tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380715602024-03-13T07:12:29.590-04:00Aayla's HolocronWhere another person stupidly attempts the doomed task of mingling rational thoughts with, well, everything else.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-7125567988050763012008-12-02T01:45:00.003-05:002008-12-02T02:00:54.216-05:00It is your patriotic duty to......lock up the pessimistic economists.<br /><br />I wasn't even aware of this:<br /><br />http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/a-novel-way-to-prevent-financial-crises/<br /><br /><br /><br />For some reason I'm strangely flattered. Economists now have suddenly become so important that they are competing with the likes of Benjalina, Spears, and NFL for screen time, the new administration's (yay!) appointments to the economic advisers have received much more attention than any of their predecessors, and everyone is suddenly eager to learn more about Keynes and macroeconomics (sadly, not so much about monetary theories, which is my domain).<br /><br />The possibility of us actually becoming a national threat just makes it all the better.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-14976809613637611482008-11-04T15:04:00.003-05:002008-11-04T15:13:08.449-05:00This is America.I just voted today! Whoever correctly guesses whom I voted for, more power to them!<br /><br />(It took me just a little over an hour to vote - with free food [!] and colorful stickers that you don't need to hide [!!!] everywhere. It was awesome.)Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-84435962527663979532007-04-27T16:15:00.000-04:002007-04-28T18:57:18.001-04:00On Flames (Part I)I'm trying to avoid writing my essay, which is due Monday and constitues 20% of my grade. Since I don't know what to write (or I do, but don't know how to put it in words), I've decided to finish up a blog post I've been meaning to write, to see if I could stimulate some thoughts. So here goes.<br /><br />My recent thoughts on flames generated from the quoted reviews. When I was again mindlessly browsing around FanFiction.net I encountered a horribly written story. Out of some weird human instinct to fit in I went to read what the reviewers were saying, to see whether the revieweres shared the same views as I did. As expected, most reviews were negative, but one of such review caught my eyes. Note: since I didn't ask for permission to post her review (in the same way that people did not ask for permission to post and mock other people's stories. See various live journals specifically dedicated to bash Mary-Sue fics), I deleted all the words that might indicate the fandom, fic, and reviewer (although in contrast, the live journals did not obscure these things...).<br /><br /><i>believe it or not, i was trying very, VERY hard to be nice in my last review. now, i'm not gonna be nice. so listen up, bitch, because i'm going to be very very blunt and very very cruel. THIS FIC- SUCKS. it NEEDS to be deleted! at the very, very least, fix the goddam GRAMMAR! did you learn nothing from all those reviews people sent you saying you need to get rid of this shit? no, they were not jealous of how *wonderful* you are, they were RIGHT. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT ANY DESCRIPTION OF THIS [character name] CHARACTER HAS ANY TRUTH THAT IS REPRESENTED IN YOU! SO DELETE THE GODDAM STORY!<br /><br />oh, and by the way, chapter [number] looked suspiciously, exactly IDENTICAL to chapter [number]. ?<br /><br />and one more thing.<br /><br />[silly name 1]?<br /><br />[silly name 2]? (and it's [correct form of silly name 2], not [silly name 2], moron)<br /><br />[silly name 3]?<br /><br />[silly name 4]?<br /><br />[silly name 5]?<br /><br />[silly name 6]?<br /><br />[silly name 7]?<br /><br />[silly name 8]?<br /><br />[silly name 6]?!<br /><br /><br />[Aayla's note: In actual story, the bashed original character suggested some silly names for her daughter, and those names apparently made the reviewer want to strangle herself. Don't worry; I'm sure she wouldn't.]<br /><br />okay, i realize that some bad things just happened here, but i can't help it that you can only get some in a mentally challenged fanfic. and i shouldn't blame the fic, because, well, a wise person once said<br /><br />"DELETE IT, BITCH!"<br /><br />feel free to respond angrily to this review, and prove me right that you are a dumbass mind-slut bitch.<br /><br />ta<br /><br />~[reviewer name]<br /><br /></i><br /><br />Intrigued, I decided to follow the thread and see what the reviewer regarded as "trying very, VERY hard to be nice". This is what I found:<br /><br /><i><br />wow...i mean, like WOW. okay, i made a list of all the reasons why this fanfic ROCKS:<br /><br />...<br /><br />and here's the list of why it SUCKS:<br /><br />1. here in the modern world, we've got lots of cool inventions. like the quotation marks. you know, these things->" you put them around dialogue, and it magically makes it understandable. a gift from me to you. USE IT.