Abstinence 101

Since I have just recently graduated high school, I obviously have friends that are having sex. Actually, ALL of my friends are having sex at this point. And none of them are in committed relationships. They're just flitting about promiscously copulating with whoever they wish. This recent development in my life is particularly disturbing. It's like within one week of graduating high school, everyone I know has become a whore.

Now, I'm beggining to wonder where things went wrong. Why is everyone I know joyously degrading themselves? I have come to the conclusion that sex must feel really good. They all give me different excuses: What is the likelihood my husband/wife will be a virgin? I wear condoms so I can't possibly get pregnant/impregnate someone. Condoms also protect me from venereal diseases. I've just found that special person... and they go on.

I think that it all comes down to my friends trying to rationalize doing what they want. All of these arguments can be easily defeated by someone who has a firm moral grasp and a decent level of intelligence.

1. What is the likelihood my husband/wife will be a virgin?
-Well, you obviously can't answer this question, but since there are virgins out there alive somewhere, I'm pretty sure that that choice is up to you.

2. I wear condoms so blah blah blah...
- Condoms are not an infallible method of contraception. They can tear, break, etc. Is it worth the risk? Also, since most viruses are smaller than the pores in the latex, condoms are not an effective defense against VDs.

3. I've found that special person.
- This one is my favorite. If they are that special person, then why can't you wait? If they are truly as special as you think they are, they will be with you for the rest of your life. What's a couple of more years?

So many things can go wrong... is it really worth the risk? I'm really having touble handling it, but I guess it's going to be something I'll have to deal with for the rest of my life. Also, I think Fleming Island and my particular circle of friends are also particularly bad. Anyway, I'm going to get off my virginal loser soapbox. I mean, obviously no straight male would write something like this... Or maybe I'm just bitter because I can't get laid... Nick needs to tell his sister to start putting out and fast.

My ears are still ringing...

This is definitely the way I wanted to start off my summer. The only way things could be cooler right now is if David Hasselhoff spantaneously appeared at my house and let me drive the Knight Rider car. I love pontiacs. I would also love to hang out with those awesome robots from Battle Star Galactica. Besides that though, everything is great. Except that Mer's out of town, and to distract myself from that I have launched myself into a dizzying schedule of work and awesomeness.

I am very itchy right now because the sunburn I earned as my surfing badge of honor is starting to heal up. Yes I believe that it is the produt of a good 5 or 6 hour surfing session a few days ago. I bought Kyle's board, which is a pretty sweet 5'10". Yes I know, it is insane for a 6'1" monster like me to be surfing on a 5'10" shortboard, but I'm just that good OK? Actually I suck right now, but I can just blame it on my board being too short!

Then yesterday we (Harley, Will, and I) headed up to Thee Imperial to see Brian's show. They also changed their name from Beyond Blood to Kill With Honor, which is much sweeter. I might head out to the Island tonight if there are any sweet parties, but I'm currently planning on recovering from this week in my room.

Movie Review: Mindhunters

Yesterday I went to see the thriller Mindhunters. The basic concept is this: There is an elite group of FBI agents all competing to earn the title of "profiler" under the tutelage of a highly controversial professor (Val Kilmer). As the final exercise in their training, they are sent to an island off the coast of North Carolina that is usually used by the Navy SEALs for urban combat training, but has been temporarily reserved for FBI use. Upon arrival, the candidates are abandoned and left to solve a string of "murders." However, immediately upon arrival things start to go wrong and the candidates themselves start dying. Soon they come to the conclusion that it is one of their companions that is killing the others, and the plot thickens...

This movie started off fairly strong, but lost momentum after the plot was established. The opening sequence is creepy, and the first few murders are downright crafty (although the special effects are cheesy), but once the pattern of killings is established, it gets a little tedious. The climax has one pretty cool fight scene that involves a white guy beating the shit out of LL Cool J, and one not so cool fight scene that involves the use of firearms underwater and poorly delivered femmenazi propoganda. You got me on that one. The conclusion is pretty predictable, but not unsatisfying. AKA: The empowered female shoots the white chauvanist male in the neck and proves that women too can be in stupid movies. Then she boards a spontaneously apparating (yes, that was Harry Potter terminology) aircraft with the other opressed minority figure: the token black guy.

The characters are all your typical horror movie cliches. Including the femenist heroin who is filled with self doubt, the token black guy (LL Cool J; who by the way, everyone refuses to listen to even though he was right throughout the movie, I guess he showed whitie), the slut, the dude who is sleeping with the slut, the paranoid crackhead spazz who declares "we're all going to die!", the sensitive hero, and the omnipresent hispanic cripple with a firearm fixation.

All in all, it isn't particularly impressive, but it isn't disappointing either. The plot concept is a cool idea, and you'll be left wondering about the cool possibilities that probably should have gone into the movie rather than the actual coolness of it. If you've already seen Kingdom of Heaven and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and you absolutely must see a movie, then go for it. Otherwise, wait for it to come to your local blockbuster, because it isn't worth the money for the DVD.