Despite my photo, I am not always a zombie.

gregwebster @ 2009-01-28T10:04:00

2009-01-28T16:09:24Z

I want this game now:

Too bad I'm not buying any video games this year.

Anyways, Ive noticed I usually come on and read my friends posts but don't bother to say anything. Usually it's because I'm boring, but I'll try to post things that are going on now.

I got my teacher assignment for UTeach! So excited. I'm sending her an email after this. I called my folks and let them know, I'm so hyped.

I also started reading the manual to the original Pokemon games, its really fun in short bursts. Like chewing gum made of nostalgia!

Coffee is amazing.

Blastoise is my favorite looking pokemon, even though in many ways he makes the least sense. He has cannons in his shell.

This weekend is the new set of Pokemon's prerelease, and I want to go, but it is $25. I have to think about it. ALSO, SUPERBOWL! My mother and I both want to get Danny to play football, and I suggested buying him Eyeshield 21, a really fun manga about football. It worked for me... I've become interested in boxing and football through manga, I'm a giant nerd.

Ummm.... coffee is amazing?

Bye!

gregwebster @ 2009-01-21T22:32:00

2009-01-22T04:33:04Z

29 - Nidoran Female
106 - Hitmonlee
116 - Horsea
150 - Mewtwo
161 - Sentret
175 - Togepi
186 - Politoed
187 - Hoppip
202 - Wobbuffet
237 - Skarmory
240 - Magby
250 - Ho-oh
283 - Surskit
303 - Mawile
312 - Minun
336 - Seviper
337 - Lunatone
361 - Snorunt
367 - Huntail
368 - Gorebyss
492 - Shaymin
493 - Arceus

Bored.

2008-12-23T23:52:54Z

I am trying to find and do all the things to do on the internet, my quest isn't very interesting. The only thing fun is Dr. Tran. Yay Dr. Tran.

Looking forward to getting an Xbox so I can play games until Lauren comes and takes me away! Sigh.

In other news, I got 2 Bs and an A. That is all.

Wish List

2008-12-08T21:02:03Z

So, Lauren did one of these so now I will too.
-new jacket
-new headphones - big DJ style ones
-new non-RROD xbox360
-all the volumes of GTO that I am missing
-a HD TV
-someone to take my finals for me
-my R4 that I lost
-a beanbag chair
-a magic credit card to pay for food
-new shoes
-DVDs of good anime movies: My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa, Castle in the Sky, Akira, any else I don't know about
EDIT:
-LEGO Castle set, preferably one with orcs

Fudging pissed

2008-11-25T21:43:26Z

Some background: I work Wed and Saturday 11-4 at a local comic shop. So, the comic shop I work at sent out an email with this:
"_______________ will be opening at 11:00AM on Wednesdays again. Our Saturday hours have also changed. We will now be open from Noon to 6:00 PM, just like Sunday. Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday we will not be open Thursday (11/27/08), and Friday we will be open from Noon to 6:00PM. The holiday will also affect New Comic Day next week. Comics will be shipped a day late and New Comic Day will be Thursday (12/04/08)."

What? Why wasn't I told about this? Will I now work more on Sat? Why wasn't I told about this? The only thing I can assume is that I am being fired, or having Sat taken away from me or my boss just doesn't give a fuck. Either way I'm pissed off that I wasn't deemed important enough to know when I would be working or not working now. What kind of terrible employer doesn't let their employees know when they change their employee's hours?

Books I want to read.

2008-11-09T05:09:50Z

-Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
-Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
-For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
-Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
-Walden by Henry David Thoreau
-Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut
-White Noise by Don Delillo
-Ulysses by James Joyce
-The Young Man’s Guide by William Alcott
-Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse
-The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt
-East of Eden by John Steinbeck
-Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
-Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
-Beyond Good and Evil by Freidrich Nietzsche
-Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe
-On the Road by Jack Kerouac
-Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
-Foucault’s Pendulum - Umberto Eco
-King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard
-The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
-The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
-The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
-The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
-Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
-The Bible

Anyone read any of these, any good suggestions to add to the list?

I gave blood, then voted.

