http://www.theknifefight.com/site/blog.php TheKnifeFight.com! No knives. No fighting. Just a great community. en Sat, 19 May 2012 09:59:00 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.theknifefight.com/site/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.theknifefight.com/site/blog.php http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/12-Book-Review-The-Art-of-Seduction Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:27:58 GMT Over the last summer I set out to read a few... Over the last summer I set out to read a few books with some of the free time that I had. The first I read was one enlightening, about self-esteem and the principles that bring about it. The second I just finished, titled "The Art of Seduction".



With some amusing symbolism on the front cover, the book looks to be like some religious document. Also, one who is interested in philosophy might take interest that the book is by Robert Green, who wrote the 48 Laws of Power.
This proves evident because this book is NOT an easy read. The style is narrative, but at the same time highly technical and Green uses some sophisticated language.

What this book is NOT:
"Step by Step", easy to follow guide to get in someone's pants (girl or guy)
Written for instant gratification
"morally correct".

What this book is:
Lists a thought-out, compilation of seductive personality types, one of which you will identify with at least a little bit; The Natural, The Rake, The Ideal Lover, The Coquette, The Dandy, The Siren.
Has a "road map" of concepts and notions that will lead someone to "fall in love", or be seduced by you.
Has some methods/ideas that would be considered "evil"
Supports its claims and concepts with historical events and diaries (Casanova, Cleopatra, Andy Warhol, etc)
For both sexes, and all orientations.

One of the claims the book lays is that in order to seduce someone, you need to look for a "weakness". This can be a lack of self-esteem, a lack of adventure in their lives, or a lack of excitement, etc. Once this weakness is found and confirmed, you dig it deeper. Say something that might reaffirm that they have this weakness, or turn cold against them because of it. Then, suddenly "fill the weakness. If they lacked adventure, you are suddenly the one to provide it to them. This forces them to become somewhat dependent on you, and to take you for granted far less. Without you, they feel like their life is drastically downgraded. To some, they might see this as evil and manipulative. You are forcing a person to become reliant on you for your own gain.

However, take a step back and look at the big picture. How many people have spoke of marriage and how their significant other "makes them feel complete". Those words strike an alarming parallel to those in the above paragraph. Marriage is the same possible dependency that is shown in the above paragraph. So is it "evil", by majority standards?

This is just one of the concepts that WILL wrap itself around your mind and make you think.

The book is aimed at much more then "short term flings". It's meant for actually getting into a relationship, and perhaps something longer.

My one negative comment about the book is that it presents you stories in detail, and than repeats them when referring to other concepts, but sort of reintroduces them as if they were new. Its unneeded repetition.

Read:
If you find yourself having trouble with the opposite sex and understanding humans at times.
If your able to put aside vastly held beliefs that you might of generated from society.
If you agree with the notion that we are a species that is rarely satisfied when things aren't kept "hot" and interesting. ]]> Zerkz http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/12-Book-Review-The-Art-of-Seduction http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/11-withdrawls Sun, 01 May 2011 08:25:03 GMT i am experiencing them,not physical like i once... i am experiencing them,not physical like i once did,and i feel like i've blocked everything out for so long,and my life hasn't even been bad lately.

ups & downs are normal,right?

then why do i have this urge to ruin my life.


short post done. ]]> OhHaiConnor http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/11-withdrawls http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/10-No-one-seems-to-use-this Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:14:52 GMT So I will fill the void. So,for me to be... So I will fill the void.

So,for me to be blogging at 5:10 AM you must be wondering,"Gee,Connor,why are you up so late?"

Let me be the first to say this is not the per usual insomnia,or the boredom or anything typical to prevent my sleep.

This is built up emotion,fears and everything on earth tumbling down on my heart at once.

Without sounding like I'm crying out too loudly,I'd just like to say.

i don't know how much more i can take.

everything is becoming increasingly difficult for me,it's weird too,because it seems the more shit that happens,the more it drags me down,not just emotionally,physically and all that shit,but I truly believe lately my spelling and grammar,and general response time to intelligence bound questions have all gotten worse.

all I've really wanted over the past year is for just one thing to happen,one thing.

I would do EVERYTHING in order for this to happen.

Unfortunately,you can't force people into doing things they don't want,otherwise i'd be loved,rich and well respected.

