tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56711942011-04-21T21:08:17.073-04:00head-to-head traffic<strong>Lovable lovin' from a Lovable Atheist</strong>lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comBlogger971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1081181322717154612004-04-05T12:08:00.000-04:002004-04-05T12:11:24.903-04:00If anyone's interested, here's the livejournal space I got.
In other news, I forgot to put 'Three Days Grace' in the music hell. I guess they're just above Toby Keith. They would be below Keith if his new album wasn't called 'Shock n' Y'all' or something stupid like that. Making light of thousands of people dying in the 'Shock and Awe' bombings of the Us have earned Toby Keith a special place lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1081093509470748602004-04-04T11:45:00.000-04:002004-04-04T11:49:36.890-04:00I might move this thing to livejournal. Murmursmoon did and I checked tried it out and it seems pretty cool. I prefer the layout there, but whether I actually choose to go through with the switch will have to wait. Until then, enjoy my music hell.
NickelbackCircle I LimboKelly OsbourneCircle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy WindSimple PlanCircle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & SnowChristina lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1081039674084565412004-04-03T19:47:00.000-05:002004-04-03T19:50:34.060-05:00I'm going to give birth to a poopy...lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1080762346015986082004-03-31T14:45:00.000-05:002004-03-31T14:48:22.763-05:00Got this quote from The Bl(A)ck Tea Society:
Authorities were particulary wary of "a very small percent of anarchists who cause anarchy for the sake of anarchy."
Lt. Bill Schwartz, Miami Police spokesperson
In regards to the recent FTAA protests
What a laugh!lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1080494077261170372004-03-28T12:14:00.000-05:002004-03-28T12:17:31.936-05:00THE SPRINGING OF SPRING
I think it's safe to say spring has sprung. I just heard my madre say she saw a fly. This is always a sure sign that spring has managed to overthrow the oppressive cold of winter. I will miss some of it though. I always enjoy taking walks on winter nights with my walkman. As long as I'm well bundled up (which I usually am, down to the long johns), everything is ok lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1080153794334431772004-03-24T13:43:00.000-05:002004-03-24T13:45:44.263-05:00Looks like Dubya's in trouble. Republicans are starting jump ship.
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079984058770044452004-03-22T14:34:00.000-05:002004-03-22T14:38:33.310-05:00TRANSLATE THIS!
Have you ever used one of those free translation services on the web? They're terrible and useless. Just for fun, I decided to translate the lyrics from 99 Red Balloons or as it is originally known, 99 luftballons. First, read the lyrics as they were sung in english at the link below (check out the german ones if you can read german). Afterwards, read the translated ones. lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079904737402214072004-03-21T16:32:00.000-05:002004-03-21T16:34:44.450-05:00heh heh
tsk tsk tsklovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079721228357709802004-03-19T13:33:00.000-05:002004-03-19T13:41:14.983-05:00Lessons in anti-capitalism...
Here are a couple of interesting texts...
OBJECT! DESERT! MUTINY! STRIKE! REVOLT!
Now is exactly the most urgent time for radicals and anti-capitalists to make solidarity links with the rank-n-file of the military. It has always been the poor who are the first to die, those who enlisted to escape unemployment, or to earn an education. Dissatisfaction, alienationlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079589187911873212004-03-18T00:53:00.000-05:002004-03-18T00:55:31.043-05:00Wow, who would have thought that what was a failed effort to keep myself occupied last night would catch like wildfire? Well, maybe wildfire is too grand a word. How about ''match stick''. That sounds about right.
I'm still reading the same books, but now I'm listening to The Weakerthans' version of Ringing of Revolution, a song Phil Ochs wrote so many years ago. Oh Phil, why did you have tolovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079508594913128472004-03-17T02:29:00.000-05:002004-03-17T02:33:38.670-05:00Status
Date: March 17th, 2004 (St. Patrick's Day)
Time: 2:18 am
Place: Planet Earth, Northern Hemisphere, North America, Eastern Standard time, Canada, home, in front of the computer, on the chair...