<br /><br />2. keep the characters IN. FRIKIN. CHARACTER. [canon character name] just does it on the first date? no. that's sick and wrong and just not [canon character name].<br /><br />3. and then [canon character name] gets pregnant and he's HAPPY about it?! NOT IN CHARACTER!<br /><br />4. that attempted rape scene in chapter [number] was sO STUPID! i truly and completely WANT my computer to get a virus right now, because it has been tainted with the retardedness of chapter [number].<br /><br />5. you are obviously using your friends in real life as characters in the story. DON'T, RETARD. it's dumb. if you write the story right, then having a live-acting model for your character helps, but if you don't, then it just sucks.<br /><br />6. Me: Captain Obvious, what do you think?<br />Captain Obvious: [character name] is the character version of the author, and she's using this story to make her moronic fangirl fantasies become fanfic realty. and she's either: (a) got very low self-esteem, (b) is really ugly, or (c) fishing for compliments from friends who read this, because the way she describes [character name] makes her perfect and gorgeous and popular and, of course, A MARY SUE.<br /><br />7. i don't know about the chemically-altered town YOU live in, but where I come from, people don't walk around saying "LOL", "LMAO", "fetch". and they definitely don't in hogwarts.<br /><br />8. and lastly, here in the modern world, we've got lots of cool inventions. like the "delete" button. you know, the thing you click on to delete a story, and it magically makes it go away. a gift from me to you. USE IT. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, USE IT!!<br /><br />~[reviewer name]<br /><br /></i><br /><br />Wow. If she tried "very, VERY hard to be nice" and the review still ended up like this, I can only say that double-standards were at work. The insultingly patronizing language (repeated "a gift from me to you", "lots of cool inventions"), the name-calling ("RETARD"), the overwhelmingly sarcastic tone...all those things made the review not something what a normal person would regard even "polite", let alone "nice". This made me (again) think on the whole concept of "constructive criticism" and "flame". I will post more things when I have more time to think about it.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-12695410665583878722007-04-22T18:00:00.000-04:002007-04-22T18:15:52.809-04:00Lord of the Rings Musical Frodo & SamThis is absolutely beautiful. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (the book!) has always been one of my favorite stories, precisely because it advocates, plainly and simply, the intrinsic moral good. I also love the relationships between characters in this book, and especially the one between Frodo and Sam. This clip has moved me more than I want to admit.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2r_HgqohtM0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2r_HgqohtM0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-3951363212758700182007-04-16T12:57:00.000-04:002007-04-17T12:17:43.129-04:00The Baby Jesus Weeps For The Souls Of The UnsavedWhile mindlessly surfing through the internet I came across this:<br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_XgU5ywex47Y/RiTzAkLMm2I/AAAAAAAAAEY/n1Wz5B5i_Yk/s1600-h/untitled.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_XgU5ywex47Y/RiTzAkLMm2I/AAAAAAAAAEY/n1Wz5B5i_Yk/s320/untitled.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5054431872852728674" /></a><br /><br />The actual animation is <a href="http://objectiveministries.org/babyj/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br /><p><em>Something</em> about this kid has creeped me out...I don't know. <em>Something</em> is wrong...throughout the animation I kept waiting for something horrible to happen, like the kid suddenly shoots laser or eats the screen. Spooky. I feel sorry for Christians, if THIS is what they have to worship and love with all their heart.</p>Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-44125416470858212542007-04-10T17:44:00.000-04:002007-04-16T22:44:38.640-04:00Weird SymbolsHas any of the bloggers noticed that weird thing Blogger is doing to the tile space whenever you try to post a new post? Anyway, I'm currently facing a dillemma: Nietzsche's stake or Adam Smith's chopping. The philosophy paper is due Friday afternoon, it weighs 30%, it's 25% done, and I need an A for this paper to get an A for this course; Economics Theory test is tomorrow morning, it weighs 25&, it's 0.00000001% prepared, and I don't need an A for this test to get an A for this course. I've tried using a decision tree to see what to do, and it turned out decision tree was a lousy tool for solving this problem, because it was simply too time consuming to map all the possible decisions and the related consequences. Well, I'm going to do what my ancestors have been doing for billions of years -- I will go with my instinct. Adam Smith's chopping.