Game of Elevens

A fellow blogger named Summerbaby came up with this one I think. :D

Here are the rules

1)You must re-post these rules
2) Round One: post eleven random things about yourself
3) Round Two: answer the questions the tagger posed to you in their post
4) Round Three: create eleven new questions for the people you tag to answer
5) Tag people and go to their blog and tell them that they've been tagged for the game

Round 2

1. My mom is so convinced I'm a reincarnated hippie.
2. I love love love love love to read books
3. I love all things of the past from the 1940s-now
4. World history is a fascination of mine
5. I make friends very easily with older people
6. I always have the giggles, once I start, I can't stop laughing, and if someone says something funnier, it gets worse!!
7. My celeb crush is Jamie Bamber from Law and Order: UK. Those baby blues of his win me over!! OMG, he's so gorgeous, and that accent, makin' me melt!!!
8. I'd lose my marbles if it wasn't for music
9. In my family, it's down to just me, my mom, stepdad and sis. 
10. One of my favorite movies is The Full Monty
11. I'm totally addicted to those Just Dance games for the Wii System

Round 3

1.) When was the last time you said ‘I love you’ and meant it ?

-I said it to my mom before I left for school this morning and yup, I mean it. 

2.) If you had to marry either Charles Dickens or William Shakespeare which one would you marry and why?

-Nah, not really either of them. I'd rather find my prince charming in my own time, he'll probably come.

3.) If you was given the chance to sing for Elvis Presley what would you wear?

-LMAO, my Beatles t-shirt, :D

4.) What do you think the world will be like in 180 years from now? 

-More than likely, if Facebook was not around, people would go insane!! The world would probably collapse in on itself in chaos!

5.) What are your flaws?

-I'm sometimes very opinionated. But thank God I'm fixing that. 

6.) What’s your favourite thing about your friends and why?

-Most of them know they can get me laughing in 5 seconds flat

7.)  Do you  agree with the following, “Love some. Like some, but trust no one” ?

-Yup.

8.) What Celebrity do you think is overrated ?

-OMG, Robert Pattinson. All I ever see anymore is his face from Twilight. Sorry, he's not that great looking. Daniel Radcliffe from Harry Potter beats him by a loooooong shot!

9.)  Do you think pigs will ever be able to fly ? :-p

-IDK, but that would be cute. I love pigs, they're my favorite animal

10.)  Mick Jagger calls you at 3am  in the morning , he is crying , he wants to tell you a very dark secret he has never told anyone before . What do you think it is?

-He found out he has another child he didn't know about, lmao!!!!!

-Besides, he has 7 of them, mostly girls. This dude is drowning in the Estrogen ocean. ROTFLMAO!!!

-Either that, or he found out Keith is coming to his house to kill him for doing a solo career and acting like a big headed airhead!

11.)  How do you feel right this second? Happy? Sad? Angry?

-Happy, yet also hungry

Round 4

1. If you had to go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
2. Who's your favorite actor and actress?
3. When the world ends, what do you think the last surviving species would be?
4. Movie You could watch repeatedly?
5. The big one: Dogs or cats or both?
6. If you had to date anyone, old or young, rich or poor, who?
7. Favorite thing to do? This can be anything, hobby, interest, etc
8. If you could see anyone in concert, who?
9. Where would you love to have your wedding?
10. Do you believe in true love?
11. What's a quirky, unique thing about yourself?

Round 5

I nominate:

Heart Shaped

Dazed and Confused

A Disney Mom's Thoughts

My Sixties Love

Music Lovers on...Facebook!!!!

It's official: My blog is now on Facebook. Just thought it would be fun to do this.

Here's the link: Music Lovers at Facebook. Just click on it and you'll be taken to my Wall.
I'm still trying to figure out how the heck to put a 'Like' button on it. I'll figure it out, eventually, hopefully, lmao

Destroy All Humans!

Destroy All Humans!
Favorite video game ever! It's funny!!!