Mood: Tired but too stuborn to give in
Music: Stereolab - Les Yper-Sound
Books: Let's see...intro to Women Studies course pack; Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell hooks; many IWWlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079301036464465102004-03-14T16:50:00.000-05:002004-03-14T16:52:56.296-05:00Here are links to my most recent essays:
Women and the Soviet Union: Soviet Policy Towards Women, 1917-1936
'A Prison Cell is the Heritage We Gain: Repression of the Industrial Workers of the World, 1909-1917
Check out more of my essays and other writings here.
cheers.lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079120472258204662004-03-12T14:41:00.000-05:002004-03-12T14:43:30.186-05:00It's really weird, but lately I've felt like I've been discovering things for the first time or seeing them as if they are alien and strange, but beautiful at the same time. I know it sounds cheesy, but I can't explain it otherwise.
It first happened when I went to a zine reading a couple of weeks ago. Mind you I was drunk at the time, but the feeling marked me nonetheless. As I looked up lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1079064800716548692004-03-11T23:13:00.000-05:002004-03-11T23:15:38.326-05:00No to all forms of Terrorism!
The horrific bomb attacks in Spain are inexcusable. Targeting ordinary people is the work of evil people and no cause can justify it.
However, the rank hypocrisy of the politicians and governments who supported the war in Iraq condemning the attacks should be noted. For example, the Europe minister, Denis MacShane, stated that "no progress in human affairs will lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1078978088938455962004-03-10T23:08:00.000-05:002004-03-10T23:10:25.640-05:00AGAIN, ONE STEP CLOSER
As I type this, my printer is spitting out my essay about women and the Soviet Union. Happy Wimmin's day by the way (a couple of days late, I know).
Did you know that on wimmin's day 1917, wimmin led a march which prompted a series of strikes that eventually caused the downfall of the tsar? Pretty neat, eh?lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1078961449127169112004-03-10T18:30:00.000-05:002004-03-10T18:33:05.296-05:00ONE STEP CLOSER
I've just finished writing two essays. One is about the repression of the Industrial Workers of the World , the other is about women in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1936. I'll post a link to them as soon as I look them over and hand them in.
There'll be another one coming later on about the IWW and their music. Stay tuned!
Cheers!
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1078355254304310062004-03-03T18:07:00.000-05:002004-03-03T18:09:43.780-05:00Couldn't resist... check this out:
god hates shrimplovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1078330454766053932004-03-03T11:14:00.000-05:002004-03-03T11:16:57.670-05:00Hmmm....
Last September, I joined the coop program at school to help myself find a job in my field. 7 interviews later, I've finally found a new job. I won't be starting until May, so I'll still be at the old job in the harassment industry for a little while longer (I'll probably keep the job, just take the summer off). Oh joy! If anyone's interested, here's where I'll be working...
I was a lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1077912994977791672004-02-27T15:16:00.000-05:002004-02-27T15:29:25.013-05:00TAKE TWO
This the second time I start this damn post. For once, I write a long post and what happens? There's a fuck up and the window closes before I save it. I hate computers. I hate technology. I hate the fucking world. Death to techies.
I won't try to repeat what I wrote since I have to leave in about 15 minutes.
What a shame. What I wrote could have been preserved forever (or at lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1077898688519743722004-02-27T11:18:00.000-05:002004-02-27T11:27:41.216-05:00I met this fellow called Wayne last October when he came to Canada from Scotland to talk about the McDonald's Workers Resistance he's part of. A great guy. His speech he gave to the Canadian Labour Congress (whose office workers went on strike recently - you know you have a problem if you're a union and your office workers go on strike...what a fucking shame) is available online now. Check it lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1077306079438469002004-02-20T14:41:00.000-05:002004-02-20T15:25:41.576-05:00READING WEEK
After an interesting week, I'm off of school for, well, a week.
This past week was the easiest in terms of mid-terms. I had 3 and they were all amazingly easy. Women's Studies was probably the one I'm most unsure of, but I know I passed. My Chinese history exam was the one that initially worried me the most, but it was like stealing beer from someone who passed out. My last lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1077084197541921812004-02-18T01:03:00.000-05:002004-02-18T01:05:12.390-05:00Cash Family Won't Let Song Be Used for Ad
Tuesday February 17
NEW YORK - Advertising writers in Florida were planning to pitch hemorrhoid-relief products with a commercial featuring the Johnny Cash classic "Ring of Fire," but Cash's family said there's no way they will let it happen.
