Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, a five hundred and sixty seven questions long test that all those familiar with the psych ward and high risk jobs dread. The MMPI is a test often given in psych wards to attempt to ascertain a person’s personality constitution and psychopathology.

The MMPI was invented in 1939 and since then it has been considered the “gold standard” in personality testing since its creation. While I don’t argue its validity compared to other personality tests, however I do argue its validity as a whole. I believe that the grading and answering of the test is completely subjective.
The MMPI uses many different groupings one could potentially be, ranging from severely depressed (as in my case) or to completely psychotic (which I might add is a relative term.) It also attempts to use the MacDonald Triad, which links animal cruelty, obsession with fire setting, and persistent bedwetting past the age of five to violent behaviors, particularly homicidal behavior. However, other studies have not found statistically significant links between the triad and violent offenders. Further studies have suggested that these behaviors are often the product of parental neglect, cruelty or trauma, and that such events in a person's childhood can result in "homicidal proneness". However, the 'triad' concept as a particular combination of behaviors may not have any particular validity actually it has been called an urban legend. So they use an urban legend to, in part decide if you’re emotionally stable. Because that’s fair right?

Another thing, does personality actually exist? Are traits, types and characteristics of personality inflexible and exclusive? Are these features solely cultural, completely inherited or the result of the impact of environment? Personality inventories, self-administered psychometric measures of attitudes, beliefs and tendencies, attempt to provide a finite insight into the nature of personality and the characteristics of abnormal psychological disorder. Personality inventories make several basic assumptions in order to generalize theoretical categorizations across the variance of individual human personality. One assumption is the equation of deviance with mental illness, for example on the MMPI-2  personality inventory, holding ‘deviant’ attitudes or beliefs will raise scores on several scales correlated with a variety of disorders, although these beliefs do not on their own imply psychological illness of any kind. For example if you are an atheist, that in itself will raise the scores. Personality inventories assume a degree of continuity of personality. When used as a measure of disorder, they take for granted that homogeneity of scores, across the board of clinical disorders, which can produce patterns predictive of pathology.

I'd like to know what my dearest readers think of the MMPI, if you taken it, whatever you'd like to tell me. Comment to let me know

Megan Fox is an Idiot

*sigh* I really don't want to make a post about Megan Fox, I really, really don't. You believe me right? It's just not right, but I have to. Why do I have to you may ask, well she said something so incredibly dumb. So incredibly dumb that I just can't help myself, apparently stupidity is my brand of heroin, and let me tell you this is one big hit of stupidity. The former Transformers star has long been known for her distinctive tattoos, thanks in no small part her constant flashing of the skin they adorn. Recently she decided to say goodbye to her most famous ink-job of all: her inner forearm tattoo of Marilyn Monroe's face."I'm removing it," she told Italian Magazine Amica, on whose September issue cover she features (via Celebrity-Gossip). "It is a negative character, as she suffered from personality disorders and was bipolar. I do not want to attract this kind of negative energy in my life."
uhm.........What.....? I don't get this, I don't understand. So she is removing this tattoo from her arm because Marilyn Monroe was a negative character? Well no, she wasn't a character she was a real person. So because she was mentally ill, now apparently being mentally ill attracts "negative energy." Is Megan Fox suggesting we return to the biblical understanding of mental illness where we think mentally ill people are possessed with demons. Oh Megan it's as if the world full of witchcraft and voodoo. And furthermore what's with this concern about negative energy? Does she think that demons from the underworld are combing the world for people with Marilyn Monroe tattoos, so they can possess them? "Hey look over there that chicks got a Marilyn Monroe tattoo lets curse her with all the misfortunes of being famous and rich so she can spout her stupid bullshit." Yeah it really looks like its cursed you so far you dumbass. Hey guess what? I have an alternative idea as to why negative energy has entered your life. Maybe it has something to do with that fact that you're dumber than a sack of hammers! Or maybe its this thing called the human condition, where EVERYBODY has problems! Not because of your skin art, where you put some incredibly ominous voodoo/hoodoo symbol on your forearm. I'd hazard a guess that there is a line of red brick dust covering every threshold of every door in your house. You dumbfounded dipshit....I mean there is not even any word I can use to insult you, you're just  that stupid. Who the hell views Marilyn Monroe as a negative symbol?! She is still a household name! Who would even put this in there newspaper or report about it?! Those people are accountable too, because there are some people I'm sure who look to this women for advice and knowledge. But she is a moron. You hear me? A moron. She promotes world views that went out of style two thousand years ago! Where we blame witchcraft for all our problems and nobody takes responsibility for anything. And mental illness is stigmatized and made to look like a evil thing, instead of a true illness. This is just a continuation of the stigma that is mental illness. Imagine if she had a tattoo of Freddy Mercury and then had it removed because he had Aids. That would not go over well so why as a society are we okay with it if its on the topic of mental illness? Why are we saying "oh yeah that makes sense cause Marilyn Monroe was a f*** up in the head?" Well screw you and have a nice day Megan Fox! And for the record the only reason I support you removing the tattoo is because you had the false idea that you were the equivalent of Marilyn Monroe when you got the tattoo! And let me tell you, you sure as hell aren't! It's almost sacrilege to have Marilyn's face on your arm!

