torsdag 27 mars 2008

Sexiest Man Alive

o George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Richard Gere have all won this award twice. That's pretty sexy, folks (Though personally, I'd say both Gere and Clooney beat the snot out of Pitt).

o Sean Connery and Harrison Ford are the oldest and second oldest winner of this award, at the time they were elected winners. Both were in their 50's. Does this tell us something about just how sexy genes Indiana Jones must have?

o Surprisingly, Johnny Depp has only won once. What is this? Madness?

o Speaking of which, Gerard Butler hasn't won even once. That's seriously madness.

o The real Leonidas couldn't have won the price, because he wasn't alive when the awards started being handed out. I think he deserves a posthumous award, though.

o Also, John F. Kennedy Jr. is the only non-actor to ever win this price, making him the sexiest son of a president. He worked as a lawyer. The sexiest lawyer ever.

o The winner for 2007 was, somewhat surprisingly, Matt Damon. That's pretty funky.

o I have never even been nominated for this award. I need to grow more muscle.

o Nick Nolte is a guy who won who I've never even really heard of.

o The only black man who won the award, ever, was Denzel Washington.

o The best and the worst James Bond-actor are both winners - Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan.

o There's oddly one woman on the list, Cindy Crawford, because they decided to include her when Richard Gere won the first time, being that they were the sexiest couple. That means Cindy Crawford is probably the only person to ever win the "Sexiest Girlfriend Alive" award.

o Johnny Depp still only won once. Brad Pitt won more times than him? Maaaan.

o I don't really have much more to add.

onsdag 26 mars 2008

A Random Thought

Sometimes it feels like all we do in life is searching for something that matters more than searching for something that matters more than searching for something that matters more than searching for something...

onsdag 12 mars 2008

I Am He

I am He Who Loves.
I am he who opens his arms, who lets you in close,
who listens and preaches.
I am he who washes your feet, who gives you comfort,
who gives you hope.
I am he who stands by your side when you need me,
And wait for you patiently when you do not.
I am he who embraces.
I am he who is embraced.
I am He Who Loves.

I am He Who Betrays.
I am he who smiles falsely, he whom you know you cannot trust.
I am he who kisses his friend, to see him taken away.
Men say "There goes the man
who took our light from us."
They spit on me, and call me names, and rightfully so.
For I am he who fails you,
I am he who turns from your side.
I am he who abandons you, who steals your friend from you
Who sells out Love itself,
For thirty silver pieces.
I am He Who Betrays.

I am He Who Denies.
I am he who asks
"What man? What promise?"
I am he who claims ignorance, I am he who turns away
Who shuts his eyes, deafens his ears.
I am he who lets your friend
fade from this world.
I am He Who Denies.

If you wish to love one,
You simply must love all.
We cannot be apart, you see -
For we three, we am me!

måndag 10 mars 2008

Quote of the Day

"Tron är ett svårt lidande, vet du det? Det är som att älska någon som finns därute i mörkret men som aldrig visar sig hur man än ropar…"

onsdag 5 mars 2008

Live Forever

Gamers across the world are saluting him, and I won't be late to join them.

There was a man who reinvented storytelling. I'm not sure if you know how much his works meant to me, but I'm fairly certain that you can guess. What he did was not merely reinvent an ancient artform, however: He invented something new, something which has been my hobby, my art, my medium, and on occasion, my life.

E. Gary Gygax, inventor of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away the 4th of March this year. The invention of this game and the other games that soon followed is by no means something he did alone - it involved thousands of people refining, developing, and first and foremost, playing. Some of these gamers I have been fortunate enough to know - the vast majority, not. And of course, I have never even met Mr. Gygax myself. I still say, though, that without his invention, I would live a wholly different life, a poorer life. Monte Cook's words are the ones that best describe what he has meant for me and thousands among us:

"With his help, I have traveled to unknown lands. I have created unknown lands."

The first Dungeon Master is dead. May his legacy live forever.