"We would never allow the song to be demeaned like that," Cash's daughter, Rosanne, told the Tennessean of lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1076801721492194552004-02-14T18:35:00.000-05:002004-02-14T18:37:33.436-05:00JOIN THE RESISTANCE: FALL IN LOVE
Falling in love is the ultimate act of revolution, of resistance to today's tedious, socially restrictive, culturally constrictive, humanly meaningless world.
want more?lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1076708075051286532004-02-13T16:34:00.000-05:002004-02-13T16:38:32.653-05:00Social Darwinism and Censorship...
A while ago I had a debate with someone about social darwinism. He seemed to be for it and I am against it. I'm no longer in touch with him (I was never really in touch with him beyond message boards), but I still check out his blog every once and a while. The other day, he posted something about population control and how he sometimes ''half-jokingly,'' lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1076696147486742682004-02-13T13:15:00.000-05:002004-02-13T13:21:54.343-05:00My interviews are all done. Thank goodness. I wouldn't wish job interviews on anyone...except maybe the unemployed.lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1076010267274933182004-02-05T14:44:00.000-05:002004-02-05T14:46:08.983-05:00INTERVIEW WHORE
I've gone through my first two job interviews ever. Sure I have a job, but the interview for that was really just a formality. Ask me if I speak french. make sure I'm over 16, ask me if I still speak french and then, just to make sure, ask me if I'm over 16.
The first was with *sigh* National Defense. I'm ashamed to say it, but the job seems really interesting. It's all lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1075776870757560402004-02-02T21:54:00.000-05:002004-02-03T13:28:01.153-05:00UNDER NEW NON-MANAGEMENT
Alcan CEO calls on unionized workers to open dialogue over seized plant
TORONTO (CP) - The head of Alcan Inc. said Monday he's concerned about safety at one of the company's Quebec aluminum smelters, which has been taken over by unionized workers.
more
Those who read french can also go here
Read the article(s) above...I'll wait.
Alright then.
It's great to see lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1075659161057943902004-02-01T13:12:00.000-05:002004-02-01T13:14:19.200-05:00A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON
Paris Commune: Myth vs. Reality
The Paris Communelovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1075433822811632282004-01-29T22:37:00.000-05:002004-01-29T22:40:59.246-05:00Hey Amy, if you look in the back of picture number 4, you can notice a great deal of 65%-75% off! Not only are they savings, they're TOTAL SAVINGS!
Anywho. Marc, she was giving me a ride to the drive-thru. Where else would we be going? Besides, what I wand to know is why we would be driving in the middle of a flood.
Check out Endless dreams and murmursmoon to know what this is all about.lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1075317583130093632004-01-28T14:19:00.000-05:002004-01-28T14:21:17.186-05:00The new title to this place is from Against Me!'s song Walking is Still Honest. They're good. Listen to them because I didn't go see them when they came to town...dammit!lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1075268989987083062004-01-28T00:49:00.000-05:002004-01-28T00:51:23.780-05:00Um...yeah
The co-op program people at school have told us on several occasions to always show up for our interviews. They say it's for our own good because if we don't show up, employers might not return to the university of Ottawa. Well, today I had a 'mock interview' with Industry Canada to help me prepare for the real deal next Friday. I got up earlier then usual, took the bus earlier thanlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1074885606836605072004-01-23T14:20:00.000-05:002004-01-23T14:22:08.530-05:00Here's something a friend sent me. I don't usually care for these kind of emails, but this one really made me think...
Take the time to read this.. It really shows you your true colours.
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Here's a dilemma for you.... With all your honour and dignity what would you do? This test only has one question, but it's a very important one.
Please don't answer it without lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1074662475336525242004-01-21T00:21:00.000-05:002004-01-21T10:44:07.560-05:00So I was in Kentucky the other night and come across this car with some loose change. I thought about it for a second and decided ''What the hell? You only live once.'' So I broke into the car and stole a bunch of change and messed things up in the front seat. Just as I was getting out though, some girl appears in her window and start squirting water at me. ''What the...?'' I thought. As iflovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1074286442643563192004-01-16T15:54:00.000-05:002004-01-16T16:01:08.903-05:00WHY I HATE WORK REASON #27: IT'S RUINING AGAINST ME! FOR ME
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Against Me!. What can I say, they're a great band. Anywho, last Wednesday, before going to work, I took advantage of the fact that I was home alone and sang out loud to a bunch of their songs for about 20 minutes. One of the songs I sang was called ''Tonight We're Gonna Give it 35%''. By the lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-107410528411201202004-01-14T13:34:00.000-05:002004-01-14T13:36:05.950-05:00NOT THAT I LIKE TO BRAG OR ANYTHING, BUT...
