being a rebel by not doing his art homework ([info]matt_writer) wrote,
@ 2008-06-20 18:33:00
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The Book of Badassity

If you would be singing like this two thousand years ago, people would have stoned you.

— Simon Cowell

Praise for the Uberwank: “I like the part where she said fuck” — Noam Chomsky

— [info]fera_festiva, here

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

— George Bernard Shaw

Me too.

— [info]matt_writer

I don’t care to belong to any social organization which will accept me as a member.

— Groucho Marx

Shoot him!

— Captain Ammand

Cut out his tongue!

— Captain Jocard

Shoot him and cut out his tongue, then shoot his tongue! And trim that scraggly beard.

— Jack Sparrow



~Ȣ~


This needed to be done. And no, it will not only be made out of quotes.

The Book of Badassity is in the making and whilst I search the world for the most badass of the badassest badassities, the summer will leave me and I will start school again.

This is a legendary event. May I start, right now? Have I finished my introduction already?

No, apparently not.

I would first like to thank Ms Potterfreak, whose name ends with some numbers I have not yet memorized, for her interest, saying things like “Book of Badassity = win!” which was quite heart-warming, or something less cheesy.

This book will be divided into many chapters. (Oh, Gosh, I can’t believe I’m actually doing this.) They will all treat different aspects of badassity, and please, do be aware that they will all contain a rather high amount of fanboying and other shameless doings.

The chapter list will be released as I go along, because even though I will plan ahead—as much as planning ahead goes, anyway—chances are some chapters I planned to do just won’t work out, or I’ll even find myself some new badassities to cover.

Preamble: Beginning of the Book
In which you will read what you are also reading right now.

Chapter 1: Organizations
As said by George Carlin, “atheism is a non-prophet organization.”

Chapter 2: Renowned Events, Time Periods, Day Periods (Or Not-So-Day Periods) and Other Time-Related Things
As said by Groucho Marx, “time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”

Chapter 3: Language
As said by Franklin P. Jones, “It’s a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.”

I would love to hear from you! If there’s something I have failed to include, or that you think should be included in a future chapter, move your lips and open your fingers (or vice-versa), for I want to know all about it. Is there an utterly amazing and badass quote I should include in this chapter list? Tell me! I am very bad at, well, researching and finding cool stuff—so why don’t you simply do it for me, eh? You lazy and incompetent person.

In addition, any suggestion of yours will be taken into account and, if used, you will be mentioned and thanked in the chapter. This prize has an estimated cash value of US$2M. When you receive it, you’ll be able to consider yourself really—fucking—lucky.

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[info]potterfreak0515
2008-06-21 12:10 am UTC (link)
*applaud* Bonus points for the titles being all fancy and picture-y! It's very authentic! And I really like Groucho Marx's quote!

And thank you for the mention! (The numbers stand for May 15, if that helps your remember them. Only, it's the American way.)

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[info]matt_writer
2008-06-21 03:11 am UTC (link)
Thank you! And I love anthenticity - as an indie/amateur filmmaker (haha), it's what I do!

Groucho's quote is very cool, true, but his name's even cooler, heh.

I thought the American way was the other way round, as in, 1505? Hum. I guess I was wrong! :)

Matt

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[info]potterfreak0515
2008-06-21 04:05 am UTC (link)
Nope, it's Month-Year in America. Which way is Canadian?

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[info]matt_writer
2008-06-21 05:46 am UTC (link)
I have no clue! Probably the British way, or the American, or a mix of the two. (In French you write date/month/year, because that's the way you say it, orally. You see, I never understood that in English, cause you say 'Ocboter 34th, 2952' but then you write 34/10/2952, which is really weird, don't you think?)

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[info]matt_writer
2008-06-21 05:58 am UTC (link)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Date.png

In the US it's month-day-year, so it DOES make sense, actually, as it is in the same order you use whilst talking.

In Canada, you can write it however you like - dd/mm/yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, yyyy/mm/dd. It seems as though we are the only country in the world that accepts all of them, actually, even though there's a country (Indonesia, Philipines, all those islands, I think) that might be of the same colour. Not sure, though.


... Yes, I am a nerd.

Oh, and I fixed the images in my post. Before, there were some links embedded in them, but I took them away. :P

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[info]potterfreak0515
2008-06-21 06:14 pm UTC (link)
No, the Philippines are purple, so they accept mm/dd/yyyy and dd/mm/yyyy, but not yyyy/mm/dd. So Canada wins! Just like you can use either "s" or "z" in words like "realise!"

But I don't think Brits actually say October 24 . Because even when writing it out, they write "24 October." So I just assumed it was spoken like that. "I'll be visiting the Johnsons on twenty-fourth October." Or even the twenty-fourth of October. Eh, whatever.

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[info]matt_writer
2008-06-21 07:19 pm UTC (link)
Actually, the Brits accept Z's or S's as well. But still. Canadian Engilsh is basically a strange mix of the American and British, heh.

For the Brit thing, I'll just ask Fera. Scroll down. :P

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[info]fera_festiva
2008-06-21 12:31 pm UTC (link)
This is intriguing! I'll be following this with great interest... :)

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[info]matt_writer
2008-06-21 03:55 pm UTC (link)
That's great! Thank you! :P

If you're thinking that this is all very random, I'll just let you know this actually started when I said to Potterfreak that going to HP conventions puts you high in my book of badassity. Then in all kinda snowballed, or whatever. :)

Yesterday I've organised my chapters - grosso modo - and will continue to do so today. I've actually been doing some research!

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[info]matt_writer
2008-06-21 07:20 pm UTC (link)
Hi again Fera,

Potterfreak and I were wondering... How do you Brits say dates? Is it '24th of October', 'October 24th' or '24 October'?

Thank you! And yeah, I know it's a weird question.

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[info]fera_festiva
2008-06-21 08:20 pm UTC (link)
Haha! No worries. For dates, spoken out loud, I suppose we'd say, "the twenty-fourth of October" or "October twenty-fourth" depending on the context. Or, actually, we might say "Wednesday the twenty-fourth" and the person listening would get from the context that it means of the current month.

Written down, the day comes first - 24/10/08 or whatever. Or "24th October 2008" in longhand.

Although, it's one of those things you're so used to doing you don't think about it. So I hope I've got this right! :D

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[info]matt_writer
2008-06-21 08:41 pm UTC (link)
Heh, cool! :P Thank you! You guys do strange things in Britain - I want to move there! (According to my sister who went there this year, in the metro where there are the rails for the trains to drive on, there was a sign saying 'Mind the gap', which is really, really cool. In Canada, it would say, in big red letters 'There might be trains that come here, so DO NOT CROSS. A message from the nitwit government of Canada,' which isn't as cool. Ah, well. ;) )

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