2008-10-21T00:33:03Z

Thats pretty much it. You should really do both if you can, they are both awesome.

Urg.

2008-10-11T13:53:06Z

Not a good week. Lots of studying and a paper to write, but this week should be nice, lots of time to catch up on studying I overlooked. I was expecting to get fired this week, but didn't which is good because of the money. I was expecting it to be shitty, but now I feel a little better.

We finished Twelfth Night for SOS, and up next is King Lear. I want to be Edmund because I have never gotten to be a villainous character.

Looks like I'm not gonna be doing Microsoft College Puzzle Challenge anymore.

I've been working on my Pokemon deck and think I have a good one, but it's a little cheap. I'm trying to get Lauren settled on a deck for Sunday, but she doesnt seem to like any of the ones I come up with. I think she may want to make a water/psychic one, but not sure. Sunday is a big tournament, which should be a lot of fun.

Edit: 6:14 PM, after a whole day of working to mull it over, I am actually more upset, but I'm not entirely sure at whom.

Comics I will pay for.

2008-10-06T17:26:52Z

Hey guys, I just wanted to go over some of the comics I deem worthy of my $. These are ones that come out regularly, not those anthology type thingys that come out ever year or so. Anyway, here we go.
Action Comics (by Geoff Johns)

This is the typical Superman comic, but there is something about it. It just feels like such an archetype, that it just is great. Geoff Johns is awesome, and it looks like he has the title for at least one more year, so yay! Also, the art is really nice. Superman looks like he is wearing the costume Christopher Reeves wore, or something like it. It also has Supergirl and all of Clark Kent's friends and family etc, and feels really epic in how it is paced.

Amazing Spider-Man

This is just awesome. It keeps out of all the confusing Marvel stuff (I'm looking at you, Secret Invasion) and just gives me straight up, funny awesome Spider-Man. The art and writing changes every few weeks, but it is so much fun to read. My fav story so far? Spider-man fights an Aztec god summoned by a mathematician during a blizzard. BRILLIANT! The pic I put up is from the next issue, where apparently he teams up with Colbert? Sounds good.

Batman (by Grant Morrison)

The batman story right now is basically that Batman is being destroyed on every aspect by a mysterious group of villains with unknown motives. They have taken out his sidekicks, Alfred, defamed his family (showing that his dad was a drug addict and maybe had his mother killed) and shot him up with a bunch of drugs, and pretty much drove him insane. This weeks issue was so amazing, I flipped out at the end. SO good!

Final Crisis

OKay, here is where I might lose you. This book makes no sense. It tries to encompass the whole DC universe, but I don't understand 1/3 of what is going on. One whole plotline involves a gun that shoots backwards through time. HOWEVER, it is fun! I really enjoy trying to learn about all these new characters and whatnot that all the DC nerds really know. Even better than Final Crisis though, are some of the tie-ins. Rogue's Revenge and Legion of Three Worlds look amazing, and Rage of the Red Lanterns comes out soon as well.

Gantz

This is awesome. It's about a mysterious machine/human/being that copies dead people, then makes them fight monsters for points. When you reach 100 points, you have a choice of leaving the game, reviving someone who has died in the game, or leaving and going back to your normal life. Fucking great characters, awesome monsters, and well written to boot. The current English series is at Volume 2, but I think in Japanese its up to Volume 20 or so, and still going.

Invincible

This is sort of like the story of Superman's son, only not as lame as that sounds, and with a totally original universe. The story is so well done, I say that this is my favorite superhero book to anyone who asks. Ask me?

Walking Dead

Best zombie story ever made, hands down. Very sad, but so good.

Writer's Block: R.E.A.D. in America Day

2008-09-27T18:48:18Z

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I got a copy of Anathem by Neal Stephenson signed on Thursday. It seems a little slow, but is otherwise great. I recommend Snow Crash (also by Neal Stephenson) to anyone who would be interested in a book about language and computers starring a hacker samurai pizza boy in the future.

Hurg.