Here are last semester's grades:
Introduction to Criminology: A
History of the USSR: B+
History of the United States (1945-present): A
LAtin America: Modern Period: A
It feels sooooo good. I'm not a show-off or anything, but when I get good grades, it gives me a sense of accomplishment that I don't get anywhere else. Besides. I paid over $5000 to lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1073963616318753132004-01-12T22:13:00.000-05:002004-01-12T22:14:54.983-05:00Just a couple of quick observations that should satisfy your hunger for more news from the homefront...
I have an intro to Women's Studies class. My prof said that her students often get strong reactions when they're seen reading feminist books and when they tell people they're in a women studies class. Well, the other day I was on the bus reading ''Feminism is for Everybody'' by Bell Hooks lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1073763676759856702004-01-10T14:41:00.000-05:002004-01-10T14:43:12.186-05:00We Laugh at Danger (and Break All the Rules)
It is November 23, 2003. At around 11 p.m. we load into our van, ready to leave Johnston Memorial Hospital in Smithfield, North Carolina and head back north. Morninglory turns to us. Jordan wanted her to tell us that he loves us all and that he never would have traded this for anything.
We are leaving Jordan behind in North Carolina. When we lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1073763455992067112004-01-10T14:37:00.000-05:002004-01-10T14:43:48.043-05:008:30 am classes should be outlawed.lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1073267290606037672004-01-04T20:48:00.000-05:002004-01-04T20:49:20.733-05:00R.I.P. 2003, JANUARY 1 2003 - DECEMBER 31 2003
Well, 2003 is over. As a matter of fact, it's been over for 4 days now. My holidays have also come to an end and I'll be going back to school tomorrow for my 8:30am Monday morning class. The horror...the horror...
All in all, I'd say it was a pretty interesting year. I'm now single, in school, listening to things I never would have considered alovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1072384344837125582003-12-25T15:32:00.000-05:002003-12-25T15:39:20.263-05:00THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914
At Christmas, 1914, there occurred several informal truces at various points along the trench-lines of Northern France and Belgium. It may well be that there were other places where truces took place, but our precise knowledge of events is limited by the amount of direct, eyewitness testimony which has so far been discovered. Nevertheless, there are enough trustworthylovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1072301157915188132003-12-24T16:25:00.000-05:002003-12-24T16:26:57.420-05:00TO BE EXACT...
Mumur, I'm economic left -9.75, Libertarian -8.97. Check out the political compass for more info. Apparently, the people closest to me are Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1072286503235875382003-12-24T12:21:00.000-05:002003-12-24T12:26:51.496-05:00A WIMP'S ADVENTURES WITH THE FRAT BOYS
Ok. I've been away for the last couple of days (as if anyone noticed). I'm housesitting/pet-sitting and this morning the dog left me a big steaming pile of christmas present on the floor. I'm home for the next 2 days though and brought the dog along. Wow. There so many things I want to say. I'll start (and end) with a story of my first frat party.
It lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1071701325610808412003-12-17T17:48:00.000-05:002003-12-17T17:52:26.750-05:00This posting is in response to a semi-request from mumursmoon. She wondered what I would get on the political compass quiz. The truth is that I've already taken it and, as it turns out, I was not surprised. For those who've taken it, this will make sense to you, for the rest, take it and then it'll make sense to you.
I am totally on the bottom (libertarian) and to the left (leftist). I lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070948819137748962003-12-09T00:46:00.000-05:002003-12-09T00:50:36.856-05:00I apologize for the last post. It wasn't funny, just stupid.
