Traveling without moving » Half-way-tree 1
written by owen, published 2004-Nov-14, comment
York pharmacy on the left, Tastees on the right, Half-way-tree Kingston, Jamaica
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Where in the world have you been?
Move to Japan and teach English
written by owen on 2004-Nov-13, Answer this question4
Arie answered: I've been abroad for vacation to France, Greece, England (London) and single day trips to Belgium and Germany. London was the best though. ... read 3 more
Logbook » Welcome to the jungle
written by owen, published 2004-Nov-07, comment
For the past couple weeks I've been staying inside, talking to people on msn and doing illegal street racing in London, San Francisco and Tokyo. Don't worry I got my Audi TT at a very cheap cost, since it's all in a video game called Metropolis Street Racer on my recently acquired Sega Dreamcast. I know it is old but I appreciate quality. So far I have driven 7800 km.
This modern day video gaming life style of fast cars, blood and violence all got me thinking. What are we doing to the current generation of children and young adults? As video games become more and more realistic both in appearance and it story. Are we create a generation of trained killers and terrorists?
I remember back in the day when the most popular video game on the planet involve running a maze eating bits of crack cocaine, while being chased by ghosted. Now, in the video games of today you can raise a family, fight aliens, pick up a prostitute on your way to work, kill her and then steal all her hard earned money before lunch time on a sunday. All this can be achieved for a mere 50 US$.
AngryDog commented: Damn good post sir, very insightful. You're right though, contemporary video games are definately introducing a scary element to the lives of our children. How bad is it when you actually have to have ratings for video games...which is most of the time ignored by parents purchasing the games for their kids anyhow! {arf,arf} ... read 10 more
Logbook » Candy Perfume Girl
written by owen, published 2004-Nov-01, comment
Ever since the instant message blocking incident and calculus I have been re-evaluating my relations with people, women and relatives I have not talked to in a year or 3. What's in a name? People will often notice that I never ask them their name. Usually I'll ask a girl's age because that is valuable information. A name on the other hand is as significant as random number between 10 and 30 f(x). Plus I usually cannot remember it because I probably know 3 or 4 other people with the same name. Even if I think she is hot like a mid summer day's noon. I don't want to blurt out a wrong name at the wrong time.
Inability to remember names doesn't affect my daily living much because most people hang around you all the time and all you have to do tap them on the shoulder. Few notice that I never refer to them by name or the way I stare at them when I want their attention. In most cases I will invent a nickname, which usually puts everything back into perspective. Some people take their name very seriously and become very upset when they realise that you have not remembered their name. Nicknames are chosen carefully requiring the least amount of thought for maximum effect.
Names never really mattered much to me. I do not want to sound cliche or anything but it's what inside that counts - really and I am not making this up so I can get my self out of trouble either. So if you reading this then you know I know your name so do not try and test me out the next time you see me because I will know you read it here.
AngryDog commented: Owen, Owen, Owen. Don't you know that remembering names is the most important aspect of interacting with people? A name is not a random string of characters based on some opaque grammar rules. It is an identity...in order to get people to take you as a genunie individual, you must be able to remember there names son! If you can invent a nickname for the person, why not relate the nickname to the person's actually name--or is that to complex for your internal association rule learner? {arf,arf} ... read 9 more
The random photo journal » Waiting
written by owen, published 2004-Oct-31, comment
Sometimes when your in a line you there is nothing you can do but look around. Customer service people are so annoying. Mostly because they have to deal with Jamaican people all day.
AngryDog commented: Owen, you too rude! You were just taking pictures of the girls butts...bad, bad, bad Owen! {arf,arf} ... read 5 more