My fellow students had done this blog when i was absent, about 2-3 weeks ago. It seems a long time to catch up, but i have a very forgetful mind. I am sorry for the delay.
I'm not too sure what my "verse" is. I would like to do many things in my life, and to be known for them. However, i do not yet know what these famous events will be. The song, "I'm Still Alive", played at the end of Portal, is something that is deeply porfound to me. It is about the feelings and future of GlaDOS, a supercomputer that was made by Aperature Science. The computer killed all of the company's emplyees with a neurotoxin, and tries to kill the player by sending them through increasingly dangerous test chambers. Eventually the player finds broken walls of the test chambers, which behind them are run-down maintenance areas. These areas were the safe-havens of test subjects before you. The graffiti made by them helps you out of the tests and finally to destroy GlaDOS. And, after the explosion which flings you out of the Aperature Science building, the computer sings you this song. Now, i am in no way wishing ti become a psychotic supercomputer, but it does make some valid points. The line, "We do what we must because we can. For the good of all of us. Except the ones who are dead.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake. And the science gets done. And you make a neat gun. For the people who are still alive." With the exceptions of the cake and gun business (if you must know, GlaDOS has a fixation with cake, and tempts you with it constantly, and the gun reffered to here is the Aperature Science Handheld Portal Device, which creates portals whoch you can travel through), i believe that this is a very good mindset. Keep doing something productive and helpful to humanity, and even if you make a mistake, fix it and keep going. Dont linger over past failures.
If i ever do anything note worthy, it will be in this manner. I would like to do something in the field of science. And if i indeed have a verse, this would be it. Here is the whole song, and if you want to listen to it, which i highly recomend(that means you, Mrs. Gaboury), the url is:http://youtube.com/watch?v=-8JatlRwd0s.
Still Alive by Jonathan Coultan and Ellen McLain:
This was a triumph.
I'm making a note here:
HUGE SUCCESS.
It's hard to overstate
my satisfaction.
Aperture Science
We do what we must
because we can.
For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead.
But there's no sense crying
over every mistake.
You just keep on trying
till you run out of cake.
And the science gets done.
And you make a neat gun.
For the people who are
still alive.
I'm not even angry.
I'm being so sincere right now.
Even though you broke my heart.
And killed me.
And tore me to pieces.
And threw every piece into a fire.
As they burned it hurt because
I was so happy for you!
Now these points of data
make a beautiful line.
And we're out of beta.
We're releasing on time.
So I'm GLaD. I got burned.
Think of all the things we learned
for the people who are
still alive.
Go ahead and leave me.
I think I prefer to stay inside.
Maybe you'll find someone else
to help you.
Maybe Black Mesa...
THAT WAS A JOKE. HA HA. FAT CHANCE.
Anyway, this cake is great.
It's so delicious and moist.
Look at me still talking
when there's science to do.
When I look out there,
it makes me GLaD I'm not you.
I've experiments to run.
There is research to be done.
On the people who are
still alive.
And believe me I am
still alive.
I'm doing science and I'm
still alive.I feel FANTASTIC and I'm
still alive.
While you're dying I'll be
still alive.
And when you're dead I will be
still alive.
STILL ALIVE.
Still alive.
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2 comments:
Nice use of portal, it is teh awesome. I'm serious that was pretty well quoted. Could you tell me your steam name by the way? Mine is hellhammer4110.
great.
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