Not a lot to say right now. But for those of you who have been watching and waiting, I'm back to this one. I prefer this name.

To some new people I've added as friends, I've moved back to here from kaze_no_samurai. So welcome to this one. Please add them as friends if you are friend-only.

I'll write more a little later.

Goooooooodamnit.

957,336 EXP was the last mark before death #1. Was running around Ferndale, trying to get to Fort Aspenwood and came up on some dredge and an assassin Dredge boss. The fight took longer than it should off and I didn't find their monk until the end. But it was too late. My monks were down. I thought my other guys were meat shielding enough for me to get a res. signet off, but it wasn't too be. Half way through the cast, Koss went down and Devona followed shortly there after. I had no chance. Assassin boss hit me down to 97 HP /AND/ knocked me down. Before I could get a healing skill off another warrior Dredged knocked me cold.

I'm still kinda upset about it. Not really wanting to play Guild Wars.

Sorry to rainforestjunki and matadin for taking a while to get to these.

First, Junki's:

1. Do you find that the current world economy is an orderly system or rather a means of enacting controled chaos on the population? I think it might have been used at one point to have a chaos control on the population.  But the economy is a natural organism trying to struggle and keep itself alive.  It cannot be controlled and the once controlled chaos is no longer.

2. What are your views on the prescription drug culture in the U.S. right now? The you may have a problem and this pill can fix it in a snap scenario. I think there are some drugs that work and some people who need these drugs, but many people do not.  There's something to be said about just letting the body take care of itself. I think it's possible some of these over perscribed drugs could be leading to the body's weakness, overall.  Particularly with psychological drugs, I've never felt that just anyone should have them and I certainly don't think anti-depressants are needed by as many people as it seems.

3. In some places in the world (Europe in particular) physican assisted suicide is considered an acceptable way to ease end of life suffering. What are your views on physician assisted suicide?  If a person cannot medically be brought out of pain, or if they are terminal with no hope of getting better, medical assisted suicide should be an option open to the patient.  However, it must be of these reasons.  If a patient is depressed, or simply has been down on his/her luck, then this should not be open to them. It should be a last resort.  But I've always felt laws to protect someone against themselves are a little silly.  Maybe I just believe to strongly in self-preservation.

4. Do you believe that it's constitutional to create laws that supercede the indiviudal rights and choices that a person makes in regards to themselves? I want to say absolutely it's not constitutional, but I can't say that it is 100% wrong.  I'm sure there could be a situation in when such a thing is needed. Provided I can think of no such situation, but I am a student in this life and the more I learn, the less I know.  I don't know enough to say if it's "right."

5. Should a teacher be the sole manner in which knowledge and growth is acquired or should the parents assume responsibility as well? Of course the parents should assume responsibility.  Parents are teaching their children far more than teachers ever would.  In fact, if the parents do not do well teaching a child when they are babies, the teacher will have no hope in teaching a student.  A child must be taught to be receptive to new ideas and to learn them.  A parent who does not help a child become this way is only spelling their doom as they tell their teacher to go fuck themselves.


Now for Big A's:
1) If you were any of the FF summons (from any of the games), which would you be? Why? (Not which one you would find the coolest to be, though. :) )  A simple question, yet a tough question.  I would have to say Anima because I would likely sacerfice myself much like Seymour's Mother did.

2) Where did you get the name "the_asonu"?  This is an easy one.  The Asonu come from a book written by Ursula K. Le Quinn, Changing Planes.  The Asonu are a people from one of the short stories, "The Silence of the Asonu."

3) Say, in a twist of fate akin to Kafka's The Metamorphosis, you woke up as a cat. You know the effects will wear off in a week. What would be the top three things you would want to do during that period of time?  Talk with other cats to see if there's an established communication between cats. Explore my apartment with my new found senses.  See how far I could jump with my new legs.

4) I'm not being very original here by saying another FF question, but this is a favorite: Dual-classing. Which two FF classes would you be? Why?  Summoner and Assassin because they have always been my two favorite classes from any of the Final Fantasies.


