يحكي مسلسل جيريكو عن قصة هجوم نووي علي الولايات المتحدة وقع علي 23 مدينة دفعة واحدة ادي ذلك لسقوط الولايات المتحدة وتفككها وانتشار العصابات وتدور الأحداث عن ما يفلعه أهل تلك المدينة الصغيرة في مواجهة سقوط دولتهم ... لن أطيل الحديث أكثر من هذا لأنني اقسم لو انخرطت في الأحداث لن تكفي هذه المدونة .. المسلسل رائع جداً ويجب بالفعل أن تشاهدة

ممكن تنزل السيزون الأول من هنا  أو من هنا لعشاق التورنت

This morning's reading has not been randomly selected as my readings usually are but follows on from those of the last two days. Those of you who regularly read these posts will know that I have been thinking about strongholds — those fortified places that the devil occupies in the world, in the church and (most particularly) in my own heart and mind — and about the way in which the Lord has provided for them to be demolished. And it was as I finished writing yesterday's post on "Spiritual Weapons" that the story of the Battle of Jericho came to mind.

Here was a stronghold indeed! Jericho was a fortressed city, and the problem was that, until the Children of Israel had taken Jericho, they could make no further progress into the land of promise; for Jericho controlled not only the fords across the Jordan but also the passes in the cliffs that gave access to the hill country. What a reminder that is to me of the importance of getting rid of strongholds wherever I encounter them. I need to remember that all strongholds are where they are by the devil's design. They are strategically occupied by the enemy to impede progress and hold back the purposes of God in my life and in the church and in the world. And I can take it as certain that wherever there is a stronghold — in my own life or elsewhere — things are not moving forward in the way that God wants them to move forward.

But how am I to demolish the strongholds I encounter. Jericho was a walled city that was "tightly shut up" so that God's people could not get at those within and could not conquer it ... or not by any human means. Yet I note that the first thing the Lord tells Joshua as he gazes at this impregnable fortress is: "I have delivered Jericho into your hands." I have delivered ... It is a reminder to me that, where there are strongholds, it is the Lord's role to demolishes them, not mine. I have a part to play, but it is not I who will bring the walls down; the Lord will. Or should I say, "the Lord has" for the Lord's words to Joshua put the conquest of Jericho in the past. So far as the Lord is concerned, the stronghold has already fallen.

The next thing I note is the complete absence of the use of human weaponry in the Lord's directions for the conquest. Yes, the "armed men" are to march round the walls but they are not to use their arms. The weapons here are the parading of the ark of the presence, the blowing of trumpets of ram's horns and the giving of a loud shout (later described as a "war cry" — Joshua 6.10). Looking back to 2 Corinthians 10.3-4 (see "Demolishing Strongholds" on 8 October), they are weapons "of the Spirit" as opposed to weapons "of the flesh" ... and they must have seemed a great foolishness to those who took them up and began to circle the stronghold with them in obedience to the Lord's command.

A final observation is that although trumpets were used in ancient Israel for signalling (as indeed, at the end of the seven days, they were used here), they were above all instruments of praise (2 Chronicles 5.13). And that is perhaps something which it is important for me to add to what I was telling myself yesterday about being filled with the Spirit. The Lord "inhabits the praises of Israel" (Psalm 22.3 KJV). Praise is the air that the Holy Spirit breathes. And he loves it when praise is the thing that fills my mouth and my heart. Indeed it is when I am full of praise that I find I am full of the Holy Spirit too.

Invoking the Beyond is a 7 part radio interview series of the Collins Brothers (Paul and Phillip) being interviewed by Vyzygoth on predictive programming in culture. Done in 2007.

I have added relevant pictures to the interviews and condensed them into a three part video series. This is part 2of3.

Topics include: Rosemary's Baby, Lucifer Rising, The Exorcist, Angel Heart, Invader's from Mars, Oedipus, Clear and Present Danger, The Prisoner, Dune, HG Wells - The World Set Free, The Atomic Bomb, Truman, Roosevelt, "The Yellow Peril", Billington - Fire in the Minds of Men, Minute Men, Lost, Jericho, The Stand, The Sum of All Fears, 1984, Brave New World, They Live, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, Edward Bellamy - Looking Backward, Theodor Adorno, Flash Gordon, Bertrand Russell, Robert A Heinlein, Floyd Gibbons - The Red Napoleon, Robespierre, Roosevelt's New Deal, HG Wells- The Shape of Things to Come, New World Order, Heinlein's - The Day After Tomorrow and Starship Troopers, AQ Khan

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If you are interested in obtaining the video in crisp quality then you could do through the corresponding bittorrent file, downloadable here.

But I haven't gone biking ever, until today!

Length: 11.3km. Time: 4:30-5:30pm.

The downhill from Marine Drive all the way to Jericho Beach was pretty wicked. I was going faster than my maximum peddle speed, and the bike started to shake. "One bump and that would be it for me," I thought.

And a road biker zoomed past me. The differential speed was at least 20 km/h. I felt I was going about 35-40km/h, so this dude was going close to 60km/h.

Biking on the sand is a different type of wicked fun. You feel like you're drunk. And any big turn will throw you off balance.

Weather today was gorgeous. At 12 degrees, I can't hope for better. Ok, maybe a little less windy would be nice.

Loads of memory at this place. Today I am only accompanied by my bike.

On the deck there was a couple dancing. I wish the seagulls were still dancing around them but I was too slow with my camera.

The bike back was totally insane. I didn't stop once when I climbed up 4th Ave from from Jericho to the forest, but I did get passed by an old dude and a girl.

In any event, UBC after exercise always seems very different. Very refreshed.

Bottom line: Everyone should try jogging or biking for an hour on campus :)

-So, we kick off RAW with an actual shock: they didn’t actually have Jericho drop the belt to Ol’ Man Hickenbottom!  I swear I smelt that title change coming a mile away, but I like it when I’m wrong, sometimes.  Anyway, Jericho is DONE with Shawn forever.  FOR. EV.  ER.  He’s also GM for tonight, because Adamle has an EMERGENCY MEETING with Vince’s spawn.  Batista comes out, growls a little, and the attacks Jericho…

-HOWEVER, Batista forgot that Jericho is TEH BOSS tonight, so he gets to put his Number One contendership on the line against Breastshaw tonight.  Oh yay, that shall be a very technical encounter.

-Our first match of the evening… lasts like three seconds.  Beth Phoenix and Eurotrash Superstar (with cheap heat t-shirt) beat Team Virginia (Mickie and Jamie are actually a natural pairing), with King William Regal and Queen Layla, Duchess of Vapid Skankendom presiding.  After the bell, His Highness and Jamie go at it, and I just realize that this feud has historical analogy here, a Virginian picking a fight with an Evil British King.

-Blame John Adams for that last one.

-Backstage, the sad, weather-beaten, leathery face of Shawn Michaels is giving one of the most awkward promos of his career with Nadd Grisham.  I know they were trying for “emotionally charged,” but it came off as “Middle-aged Crazy.”

-For a short match (at least it broke 2 minutes…), Kofi Kingston vs. Ted Dibiase Jr. was pretty decent.  The fans in attendance were certainly digging it.  All involved in this match (Kofi, CM Punk, Ted, Cody Rhodes and Afa Jr.) are one of the FEW things that make me look forward to the future of WWE.

-Backstage, Jericho is having a conversation with… OMG IT’S RANDY ORTON ON TV, AND NOT IN A CAPACITY WHERE HE’S RUNNING DOWN SOMEONE.  The Evil Heels are Scheming Evilly.

-HEY YOU!  Remember John Cena?  SURE YOU DO!  White guy, wrestled in jean shorts, hero to millions of 13 year olds everywhere?  Well, here’s a kind of unnecessary video package about how he got injured, just in case you forgot about Poochie.  I mean, John Cena.

