| Dear America, |
[Nov. 3rd, 2004|05:16 am] |
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WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING? |
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| So, I have to marry Alison Krauss now |
[Jun. 3rd, 2004|10:34 pm] |
I've been listening to her music since like... sophomore year or something, and I've always been in love with her voice. It's soft, shy, playful, and sexy all at the same time. I'm listening to "Oh, Atlanta!" off her live album, and I'm melting, however effeminate that sounds :p
Anyway... Yesterday I actually heard her speak (at lenght) for the first time, in a radio interview, and... Holy crap do I have a crush on this woman. Whoo! Seriously, I was actually giggling at one point.
At one point on the live album/DVD, this guy yells out "I love you Alison! Yeeeeah!!!" and another shouts "I love you more!!!", to which dobro player Jerry Douglas responded "this is not a race!" Now I understand them :p |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 31st, 2004|04:37 am] |
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The only person you can really count on, is yourself. Learned that the hard way. |
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| Interesting |
[May. 19th, 2004|05:42 pm] |
eldaran
Most interesting :p |
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| Power outages SUCK |
[Apr. 14th, 2004|05:34 am] |
Seriously. It's not that I'm afraid of the dark per se. But I feel very uneasy during power outages. My family says it's because the power went out in the hospital just as I was being delivered. Maybe that's it. Either way, I haaaaate blackouts. I don't care how many flashlights and candles there are in the house, I just feel... Ugh.
Well, we just had a 45-minute one. It wasn't so terrible, but still... Meh. I really need to look into emergency generators or something. And a laptop :p
Yes, I'm a big baby. Deal with it. |
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| Decisions... |
[Apr. 13th, 2004|06:02 pm] |
So... I may have a job offer out of town. Unfortunately, it's a town renowned for its exorbitantly high cost of living, high crime rates, and street unrest.
But it would be a big career move.
Gah. Someone flip a coin. |
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| I'm a world-class idiot. |
[Mar. 31st, 2004|04:46 am] |
The end.
Well, actually not the end, but ugh...
So I spent a couple of hours playing email tag with someone. She was doing a class asignment, I helped her a bit, etc. Then her emails stop coming. I sent a couple of txt messages to her cell phoen in case she was still around. No answer via email. I figure she had to leave because the place was closing, so I was getting ready to call it a night and go to bed. But then I start getting nervous. "What if something happened?" Now, I had NO reason to think anything was wrong, but it was past 2am where she was, and past 4am here, so I got more and more nervous (you know that feeling where you're SURE something's wrong, then you realize you were just overreacting in the extreme?) So... I called her. This wouldn't sound that bad if we lived in the same town, but come on... What kind of putz calls someone in a whole other country just to say "what happened??". Then of course, there was a perfectly logical explanation, and of course nothing was wrong, and of course I felt like a gigantic retard. She kept telling me it was ok, but you and I know better, dear reader. I AM a retard. Good God.
If I were in a charitative mood, I'd say "it's ok, you were just concerned, it was sweet in its own ridiculous way". But I'm not, so I won't say that.
Again: Good GOD. |
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| w00t |
[Mar. 15th, 2004|06:32 am] |
| [ | music |
| | "Water Colors in the Rain" - Roxette | ] |
:p
I'm feeling pretty invigorated all of a sudden. I feel more focused about work, and optimistic about my publishing prospects (I've made a couple of good contacts, both of whom might help me land a deal down the line.)