-Video game developed by Pandemic Studios, released by THQ.
-Set in the late 1950s, parodies the lifestyles, pop culture and politics of the 1950s. The player controls an alien named Cryptosporidium 137, a member of the alien race known as Furons. These aliens have come to Earth to harvest human DNA to continue cloning of their species. Open world game. Open world games are usually the most fun games to play, because you can run around exploring, you don't have to do missions right at first. In these games, it's hard not to have fun!

Plot
-The game begins with a Furon, Cryptosporidium 136, hovering over a launch site with military personnel testing a rocket. The rocket is launched and destroys the ship carrrying Crypto 136 and fatally wounds him. He is captured by the US Army. Some time later, Crypto 137 travels to Earth with another Furon, Orthopox 13. He comes with the intention of rescuing 136, whereas Orthopox wants pure human DNA and human brain stems for study. They land at a rural farm in Kansas called Turnipseed Farm where Orthopox thinks cows are the dominant species. The Majestic agency is dispatched to the Furon presence when Crypto decimates an army brigade passing through the area. Pox, communicating with Crypto through a hologram device, then tells Crypto that the reason he needs human brain DNA is because they contain pure Furon DNA handed down to them by Furon scouts long ago.

-After several missions in the Midwest, Crypto heads to the suburban town of Rockwell and then onto the California suburb of Santa Modesta. That's where Crypto and Pox become more aware of the mysterious Majestic organization. They begin a war with them, by first destroying an Army base called Area 42 with an atomic bomb and killing an air force general named Armquist. Throughout the game, Crypto's various acts are covered by the government and media, which are attributed to freak accidents or Communism.

-The game concludes in Capitol City(supposed to be Washington D.C.) where Crypto kills President Huffman(president Truman) and brutally kills all members of the U.S. Congress. Soon the U.S. government seemingly surrenders to the Furons, where Crypto meets a mysterious figure called Silhouette, leader of Majestic, in front of the Capitol. Crypto then finds out that "he" is actually a "she". She reveals the Roboprez, a towering mech controlled by the brain of President Huffman. Crypto defeats Roboprez in his flying saucer and kills Silhouette in a final battle at the Octagon(parody of the Pentagon). As she dies, she says there are other Majestic divisions in other parts of the world.

-The game ends with Huffman making a televised speech, assuring America is safe despite the recent events were the work of Communists poisoning U.S. water supply, and "Huffman" turns out to Crypto in disguise.

Characters

Crypto
-Cryptosporidium (furon) Cryptosporidium, known as Crypto for short, is the main character in the series. A member of an alien species known as Furons, he is an anti-hero who enjoys wreaking havoc and destroying humanity and he speaks with a very slow and emotionless Texas accent. He is known to have a best friend/ ally personality with Pox, although he does not like to admit it and enjoys pushing his buttons. He is also known to be an alcoholic, tomboy, gambler, smoker and many other personalities of the sort. His name comes from the Cryptosporidium protist. Crypto's commanding officer is Orthopox 13, who usually gives him his missions. Sometimes, Crypto talks with a variety of wise-cracking remarks. Voiced by J. Grant Albrecht and Sean Donnellan (in Big Willy Unleashed).In Japanese version, he is voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi.

Orthopox 13
-Orthopox, known as Pox for short, is Crypto's commanding officer, who gives him his assignments. Pox is an intelligent furon scientist who likes to experiment on the species' DNA, and is the second most senior fleet commander in the entire Furon Navy. Pox is the mastermind behind the expedition to retrieve the furon DNA from Human brain stems. Pox is a brilliant tactician, a canny businessman, and holds his own in chess. However, years of physical neglect has rendered his lower extremities somewhat useless, requiring the use of a cerebro chair, with which he uses to float about, and to help support his massive cranium.^[2] Pox also has Cranial Implants on his head, which resemble metallic horns. These could be a sign of Pox's high status in the Furon Armada. Pox's achievements include: Conqueror of Zarkon-5, Hero of the Battle of Tharsis Mons, Winner of the Xanthrax-47 Mental Cruelty Award 6 years running. Having been destroyed at the beginning of Destroy All Humans! 2, Pox's mind has been confined to a HoloPox unit, a furon hologram projector that he developed himself, which he managed to download his conscious into before the mothership exploded and his last words,(WHAT THE???!!!), were Spoken. Though with this unusual handicap Crypto makes many jokes about at Pox's expense about being dead. He remains this way until he obtains a monkey`s body by mistake in Destroy All Humans! 3. Between the times of Destroy All Humans! 2 and Destroy All Humans! 3, Pox opens a new restaurant called Big Willy's. However, it is revealed that Pox has been collecting the dead bodies Crypto leaves lying around and feeding them back to the people as hot dogs in the Big Willy Franchise. By the time of Path of the Furon, Pox is extremely bitter about being confined to his holographic prison and wants to just collect the human DNA and go home so he can receive a new clone body. He is voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz (causing him to sound like Zim from Invader Zim, albeit with an English accent) and by Darryl Kurylo in Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed

