Tales of a Bored Ninja

Stickfight 9, some Ultimate Teams

2007-10-13T23:13:00.000-05:00

Alright, these are a couple logos for imaginary Ultimate Frisbee teams (it's a neat project of a friend of mine named Evan). The teams are the Tampa Bay Seraphim and the New York Majestics.

The Tampa Bay Seraphim:

And the New York Majestics

And I've finished stickfight 9. Here it is, along with the updated "full battle":

Stickfight!

2007-09-25T19:11:00.000-05:00

OK, here's the deal. Although I have a lot more than I've posted, I've felt (and I'm sure you have too) that the actualy comic strip is not that funny. What I really like doing are the random doodles and the stickfights, so that's what you'll get.

Here I have a patchwork of the first 8 pages of the main stickfight, all the parts that make it up, and a couple stickfights that aren't part of the main one (read: appear on HW and notes).

Check out past the main stickfight posts for some other great ones that aren't from the identical battle (but the same war or whatever)

First, a reposting of the guide:

Following that up, there's the super large combination of all 8 existing (so far) main stickfight pages. Blogger.com wouldn't let me upload it full size, so check out the individual pages (below) for more detailed images of particular parts.
And the separate pages (note: page one has already been posted...this is a repost):

Page1

Page 2:

Page 3:

Page 4:

Page 5:

Page 6:

Page 7:

Page 8:

Battle of the Behaviorism Notes:

Tree Chopper Trap:

Crossbows vs. Imps: The Calculus-HW Conflict

2007-05-31T23:41:00.001-05:00

The Ultimate Rejection Letter; Doodle pages

2007-05-15T19:24:00.000-05:00

The Ultimate Rejection Letter
Note: I found this here
This letter had me laughing so hard!

Herbert A. Millington
Chair-Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hilla, MA 34109

Dear Professor Millington,
Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me an assistant professor position in your department.

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at this time. THerefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor in your department this august. I look forwards to seeing you then.

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen

And now for the doodles...

This one has no meaning whatsoever, but I REALLY like the rollercoaster. I'm not sure what about it is so fascinating to me, because it's not particularly detailed or anything, but I still like it.

The following doodles are from a project a friend of mind is doing. He was bored, so he made names for potential teams for a major league ultimate association. He had drawn a few of the pictures and asked me to help. He has one of my best ones with him, for the "Blades", but I'll find out if I can borrow it for a day to be scanned in.

The Cleveland Hounds:The D.C. Law:The Phoenix Burn:

And last, and possibly least, the Seattle Thorns

More random stuff!

2007-05-07T17:22:00.000-05:00

Alright, people, I've finally gotten around to posting a few more of my doodles...I haven't had much time because if AP and SAT: Subject Test studying, which kinda sucks.

This one I did after finishing my English HW, as you can probably guess from the Huck Finn notes in the middle. I'm not really sure WHAT that thing in the middle of the bottom is. I think it started as a robotic-ish helmet, but then became mummy-ish. Whatever. The guy in the bowler hat in the middle reminds me of the monopoly guy, even though they don't look the same at all.

This guy down here is from the back page of a long history assignment. I started in the top left with a bit of hte stick-battle, but then I decided to draw some simple perspective. It was pretty neat. The perspective is all heading towards that point in the middle, which I made extra big so it's easy to see.
Last, but far from least, is a page-filling doodle done in pen, which I think is the first pen doodle I've posted. I did this one during spanish, on a worksheet we didn't have assigned (it was next to the homework assignment), for those who can't recognize the language.

Flashmob video

2007-04-25T22:02:00.000-05:00

For those who don't know, a flashmob is a group of people who meet while dressed like regular people to do something together at a given signal. Some famous examples include hundreds of people dancing to the same song on their MP3 players starting at the exact same moment (and then walking away as if it never happened), or this video here.

The translations for what the people say are:
- For the 1st and 2nd guys, they shout: "There's a tsunami!!" (tsunami da!)
- For the 3rd guy they shout: "That's the guy!!" (koitsu da!)
- Nothing for the 4th guy
- Last scene: "Watch out!! (danger)" (abunai!)

