1984
the future is now
everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.--leo tolstoy
3.11.2003
3.10.2003
i return from exile in triumph!
i was kicked out of my room for the weekend for the tke officer retreat. i was so kind of pissed about it cuz i wasn't informed of the exile until saturday during the day. i was so angry that i went rollerskating with carla.
yep, we went to starlite roller rink in worcester at 648 park ave. it was good times. it was so much like the roller rink back home that i went to as a kid. it's good to see that some things never change. the 13 yr olds were still there doing their petty junior high popularity control shit. i was twice the average age. there were some moms skating with their kids and stuff. ever seen mallrats? remember lafluers? the security guard? well, he works at starlite now. this guy at the roller rink looked just like him. he had the beard and the crossed arms and stern look. it was classic. he was getting a lot of attention from all the moms, though. he was definately working the scene. it was intense. what was also intense was how bad i am at roller skating. i can't seem to get the knack of pushing off on my left foot. i'm completely horrible at it. it took me almost the whole time we were there to get used to skating again. then one of the wheels fell off my skate. that sucked. then i fell down another time and busted the band on my watch. that sucked too. but spending the afternoon with carla was good times. it was good to spend a lot of time with her over break, since i'm sure she'll get busy with school and agd and all the bustle of everyday life.
one week til war with iraq. set your tivos!
i was kicked out of my room for the weekend for the tke officer retreat. i was so kind of pissed about it cuz i wasn't informed of the exile until saturday during the day. i was so angry that i went rollerskating with carla.
yep, we went to starlite roller rink in worcester at 648 park ave. it was good times. it was so much like the roller rink back home that i went to as a kid. it's good to see that some things never change. the 13 yr olds were still there doing their petty junior high popularity control shit. i was twice the average age. there were some moms skating with their kids and stuff. ever seen mallrats? remember lafluers? the security guard? well, he works at starlite now. this guy at the roller rink looked just like him. he had the beard and the crossed arms and stern look. it was classic. he was getting a lot of attention from all the moms, though. he was definately working the scene. it was intense. what was also intense was how bad i am at roller skating. i can't seem to get the knack of pushing off on my left foot. i'm completely horrible at it. it took me almost the whole time we were there to get used to skating again. then one of the wheels fell off my skate. that sucked. then i fell down another time and busted the band on my watch. that sucked too. but spending the afternoon with carla was good times. it was good to spend a lot of time with her over break, since i'm sure she'll get busy with school and agd and all the bustle of everyday life.
one week til war with iraq. set your tivos!
3.08.2003
margaritaville
after a stressful half hour this morning at ticketmaster.com, we were able to score 4(!) tickets to jimmy buffet on aug 28, 2003 at tweeter center. i can't wait. we're going to rock out hardcore. i was at one two summers ago, and let me tell you, that was a quality freakin time. i'm glad that we got tickets. last year, the whole thing fell through, but this year! this year is the year, man.
after a stressful half hour this morning at ticketmaster.com, we were able to score 4(!) tickets to jimmy buffet on aug 28, 2003 at tweeter center. i can't wait. we're going to rock out hardcore. i was at one two summers ago, and let me tell you, that was a quality freakin time. i'm glad that we got tickets. last year, the whole thing fell through, but this year! this year is the year, man.
3.07.2003
avidya
so maybe that telegraph article about war starting march 17 was that far off. the brits are to introduce an amendment to the us resolution that calls for march 17 to be the deadline for "full, unconditional, immediate cooperation." otherwise iraq "will have failed to take the final opportunity" to disarm. and that means the bombs start flying! set your calenders kiddies. the cable news channels are so prepared to jump the cost of advertising on march 17.
in better news for humanity, the internet book list has started up. modest for now, i'm sure it will grow in the future and given a year or so, we're going to be rockin out to the internet book list as well as we do to the imdb
the reason for an unclear perception of reality is the predisposition of our mind and senses to view our four-dimensional universe (of space-time) as a three-dimensional consciousness. think about that one, boy-o
so maybe that telegraph article about war starting march 17 was that far off. the brits are to introduce an amendment to the us resolution that calls for march 17 to be the deadline for "full, unconditional, immediate cooperation." otherwise iraq "will have failed to take the final opportunity" to disarm. and that means the bombs start flying! set your calenders kiddies. the cable news channels are so prepared to jump the cost of advertising on march 17.
