Merry Christmas and why that feels weird to say...

It's Yule time peeps so rejoice for the good things in life... that's what I would say if I was feeling in the least christmassy... but alas I am not... Christmas just doesn't have the "X-Factor" it used to... I used to be incrediably ecxcited about christmas when it came around... but now?... I don't know... all the songs... all the artifical gestures of "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays"... It's just become this sickeningly commmercialised day of materialism and greed that even Atheist, like my self, Agnostics and people of different religions celebrate it...

I don't know... Maybe I'm just a big ol' scrooge... I just remember the days of Santa and the anticipation I felt on christmas eve... the "magic" just isn't there anymore... and another thing is that I hate the idea of christmas on crutches... I hope my second surgery comes soon...

This post has probably depressed the hell outta ya but I couldn't give a crap... ah what the hell... it's christmas... here's something to cheer ya up...

Sayonara,

Alpha

Christmas, Contorversy and Absenteeism...

Christmas approaches!!!! YAY!!!!

Well that's what most most people think...
Being an atheist I tend to only associate Christmas with the presents and therefore I see it from a selfish perspective... I then feel bad and then all I'm left with is the drunk reletives part... Hence Christmas has recently seemed kinda flawed to me...

Anyway... onto a subject free of Scrooge-esque "bah humbugging"...

What's been bugging me is the media's shots at Mordern Warfare 2™... The scene at the start is violent but it is essential to the plot and the 18 rating (or M in the US... I think) is there for a reason... I know... I'm 16... I have the game... yada yada... but I am well aware of the difference between a computer game and real life... I'm also aware of the difference between right and wrong... and I'm not so psychologically unstable I'd actually be encouraged by the scene to repeat it...

The rating may only be a guideline but parents should realise if their kid can actually deal with the subject matter maturely not the games developers... So... media of the world... point your fingers at the parents if some "impressionable" (*cough*Psychotic*cough*) kid emulates something from a video game not the games developers. And how many kids do you see running around sewage pipes picking up coins from the ground and eating mushrooms? See... you would have to be psychotic to be influenced by a video game... I'm hoping you realise I'm talking about Mario or I really want to know what rock you've been livin' under for the past 28 or so years...

Oh and I'm sorry about not posting for like two months... (like you care...)

Sayonara,

Alpha

PS School sucks...