Nat and Melina are back for the Dominican Republic and we (along with other people) went bowling on Saturday. What an evening it was. These three
pre-pubescent kids sat behind us and spat spit-balls at us all night until they decided it would be a good idea to throw snow at us while we peed. You just don't throw snow at someone lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070680409579088562003-12-05T22:13:00.000-05:002003-12-05T22:17:03.093-05:00Before I start wrtiting this, I'll let you all know that I'm drunk, so excuse any weirdness or obvious mistakes (wordsstucktogether, etc.) I won'T be correcting anything (as if I ever do) because I want to read it when I'm sober to compare. (I corrected this part though...or at least I tried)
I had a weird dream last night. I forgot about it until now. I dreant Chumbawamba was in my house. Itlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070670690945060582003-12-05T19:31:00.000-05:002003-12-05T19:32:11.750-05:00LONELY NIGHT AT HOME
As you may have guessed, I am at home alone. I've spent the day studying, making a CD and am now writing something here. I have some more reading to do for my criminology class (talking about pimps, prostitutes, porn and drugs), but I'll get to that later.
I finished my first exam yesterday. The history department forgot to make copies of the first part, so the professorlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070333546385676122003-12-01T21:52:00.000-05:002003-12-01T21:53:02.920-05:00Here's an email I received today about Michael Moore's thoughts on Political Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. I won't go into the details of Mumia's case because there's a link at the end of the text with plenty of that. Go check it out.
Before You go on and (gopefully) read the text, I want to say a few words about the death penalty and the sniper, John Allan Muhammad.
On the day that they found lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070259327017914252003-12-01T01:15:00.000-05:002003-12-01T01:16:03.233-05:00I have to admit something that I never thought I would. I like cheesy '80s metal. That's right. Twisted Sister, Skid Row, Iron Maiden (less cheesy), et al. I also like ABBA. Their songs catchy, especially 'Fernando'. I guess there's no point in hiding who I am.
I also really like Wilco. Someone once laughed at me for liking them, but I am not ashamed. If two years ago, someone had told me lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070215450403883652003-11-30T13:04:00.000-05:002003-11-30T13:04:46.293-05:00...and I'm like ''YEAH WHATEVER!''
Christmas is fast approaching. Oh the horror. I'm usually a big fan of the holiday, but lately I've noticed how every single year radio stations, stores and every single place that has a stereo and some speakers plays chrsitmas music. Jeezuz! It's amazing how quickly it gets old. At first i'm like, 'Oh christmas is coming.', then I'm like 'Ok, christmas lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070065475720572392003-11-28T19:24:00.000-05:002003-11-28T19:25:09.593-05:00Ok. It worked.
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1070065394186813892003-11-28T19:23:00.000-05:002003-11-28T19:23:48.060-05:00I'm trying to change the title. Let's see if it worked.lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1069994031043333242003-11-27T23:33:00.000-05:002003-11-27T23:34:23.966-05:00THE END IS NIGH
Yes folks, I only have 2 days of class left this semester. 4 classes. 6 hours. Oh I can't wait.
Seriously though, it was a good semester. I met a bunch of cool people and made new friends. I wrote more essays than ever before (finishing up my last one) and learnt things about places (could I be more vague?).
Actually, I don't feel like writing more tonight.
Good night lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1069515046995646022003-11-22T10:30:00.000-05:002003-11-22T10:31:14.420-05:00I wrote a letter to the editor in a local newspaper. It was in response to a column by a meat-head by the name of David Warren. I was going to send it before realizing that someone beat me to it and pretty much summed up what I wanted to say. Here's the column followed by my letter:
As anti-Bush cries grow, 'how soon Europe forgets'
David Warren
(this newspaper's not going to get a free lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1069513886278174372003-11-22T10:11:00.000-05:002003-11-22T10:11:53.936-05:00Go here for a semi-complete inventory of stuff I've written. Everything from stories to explain weird birthday gifts to essays for school. Enjoy!lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1069426317966742022003-11-21T09:51:00.000-05:002003-11-21T09:52:24.046-05:00Ok. Here's an essay entitled ''COINTELPRO: Political Repression of Domestic Dissent in the United States''. Any and all comments appreciated. lovable_atheist@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/lovable_atheist/cointelpro.htmllovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1069424293550518652003-11-21T09:18:00.000-05:002003-11-21T09:19:12.293-05:00KILL YOUR IDOLS
I don't have much to say today, only that I've finished my fourth essay this semester and only have one left to go. I'll be posting them online soon, so begin holding your breath.
