Why are Fire Engines Red?

I tried watching a movie last night. 'Bedazzled' actually, it's quite good, all about the battle over a soul between God and the 'Devil'. I was having a great time, even made some popcorn, all was going well, and then wouldn't you know it... my DVD player went on the fritz. So now, I have a house with 3 DVD players, none of which want to cooperate. With a sigh I resigned myself to the next best thing, YouTube. Not quite as good quality, but entertaining nonetheless.

YouTube is an interesting entity. Anyone, from any walk of life, any income bracket, any, well, anything can be a star on YouTube. For a few days anyways. Users simply upload their videos and presto! Instant stardom with a click of the mouse. In some ways this is a good thing, many people have had wonderful opportunities presented them as a cause of using this medium for creative outlet. And on the flip side, it opens people up to whatever sordid things can be dredged up from the recesses of the human psyche. There is truly some disturbing things on the site. And it got me thinking about the internet on a whole. Anything you want to know, or in some cases don't want to, are their for your viewing pleasure. In this day and age, in the right places, nothing is taboo. And I would suppose in a roundabout way that also means that nothing is sacred. Don't get me wrong, I love the internet. (or the interwebs as I affectionately refer to it as) There's nothing more stupendous then when you desperately need to know who the drummer is for Trivium, you type a few words into the Google search engine, and poof! there it is. All you could ever want to know and more. There are sites that will not only tell you his name, but his birth date, favourite food, pant size, zodiac sign and the name of his childhood crush.

And that's what I'm really getting at here. There is such a thing as too much information. There are many things that we simply don't need to know. The internet has removed all personal boundaries, and our private lives are now up for grabs, and I don't just mean with so-called 'famous' people. I mean with everyone. Recently pissed off your ex? Well those pictures you took last year are now all over Flickr. Had a party last weekend? Well you can bet that there are now pictures of you doing not so professional things on Facebook for your bosses perusal. All in all, our private lives no longer exist. Sad is it not? Even might make you a little paranoid. Or at least get you thinking. If this is how internet culture has progressed in just a few short years, I fear for what it will be like in the next 10, 5 or even 1 year. For myself, I try to ensure there is only information that I have knowingly placed there, or allowed to be placed there, on this information overload phenomenon we called the world wide web.

Oh and as to the title? Well seeing as you made it this far I guess I'll tell you.

Because they've got 8 wheels and 4 people on them, 8 + 4 = 12, There are 12 inches in a foot, One foot is a ruler, There was a ruler named Queen Elizabeth, A ship named Queen Elizabeth sails the seas, In the seas are fish, On the fish are fins, The Fins fought the Russians, And Russians are red.

And that's why fire engines are red. Because they're always rushin'

<3

An Introduction

First off, this is my first Blog. I hope anyone that reads this is not expecting literary genius. This is a place for me to post my random thoughts, hopes, dreams, psychoses, well you get the idea. I've been wanting to start one for a while... so here goes.

This is posted in my Facebook profile. But I thought I would like it to be here as well, just so everyone has an idea of what to expect from me.

I'm Magical.

I'm a nerd and damned proud of it. I love my family and friends fiercely, they are amazing and have helped and supported me more than I can ever repay. I love life, I live for the many wonderful adventures that life can bring. I sing pretty well all the time, I love music, and I have been known to break into song and even dance on random occasions. I am opinionated, not about politics or anything nonsensical like that. The really important stuff, like the best way to make chocolate chip cookies. Just kidding, I also have a strange sense of humour, I love to laugh and smile, usually not AT people. I hate monotony, mean people and drama. If you fill any of those categories, don't bother with me. I'm a pretty easy going person, but most definitely not the door mat type, so don't even try. I like what I like, if you like that too well then great! If not, don't try to change me, I like who and what I am, and I'll be damned if I'm going to be untrue to myself. I enjoy anything fun, and hate anything boring... a pretty simple concept but one people tend to forget. Oh, and I'm a smoker, and I enjoy it, so if you don't that's fine, but I don't want to hear about it. No bigger turn off than being told how unhealthy you are... really people, don't you think I'd call you doctor something or other if I wanted your advice on my health? And if all this doesn't scare you off, then we may perhaps be friends =D

So that's me. Well in a nutshell anyhow. I write this after waking up from a well deserved 14 hour sleep. In preparation for session of D&D I pulled an all nighter cleaning and decorating my apartment. It looks damned pretty now. Well I think so, but then I suppose I'm biased seeing as I have to live in it. And I feel very accomplished, it's one more thing I can scratch off the seemingly endless 'To Do' list I've created for myself. Among those things are; learning the Japanese Tea Ceremony, creating a House, working on a database, working on my army, making garb, re-learning the piano, and re-reading the LOTR trilogy. /sigh I could literally go on for hours. But I'm not gonna!

Last night's D&D session was great. Well, it had a few technical difficulties. One of our players lives not in this city, so we had him on a Skype video call, as it turns out, my apartment needs more light. Though it did work out. Oh and second rule of fixing computers, always wiggle the cables. My friend and I are co-DMing the campaign. First time either of us have tried that. It worked well. Thankfully we both have pretty much the same vision for the campaign, so there was only one minor power struggle =P Ok not so much a struggle, it went like this;

player: so where's Mailea's room? (Mailea is my NPC)
Dungeon Monster: She hasn't picked one yet
Dungeon Mistress (me): Yes she has! She's in room 3!
Dungeon Monster: No she hasn't
Dungeon Mistress: Yes she has, are you arguing with the DM?
Dungeon Monster: I am the DM! oh, wait, ya you're right...
player: ooooooh first power struggle!!

Ya, so that was the extent of our arguing. It was entertaining. Or at least I thought so. We get along great, so it was much fun. Lots of laughs and spirits were high. We're running an evil campaign. So it's really interesting the depths to which our players will go to fulfill their evil heritage. They're pretty creative actually. But more on that as it progresses.

At some point today I will have in my hot little hands... yes that's right... WoTLK!!!! Huzzah! I'm so excited! (For those of you who have no idea what that means, it's the newest expansion for World of Warcraft; Wrath of the Lich King.) Level 80 baby! So no one's going to see me for a while. Or like, ever. Or until I get bored of it. Don't judge me, I told you I was a nerd. A Big Nerd.

Alright, I think I'm done, if I don't stop soon this will dissolve into mindless babbling, which although amusing does not paint an accurate picture of the sorts of things I usually talk about.

Seriously.