<br /><br />Edit: Oh, it was the new Hindi character translation thing. Silly me.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-15024212574520033292007-04-02T11:03:00.000-04:002007-04-02T11:05:14.268-04:00Info Page Updates!I've updated "About This Person" page and added the list of my favorite games! Hooooraahhh!Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-40710410041789006022007-03-24T23:40:00.000-04:002007-03-27T12:42:44.666-04:00Tomb Raider: Legend PC Screenshots -- Sea Serpent, Part IIMore screenshots taken from <em>Tomb Raider: Legend!</em><br /><br />Click on the images to view better.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044570845067431074"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqdNCJTKI/AAAAAAAAAAs/WRP_W3RlZXg/s400/ready.jpg" /></a><br />Lara cautiously watches the serpent descending into darkness. Phew!<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044570905196973234"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqgtCJTLI/AAAAAAAAAA0/tMqXygtv7ok/s400/phew.jpg" /></a><br />Cool Lara! (If you ignore the things that have disappeared into her body...)<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044570909491940546"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqg9CJTMI/AAAAAAAAAA8/Hj6VQm5t_hU/s400/new11.jpg" /></a><br />Narrowly missing dinner<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571021161090290"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqndCJTPI/AAAAAAAAABU/HOIh5u0cbQE/s400/new6.jpg" /></a><br />Action!<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571025456057602"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqntCJTQI/AAAAAAAAABc/Z0K2UHcoUFA/s400/new4.jpg" /></a><br />Move, Lara!<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571201549716770"><img src="http://lh6.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqx9CJTSI/AAAAAAAAABs/cbhx6Dqi4go/s400/lara6.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571205844684082"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqyNCJTTI/AAAAAAAAAB0/BcUkuAoS9tE/s400/lame.jpg" /></a><br />I really like those two...they make the grapple looks 20X cooler.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571210139651410"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqydCJTVI/AAAAAAAAACE/nLL2SSPP12c/s400/again.jpg" /></a><br />This is nearly identical to an earlier screenshot. Pick the one you preferred!<br /><br />And as a tribute to the Sea Serpent...for the last screenshot of the England screenshot series we offer...<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571205844684098"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqyNCJTUI/AAAAAAAAAB8/p3_32DSAY40/s400/doomedraider.jpg" /></a><br />Doomed raider.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-23438684973621889982007-03-23T01:04:00.000-04:002007-03-23T01:22:34.697-04:00Still Photo of the All New Behind-The-Scenes Documentary for Saint Seiya Revealed!We are pleased to inform you that we have received a stunning still photo of the latest documentary on the making of the legendary <em>Saint Seiya</em> series! Stay tuned for more updates!<br /><br /><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_XgU5ywex47Y/RgNgmtCJTlI/AAAAAAAAAEE/1qS9cBLJTsw/s1600-h/pegasus+fucking+seiya.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_XgU5ywex47Y/RgNgmtCJTlI/AAAAAAAAAEE/1qS9cBLJTsw/s320/pegasus+fucking+seiya.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044982225624976978" /></a><br />Pegasus F**king SeiyaAayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-28836887644882699382007-03-21T22:37:00.000-04:002007-03-27T12:42:44.668-04:00Tomb Raider: Legend PC Screenshots -- Sea Serpent, Part I<em>Tomb Raider: Legend </em> is the first Tomb Raider game that I have ever played. The game itself was, in my opinion, too short and linear, but the graphics were truly gorgeous and I could not resist the temptation to get some screenshots for this game. I took the pictures by the same principle of taking movie promotion photos -- the scene must be dramatic, as well as artistic in and of itself. Since I took those screenshots myself, I don't think you can find them anywhere else on the web. This post is the first in the series of posts that deliver my own Tomb Raider Screenshots.<br /><br />Click on the images to view better.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044570733398281362"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqWtCJTJI/AAAAAAAAAAk/IbwlInnTSuU/s400/yikess.jpg" /></a><br />Lara Croft and Her Dual Pistols...against a creature 20 times bigger and 50 times stronger than her.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571016866122962"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqnNCJTNI/AAAAAAAAABE/cl2GoDHcPyU/s400/new10.jpg" /></a><br />Avoiding being eaten.