I am psyched!

SHINY!

Could this be my new motorbike? Quite possibly. I had come across a seller that wanted to get rid of his old learner’s bike and needed to sell it. It’s a Honda GB 400 TT, which was not quite as popular in the US as Honda thought it would be, so they decided to market this motorbike in Europe and Australia. It seems to be doing quite well as it’s had quite a cult following and still has a large following to this day. I’m such a sucker for classic/vintage bikes.

And so I shall leave you with another picture, for good measure.

Time for therapy!

You know what’s so weird? I woke up today fine. I wasn’t in a bad mood of any sort. And then when I went to go to Tafe and got on the train, that’s when I started getting a in a bad mood for no apparent reason. And so I was in a bad mood for the rest of the day in Tafe. I think it may have been the exam I was supposed to do. If I were stressing out on that, that would be weird because it’s Tafe! I don’t know why I’m stressing out about Tafe.

Has anyone had days where they’re just depressed for no apparent reason? Is this some mental condition that I don’t know about? I think I need to see a therapist.

I really fucking hate the Internet

I was reading this thread where someone suggested that there should a female protagonist for Grand Theft Auto.

You only have to read the first page or two to realise how deeply embedded the roots of misogyny can go, that a strong woman can make guys shit their pants. A lot of the “argument” involve silly stereotypes about how women can’t do this and that, or how some of them there hate butch women (homophobic much?), or how it’s simply “wrong”. Lo and behold though, there are a few posters in there who are totally for a female protagonist which is good to know.

Why do I put myself through this crap? I know that I am going to get depressed over this. I know that I’m going in a lion’s den to fight it with only a plastic knife as my weapon. But at the same time, I feel this strong compulsion to just read through it. Replying to those silly comments is something else.

I really hate myself for this.

YOU’RE A STEALER-RER!

I was reading this thread where this guy downloaded the “workprint” version of the new Wolverine movie coming out, and by “workprint”, he means the movie that hasn’t had the special and lighting effects added in just yet. 

Rather than talking about the movie itself, the thread got de-railed and turned into a “Is downloading wrong or right?” (You just need to read the first five pages to see where this is going.)

As someone who downloads, this thread really annoyed me. 

A lot of the posters in there were really pinning “Hurricane” to the wall, telling him that he was a thief for stealing in the first place. There were a lot of posters telling him it was morally wrong… problem is, those posters were looking at it from a black-and-white perspective.

Like I said before, many people look at downloading as a black-and-white issue. We have the Internet now, it’s not a black-and-white issue anymore.

A lot of people are seeing this downloading as a problem and simply calling it stealing, simply because the record labels (using music for the sake of an example) said so. Okay, so what if it is stealing? Because I can download, I have an advantage over the people who make this music for me. Rather than letting record labels having influence on whether I like it or not, I can make my OWN decision on whether I like it or not. My opinion is not influenced by anyone else, and I can make a sound decision as to whether this investment is safe for me or not.

So what if I don’t like it? That’s the entertainment industry for you – sometimes you hit, sometimes you miss. Just because I can decide on my own, all the bigwigs in the entertainment industry are getting their panties in a knot, because they think it is lost profit.

Someone’s probably going to come in telling me that I’m justifying my reasons for being immoral because I steal, but whatever. You can keep gambling with your money on whether or not you want to purchase said product, at least I – as a consumer – can make a sound decision on whether to buy it or not.