I recently found out that my Bye Bye Birdie/Mad Men comparison video on YouTube was taken down by Lionsgate. What really got me angry is the fact that there are tons of other video clips showing the same Bye, Bye Birdie introduction, only they were even more useless. At least my video was a comparison between the Mad Men Patio Diet television advertisement and the actual introduction to the film itself.

Anyway, here's my way of sticking it to the man. Screw this oppressive regime of random or selective copyright enforcement. If there's one thing I have a deep hatred for, it's unfairness and fickleness.

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I recently had said that I have a 90%+ success rate whenever I get a job interview. My friend second guessed me by saying that he assumes that the percentage is based on my confidence. I got slightly irritated. It's not because I'm some hugely narcissistic dictator who demands completely loyalty of those around me, that they take my word blindly.

I realized that it's because I take great care in every word that comes out of my mouth. I'm not like most people. For the most part, what I say is thought out carefully. Because of that effort on my part, it's irritating when someone questions what I say as though I just spouted out some bullshit. I am the type of person who says what I mean and means what I say. Generally speaking, you can take me at face value: there's no guess work. I also am not one to brag or make false claims. When I self-aggrandize, you can tell I do so out of jest.

I was irritated this other time when I asked my brother to mail me a package via UPS. He suggested that he could mail it out via the USPS, or maybe FedEx. Now, I know it's a little unfair for me to get irritated, but I couldn't help it when he made these other suggestions. When I make a request (and I seldom do), and when I make a specific request, I have a very good reason for being specific. In this case, I chose UPS as the carrier because FedEx Ground and the USPS are not reliable. Either they will fail to deliver it or they leave it out in the open for someone to steal. UPS has never failed me in the past and so far they have been the most reliable and most desired choice of shipping service.

Basically, I have to realize that most people do not take such care in their expression in daily life. That's why when some other Joe Schmoe claims that he has a 90%+ success rate for job interviews, it's okay to question him. The thing is, I wish that those who should know me better would remember that when I speak, they should take it at face value. The vast majority of the time, when I make a statement or assertion, it is correct. If I have only close to a 90% success rate, I would say so. I would say, "Whenever I have a job interview, I get it close to 90% of the time."

The other thing that irritates me intensely is when people second guess you based on an assumption. In this case, my friend assumed that I couldn't mathematically have a 90%+ success rate, "unless you had 9+ jobs..." Well guess what bucko? I did have more than 9 jobs.

Again, it's unfair for me to get irritated because most people probably haven't held more than 9 jobs, and again, most people tend to make up percentages and overexaggerate their success. But still, I can't help it.

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Suicide is a big deal. It's important to me because it's something that is usually preventable. It's also a topic that seems to bring out the worst in people as demonstrated by some of the commenters in this blog post I read today.
If you read the comments, you'll see how people are quick to offer their sorrow and condolences. You'll also see how people just as quickly negate the value of their sympathies by saying things like:

"...it's so hard on the survivors."
"It hurts so much to see someone take their own life."
"Suicide is a very selfish thing to do."
"Nine years ago I lost a very dear friend to suicide via hanging. It's a painful thing to inflict on others."

It is a painful thing to inflict on others? Really? Really!?!? People are very good at demonstrating how self-absorbed and selfish they really are.

This was my response:

I don't mean to rock the boat here, but for all of you who say that suicide is selfish and that it is painful to those other than the one who committed suicide, I would like for all of you to read up on suicide.

Please, take a step back from yourselves. Saying how suicide is selfish and painful to the victim's loved ones is, when you think about it, in fact a self-centered thing to say.

The person who commits suicide is in so much pain and suffering. Imagine if you were suffering the worst pain you can possibly fathom, and the only solution to ending it was to end your life: would you be thinking of how everyone else feels? Even when you are simply having a terrible rotten day, do you think of how someone else might feel because of your nasty attitude? Magnify that a thousand times and you may begin to understand how some suicidal people may feel.