Supporting Characters
General Armquist

• General Armquist (John Cygan): Leader of the American military, who is responsible for the abduction of Cryptosporidium-136 and has a hatred for furons (which he believes are stunted Communists). He walks with a slight limp on his right side and his mannerisms seem to be a parody of those of Joseph McCarthy or General MacArthur. He fights with Crypto in a giant cyborg suit and is defeated, then killed by Crypto using his Disintegrator Ray. Armquist is later mentioned during an odd job in Destroy All Humans! 2.
• Silhouette (Nika Futterman): The main antagonist of Destroy All Humans!. She is a shadowy masked figure who seems to be leading Majestic against the furons. Not much is known about her, only that Silhouette is a female sexist who wants to dominate the world. She is also very agile, which is shown in the opening cutscene of the final level and during the final boss battle. Crypto manages to kill her, then uses one of his feet to stomp on her face. She is later mentioned during the Albion segment of Destroy All Humans! 2.
• Bert Wither (Jim Ward): Respected American radio newscaster, used by the furons because of the influence he has over people. With Orthopox tracking his broadcasts throughout the game, he also serves as an informant of sorts. Seems to be based loosely on Edward R. Murrow.

Setting
-Set in the late 1950s
-Has 6 settings. Turnipseed Farm is a midwestern farming community, Rockwell(North Dakota town), Santa Modesta(parody of Santa Monica), Area 42(parody of Area 51), Union Town(Eastern industrial city, like Pittsburgh), Capitol city(parody of Washington D.C.)

Santa Modesta

-Also Crypto has weapons. The Anal Probe allows Crypto to remove a person's brain through their behind, the Zap-O-Matic uses electricity to fry a victim, the Disintegrator Ray, turning a victim to ashes, Ion Detonator, equivalent of a grenade launcher. The saucer also has weapons, such as The Death Ray, capable of melting anything, the Sonic Boom, destroying anything with a blast of sound, the Quantum Deconstructor, capable of flattening anything with the power of 10 atomic bombs.

Random Random Me!

Just thought I'd make this blog post about just random, off the wall stuff that usually comes to my mind.

Blogging is got to be the easiest thing I've ever done!!!! I love following other people's blogs to see what they like, how they are doing on life in general, and other quirky little things.

I just thought of how easy it is to make friends in college. For some reason, I was able to make friends easier in college than I was in high school. Most of the people I go to college with are older adults, most of them married with kids, boyfriends/girlfriends, etc. And I think I actually surprised them with the kind of music I listen to. They probably were not expecting to meet a 21 year old girl who just adores listening to The Rolling Stones or any of that so-called "older music". But here's the thing about me: I'm not like everyone else; I'm the perpetual purple crayon in a world of gray crayons, I'm the one who stands out in a crowd, I'll be the one wearing a tie-dye shirt, with bell bottoms and flip flops or a pair of jeans, sandals and a rock band shirt. I'm not like most of the people I went to high school with, who change their entire personality at the drop of a hat. You can rest assured that the first time you meet me, I'll be the same throughout.

And just to tell you a lil about moi(me in French, lol) I'm probably the biggest hippie EVER!!!!! I'm probably the only and I mean ONLY Rolling Stones fan that graduated from a high school in 2008, and I'll most likely be the first 21 year old girl who could just proudly say that I find Mick Jagger sexy, even at his current age. Yeah, this may disgust alot and I mean ALOT of people, but the way I look at it this way: Everyone defines beauty in different ways, everyone sees beauty differently.

