The Lost symbol by Dan Brown is the sequel to his 2 other books ( Da Vinci Code, and Angels and Demons) in which a man named Dan Brown uncovers the secrets of hidden chambers and secret codes and to save his mentor Peter Solomon. The author Dan Brown puts the most thrilling pieces into a puzzle. There are old bald men with severed arms and eye-patches who work as thugs, the CIA, closets with dismembered body parts and much, much more. Although the ending and some parts are confusing ( parts like "is he a good guy? or a bad guy?" or What does the random symbols on the page mean? do i have to decipher it now or will it be deciphered later?) that is confusing.
You can learn alot from this book. There lots of symbols involved that you need to decipher like the Symbol Au which is the element symbol for gold. The Sigma, star of David, The Ouroboros, the greek letter Delta, symbol for Mercury, the stonemason's square and more. The sigma is the greek letter for S and a mathamatical symbol for sum of all parts, the Ouroboros means wholeness or atonement, the Stonemason's square which means honesty and true, and delta which means change.
The story starts in the Washington D.C in the Smithsonian museum. Dan Brown explains every inch and detail of the Smithsonian there is even a map of it in the book itself. The protagonists are Langdon, and Katherine, the 2 CIA members Nole KAye and Rick Parrish, and the antagonist Mal 'akh. I would mostly recommend this book for people who have a strong passion for adventure and puzzles because if you don't like puzzles you will hate this book.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The picture blog post lol
The picture the other day is really weird because i had a religious debate with myself. I was wondering what would happens after i die.
The girl in the picture looks like she is on a chairnext to someone's death bed. She is probably the daughter or sister of womeone who died and put fruit on the bed which in my meaning is like giving the dead fruit. In my family we would burn fake money so that the money will be given to our dead ancestors so that they can use it to buy stuff in the afterlife. (thats what my family believes but i don't really believe it) I believe in reason and science to solve things.
I wonder what happens, will your conciousness float away to find another host body to be in? (lol we are like parasites.) Will there be like a spirit realm and we just float around in there? But i think religion is here so that we have something to aim for. Ex. Christianity-Heaven,etc. Religion is for people who want believe in somthing after they die. If we didn't die we wouldn't have religion. Religion is also sometimes a way of living.
All in all i believe in science. Instead of saying god did this i would use reason. Ex. If someone asks you why do you have brown eyes? A religious person would say-"its because God made it so" but science would say-"its because your parents both contributed certain dominant genes in which gave you brown eys" This blog isin't to be offensive, its just in my head.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Helicopters
i have a remote control helicopter and it is awesome. I can fly it in a classroom, my bedroom, my eating room(kitchen) my living room, my bathroom, my room in which i do stupid stuff, my computer room, my basement room my garage and more. I can fly it in a school campus, i can fly it while your little boy takes a shit, i can fly it while you cook, i can fly it while you drive a car, i can fly it while you are dying on a street, i can fly it while you are being yelled at by your mom. I can fly while you kill a bear in your backyard, i can fly it while you are trick or treating, i can fly it while you swing a barbarian sword around your expensive statues, i can fly it outside a window, i can fly it on a moon (not really). Although it would be nice to fly yourself to the moon on a remote control helicopter in which you can fly by yourself. Although it is impossible because to escape the erath's gravity you need a speed up to 180,000mph. This also reminds me of science. I like to blog about science so next blog will be about science. I wonder if you can kill a bird by using a toy r/c helicopter.
This is really all i want to tell you but if you want more helicopter information go to this site www.searchitupyourself.com just joking it isn't really a site but ya search it up yourself. Here are some r/c helicopter companies- Air hogs, micro r/c,helicpro etc. On thinkgeek there is a helicopter but it is actually the word F*ck with a helicopter propeller on it.
This is really all i want to tell you but if you want more helicopter information go to this site www.searchitupyourself.com just joking it isn't really a site but ya search it up yourself. Here are some r/c helicopter companies- Air hogs, micro r/c,helicpro etc. On thinkgeek there is a helicopter but it is actually the word F*ck with a helicopter propeller on it.