TOABN 25, a few random doodles

2007-04-23T21:50:00.000-05:00

Well, long time no see, people. I haven't posted in a while because of school vacation last week. In addition, I feel that this blog is for posting the doodles; I don't want to make myself doodle for the sake of the blog. Today I've got TOABN 25, and several other pages of random doodles.

TOABN 25 reveals something that I didn't even realize was the case until I wrote this strip...the link between Nate's mask tails and his mood. It just evolved on its own as I drew the thing.

The first of these random doodle pages is the first one I've posted that's in pen, I believe. This page started with the word "YO!" at the top, and then just got out of control. One thing I really liked was the spider web near the middle of the left side.
EDIT: BTW, I know that that face with the guy and the baseball cap looks really, really stupid.This is from doodling randomly while studying (it helps me concentrate), and I couldn't help but draw a tank and make a "luftwaffle" joke. I'm sure it's been done before, but I was bored and I had a pencil, so I drew it.

This Cold War thing is from the top of some notes on the Cold War, as a title. I'm not sure if it really counts as a doodle, but I liked it, because it got across the effect of the letters being made of snow (as I intended).
This one is actually pretty small in real life, just about three inches tall.
The first cartoon on this page was, as I wrote on it, inspired by a real quote from my biology teacher, Mr. Snow. The Spanchese one was inspired by a friend saying to me in Spanish class that, due to his recent trip to China, he keeps mixing up Spanish and Chinese (he takes both languages).

This one is my favorite of the bunch, because of the cartoon on the lower half. The picture on the top was the start of drawing some sort of futuristic helmet.

Huck Finn doodle

2007-04-10T15:47:00.000-05:00

This doodle was done on one a set of notes on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I drew it after finishing the chapter, because I was taking a break before doing Bio. It started with that weird robot-lasercannon-spider-thing in the top left. The tail on that thing took a while, but I'm happy with the result. The snake is just a very quick sketch (~10 seconds). The thing in the middle with the smaller and smaller ovals was me screwing around with perspective. I ended up making it into a pond covered in lily-pads or something, but it started with just receding circles. The weird thing of domes and whatnot in the middle of the right side has no particular basis that I can think of,. The ball hovering over the staff was me doing a quick sketch with shading. Finally, that comic strip in the bottom right was a VERY roughly sketched bit with Nate the Ninja bursting through a window.

TOABN 24

2007-04-04T20:46:00.000-05:00

You may have noted that I haven't posted in the last several days. The reason is the Jewish holiday of Passover (Pesach), which my family celebrates. However, the time-consuming part of it is over now, so posts should get back to normal.

TOABN 23

2007-03-29T15:32:00.000-05:00

TOABN 23 is pretty neat, and almost artistic. It certainly was fun to draw. They're in the crow's nest of the USS Junk. Note that Alfred is taking his mead/beer/ale/grog/whatever in a teacup!

Oh Yeah! (a doodle)

2007-03-28T14:19:00.000-05:00

I started "Oh Yeah!" with the head of the jumping guy. The shape of it, and to some extent, the hair, was definitely because I was thinking of Penny Arcade at the time, but after that it went on to my own style. The only other influence of Penny Arcade was probably the focus on videogames...
As for the eyeball, it doesn't have to do with anything. I had drawn that before starting the "Oh Yeah!" comic, since I love drawing eyes.

More Eddie Izzard!

2007-03-27T15:42:00.001-05:00

TOABN 22

2007-03-27T14:30:00.000-05:00

I love Danny's ship!

TOABN 21, Some Not-Too-Fear-Inspiring Warcries

2007-03-26T14:39:00.000-05:00

Here's number 21, kicking off the week with a nice bit of combat!
Followed by a severe anticlimax mixed with...cutting-in-halfing!!!

And now for a doodle I did friday, titled "Some Not-Too-Fear-Inspiring Warcries."

Biology Doodle, TOABN 20

2007-03-22T15:37:00.000-05:00

This is based on something my teacher said in Bio today. My teacher was talking about how some scientists get very heated about opposition to their hypotheses...and this was the result. Below it, on the same page, is TOABN 20!

