June 2nd 2006, 6:13 PM

The Secret!

I think the most frustrating thing about business is waiting. Right now there are two HUGE Psychostick announcements that are on the brink of... being announced. One of them is a tour, and the other I can't mention. The tour announcement is freaking awesome and HUGE for us, but I have to wait for the "OK" to post it officially. It sucks waiting. The best way to describe it is being the 1st in line for a brand new roller-coaster, and you're sitting there watching the staff put some finishing touches on the ride. Something like that. OR, it's like you've waited 6 years for a game to come out, and you're 1 hour away from going home to play it.

Speaking of games! Half-life 2: Episode 1 came out yesterday. I started the download last night, so it should be done by now. I hear it lives up to the series and leaves you with more questions. You know, kinda like X-Files did or most animes do. Anyway, I plan on locking myself in my room tonight and playing through it (it's supposed to be about 4 to 5 hours long). That's right! This is how I'm spending my Friday night: Video games.

I was also on Shacknews the other day actually interacting on their community. Every day they have a couple of news posts where most of the community asks general questions ranging from "video games" to "what to buy your girlfriend for her birthday." Anyway, every so often you'll see some highly obscene posts from some kids on there, which is pretty common in any community. I see these all the time, and the moderators usually leave them alone for some reason.

Anyway, I posted a question about online dating. Something like, "Where are the good free places because I have no clue where to look?" I got a lot of responses and the thread was positive and going really well. Then out of NOWHERE, a moderator deletes the post. This isn't the first time this has happened there either where my legitimate posts are deleted. Maybe the post wasn't "legit" in regards to Shacknews being a gaming site - but then again, some kid was talking about how he saw some lady wank in a grocery store, and they let that go.

I wasn't exactly angry (I got the info I wanted), but that didn't make any sense to me. I quickly asked who was moderating the forum and no one responsed. So, I promptly cancelled my Mercury account (which costs $5 a month). The owners lost my business because of inconsistent business practice. What are the posting standards? Why was it deleted? They didn't even tell me! "It's okay to post stuff about public masturbation, but a more legit post like dating is strictly forbidden!" So, I blacklisted Shacknews from my "sites to visit." I don't blame the owners; they're too busy running the actual site than to scan thousands of posts a day for content. To combat this, they "hire" a bunch of elitist kids to delete posts they personally don't approve of.

Oh well. More time for me to do something more constructive!

As for online dating, I have been researching that here and there for a while now. It failed for me a long time ago, but I decided to try it again. I picked up more DeAngelo material regarding it and absorbed the information. Turns out I had been doing everything backwards. The critical counter intuitive strikes again.

After all that I decided the other day that online dating is a bad idea for me right now. Har har! I'm about to tour and I've got so many more important things to work on. There's just no room for it in my day. Maybe some other time. It's great knowing that I know exactly how to handle things in that arena. Heh heh.

Oh, I just saw a movie called The Secret. Fucking amazing. If any of you ever wondered why things happen the way they do, SEE THIS MOVIE. You ever have a bad day? Of course you have. There is a reason for it. GO WATCH THIS MOVIE NOW. It changed my life.

-Rawrb!

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