Following blogs is probably the other easiest thing about this blog thingy. In fact, one of the blogs I'm following is called Heart Shaped, and it is done by a woman named Diane who lives in England, how seriously cool is that? She also loves the movie The Full Monty just like me, awesome!!! This blog has allowed me to meet cool people who live in other parts of the world, like this other blog I'm following, called Summer Baby, she is a student at a London fashion school, although it looks as though she may have discontinued her blog. And this other blog I like alot is called Child of the Sixties, because almost everything on that blog I have heard of or know of.

IDK why, but it seems like late at night I have alot of random thoughts buzzing around. Sometimes they're helpful, sometimes not so much. I know they sure helped alot during my 2 Dimensional Design final project. I had to do a CD cover or movie jacket. I chose CD cover naturally. And somehow I made the teacher start laughing with the artist I chose. He said "Aren't those guys a little old for you?" probably thinking I thought they were cute or something. I chose the Rolling Stones because their music just rocks out.

Somehow, sometimes I'm able to make people laugh with the way I act, what I say or just being my goofy self. Some people would think I had ADHD or something because it seems like my attention span is like a minute. I'll be talking about something and 5 minutes later, I'll be like "Oooh look, a squirrel!" or "Oooh look, a bug!" Or "Wow, look at that weird looking bug!" Believe me, I don't have ADHD, I think I'm just naturally hyper, either that or it's the coffee I have in the morning.

And sometimes, I have the most uncanny ability to say whatever comes off the top of my head, and usually that ends up getting a funny look out of my mom, sister, or stepdad. And when it comes to family, oh brother!!! Have I got the interesting family!!!! My stepdad is a major fan of British rock bands from the 1960s and 1970s, such as David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Dave Clark Five, Bad Company, 80s era rock, such as The Clash, YES, and any kind of music, such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, Elton John, Jackson Browne, The Who especially. He loves this band along with Genesis. My sister, God love her, she isn't right, lol. What I mean by this is, she's normal as can be, but sometimes she has huge hormones, she seems to see alot of hot guys when we go somewhere. Like the Fifth Third bank near me where I have to do the weekly routine of getting bus fare, there's a guy there named Dan she has the biggest hots for. And my mom, God love her, she is so stubborn. Don't get me wrong, I love her dearly, but omg, she can be stubborn, and she has somehow managed to transform her kitchen into an Italian kitchen complete with chefs as far as the eye can see, etc. As for my room where I sleep, to give you an idea what it looks like, imagine London 1960s, Far East and tropical all merging. And if you have a clear mental image, then ta-da! That's my room. I swear, no lie, my room looks like a cross between London 1960s because there's a finished Beatles puzzle on the floor by the window, on my closet door there is a poster depicting a Rolling Stone Magazine cover with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on it, which I found out the other night, almost gave my mom a heart attack. She went in to get something from a small chest of drawers in there and she seen the poster and it scared her to hell and back!!! I can't help it that I have that poster. My dad got it for me 2 years ago for Christmas and on the walls are pictures of tropical locales and Asian locales and on the wall near my bed is a puzzle I finished, which I glued and got framed. It's an Ed Hardy design puzzle, it looks like a tattoo, it's of a Geisha girl with 2 dragons around her, koi fish, and flowers on it, real pretty, and last but not least on my bed is a blanket that my dad got me for Christmas the same year I got the poster, it's depicting the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club album from the Beatles. He knew I liked their music, so that must explain why I got it.

Post Secret

Post Secret

-Ongoing commnity mail art project
-Created by Frank Warren
-People mail in their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard.
-Select secrets are then posted on the PostSecret website or are used for PostSecret's books or museum exhibits

History
-The concept of the project was that completely anonymous people decorate a postcard and tell a secret never told before. No restrictions on it, the only one is that it must be completely truthful. It can be anything, no one gets judged. Entries can go in all kinds of directions, from admissions of sexual misconduct, criminal activity and confessions of secret desires to embarassing habits, hopes and dreams. The secrets are meant to be empowering both to the author and those who read them. The site creates a place where you can feel accepted

-This originally started on the blogging site Blogspot and is updated every Sunday with 10 new secrets. But then, it began posting 20 secrets every Sunday.

