:um dude you suck at this
kavan2006: i know
dyurik: ok well i'm going to try and get some sleep
kavan2006: night
dyurik: night
dyurik: (idiot) -_-

What do i need? What do i lack? Why am i alone?

Answer the above questions to the best of your ability and as truthfully as possible.

While walking the dog

I was walking the dog no more then 20 minutes ago up and down the street like i normally do. I made the turn to come back and a car few past. I heard the brakes squeal and they came to a stop from that i heard the scrap of plastic on road, and the crash that came from the tumbling object. As i drew near and smelled the horrid smell, i realized that what i was smelling was someones trash on the road. I put 2 and 2 together and now the noise was clear. What i had heard was people dragging the trash can down the road and then flipping it onto my neighbors lawn. I stop to talk to the sweet old woman about what i had seen. She went inside to tell her husband what had happened and i went to my house and dropped off my dog. After telling my parents what had happened i went back outside and started picking up the trash. The Woman ,Mrs Dot, is her name came out with her husband and we picked up the trash together. After getting all of it picked up we walked up the street and delivered the can back to the person to whom it belonged to, said our good nights and shortly after returned home.

AWA CON, MACBOOK!, and NEW SITE

Ok so last weekend the 23th was AWA Con pictures from the convention will be up some time soon. It was really fun and anyone that reads this that went please comment back and tell me what you thought about the convention. I had a really good time and i hope vincey had as much fun as i did. I dont think i can put into words how great it was. i'm not to much into the ranting mood right now but i can't believe how much stuff they had at the convention and all the cool cosplay costums and the awesomeness of just being there.

Gemini Mind:

alright so me and one of my friends finially got www.geminimind.net up and running the site is there for anyone that cares to go to it and i hope all of you will take some time to actually look at the site and give me comments about it. Its a really nice site and everyone should love it.

Macbook:

Alright people i finially got a macbook and this laptop rocks 2 ghz duo core processor, soon to be 2 gb of ram, and 120 gb harddrive; plus when i get the new harddrive i'm putting XP on here so i can get the windows portion of the world and do the things that i can't do with a mac.... wait i just realized all that includes is getting viruses and playing a few games. oh well sounds like fun.


Without further ado the AWA pictures are up on www.dyurik.net.

Boredom...

alright so yeah i'm just bored and decided that i would post something up here. Nothing really to talk about but yeah i'm still alive so we can all rejoice in that. Shabbat was last night and i had a good time. Glen, one of the coolest guys that goes to shabbat, made alot of funny comments and we talked a bit mostly about me begin a vegetarian and just other random stuff. Tuesday i'm going to clemson university with the Rabbi for a shofar factory. I dont know what that will consist of but it sounds interesting and i really just want to go. Plus i want to see what clemson university looks like. I might check out the library while i'm there if i get a chance to. Nothing else really to so say i'm off to do some work and then figure out what i want to do with my day.

Quotes Wonderful Quotes and site info

You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindboggingly big it is.
-The HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy-

Health is not simply the absence of sickness.
-Hannah Green-

Be great in act, as you have been in thought.
-William Shakespeare; Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)-

I am not bound to please thee with my answers.
-William Shakespeare; Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)-

Dyurik.net is up and running the site is sorta bland right now but i'm slowly getting information on the site, and there are a few pictures in the gallery and projects page. Tell me what you think and what i should add to it.

catching up on shows, projects, and reviews.

Ok so i've been spending the week catch up on all the anime shows that i haven't watched yet and the ones that come on when i'm asleep. Mainly shows like futurama, blue gender, and other shows that are on around that time. The only reviews i really have to give are on Kiddy grade and Tenchi Muyo! GXP

Kiddy Grade:
This is the first time i've watched it and its ok its more or less a fan service show at times but the art is really great. the uniforms are pretty cool and the ships are awesome looking, they have a slight gundam look to them but thats only in comparson to the winged ships from the shows.

Tenchi Muyo! GXP:
As a fan of the original shows i am very disappointed with this series because they have changed everthing but they left Ryoko's pet/ship character design alone. The show has also become more of a fan service show. All in all theres very few reasons to watch this show but it is pretty funny just to sit and watch. The Tenchi Muyo! shows of the past were much better no matter what anyone says.

