Moonlight_Graham

just watched the video. what a piece of crap. I turned it off half-way through. Why are half Matt's video's awesome, and the other half suck ass with a straw?

Rico is a crappy song. Casual Walks is a crappy song. He's got some others. Fearless is awesome, LOTGA is my fav MG/MGB album, and Annabelle has grown on me to become one of my fav songs. And let the guy bitch. There's nothing wrong with not liking a MG song. We aren't here to lick Matt's ass 24/7. Thats what the MG's blog is for.

re: Shawshank Redemption. That movie is so awesome, however i recently saw "Escape From Alcatraz" starring Clint Eastwood, which was made long before Shawshank and it is extremely similar. I lost some respect for Shawshank after seeing that film. ie: Its both about a guy trying to escape from prison. They both secretely dig a hole in their cell wall to escape. They both use a poster to hide the hole from the guards. And they both get rid of the dirt they dig by slowly shuffling it around as they walk outside during "recess" time at the prison. I couldn't believe the similarities. Shawkshank is still a great movie & awesome characters, but i'd recommend people see 'Escape From Alcatraz' also.

not exactly sure about order: 1. Star Wars Trilogy 2. Braveheart 3. Dances With Wolves 4. American Beauty 5. Rudy 6. Field of Dreams 7. Stand By Me 8. My Life 9. Forrest Gump 10. When Harry Met Sally Just missed the cut: This Is Spinal Tap, Shawshank Redemption, Good Will Hunting, LOTR Trilogy

great movie.

But i bought this computer, and now i deserve this song for free. For free for free for free!!

Oh Be Joyful = pretty average MG song meh. its no Agoraphobe.

i'm lactating

Yeah i got that "special edition" when the album first came out. Actually i didn't know they made anything else. Mine has a back sleeve w/lyrics book inside and a white album/CD cover.

i don't drink either. I don't like the taste or personally really believe that i need to have alcohol to have a good time. I'll have some whine or the very occassional cooler, but beer tastes like piss to me. personally i think alcohol and recreational drugs have caused much more harm on this earth than good, so they can both kiss my ass.

its one of my favorites of his. Weird.

Lots of people smoke pot in Canada. However, been to a few parties where people are smoking up, but i've never seen any other drug other than pot in my entire life. But in high school/University I hung out with a pretty squeeky crowd. The most we did was drink, except for one guy who'd smoke up occasionally. Drugs are a pretty huge problem in Vancouver apparently.

Everyone is responsible for their actions. Humans are conscious creatures who, unless medically mentally ill, have control of their actions and know right from wrong in most cases. Just because your father beat you as a kid doesn't give you any excuse for beating your wife. Criminals should go to jail obviously, but i also believe (like u) in trying to rehab some criminals because there is often an underlying psychological reason why they committed the act. Sometimes there isn't and people are just assholes, but sometimes there is.

Omissions of the Omen Fearless While We Were Hunting Rabbits And Every Name Is My Name (crappy song, cool lyrics) Long Way Down Symbolistic White Walls ...just off the top o' my head

But there is a documentary based on Romeo Dallaires book, "Shake Hands with the Devil" that gos by the same name. Not taking away from MGs point though. Its true that there won't be a sensationalized, big budget documentary for Rwanda, but you should watch shwtd if you get the chance. sounds interesting, i'll keep an eye out. I'll correct myself: maybe some Rwanda documentaries exist, its just that few people know about them. Even though the guy is a pretty slanted filmmaker, it woould be cool if Michael Moore did a documentary on some lesser known global issues, rather than just always focusing on U.S. problems. People would watch his stuff no matter what, so it would bring awareness. Moore has a ton of power when you think about it. BTW Juanpe, thats awesome you do all those things. I wish i did more, and probably will do more and more as i get older. I guess it takes a lot more than just "giving money" to make a difference.

I don't think the possibility of ending world hunger/poverty, genocide, and other tragedies in this world is unrealistic or utopic at all. It is a dream, but something that is achievable. There will always be some poverty and violence, but with enough money, effort, and international co-operation we can get rid of most of it. Ask anyone in the 1700's if humans will ever fly to the moon and they'd say you're a freak. p.s. Just wondering what types of things to you do personally to help the injustices in the world?