-In April 2008, they teamed up with 1-800-suicide to answer some of these suicide calls
-The idea of sharing secrets while still staying anonymous gives people the chance to say anything without their identities being revealed.

Website
-http://www.postsecret.com/















I also did this as a final for my Art 100 class. You may know this already since I did a post on it. I have a secret that I'm so deathly afraid to say. So, ok here it is: I wish I was the same age as Mick Jagger so I could marry him!!! This was my main secret, it had quite a few pics of Mick on it, saying I wish I was the same age he is so I could marry him and just hug him!!!

Another thing that's not really a secret, but more of a random thought is that for some reason, I find Asian, Italian and British guys to be really sexy!!!!
 

Hiroyuki Sanada



Ken Watanabe

Dominic Rowan as Jacob Thorne on Law and Order:UK. IDK what it is about British guys that is so sexy, but there is obviously something sexy about them!!

 

Stevie Van Zandt

 

Jamie Bamber as Matt Devlin on Law and Order:UK

 

Sylvester Stallone



A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

-1971 film adaptation of the 1962 novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess
-Features disturbing, violent images relating to psychiatry, gangs, and is set in a dystopian, future Britain

Did You Know?
-Anthony Burgess had sold the movie rights to Mick Jagger for $500 when he needed quick cash. Jagger intended to make it with The Rolling Stones as the droogs, but the resold the rights for a much larger amount.
-During the filming of the Ludovico treatment, Malcolm McDowell scratched one of his corneas and was temporarily blinded. He also cracked a couple ribs during the humiliation scene
-1 of only 2 movies with an X rating to get a nomination for Best Picture at the Academy Awards
-Filming the rape scene was so difficult that the actress originally cast quit the part and actress Adrienne Corri was cast.
-Mick Jagger was actually considered for the role of Alex and the rest of The Rolling Stones were to be cast as Alex's 'droogs'

-The name 'clockwork orange' is a Cockney slang phrase for a gambling machine in England
-The car used by Alex and his gang is an Adams Probe 16, only 1 of 3 ever made
-Alexander, Peter, Dimitri were common names of Russian kings and princes and Georgie(Gyorgi) was their patron saint
-Malcolm McDowell's eyes were numbed with anesthesia for the torture scene so he would not be in any pain, but that did not stop the metal lock lids from scratching his corneas.
-The doctor standing over Alex while he is forced to watch violent images is a real doctor who was keeping a close eye on Malcolm to make sure his eyes did not dry up
-In 1973, there were 2 copycat crimes which prompted to have the movie withdrawn from the UK. The first was of the rape of a Dutch girl in Lancashire in 1973 while men sang Singing in the Rain and the beating of a 16 year old boy who had beaten a younger child while wearing the uniform Alex wore: white overalls, black combat boots and a black bowler hat. The 16 year old beat the child with a baseball bat called The Ultra-Violence Stick
-One of the highest grossing movies of 1971
-The character of Alex was supposed to be a 14 year old, but Malcolm McDowell was actually 27 when he played the role.

Plot
-In London, Alex DeLarge(Malcolm McDowell) is the leader of his "Droogs", Pete(Michael Tarn), Georgie(James Marcus) and Dim(Warren Clarke), one of the many youth gangs in the broken down future. One night after getting drunk on something they call "milk plus", they engage in an evening of "ultra violence", which includes beating an elderly vagrant(Paul Farrell) and fighting a rival gang led by Billyboy(Richard Connaught). Stealing a car, they all drive to the home of a writer named F. Alexander(Patrick Macgee), where they beat Mr. Alexander to the point of crippling him, and then Alex rapes his wife(Adrienne Corri) while singing Singin' in the Rain