2008-09-23T16:22:17Z

Just got into the FAC and sat down to use a computer that was disk rebuilding. After waiting 5 minutes the login screen came up and told me that the computer was reserved for someone. There was nobody on the list when I sat down so I figured I could grab it. URG. Weird thing is, when I went to the reserve station and got a comp, there was a girl with the exact same situation, so she gave me the evil eye and got up when she couldn't log on. I feel a little bad, but its funny.

Heroes Season 3 started last night, that was fantastic! I'm so glad it looks like this season will have actual conflict, instead of one episode of action and 6 of boring like Season 2. I think they learned their lesson. Its kinda weird how Heroes and Lost have both had mediocre second seasons. Anyways, I hope the "Villains" turn out to be more interesting than they are, because who gives a shit about a bunch of killers. I want more twisted characters like Sylar (who btw, looks like he will become even more twisted.)

Names have meaning?

2008-07-13T20:35:01Z

Gregory - Latin meaning: vigilant watch

Bartholomew - Hebrew meaning: son of Talmei (abounding in furrows?)

Webster - Scottish and English, meaning a weaver

I like to think it means I am always protecting those I love.

Funerals

2008-05-18T22:44:49Z

I want a viking funeral with drinking and songs.

Tim wants a wood chipper aimed at Jack Thompson's house. I assume that will lead to dancing and songs.

Tim did this, so I stole it.

2008-04-28T19:07:29Z

Movies you've watched.
Over 85 = no life

( ) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
(x) Boondock Saints
(x) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane!

Total: 8

(x) The Princess Bride
(x) Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
(X) Saw
( ) Saw II
(X) Saw III
( ) Saw IV
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(X) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total all together: 16

(X) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
(x) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( )American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
( ) American Pie Naked Mile

Total all together: 21

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
(X) Harry Potter 5
(X) Resident Evil 1
(X) Resident Evil 2
( ) Resident evil 3
( ) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
( ) The Village

Total all together: 28

(x) Finding Nemo
(X) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
( ) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(X) I, Robot
(X) Robots

total all together: 33

(x) Dodgeball
(X) Universal Soldier
(X) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
(x) Eight Crazy Nights
(X) Joe Dirt
(X) King Kong

Total all together: 41

( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(X) Dumber & Dumberer
(x) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(X) Halloween (the original)
(x)The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(x)Flubber

Total all together: 48

(x) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
(X) From Hell
(X) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards

Total all together: 52

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
(X) Child's Play
(X) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Just Married
( ) Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
(x) Coach Carter
( ) The Longest Yard (the original)
( ) Gridiron Gang
( ) The Grudge
( )The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( )Son Of The Mask

Total all together: 60

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
(X) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
( ) Ocean's Thirteen
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremacy
(x) Bourne Ultimatum
( ) Lone Star state of mind
(X) Bedazzled
(x) Predator I
(X) Predator II
(X) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George

Total all together: 71

(x) Independence Day
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(X) ET
(X) Children of the Corn
(X) My Boss's Daughter
( ) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x)Rush Hour
(x)Rush Hour 2
( ) Rush Hour 3

Total all together: 78

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
(x) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(X) K-Pax
(X) Krippendorf's Tribe
( ) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old-virgin

Total all together: 83

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total all together: 89

( ) Love and basketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devil's Rejects
(X) Elf
( ) Highlander
(X) Mothman Prophecies
(x) American History X
( ) Three

Total all together: 92

( ) The Jackal
(X) Kung Fu Hustle
(x) Full Metal Jacket
(x) Shaolin Soccer
(X) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.

Total all together: 97

(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard

Total all together: 100

( ) High Tension
(x) Club Dread
(x) Hulk
(X) Dawn Of the Dead
( ) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld

total all together: 104

(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
(x) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
(X) 13 Ghosts
( ) Army of Darkness

Total all together: 108

(x)The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolution
(X) Evil Dead
(X) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(X) Hannibal
(X) Red dragon
(x) Anger Management

Thats 118 total.
Jesus christ, does this scientifically prove I have no life? XD

Funny Papers Pokemon League on Saturdays at 4PM-6PM

2008-04-21T19:36:35Z

Hey, we here at Funny Papers are starting a Pokemon Trading Card League. This is an official Nintendo event, so there are going to be prizes and badges to show your progress. This is a great event mainly for casual play, and instead of a cost for admission, we charge $6 and you are given two free booster packs of the newest set, a value of around $8! We are trying to foster a fun community of players, so if you mention this ad, we will give you 10% off of the newest starter decks, so you don't even need to have any cards to start playing!