There's also some movement in the job front. My friend Ash said a couple people left her dad's company, and she says the company would be willing to sponsor an alien, if they qualify for the position. So, I'm going for it. I doubt I'll get past the application process, but it's worth a shot. |
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| Wheeeeeeeeee!! |
[Mar. 4th, 2004|06:21 pm] |
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Just got a letter and a birthday card from my best friend, Maureen. She rocks :p It was soooo sweet :) |
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| Breaking news |
[Mar. 4th, 2004|12:42 pm] |
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Milos Alcalay, Chavez's ambassador to the UN, has resigned his post in protest over ythe alledged torture being inflicted upon opposition protesters detained this week. This is HUGE. Will this be the even that triggers full-scale rebellion? I don't know. But I can hope. |
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| Fuckers |
[Mar. 2nd, 2004|06:04 pm] |
Well, the "preliminary" results are in. The Council acknowledges only 1,830,000 signatures as valid (we need 2,430,000) but OH WAIT! We have the chance to ratify 700,000 "questioned" signatures by having the voters go and prove their identity to the Council. Sounds simple, right? Well, no. After that's done (on the 18th), the Council will of course need "some more time" to process the signatures, and see if they find durther flaws with them. And did I mention that after a final signature count has been reached, they can take up to 90 days to set a date for a vote? and that if the vote takes place after August 19th, Chavez's VP will take over the presidency, effectilvey making the referendum meaningless?
We've been conned once again. I hope they're ready to deal with the consequences, because the people are not taking this lying down. Motherfuckers, all of them. Death would be too gentle a punishment for them. I want to see them rot in jail for the rest of their filthy lives. |
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| The Surreal Life |
[Mar. 1st, 2004|01:56 pm] |
Today's been... Surreal.
The five members of the council were supposed to meet today with the observers from the OAS and the Carter Center, to discuss a fair way to resolve the conflict. Prior to the meeting, one of the two pro-opposition members gave a press conference stating her displeaure with the current rules. She took some questions, called for calm from both sides, etc.
Five minutes later, the president of the council (pro-Chavez), said that councilor Mejía (the one who spoke before him) had disrupted negotiations to the point that the members of the Carter Center had decided to quit their post and return to the US. He accused Mejía of being partialized and that should be removed from her post.
Another five minutes later, Jennifer McCoy and Francisco Diez, the Carter Center's representatives in Venezuela, said that the president had "misunderstood" them, and that their plans for leaving were pre-arranged, and that they would be back shortly.
Five more minutes go by, and the council's president comes back out to say that Mr. Diez lied to the public. Go, mr. president. Call the people keeping the peace and who insist on vouching for the council, "liars".
I swear, even if this government had no opposition, it would fall apart on its own, such is their stupidity and incompetence. |
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| (no subject) |
[Mar. 1st, 2004|10:40 am] |
Things seem to be calmer today, but still tense. The army's on the streets, and the opposition has said it will wait for the electoral council's announcement "patiently but not passively".
Some people will no doubt say this is all being orchestrated by the US (you know, the same ones that accused Bush of not helping Haiti, only that if he HAD sent in troops to help Aristide, the same people would have accused him of "invading" Haiti. Go figure), but believe me, this is raw anger at work. Chavez would do well to not believe his own press and actually realize what a dangerous toy he's playing with.
On a happier note, what about the Oscars? *doing happy dance for ROTK sweeping the whole thing*
Probably the best ceremony I've seen. Billy Crystal was bearable, even if he did the same schtick he's been doing for the past 10 years, the speeches were great, and those with political remarks to make did so subtly (especially Sean Penn.) I also liked that Michael Moore could poke fun at himself and participated in the opening skit.
I loved that Fran Walsh managed to include Cameron Duncan, a 17-year-old aspiring filmmaker that died of cancer shortly after having met Fran and Peter. His ordeal was the inspiration for the lyrics to "Into the West", which just meakes the song that much more touching.
I wish ROTK could have shared the award with "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow". This was my first time hearing this song, and I really loved it. I need to stop procrastinating and get "A Mighty Wind" already.
Adrien Brody using a breath freshener before announcing the Best Actress winner was priceless :D Of course, if Keisha Castle-Hughes had won, it would have ended up looking terrible inappropriate :p
And Spielberg handed out the Best Picture award. Too cool for words :)
Anyway, I've calmed down now, and I'm no longer dancing naked, but w00t! :D |
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[Feb. 29th, 2004|07:43 pm] |
Light at the end of the tunnel...