-MONSTAR AND MONSTAR Inc. (CEO: Tony Atlas-MONSTAR) are having a MONSTAR conversation, when some white guy with horrible bleached hair stops by.  Dolph?  That’s actually a name parents give their children?  I thought Braden Walker was terrible.  Anyway, Dolph tries to make friends with the MONSTARS, but Kane and Henry are not digging it.  Then he tries to make friends with Tony Atlas, and he’s all “NUH UH, I DON’THINK SO, GIRL-FREN.”

-MONSTAR AND MONSTAR Inc. vs. Rey Mysterio and his Smark-Approved Friend of the Week (Matt Hardy)... actually didn’t suck, surprisingly.  It definitely wasn’t match of the year, but it was a good TV match.  Then again, they actually gave it time to develop and all.

-This Thursday, some big match on Smackdown that I probably won’t watch.

-WWE 24/7 CLASSICS ON DEMAND PREMIUM PPV CHANNEL FOR WRESTLING FANS WHO LIKE OLD WRESTLING Presents:  Kane Tombstoning Pete Rose, back when it was socially acceptable to watch pro wrestling.  Man, the decade has NOT been kind to Kane.

-Speaking of people whom the past decade has not been kind to, here’s Shawn Michaels!  Lance Cade vs. Shawn Michaels was a garbage match, which ends with Shawn beating the piss out of Cade with a chair for the win.  At least they didn’t have Cade kick out after the 70 billion chairshots!

-COMMERCIAL: HELL IN A CELL DVD SET!  INCLUDING ALL YOUR FAVOURITE HELL IN A CELL PARTICIPANTS!  STONE COLD!!  THE ROCK!!  SHAWN MICHAELS!!  TRIPLE H!!  RANDY ORTON!!  THE UNDERTAKER!!  KANE!! RIKISHI FATU!!  THE BIG BOSSMAN!  AND REFEREE TIM WHITE!!!!

-…What’s that?  No, never heard of Mick Foley.

-Back from break, our first CyberSunday match is booked!  Eurotrash Superstar will put the Intercontinental Championship on the line (I think) against Roddy Piper, Goldust, or The Honky Tonk Man!

-Also, making voting exclusively to cell phone users in the United States and charging a buck for it?  The fuck, WWE?

-So yeah, that Johnny Knoxville-TALL Khali interview thing?  TOTAL FUCKING WORK.  It couldn’t be any more obvious, even if they bordered the screen with “THIS IS NOT REAL, YOU ARE WATCHING A SCRIPTED ARGUMENT.”  TALL Khali hosting the Kiss Cam was funny, only because of the TALL Khali screaming Punjabi at random people as they kissed on national TV.  The downside of all this?  I think the TALL Khali is back on RAW.  FUCK.

-Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall was fucking PANDEMODIUM, what with Mizorrison and In Living Color 2008 yelling at each other over the headsets.  Which, honestly, saved this segment, because the match was TERRIBLE.  I even heard the “WE WANT PUPPIES” chant, that I thought died 4 years ago.

-In part Two of REMEMBER JOHN CENA! DO IT NOW!!,  WWE guys reminisce about the time John Cena went to go hang out with people backstage at RAW just after neck surgery.  AMERICAN HERO!!

-And for our Main Event, it’s Batista vs. Breast Shaw, with Jericho as our EVIL Guest Referee.  And William Regal as our EVIL timekeeper.  And Randy Orton as our EVIL guest commentator.  And Snitsky as our EVIL head of security.  And Jimmy Snuka Jr. as our EVIL popcorn vendor.  You get the point.  So, anyway, despite the entire ring being surrounded by HEELDOM, Batista wins after the surprise return of Mike Adamle sends a normal ref down for the three count.  You think that’s all, but NO!  Adamle books Jericho/Batista at CyberSunday, in a match with a GUEST REFEREE!  Your choices are Randy Orton (BOO!  BAD GUY!), Shawn Michaels (polite applause), and Stone Cold (OMG I REMEMBER HIM!!  HE DRINKS BEER AND LIKES TO TALK ON MICROPHONES!!!).

All in all, this show was decent.   It wasn’t terrible, or bad, or even blah.  It was actually somewhat entertaining.  Then again, I was going in with low expectations anyway.  We shall see what next week brings.

-END.

Assisti o No Mercy e como eu esperava a melhor luta foi a de Chris Jericho vs Shawn Michaels muito emocionante. Chris Jericho chegou a quebrar um dos dentes logo no começo da luta. Achei que Shawn Michaels fosse ganhar, mas Chris manteve o título. Adorei.

Vi também Triple H vs Jeff Hardy. Já esperava que o Triple H fosse ganahr mesmo e confesso que assisti essa luta mais pele expectativa que o Edge aparece e roubasse o título. Mas gostei bastante. As outra lutas confesso que não me interessei muito em ver e verei mais tarde.

OBS: A foto de Chris Jericho foi editada por mim.

Last night at WWE No Mercy, Chris Jericho, World Heavyweight Champion, came out the victor in the ladder match between him and Shawn Michaels. The match began right from the bell, and was arguable the match of the night. Possibly a match of the year candidate. Jericho took some pretty stiff shots with the ladder early in the match, which busted him open. Within the closing minutes, Jericho, who's face could only be described as "Chris Benoits", climbed the ladder on one leg. When he got to the top, Michaels met him in a tug of war with the belt. In the end, Lance Cade came out to help Jericho get the advantage. "Toothless Aggression" indeed. A terrific match to end a pay-per-view that saw no title changes, but was worth it non the less.

Hey@all,

in der letzten Nacht ging im Rose Garden - Portland, Oregon der nächste WWE Pay Per View mit dem Namen „No Mercy"  über die Bühne.  Eines kann ich schon mal vorweg nehmen. Es war für mich persöhnlich bisher der schlechteste Pay Per View in diesem Jahr. Heute bewerte ich mal nicht so nett wie sonst,  heute möchte ich meinen Frust mal freien Lauf lassen.

1. ECW Championship
Matt Hardy (c) besiegte Mark Henry (w/ Tony Atlas) nachdem Twist of Fate

Da ging es schon los mit dem TV Match, ach nee, es war ja ein PPV. Es war stinknormal, es hatte für mich nur eine richtig gute Aktion von Matt Hardy und das war der Side Effect gegen Mark Henry. Das Finish war eh klar, Twist of Fate out of nowhere und pin... Ende. Sorry, aber das war garnichts...

Bewertung: 3,5 von 10 Punkten

2. WWE Women´s Championship

Hier wurde es schon besser, aber auch nicht richtig gut. Das Match war zu kurz. Die Titelverteidigung ist ok, ich freue mich auch mehr Matches der beiden gegeneinander. Es fehlten einfach ein paar spotlights. Beim nächsten Mal bitte mehr Zeit.

Bewertung: 6,0 von 10 Punkten

3. Rey Mysterio besiegte Kane durch DQ

Auch hier gab es nichts besonderes. Das Match war Standard, nicht mehr und nicht weniger. Für mich ist das ganz ehrlich eines PPV unwürdig. Am Ende gab es einen DQ Sieg für Rey Mysterio. Morgen bei RAW geht's damit dann leider weiter.

Bewertung: 4,5 von 10 Punkten

4. Match #1 Contender's Match
Batista besiegte JBL nach der Batista Bomb

Willkommen zum schlechtesten Match des Abends. Es war einfach nur kurz und einfach nur schlecht. Batista gewinnt in nur wenigen Minuten und JBL sieht einfach nur blöd aus. Sorry, dass ging gar nicht.