Friday, November 20, 2009
x box 360 vs PS3
Modern Warfare 2 is a outrageously great game in which i have recently on tuesday bought. It has great multiplayer and campaign gameplay. On the PS3 there are better graphics and free network. But for the 360 you have to pay for x-box live and the graphics aren't a good. But then again there are more players on x-box live than there are on the Playstation network.
On multiplayer i am currently level 14 and have unlocked a bunch of trophies, and guns. My domain name is titaniumspork (I was doing my chemistry HW and eating food with a spork when i was makeing a name for myself.) In a normal game i would have about 10-15 kills sometimes less depending on my teammates. Sometimes my teammates are douches and try to steal my kills or follow me and give away my position and get us both killed. I use the SCAR with red laser scope. The annoying thing in Modern warfare 2 is that you can not use vehicles (except the helicopter, but that's hell of cheap and you need to have a 9 kill streak to get it.) My 2nd favorite weapon of choice is the M4 with grenade launcher because its easy to kill people with it. I don't know why but when i play online, im mostly the bad guys and never the good guys. What i like is that when people camp they think that they are so good but there is kill-cam which shows who killed you. You can simply go back and kill him/her. ( I suggest that if you are sniper never to camp.)
Well i am off to my PS3 again and will get to lvl 70 and get all the awesome weapons now. lol :)
On multiplayer i am currently level 14 and have unlocked a bunch of trophies, and guns. My domain name is titaniumspork (I was doing my chemistry HW and eating food with a spork when i was makeing a name for myself.) In a normal game i would have about 10-15 kills sometimes less depending on my teammates. Sometimes my teammates are douches and try to steal my kills or follow me and give away my position and get us both killed. I use the SCAR with red laser scope. The annoying thing in Modern warfare 2 is that you can not use vehicles (except the helicopter, but that's hell of cheap and you need to have a 9 kill streak to get it.) My 2nd favorite weapon of choice is the M4 with grenade launcher because its easy to kill people with it. I don't know why but when i play online, im mostly the bad guys and never the good guys. What i like is that when people camp they think that they are so good but there is kill-cam which shows who killed you. You can simply go back and kill him/her. ( I suggest that if you are sniper never to camp.)
Well i am off to my PS3 again and will get to lvl 70 and get all the awesome weapons now. lol :)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Think geek overload lol
Think geek is an awesome site full of useful gadgets like laser pointers humping USB dogs and more. There are awesome T-shirts like the Personal Soundtrack T-shirt, Lego builder T-shirt, Drum kit T-shirt. They also sell CUBE warfare- basically just airsoft guns and USB missile launchers. There are also toys like a collectible Albert Einstein action figure. Think geek's moto is "stuff for smart masses" They also sell japan made goodies.
If you want more for your money then think geeks for you.
Another awesome site that i like bewild.com it sells awesome lighters. It sells lighters in different colors from green to blue to normal red. The designs are also awesome. They come in guns, cars, middle fingers and more. Not only that they are only about 5 dollars- 10 dollars each. They are all refillable. My favorite is the card design with green flame.
If you want more for your money then think geeks for you.
Another awesome site that i like bewild.com it sells awesome lighters. It sells lighters in different colors from green to blue to normal red. The designs are also awesome. They come in guns, cars, middle fingers and more. Not only that they are only about 5 dollars- 10 dollars each. They are all refillable. My favorite is the card design with green flame.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Goal blog
How have your goals changed?
My goals originally was that i write about games, movies,cooking, sports and that kind of stuff. I was more focused on what i wanted to write about most of the time but i never think about improving myself academically. I've been writing in a really bland level due to my lack of writing it makes it more understandable...for 3rd graders. But the point is that i want my writing to be advanced and i want it to have a more intellectual touch to my writing. Almost like a professional writer. If keep doing what im doing, my writing skills would never improve and writing blogs to me, is supposed to be a way of improving my academic skills. My new goals are to stop worrying about my topics and start putting more vocabulary into my writing. Once i've done that i will step it up a notch and focus on what topics i want to blog about.
My other goals are to continue writing about games, movies, cooking and sports. You get the idea.
How well did you meet your goal?
