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Just watched a movie on Rogers Pay Per View (channel 100 on Rogers Cable, reasonably good service). It’s Man of the Year which features Robin Williams as the protagonist, Tom Dobbs. Dobbs runs a news show where he pokes fun at political institutions, the government, and strange decisions by those in high power. The story starts with an audience member saying, prior to that day’s filming, that he should run in the election. The idea is quickly pushed away until a few weeks later when he announces, on live television, that he will be running in the campaign.

As this is going on the company running the voting software, Delacroy, have employee Eleanor Green (Laura Linney) confront them about a glitch in the voting software that will make the votes practically irrelevant to who gets elected. They dismiss it as it is only weeks to the election and their stock would plummet if this news was leaked.

The story picks up from there, as the most amazing thing happens: Tom Dobbs wins. Yes, a comedian wins the campaign to become president for the United States of America.

Overall, the movie is a great watch. There are some scenes, mostly around Eleanor Green, that give this movie its PG14 rating. However, it is a funny comedy that will appeal to most people. I recommend watching it and give it an 8.5/10.

-Metroid48

I’ve been browsing and just saw the Mythbusters web-cast of Ninja questions, in which they had the person from AskANinja.Com on. Here’s the youtube video:

Anyway, that reminded me to check out AskANinja.com again. Checked it out, funny new material. For those who don’t know, people send in questions to Ask A Ninja and a ninja (or so you think) answers them, in very funny ways, via video podcasts. There’s about 40 episodes, the more recent ones are funnier. Still, I’d recommend classics like “Ninja Skills” and “Ninja Dogs” (or Caninja’s, as the ninja calls them). Very funny site, well worth watching.

Also, on a completely unrelated note, I’m starting to try and have lucid dreams. Again. I’m too busy right now, but during summer I’ll have a lot more time and (hopefully) several lucid dreams. Lucid Dreaming is, simply put, becoming conscious that you are dreaming while you are dreaming. May sound pointless, but this gives you a whole world, which can be more vivid than life it self, in which you have control. You can actually affect things by willing them to happen. This includes flying, walking through walls, talking to your subconscious, shapeshifting, whatever. Whatever you can think of that doesn’t go against your beliefs (since your subconscious creates the dream world, deep beliefs often prevent some things from occurring) is usually possible.

If you want to learn to have lucid dreams, a few things are great resources. One is a podcast from Erin Pavlina. Another is the DreamViews site and forums. The best book on the subject is Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen Laberge.

-Dravailo

It has begun.

December is upon us, and with it comes Christmas. The busiest and most chaotic time of year, as people rush around for the gifts for their families.

Anyway, The Legend of Zelda is going great (20 hours of play time so far),the website redisign is coming along well, and everything is well. That brings me upon my next point: The Secret

The Secret is a movie by the creators of What The Bleep!?!: Down the Rabbit Hole! The Secret is a movie about getting everything in life that you want, fulfilling your dreams, and discovering true happiness. Despite the action-oriented advertisements, the movie is essentially interviews with people who have had great success in their life because of the ’secret’. It is a great movie once you get past the fact that it is not an action flick, and you will learn great things from it. I sure have.

Anyway, I’d definately suggest you pick it up. It is available for around $25.00 online ordering, or $5.00 for streaming it to your computer over the internet ($5.00 per viewing). It is a wonderful movie if you are into self-developement and whatnot.