in better news for humanity, the internet book list has started up. modest for now, i'm sure it will grow in the future and given a year or so, we're going to be rockin out to the internet book list as well as we do to the imdb
the reason for an unclear perception of reality is the predisposition of our mind and senses to view our four-dimensional universe (of space-time) as a three-dimensional consciousness. think about that one, boy-o
3.06.2003
keep on rockin' in the free world
fantasy camp, er...spring break is going nicely. still haven't done much of anything productive. i did dishes last night and cleaned up. but that was because we were getting a funky smell going on up here in the quad. it had to be remedied fast.
saw chicago last night with carla. i thought it was a fantastic film. not big into musicals much, but the visual styling of this movie was just fantastic. big props to richard gere, renee zellweger and catherine zeta-jones-douglas. good choice for best picture nomination. still on the list to go see is life of david gale, gods and generals (which is based on a fantastic book by jeff shaara) and, of course, cradle 2 the grave starring jet li and dmx.
this is a great story. a guy in ny makes a t-shirt that reads "give peace a chance" at one of those mall kiosks and gets arrested for trespassing because he wouldn't take it off. then the mall decides to drop charges when on wednesday about 100 demonstrators show up protesting the guy's arrest. this is what i'm talking about, america. citizens making a difference by standing up for what they believe in. the revolution is at hand.
and this is just plain fantastic. in a rematch of the '96 presidential run, clinton/dole will be matching up on 60 minutes for a revival of the point/counterpoint segment. is anyone else just giddy with anticipation? clinton/dole in primetime! hoo-ah!
to combat the increases in counterfeiting technology, us money will get another facelift.
this is the kind of stuff that makes geeks drool. this will be attempted soon
score another point for the proponents of the legalization of marijuana. NORML chapter gets publicity by sponsering adopt-a-highway
i might actually buy an suv because of what ford is doing. the escape suv will be sold at a loss with a hybrid engine.
it's up to you on how much you want to believe this daily telegraph story. but it claims it has information from a senior british goverment source saying that the war in iraq will be starting march 17 and hopefully end by april 10. i'm a bit wary of this story, but it piques my interest enough to pass it along.
well, it's snowing outside, i haven't eaten lunch and i have video games to play. til next time: take care of yourself and each other.
fantasy camp, er...spring break is going nicely. still haven't done much of anything productive. i did dishes last night and cleaned up. but that was because we were getting a funky smell going on up here in the quad. it had to be remedied fast.
saw chicago last night with carla. i thought it was a fantastic film. not big into musicals much, but the visual styling of this movie was just fantastic. big props to richard gere, renee zellweger and catherine zeta-jones-douglas. good choice for best picture nomination. still on the list to go see is life of david gale, gods and generals (which is based on a fantastic book by jeff shaara) and, of course, cradle 2 the grave starring jet li and dmx.
this is a great story. a guy in ny makes a t-shirt that reads "give peace a chance" at one of those mall kiosks and gets arrested for trespassing because he wouldn't take it off. then the mall decides to drop charges when on wednesday about 100 demonstrators show up protesting the guy's arrest. this is what i'm talking about, america. citizens making a difference by standing up for what they believe in. the revolution is at hand.
and this is just plain fantastic. in a rematch of the '96 presidential run, clinton/dole will be matching up on 60 minutes for a revival of the point/counterpoint segment. is anyone else just giddy with anticipation? clinton/dole in primetime! hoo-ah!
to combat the increases in counterfeiting technology, us money will get another facelift.
this is the kind of stuff that makes geeks drool. this will be attempted soon
score another point for the proponents of the legalization of marijuana. NORML chapter gets publicity by sponsering adopt-a-highway
i might actually buy an suv because of what ford is doing. the escape suv will be sold at a loss with a hybrid engine.
it's up to you on how much you want to believe this daily telegraph story. but it claims it has information from a senior british goverment source saying that the war in iraq will be starting march 17 and hopefully end by april 10. i'm a bit wary of this story, but it piques my interest enough to pass it along.
well, it's snowing outside, i haven't eaten lunch and i have video games to play. til next time: take care of yourself and each other.