Bewertung: 1,5 von 10 Punkten

5. Match The Big Show besiegte The Undertaker via Knockout

Weiter ging die Reise durch den No Mercy PPV. Es wurde leider nicht besser. Big Show schlägt den Taker mit wenigen Schlägen KO. Sicherlich... ich habe schon viele Matches des Takers gesehen, so, dass das echt ein Witz ist.

Bewertung: 2,5 von 10 Punkten

6. Match WWE Championship
Triple H (c) besiegte Jeff Hardy via Crucifix

Willkommen zu No Mercy, endlich gehts los mit einem ordentlichen Match. Beide harmonieren gut miteinander und es kam Spannung auf. Das Match war sehr intensiv und es hat einfach alles gepasst. Das Finish fand ich sehr gut und auch realistisch. Das zweit beste Match des Abends. Nun warten Vladimir Kozlov auf Triple H.

Bewertung: 8,5 von 10 Punkten

7. Match WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Ladder Match
Chris Jericho (c) besiegte Shawn Michaels

Das beste Match des Abends war wie erwartet der Main Event. Hier gab es viel Aktion und viele sportlights zu sehen. Nach vielen Matches gegeneinander passte das Ladder Match sehr gut in diese Fehde. Ein bisschen Abwechslung kommt immer gut an, gerade bei den Fans. Das Finish war auch gut, da es sehr spannend wurde. Am Ende gab es kein Titelwechsel was auch völlig ok ist. Nun wartet mit Batista ein neuer Herausforderer auf Jericho.

Bewertung: 9,0 von 10 Punkten

Das war also No Mercy. Die letzten beiden Matches waren gut bis sehr gut. Das Diven Match war ein bisschen kurz, sonst aber sehr ansehnlich. Die Promo mit Priceless, Orton, sowie MVP und Punk bzw. Kingston war sehr gut. Der Rest war wirklich eines Pay Per Views nicht würdig.

Gerne könnt ihr in den comments eure Meinung sagen. Bin auf Kritik sehr gespannt.

Bis dann

Geschrieben von Florian Hellmuth

]]> http://buckdiddy.wordpress.com/?p=131 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:13:32 +0000 buckdiddy http://buckdiddy.com/2008/10/06/no-mercy-epic-win/
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Tonight was WWE's No Mercy and we had on tap what was a potential stellar card. And what did we get? A STELLAR EPIC CARD!!! Read on for my analysis.

ECW Title
Mark Henry v. Matt Hardy (c)
- This match opened up the show and boy is Matt Hardy over. The crowd was hot for this and great psychology was put into this bout as well. Henry isn't the greatest wrestler but when put in there with a great wrestler you get a fairly decent match. The ending was hot as psychology came into play and Hardy won with the Twist of Fate. 2.1/5

WWE's Womens' Championship
Candice Michelle v. Beth Pheonix (c) w/ Santino Marella
- This was your typical women match. Candice Michelle is still rusty, very rusty. She missed a leg drop like 30 seconds into the match. The only good thing was Santino and that was minimum. Beth wins. 0.5/

Rey Mysterio v. Kane
- This was an iffy one going in as Kane is suspect to glide through some matches. But this was all kinds of awesome as Kane, when he is interested in his storyline, can put in some good big man performances. Rey Rey clearly took a nasty shot at the end and most likely got a concussion and/or more. Hopefully he will be okay as these two put on a good match. 3.2/5

Backstage Antics meet In-Ring Antics
- After this match we go backstage where MVP wants to talk to Vickie but Big Show doesn't let him. So he comes out to the ring and spouts off he is the bestest in the bidness. Out comes Orton to stake his claim as the bestest. Out comes The 3rd Generation (Rhodes, Dibiase, MANU) to say Orton is a buttpirate. Orton claims until they do something he is not listening to them. MVP gets shunned by The 3rd Generation and leaves. CM Punk and Kofi come out and convince MVP to join the brawl. THEY RUN!!! MVP slides in alone and takes a beating until CM and Kofi clean house. It was good and gave PPV time to a great feud brewing. 3/5

#1 Contendorship for the World Heavyweight Title
JBL v. Batista
- SQUASH!!! It clearly was an elongated squash but hey, Batista is money and they needed him on here, right? Anyways, the best stuff happened after the match where JBL thanked the fans for their money they will paying for him to be rich via the bailout. Then as he was done talking, Cryme Tyme came on the screen and jacked his limo. They had the divas and SGT. SLAUGHTER with them which was awesome. Match was nothing, segment was 3/5

Undertaker v. Big Show
- The 1,000,000th time they face off but this was pretty good. Alot better than their other affairs. I guess they are playing up Show can knock a mofo out. Show victory...YAY!!! 2.5/5

WWE Championship Match
Jeff Hardy v. Triple H (c)
- What a great match but that was expected. I don't think Hardy should have went over as it didn't happen but this was his way to prove that he does deserve a title reign. I think he'll get himself another shot after Trips loses the strap. Also, great finish. I thought Hardy had it and I was about to jump out of my seat. 4.3/5

World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match
Shawn Michaels v. Chris Jericho (c)
- Talk about an awesome match. Great way to end one of the greatest feuds of the 2000s. They went out of their way to match an awesome spectacle of the ladder with minimum add-ons. That bump Jericho took from the huge ladder was sick, sick, SICK!!! Both men busted each other up and the battle for the title at the end was brand new and inventive and I thought HBK had it. Jericho's jump off the ladder at the end cracked his tooth it looked like. Hopefully he will use that tomorrow for a promo. EPIC!!! 5/5

Overall this was just a great show. Everyone gave their best and in the end provided one of the best PPVs of the year.

LIVE tonight from Portland, Oregon is the 11th edition of WWE No Mercy! Two heavily hyped match will main event tonight. World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho will face off against Shawn Michaels in a Ladder Match. Being that Shawn Michaels defined the later match, one has to wonder if Jericho's luck will run out tonight. Also one match that everyone will have their eyes on tonight is WWE Champion Triple H VS Jeff Hardy. Jeff Hardy has been dying to get to that top spot for so long, and tonight it could be his last chance. But be aware of Vladimir Kozlov, as he might spoil Jeff's moment.

Top-Serien (weiterhin erlaubt und wichtig)

• Lost
• Entourage
• Dexter
• Life
• Battlestar Galactica
• Dr. Who
• South Park
• Real Time with Bill Maher

Die nächsten paar habe ich ebenfalls lieb gewonnen :-) und werde sie deshalb weiterhin verfolgen, allerdings mit weniger Priorität, sporadisch und nicht mehr sofort:

• Heroes
• House
• Chuck
• Scrubs
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• 30 Rock
• The Big Bang Theory
• Family Guy
• Extras
• Nip/Tuck

Serien, die ich bisher verfolgt habe, die aber nicht wichtig sind. Eventuell, falls mir mal extrem langweilig sein sollte könnte es passieren, dass ich mir mal eine Folge anschauen werde, aber nur um nicht vor Langeweile zu sterben:

• The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• How I Met Your Mother
• The Simpsons
• Reaper
• Raising The Bar
• In Plain Sight
• Torchwood
• My Name Is Earl
• Little Britain
• Shark
• Two And A Half Men
• Smallville
• Californication
• How Not To Live Your Life

Die nächste und letze Runde von Serien werden gestrichen, ersatzlos, Nulldiät. Unterhaltsam auf Ihre Weise aber schlicht und einfach nicht gut genug (-Sonderveto für Stewart und Colbert- aber nur bei besonders besonderen und noch besondereren Episoden):

• Knight Rider 2008
• American Dad
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• The Colbert Report
• Greek
• Do Not Disturb
• Mad TV
• Saturday Night Live
• Secret Diary Of A Callgirl
• 90210
• Monk
• Psych
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Flight Of The Conchords
• Gossip Girl
• Eureka
• The Riches
• alle anderen die mir gerade nicht einfallen, die es aber gibt..