-The next day, while gone from school, Alex is approached by probation officer Mr. P.R. Deltoid(Aubrey Morris), who is very well aware of Alex's violence and warns him. After the events of the previous night, his gang express anger with Alex's petty crimes, wanting more equality and more high yield thefts. Alex rethinks his leadership by attacking them and throwing them into a canal. That night, Alex invades the mansion of a rich woman(Miriam Karlin). While his gang remain at the front door, Alex beats the woman with a statue. Hearing police sirens, Alex tries to run away, but is betrayed by his gang. Dim smashes a pint bottle of milk across his face, leaving him stunned and bleeding. Alex is captured and beaten to within an inch of his life by the police. Deltoid, gloating at this, spits in his face anad informs him of the woman he beat died in the hospital, making him a kilelr. Alex is then sentenced to 14 years in prison

-2 years in to the sentence, the Minister of the Interior(Anthony Sharp) arrives at the prison looking for volunteers for the Ludovico technique, an experimental aversion therapy for rehabilitating criminals within 2 weeks; Alex volunteers. The process involves drugging the subject, strapping him to a chair, propping his eyelids open and forcing him to watch violent movies. Alex, initially pleased by the images, then becomes nauseated due to the drugs; and he starts to realize the music of the movies are from his favorite composer, Ludwig van Beethoven and that the Ludovico technique will make him sick when he hears the music he loves. He tries, unsuccessfully to end the treatment

-After 2 weeks of the treatment, the Minister of the Interior puts on a demo to prove Alex is cured. He is shown to be incapable of fighting back against a man(John Clive) that insults and attacks him, and becomes violently sick at the sight of a topless woman(Virginia Wetherell). Though the prison chaplain(Godfrey Quigley) protests the results saying "there's no morality without choice", the prison governor(Michael Gover) assesses they are not interested in the morality but only the means to prevent violence.

-Alex is released and discovers that his possessions have been taken by the police to help make restitution to his victims and his parents rented out his room. He encounters the same elderly man from before, who beats him several of his friends. Alex is saved by 2 policemen but is shocked to find they are 2 of his former gang members, Dim and Georgie. They drag Alex to the countryside, where they beat him and attempt to drown him. The stunned Alex wanders the countryside before coming to the home of Mr. Alexander and collapses. He wakes up to find himself being treated by Mr. Alexander and his manservant Julian(David Prowse). Mr. Alexander does not remember Alex from the earlier attack but has read about his treatment in the papers, and sees Alex as a political weapon to bring down the government, exposing the Ludovico treatment as a step towards totalitarianism by way of mind control. As Mr. Alexander prepares to introduce Alex to fellow colleagues(John Savident and Margaret Tyzack), he hears Alex singing Singin' in the Rain in the bath, and the memories of the assault return. With the help of his colleagues, Mr. Alexander drugs Alex and places him in a locked upstairs bedroom, playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony through the floor below. Alex, in excruciating pain, throws himself from the window and is knocked unconscious from the fall.

-He wakes up in the hospital, having dreamt about doctors messing around in his head. While being given a series of psychological tests, Alex finds he has no longer an aversion to violence. The Minister of the Interior arrives and apologizes to Alex, letting him know that Mr. Alexander has been put away and offers Alex an important government job. As a sign of goodwill, the Minister brings in a stereo system playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Alex realizes that instead of an adverse reaction to music, he sees an image of himself having sex with a woman in front of an approving crowd. He then states "I was cured all right!"

Cast

Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge/Narrator

James Marcus as Georgie

Warren Clarke as Dim Corby

Michael Tarn as Pete

Patrick Magee as Mr. Frank Alexander

Adrienne Corri as Mrs. Mary Alexander

Michael Bates as Chief Guard Barnes

John Clive as Stage actor

Carl Duering as Dr. Brodsky

Paul Farrell as Tramp

Billy Russell as Professor attacked by Droogs in Library (scenes deleted)

Richard Connaught as Billyboy, Gang Leader

Clive Francis as Joe the Lodger

Michael Gover as Prison Governor

Miriam Karlin as Miss Weathers, Cat Lady

Aubrey Morris as Mr. P. R. Deltoid

Godfrey Quigley as Prison Chaplain

Sheila Raynor as Mum

Madge Ryan as Dr. Branom

John Savident as Conspirator

Anthony Sharp as Frederick, Minister of the Interior

Philip Stone as Dad

Pauline Taylor as Dr. Taylor, psychiatrist

Margaret Tyzack as Conspirator Rubinstein

Steven Berkoff as Detective Constable Tom

John J. Carney as Detective Sergeant

Lindsay Campbell as Police Inspector

David Prowse as Julian, Mr. Alexander's bodyguard

Themes

Morality

-The film's central question is the definition of goodness and whether it is logical to use aversion theory to stop immoral behavior.