3.04.2003
state of world affairs
an article i read last night at cnn made me even more upset over the way the current administration is handling foreign policy. i will begin by saying that i am in support of weapons inspections in iraq and opposed to this us lead movement for "regime change" in baghdad. the bush white house has made the argument that 1)saddam has weapons of mass destruction. 2) he uses them against his own people, so what would stop him for using them on us? 3) he is linked to al qaeda.
these are fine and valid arguments, but let's make sure they are actually true. and if they are true, let's apply them to other nations as well, and not just one that will benefit us economically (ie, iraq's oil reserve).
ok, iraq has some missles. north korea has started up their nuclear progam again, and they have said that a us attack will lead to "nuclear disasters." saddam does attack kurds and punishes his own people. but the us was in negotiations with turkey to use their airspace and country as a base of attack into northern iraq. the last i heard, one of turkey's problems with being let into the eu was their human rights violations against the kurds. but turkey is willing to help us get our oil, so it's ok that they do the same thing as saddam. and there has been no evidence presented that i believe shows saddam is linked to al qaeda. as far as i know, saddam is quite happy ruling his little chunk of the middle east and staying a major player on the internation stage by pissing us off all the time. saddam has shown no signs of aggression towards the us in any blatant manner (the radar locks and slight skirmishes in the no-fly zones don't count in my opinion as it's our fault that there are no-fly zones). whilst the n. koreans have been actively engaging us military recon planes in the sea of japan. it upsets me that we can have such a hypocrisy in our foreign policy. iraq is complying (albeit slowly and hesitantly) with dipolmatic solutions and we continue to push military action upon them. n. korea actively pursues a weapons of mass destruction program (read: nukes), engages us in an aggressive, premeditated manner and all we do is say we will continue in the diplomatic arena? oh, i forgot, n.korea doesn't have any natural resources that the united states wants. i wouldn't be satiated with a policy of military action across the globe whenever someone pissed us off, but at least it would be consistent and no longer hypocritical. until the current administration can present an arguement as to why a country that might have nukes, chem, and bio weapons is more of a danger than a country that has said they are restarting their nuke program and could have the bomb within 12 months; i will continue to question their decisions and i will be quite vocal about it. that's my duty as an american citizen.
how pissed are you?
slightly upset:a protest organization, move on
really angry:impeachment movement of george w. bush
ready to stab:muffin films
an article i read last night at cnn made me even more upset over the way the current administration is handling foreign policy. i will begin by saying that i am in support of weapons inspections in iraq and opposed to this us lead movement for "regime change" in baghdad. the bush white house has made the argument that 1)saddam has weapons of mass destruction. 2) he uses them against his own people, so what would stop him for using them on us? 3) he is linked to al qaeda.
these are fine and valid arguments, but let's make sure they are actually true. and if they are true, let's apply them to other nations as well, and not just one that will benefit us economically (ie, iraq's oil reserve).
ok, iraq has some missles. north korea has started up their nuclear progam again, and they have said that a us attack will lead to "nuclear disasters." saddam does attack kurds and punishes his own people. but the us was in negotiations with turkey to use their airspace and country as a base of attack into northern iraq. the last i heard, one of turkey's problems with being let into the eu was their human rights violations against the kurds. but turkey is willing to help us get our oil, so it's ok that they do the same thing as saddam. and there has been no evidence presented that i believe shows saddam is linked to al qaeda. as far as i know, saddam is quite happy ruling his little chunk of the middle east and staying a major player on the internation stage by pissing us off all the time. saddam has shown no signs of aggression towards the us in any blatant manner (the radar locks and slight skirmishes in the no-fly zones don't count in my opinion as it's our fault that there are no-fly zones). whilst the n. koreans have been actively engaging us military recon planes in the sea of japan. it upsets me that we can have such a hypocrisy in our foreign policy. iraq is complying (albeit slowly and hesitantly) with dipolmatic solutions and we continue to push military action upon them. n. korea actively pursues a weapons of mass destruction program (read: nukes), engages us in an aggressive, premeditated manner and all we do is say we will continue in the diplomatic arena? oh, i forgot, n.korea doesn't have any natural resources that the united states wants. i wouldn't be satiated with a policy of military action across the globe whenever someone pissed us off, but at least it would be consistent and no longer hypocritical. until the current administration can present an arguement as to why a country that might have nukes, chem, and bio weapons is more of a danger than a country that has said they are restarting their nuke program and could have the bomb within 12 months; i will continue to question their decisions and i will be quite vocal about it. that's my duty as an american citizen.
how pissed are you?
slightly upset:a protest organization, move on
really angry:impeachment movement of george w. bush
ready to stab:muffin films
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