SOPA and PIPA annoy me.

Okay, so we have this another big, looming bill. Like the last one that tried to take away our games and censor a strong part of out media, this one extends to the Internet and dropping big sites that do reviewer content and the like.

This should be stopped. I have no issue with that, and am also writing an article about this thing to send into the other blog I write for. However, this is also a flagrant misuse of the Constitution and violates Free Speech and Expression which are amendments in that document. The chance of this getting past of known rights strikes me as very low and more than a little impossible.

And its not like I haven't done my part to fight against it either. I'm just not exactly thinking that this has really any chance of getting past the Supreme Court, even if it somehow gets past Congress. It would be stomped down as unconstitutional with a simple bat of an eye.

What's the Point? (Platform?)

So, why is this blog-or any blog-important for professional writing, exactly? I don't really get it; Blogs and Social Networks are primarily social mediums which have no bearing on what I want to write or how I wish to write about that specific subject, being Asperger's Syndrome and Autism.

I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't think that a developmentally-disabled person would have much interest in the social networks, and I do see why. Even considering that they are efficient? I would much rather talk with a person either through messenger or in real life/over the phone. Is there something wrong with that line of thinking?

Really, I don't see how Social Networks or lack thereof in the writer means I won't be considered as a good agent for my work.

New Finds on the internet.

One a little fun, and one a little more serious to catch our collective eye.

Let's get the fun one out of the way first: Good Old Games.


Playing older games and sometimes new ones at a discounted price on my laptop? No DRM on these games which made them inaccessible and annoying before? Sign me up. I already have Heroes of Might and Magic 3, and I will be back for more. Make no mistake about that.

The more serious one is a Cracked Article; sure its a comedic one, but I want everyone to read it fairly...see if it applies. It may not be the case for humanity, but it does open some eyes in my opinon.

Here you go. Think it over. I'll be seeing Thor tomarrow if all goes well...now back to ponies, the Armageddon as told by a very exact witch, and some numbskull child in the body of a 30-year old writer who helps the cops.

Random Stuff I've Been Linked Too (Part 2)

I know I've done this before, since I've checked, and now I'm doing it again. It was two posts ago which brought my unfathomable rage eariler, so let's see what can give me unbridled joy....just without all the death.

First, I'm still watching White Collar. This is one of the best shows-alongside the generous opinion and outward awesome that is Burn Notice-with some of the best character development I've seen in a long time for men and women involved. No one is a liability, everyone has their awesome, funny,and incredibly heartwarming moments which are easy to spot, and it depicts a relationship between rivals that I haven't seen before in such a capacity..ever.

Now, while I'm getting ready to watch this show again and I'm doing some research, I get linked to this lovely little blog post.

Let me break it down for you: The male cultural perception is incredibly broken. We're supposed to be strong, unfeeling types who simply cast off to greatness because we can feel good about having those weak, piddling emotions and understandings to hold us back.

This is wrong. We need to be able to express and not be ashamed for it. We need to be able to say that we're men because we're human beings-just as women should-and the world would be better for it.

This was to be my response post for Ms.Kesler, but I couldn't get it on there somehow. I was impressed with her feature and felt the need to congratulate:

'Thank you for this feature and your feelings upon it. I agree with your analysis and idea of feminism wholeheartedly. The perception of the male cultural stigma pervading other men has gone on far enough. It has been said best by many others and it shall be repeated here: The Patriarchy Hurts Men Too.

What I found particularly drawing about Fight Club as a movie was not only the Mental Illness angle perpetuating the idea of a culturally-supermale society, but also the complete and total persecution of lesser males-and females by the second half-for being incapable of reaching their goals. One of the many reason the 'Calvin and Hobbes' theory was postulated was that Jack (In this situation, Calvin) was someone who completely saw fantasy as an escape towards a society where he was a superman who could do literally anything he set his mind to. Tyler (being Hobbes) facilitated that need and gave Jack everything he ever desired all with the context of a completely fabricated pseudo-reality.

When he gets thrown into reality once more, where does Jack stand? A normal human being without that world to reside within, but also a free man who cast off the shackles.'

Take that to the bank.

I am a Man...

And I watch a lovely little cartoon called "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic."



No. I'm completely serious. This is probably one of the funniest new animations I've seen in recent memory outside Adventure Time with Finn and Jake and Regular Show. This little gem was developed and produced by Lauren Faust, an artist and animator well known for her work on Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends alongside her husband, Craig McCracken. Her work clearly takes inspiration from other sources and the initial commercial roots of the original Hasbro franchise, but it goes beyond that altogether (and far beyond the Memes, let me tell you) in order to become something wholly original. The main characters are exceptionally well-defined as females in almost every archetypal role possible for a protagonist with visible motivations and flaws, the animation is flawless and the comedy-while sometimes gendered because of their primary demographic-is side-splitting.

I was introduced to this series by people on Skype, and as with nearly everything I'm recommended to see, I was skeptical not only by the nature of the story by the title and what people had said, but also because of MLP's history. The original "My Little Pony and Friends" was I show I watched with rose-tinted glasses back in my childhood years. The rotating cast and conventional "pink, pretty and hooved" mentality was bought in for girls, but there wasn't really any conflicting storylines with depth; it was meant to be marketable and we were dumb children. Who were we to care?

Also, for the record-since I don't want this brought up here: I am a heterosexual and a man, and I am proud of being such. I watch this show because I am a fan of a good storyline. Despite the demographic or lack thereof, I watch this series because I found something well-made to be entertained by, and I will continue to do so.

But this Pony show blew my mind just in the pilot. Cutsey names, but with strong humor. Traditional lessons for children, but presented without pandering. Action and conflict without dumbing down to the primary demographic without glorifying or detracting from narrative tropes. And the potential for something greater waiting in the wings in an arc storyline of magic, friendship and harmony. I am as hooked to this as I am hooked to Burn Notice, White Collar, and the Friday Action Block plus One on Cartoon Network.

And one of the reasons I'm hooked to this series is the fact that the author is defending her own work in the greatest Take That I think I've seen in media thus far. Kathleen Richter, an graduate from the University from California and an outspoken feminist on Ms.Blog, decided to deride the show for not displaying values to girls that spoke to things outside the pony-girl-princess archetype, as well what she claimed as 'pony racism.' Lauren Faust responded...and did she ever respond.

I think I can say this with absolute honesty and without a shred of doubt or misplaced conviction:

YOU GO GIRL! WHOOOOOOOOO!