Ist doch eine recht ansehnliche Liste geworden. Um Euch zu veranschaulichen wie extrem besessen ich wohl bin: Das sind nur die Shows die zurzeit laufen oder gerade im Break sind!

Ich möchte diese Liste aber nicht beenden ohne noch eine kleine Liste meiner Past Favorites anzuhängen, Serien die ich, wären sie nicht bereits vorbei jederzeit wieder in meine Top nehmen würde:

• Serenity
• The West Wing
• Seinfeld
• Jericho
• Arrested Development
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Das also der Plan. Stop wasting time! Kommentare willkommen, wenn um Links oder Kurzbeschreibung gebeten wird, werde ich die gerne nachliefern. 18 Favoriten, 31 gestrichen. Nicht schlecht.

Best regards, Mario

Jericho: better than you'd think (or than reviewers would have you think). The combat is fun so far, the graphics are pretty good at rendering what's going on (people apparently hated the graphics... why?), and the story is actually quite interesting if you ask me. The dialogue does sometimes veer into the bad area (mostly when people use the word "fuck" more than 2 times in a sentence), but it actually complements the story quite well, I think. This relates to some thoughts I had while watching Aliens last night. Aside from the fact that each time I see that movie it blows me away a little more, it made me realize something about video game writing. about 75% of the video games I've played have stolen shit from Aliens. The mood, dialogue, characters, scenes, everything. But I realized why most games always fuck up that theft... More later, must talk about Myst 3 now.

It's dated looking (obviously), and the gameplay is as traditional as ever, with a fiew interesting developments here an ther. It's still better than any other Myst rip-off floating around out there these days, and I haven't even heard Brad Douriff speak yet! Plus I'm still stuck on the island with colored looking glasses. I'm going to go play more Jericho, late.

Jack's parents left at the beginning of the month for a two month vacation. They like to drag their camper around continental North America. Anyway, 12 years ago this week after promising them that there was no possible way this baby was going to be born that weekend and yes, by all means go on your long weekend vacation 4 hours away, I totally had the baby right as they reached their destination and they had to turn around and drive back. They didn't even stop to use the bathroom. So, it only seems to fit the pattern that right as they crossed the United States/Canadian border Great Grandma Bossypants had to be taken to the hospital with a pinched nerve behind her ear which resulted in the doctors finding out that she 1) has pneumonia and 2) a hole in her heart that requires surgery.  It's (the surgery) serious, but not as serious as it sounds. She's fine and bossy and her real concern (that pain in behind her ear) has been fixed, but when your mother's 92 and talking about surgery, you sort of turn around and start the long trip home immediately.  Poor them. One day they'll get their vacation, uninterrupted.

Also, unrelated to Great Grandma Bossypants, to prove what a sci-fi nerd I am I kept telling my in-laws that when they got to Nova Scotia they had to go to New Bern.  I have a friend from New Bern and the pictures she showed me were beautiful!! They're gonna love New Bern with its aged, picturesque buildings, seaside quaintness!!  Yeah. I kind of meant Cape Breton. Turns out New Bern is a fictional town in Kansas that somehow escaped the total devastation of a nuclear attack and fought against the town of Jericho  which also escaped total nuclear annihilation and was mayored by Delta Burke's husband and run by his two sons Skeeter Ulrich and some guy I've never heard of before but looks a little bit like James VanDerforehead.  I really need to compartmentalize my sci-fi world better.

Bumisita ang PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) sa first day shooting ng One True Love ng GMA Films at Regal Entertainment kahapon, September 24. Pagkatapos ng tsikahan sa dalawang female leads ng pelikula na sina Marian at Iza, habang hinihintay ang pagbabalik ni Dingdong mula sa doktor, nabanggit namin kay Marian na interesado ang Kapamilya actor na si John Lloyd Cruz na makatambal siya.

Naibalita—ngunit pinabulaanan ng parehong kampo—na si John Lloyd ang ni-request ng Regal Entertainment sa Star Cinema kapalit ng hindi na pagpigil kay Angel Locsin sa kanyang unang pelikula para sa film arm ng ABS-CBN opposite Piolo Pascual.

Sa presscon ni John Lloyd para sa kanyang Maaalala Mo Kaya episode na ipinalabas noong nakaraang Sabado, September 20, sinabi niya na interesado siyang makatambal si Marian given the chance.

"Ako rin," sabi naman ni Marian sa set ng One True Love. "Siyempre, exciting yung makasama mo ang ibang artista na hindi mo katrabaho sa TV. Si John Lloyd, ever since, gusto ko talagang maka-partner."

Maging si Iza man ay gusto ring makatrabaho si John Lloyd, pati na si Jericho Rosales.

"Magaling kasi si John Lloyd, may lalim umarte," sabi ni Iza.

Si Piolo naman ay nakasama na raw kasi ni Iza sa isang pelikula, ang Milan, although "that was just two days work." Kaya si Echo ang second choice niyang makasama.

Idinagdag naman ni Marian ang pangalan ni Piolo sa gusto niyang makapreha na taga-ABS-CBN.

Nagkasama na rin daw sina Marian at Piolo, pero sa isang print ad lang. May isang ikinuwento si Marian na wala pang nakakaalam. Ayon sa kanya, nagkasama na raw sila ni Piolo sa isang dinner ngunit may kasama pa silang iba.

"Nasa Subic kami noon, shooting [ng Dyesebel]. ‘Tapos tinawagan ni Piolo si Direk Joyce [Bernal] na nasa paligid lang daw sila, baka gusto nitong mag-dinner. Sabi ni Direk, kung puwede kaming isama ni Dong, okay daw. Pagdating namin doon, nandoon din sina Erik Santos at Mark Bautista. Ang ganda ng bonding, di ba?" masayang kuwento ni Marian.

Primeiro de tudo:
60º Emmy = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Foi o mais previsível que me lembro de ter visto. Fora que o Emmy tem dado trela demais para realities (o que também = zzzzzz, na minha opinião). Mas devo admitir que uma das poucas piadas boas da noite foi a apresentação do prêmio de melhor host de reality show. Ah, a diferenciação de comédia e drama também foi ótima!)

Heroes: 3x01 e 3x02 = falaram tão mal que rolou uma preguiça de assistir... só fui ver hoje, sábado, quase uma semana depois de ir ao ar. De fato, como um amigo resumiu no twitter, eles escrevem Heroes com a bunda (pode falar bunda no wordpress?). Mas não sei se é porque tava esperando o PIOR, algo como uma mistura daquela série The Tick com Jericho, não sofri tanto com a experiência, all in all. Claro que ainda me pergunto porque raios eu assisto aquela coisa... mas não consigo desistir, preciso saber como raios a Claire vai virar a Lara Croft no futuro (aquela primeira cena me fez ficar com vontade de desistir de ver o resto), o Jess Mariano conseguindo aquela cicatriz (ou será que essa parte eles já mostraram...? Menino, eu não tô é entendendo mais nada dessa série, viu). E, o mais importante de tudo, enquanto não sai o tal filme de Veronica Mars, isso é o mais perto que vou chegar de ver V em ação ao lado de Weevil again! OMG, que surpresa. Tipo assim, só eu não sabia?! Comecei a surtar aqui! Francis Capra em Heroes! Quando me deparei com Weevil tentando ajudar Veronica, comecei a achar que também adquiri poderes depois de ver 80 minutos do nossos X-Men televisivos e voltei pro passado. Entrei no túnel do tempo diretamente pra CW de 2006, na época em que a alta sociedade de Nova York era irrelevante pra Kristen Bell e o que importava mesmo era fazer justiça em Neptune! Enfim, aposto que foi very cool pra todos os fãs de VM, apesar de muito rápido.