The Electoral Council was supposed to go on TV tonight to announce the process by which those voters with "questioned" signatures coule "prove" they did sign (essentially, making people go to the Council and prove their identity. So much for the pressumption of innocence and all that.)
Following today's protests, one of the three pro-Chavez members of the five-person council went on the air to say they were "still negotiating" and that they would need one more day. According to the rumors currently making the rounds, they're scared of what might happen to them if Chavez is deposed by force, so they're consdering easing up on the rules the made up after the signatures had been handed in.
It's not over yet, but it might still be solved relatively peacefully. |
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| Pray for my country... |
[Feb. 29th, 2004|06:50 pm] |
On Friday, the opposition took to the streets to demand that the Electoral Council respect out request for a referendum on Hugo Chavez's rule. They were VICIOUSLY attacked by the National Guard (you might have seen the video of the young woman being grabbed by her hair and thrown on the ground by a national guard officer). The end result: Two dead, 41 injured. Today, smaller groups took to the streets on the major cities of the country. Again, repression. Chavez went on TV to address a gathering of his own followers, and told them that the "terrorist opposition" would be crushed should they attempt to oust him again (we're only trying to oust him through the referendum, but we're accused of being coup-mongers anyway.) He also went on a profanity-laced tirade against America, telling Bush that the "Venezuelan people" (meaning his followers, of course. Dissenters are traitors and we're not supposed to call ourselves Venezuelans) had "more than enough balls to stand up to his aggressions, FVCK!" (his words.) Washington has done nothing but request that electoral laws be obeyed, but that's too much for Chavez to take.
The Council has delayed the signature verification process countless times. We handed them in on Dec. 19, and according to the rules approved by the Chavez-controlled Council were supposed to accept or reject the request a month later. They didn't even start the verification process until Jan. 13. Today is February 29th and we still have received no answer. Their latest attempt to block the vote? They claim that if a petitioner received help from a volunteer when filling out the form (during the signature drive, the people manning the tables would offer to fill in your name and ID number, while you signed and stamped your fingerprint) are illegal, even though the rules THEY THEMSELVES WROTE make no mention on this. So, they want another month to process the signatures.
All along, I've felt that Chavez wants to provoke the opposition into an armed uprising, to justify the enforcement of martial law. Based on what I've seen this weekend, I think this is it. You can't go out on the street to protest, because you WILL be attacked. Chavez's speech today also included threats to cut off oil sales to the US. He's gone off the deep end, looking for a confrontation wherever he can get it. I fear martial law will be ordered soon. Of course, I think that will spell the end of Chavez, since no one will stand for it, but I fear there will be a lot of bloodshed before everything's over.
Those of you who are religious, please pray for a peaceful resolution to Chavez's reign of terror. |
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| IT'S "I SAW", PEOPLE, NOT "I SEEN"!!!! |
[Feb. 29th, 2004|06:19 am] |
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This pisses me off so so much. Why do people insist on using the redneck-ish "I seen" when what they really mean is "I saw"? Where did that come from? Do they realize they sound like inbred apes when they use it? STOP ALREADY! STOP! |
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| Random Thoughts |
[Feb. 22nd, 2004|09:46 am] |
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| | "New Favorite" - Alison Krauss | ] |
I've been working for the past 24 hours straight. And I still haven't found the bug in my code. I'm this close to just starting over from scratch.
Ken is gay, took him long enough to come out of the closet. He'll steal Blaine away from Barbie soon enough.
Sex and the City was the worst show in the history of man. Well, after Buffy.
Janet Jackson's boobie freaked me out. It didn't even have a defined shape. And the 20-pound "decoration" was just nasty.
And John Kerry looks like he's permanently constipated. He'll defeat Dubya, though, so I can live with it.
I haven't been to a gym in... A very long time. Close to resembling the skinny kid in the Charles Atlas ads.