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571025456057618"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqntCJTRI/AAAAAAAAABk/JWQqGvCSMxA/s400/new3.jpg" /></a><br />Testing your reflexes.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/z200122/TombRaiderSeaSerpent/photo#5044571016866122978"><img src="http://lh3.google.com/image/z200122/RgHqnNCJTOI/AAAAAAAAABM/A-ldFYjj1Ys/s400/new8.jpg" /></a><br />Dude, try harder next time.<br /><br /><br />More to come.<br /><br />A final note: I am not in any way affiliated with the companies that own Tomb Raider, and I don't make money out of screenshots, either. However, if you want to use the images, please credit me.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-45508186576194645132007-03-21T22:36:00.000-04:002007-03-21T22:37:28.199-04:00Daily PostI have made myself a promise; in order not to desert this blog again, I have decided to post <i>something</i> everyday.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-39240643639918835462007-03-20T21:04:00.000-04:002007-03-20T21:38:53.012-04:00Morality PlayWhat can I say? I find this test highly interesting, but maybe it's just me being a philosopher. But first, take the <a href="http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/morality_play.htm">test</a>, then read what I have to say about it below.<br /><br />If you have already taken the test, you should know the meaning of the results, as they have already been explained on the follow-up screen quite clearly. That said, if you don't want to read the lengthy explanations, you might as well get the take-home point: this is a test to measure your Moral Parsimony (i.e. "whether this principle is applied simply and without modification or qualification in a number of different circumstances"); that is, how consistent your moral framework is despite factors like Geographical Distance, Family Relatedness, ect. It must be noted that Moral Parsimony cannot be simply labeled "good" or "bad", for it is entirely left for the agent to decide.<br /><br />Of course, this test in and of itself isn't as accurate as one would hope it would be. 19 questions just seem a bit too small of a sample, considering the wide range of elements of circumstances this test attempts to cover. The thing that really interests me about this test is the idea of Moral Parsimony, as I have never given much thought to it before and it's refreshing to see how my own (hypothetical) decisions reveal a hidden property of my own moral system. (It's always nice to know more about yourself. Hee.) Which is why I recommend this test to you. And your friends and family, for that matter.<br /><br />P.s. I myself got a Moral Parsimony Score of 88% overall, but, to my surprise, my score for Acts and Omissions is 57%, slightly <i>lower</i> than the average 60%. Hmm. Also, I am not promoting and have no affiliation with the TPM Online, the site where the test is hosted, and I doubt the folks at TPM even know that I exist.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-67641194127607840562007-03-20T16:05:00.000-04:002007-03-20T16:10:22.156-04:00New Label SystemDespite my laziness and lack of technological intuitions I was forced to have my Blogs reformed into the new format, so, as you can see, I have taken advantage of the new Blogger's label system and applied them to every single post of mine.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-1174408420753631512007-03-20T13:33:00.000-04:002007-03-20T15:55:23.264-04:00Back!I have decided to finally care more about the internet, and the first thing I noticed and really troubled me was my absence in taking care of my own cyberspace. This is sad. Especially since I haven't even finished the post of the so-called self-introduction, which you might or might not have noticed that ended quite abruptly. I will try to devote more time to this blog, for myself.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-1166250597418318272006-12-16T01:13:00.000-05:002007-04-16T22:46:34.543-04:00About This PersonThis post is blatantly fashioned to take up a valuable part of cyber space for no reason other than the author's chance of further egotism. People usually don't give a crap about the semi-important facts (i.e. favorite color or favorite ice cream flavor) about some random invisible human being , but what the heck, I will just state them anyway. Not that anyone will be interested, but typing them down and gratuitously revealing themselves make many bloggers <i>feel good</i>. This page, by the way, basically constitutes whatever I can't find place to fit into my "official" Blogger's profile.