Juanpe, it is a sad reality that we don't really care about the lesser-known tragedies in this world. But its all about what affects us the most. The bombings in London affects people in Europe and North America etc. because the same thing can happen in our countries (as you very well know). Same with U.S. soliders dying in Iraq and it being report on CNN 24/7 while greater tragedies slip into the back pages of the newspaper. News that affects us will be more reported by the media, and the media usually on reports things that WE care about (media wants ratings and to sell papers too). AIDS, poverty, and genocide in Africa doesn't affect us personally very much if any, so its sort of unfortunately in our nature to ignore this stuff. The film "Bowling for Columbine" exists, but "Bowling for Rwanda" does not. Human nature i guess. The only way to fight this is for people to educate themselves on what's really happening in the world, and at the same time make awareness for lesser known tragedies. Things like Live 8 is a great thing, IMO. Most people won't read page 12 in their local newspaper, but they'll listen to what Bono has to say. Its stupid, but its reality.

Refuse to fight for themselves? The Iraqi people didn't ask for the U.S. to invade their country and start a war. The U.S. and allies made this mess, so they obviously have the obligation to stay there until its cleaned up. The U.S. will be in Iraq for many, many years to come unfortunately...until the the Iraqi's can defend themselves or the insurgents/terrorists are defeated, which may be a long time. As for the U.N., its not perfect. Its a flawed entity, but its much better to exist than not to exist. And i'll agree with you that France are a bunch of bum-holes (at least the gov't is) for even making dealings with Iraq in the first place.

i was responding mostly to Juanpe's first post. and i agree about the U.S. white vs. minority inner-city media coverage bias.

When a tragedy affects people in your own country, you are going to care more about it. It just hits home more & is more personal, which is a natural reaction. I'm going to be more concerned if 100 people die in an tornado in Canada than if the same # died of a tornado in Japan or the U.S., or example. For London'ers, they had their 2 minutes of silence for their fallen. We in Canada didn't have a moment of silence, nor did any other country that i know of. But i feel just as bad when i hear of people in London dying via terrorists as a i do those 80 people dying in Iraq, or all the people dying in Africa of hunger, or someone i see dead in the obituaries in my local newspaper. I feel about equally bad for all them, unless someone has an extrodinatry amount of suffering. We can't have a moment of silence for everyone who dies because we'd be standing around forever. But for London'ers, the terrorist attacks was a special tragedy...much different than a neighbour dying of cancer. How much people care about someone else dying i think just depends on how personally it affects them, how aware they are of the deaths (media etc.), and how tragic the circumstances.

Are you fucking me? They organized to hit (and destroy, as a bonus) the WTC towers and the Pentagon (the freakin' military headquaters of the most powerful military in human history!) and would have plowed into the White House or Capital Hill if not for some brave passengers. Thats quite advanced work. And Bin Laden himself has managed to hide well so far, much better than Saddam did, from the U.S. while being the most wanted man in the world & with a large U.S. bounty on his head. And yes i have heard (aka read) Bin Laden speak. He seems quite intelligent. He has rationale for everything he does and thinks, even though i don't agree with most of it. He's not an idiot blathering out "duh i hate those fucking Americans, i want to kill those stupid bastards. Fuck you U.S.!"

Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda are intelligent and rational, not crazy by any means. Being radically islamic doesn't make you any less calculating. For the other terrorist groups, i can't say the same for sure. I'm sure some are very organized, & others just want to strap on the TNT and blow up as many people as possible so they can have sex with their 40 virgins in heaven. Does not supporting Iraq make us less vulnerable? Yes. Does it make us not a target? No. I'm not living in fear at all, because the odds of being injured in something like a car accdient is 50 million times greater (don't quote me on that # lol) than being injured in a terrorist attack (in Canada that is). ...However, you won't see me hanging around the U.S. embassy in Ottawa 24-hours a day.

1000 posts! Hooray for me! Now someone plz give me a blowjob.

Shiznit motherfucker? Is that how its described your textbooks? wicked.

They have a reason to attack. We went to war in Afghanistan, and are allies with the U.S. We are nation where Christianity is the #1 religion. And i'm not saying that we should live in fear or significantly change our lives. But we should get over the idea that we are immune to all this because we didn't go into Iraq, and our gov't should focus and providing decent domestic security from terrorism. But I have no idea if they are doing that or not.