This is really a lot of babbling but it feels good to type it out,let's see if i can end it with something clever,probably not.

If there's one thing I've taken away in the past year,it's that as much as you're willing to give,there has to be something to take.

Otherwise you end up right here,every time. ]]> OhHaiConnor http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/10-No-one-seems-to-use-this http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/8-I-just-realized-something Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:14:12 GMT And, no offense to tkf or Dusty, but its a little... And, no offense to tkf or Dusty, but its a little pathetic.

Ive never really done anything with my life. Its pretty much one good intention after another without ever coming through for myself or others. My single longest commitment to anything in the world is TKF. Ive never said 7,382 things to a single person. Ive never had a friend for as long as Ive been on here. Or a girlfriend. And in a world where people give up on anything at all at the drop of a hat, I find it pretty awesome that Ive been able to stick with this for as long as I have. But at the same time, a little disappointing that Ive put more of myself on a website than into my real-life relationships. Oh well. None of this really means anything other than an early morning thought on life. Just sharing.

By the way, what happened to the tkf blogs? ]]> Zachbnonymous http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/8-I-just-realized-something http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/7-Burdleurdleurdleurdle Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:41:31 GMT Thats my best impression of a drumroll. Why,... Thats my best impression of a drumroll.

Why, you ask?

Because. I had this idea.

I wanted to make fun of all those idiots getting internet famous for the most ridiculous reasons. So I decided, with a friend of mine, that we should start something more ridiculous than all of the others, and do it so good we get famous, and then they may all see how dumb this shit is.

We decided it should be based on the most ridiculous and easy to laugh at thing in the known universe. Bro. Yeah.

So, being broke and lazy, we started a myspace page a few weeks ago. Eventually well make a legit site, but we have some hilarious blogs and half naked girls, so if anyones interested, go check it out.

www.myspace.com/awesomebropage ]]> Zachbnonymous http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/7-Burdleurdleurdleurdle http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/6-Cracked Thu, 24 Dec 2009 23:05:47 GMT So yesterday as I was cleaning the small crevices... So yesterday as I was cleaning the small crevices of my iPhone I apparently gave a little too much muscle and cracked my iPhone screen. Now I have a bunch of small cracks and a huge crack running from top to bottom on my glass. Merry Christmas to me. lmao





]]> marco parc http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/6-Cracked http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/5-Midnight-Snack Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:10:08 GMT When I'm hungry late at night and I'm too lazy to go out I start rummaging through the fridge in hopes for sustenance.



Camera Settings:

Exposure: 1/15
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 200

So I had my trusty D90 setup in the corner of the fridge and connected to my laptop via USB cable. Then I used my iPhone to trigger the shot via DSLRemote App from OnOne Software. ]]> marco parc http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/5-Midnight-Snack http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/4-Last-Project-in-Java Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:30:39 GMT Well, I just finished the main "Java Programming" course, this semester. I figure I'd share how these programs work/how tedious things can be with programming.

I basically had to make a Graphic User Interface (GUI), that would operate and preform functions in manipulating data/records of Employee's within a company.

It basically ended up looking like this.







And here is the WHOPPING source code (although its probably miniscule compared to real programs).

err. Apparently not, I have to keep this short to 10,000 characters. Anyways, The source code was 91,000 characters. So, thats an idea of much big programming can be sometimes. ]]> Zerkz http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/4-Last-Project-in-Java http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/3-Final-Project Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:18:36 GMT Well for my Final for my Photo 1a class my... Well for my Final for my Photo 1a class my teacher told us that the theme for our project was open ended and that we had to mount the pictures on a board. This did not settle well for me because I am not one to think of a theme for myself and I would end up taking forever to think of one and would wait until the last minute to do so (which is what I did).

So for my final I decided to do portraiture (shoot people) since that I am not very good at it nor am I good at directing people. I figured that since I am not good at it, forcing myself would be beneficial in the long run.

In the end I was pretty content with the results and learned a lot in regards to portraiture setups (i.e. lighting issues, subject issues, how to direct people (which i barely did) and whatnot).

Here's a shot from my project:



You can see more here:

Click Me! ]]> marco parc http://www.theknifefight.com/site/entry.php/3-Final-Project