Agora, uma confissão... a cena do Mohinder sem camisa e subindo pelas paredes - literalmente! - valeu os outros 78 minutos pensando "WTF"! Como diria a Sra. SeMata, mebabei toda. Claro que depois que a pele dele começa a derreter não é tão bacana assim... Tá, foi mal, não me xinguem pelo momento Samantha Jones. Pronto, passou.

(Misturei Gilmore Girls, Gossip girl, Veronica Mars, Sex and the City, Tomb Raider, Jericho e The Tck, sendo que minha idéia era fazer um resumo rápido do que achei dos dois primeiros episódios de Heroes. Eu não consigo entender como minha mente funciona.)

How I Met Your Mother = como me alonguei demais no Heroes, vou ser rápida e usar a expressão do novo (ou ex-novo) Barney Stinson no episódio: achei DE... wait for it... LIGHTFUL! Tava com uma saudade deles que parece que revi amigos de longa data. Ainda mais que no dia anterior eu vi Forgetting Sarah Marshall e tava precisando ver o Marshall sem ser num shot de nu frontal. (duh, agora que me toquei que rolou essa homenagem com o nome Marshall.)

Two and a Half Men = foi fraquinho. But then again, eu acho a série toda fraquinha, eu só vejo pq eu sou doente. Mas episódio me irritou, pq além de fraquinho, eles copiaram toda a história do Ross e do Joey com a camisinha em Friends quando a Rachel descobre que está grávida. Eu ia copiar os diálogos gêmeos aqui, mas se abro dois sites ao mesmo tempo meu PC trava. E é bom que aí não spoilerizo mais ainda.

Old Christine e Big Bang Theory = foi fraquinho. But then again, eu acho a série toda fraquinha, eu só vejo pq eu sou doente. Ops, já falei isso. Foi divertido, a Christine e a Barb se casando and making a mockery out of gay marriage foi diferente do que eu esperaria, saiu das piadas que a gente sempre espera da série. BBT foi tão irrelevante que não consigo pensar em nada de especial pra dizer. Mesmo porque uma semana e 15 15 episódios das mais varias séries (sim, eu contei) depois já estou misturando uma 20-minute-predictable-comedy-storyline com a outra).

Outras notícias da semana = Sarah Michelle Guellar vai voltar pra tv. Olha só, quem diria. A carreira dela no cinema tava indo tão bem.

Já George Clooney se recusa a participar da última temporada de E.R. Eu no lugar dele também não voltaria. Não pra renegar minhas raízes televisivas e continuar ganhando milhões no cinema, pegando mulheres maravilhosas na Itália, pegando o casal Jolie-Pitt, blá blá blá. Mas porque se ele voltasse, provavelmente os roteiristas iam aproveitar pra também matar o Doutor Doug Ross numa explosão ou com alguma coisa relacionada a um helicóptero. Ele foi um dos poucos que escapou dessa que é a maior causa de morte de médicos na cidade de Chicago, segundo E.R.: explosão ou algo ligado a um helicóptero. WTF (ops, spoilerzei um pouco).

Do Not Disturb = foi cancelado depois de 3 episódios. Eu não sei se isso é bom ou ruim, porque estou cumprindo minha promessa de não começar nenhuma série nova até me formar, no fim do ano. Mas fiquei feliz porque não foi só a série da Amy Sherman-Palladino, The Return of Jezebel James, que passou por essa humilhação este ano.

Ops. Acabei nem sendo rápida, nem escrevendo alguma coisa séria. Preciso correr, um dia eu vou me dedicar direito a esse blog e escrever resenhas que possam ser chamadas de resenhas (eu já falei isso antes, né? Droga.) Grey's Anatomy, E.R., de que já falei um pouquinho, My Name is Earl etc ficam pra outro dia.

PS: Stella tentando ser breve e escrever em formato de ping pong = + de 900 palavras e + de 30 tags = MAJOR FAIL.

Den Tag über war Susanne angespannt, das Thema der Runde interessierte sie jedoch brennend. "Erosion der Zivilgesellschaft" - das klang ähnlich spannend wie "Himbeeren mit Spülmittel doch geniesbar machen" oder "Warum ein Hund vier Beine hat und Autos niemals pupsen".

Die Entscheidung sich diese Diskussion anhören zu wollen, war nicht einfach gefallen wie der berühmte Groschen oder Denar oder die Mauern von Jericho. Susannchen hatte sich informiert, wie es ihr so eigen ist und wofür sie kaum jemand schätzt, und hatte Folgendes herausgefunden: Da wollten sich Bürgerliche treffen und diskutieren! Wie Sternschnuppen fiel ihr die Geschichte der Menschheit herab vor die Augen vom Himmel der Erinnerungen - die Bürger, die Bürgerlichen, die vielleicht eher konservativen Konservendosen; die Sparte der Erfinder der Besitzstandswahrung und des Sparguthabens, des Zinses und des Superlativs und der "Wenn Sex, dann bitte ohne Kamasutra" Ethik. "Herr!", hatte Susanne laut ausgerufen, "Ist heute nicht Waschtag?" Doch der Herr war ruhig geblieben.

Susili hatte sich also schweren Herzens entschieden hinzugehen. Ihr grünes Kostüm und der goldfarbene Schal der Großmutter erschienen ihr dem Anlass zu entsprechen. "Bürgerliche!", rief sie immer wieder laut in die Wohnung, die Möbel wunderten sich. Irgendwann war es dann soweit, die Uhr rief: "Die Zeit! Die Zeit!"; beinahe hätte Susanne sie verschlafen.

Der Saal war gedämpft gefüllt, wäre er ein Nudelsieb wäre es viertelvoll gewesen. Es gab nichts zu trinken, nur Bücher der Baldvortragenden zu kaufen, jedes für mindestens 20 Euro. "Max Liebermann!", rief Susanne in Gedanken, "Du Zeichner der schönen Strände und Idyllen!". Sie nahm platz auf einem Stuhl, weiter oben haben wir schon berichtet, wo, staffierte sich angenehm, zupfte das Kostüm an den Schultern zurecht und wartete.

Nach und nach kamen doch Menschen. Überwiegend Bürgerliche. Und eigentlich ausschließlich. Die saßen dann, nachdem sie gehend kamen und später dann gehend gingen. "Kann der seinen Kopf nicht schneiden?", fragte Susannchen, der ein übler Kerl mit wolligem Haupthaar die Sicht auf die Komplexität der Bühne versperrte. Der Mann lächelte heimlich.

Eine halbe Stunde über der angesagten Zeit, traten dann die Aktionäre doch noch in Aktion. Einer hieß Mak und einer hieß Cosic, einer war Niederländer, einer was Koratisches. Keiner konnte richtig Deutsch. Dem Cosic sah man das gleich an, denn der hatte eine Translatorin im Gepäck. Die ließ er aber nie ganz ausreden, was eigentlich schändlich war, denn seine Gedanken waren bürgerlich gut. Und Mak? Niederländer nimmt sowieso keiner ernst, seit die den Theo hinrichten ließen; da ist es mit der übernationalen Liberalität irgendwie aus.

Dann ging es an, der Moderator glänzte, die Brille glänzte, überhaupt schien er ganz und gar fettich. "Zitate!", rief Susannili aus, gedanklich freilich, sonst wäre sie als Verbalterroristin entfernt worden, "Zitate!" Die konnte dieser Wilfried F. Schoeller, man merkte, er war gebildet, der Moderator. Und Bürgerlicher. Erst nahm er jenem das Wort, dann diesem und wie er lenkte, merkte man, typisch deutsch: der ist der Führer. Die Schriftsteller erzählten also, sofern Schoeller sie ließ und er ließ sie oft und gern, was sie so von der restlichen, geistigen Welt hielten. "Oje!", dachte Susanne, "Oje!" Wegen dem Deutsch.