 

Gollum Version of "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift

Once upon time a few mistakes ago, we were in our cave, you got us alone
You found us, you found us, you found us
We thought that you were food, you didn’t like that
So we played a game, but when we turned our back
You tricked us, you tricked us, you tricked us
Now it’s long gone, we were stupid to trust
And we realize the blame is on us
Cause we knew you had the precious when you walked in so shame on us now
Our cries echo to the Misty Mountains
Since you came around cause, we knew you had the precious when you walked in
So shame on us, now our cries echo to the Misty Mountains
Now we’re lying on the cold hard cave
Oh, oh, precious, precious, precious
Oh, oh, precious, precious, precious
Black Riders chased us down ,they never saw us cry
Okay maybe we cried, but we had to stay alive
For the precious, the precious, the precious
We heard you moved on from Birdses in the trees
They say you’re with the Hobbits, just due east
So we eats those birds, we eats those birds, we eats those birds
It was long gone, we were stupid to trust, and we realize the joke is on us
Cause we knew you had the precious when you walked in so shame on us now
Our cries echo to the Misty Mountains
Since you came around cause, we knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on us, now our cries echo to the Misty Mountains
Now we’re lying on the cold hard cave
Oh, oh, precious, precious, precious
Oh, oh, precious, precious, precious
Then the saddest fear comes creeping in
That you never loved us or him or anyone or anything
Yeah
Cause we knew you had the precious when you walked in so shame on us now
our cries echo to the Misty Mountains
Since you came around cause, we knew you were trouble when you walked in
So shame on us, now our cries echo to the Misty Mountains
Now we’re lying on the cold hard cave
Oh, oh, precious, precious, precious
Oh, oh, precious, precious, precious
Cause we knew you had the precious when you walked in so shame on us now
precious, precious, precious

Narcissistic Bruno Mars "Just The Way I Am"

Oh, my eyes, my eyes make the stars look like they're not shinin'
My hair, my hair falls perfectly without my tryin'
I’m so beautiful
And I tell me everyday
Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment me, I will believe me
And it's so, it's so sad to think that everybody don't see what I see
But every time I ask myself do I look okay?
I say
When I see my face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause I’m amazing
Just the way I am
And when I smile
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
'Cause boy, I’m amazing
Just the way I am
My lips, my lips, you could kiss them all day if I’d let you
My laugh my laugh, some hate it but I think it's so sexy
I’m so beautiful
And I tell myself everyday
Oh, I know, I know, I know I’d never ask me to change
If perfect's what I’m searching for, then I’ll just stay the same
So don't even bother saying I look okay
I know I'll say
When I see my face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause I’m amazing
Just the way I am
And when I smile
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
'Cause boy, I’m amazing
Just the way I am
The way I am
The way I am
Boy, I’m amazing
Just the way I am
When I see my face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause I’m amazing
Just the way I am
And when I smile
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
'Cause boy, I’m amazing
Just the way I am, yeah

