You know you go to UCR when...

...every other week or so UCPD sent out an email of another crime on or near campus.

Glad I don't live there at least. (Not that it's so safe here...)

Comment Win of the Day

*Shrug*

Aspartame

Saw this on Facebook. Clicked and read it. Went back to drinking my Diet Coke.

Multiverse theory, creation, and gods

Multiverse theory, creation, and gods

Pokemon: Arceus was born from an egg and created the universe and all Pokemon according to Sinnoh legend.

Zelda: The goddesses Din, Nayru, and Farore created Hyrule and possibly the entire world Hyrule is in.

Termina: It is unknown who created the parallel world, but Four Giants protect it from evil when they are summoned.

Dragonball: Again, there is no legend of creation, but the Kais have been around in various forms and power levels for millions of years.

Tenchi: No specific creation event is mentioned. However, the Chousin/goddesses Washu, Tsunami, and Tokimi were "born" having ultimate power. They manipulate many things in this universe.

Earth/Real World: If one is to consider scientific findings the canon of this universe, then there is no agreement on a creator/creation event though the universe is billions old and is described in too much depth to summarize here.

The RW, Tenchi, and DB universes are probably about the same age while Zelda and Pokemon, at least according to their various legends, are younger. In our epic, then, not all creation events/beginnings were at the same time. They were born out of each other, which is why they are connected but still separate. This leads to the possibility that there is one or more ultimate beings above the multiverse that each universe's gods would bow down to.

There are special people who are allowed to travel between universes. Examples of this include the Happy Mask Salesman Link encounters in Hyrule and Termina and Neo, who encounters Giovanni in the Pokemon world and Ash and Co. in Hyrule. Skull Kid and Link could also be ones, but this is unconfirmed as they are only known to go between Hyrule and Termina, which already have a close connection. The same is true of Exzavier, but this can also be explained by his great power due to his parentage. Although the HMS's possession of a Mario mask is an in-game nod to the Mario franchise, for our purposes this only shows that he has been to that universe.

The question then arises why these people exist. The answer is they have no purpose. They just are there, and they do what ever they want to for what ever purposes they want.

Last Blog of My Least Favorite Year So Far

Tonight, according to a lot of the world and the Gregorian calendar, is New Year's Eve. We transition tomorrow into 2011 CE and begin anew or at least promise to anyway. So far this year has pretty much sucked. 2009 was better, but these last 365 days had their good spots. I made two new friends and spent some time with my manager/friend outside of work. I started UCR. I still have my job and health, and my family is mostly well, too. But there is plenty of room for things to be better. As I am sometimes a sucker for the cliche, I have some things I want to start doing differently. They mostly involve seriously getting ready for grad school and getting back in the shape I was in five years ago. You could say those are my New Year's resolutions. I also want to work on finishing my stories and actually get some of that done this time. I need to become more disciplined. That right there is the root of most of my issues and the reason for the changes I want to make.

So here's to another year or being safe, sane, and successful. There is so much more to come, and I want to get there more than anything. I know I can do it. I just need to stick to my plan. This year I know things will finally work out in my favor. And you know what? Having to work in the bakery for a while will be kind of fun.

Year in Review: Personal

January
-start as a junior majoring in anthropology at UCR
-go to Disnelyand with one of my supervisors, Lynne

March
-Sprained knee on the day of my first final
-first UC research paper due (90/100)
-get the Droid phone along with Mom

June
-finish first year at UCR (ended with honors: A, A, A-, A-)
-start summer school; make a new friend (Jill); start using my scooter again
-sell my Droid
-pass the CBEST

July
-join night crew temporarily while in school as someone else is on leave
-visit Hsi Lai Buddhist temple
-get straight As

August
-vacation (hiking, clean room, get back into Pokemon)
-Pokemon Red: death and rebirth

September
-start fall 2010 quarter at UCR (first full year)
-make a new friend (Angela)

October
-renewed Pokemon obsession
-Halloween as a Pokemon trainer
-field trip for bio to Solana Beach; see lots of inverts in the tide pools

November
-register for winter quarter
-apply to go back to Chaffey
-invited to join Golden Key International Honour Society
-gain school pride finally

December
-new plot for Lost in Hyrule/GS Distress series'
-register at Chaffey
-visit Dampe, Windrows, park
-finish anthropology subfield upper division requirements
-play lots of Pokemon Red
-spend Christmas Eve with Lynne and her family

A Common Theme

So I have been playing Pokemon Red lately, and before that I was playing FireRed from the point I stopped (sixth badge, Fuschia City). Then I thought of something. My teams are very similar in both, even though I started and played them six years apart.

Red
Pikachu, level 43
Pidgeot, level 42
Lapras, level 38
Hitmonchan, level 39
Dugtrio, level 45
Bulbasaur, level 42

FireRed
Pikachu, level 43
Pidgeot, level 46
Lapras, level 39
Hitmonhcan, level 41
Geodude, level 38
Charmander, level 49