I'd like to take this opportunity to remind all of us that we should be more conscientious towards those we love. We never know when they will leave us, so treat each day as an opportunity to show how much you love them.

I just want to expand a little on my response, which was not as well written as I'd like due to my morning rush (hence my writing of this piece). Actually, I've decided to rant.

People, WAKE THE FUCK UP. Do you REALLY fucking think that someone who committed suicide GIVES ONE DROPLET OF SHIT about what the fuck YOU'RE going to go through due to their death??? TAKE YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASSHOLE YOU SELF-CENTERED PIECES OF SHIT. That person was suffering through an immense amount of pain, and ultimately ended their life in order to escape that pain. Do you REALLY THINK that people WANT to fucking die? They have NO OTHER FUCKING CHOICE. They have nowhere to go. Their spirit is crushed, and the pain they endure cannot be endured any longer.

Blaming the suicide victim is absolutely fucking absurd. It's one of the most ignorant and selfish things I have ever heard. Here, you have someone who took their own life. They ended their life. It's a permanent thing. There's no turning back. And you have the fucking gall to make it about YOU?

I didn't notice any "survivors" of suicide (I mean the people who were close to the suicide victim) say anything like, "I wish to God that I could've done something about it." Instead, they blame that person for causing them grief.

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This is a big pet peeve of mine. When someone starts debating their opinions, they had better have a better argument than, "Oh, well, I'm right because it just depends on your values." This is just a cheap, lazy, and immature excuse to justify their actions.

I recently had a conversation where the fellow had broken his phone. He had some important business meeting in several days. His decision, which he himself admitted was based on a whim, was to instantly purchase a replacement BlackBerry on eBay. He also attempted to get his broken phone repaired, for $40. The results have not yet come in. However, he will know by tomorrow.

To me, this is just plain stupid. Now, I didn't want to get into it with him, but if his objective was to ensure that he would have a functional form of communication for the least amount of wasted money, there were many ways he could've gone about this.

Why on earth would you try to get your phone repaired in addition to purchasing a new phone? Never mind that you can sell/resell/etc. It does not make sense in the context of the objective stated.

There are other effective alternatives. He could've borrowed a friend's phone, or bought a disposable phone. Here's the thing: if he was so worried about getting the phone in time to do business, then he most certainly should not buy it on eBay. No matter what the seller's feedback is, I would never trust time sensitive purchases to an eBay seller. It's just not a smart decision.

So as it stands right now, this fellow has got a replacement BlackBerry coming in from eBay, and his broken BlackBerry is in the shop, awaiting repairs. If it does get repaired, than he will have to ship back the new BlackBerry. This will incur shipping costs, which is unnecessary. Additionally, the seller may not accept the return: the seller did sell a perfectly functioning item, and it does not differ from the description in the auction. Anyway, if his broken phone does not get repaired, then he will have wasted $40 on the failed repairs (I don't assume that most shops will just provide free labor despite the outcome). In addition, the lack of foresight in purchasing something on eBay could've been a rather detrimental mistake.

In my very opinionated opinion, the most ideal solution would've gone like this:

1) See if you can get your phone repaired.
2) If not, purchase a disposable cell phone in a physical brick-and-mortar store.
3) If you absolutely must have your cellphone number, purchase a cheap phone that uses SIM cards.
4) Now that you have a working phone, you can take your time and purchase your replacement BlackBerry where ever you please, at your leisure.

That is the most efficient, non-wasteful way to go about replacing your phone. Of course, this fellow does not agree that there is anything wrong with this decisions. In fact, he goes so far as to say that you cannot really judge a decision on right or wrong because it depends on opinions.

That to me reeks of liberal bullshit that's been sitting in the sun for weeks. I could very well justify the bloody dismemberment of a newborn infant. I really can. You should see me try. It's horrific, but hey, to me, in my mind, I was right for doing it. Any decision can be made to be "logical" in the sense that it is justified and "right" from a certain point of view.