I liked the Scion till every yuppie in the city went out and bought one.
I missed SNL.
Roswell is great, but not great enough to make me buy the DVD set.
I swear Britney and Justin have a computer program that rearranges their old songs into new, blander versions. I hear "Toxic" and it's like fragments of every dance song I've heard in the past 10 years are being thrown at me.
Ice cream is yummy. It's the one food whose fat content I don't worry with.
Egg-white omelettes are delicious, but I'm too lazy to make them anymore.
And I need a haircut. Really badly. My hair is starting to resemble Ashton Kutcher's, which cannot be a good thing. |
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| The life of a game programmer... |
[Feb. 21st, 2004|06:03 pm] |
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| | "Erin Gra Mo Chrof" - Cathy Jordan | ] |
...Is not as exciting as it first seems when you decide to go into this field. Seriously, kids. I've been sitting here for 12 hours trying to work out a bug in my combat system. And it's just not happening. I've gone through the code a million times, and it looks perfect to me. And the Acknex debugger ain't helping much. Time for another coke... |
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| F**k you, armchair commies |
[Feb. 18th, 2004|10:29 am] |
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| | "Perchance to Dream" - Nightnoise | ] |
I know this is gonna sound like a narrow-minded rant from a radical conservative, but it actually isn't. I hate Dubya as much as the next guy, and really hope Kerry will defeat him come November, and often find myself arguing with my more conservative friends on issues like gay marriage and abortion. So although I wouldn't say I'm a left-winger, I'm definitely not an active member of the right, either. So take my words for what they're worth.
While following the international news coverage of the crisis currently consuming my country (Venezuela), I've discovered an interesting subset of he human race: The Armchair Communist (AC). Usually male, and college educated, the AC loves to troll any discussion fora online where contemporary politics are debated, and constantly express support for regimes usually considered repressive and borderline fascist: Cuba, North Korea, China, and by extension, they extend support to regimes that while not fully dictatorial, are openly friendly towards the aforementioned nations, as well as openly anti-US. Such is the case with my country.
What fascinates me about these folks is how virulent their attacks on the US government are. Seriously. They express themselves with such hatred that it's a wonder the poor souls can stand to live under the jack-booted regime of Emperor George the First (I dislike the guy's bumbling foreign policy, but he's pretty fucking far from being a tyrant, especially to his own people). If Cuba is truly a workers paradise, and those "damn rafters deserve to be shot", then why not give it a whirl, guys? Seriously. Move to Cuba, surrender all personal property to the Party, and go live where you're told, and work in the field you're told, for $20 a month. Sound like a plan? No? Well, why not? I mean, you think your president is a dictator who's stifling your civil liberties, right? So why not go live under the benevolent watch of comrade Fidel? So what if dissidents in Cuba can get thrown in jail following a one-day trial, that is, if they're not executed right away? So what if you can't own a business, a house, and leaving the island through legal means is about as likely as me becoming starting pitcher for the Yankees this year?
Come on, lads, put up or shut up. Bush is (according to you) destroying American democracy. Leave. And (also according to you) Cuba and the like offer true havens where human rights are respected above all. So go there. I'm not saying leave your country forever, but do give it a try. Go there on your own, without the sponsorship of the Cuban government, and see what it's really like. See what it's like to have to brush your teeth with soap because toothpaste is a luxury there. Or to have to share a single roll of toilet paper a month, with the whole family. Or knowing you can't complain too loudly, since the RDCs are keeping watch in every street and every building. Seriously. Try it for a year, and then tell me America is a dictatorial country.
As I said at the start of my rant, I don't like GWB, and will be happy when he's gone. But don't take what you have for granted. The same "dictatorial regime" you so hate, is also the one making it possible to you to live your life as you see fit, without the government controlling your every action and thought. Be appreciative of that, because over half of the rest of the world doesn't enjoy that luxury.
Idiots. |
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