TOABN 19

2007-03-21T13:14:00.000-05:00

Not much to report today...here's the strip. Note the neat looking "19" to the left

TOABN 18

2007-03-20T14:53:00.000-05:00

Hey people! I have for you the eighteenth in the TOABN series. Yes, that's drama so strong its palpaple, in the second panel. Now this is strange! I wonder how they know one another? Actually, no, I don't, but YOU do!

Rowan Atkinson Live

2007-03-19T23:31:00.000-05:00

A while back Rowan Atkinson had a live performance at Boston University. He's incredibly hilarious! He's a great comedian, but he's most famous for his Mr. Bean comedy movies.

TOABN 17, History class doodle

2007-03-19T14:06:00.000-05:00

Hey people! Weekend was pretty hectic, and Friday saw us with some serious snow (unfortunately not early enough to cancel school). Anyways, I know you don't give a damn about that, so here's the comic:
I wonder what the scene that the Janitor found looks like...I never actually drew it. After all, I imagine it could be pretty awful, and I don't care to draw REALISTIC violence (funny-ish cartoon violence is one thing, but drawing that's just sick)

Here's a new one. As you can see, Nate and Danny are on the top. Danny looks a bit unusual though; that's because I'm thinking of giving him a scimitar, possibly and olde-style pistol, and one earring, instead of or in addition to his axe. Instead of might be nice, as it gives him a big range of weapons! There are other gems in the doodle if you look!

TOABN 16

2007-03-15T16:02:00.000-05:00

Well, I think we're slowly approaching catching up to the comics I'm drawing. I've finished number 30, since I started drawing them a while before this site was up, or even before I had any intention of making a site. It's number 16, people (applause!).

TOABN 15

2007-03-14T20:27:00.000-05:00

I REALLY like this one!

50 Unique Views!

2007-03-13T17:57:00.000-05:00

Since only Thursday, when I began watching the number of visits and from what area using Google Analytics (a great free tool, for any others out there with websites), I've had 50 separate people view the website, including some regular reader from Shanghai! If you're reading this, Mr. Shanghai person, I'm letting you know you're awesome!

So, 50 views already! Quite an achievement, and 64% of viewers return. SWEET!

TOABN 14

2007-03-13T15:29:00.000-05:00

Whoah. This one's obviously Nate on some sort of mission! And take the time to appreciate the "artwork!" The bottom-right panel is showing Nate's legs as he runs.

Cooking a Beat

2007-03-12T18:00:00.000-05:00

Entertaining video about how to cook the perfect beat. The best cooking show ever!

TOABN 13

2007-03-12T14:56:00.000-05:00

TOABN 13, people. You have to love the second panel. So dramatic! And over something so...unimportant (though to Nate it is more important than anything).

Done with the Thesis, Baby!

2007-03-11T19:52:00.000-05:00

FINALLY! I've done it! I've written it! I've completed a long, thoroughly thought out, and (hopefully!) well-written paper on American history. Believe it or not, it's called "A Laughing Matter: How Watergate Changed American Political Humor". That's right. My HUGE Junior Thesis essay is about humor, and it's incredible. I just hope that Wilbach (the one grading it) agrees.

Haikus Are Easy

2007-03-10T23:52:00.000-05:00

This is a great picture! It sounds like something I would write myself!

TOABN 12

2007-03-09T17:44:00.000-05:00

Here we've got number 12! It's Nate and Alfred, battling, which is, alone awesome.
And now that you've (hopefully) read the comic, you won't mind me saying I love the second panel! DODGE!

TOABN doodle, TOABN 11

2007-03-08T17:11:00.000-05:00

During class today I drew a cool version of the title of TOABN, "Tales of a Bored Ninja", but all made of various weapons. Going in order, they are:
Pickaxe, handaxe, spear, chakram, whip, ball and chain (for 'o' and 'f'), a dagger, a sword with two odd spikes, a bladesaw, ye olde style pistol, a bladed boomerang, a halberd, a 3-section-staff, a cannon, a taser, a musket, and a cartoony torpedo.
And, after you've taken an appropriate amount of time admiring that, check out TOABN 11. That erasure in the corder is covering up the "12" that goes next to the following comic (directly below 11 on the page), since I didn't want readers to think that the second line in the strip was number 12. The erasure at the top cuts off the bottom of number 10, since the "11" projects higher than the strip itself. Odd title for the Ninja book, I know. And kinda bloodier than I mean this comic to actually be. Except for cartoon violence, in a humorous manner. Such as comic #1.