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2025 Guadalupe Rd. #256
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 478-9718

gregwebster @ 2008-04-15T09:15:00

2008-04-15T14:15:52Z

This is my rough draft. I had to totally change my concept after reading a great paper.

Greg Webster
What do you call a one-legged captain in a hot tub?: A study into Ahab's motivations

"There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself." This line sets off the line of thought that perhaps Ahab's motivations for revenge and even the fact that revenge is Ahab's true quest may not be as simple as the reader initially thinks. Ahab himself has place all the world's evils into Moby Dick in his mind, as he hunts them down with a monomania that cannot be accurately described by himself or any of the other characters. To understand Ahab's motivations, it is necessary to first look into the text and discover who and what exactly Ahab is. It is then necessary to pinpoint the exact theme of Moby Dick. While there are many possible themes presented by literary critics such as Man vs. Nature, Good vs. Evil, or Fate vs. free will, the true meaning may lie in Self vs. Others, specifically in respect to race.
Since we are looking at Ahab through the perception of Ishmael it is important for us to try to look through his eyes. Ishmael suggests his race in the opening line of the book, “Call me Ishmael.” Why not, “My name is Ishmael” or “I am Ishmael”? By using the word “call” he suggests that his name may not be Ishmael. Perhaps it is merely a name he uses when he is sailing, or a name he has newly chosen? There is a historical precedent from the early 20th century for sailors to chose their own names while wandering or traveling: that of pre-Civil War blacks in America. Is Ishmael black? This question begs to be examined further, and while it is very questionable, there are suggestions that he is not white, or does not associate himself as being Caucasian. W. Jeffrey Bolster points out that Ishmael is sometimes a slave name, and that in the Bible the mother of Ishmael is said to be a “bondservant.”(Genesis, 21:10-13) Ishmael states that “there yet lurks an elusive something in the innermost idea of this hue [whiteness], which strikes more panic to the soul than that redness which strikes more panic to the soul than that redness which affrights in blood.”(Melville, p 180) This statement about whiteness suggests that there is a certain fear that Ishmael possesses against the inherent idea of whiteness. In terms of pay, Ishmael is being paid a significantly low amount, which he seems to think is appropriate for his position. While at first we think that it is due to his never having ridden a whaling ship, but could it perhaps be because he is black and is therefore expecting to be paid much less than anyone else? Ishmael’s self-description as a “great digger of ditches” suggests that he is poor, another possible hint towards his ethnicity, as most blacks at the time were extremely poor. A very leading statement by Ishmael is when he notices the “jeering glances” from other passengers at himself and Queequeg, he scoffs “as though a white man were anything more dignified than a whitewashed negro.” This could be taken to mean Ishmael refers to himself as a whitewashed negro, or a half-blooded black, or mulatto. Melville leaves the question of Ishmael’s race open, and while it is never explicitly stated, this is probably to draw attention to his race instead of divert attention from it. However, working on the assumption that Ishmael is either black or a mulatto, it changes the perception
When we are first introduced to Ahab, "he looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has over-runningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away on particle from their compacted aged robustness. His whole high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze." (Melville, p. 125) While this statement seems relatively innocuous, in the relation of race it has a significant suggestion. Besides the obvious hint that Ahab is “bronze” the more menacing statement of him being “cut away from the stake” suggests he looks like someone who was being lynched, a possibility that while very rare for white men, would have been a strong thought for Ishmael upon seeing another mulatto man.
Now that we have established the possibility that both Ishmael and Ahab are mulattos, what does that mean? They would both be strongly affected by the prevailing thoughts of their times, that whites were superiors to blacks, and that they were part white and part black. Ishmael obviously views whiteness as something to be feared in most cases, even though it can be beautiful (as can be seen in chapter 42.) However, Ahab’s view on color is something that can only be speculated at. Is he hunting the whiteness of the whale, or the blackness? Ahab seems to have a double identity, as he is said to be “trying to make the white world his own” and that he “finds himself in a world where he does not belong.” In fact, it isn’t until his death when we could say he definitively joins the “black” world, whether he wants to or not. The fact that his death could be likened to a lynching, as the rope catches him “round the neck” and he suffers the fate that many unfortunate souls went through. With his death, Ahab’s indecision about his existence is taken from him and decided by fate, that since he is part black, the choice is not his. Melville makes a dark statement here about fate and race, that Ahab is not able to escape his blackness, that his dream of joining the white world is essentially impossible because of the situation of his birth.