Psychology

-Behavior psychology. Showing the rehabilitated Alex being repelled by both sex and violence, the movie suggests that in depriving him of his ability to fend for himself, Alex's moral conditioning has dehumanised him

-The Ludovico treatment has been compared to chemical castration

Locations

-The attack on the tramp was filmed at the southern underpass below Wandsworth Bridge roundabout, London

-The Billyboy gang fight occurs at the now destroyed casino on Taggs Island, in Kingston upon Thames

-The record store where Alex picks up the 2 women was in the former Chelsea Drugstore, on King's Road.

-Alex throws Dim and Georgie into a lake at the Thameshead South Housing Estate, London. This is the same place where Alex walks home at night kicking trash

-The house where Alex is caught by the police is Shenley Lodge, in Hertfordshire, at Blackhorse Lane

-Alex is attacked by the vagrants under the north side of the Albert Bridge, in Kensington and Chelsea, London

-The check in at Ludovico Medical Clinic entrance, the brain washing theater, Alex's house lobby with broken elevator, Alex's bedroom and police interrogation room are all at Brunel University

-The Minister's presentation to the media of Alex's cure takes place at the Nettlefold Hall inside West Norwood Library.

Weekend

Man this weekend was long!!!! To start things off, on Friday, I had to go to the dentist! Ugggggghhhhhh! How I hate it! I had to get 3 fillings, at first I was scared to death of this and then I find out getting a filling is not painful, the only pain I felt was the slight pricking of them numbing my gums to do the filling. When I was going home, the entire right side of my face was completely numb, so it felt like I had a fat lip because my lip was numb, so was part of my nose, and almost the entire right side of my face! The numbness is finally gone, thank God! And also while there, I got the little gap in between my 2 front teeth fixed so it looks not so stupid and not so big you could drive a Mack truck through.

On Saturday, we did a little Christmas shopping. I, of course, have not been able to start on mine because I have not been able to find what I'm looking for, and then all of a sudden, my step dad says forget about the CD of Def Leppard and just get him some new PJ's, he says he needs them, and he told me that if I can find some with anything pool table related on them, get them! So I am, however, everyone else in my family is already almost done with their shopping. And also, I've been on an obsessive hunt for a job and when I was checking my email, I received one from a Macy's store in Kenwood Township. It was for a Seasonal holiday Retail Associate, basically doing little grunt work around the store, helping fellow employees, the basic general rundown of that basically. Well, I'm going for it, because I don't know if I'm gonna find work closer to home, I mean, the only neighborhoods that might seem close to my new home is Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Kenwood, Western Hills. My step dad was kinda worried about me going for this job in Kenwood because he says it's kind of far from home, but I told him I'd go for it just to see what happens. Never hurts to try. And IDK, but I really have to wonder how Hyde Park in Ohio got it's name? My step dad seems to think it's because of the Hyde Park in London. Maybe it is.

On Sunday, we did a little more Christmas shopping. We went to Toys R Us in Western Hills to find it. God, I love this store. Nowadays, kids have all the cool toys! Besides, I was occupied trying to find this Disney Princess Mulan doll. She's my fave Disney Princess. One of my step dad's nephews, Nick, wants this big huge Nerf guns. If you don't know what these are, they are basically plastic guns that shoot foam darts with suction cups on the end or soft foam balls. He wants one called Alpha Trooper Blaster and when we found it, it looks like a Tommy Gun for crying out loud. And to add insult to injury, he also wants a snow blower. My mom said let his stupid rich grandparents get it for him, they're rich. So as u can see, my mom and my step dad's nephew's grandparents don't exactly see eye to eye. It's because Nick wants all the expensive stuff. And my mom and step dad also did a little shopping for me while I was in another part of the store. We also got Nick's brother Michael a couple video games. He's into all these war games, so we got him Call of Duty 3 and SOCOM: Army, at least I think that's it, idk. Wasn't paying much attention. So maybe during the week, I can go out and start my shopping finally, first my step dad. I love him dearly, but he's very difficult. I'm not sure where I'm going to find pajama pants with pool cues and pool balls on them in a large size.