If your talking about how i met my old goals, i've achieved quite a lot. I've been blogging about the topics up top. So far i have blogged about games such as uncharted for the PS3, Halo 3, Resident Evil 5, the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, the movie District 9, and more. These topics were kind of easy to come up with really. The reason why this is so easy for me is because my range in terms of what topics i choose to blog about is very wide. Like i said it ranges from games to sports and cooking.
My goals originally was that i write about games, movies,cooking, sports and that kind of stuff. I was more focused on what i wanted to write about most of the time but i never think about improving myself academically. I've been writing in a really bland level due to my lack of writing it makes it more understandable...for 3rd graders. But the point is that i want my writing to be advanced and i want it to have a more intellectual touch to my writing. Almost like a professional writer. If keep doing what im doing, my writing skills would never improve and writing blogs to me, is supposed to be a way of improving my academic skills. My new goals are to stop worrying about my topics and start putting more vocabulary into my writing. Once i've done that i will step it up a notch and focus on what topics i want to blog about.
My other goals are to continue writing about games, movies, cooking and sports. You get the idea.
How well did you meet your goal?
If your talking about how i met my old goals, i've achieved quite a lot. I've been blogging about the topics up top. So far i have blogged about games such as uncharted for the PS3, Halo 3, Resident Evil 5, the upcoming Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, the movie District 9, and more. These topics were kind of easy to come up with really. The reason why this is so easy for me is because my range in terms of what topics i choose to blog about is very wide. Like i said it ranges from games to sports and cooking.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
blog goals
How have your goals changed?
My new writing goal is to write in a more academic level. I want more vocabulary in my blogs and essays so basically i want to be more academically advanced. I also want to read more so that my vocabulary will expand.
How well did you meet your goal?
I reached my goal pretty good. In the beginning i wanted to blog about games and movies and i did. I blogged about the movie District 9 and the games Resident evil 5, Halo 3 , COD modern warfare 2, and uncharted Drakes fortune.
My new writing goal is to write in a more academic level. I want more vocabulary in my blogs and essays so basically i want to be more academically advanced. I also want to read more so that my vocabulary will expand.
How well did you meet your goal?
I reached my goal pretty good. In the beginning i wanted to blog about games and movies and i did. I blogged about the movie District 9 and the games Resident evil 5, Halo 3 , COD modern warfare 2, and uncharted Drakes fortune.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Modern warfare 2
Modern Warfare 2 is going to be the best fps multiplayer game ever. It has a new multiplayer map wich can hold up to 250 player meaning 125 people on each team. That, and the graphics are awesome because its for the playstation 3. There have been a total of 6 teasers and it will be sold on november 10th of 2009.
You can get experience points and unlockable rewards. You can unlock new weapons and stuff. But what i really like is that when you kill a certain number of people in a row you can use new skills., for example a 15 kill streak can let you use new abilities. The abilities you can use are :a supply drop after four kills, a predator missile strike after five kills, and to call in a strike by an gunship after achieving 11 enemy kills in a row.
Modern warfare 2 is also for the PC. Although i think the graphics would be better on the PC due to a smaller screen, i own a 60 inch 1080p TV with HDMI. I have 3ft high speakers and every new game system from the PS3 to the wii and x box 360. I have a 22in computer screen and it is connected to another 20in screen.
It is probably gonna start at 60 bucks but you can also get the special limited edition for 130 dollars. It comes with the game in a special case and comes with special night vision goggles. It also comes with a fake head so you can put the googles on it for safe keep.
Moster energy drink has teamed up with Activision ( makers of Call of duty) and you can get the energy drink which comes with a special code in which you can get special themes and backgrounds for your ps3.
You can get experience points and unlockable rewards. You can unlock new weapons and stuff. But what i really like is that when you kill a certain number of people in a row you can use new skills., for example a 15 kill streak can let you use new abilities. The abilities you can use are :a supply drop after four kills, a predator missile strike after five kills, and to call in a strike by an gunship after achieving 11 enemy kills in a row.
Modern warfare 2 is also for the PC. Although i think the graphics would be better on the PC due to a smaller screen, i own a 60 inch 1080p TV with HDMI. I have 3ft high speakers and every new game system from the PS3 to the wii and x box 360. I have a 22in computer screen and it is connected to another 20in screen.