Robert Pattinson Is A Girl

Every where I turn, ever since those damned Twilight movies came out, I hear how "sexy" Robert P. is. Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind when a lower celebrity gets turned into this big sex symbol, because the best thing is he will be gone in five or ten years and everybody knows it. Remember Orlando Bloom? The sexy effeminate elf who was "gaying up" the Lord Of The Rings? And all the teens and tweens of this fine country of ours were swooning over him. And then he played in Pirates of the Caribbean and he even tried to sport a little facial hair, much like Robert is doing now.
Its not fooling anybody "boys." And where is Orlando now? I don't know, you don't know, nobody knows and more importantly, nobody cares.
You see Robert is not even masculine enough to play a delicate tulip waving in the breeze. So he is certainly not able to play some hot-shot vampire, who picks up cars, and seduces women. I mean how can he lift a car? He doesn't look like he could lift a piece of paper with a picture of a car printed on it. Eventually when Pattinson consistently fails to draw an audience, Hollywood will see the writing on the wall and blacklist his ass. Soon enough, he will be lucky if he can get a bit in a direct to DVD spoof about Twilight. Maybe after his Hollywood stint is over he will wind up in some christian church where he talks to little kids about the evils of Hollywood and its Darwinian agenda.
Don't let me down Robert, by failing to fall flat on your face.

How to piss off every single New Yorker

1. Upstreaming for a cab
2. Not walking on the escalator 
3. Taking up two seats on the subway
4. Petitioning people on the streets
5. Feeding pigeons
6. Arguing that New York is over rated 
7. Not knowing how to slide your Metro card 
8. Doing anything in Time Square
9. Stealing peoples Newspaper
10. Announcing yourself on the subway car
11. Not holding the elevator door
12. Standing in the bike lane 

And that ladies and gentlemen is how to piss of New Yorkers

Mind Blowing Random Facts

Prepare to have you mind blown in three…two…one….

Many of you have probably heard of the game Super Mario Galaxy, and perhaps some of you have discovered this, but if you read each letter and ONLY each letter with a star under it on the cover of the game, it spells out “U R MR GAY.”  Mario….

But don’t worry we might get the last laugh. Right now there is an online flash game called “Duck Hunt” more specifically the game is called “Kill the Dog from Duck Hunt.” After all these years you finally have the power!

But Nintendo may have one-upped us.  Remember this? After completing the castle it turns out that Toad has been flipping us off the entire time.

The Chicago Bulls logo, flipped upside down is a robot reading a book.

If you look closely,

the Doom guy, only ever has one gun.

More importantly the Silence of the Lambs poster, the one I know we’ve all seen, have any of you ever noticed all the naked women? I’m serious; here let’s take a closer look. Do you all see the skull? It’s a painting by Salvador Dali.

One final fact, Nerf is not just a silly word; it is an acronym for Non Expanding Recreational Foam.

YouTube Channel!!

Hey guys, finally got my YouTube channel up and running so be sure to check it out!
First video: Intro!

Nathan's Story

Now gather around everybody, I have a grand story to tell you. This story has Kings, Queens, Knights, Princes, Princesses, Peasants and Dragons. You know you're average Middle Ages story. So listen carefully.

Once upon a time, there was a peasant named Nathan. Nathan was just your average peasant but he had an extraordinary gift: tolerance. Now even though Nathan was a peasant he was close to the King and Queen, of the fair land of Trumansburg. Nathan had only two enemies, the Queen and the Dragon, but you see it wasn't always like that. Once upon a time, Nathan was a Knight and the King and Queen were happy and there was no Dragon to strike fear into Nathans heart. But that was long ago, in a time so distant it was almost like a dream.
But since then Nathan had been demoted to a lowly peasant, and while he still maintained a close relationship with the King, the Queen was constantly stepping on Nathans toes, trying to debilitate him so bad that he would just give up. What's sad is that Nathan did try to give up, twice. Twice he tried and twice he was locked in the stockade. And the stockade tried to help Nathan to get back on his feet, but Nathan found it was hard, especially when the Queen kept knocking him down. But Nathan decided that no matter how great his desire to give up was, he still kept his head high. So to keep himself from cracking from the pressure, Nathan moved in with the King, and felt mildly better. But after a while Nathan felt the pressure again, especially from the Queen, but now he had a new front to fight, because the Queen sent the Dragon to fight him. The Dragon was hardly a worthy foe, but since the Queen was to chicken-shit to tell Nathan how she really felt about him, she sent the Dragon to do her dirty work.
But suddenly Nathan heard a rumor that made him jump for joy: his cousins were coming! Nathan was glad because he thought that his cousins could mitigate the Queen and the Dragons fury. And for the two weeks they were with Nathan, Prince Jón and Princess Kathleen, tempered the Queens anger, but alas the Dragon was still in full force.
Soon Prince Jón and Princess Kathleen left and Nathan felt so sad and alone. Prince Jón and Princess Kathleen had been his rock, and even though sometimes he couldn't understand them, they provided a source of comfort for him, because he knew deep down in his heart that they would never judge for being who he is.
Even though Nathan is but a lowly peasant, he knows that one day things will be better and the Queen and the Dragon will not make him cower in fear, and be afraid to even go home. But Nathan struggles still because he can't remember a time when he was truly happy, and all the potions the witch-doctors could give him will not cure him, because his body can heal from the wounds, but his soul won't heal with those potions. They mean nothing, for his emotional self. But still Nathan keeps going.

