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| November 30, 2000
5:35PM :| |
Here's an article by Michael Moore that I will just revert to as a
good case for
why Gore has no one to blame but Gore if he loses. No one should have to have had voted for someone they don't like just so Bush wouldn't win. That is bonkers. But anyway just read the article. I love this guy. (link) The NME recently polled
a bunch of musicians of all genres and came up with a
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| November 26, 2000
1:49PM :} |
I can't cry anymore while you run around
Where is everybody? (remix) Check out this email from my PIRG friend Bryan Wachanga. Very interesting and eloquent dream analysis. Supplement: click |
| November 25, 2000
4:07PM :P |
1. French
2. Spanish 3. Italian 4. (North) Indian 5. Iranian |
| November 23, 2000
9:22AM :) |
Happy Thanksgiving.
I woke up from a school dream, which I seldom I have. The first part was I was trying to get to my locker after Calculus for a sip of Cherry Coke. My locker # is 76. So I went there and I was surprised to see it already opened. The Cherry Coke was on the top shelf so I grabbed it and tried to drink some, but it was empty. Oddly I then saw a second can next to it, only it was the old design from years ago. It was half full. I started to drink some until I realized this locker #76 was not mine, but the messy Peter Young's. So I quickly put the soda down. About 7 to the right was my locker #76. (Note: This doubling really does occur in one section of the lockers at our school.) Immediately afterward I had a dream where the AP Biology teacher Mrs.
Rentas
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| November 22, 2000
12:20PM :) |
All my points about how Gore can't and shouldn't try to blame
his (possible) loss
on Nader and his supporters? Here's a new statement/essay from Nader's site. Click. I couldn't have put it better myself. Listening to the new Wu-Tang Clan
album. Just started it, but I'm already bored.
One thing I look forward to never having to deal with again once I'm
in college is
Lastly, today I decided I've become too self-indulgent.
That's kind of been the
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| November 21, 2000
4:53PM :) |
Yay, new Radiohead album in April. Surprisingly, it's not all leftovers
from the
99-00 recording session, but most of it's completely new. (NME article) |
| November 20, 2000
4:51PM :) |
M580 V650. Let me just say that the College
Board is an incredibly coldhearted,
moronic and unreliable institution. I hope they fall off a bridge. Living off one's thoughts and ideas alone is inexcusably self-centered. |
| November 12, 2000
11:28AM :) revised: 7:46PM :/ |
Gore lost by just 17 votes in New Mexico. Ouch. (Bush is winning by
961 votes
in Florida.) I still think the Nader vote trading system should have been (better) utilized. And Moby, Hillary Clinton, and James Carville (Gore strategist) are not my favorite people right now. Grrr. "When the mailman comes, I like to pretend I'm a dog. ARF! ARF!" woman
in a
Overheard at Swarthmore:
Has anybody seen a new picture of Sade? Wow. I can't believe she's in
her 40's.
Why is it that barbers act deaf when you suggest how you want your hair?
They
I think the electoral college system should be abolished because it
discourages
Anyway, yesterday was the last day of "Hope for
the Hopeless." Hope you
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| November 11, 2000
9:20PM :) |
My SAT scores are finally in the mail (supposedly). Ms. Leahy's recommendation
will be dropped off Monday, the day my La Salle application will be sent. I am enjoying what would usually be considered a very lame Saturday night. Instead of going out, I went to the grocery store. Tonight I may finally watch Taxi Driver in its entirety. Beautiful. Now let me tell you about that school... I think La Salle's suffix should be "School of the Ruffians." d00d, I dunno, but the people just put me off. I mean, the students. They all looked like hoodlums, although I am telling myself that that was just Philadelphia and not really the school. But I can't help the impression that I got. It's still an interesting school with a brilliant dArt major (if I don't go here and have this as my major, I will probably "design" it elsewhere). Anyway, the immediate metaphor I formed was that, if I went there, I would be the fine wine in their cabinet of cheap beer. =) I snooped around Swarthmore unofficially after dark. I am in love with that school. I think it'd be perfect for me, if only I did work in high school and if only I would do work in college. Haha. To any university representatives reading this: I am just kidding! Varsity cheerleading: wtf? And an additional wtf to beautiful Italian females who bleach their lovely black hair blonde. Happy birthday to Björk who turns 35 on November 21st. She is my kindred spirit, I am convinced. I think this Three 6 Mafia song samples classic Aphex Twin. Sippin on some Richard. From the November 13th issue of The Nation: "Since the onset of the Clinton presidency NOW's once-stalwart support of many women's rights issues has eroded. While reproductive rights are important, so is quality childcare, a living wage, healthcare and eradication of environmental toxins. Although Clinton/Gore promised to address these issues in '92 and '96, no acceptable plans for improvement have been implemented. Why is NOW so willing to give Gore another chance? Oh yeah, I forgot, for abortion rights. What is Roe v. Wade worth to you, NOW? If it's the wholesale sellout of a constituency you once pledged to serve, then you are on the right track." Ellen Johnson, Arizona Green Party organizer. (That quote was for all of the Nader hating, short sighted Gore supporters I've talked to.) |
| November 8, 2000
7:47PM :\ |
Firstly, I know this veers off
into the territory of pointless "Dear Diary" B.S., but I