It is probably gonna start at 60 bucks but you can also get the special limited edition for 130 dollars. It comes with the game in a special case and comes with special night vision goggles. It also comes with a fake head so you can put the googles on it for safe keep.
Moster energy drink has teamed up with Activision ( makers of Call of duty) and you can get the energy drink which comes with a special code in which you can get special themes and backgrounds for your ps3.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Awesome Games
Resident evil is an awesome shooting game, but its not scary. The reason why its not scary is because they added a co-op mode. If you are by yourself, it is more scary. The co-op lets 2 people play. Depending on your system, X0box 360 or the PS3 (i have both) You can play with people online. I agree the graphics are kick ass, and the shooting is fun but its just not scary. The game takes place in Africa and you, like any other game start out without weapons. As you go further in the game you meet a weird looking man with a turban and he gives you guns. After that the shooting parts begin. ( or as i say it "FUN TIME")
Another game i like is Uncharted Drake's fortune. It is a game in which you have to use your brain to figure out how to get treasure. Although the character you use is kinda cheap (unstoppable) it is fun. You can move from a tunnel and on the other side of that tunnel can be anything from a crashed German U-boat to an Aztec temple. You figure stuff out by referring to a journal from a dead man named drake. As you go through the game there are treasure that you can collect for achievement points. This game comes with the PS3 (160GB only) (its a bundle deal)
For the X-box 360 i prefer the game Ace combat 6, a airplane dog fighting game. The airplanes are all modern ones ex- The Mirage, Raptor, etc. The graphics are nice but one flaw is that your airplane can carry 160 Missiles...Kinda impossible if you ask me. But the game play is fun and enjoyable. Also after you win or lose, you can do replays and the replay graphics are the best airplane graphics ever.
Another game i like is Uncharted Drake's fortune. It is a game in which you have to use your brain to figure out how to get treasure. Although the character you use is kinda cheap (unstoppable) it is fun. You can move from a tunnel and on the other side of that tunnel can be anything from a crashed German U-boat to an Aztec temple. You figure stuff out by referring to a journal from a dead man named drake. As you go through the game there are treasure that you can collect for achievement points. This game comes with the PS3 (160GB only) (its a bundle deal)
For the X-box 360 i prefer the game Ace combat 6, a airplane dog fighting game. The airplanes are all modern ones ex- The Mirage, Raptor, etc. The graphics are nice but one flaw is that your airplane can carry 160 Missiles...Kinda impossible if you ask me. But the game play is fun and enjoyable. Also after you win or lose, you can do replays and the replay graphics are the best airplane graphics ever.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Have you ever seen a video called Achmed the dead terrorist? well its good. It is about a person who controls a puppet that looks like a dead terrorist. He does racist things like talking about where terrorist get suicide bombers and other funny stuff. (they get suicide bombers from the suicide hotline) You can watch it on youtube and other online video sites. In same show as achmed there are 2 more puppets that you should watch because they are funny. Achmed is funny because he says I kill you in a funny way.
Video sites i like to go to are black20, youtube, metacafe and sometimes googlevids. I watch a bunch of videos when i am bored and have nothing else to do. I thhowever think that videos have replaced books to me. I watch more videos than i read books. Videos are more interesting than books because it shows whats happening instead of you trying to think what is happening. But sometimes the movies don't include everything from the book or include too much. A movie that has alot of this is Harry Potter.
If you want other funny videos besides Achmed, seach up pwn that gives alot of results and they are funny. A show i like to watch on TV is tosh.o it is the funniest show on television. It is a person who finds funny things on the internet and puts them all together in a show. One time he showed a person being sat on by an elephant. The person actually stayed in the elephants ass for about 3 hours and lived. There is also a funny picture with a fat guy stuck inside a little hole and can't get out it was hilarious. Toch.0 is on TV but i think you can seach it up online. I dont know yet.
Video sites i like to go to are black20, youtube, metacafe and sometimes googlevids. I watch a bunch of videos when i am bored and have nothing else to do. I thhowever think that videos have replaced books to me. I watch more videos than i read books. Videos are more interesting than books because it shows whats happening instead of you trying to think what is happening. But sometimes the movies don't include everything from the book or include too much. A movie that has alot of this is Harry Potter.
