Hello there friends and fuckasses, welcome to another oddly-placed installment of Hasta la Byebye, the show that the critics are raving about, the show that gets approximately 50% of its total hits from three viewers. Tonight I'm going to speak with myself about the ongoing struggles of life as a Turk, but first some good news.
On the entertainment front, it appears likely that Eric and I will receive commissions as cheerleaders for the highly touted annual Powderpuff Football Game. Through clever use of a forged signature (poorly done, and done only when circumstances like time-dependent returning of forms prevail), I was able to turn mine in alongside Eric's to an anonymous kid in our assistant principal's office, who we trusted with thirty dollars and our forms. Should we prove to be acceptable candidates, Eric and I will then push to allow a Mary-Kate and Ashley theme to dominate our cheering since we received critical acclaim for our previous stint as the hot twins on Twin Day 2003. New clothing will likely have to be purchased, but all will be well, and the cheering at the game will be far superior to that of any other game in the past or any that will happen in the future.
In computers, the recently begun War on Numbers is showing no signs of abating. On Thursday, Eric and I journeyed down to Best Buy and picked up some CDs (I got Zeppelin, Bowie, Foo, and Darkness; Eric got a bunch of people I'd never heard of before). While there, I also perused the video games as I am liable to do whenever I go. Suddenly, a game called SuperPower caught my eye. I immediately yoinked that puppy off the shelf and read over the box. The game is certainly very unique, allowing you to play any of 140 countries (there are just under 200 recognized by the UN--this includes the Holy See, Seychelles, Mauritius, Liechtenstein, Kyrgyzstan, Brunei, Swaziland, and a bunch of others that you've heard rarely if at all; the point is that those 140 countries are more than enough) which all interact with each other and try to get their business taken care of. The entire game is filled with information collected by the CIA, and is excruciatingly detailed, especially when it comes to military units. SuperPower also has an AI that is part hard-programming, and part unformed, meaning that that part adapts to the consequences of its own actions, the actions of other countries, and the player's actions. Absolutely fascinating stuff this is, but very slow to play, hence the War on Numbers. Eric said he may have read something about this being the "worst game ever", and I would agree that if one didn't have much of an interest in this kind of stuff, the game would be absolutely ridiculous. I myself have an interest, if not an immensely powerful one, so this game can be quite fun, even if the AI is STILL telling me that I need more cereals and meat despite the fact that I have surpluses of both.
The world of school is doing a good job of breathing down my neck these days. The upcoming week is filled with the potential for serious maiming unto the point of death, mostly because of Decathlon and government. In Decathlon, I have a research paper about dolphins, whales, their intelligence, and their behaviors due on Monday, with a five to seven minute presentation about it on Wednesday. In government, it's going to be Congress-related junk that requires a poster on Tuesday, and a research paper (likely to be harder than Decathlon's) due on Friday. Emerging from the week alive would be nice.
The political issue is also beginning to grow quite grim, as John Kerry revealed his economic plan. Why would I be so adverse to the economic plan of the candidate I support? Because I find myself agreeing with his critics that this scheme sounds awfully gimmicky. The plan calls for 10,000,000 new jobs to be created in the United States within the first four years of Kerry's presidency, among other things. In the booming years of Clinton, I believe the number is about 23,000,000 jobs created over eight years. Those years were booming; atypical. Combine this with the fact that companies are outsourcing jobs and will continue to outsource many jobs despite Kerry's efforts, and this number is going to be very difficult to reach. Consider also that the unemployment rate is 5.6% right now. I can't remember what the current natural unemployment rate is, but I'm pretty sure it is around 5 to 5.5%, probably not less than 4.5%, and definitely not 4%. And regardless of those numbers and the closeness to the natural rate, the fact is that the nation currently has 8.2 million unemployed persons according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so unless the labor force increases considerably, the unemployment situation can get really weird. All I can say is that I sincerely hope that John Kerry's economic advisors know something big that I don't know, because otherwise I am going to feel bad for a while.