Frank Caliendo

2007-03-07T17:30:00.000-05:00

This guy does AMAZING impressions! Check it out:

Lee Evans

2007-03-07T15:52:00.000-05:00

The opening of this one is brilliant, and he's pretty funny.
Lee Evans Live in Scotland

3 random doodles and TOABN 10

2007-03-07T14:38:00.000-05:00

I thought some of these came out pretty neat. The other two random doodles are from English class. The second one has a few nice comics on it. One has the guy tripping off the globe, and the other about poor internet grammar/spelling.
And now for TOABN:

Funny Phylogenetic Trees, Eddie Izzard

2007-03-06T16:51:00.000-05:00

Eddie Izzard: Definite Article
The link above goes to the Google Video version of Eddie Izzard's Definite Article show. It's what I was watching a couple days ago. Watch it!

Now here we have a neat doodle I did in biology class, while discussing phylogenetic trees. The top half is a REAL one, but the bottom is the Religious Right version.

And here's TOABN 9! And yes, that's a shameless Monty Python reference in the last panel.

TOABN 8

2007-03-05T16:03:00.000-05:00

Well, here's the eighth comic in the series! And yes, that does say piratry, not piracy. It's intentional. Deal with it :D . This comic advances the plot, but the art isn't that pretty. The ones I just finished today in class are MUCH better. Number 23 is the latest I've drawn.

Later tonight, if I remember, I will post the Eddie Izzard routine, so that you don't have to hunt for it.

TOABN 7, Skiing

2007-03-04T22:48:00.000-05:00

Number seven is now up! Who could this mysterious person be!?

Today my best friend and I took a bus up north and went skiing, and it was PERFECT! There was powder everywhere, and it was snowing the whole time, too.

As I write this, I'm listening to Eddie Izzard's standup routine...
I HIGHLY recommend checking the 5 part thing out on YouTube.

Steven Wright (standup)

2007-03-01T22:42:00.000-05:00

This one's hilarious! I've always liked Steven Wright, but he wasn't this good when he was younger, unlike George Carlin, who was amazing younger and isn't any good now.

TOABN 6

2007-03-01T15:47:00.000-05:00

Alright, since I've been delaying posting since I haven't finished the touchup, I've decided that I will post daily or ever other day, and whenever I'm done with a touchup, post that as well. This way, I don't have something to keep me from updating. Here's today's strip! I WILL keep posting now, because the touchups were the only reason I avoided it.

Daily Show: Islam vs. Christianity

2007-02-21T15:10:00.000-05:00

This is a great clip from one of my favorite episodes of the Daily Show! It's a debate to see which religion is the true one. Check it out

TOABN 2 Touchup

2007-02-19T00:17:00.000-05:00

Alrighty, I finally gave up on doing the boring, repetitive, and dull task (and did I mention I didn't like it?) of trying to do the StickFight! for now. Tonight I did the TOABN 2 touchup. Tell me what you think of it!

Done with Most of my EVIL school stuff

2007-02-15T19:58:00.000-05:00

I've finished off the rough draft of my Junior Thesis and got a lot done on many other pressing projects. I've also learned that doing the touchup of those StickFight! cartoons is a long and boring process, far less entertaining than drawing the originals. Does this mean I won't do further touchups, or finish this one? Maybe, but I will do the TOABN touchups, which aren't nearly as dull to create.

This weekend I have big tournament in Denver, CO. The fencing Junior Olympics!

TOABN 5 Original

2007-02-06T21:57:00.000-05:00

Alright, I'm falling a bit behind on the touchups, because of recent events, including my grandfather's death and the dreaded thesis. But hopefully I'll start to catch up soon, even though I may have to temporarily let up on posting daily. Otherwise, my posting could get way ahead of my touchup-ing.