So yes, you can justify his actions and explain away that he solved his problem efficiently using various opinions and systems of values. But in reality, it was a hasty decision made on a whim, with lots of points of failure and potential for waste. This isn't some big life-changing decision that weighs heavily upon ones opinions and values: it's just simple math involving the replacement of one's cellphone.

It's not like I haven't wasted money or done things on a whim, but I certainly don't go around deceiving myself that I've been justified in all my mistakes. I own up to my errors and accept the fact that I made bad decisions: that's life, and I'll just have to deal with it. But please, take out a white glove and fill it with bricks if you hear me start pulling out the values card: you have every right to slap me across the face and challenge me to a duel.

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I had already written a rant about guys who write flirtatious, needy, and otherwise very groveling remarks on any pretty girl's YouTube video. Well, on Facebook, it's no different. I cringe every time I see it done. It is incredibly embarrassing. So much that I literally blushed in the privacy of my own home. I kid you not. I blushed. And I am not the blushing type. I don't even blush if I trip on a staircase in front of twenty people who start snickering. So when I blush, you know it's pretty bad.

I don't understand what would compel any self-respecting man to post these types of comments. To any man who goes on Facebook to comment on how pretty he thinks a woman is, I ask you: do you really suppose that this woman is going to take an interest of you? Do you really think that making these comments will put you in her good graces, so that it may open a door of opportunity? Do you believe that these compliments will win her heart?

I say this in a British accent (something I have to work on): Have some self-control man! I hate to see men tripping over their feet over some pretty young thing. I hate it when men turn and stare, when men ogle women and salivate over some girl's young nubile body complete with shapely thighs and a firm pair of perfectly shaped breasts. I shake my head at these men who would so readily make fools of themselves.

It is entirely embarrassing to see this happen. I put my palm to my face and shake my head in derision. I wish guys would stop it. I wish they would just simply stop. Commenting on a girl's photo is a lose-lose situation unless you are already friends with her. Think about it: if you are commenting on how pretty she is, that tells her several things. One, you are attracted to her. Two, you are on Facebook looking at the photos of some girl you barely know. Three, you could possibly be masturbating to them. And if you're not a friend and not commenting on how pretty she is, then points two and three still apply. In both cases, you're a loser.

I may be a gentleman, but it doesn't mean that I'm some sort of sexually repressed Puritan. To say that I am repressed would necessitate that those sexual thoughts and impulses exist in me, and that I am only suppressing them and denying my expression. Perhaps I am spoiled by living in New York City where the concentration of pretty women is fairly high, but honestly, beauty is common. I only wish that other men would begin to realize that so that they'll stop making such abhorrently useless comments that reveal them to be enormously foolish and in obvious desperate need of female attention. Of course, one could say that I'm writing a useless rant and that I could've directed my own energies elsewhere, but hey, I've got to vent somewhere. Besides, I need to have another post in between paid blog posts.

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What, do you think this Ann is going to think you're such a nice guy, that she's going to send you a message over YouTube?

wow ur cute
you Look so Cute ! =)
Wow, you're really hot!
I don't care about Iphone or E 71 , i think both looks very elegant in you sweet Hand , i like u
ur very cute!
holy moly are you cute...
your just too hottt! I want a E71!!!!
dang youra cutie.

Hey gorgeous, brave review :p
nice girl:)
you are realy sweat!!:-X
Hmm.. It appears to me that you're sort of cute.
Hello Ann you are lovely by the way.
btw ure hella cute
definitely very very cute!
wow... i came to watch the review but DAIMMM! you're hot!
hey ur really very beautiful........
how did i fall in love with this chick while watchin this video.
you are hot.......

I cringe every time I see this. I want to cry, and then I get mad. But mostly I want to cry. It just blows my mind: WHY DO GUYS FEEL COMPELLED TO COMMENT ON ANN'S BEAUTY???

Okay, so if a very attractive woman walks down the street, it still makes some kind of sense that you would hoot at her or do some other very idiotically cro magnon thing to try to get her attention. After all, if you succeed, she just might be attracted to you instantly and try to mate with you. Yeah, right.