<br /><br />Abitrary Facts:<br />I am a college sophomore double-majoring in economics and philosphy. I like being rational. I also like movies that are meaningful and have moral messages and the prejudice of the filmmakers (if I can detect it) against some groups is minimal (yeah, you are entitled to think of me as a pretentious dope). I like playing PC games. A LOT. I'm also obssessed with Star Wars movies, and my order of preference over the six films goes as follows: (from favorite to least favorite)<br /><br />1. Return of the Jedi<br />2. The Empire Strikes Back<br />3. Revenge of the Sith & A New Hope<br />5. The Phantom Menace<br /><br />...that's it. Ep II sucks.<br /><br />I greatly admire the comedian George Carlin's work (books and standups). And I consider Peter Singer cool (although I do not agree with all his views, I advise you all to read his books, especially the one titled "The President Of Good & Evil"). He's one awesome philosopher, and he writes about stuff that can actually change things in public discourse, not like the majority of the philosophical community whose works are only read by a very, very limited academic audience.<br /><br />My favorite movies are already listed in my profile page, so here I will list my favorite games. Usually, I like games that demand some/a lot of creative thinking and keen observation, but not demanding as in reflexes. I like games that have a relatively free environment to explore; I dislike games that are repetitious and linear; I hate games with horrible control systems. Sympathetic characters and involving story lines will be a bonus.<br /><br />Top Favorites:<br />Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Drakan: The Order of the Flame, Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets<br /><br />Secondary Favorites:<br />Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, The Hobbit, Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, Tomb Raider: Legend, Star Wars: Kights of the Old Republic<br /><br />Dislikes:<br />The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban<br /><br />Other Games I've Played (Neutral):<br />The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Longest Journey, Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's StoneAayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-1166245084256769072006-12-15T23:48:00.000-05:002007-03-20T16:26:36.326-04:00About This BlogI don't mean to be mean, but Blogger's design of the user's profile page looks decidedly depressing. Therefore, I'm about to write all about myself here: an good ol' post that while has absolutely no CS tech advantage, is totally subject to my whim such that I can write about whatever I'd like to say in whatever format I want. (Whereas The word limit on my "official" Blogger's profile is quite discouraging.)<br /><br />Purpose(s):<br />Unlike my <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/u/992292/">FanFiction.net profile</a>, where I attempt to display only relevant information in understanding my stories, this blog is instead a semi-thought-tracing-device where I record my thoughts when they occur (usually when I try to sleep). Hence, as you can see, this blog has two primary functions. First, which is the "intellectual" yet not factual reason for which I started this blog, I want this blog to help me keep track of the trend of my thoughts and beliefs, for I believe that studying the evolution of one's system of reasoning is essential to future rational judgement and thoughts. Second, which is the more worldy reason, is that I want to explore some obscene egotism by screaming that I'm thinking, albeit to an audience that doesn't really care about whether I'm a human being or a mountain goat.<br /><br /><hr><br />Style:<br />Although I tend to try to keep my writing clear and logical (and hence sometimes quite tedious and uninteresting to casual visitors), I absoultely do not claim that I'm making every single piece of writing a sound/cogent argument. Constructing a sound/cogent argument, nowadays, involves clearifying meanings and definitions and the slight difference between "the property of an abstract toilet" and the "abstract property of being a toilet" for hours and hours (like what I am unfortunatley forced to do in a philosophy paper), which can be, in a manner of speaking, rewarding, but more often it is not only frustrating for the reader, but also highly painful for the author. Hence, in my writing I will always try to be (but granted with failures) reasonable and logical, but in most cases when I present an argument (or a piece of argument) I will rely heavily on common sense and expect many of my implied premises to be detected by the readers.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38071560.post-1166240872514131542006-12-15T22:46:00.000-05:002007-03-20T15:55:23.264-04:00In which the purpose is not defined.So, I've decided to actually have a personal blog, because I have too many things on my mind - especially those that can't be properly posted on anywhere other than a blog. So, I'm starting a blog, beginning on one of my final exam days, so that I can completely ruin my grades.Aayla Securityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562372496876331022noreply@blogger.com