Here's TOABN 5!

RIP Grandpa :(

2007-02-06T12:00:00.000-05:00

Some of you may have noticed that I haven't posted for the last couple of days. The reason for this lapse is that my grandfather passed away. However, I will be posting up tonight, for a break from my huge thesis paper if nothing else!

BTW, about the thesis, I have an amazing topic! I'm writing about how the Watergate scandal changed American political humor. I get to read the works of amazing humorists and satirists such as Art Buchwald, Lenny Bruce, and more! I am also thinking about trying to set up an email interview with Chevy Chase, whose famous impersonations of President Ford had America laughing for years.

As a note, some may feel that I am being inappropriately jaunty in the wake of my grandfather's death. This is far from the case; I deel with stress through humor. Without it, I don't know what I'd do!

Seeing with your Tounge!?

2007-02-03T11:35:00.000-05:00

TOABN 4 Original

2007-02-01T23:19:00.000-05:00

Wow, I never realized how much time it would end up taking to do the StickFight 1 touchup. I'm currently less than 1/2 done, since I haven't had much time to work on it, since I have some essays and tests soon.

Here's the comic:

TOABN 3 original

2007-01-31T21:53:00.001-05:00

Alright, people, today I'm only posting the TOABN 3 original, as I am working on the (almost) mammoth undertaking of making the touchup of the first StickFight page. As you can see, even from a cursory look at the original, it will take some time! I hope you enjoy the comic!

TOABN 3:

TOABN 3 original

2007-01-31T21:53:00.000-05:00

"It's Just Not My Day"

2007-01-30T23:09:00.000-05:00

You know how people sometimes say "Today's just not my day" when things all seem to be going poorly? Well, today I was thinking about it, because today was DEFINITELY "not my day". And I came to the conclusion that, according to that expression, we each have ONE day, in our whole lives. That one day is OUR day, where everything goes perfectly. Now, as I thought about it some more, I realized that on your day, it must be terrible. You know that this is your day, your only day, in your whole life. So, at first, your day, being unnaturally incredible, seems to be just perfect. Nothing going wrong, how bad could you feel? But that's when you start to realize, "Hey! This must be my day!" At first, this seems like a wonderful conclusion, but after a bit, you realize that this is in fact your worst day. It's your worst day ever, because you now know that it will never, EVER, be your day again. You realize that the rest of your life is going to be, if not terrible, at least far from euphoric. So, it's a pretty good thing that today wasn't my day. I hope it wasn't your day either!

Please keep in mind (due to some responses to this post from friends) This is not some emo-depressed post! It's HUMOR, people, humor! It would be better if I could show that by speaking it to your face, giving you the tone of voice and the facial expression, but I can't...maybe someday I'll add a video post and do so, though!

TOABN 2, TOABN 1 Touchup

2007-01-30T22:28:00.000-05:00

Alright, so I've decided that, at least for the time being, I will attempt to put up one doodle every day or two (if possible), and at the same time try to post a touched-up version of the last. The touched up version is basically me opening the original in a picture editor as a background, and then on a second layer going over the lines with the paintbrush mode. I then delete the background layer and save the file as "TOABN 1 touchup" for example, as opposed to "TOABN 1 original". So, for tonight I have for you TOABN 2 and the TOABN 1 touchup!

TOABN = Tales of a Bored Ninja, pronounced "toe-bin". Heheh...toe-bin...sounds funny

Anyways, here's the touchup!

And now for TOABN 2:
Note: The snowman above the first panel is from a calvin-and-hobbes inspired doodle above it. It will be removed in the touchup. And, in case you never thought about it, caneswords are awesome.

2007-01-29T23:37:00.000-05:00

Now, today I'm posting an unusually large number of doodles, since I finally got the scanner. I hope to post an image every day or (when I can't) every other day. PLEASE leave comments!!!