But see, here on the Internet, it doesn't make any sense at all. What, do you think this Ann is going to think you're such a nice guy, that she's going to send you a message over YouTube? Then maybe you can start emailing each other and IMing each other, and then it'll blossom into some kind of beautiful long distance romance?

What compels these peons to waste their keystrokes on such absurd comments? I'm sure that she gets enough attention in the real world as it is. We don't need to feed her ego any more by bowing ourselves to this goddess of beauty. For crying out loud, do you have nothing better to do than express how low your jaw dropped?

These are the kinds of people who hem and haw around pretty women and celebrities. Absolute beta males, and I can't stand them. I don't even know why. Maybe it's that they've got no self-respect or sense of self-worth. Handing out empty compliments to some anonymous girl over the Internet? COME ON. You gotta be kidding me. KEEP YOUR FUCKING SHIRT ON, have some dignity.

Here's my message to all guys out there: STOP MAKING THESE STUPID COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. It just makes you look like a pissant, and it announces to the world that you are a virgin. And not one of the good ones: the ones that are virgins because they cannot get laid. So not only do you paint a big sign on yourself announcing to the world that you are probably going to rub one out in the shower later thinking about Ann, it serves absolutely no purpose to waste your time typing out how pretty you think she is. Instead of sitting around at home in your boxers and watching YouTube videos that have hot girls in it, go do something productive. Go make a sandwich, go read a book, ride a bike, play a game. Anything but this degrading groveling.

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This one's gonna be a quick one.

I got my Dell 2408WPF 24" monitor today. Got it all nice and set up, now it's my primary, with my old Samsung 906BW (2ms GTG TN panel). Everything is awesome about the monitor. Sure, there's that very slight lag that has been reported. But I think that it's a matter of time 'til I just get used to it. Now on to the good stuff.

The resolution is 1920x1200. The Dell 2408WPF is an S-PVA panel as far as I know. And because of the panel type, image quality is absolutely superb. Movies are awesome on this thing: black levels are nice and deep. I didn't have to mess with the gamma or brightness and contrast to get the black levels the way I wanted.

The stand is great: I can twist and turn it, move it up and down, anything. It's very nice and stable, feels like high quality materials.

The only thing I don't like is the backlight bleeding (not sure if I'm using this term correctly). The top two corners bleed when the screen is pitch black. Other than that, it's unnoticable.

I also have to tone down the graphics settings on my games. Despite having dual GeForce 8800GTS 512MB cards in SLI mode, Far Cry 2 and GTA IV have slowed down noticeably. Team Fortress 2 on the other hand seems just fine, but it's not a very demanding game to begin with.

Now, I've got read up on a couple of things to see whether or not I should continue getting my content in 720p or move up to 1080p.
Recommended Viewing Distances
When Resolution Matters

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http://www.flatpanelshd.com/panels.php

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD#Types

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New York Times Movie Review - Observe and Report (2009) [PDF]

I haven't seen Observe and Report yet. But just reading that this guy was inspired by Taxi Driver....oh marone...The New York Times review says, "Mr. Hill says his movie was inspired by “Taxi Driver,” a self-flattering comparison." Self-flattering is quite right. I don't see how you can even put the two movies in the same sentence. Having only read about the movie, I only see that the commonalities include the main character being an overzealous and maladjusted not-so-young man with delusions of grandeur and a propensity towards violence.

I'll be updating this post once I watch it. But seeing this movie is disconcerting to me. The title 'Observe and Report' is a phrase taken from the security industry. It describes the main duties of a security officer: to detect, deter, delay, observe, and report. Frankly, I was considering using that as the title of my screenplay. And now Jody Hill screwed that up for me.