If you want other funny videos besides Achmed, seach up pwn that gives alot of results and they are funny. A show i like to watch on TV is tosh.o it is the funniest show on television. It is a person who finds funny things on the internet and puts them all together in a show. One time he showed a person being sat on by an elephant. The person actually stayed in the elephants ass for about 3 hours and lived. There is also a funny picture with a fat guy stuck inside a little hole and can't get out it was hilarious. Toch.0 is on TV but i think you can seach it up online. I dont know yet.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
ME ME ME ME ME ME ME
Soccer is a sport loved by all. But i really love it the most, you see, I have played soccer since i was 8 years old, and i can free style pretty good. My favorite form of soccer is street soccer, you get to use your surroundings to your advantage, ex. kick the ball off a wall or poll. My favorite is doing rainbows on people because it pisses them off and makes them feel stupid like "where the hell the ball go?" The rainbow is a move in which you use a move to kick the ball above your opponents head and run to catch it. Scissors is another good move to use against an opponent. Your opponent will have to be at top guard when you do this so its a good move to get opponents off your teammates.
Street soccer is not common because people think its a ghetto sport, but when you look online, these people that play can beat the best world cup players. Their foot work is extremely amazing, if you want to see these clips just search up street soccer on youtube or any other video providing sites.
Another sport I like to play is basketball, the thrill in it just catches on to me. When I dribble the ball, do a few tricks then make a shot it gives me a awesome feeling like i accomplished something. Same with every sport i like street basketball the best. Basketball is more thrilling to me than soccer is, I usually find more players to play basketball than i can for soccer. Almost every friday and monday, sometimes on the weekends i play basketball at edison park or on AHS campus.
To get good at this sport requires lots of training, I lift weights everyday, and do lots of squats, push-ups, sit ups etc. I also wake up at 4:30 in the morning to do more excercizes. I don't know why but its been a habit waking everyday at exactly 4:30 in the morning. I go to sleep at around 11:00PM everyday. I try to eat healthy but I can't resist the power of soda. I drink soda alot, and when i say alot i mean at least 1 bottle everyday. But i work it off later. These are things i like and there are more but i dont want to do too much work so HAH!!:)
-Curtis
Street soccer is not common because people think its a ghetto sport, but when you look online, these people that play can beat the best world cup players. Their foot work is extremely amazing, if you want to see these clips just search up street soccer on youtube or any other video providing sites.
Another sport I like to play is basketball, the thrill in it just catches on to me. When I dribble the ball, do a few tricks then make a shot it gives me a awesome feeling like i accomplished something. Same with every sport i like street basketball the best. Basketball is more thrilling to me than soccer is, I usually find more players to play basketball than i can for soccer. Almost every friday and monday, sometimes on the weekends i play basketball at edison park or on AHS campus.
To get good at this sport requires lots of training, I lift weights everyday, and do lots of squats, push-ups, sit ups etc. I also wake up at 4:30 in the morning to do more excercizes. I don't know why but its been a habit waking everyday at exactly 4:30 in the morning. I go to sleep at around 11:00PM everyday. I try to eat healthy but I can't resist the power of soda. I drink soda alot, and when i say alot i mean at least 1 bottle everyday. But i work it off later. These are things i like and there are more but i dont want to do too much work so HAH!!:)
-Curtis
Monday, September 28, 2009
Halo game used as christian recruiting tool
The game halo is truly a gamers best friend. It has shooting, blood, aliens, cool weapons and more. I so far have all the halo games, books and some action figures (i think of them as collectables). Although it is a fascinating game, I think it is used for the wrong reasons. Christianity is a religion that sates thou shalt not kill. But how about in video games? In the US Christian churches are using the game halo to recruit young men into becoming christians. For one the aliens are called the "Covenant" the game is called HALO. These are all religious terms. I just don't understand why they couldn't use another game, like a racing game, or a RPG game. Halo also has swearing and blood which is offensful to a christian.