Dysphoria At The Gym

Hey guys I just wanted to make a really quick post because I just had to leave my gym because I had a really bad…I don’t know I just felt really insecure. I’ve been going there forever and I’ve always felt okay there because I always thought that if people are going to go to the gym and judge you, that’s pretty ridiculous, because everyone is there to make themselves healthier and better in some way, shape, or form, and if you are going to judge someone for doing the same things you are, then you don’t need to be in that person’s life anyway because you’re a hypocrite. So I’ve never really had any problems…except for today. I went for 30 minutes when I usually always go for an hour, and I don’t know. I just got so mad almost, because I saw this group of teenagers come in and they were so…so differently shaped, and bigger, and more muscular. Guys like them, don’t try, they go to the gym for ten minutes and bulk up. It’s bullshit. I mean I work so hard every day to be the person I am inside and I just can’t.  I had to leave because I couldn’t focus on my workout. As weird as it sounds I just kept staring at them, and then I would look in the mirror at myself, and it just wasn’t right. I guess I just got really fed up, and it sucks that this is the body I’m stuck in and yes I know I shouldn’t blame myself but it’s hard. It’s really hard. Anyway before I work myself into a knot again, I’m not going to write anymore on this topic today. Peace Out.

Caesar

Hello there! I am Julius Caesar; I grace your presence now with a terrible tale to tell you. Many, many years ago, many cold, stressful, painful, agonizing years ago I was entombed in a block of ice. I was lost to the ages, a transient of time. Now that I have “thawed out,” I promise you the expression “chill out man” is not lost on me, now that I am in this present age, I find that a tragedy has befallen us all, me especially. That is, to say that I am not recognized as the rightful heir to the Roman throne. Can time undo the greatness that is Caesar? I think not! This cannot stand, this cannot be, therefore I entreat you, fair citizens of the inter-web, join with me! Form my army! March alongside me as we rise up in numbers greater than the sons to reclaim what is rightfully mine. And I will share some of it with you, so yes, if you pledge with me, if you catch this vision for a greater world, ruled by me, then do two things. No three things! As I am feeling quite generous today. First, tell all your friends that Caesar, the one true emperor of Rome has been found. Secondly, join my cause, enlist in the army of Caesar, champion all that I do and say, follow my actions, heed my wisdom and advice, and ask me questions from time to time. Thirdly donate your time, your life, and all your voluptuous women, to me! For the purpose of furthering my empire. Though I should probably clarify that by voluptuous, I do not mean fat, I mean healthy and curvaceous.

You know the story, you have the charge, I beseech thee to watch my blog for updates, if you do well I will come back and tell you of our progress and I will keep you informed in this way, it is the least I can do for your patronage. So now I say goodbye, and hello to a brighter future. Render unto Caesar what is Caesars. Peace! And War!

Anarchism Persuasive Essay

America, we love you, how many of you are proud to be citizens of this beautiful Country of ours? The stripes and the stars for the rights that men have died for to protect, the women and men who have broken their neck's for the freedom of speech the United States Government has sworn to uphold, or so we're told…[1]

                Anarchism. What is it good for?  A radical philosophy and an approach to social organization that arose coinciding with other grand “–isms,” anarchism, perhaps more than any other idea and practice, has been condensed down by its critics and Nay-Sayers into a vague set of contradictory caricatures. Is anarchism characterized by bohemian communities of rebels, their uprising culturally innovative but politically ineffective, book-ended by Johnny Rotten?  Or is anarchism defined by individualist libertarians who walk in the ideological footsteps of David Friedman? Or is anarchism defined by the collectivist anti-capitalists who walk the paths blazed by Mikhail Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin? Or, more infamously, is anarchism a murky underworld of conspiratorial bomb throwers, held together not by bonds of solidarity but by a commitment to violence?