Der Mak war toll. Und viel gereist. Über Grenzen und darüber hinaus. Ein toller Hecht. Schlechtes Deutsch. Aber toll. Witzig. Kaum eigentlich, aber bemüht. Dann antwortete nach Überleitung Schoellers Cosic. "Haha!", lachte Susanne, "Haha!" Gutes Deutsch. Die Translatorin. Ließ sie aber nicht ausreden. Grässlich! Wieso nur? Mag er sie nicht? Ist sein Verbalkonter ihm selber schnurz? Sprach von Popeye und dann der kroatisch-deutsche Hammer: "Das Bürgertum verschwindet. Ich seh´s nicht mehr!" Allgemein wurde jetzt viel geweint und sich gegenseitig getröstet. Und wie Bürgerliche so sind, kamen sie schnell darüber hinweg. Dazu gab es eine Hilfestellung seitens der Moderation, der gute Herr Schoeller hatte nämlich gleich für den Selbstschwund eine Ursache parat, dass er mit einem Zitat einleitete: "Oh heavy Burden! (Shakespeare, Hamlet) Die Jugendlichen sind vielleicht was dumm! Nix wissens von Geschichte! Werteverfall! 1870/71! Universaler Imperativ! Moral! Ethik! Das ist für die wie für uns den Brecht zu ignorieren, aber wenigstens wissen wir, wie man Brecht schreibt!" Tosender Applaus! Die Schnupftücher wurden ein-, Banner des heiligen Römischen Reiches Deutscher Nation (1410-1806) ausgerollt. Die Version von dem Bild Altdorfers. "Wie gemein!", dachte Susanne, aber vorsichtig, "Wie gemein!"

Und so verging der Abend seinen Hörern, die sichtlich erfreut darüber waren von den Schriftstellern und dem Zitator zu hören, dass alles nach ihnen dumm war, denn damit kann man ruhig sterben. Und lachen und klatschen! Denn das war das schöne an diesem Abend, das Gemütliche, das Bürgerliche; um Susanne herum wurde ungeheuer viel und heiter gelacht und geklatscht und genickt."Ja, die Dummen!", dachte sich Susanne, meinte aber wen ganz anderes als die im Saal. "Süße Doppeldeutigkeit!"

Dann durfte noch gefragt werden. Einer fragte, ob man sich vor Dummheit durch Kondome schützen könnte, eine andere, ob der Herr Cosic noch "solo" wäre, wie sie sich umständlich ausdrückte. "Und das mit 70!", stöhnte Susannchen innerlich, "Mit 70!" Dann kamen so schlaue Fragen, wie: "Warum ist Alkohol ein Pflanzengift?" oder "Warum ist durch höhere Gewalt kein Fenster zu reinigen?" Susanne erhob sich schließlich, entriss der 70gerin das Mikrofon und fragte: "Wie wäre es mit Sinn?" Betroffenes Schweigen wie immer, wenn jemand Sinn fordert. Schoeller fragte: "Was meinen Sie mit Sinn?" "Das frage ich Sie", antwortete Susanne, "Mir geht hier nämlich der Sinn ab!", rief sie denn, und sah, dass alle sie für dumm hielten. Die Übersetzerin suchte nach dem kroatischen Pendant für Sinn. Der Mak lächelte vollkommen niederländisch. Der Schoeller suchte gebildet ein geeignetes Gegenzitat.

Wieder Zuhaus entwickelte sich Susannchen-Schnuffi. "Ein voller Erfolg!", rief sie in die Wohnung, die Möbel wunderten sich, "Ein voller Erfolg!"

Wie immer, stellte jemand Sinnfragen in öffentlichen Runden, hatte es ein Tohuwabohu-Tamtam-Di-Di gegeben, bis beinahe zur völligen Raserei der bürgerlichen Selbstdarsteller. "Und dabei scheißen die sich genauso in die Hosen wie die Dummen. Schön dumm!", rief Susanne-Maledjewna-Pur-Prostata gänzlich unzivilisiert in den Raum und die Zeit hinaus.

Später, jedoch nicht viel später.

Susannelilalulalei-di-dumdeldei stand mit ihrer Zigarette am Fenster und schmauchte den Rauch in die Luft, es war schon ziemlich kühl, der Herbst meldete sich, die Blätter am Boden faulten. Feucht war es auch. Da ging doch tatsächlich ein Mann vorbei und sein Beagle und der Beagle hatte nur drei Beine und hüpfte mehr als dass er lief. "Also doch!", rief Susanne und eilte nach draußen, den Hund zu fotografieren, "Also doch!"

Tatsächlich gibt es auch Hunde mit nur drei Beinen! Die mögen wir im Allgemeinen aber weniger.

Hey@all,

am 5.10 ist es wieder soweit. Mit No Mercy geht die nächste WWE Großveranstaltung in Portland, Oregon - Rose Garden über die Bühne. Wie immer gibt es jetzt die aktuelle Matchcard, sowie meine Tipps.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Ladder Match

Chris Jericho (c) vs. Shawn Michaels

Nach dem letzten Pay Per View Unforgiven hatte ich geschrieben, dass die Fehde wohl zuende ist. Dies ist aber nicht der Fall. Nachdem sich Chris Jericho im Championship Scramble bei Unforgiven den World Heavyweight Titel schnappen konnte, hatt sich die WWE gedacht, dass man die Fehde doch noch weiterführen sollte. Diesmal steht aber der Titel im Vordergrund. Nach relativ langer Zeit gibt es jetzt mal wieder ein One on One Ladder Match. Da beide technisch zu den besten gehören, kann man sich auf das Match durchaus freuen. Ich glaube ehrlich gesagt, aber nicht im geringsten an einen Titelwechsel.

Tipp: Chris Jericho

WWE Championship Match
Triple H (c) vs. Jeff Hardy

Wenn man beide Namen liest, dann denkt man sofort an Vladimir Kozlov. Denn der durfte in den vergangenen Wochen beide doch ziemlich squashen. Man wird in den nächsten Wochen sehen, wie das weiter gehen wird. Das Match bei No Mercy sehe als Mittelmäßig an. Man wird sehen, ob die WWE hier Spannung reinbekommt. Oder glaubt wirklich jemand, dass sich Jeff Hardy den Titel holt? Vielleicht wird es ja ein DQ Sieg für Jeff Hardy nach eigreifen von Kozlov? Ich gehe davon aus, dass Triple H bald mit Edge oder MVP fehden wird.

Tipp: Jeff Hardy via DQ

ECW Championship Match
Matt Hardy (c) vs. Mark Henry

Tja, was soll man da groß sagen? Da sich Hardy erst bei Unforgiven den Titel sichern konnte, glaube ich nicht an einen Titelwechsel. Ich fand es schade, dass Henry den Titel schon relativ früh wieder verloren hat. Da Mark Henry eine Rückmatchklausel hat, musste das Match auf die No Mercy Card.

Tipp: Matt Hardy

WWE Women's Championship Match
Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Candice Michelle

Candice is back. Das verspricht ein richtig gutes Diven Match zu werden bei No Mercy. Auf kurz oder lang wird sich Candice den Titel zurückholen. Ich glaube aber nicht, dass es jetzt schon passieren wird, dass wäre zu früh. Zum einen kann man die Storyline weiterführen und zum anderen ist Beth Phoenix mit Santino Marella im moment ziemlich over in den Shows.

Tipp: Beth Phoenix

No. 1 Contenders Match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. John Bradshaw Layfield

Ein Match, dass es in der früheren Wrestlinggeschichte schon öfters gab. Damals war der World Heavyweight Titel noch bei Smackdown. Dort gab es eine längere Fehde der beiden gegeneinander. Das Match wird wohl auch nichts besonderes werden und der Sieger steht vor dem Match schon fest. Ich glaube nicht, dass JBL hier einen Hauch einer Chance haben wird.