5) If you had to listen to only one genre of music for the rest of your life, which would it be?  Classical Music without a doubt.

Most of the folks that may read what I randomly post probably won't participate, however, I shall leave the option open.

The Rules:
1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I respond by asking you five personal questions so I can get to know you better.
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. When others comment asking to be interviewed, ask them five questions.

And now, my answers to Ms. P.

1. Everyone has their "what if" thoughts. What situation do you most often wonder "what if" about?

Usually, and especially most recently, I tend to wonder what if I had gone into a music conservatory, or gone into music education, rather than computer science when I had graduated high school.  I try not to really think about the "what if"'s too much, because the fact of life is that you can't go back and change the past.  Besides, in the aforementioned what if scenario, if I had gone the other route, I most likely wouldn't be married to carise right now.  And that's enough to let me know I made the best decision.

2. If you were able to rewrite the ending to any book, which book would it be and how would you change the ending?

All books have the endings they are suppose to have, regardless if I like them or not.  Changing an ending of a book would changing the meaning of the book as well as the purpose of the book.

3. If you were able to create one rule or law that all people of the world would follow faithfully, what would it be?

Be decent to everyone around you.  Show some common courtesy to everyone around you.  And take care of everyone.  If everyone takes care of everyone else, no one would have to take care of themselves.

4. What would your own tarot card be? As in, if you could create your own to add to the existing deck. What would it mean?

I would make a card called "The Tao."  Essentially, it would mean more or less balance, but specifically the absence of a "bad thing" and a "good thing" and an understanding that there is only "the thing" itself.

5. Today we have nearly instantaneous communication available to us. Do you think this is a good thing or bad thing (within your own sphere of influence, not on a global level)? Why?

This is a bad thing because no one really takes the time to write a hand written letter, or put a lot of thought in E-mail anymore. And since conversation is so instantaneous, there is actually less communication between people because oft times it is felt that "Oh, well I can talk to them whenever" and the conversation is put off.  If I were to run into a friend on the street that I hadn't seen in a while, I would certainly talk to them and ignore any of the instantaneous communication I may receive in the mean time (via cell phone, text message, E-mail, IM, etc.).

I spent a majority of today not doing anything. I woke up a little later than usual and, according to carise, managed to sleep through the six different times that the alarm went off, turning the alarm off every time in my sleep. She didn't go to work though, so she didn't get up when I did. I went to guitar and pretty much got told what's on the test next week. 90% of the test is basic music theory, so I'm not at all worried about it.  I just need to remember that they are called "Hammer-ons" and "Pick-offs", not slurs.

I got back home and continued to feel worse as time progressed.  As a result I didn't go to orchestra or Dr. H's class afterwards. I didn't do a great deal of thinking. I suppose that'll come later tonight. I didn't speak out of place a great deal today, but I'm still saying things without much control. I really need to watch that. It's Lent right now and I often thought about giving up speaking for Lent. It'd be so strange though, and I'm not sure if it would really accomplish anything, outside of getting people to realize I'm actually not an idiot, but that's a selfish act.  It defeats the purpose.

Chris Sligh is still in American Idol, and since he's from close by, that means I must root him on. Gina's still in it too, so my two picks are still in after this round of cuts.  Scrubs was pretty good and still gets me thinking about a great deal of things.  Sometimes, I still think I could do medical school if I tried it and that I could become a doctor.  But, I still get grounded by my own situation and the people around me who don't think I can do it.  Incidently, my sister gets on my case a great deal about it.  I've pretty much given up on that dream.  I also wish that I had a good relationship with someone like JD and Turk have. I don't really have a best friend, and I never really did.  I guess Mr. L was, at one time, but then things got all screwed up in high school.  I guess that's just the way life is.

Going home tomorrow with carise, Mr. K, and Miss B.  But as happy as I am about that, I just have more work to do.  I'm ready for no more classes.