Here's the Tales of a Bored Ninja Logo:

And the first strip:
Now for the StickFight intro page (this will help my earlier "guide" make sense):
And the first page (as I add more, I will connect them together). Keep in mind that the future ones will have better "art" quality, from both practice and just the natural evolution of my "talent":

And now for some random doodles:

Check out the guy in the middle of this one. You can just tell that he's a complete jerk. The feelings that the face gives (basically: dude, that guy's a jerk!) are exactly what I was going for. Also, the weird thing that looks sortof like a horse's face or something from this angle (the two steeply slanted eyes in the middle, below the jerk's head) are from me trying to use the same eye in two doodles! One face is oriented normally, and the other on its side.

Now for a Calvin and Hobbes tribute (with the original Tales of a Bored Ninja in the middle):

And finally, a dinosaur that I made in English class, since dinosaurs are pretty awesome:

Finally got a scanner!

2007-01-29T17:57:00.000-05:00

Hey peoples of the world! I finally got a scanner, and tonight, after a crushing load of torture . Anyways, I'm going to try and wrap that all up and post up a few doodles. I'm not going to post them all, since I want to make sure I have enough to post something every day or two. Tonight, for the grand opening, I will be posting up the first strip of Tales of a Bored Ninja, as well as the first page of StickFight! and possibly some other, totally random, doodles as well.

Note: I am well aware that much of this is stick-figure art or rough cartooning! And yes, I have been known to draw some things of better quality. I do, however, have some serious trouble at times drawing realistically at angles (as in, side view or head on isn't nearly as terrible as some of the angled ones I try), so if somebody could give me a few pointers or direct me towards a bit of online info, that would be extremely awesome.

Looney Toons, Uncyclopedia, Scanner Update

2007-01-28T19:40:00.000-05:00

Some of the old great looney-toons cartoons are available for watching here! A real blast from the past. Classics like the Bugs Bunny opera, or Duck Dodgers, and more! A definite must-visit site.

Alright, so I've known about this site for a while, but Uncyclopedia.org is incredible. It is a spoof of Wikipedia, though Uncyclopedia claims the reverse. One can lose hours and hours just wandering through the wonderfully strange articles on the site.

Also, about the scanner, I drove to Staples to try and buy one, but they had sold out on all the models that are acceptable (high enough dpi scanning, basically), so I'll be somewhat delayed in getting one.

Haha, out early from school!

2007-01-25T14:21:00.000-05:00

So, I lucked out today! My last-period class was cancelled, so I got to leave school nearly 2 hours before I normally do! Bwahahaha....

And then I realize I have all sorts of projects to do, and I'd better get to it...
And then I realize that I can procrastinate by writing this! NICE!

Also, I'm researching some scanners to find a decent one, but if anybody has a recommendation please tell me. The second I get it up I'll add some of my awesome doodles. I hope to add comic/doodle page each day. We will feature:
Tales of a Bored Ninja -Humorous, gratuitously violent (but in a funny way)

The Great Ongoing Stickwar -So far eight continuous full pages (as in, each page connects with and continues the images of its neighbors) of tiny, 1/4 inch stick figures in teams Triangle and Circle. Look for an update on what each team specializes in tonight!

Random doodles - just strange, interesting doodles that come to mind. These may include loads of cartoony faces, optical illusions, giant monsters, notes-turned-into-a-hopeless-doodled-mess, and more

Standalone Comics -humorous comics with no continuity between the one and the next.

Also, since it is winter, you will probably see more than your share of calvin-and-hobbes-like snowmen :D. Calvin and Hobbes is awesome!

Points/Moments

2007-01-24T00:30:00.000-05:00

Just a last thought I had as I was on the verge of falling asleep...
A moment is to time as a point is to space. There are infinite of each in even the smallest measurement of time/space, and they are integral to the idea of "here", both temporally and spatially (think "spacetime"). These key, infinitely important ideas cannot in any physical way be used or measured, but they form some of the most important concepts imaginable. Yah, nothing really new there, but it just occurred to me and I didn't want to lose the train of thought :) .

2007-01-23T23:40:00.000-05:00

This poem more or less shows what how I feel about those quiet repetitive sounds at night which sometimes keep me awake. It seems to me as if I am almost excitedly waiting for the next one, even as I wish they would just stop and let me sleep...