Quirky Things About...Me!

Now, I'm pretty sure everyone has something about them that makes them stand out from the crowd. Whether it be a physical feature, an event that happened in their lives that somehow may have changed them, something they like or find interesting, doesn't matter. Everyone probably has something about them that makes them unique. Well, in my case, you know the old saying "1 in a million", well, I'm usually that 1 in a million. I'm the one who usually likes something if someone doesn't. But here are some probably quirky, random things about me.

-When I was a baby, I had once a month seizures. When I went to the doctor, one of the doctors there tried to convince my mom that I was mentally challenged. But then the head doctor there, a guy named Dr. Stein, told my mom that I had to have tubes put into my ears to drain some fluid in my ears. After that, the doctor who tried to get me labeled as mentally challenged was fired and I was walking and talking fine.

-I'm probably the first and only 21 year old girl to come right out and say that I think Mick Jagger is sexy at 68. Yeah, it probably shocks all who might read this that I find him attractive when others say he looks like 20 miles of bad, unpaved, cracked road and that Keith Richards looks worse for wear. But I like the music Mick makes with the Stones and I don't care if he's ugly, I like him. It doesn't matter with looks, if they got talent, sweet! But I think Mick looks really good for his age, I mean, most musicians may not be able to move around like he does at 68, but it looks like he has kept himself in good shape. I hope the Stones are around long enough for me to come see them. Because that's one thing I really want to do, is see The Stones play live, he is kinda cute when he's prancing around on stage singing You got Me Rocking. Besides, I think he's cute, I think he's got a cute accent.

-I seriously was born in the wrong decade. My mom says that I should have been born in the 1960s, and I will admit that there is something about the 60s that just fascinates me to no end. IDK what it is, maybe it's the music, the clothes, the pop culture in general, or just the fact that it seems so much easier in this decade, alot less to worry about, and it seems so much more calm and relaxed, unless that's the marijuana that speaks for the people being relaxed.

-I'm a total coffee nut! I can't start my day out right without at least one cup of coffee.

-For some reason, most of the TV I watch seems to be from the UK. IDK why this is, but it does seem like England has a natural knack for making good TV. My Family, Top Gear, Mr. Bean, Primeval, Law and Order:UK I've also been watching recently. I'm still trying to get used to England having a version of Law and Order, and I must say that it is certainly different than the one here in the States, but it's so cool seeing them go to different locations throughout London. Those are some of my fave British TV shows. What really burns me up is when America thinks they can make it better by Americanizing it. Nothing against it, I'm proud to be American, but there are some things that America just needs to leave alone, like TV. Just because people in America think they can improve on something, does not mean it will be good. They Americanized Top Gear- booooooooo!!!!! I like the British one better, because on the American one, it seems they are trying to reenact the comedic, car-genius and car knowledge talents of Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. Also, on American Primeval, yawn! BBC Primeval- woo-hoo!!! yay!!!! I like the British version, idk why, but the British accents on the people on that show just make it all the more cool. And as far as my pointless little opinion goes, America needs to stop Americanizing good British TV. Leave it alone, sheesh!!!

-At times, people will think I have ADHD because I'm rather chatty and seem high wired, as if I was high on caffeine. I assure you, I'm not ADHD, and I'm not high wired on caffeine. I'm always like this, I always seem high on caffeine.

-For some reason, sometimes I will have these random thoughts floating through my head and I don't know how they got there in the first place.

Now, if there's anything quirky or unique about yourself, feel free to comment on this and say what it is. I love to learn cool stuff about others. I love to hear others talk about themselves because you can learn alot about a person from hearing what they talk about. You can learn how they dress, what kind of clothes they may like, what they listen to, what they watch on TV, etc. I love love love love love learning little cool things about people.