Tipp: Batista

The Big Show vs. The Undertaker

Nachdem Big Show bei No Mercy in einer Promo mit Vickie Guerrero auf den Undertaker los gegangen ist, konnte man bereits mit diesem Match rechnen. Big Show turnte dort heel und ist jetzt der persönliche Leibwächter von Vickie Guerrero. Der Undertaker durfte in den letzten Wochen bei Smackdown wieder seine mindgames  spielen und damit alle verrückt machen. Das Match selbst könnte garnicht so schlecht werden, lassen wir uns überraschen.

Tipp: Undertaker

Kane vs. Rey Mysterio

Kampf der Maskenmänner. Die einzige Frage die sich hier stellt, setzt Kane seine Maske wieder auf? Oder sehen wir Rey Mysterio bald ohne Maske? Ich glaube zweitens wird nie eintreten, aber ich denke mal, dass wir die Maske von Kane sehen werden. Hier sehen wir wahrscheinlich auch den Opener für No Mercy, zumindest würde ich das so sagen.Es wurde in der letzten RAW Ausgabe noch eine Zusatzklausel hinzugefügt. Verliert Rey Myterio, dann muss er seine Maske abnehmen. Da das vorraussichtlich nicht passieren wird, tippe ich ganz klar auf Rey Rey.

Tipp: Rey Mysterio

PS: Habe mich verschaut. Bin eine Woche zu früh mit dem Preview. Nächste Woche Montag gibt es dann den No Mercy Review.

Geschrieben von Florian Hellmuth

]]> http://jericcho.wordpress.com/?p=11 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:00:32 +0000 jericcho http://jericcho.lt.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/having-a-bad-day/ Today is one of those days you don't want to see to often. Well, actually, it's been one of those years, but that's beside the point. Fear, Frustration, Futility...and one Bad Ass Hebrew. Guess I'm blaming Jesus for not fixing things he thinks I can fix myself. Trouble is, his opinion and mine differ wildly..ha!

Still, in the spirit of "reconciliation", I found this poem I wrote about 12 years ago while I was going throug some wicked shit. If you see it elsewhere it's under a pen name. I have this thing about, well, reinventing myself from time to time. I think everybody should personally.  But anyway,  it was a poem, then a song, now its a poem again. Guess the more thihgs change the more they stay the same. Anyway..I offer it now in the spirit of brotherly love...I know Jesus remembers what it was like to have "a day from hell". 

            Promises From a Bad Ass Hebrew

There's a day that's darker than any night you've known

Burdens heavy laden, that can't be borne alone

Silence so deafening, no one can hear your cries

Sorrow so encompassing you have no where to hide

In the midst of your afflictions, dark demons of despair

Turn---seek the voice you hear, I am standing there.

I'm the strength that carries you, the door through which you flee

The evidence of things unseen, the saving hand you need

Too long you've been wandering, through valleys dark and cold

Black shadows are obscuring all My wonders to behold

  I know your spent and fearful, but there's no need to be

  Put your weary hand in mine and you may walk with me

We'll stumble through the trenches, onto pastures bursting green

To sup beside still waters, and drink from a living spring

In this world you will have sorrow, because thunder drives the rain

But I'm your stalwart companion, dwell in the shade of My wings

JOSHUA   8

The Lord said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid not dismayed; take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai.  See, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land, and you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king.  Only its spoil and its cattle you shall take as booty for yourselves.  Lay an ambush for the city behind it.” 

Joshua arose and all the people of war, to go up against Ai, he chose thirty thousand mighty men of valor and sent them by night.  He commanded them saying, “Behold you shall lie in ambush against the city behind the city.  Do not go very far from the city, but all you be ready.  Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city and it will com about when they come out against us at first, that we shall flee before them.  They will com out after us till we have drawn them from the city, they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us as at the first.’  Therefore, we will flee before them, then, you shall rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord you God will deliver it into your hand.  It will be when you have taken the city you shall set the city on fire.  According to the commandment of the Lord, you shall do.  See.  I have commanded you!”

He sent them out and they went to lie in ambush and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai, but Joshua lodged that night among the people;  :1-9.

Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people and went up, he and the elders of Israel before the people of Ai.  All the people of war were with him went up and drew near and they came before the city and camped on the north side of Ai, a valley lay between them and AI.  So he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai on the west side of the city and when they set the people all the army that was on the north of the city and its rear guard on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

Now it happened when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hurried and rose early and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at an appointed place before the plain, but he did not know that there was and ambush against him behind the city.  Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them and fled by the way of the wilderness.  So the people who were in Ai were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.  There was not a man left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel;  :10-17.

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Stretch out the spear that is in your hand”, Joshua stretched out his speak toward the city.  Those in ambush rose quickly out of their place; they ran as soon as he stretched out his hand, and they entered the city and took it and hurried and set it on fire.  When the men of Ai looked behind them they saw the smoke of the city ascending to heaven, they had no power to flee this way or that way and the people who had fled to the wilderness turned back on their pursuers.  When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and the smoke of the city ascended, they turned back and struck down (killed) the men of Ai.  The others came out of the city against them; so they were caught in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side.  And they struck them down so that they let none of them remain or escape.  But the king of Ai they took alive and brought to Joshua ;  :18-23.  And when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness where they pursued them, and when they all had fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.  So it was that all who fell that day, both men and women were twelve thousand—all the people of Ai.  For Joshua did not draw back his hand with which he stretched out the spear, until, he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.  Only the livestock and the spoil of that city, Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the world of the Lord which He had commanded Joshua.

Joshua burned Ai and made it, a heap forever, a desolation to this day.  The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening.  As soon as the sun went down, Josh commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree, cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city and raise over it a great heap of stones that remains to this day.  Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in Mount Ebal, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses; “an altar of whole stones over which no man has wielded an iron tool.”  They offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings;  :24-31.

And there in the presence of the children of Israel, he wrote on the stones a copy of the Law of Moses, when he had written.  Then all Israel with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Levites, who bore the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, the stranger as well as he who was born among them.  Half of them were in front of Mount Gerzim and half of them , in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, therefore, that they should bless the people of Israel.  Afterward he read all the words of the Law, the blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the Book of the Law.  There was not a word of all that Moses commanded , which Joshua did not read before the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them;  :32-35.

Sidebar:  Are you paying attention to the fact that the Lord’s will is that all mankind carefully observe all of His laws?  Verse 35 proves God has one law for all.

Joshua 8:35 There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the strangers who were living among them.

JOSHUA   9

When all the kings heard about it, who were on this side of the Jordan, in the hills and the lowlands toward Lebanon—the Hittite; Amorite; Canaanite; Perizzite; Hivite; and the Jebusite—heard about it they gathered together to fight with Joshua and Israel with on accord.  But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, they worked craftily and pretended to be ambassadors.  They took old sacks on their donkeys; old wineskins torn and mended; old and patched sandals on their feet; old garments on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy.  They went to Joshua , to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country, now therefore, make a covenant with us.”  The men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell among us; so how can we make a covenant with you?”  So, they lied and said, “From a very far country we have come”, when Joshua asked, “Who are you and where are you from?”

“We have come because of the name of the Lord your God, we have heard his fame and all He did in Egypt; and to the two kings beyond the Jordan—Sihon, king of Heshbon and Og, king of Bashan.  Therefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us saying, ‘Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, we are your servants ; now therefore, make a covenant with us”;  1-11.

This bread of ours we took hot for our provision from our houses on the day we departed to come to you.  But now look it is dry and moldy.  And these wineskins which we filled were new and see they are torn; and these garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey.  Then the men of Israel took some of their provisions; but they did not ask counsel of the Lord;  :1-14

Sidebar:  This action turned into a fatal error—not seeking the counsel of the Lord—for the children of Israel. 

When Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it as he did to Jericho, and its king and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the roal cities and because it was greater than Ai and all Its men were mighty , Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem sent for four kings saying, “Come up to me and help me, that we may attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Children of Israel”. The five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, of Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish and of Eglon gathered together and went up, they and all their armies, and camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal saying, “Do not forsake you servants; come up to us quickly, save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the mountains have gathered together against us.” Joshua ascended form Gilgal, he and all the people of was and all the mighty men of valor. And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not fear them for I have delivered them into your hand; not a man shall stand before you.”

Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched all night from Gilgal. So the Lord routed them before Israel, killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them along the road that goes to Beth Horon and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah. And as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword; :1-11.

Sidebar: This battle was truly the Lord’s. Also are you noticing how seriously the Lord take the keeping of a covenant/contract/agreement?

Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel and said in the sight of Israel; “Sun stand still over Gibeon and moon in the Valley of Aijalon!” So, the sun stood still and the moon stopped till the people had revenge on their enemies. Is this not written in the book of Jasher? The sun stood still in the midst of heaven and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal.

But the five kings hand fled and hidden themselves in a cave at Makkedah. When it was told to Joshua he said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave and set men by it to guard them. Do not stay there yourselves, but pursue your enemies and attack their rear guard. Do not allow them to enter their cities for The Lord your God has delivered them into your hand.”

As Joshua and the children of Israel made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter till they had finished, that those who escaped entered fortified cities. All the people returned to the camp in peace. No one moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel; :12-21.

Joshua said open the mouth of the cave and bring out those five kings form the cave.” They did so and brought them to Joshua and he called for all the men of Israel and said to the captains of the men of war who went with him and side come near, put your feet on their necks”, and they did as Joshua said, "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Be strong and courageous. This is what the LORD will do to all the enemies you are going to fight."

Joshua struck and killed the kings and hung them on five trees, and they were left hanging on the trees until evening. At sunset Joshua gave the order and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had been hiding. At the mouth of the cave they placed large rocks, which are there to this day.

That day Joshua took Makkedah. He put the city and its king to the sword and totally destroyed everyone in it. He left no survivors. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked it; from Libnah to Lachish; Horam king of Gezer had come up to help Lachish to no avail, from Lachish to Eglon; from Eglon to Hebron; Then Joshua and all Israel with him turned around and attacked Debir.  Joshua defeated them and their armies—until no survivors were left.

So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills and the mountain slopes, together with all their kings. He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

 Joshua subdued them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza and from the whole region of Goshen to Gibeon. All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal;  "13-

JOSHUA 11

When Jabin, king of Hazor heard these things he sent to Joab, king of Madon of the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of Chinneroth, in the lowlands and in the heights of Dor, in the west, to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

So they went out with all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.  When all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Miram to fight against Israel.  But the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time, I will deliver all of them slain before Israel.

You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”  So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters and they attacked them.  The Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining.

So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.  Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor and struck its king with the sword for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdom;  :1-10.

And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword.  He utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.  But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, which Joshua burned.  All the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the children of Israel took as booty for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none breathing. As the Lord commanded Moses His servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did.  He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses. 

Thus Joshua took all this:  the mountain country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland and the Jordan plain—the mountains of Israel and its lowland from Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad, in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon.  He captured all their kings and struck them down and killed the,.  Joshua made war a long time with those kings;  :11-18.

There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon.  All others they took in battle.  It was the Lord which hardened their hearts, they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, as the Lord has commanded Moses, Joshua came against the Anakim and utterly destroyed them with their cities, not of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gath, in Gaza and in Ashdod.  So, Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes.  Then the land rested from war;  :19-23

JOSHUA 12

These are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel defeated and whose land they possessed on the other side of the Jordan toward the rising sun, Sihon, king of the Amorites and Og, king of Bashan, these Moses had conquered:  :1-6.

And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel conquered on this side of the Jordan.  The Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and the Jebusites:  the kings of Jericho, Ai, Jerusalem, hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, Eglon, Gezer, Debir, Geder, Hormah, Arad, Libnah, Adullam, Makkedah, Bethel, Tappuah, Hepher, Aphel Lasharon, Madon Hazor, Shimron, Meron, Achshaph, Taanack, Megiddo, Kedesh, Jokneam, Dor, Gilgal, Tirzah—all the kings thirty-one;  :7-24.

JOSHUA 13

The Lord said to Joshua, “You are old advanced in years and there remains very much land yet to be possessed.”  The Lord tells Joshua of the land and the peoples remaining.  The Lord says, “Them I will drive out from before the children of Israel; only divide it by lot to Israel as an inheritance, as I have commanded you.  Now therefore, divide this land as an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half tribe of Manasseh.”;  :1-12.

Nevertheless the children of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maachathites, but they dwell among Israel until this day.  Only the tribe of Levi He had given no inheritance; the sacrifices of the Lord God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance as He said to them;  :13-21.

And Moses had given to the tribe of the children of Reuben and inheritance according to their families.  The children of Israel also killed with the sword Balaam, the son of Beor, the soothsayer, among those that were killed by them.  The border of the children of Reuben was the bank of the Jordan.  This was their inheritance.  The remainder of the chapter outlines the territory of the Reubenites, the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, according to their families.  These are the areas which Moses distributed as an inheritance in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho eastward.  But to the tribe of Levi Moses had given no inheritance; the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as He had said to them.

JOSHUA 14

This chapter speak of the areas that the children of Israel inherited in Canaan which Joshua, Eleazer the priest, and the heads of the father’s of the tribes distributed to them.  Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine tribes and the half tribe;  :1-5.

Caleb, the son of Jephunneh at the age of eighty-five, reminded Joshua of his past faithfulness to the Lord which exacted a promise from the Lord that, “Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever.”  Caleb asked to be given the mountains and that he and his children would drive out the Anakim. 

Joshua blessed him and gave him the land of Hebron, because he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.  And the land had rest from war;  :6-15.

JOSHUA  15

This chapter lays out the boundaries of the inheritance that was given to Jusda.  But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with them at Jerusalem to this day;  :1-63.

JOSHUA  16

The lot fell next to the children of Joseph and this chapter lays out the boundaries of their inheritance.  And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwell among them to this day have become forced laborers;  :1-10.

JOSHUA  17

Joshua told them, “Although it is wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be your; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong;  :1-18. 

He don't love you BITCH, ahaha!!!

... awkwaaaard.
Every time there's an awkward silence, a gay baby's born.

Massive melons.

I also bought the new issue of Tiny Titans, they get their report cards! ... and I got two of my favourites here~
I seriously saw this coming, but it's way cuter than what I imagined!

xD~

And as you might've also guessed, Robin is scared of clowns! I believe the last panel will totally make the "Awwww" of the day.
Elementary my dear Watson.

I just remembered! My last year's Media Studies teacher looks like Edgar Allan Poe. With the hair, mustache and everything. Hah!

God, I have a fucking Cockney accent stuck in my head!
"Hello there dearest, would you like to have a cup of tea and scones with me?"
"Well, I do sir but..."
"Blast me! It's already 5 o'clock. Wanker! Bollocks!"

Going off the rail!

... Lastly,
I recently picked up a new title called Young Liars... and dropped Batgirl.
omg, I just jumped on board and I already have a clear idea what's going on. T'is amazing! It's zany (that's the only word i could come up with). Very Tarntino-esque. Fucking random, but awesome randomness.
You just can't expect what's gonna happen next!

I love it when little girls kicks ass :')

Btw, it's Vertigo.
Just imagine your mom getting nailed on the dining table while you're eating supper. :)

Pickup Young Liars, coz it's one of the most amazingest comics I've read. I'd give it the Mao-assurance-for-amazingness stamp :)