A Slow Sound in the Night
By Me (KrazyHades)

You lie there in the dark,
Staring at the ceiling
And it stares back at you
A million miles away

A beep stabs the darkness,
A needle pricking sleep
It fires through the silence,
And shatters drowsy thoughts

It comes again, this sound,
Intruding on your rest
So regular and paced,
Mechanical and fake

The monotone returns,
And you strain ears to hear
Its repititious child
Still hiding in the night

Your life reduced to sound
Beep. . .beep. . .beep
Awaiting eagerly,
You cannot but listen

You cannot sleep nor think
You cannot wake nor doze
Bound into the pattern
Imprisoned in the beeps

State of the Union

2007-01-23T21:56:00.000-05:00

If you didn't see it, check out www.whitehouse.gov (the official whitehouse website). It has a (no longer) live podcast of Bush's State of the Union address.

Bush talked a lot, but I'm waiting to see him take some action. His ideas about guest workers is interesting, but I believe that he must supply some easier method for citizenship.
Bush also mentioned Darfur, yet even as he talked about the genocide, he tactfully avoided referring for it as such. He also talked about combating HIV and malaria in Africa, which I fully support. I just wish he would take money from the military and give it to education (science/math especially) and NASA. It worked in the past to fuel government-funded technology, ending up with inventions such as, perhaps most importantly, the modern computer.

The President also talked about common heroes, talking about the American character, saying that we can never give up or stand down when faced with a challenge. Which, of course, was all pointed towards saying that we cannot pull out of Iraq. There's a difference between strong character and an unwillingness to face the truth of the matter: we have no reason to be in Iraq right now.

Bush also sneaked (snuck? the auto-correct doesn't like that :P ) in a bit about global warming. He had a plan to cut American oil consumption by 20 % over 10 years, limiting our need for foreign oil and helping to fight global warming. This just-proposed plan has showed up after years of criticism from Americans and foreign His plan came after his first mention of our "addiction to oil", which caused him to give 10 billion over a period of time (I can't remember how many years right now) to help lower the use of oil in cars and homes, the two primary sources of oil use.

In the end, his entire speech was geared towards getting support for his increase of soldiers in Iraq , since Congress is held by the generally Iraq-war-opposed Dems. His common heroes, global warming, disease fighting, and more all were angled towards his desire to increase troops in Iraq.

New Blog! No Snow, State of the Union, Global Warming, and Creationism

2007-01-23T17:04:00.000-05:00

So, here I'm starting up a blog, "Tales of a Bored Ninja", and I am getting a scanner soon so that I can post some of my awesome and random drawings. I'll also include some any fantabulous (that's right, fantabulous) websites that I come across, most likely through my unceasing StumbleUpon-ing. Anyways, as of this post, the blog is up and running!

BTW, you have no idea how disappointed I was this morning. I wake up, look out my window to see snow, the FIRST "real" snow of the season, and then realize that 1/2 an inch of powder isn't going to cancel school. And since snow = cold, and I'm not skiing, pelting people with snowballs, or missing school, it's terrible!

I'm going to add something after Bush's State of the Union Address. Apparently, he is going to talk about his plan for the US to combat global warming, which is great, except for one thing. In his last State of the Union Address, he talked about America being "addicted to oil", and how we must fight that addiction...but I didn't notice any action, just talk. All the while, the US Armed Forces, especially the Airforce and Navy, have been burning up millions of gallons of oil to power their vehicles. In addition, I believe that this war was likely over oil. Not to mention that the US government has tried to deny the connection between gasses released by burning fossil fuels and the rise in temperature. Sure, it's only a theory, but there is a great deal of supporting evidence, just like for the theory for evolution.

Of course, Kansas had no problem throwing that out the window, since it considers creationism to be a science. One thing that bothers me about creationists is that they insist that until "God" is proven to be nonexistent, it is logically possible that he could exist. This is WRONG! The burden of proof is upon you, believers. Until scientific evidence is presented that supports the idea of "God", we must logically assume that "God" does not exist. In logic, everything is untrue until proven to be true. There is no idea as "maybe it's true, since it hasn't been disproven".