I got my first project for my design class is was ok i guess but to much cutting and pasting.

Back from a long time of not posting.

Well i've been away from posting here for awhile because i've been busy trying to figure out where i really want to post my blog to. Well i finially decided that i'll choose this one. I'll probably post once or twice a week just because i'm going to be starting tech classes next week W007!!! I'm going to be taking a class called design and another one called sociology which i can't wait to see what all they have for me to do. Oh and on a sad note my laptop(G3 Ibook) is having logic problems. The logic board is messed up which from what i've heard apple admits that they messed up on it so i'm going to have to take it to CompUSA this week and get it fixed. Hopefully i'll have some money to pick up something for my laptop or for my ipod. I don't know what else i should talk about so i guess this is me signing out for now.

Adios for now.

rememdy learning? or Perl Learning?

well just thought I would post something since I haven't in a while. Been thinking about whether I should learn more about herbal rememdies for headaches, cuts, burns, and stuff like that or if I should learn more perl and become fluent in reading and writing perl so that I can write programs later on down the road. Selling my laptop don't know how much or to whom I will sell it to just need to get a better one that i can use for whatever I need it for. Got my second paycheck from Snow Tech Group which is cool and I'm really glad I got it because now I can buy the stuff I want and not have to worry about saving up a few weeks pay from Bi-lo. Well that's about all I have to say so if you have would like to comment on which one I should learn first please comment if not then just move on with your life and hope your life is going great.

Daniel

Ice Storm 2 days before Christmas Vacation

Well there was an ice storm 2 days before christmas break started which i think sucks because i would much rather be in school the at home doing nothing because the internet is down or the power is out. Worked on my web site some and it should be on the internet some time soon. I have to find one page for it and then get everything to look nice before i put version 1 out on the internet for all of you to look at. Slowly learning how to use CSS ad i'm almost ready to get Version 1.1 started. I need to get the navigation bar fixed and make everything look nice but i'm not going to bore you guys with that at this moment.

Nothing really more to say just wanted to put up a quick post for who ever it is that reads this.

Daniel

loading.....

I'm slowly working on updating the look of this page to make it look nicer. So please bear with me while I slowly work on updating the look.


Thank and have a great day!

Those Moments

You know those moments when all you think about is the perfect girl. The girl that just makes you so happy that you dont know what you would do without her. The one that you dont care if you dont go any further then a friendship with because as long as she is there and is willing to talk to you and have a civilized conversation with you you dont really care about anything else. I mean the girl that is perfect the one with no flaws, the one that you can talk to about anything and she understands and is willing to help you with the problem. well yeah that would be my friend Caroline, she is so awesome that i don't really dont know what my life would be like without her. I dont care if all we have is friendship, i would much rather have the friendship then loss her. I dont know what i want in life but one thing i do want is a girlfriend as perfect and flawless as her. I have heard many guys say shes alright but they just look at the physical. Yes i look at physical and mental but if the mind over powers the physical then shes great but if both are equal in beauty and one compliments the other in a perfect balance of sexual, civilized, romantic, understanding, bliss then the girl has to be perfect. Caroline is such a girl well i should say lady because she is more of a lady then a girl. Her beauty is only matched by that of her knowledge, goodwill, talent, and over-whelming ability to understand people and make them happy. I know if she reads this she'll probably thing that i'm just flattering her or saying something that isn't true just so I could get a chance with her. Hell half of you are probably saying to yourselves,"He's probably just some kid that fell in love with some girl that he doesn't really know and thinks that she makes him happy." Well thats not true because i would never lie to her no matter what it is I have done and I will always tell her everything that she wants to know as long as i don't break a promise to someone else. I love her and its not that lustful love that all you want to do is take her to bed with you for one night and fuck her till the morning its the kind of love that you just want to be with her and not do anything that would hurt the friendship.

well this has a been a little look into my life and how i think don't flame me or anything just take it as fact and move on.

My first post

well this is my first post here on Blogger. Wow this makes the 3 web site that i use for blogging stuff. if you use xanga then you can reach me at Aidenthefiremaker. If you use myspace then you can reach me at this address. Um not much more to write so i'm going to find something to do.