Check Out My YouTube!

So I now have a YouTube channel, at Sean Duff. So check it out. Because I'm going to use my YouTube channel primarily for things I would ordinarily say on this blog, I probably won't post here anymore. My other blog, Tales From Mirkwood, will still be posted...I'm not sure if regularly is the right word.

The One Thing Wrong With the Hunger Games and How It Could Have Been Fixed

Well, not one thing. There are several changes from the book that admittedly detract from how good it is, but the movie stands pretty good on it's own. There's only one thing I found actually bad in the plot.

Sometime in the third act, District 11 riots. Obviously District 11 riots in the books, but only after Katniss makes her gesture of defiance with the berries. In the movie it's after Rue dies, and sort of comes out of left field, because this sort of thing's been going on for a long time. Why riot now?

Earlier in the movie Seneca and President Snow have a conversation in which Snow says that they allow one Tribute to win as a sign of hope, which I thought didn't make sense. In the books it's all about pitting the Districts against each other, and that would have made more sense had they said it in the movie. Then, when Katniss mourns Rue's death, it would show the Districts that it's not each other that is the enemy, it is the Capitol. All it needed was one conversation rewritten, and it would have made sense. Instead, we get what seems like a minor plot hole.

Nerd rant over.

Attention Universe A

Ladies and Gentlemen, this is you Universes' landlord speaking. In one year this Universe is scheduled for demolition. The forms have been on display in the form of the Mayan calendar for over 500 years, so there's no reason to complain. Until the final day, you must vacate the premises. Also remember to:

• Lock up the Bermuda Triangle
• Notify your neighbors in Universe 1 that you will be away indefinitely
• Turn off all stars and proto-stars
• Return all matter to its pre-atomic state
• Place any dark matter into the black holes provided
• Be sure all protons and electrons fully entropy
• Return any dimensions you do not have any use for

Any remaining Time can be claimed back as Space, if you correctly fill in your Time Return Forms. If you have not been issued a Time Return Form, then this is an illusion caused by your limited dimensionality. Relax, and an authorized Time Collection Agent will be along to assist you.

I hope you enjoyed your stay in reality - God, Universe A Landlord.

The Knight and the Dragon

A knight rides up a hill towards a dragon's lair.

Knight: Vile dragon, prepare to meet thy death, for now I shall kill thee!
Dragon: Really? You're going to kill me?
Knight: Yes, I'm going to ride up that hill and stab you in the belly.
Dragon: Alright, just watch out for my garden.
Knight: What?
Dragon: My garden. Especially the tulips. I love tulips.
Knight: You garden?
Dragon: What, you've never had a hobby? Or do you always ride up mountains and threaten to kill people.
Knight: Only on weekends. Most of the time I prefer reading, or surfing the web.
Dragon: You are a very lazy knight, you know that?
Knight: You insult me! Prepare to meet THY DOOM!
Knight charges, Dragon roars.

The End

Ecosystem, Week 3

Here's a quick summary: it rained in Africa, and the lions are slowly recovering.
The trees have grown back in Siberia, but the caribou have left Alaska, so the wolves will have to find other food sources.
The Ankylosaurs were hit by a sickness, but this isn't doing any damage to the ecosystem.
It rained again in the field.

Finally, a new species appeared in the tide pool: kelp, which brings with it another kind of snail called an abalone.

I Have a Fortress!

This is Weathertop. My dad helped me make it.

This is how it looked when we assembled and painted it.

This is it with all the trimmings, and below is Weathertop in action.

U jelly?

The Facts are Enlightening

I've been kind of worried about my Facebook popularity, which is stupid. It just seems like certain people are only commenting on certain posts. So I decided to rant about it. Of course, my thought was that everyone was either not getting it or related to me. Or both. But to my surprise the facts checked out differently. Feast your eyes:

Out of 20 posts since May 2, I wrote:

6 about my personal life,
                 4 of which were from friends of family and 14 of which were from friends.
5 about current events,
                 5 of which were family, 7 of which were friends, and 2 of which didn't get it.
5 about wit/humor,
                 7 of which didn't get it and 3 were everyone else.
3 other,
                 3 of which were family, 3 of which were friends, and 2 of which didn't get it.
1 a movie quote,
                 All 8 of which were friends.
and 3 about this blog,
                 Which received no comments. At all.

So out of 58 comments, only 20% were family, and 18% were people who didn't get it.
Of course, 70 % of people didn't get my jokes. But really, there was also the fact that the majority of comments on my daily life was on about one post. Then again, when divided up it's about 2.3 comments per post.

So really I shouldn't be a whiner. There are plenty of people who still comment that aren't either related or lacking a sense of humor.

But then there's all the posts I deleted, that no one commented on...