What a week.

Shall I recap the crap I've been dealt?

Firstly, the heater broke down. I have to keep a careful eye on the heater and switch it off every now and then, depending on the heat settings, the weather in Moscow, Kandy and Toronto and the presets on the carbon dioxide filter on the ISS.

Or I can just shower with cold water.

Then the class outing fell through. I was overseas, you see, with a bunch of friends and an accompanying adult. No, we did not reenact an Asian version of Taken, you bloody motherfucking asshole. Yes, we had fun.

So, yeah. Only 2 people turned up, and they spent most of their time talking to each other in McDonalds, waiting for us. They spent 3 hours of their afternoon on nothing. I don't blame them for being sad.

Anyway, I downloaded Taken, just for fun. And because I loved the ElectricTorture scene. Yeah. It was awesome.

Back on topic, shall we?

The holiday was quite a fail, to put it nicely. That said, it was highly enjoyable. Mainly because of the scrambling, cursing and overall insanity.

And I was watching movies every night. Black Hawk Down, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Taken, Obsessed, New In Town, Starstruck, Run Fatboy Run, etc.

Then we also went to the beach. I most probably gave quite a few people nosebleeds. Don't ask how. All I'm saying is that the waves were fun, and we underestimated how waves can build up and grow in height really fast.

Yeah. That was a weird BeachEpisode. Did you know most people can't recognize the difference between a sand dune and a covered coconut?

Anyway, why do guys act as though yaoi is so bad? I mean, haven't you guys heard of yuri? You know, girl/girl? There's even a trope for you guys. YuriFan. GirlOnGirlIsHot would fit too. But I digress. Why the double standards? Okay, some can't be helped, mainly because of there are no guys in the series at all, like in K-ON!

Still, if that's the case, I bring you Hetalia. Add on the homosexual subtext, and we've got a ton of yaoi, and a few bad puns about nations screwing each other in real life.

Alright, time for some vids. We have Party Up by DMX and Fur Elise with 2 fingers. The guy just wanted to figure out how just in case he's left with only 1 finger per hand. Oh, and the theme to TF2, which I haven't gotten yet.

Like that's gonna stop me from discussing with TF2 maniacs about which class is best for what kind of maps. We've decided that saying "Spy" or "Engineer" is not a valid answer because all the Spy has to do is impersonate the Engineer, and all the Engineer has to do is set up turrets and camp OR he can set up hidden turrets, lead enemies to them and kill them off there.

Another answer we're discrediting soon is Heavy/Medic. Yes, give the guy with a ton of HP a Medic to continuously heal him. Right now, all we're gonna do is link to TvTropes and say ShootTheMedicFirst. The only reason why we haven't taken it off is because a Medic's life generally consists of running about in circles trying not to get killed. Or, trying to set up an infinite Ubercharge with another medic.

Never mind. A few Heavy/Medics should take them out. And since they spend most of their time running around hiding and getting behind the big boys to give 'em a boost, they end up as one of the longer-living classes, as seen in here

As we can see, the Engineer survives the longest because most of us stay near our guns and let them kill stuff for us. If Demoman, Pyro and/or Heavy comes along, we run off and let the sentries buy us a few seconds.

Scout, is unsurprisingly, the suicidal kid. He's the Lightning Bruiser, with an attitude.

Time to digress!

Alright, my personal philosophy on getting in trouble is remarkably simple. You have 2 choices if you need to come up with an excuse to get out.

1) Refuge in audacity. Once you're dismissed, you're safe. Bonus points if you didn't need to lie, as it was already crazy enough.

2) Push the blame to someone/something else.

Well, there's always the 3rd option of running as fast as you can, as far as you can.

More philosophies?

Okay.

In any confrontation, completely overwhelm your enemy from the onset and maintain it. If it's a serious fight, there's no reason to hold back. If it's not a serious fight, don't fight. Of course, run if possible, to save effort. Use a disguise if you have to. A good disguise is useful for infiltration, escape, or just plain taking a day off without being recognized. Care is required in selecting your disguise, of course, and going with your natural intuition for what disguise would serve you best is not always a good idea. Chances are, people who know you have a much better idea of what would make you look like someone else than you do -- if they make a suggestion, think about it seriously.

Besides, not all threats are physical. Really, it's the more subtle ones that are the scariest, but maybe they shouldn't be. If you can't handle it yourself, and you're tired of running away, then you need to find good allies and stick with them! At least, you'd have to find one really solid ally, and then make sure you're there for them enough so that they can be there for you too! It's not optional - so do it!

Mabel, rambling as per normal.