            Well you see anarchism advocates stateless societies based on non-hierarchical free associations. Anarchists (also known as libertarians or libertarian socialists, in the original sense of socialism) oppose illegitimate authority and hierarchy, and therefore oppose capitalism and the state. However a common misconception is that all anarchists oppose all organization. This is false, anarchists do not oppose all organization: in reality anarchists favor voluntary, non-hierarchical, self-organization. Anarchists do not oppose all rules and laws; anarchists oppose rules and laws imposed involuntarily by illegitimate authorities, such as the state, and favor voluntarily-agreed upon rules and laws. I believe that anarchism is far better than any other form of government due to its definitions and applications.

There are a lot of laws I don’t agree with, for example New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage due to irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it. Or the law that states the use of handcuffs or leg-irons is prohibited to all but law enforcement. So I guess I’ll think twice if I get hustled and then decide to make a citizen’s arrest because then I’ll get in trouble for making a citizen’s arrest with handcuffs or leg irons due to the afore mentioned law. Now remind me who is it making these laws that are completely ridiculous? Oh right, the government. Without the government, you’d have complete freedom; the only repercussions would be your own.

As anarchist Allen Thornton observes, "Police aren't in the protection business; they're in the revenge business." Forget about Spider-Man interrupting crimes in progress. Police patrol does not prevent crime or catch criminals. Think about it, cops don’t actually prevent crime; they just get revenge on the people who commit crimes. If cops truly prevented all crime the entire idea of a law enforcement officer would be obsolete. When police patrol was discontinued secretly in Kansas City neighborhoods, the crime rate stayed the same as before. Other research likewise finds that detective work, crime labs, etc. have no effect on the crime rate. But when neighbors get together to watch over each other and warn off would-be criminals, criminals try another neighborhood that is protected only by the police because the criminals know that they face little danger there.

   Chances are some of you are thinking “well aren’t anarchist’s bomb throwers? The answer is no. At least not compared to, say the United States Government, which drops more bombs every day on Iraq than anarchists have thrown in the years they have been a political movement. The total number of nuclear missiles built by the United States, from 1951 to the present: 67,500. That is approximately 1009 bombs a year. Does it really make a difference if bombs are delivered horizontally by anarchists rather than vertically by the government? Anarchists have been in action for many years and in many countries, under many different types of governments. Sometimes, especially under conditions of severe repression, some anarchists have thrown bombs. But that has been the exception. The "bomb-throwing anarchist" stereotype was concocted by politicians and journalists in the late 19th century, and they still won't let go of it, but even back then it was a gross exaggeration.

America is the land of the free, right? Well no, not really. In the years since Sept. 11, 2001, this country has painstakingly diminished civil liberties in the name of increased security. The government continues to claim the right to strip citizens of legal protections based on its sole discretion. A recent example of this was the National Defense Authorization Act, signed Dec. 31 2012, which allows for the indefinite detention of citizens. However we also continue to scorn countries like Cambodia who have a “prolonged detention” laws. An authoritarian nation is defined not just by the use of authoritarian powers, but by the ability to use them. If a president can take away your freedom or your life on his or her own authority, all rights become little more than a discretionary grant subject to executive desire.

            Speaking of 9/11, it could have been potentially prevented if warning signs had been heeded. George W. Bush was president at the time having been in office for eight months when the attacks occurred. Good ol’ George Dubya (George W.) blatantly ignored warnings about the possibility of an Al-Qaeda attack, which began on May 1st. Which, gave Bush approximately one hundred and thirty three days and multiple warnings in between to do something, anything in an attempt to prevent 2,996 deaths that were the result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

You see it is my belief (along with many others) that the government had ample warning that something bad was going to go down, but did anybody listen? No, not until it was too late.

The whole point of 9/11 from the terrorist’s perspective was to obliterate a financial center of New York and to inspire fear into the heart of an entire nation of 281,421,906 people (approximately 29 million people.) But if we were all separate communities of free grouping individuals, we wouldn’t have people trying to take out large masses, but rather a small group of people trying to take out another small group of people.

“Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations[3]”

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[1] Paraphrased from Eminem’s “White America”

[3] Quoted from Emma Goldman

P.S.   I am saying this with the freest of speech this Divided States of Embarrassment will allow me to have. Also the views expressed in this essay do not necessarily represent the views of the author.