Bibliography
Bernard, Fred V. The Question of Race in Moby-Dick. Massachusetts Review: A Quarterly of Literature, the Arts and Public Affairs. 2002 Autumn. 43 (3). 383-404.
Bolster, W. Jeffrey. Black Jacks: African American Seaman in the Age of Sail. Cambridge, Mass., and London: Harvard University Press. 1997.

If somebody loves me, they will buy this:

2008-04-08T20:48:02Z

http://www.splitreason.com/product/535

Somber shit man, somber shit.

2008-04-08T03:24:35Z

Tim and I were discussing burial preferences, and he pointed out how RIDICULOUSLY expensive burial and cremation are. That is why I want to have a viking funeral.

I am being totally serious, and if, in some awful accident, I happen to die, please use this as evidence that I don't want my family to waste the money.

Spend the money on the wood to make my raft, gasoline to make sure my corpse burns well, and beer to celebrate my passing into the afterlife (I don't believe in one, but I would like everyone to refer to it as Valhalla.) I know that everyone may be grieving my loss, so the beer is to help people express themselves instead of being somber.

While people watch my pyre float into the distance, they will have time to recount anything about me they wish, good and bad.

If I have a gravestone of some kind, I would like it to read something funny about how I died. Lauren or Tim may be referred to for something appropriate.

"buried alive", "fought the ninjas to the last", "loved buffalo wings too much", "macaroni and cheese dont go well with beer"

I don't understand caramelldansen

2008-03-18T13:36:31Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX6e7sO1ss0

What?

gregwebster @ 2008-03-06T13:44:00

2008-03-06T19:44:56Z

My authentic japanese name is 加護 Kago (increasing protection) 海斗 Kaito (big dipper of the ocean).
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Liminality

2008-02-27T17:39:25Z

Liminality (from the Latin word līmen, meaning "a threshold"[1]) is the quality of the second stage of a ritual in the theories of Arnold van Gennep, Victor Turner, and others. In these theories, a ritual, especially a rite of passage, involves some change to the participants, especially their social status.[2]
The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One's sense of identity dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where normal limits to thought, self-understanding, and behavior are relaxed - a situation which can lead to new perspectives.
People, places, or things may not complete a transition, or a transition between two states may not be fully possible. Those who remain in a state between two other states may become permanently liminal.

What a fantastic word for going to college.

2/3/2008 - RIP Galen Keeney

2008-02-04T03:14:51Z

My dad called me to tell me my grandpa died, about 7 minutes before the Giants won the superbowl today. I feel a little numb about it still.

Haikus #1 and 2.

2008-01-07T18:44:49Z

Ive been reading a lot of Bukowski right now, his writing is so smooth and amazing. He doesn't do haikus, but I felt like writing something, and my mind can't really focus right now.

Sitting on my bed,
unfolding the stars she left.
Loneliness is death.

But her handwriting
brings me back to the time
everything was right.

New Year's Resolution

2008-01-03T19:54:12Z

-Less TV/games while classes are in session
-better grades
-take notes with pen/paper, no laptop
-read more on the bus
-lose 5 more pounds
-study more, learn more
-draw more
-only buy 2 video games this year
-check grades online more often
-get better organized
-show the people i care about that they rock more
-sell some of my more useless stuff
-listen to more music
-do better work

I made a Pokemon Trainer Card!

2007-11-29T01:28:33Z

One day I will actually train my team, and this will be it.