And well, though that's not all the news for today, we are restricted to a time limit, so that's all you're going to get. This is Turkman, hasta la byebye.
On the entertainment front, it appears likely that Eric and I will receive commissions as cheerleaders for the highly touted annual Powderpuff Football Game. Through clever use of a forged signature (poorly done, and done only when circumstances like time-dependent returning of forms prevail), I was able to turn mine in alongside Eric's to an anonymous kid in our assistant principal's office, who we trusted with thirty dollars and our forms. Should we prove to be acceptable candidates, Eric and I will then push to allow a Mary-Kate and Ashley theme to dominate our cheering since we received critical acclaim for our previous stint as the hot twins on Twin Day 2003. New clothing will likely have to be purchased, but all will be well, and the cheering at the game will be far superior to that of any other game in the past or any that will happen in the future.
In computers, the recently begun War on Numbers is showing no signs of abating. On Thursday, Eric and I journeyed down to Best Buy and picked up some CDs (I got Zeppelin, Bowie, Foo, and Darkness; Eric got a bunch of people I'd never heard of before). While there, I also perused the video games as I am liable to do whenever I go. Suddenly, a game called SuperPower caught my eye. I immediately yoinked that puppy off the shelf and read over the box. The game is certainly very unique, allowing you to play any of 140 countries (there are just under 200 recognized by the UN--this includes the Holy See, Seychelles, Mauritius, Liechtenstein, Kyrgyzstan, Brunei, Swaziland, and a bunch of others that you've heard rarely if at all; the point is that those 140 countries are more than enough) which all interact with each other and try to get their business taken care of. The entire game is filled with information collected by the CIA, and is excruciatingly detailed, especially when it comes to military units. SuperPower also has an AI that is part hard-programming, and part unformed, meaning that that part adapts to the consequences of its own actions, the actions of other countries, and the player's actions. Absolutely fascinating stuff this is, but very slow to play, hence the War on Numbers. Eric said he may have read something about this being the "worst game ever", and I would agree that if one didn't have much of an interest in this kind of stuff, the game would be absolutely ridiculous. I myself have an interest, if not an immensely powerful one, so this game can be quite fun, even if the AI is STILL telling me that I need more cereals and meat despite the fact that I have surpluses of both.
The world of school is doing a good job of breathing down my neck these days. The upcoming week is filled with the potential for serious maiming unto the point of death, mostly because of Decathlon and government. In Decathlon, I have a research paper about dolphins, whales, their intelligence, and their behaviors due on Monday, with a five to seven minute presentation about it on Wednesday. In government, it's going to be Congress-related junk that requires a poster on Tuesday, and a research paper (likely to be harder than Decathlon's) due on Friday. Emerging from the week alive would be nice.
The political issue is also beginning to grow quite grim, as John Kerry revealed his economic plan. Why would I be so adverse to the economic plan of the candidate I support? Because I find myself agreeing with his critics that this scheme sounds awfully gimmicky. The plan calls for 10,000,000 new jobs to be created in the United States within the first four years of Kerry's presidency, among other things. In the booming years of Clinton, I believe the number is about 23,000,000 jobs created over eight years. Those years were booming; atypical. Combine this with the fact that companies are outsourcing jobs and will continue to outsource many jobs despite Kerry's efforts, and this number is going to be very difficult to reach. Consider also that the unemployment rate is 5.6% right now. I can't remember what the current natural unemployment rate is, but I'm pretty sure it is around 5 to 5.5%, probably not less than 4.5%, and definitely not 4%. And regardless of those numbers and the closeness to the natural rate, the fact is that the nation currently has 8.2 million unemployed persons according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, so unless the labor force increases considerably, the unemployment situation can get really weird. All I can say is that I sincerely hope that John Kerry's economic advisors know something big that I don't know, because otherwise I am going to feel bad for a while.
And well, though that's not all the news for today, we are restricted to a time limit, so that's all you're going to get. This is Turkman, hasta la byebye.
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