Considering that there was yet another movie involving a security professional (Paul Blart: Mall Cop), I'm starting get pissed. My screenplay is a character study. Inspired by movies such as Taxi Driver, One Hour Photo, and The Assassination of Richard Nixon, it's what I deem to be a portrait of loneliness. It is admittedly largely autobiographic, based on my life experience and of course dramatized. It was also started (as Paul Schrader did for Taxi Driver) as a form of self-therapy. I was thinking that my screenplay would at least have the advantage of being original in that it covered something that I had never seen in a film before: the security professional.

I suppose that it can't be too bad...after all, these two films are comedies, and aren't really that great (at least from reviews/hearsay). I still believe in my screenplay. I just wish that these two movies hadn't come out to portray in film the previously untouched security industry.

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People have no courtesy nowadays. Or maybe it was just my luck.

So one Saturday, I went on a date with...let's call her Monica. We had good conversation, smiles and laughs all around. The energy fell off a little at a few points, but it certainly didn't dominate the atmosphere of the date. Overall, I'd say it certainly went well. We spent three and a half hours together, and there were plenty of opportunities for her to leave if she was not comfortable with me.

Little things stood out in my mind that gave me the impression that we were getting along. She took an active interest in things that defined me as a person. She asked questions about me, she didn't carry on and on about herself. She remembered little details about me and brought them up later as the date when on. We had very good extended eye contact, the kind of eye contact that expresses bright interest and enthusiasm. We got to know each other better.

Maybe it was a mistake, but as we hugged goodbye, I asked her in a non-needy way, "Am I going to see you again?" Personally, I wasn't sure about her: our personalities and values were rather different. But I thought (well, who am I kidding, I wasn't thinking) I would ask her point blank to see her reaction. She answered without hesitation, "Yeah, it was a good date." And off she went onto the E train. I went on home on the R train, bringing home with me a nice pizza dinner.

I call her Monday evening. She doesn't pick up, so I just leave a voice message telling her to give me a call back. Simple. I don't use texts because they're not as reliable: sometimes there are delays in SMS delivery or they don't show up at all.

Never heard back from her. Not an email, not a text. She's still available on Chemistry, but that doesn't mean diddly. Now, I'm not crying over this. Certainly not. Plenty of fish in the sea, and hey, I don't go on a date expecting it to work because, well, let's face it: most first dates are just terrible. It's rare that we find someone who is actually compatible.

My point of contention is the lack of courtesy and the outright lie. You know, I'd be happier if a girl told me, "Oh, I'm not sure, I'm really busy next week, but I'll call you alright?" Then at least I know that there is a great chance that I will never see her again. But Monica told me outright that we would see each other again, and even said that she enjoyed the date. I always say that the things that you do say, and the things you choose not to say, all culminate in a picture of the truth.

From an optimistic point of view, she had chances to end the date. She paid attention to details about me. We made good conversation. She mentioned doing a future activity (visiting a shooting range, of all things). The date lasted over two hours. Sure, it was not some slam dunk. But really, its rare to have a slam dunk. Especially on a first date, there are way too many points of failure. The probability of two very compatible people meeting under ideal circumstances that facilitate a very smooth first date are very slim.

The bottom line is that she never got back to me. Now, I may be a trusting soul, but I don't think I'm that socially deft that I can't tell if someone doesn't want to go out with me again. And I don't want people getting the wrong idea: I don't care very much if I don't go on a day 2 with someone. Things are the way they are, and I'm not going to get all worked up.

But it certainly makes me question my ability to sniff out deception. I've had bad dates before, or dates where it was clear by the end that we weren't going to see each other again. In this case, I was outright lied to. I wasn't even given the courtesy of a white lie. I would've appreciated even a white lie sent via text or email.

To all the people who go out on first dates: be courteous. Don't lie about future meetings. When he (or she) calls, pick up. If you really did miss the call, text them back or email them and apologize. Then lie about how you're going to be very busy at work for the next couple of weeks and won't have time to go out. It's the polite thing to do. Don't ignore them as if you never met them. You ignore homeless people begging on street corners, not regular respectful people, especially not someone you know, however briefly.

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