The churches are using the game to recruit more people. But the people they are recruiting are in a certain age group. The age group is between 10-15. Which is however kind of weird because the game is rated M meanin 17+ and the church is letting 12-15year olds play it. If you think about it, if you were a Christian parent and your kid suddenly says "im going to church to play halo" would you approve of this? The kids aren't going to church becasue they want to believe in God they just want the game Halo. So this recruitment method is a bad influence and can even lose followers.
In Colorado (where this recruitment method started) a church has a basement and what they found was kind of surprising, there were some kids playing halo on 3 different TV screens. (how do churches afford 3 TVs?) What was scary was that they were from the ages 12-16 and they are in a church. You could hear blood and violence all around the church which is somewhat scary. One of the youth ministers said "We want to make it hard for teenagers to go to hell" How does playing halo make it harder for teenagers to go to hell. He sent that message to the parents of these kids.
My brother is only 12 and loves halo. Eversince he got that game he has been doing crazy stuff. He made a frag grenade with paperclips, water bottle and an ice pak (scared the shit out of me) and he made a replica of halo weapons. He likes to hit me now and then and loves shooting with cap guns. If that game did this to my brother what effect has this game done to other kids who play games in churches?
The churches are using the game to recruit more people. But the people they are recruiting are in a certain age group. The age group is between 10-15. Which is however kind of weird because the game is rated M meanin 17+ and the church is letting 12-15year olds play it. If you think about it, if you were a Christian parent and your kid suddenly says "im going to church to play halo" would you approve of this? The kids aren't going to church becasue they want to believe in God they just want the game Halo. So this recruitment method is a bad influence and can even lose followers.
In Colorado (where this recruitment method started) a church has a basement and what they found was kind of surprising, there were some kids playing halo on 3 different TV screens. (how do churches afford 3 TVs?) What was scary was that they were from the ages 12-16 and they are in a church. You could hear blood and violence all around the church which is somewhat scary. One of the youth ministers said "We want to make it hard for teenagers to go to hell" How does playing halo make it harder for teenagers to go to hell. He sent that message to the parents of these kids.
My brother is only 12 and loves halo. Eversince he got that game he has been doing crazy stuff. He made a frag grenade with paperclips, water bottle and an ice pak (scared the shit out of me) and he made a replica of halo weapons. He likes to hit me now and then and loves shooting with cap guns. If that game did this to my brother what effect has this game done to other kids who play games in churches?
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Laser pointers are awesome. Some are so strong that they can pop balloons, burn through plastic CD cases, and much more. They come in many sizes and colors. They come in red, green, violet and blue. They come in a variety of 5MW (milawatts) to as strong as 500MW. I however have a 50 MW green laser and a 400 MW red laser. The green laser can pop balloons and the red one can burn through newspapers, light matches, and burn through a whole lot of other stuff.
On this site is a bunch of videos about laser pointerhttp://www.lasercommunity.com/movie.php
On this site is a bunch of videos about laser pointerhttp://www.lasercommunity.com/movie.php
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
stuff
The topics i have chosen to put on my blog are cars,movies, games and food. I want to write about cars because I love them. Without cars there wouldn't be any girls. For example, an expensive car will give you a nice girl those cars would be ferraris lamborghinis and Mclarens. A not expensive normal looking car (nissan, honda, toyota) will only get you normal girls and drunk hookers.
Movies are important because I don't like spending 10-20 bucks on a movie that i thought was good, but sucked. You probably don't like it either. So I will be putting up reviews about movies i've recent seen.
Games, my favorite thing to do. I can blog about games all day. I can write reviews about games, cheats and more. I will post machinimas and write about about upcoming game tournaments and conferences. (example Blizzcon MLG tournaments etc.)
I love food, we all do, I want to write about food because well...i just love it.
Movies are important because I don't like spending 10-20 bucks on a movie that i thought was good, but sucked. You probably don't like it either. So I will be putting up reviews about movies i've recent seen.
Games, my favorite thing to do. I can blog about games all day. I can write reviews about games, cheats and more. I will post machinimas and write about about upcoming game tournaments and conferences. (example Blizzcon MLG tournaments etc.)
I love food, we all do, I want to write about food because well...i just love it.
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