have the nastiest taste in my mouth right now. As if it wasn't bad enough to have braces on the bottom teeth - again - now I have some kind of metal contraption in my mouth where there's a bar behind my front bottom teeth and metal molded onto the "troubled" 12 year molars in the back (those which have never come out and are neighboring new molars coming in a bit crooked). So basically those molars are covered in rock hard metal. Let me tell you, it takes most of the fun out of eating. And it traps nasty tastes apparently. OK, next. This is more of that "brilliant" philosophical / psychological analysis. I just wanted to stress how weird and difficult it is to be such a private person. I think the impression people get is that I have no charisma because I am often expressionless and speechless. Why do I do it? I don't want to talk about it really. But I do think that I am either perceived as "boring" or a "snob." I don't think I am either, but I won't change how I act. I care, but I also care about myself, and I am fine - reasonably - as I am. And as for criticizing me for caring about what people think, I would just like to point out that my philosophy is that it is not those who worry about the impressions they make who are strange, but those who do not care how they are perceived. I find that highly abnormal. I can think of few people who care about the opinions of no one in the world. So, admit that you care, people. The world will be better off because of it. Nasty taste continues. And lastly, I can't resist talking about the "election" wackiness. First of all, if Gore loses, I know that Nader will be vilified by Democrats for months if not years. But the truth is, I do not blame Nader. Here's how I see it. As it happened, the Bush voters all voted for Bush, the Gore supporters all voted for Gore, and Nader's supporter... well, about a third voted for Nader and two thirds voted for Gore. I don't know how I feel about that. I kind of wish I could say I am ashamed of the deserters, but considering the closeness of this election, I am glad that Bush wasn't given a large edge by the would-be Nader supporters. What a screwy scenario, I know, but that's how it really went. On closer study, I've also realized that how things are now is the only way Gore could or can actually win the presidency. Here's what I mean: If Nader, Gore, and Bush were all in the debates and all had equal |
| November 7, 2000
5:26PM :) |
OK. So Nader is going to lose.
I knew that a long time ago. The reason he did
not stand a chance is because the public cares too little about politics to actually read about the issues. But hopefully he, no - we will get our 5%+. At one point he had 8-9%, you know. We played fair, exposed the baddies, and blew some minds in the process. Congratulations, team. I did my part today by giving four three year olds nice, shiny, green Nader/ LaDuke buttons to wear all day. They dug it. My pick for president is Bush. That's how gullible I think the public is. I mean, Gore's a "trick daddy" too, but at least he's more sly about it. Bush projects an irresistible redneck charm apparently. Obviously I hope Gore wins, but Bush probably will. Shucks. I had this weird theory about Nader today. Maybe he was just a puppet put forth by the Republicans to ensure that their idiotic, lightweight candidate wins. If so, it worked beautifully. My theory is that they created the perfect candidate, a likable man with such a great issue platform that most intellectuals would have no choice but to be suckered into voting for him. He would be the truest Democrat, only put forth by the Republican party. It's a brilliant scheme to divert votes from the man that would otherwise trounce Bush, Al Gore. Crazy, huh? Either way, tomorrow is going to be a very "different" kind of day for us all. |
| November 4, 2000
3:13PM :] |
Supplement: Today's political debate with Nathaniel Tipton. Click. |
| November 3, 2000
3:56PM :( |
I cannot rest easy until:
My now-accurate transcript has been printed and given to Sister Patricia Ms. Leahy has turned in my recommendation My October SAT-I results are available (apparently local ghetto high school Northwestern lost the tests; I hope not though) I have determined if Fr. Peter's "recommendation" is complimentary I have seen my Second Advisories I have my college applications filled out entirely, including financial aid / scholarship dates I have done my backlog of reading for U.S. History I have finally listened to the new U2 album (it's just been sitting there) I have spent some late night time with Taxi Driver I have read the New Yorker article on Kid A This weekend is over |
| November 2, 2000
4:39PM :| |
Beer stickers on redneck vehicle windows, pick-up trucks etc.
"What are you listening to? Rap?" George W. Bush to black Washington Post journalist listening to a portable cd player. |
| November 1, 2000
6:06PM :) |
Hello. First topic I would like
to address today is Mr. Ralph Nader, U.S.
Presidential candidate and advocate for the public interest. If I did not mention it before, firstly, I am a supporter of his run for presidency and, secondly, the group (U.S. PIRG) I worked for all summer was founded by Nader in the mid-70's. Next. The new Outkast album I mentioned in the previous DNR update is very, very good. That said, it still does not touch Aquemini in appeal. That album was a classic. But Outkast are extremely talented and indeed this album is even braver than the last. I especially admire them because this, as they have said, will really challenge the black hip-hop audience with its alternative rock and electronica influences. However, I think this album pays too much attention to the instrumental and vocal music and not enough to the mindblowing lyrics that made the last album so different from most hip-hop. I admit that I have yet to truly analyze said lyrics - which are included in the CD jacket - but on initial listening they do not seem to be as socially and politically challenging or as eloquently written as they were on the last album. Of course, they still way above par in comparison to most rappers. Also. The phux site will be down/in disrepair even longer than I had imagined. The site's host - thegibson.net - is now run on another server, one which does not allow outside FTP access (which was how I uploaded my files). And furthermore, I can no longer have raw directories of files - I will have to get off my lazy ass and make HTML for the new packs. Ugh. Finally. This is a topic I have been meaning to address for a few weeks: crucifixes as "ice." What I mean is young people - mostly urban blacks - wearing the cross in white gold or platinum around their neck as jewelry. I find this appalling. Not only does this look truly tacky, but it is fundamentally contradictory to the teachings of Jesus Christ. |