I also met a childhood (more like adolescent) idol yesterday. Here's the story: I was standing at the bus stop near the local large box-style bookstore when who do I see walk by? Come on, any lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1068822252209872792003-11-14T10:04:00.000-05:002003-11-14T10:04:32.170-05:00Ok, my last post was a little preachy, but thtings like that happen, so let's move on.
I only have 2 essays left to write, one for next Friday and the other one for early December. The end is so near I can smell it.
i had something good to write about, but I can't remember it. Anywho, go check out the Virtual Pub. I've added a few new beers. Unfortunately, my nose was all messed up on lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1068569430839596002003-11-11T11:50:00.000-05:002003-11-11T11:50:28.686-05:00lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1068567429129926752003-11-11T11:17:00.000-05:002003-11-11T11:51:07.966-05:00Remembrance Day
As per tradition (for me), I'm gonna post a text someone sent me a couple of years ago. It's about remembrance day. I don't know who wrote it, so I'm not trying to take credit for it. It pretty much sums up how I feel about rememberance day. I find it frustrating that people feel it's a duty to wear a plastic poppy until November 11th then take it and wait until the next yearlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1067950044180060062003-11-04T07:47:00.000-05:002003-11-04T10:50:25.163-05:00Sweet mother of crap! It's snowing!
It begins...
I'm going to try to think of a new name for this blog. The whole ''Tiltle? We don't need your stinkin' title!'' thing was just a temporary thing. I'll try to think of something and get back to both of you.
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1067794658971381782003-11-02T12:37:00.000-05:002003-11-02T12:37:37.386-05:00I had a pretty strange dream last night. I dreamt I was at school and Michael Shermer, author of ''Why People Believe Weird Things'' was speaking. The weird thing was that I hadn't heard about this event until I got there and Michael Shermer didn't actually look anything like Michael Shermer. Weird. Anyways, I told him about this event that went on at Carleton University a couple of weeks agolovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1067265131252377202003-10-27T09:32:00.000-05:002003-10-27T09:32:10.540-05:00As I get ready to go to school in 45 minutes, I would like to recap the past weekend. Let's start on Thursday night as I went to work for the first time in 3 weeks. I had been feeling woozy all day, unsure whether whatever I had in my stomach would stay there. Ok, so I sit down and start calling people when I start feeling a little too woozy. This prompted me to get up and go to the bathroomlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1066882200893939312003-10-23T00:10:00.000-04:002003-10-23T00:10:00.960-04:00MIDDLE EAST HISTORY IS HISTORY
I've finished my last mid-term and I've decided to drop my middle-east history class like a hot potato. It's not that I don't like the subject, it's just the way it's being taught is a little, well, boring. I also got 53% on my quiz (63% since the prof gave everyone an extra 10% due to the fact that we all suck). I feel really bad about dropping it, but I have lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1066738071426364852003-10-21T08:07:00.000-04:002003-10-21T08:07:51.510-04:00TUESDAY OCTOBER 21, 2003
Today, October 21st, is Maleficia's birthday. Happy birthday to him.
The past week was pretty interesting. Aside from getting through the big mid-term (and doing pretty well, I think), I met lots of new people. I painted protest signs with the Global Peace Coalition, I met up with a Scottish guy from the McDonald's Workers Resistance and met up with some folks from lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1066366808858457772003-10-17T01:00:00.000-04:002003-10-17T01:00:37.546-04:00KILL THE WHITE MAN
I only have one single mid-term left to go. Thank gord for that. (gord is my new deity)
I got 28 on 30 on my US history test. Booya. I still haven't gotten a grade for my Middle East exam, which is weird since it was only 15 multiple choice questions. How long can it take to correct that?
I really don't have much to say today. There were a couple of things that I was lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1065827441522708872003-10-10T19:10:00.000-04:002003-10-10T19:12:38.060-04:00Well, a shitty week is over. I wrote an essay and did 2 exams. I talked about the first one write below and the other I did today. It was in my US history class and it was easy (I finished it in 10 minutes). For those who would like to read the essay, I've put it up here and those of you who don't already know my name will find out what it is (not that I was purposefully hiding it or anythinglovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1065737319039703402003-10-09T18:08:00.000-04:002003-10-09T18:08:39.093-04:00I did a quiz today in my Middle East history class. I'm not sure what to expect, but since my professor had a confused look on his face when he looked at my paper, I won't get my hopes up. But seriously, I'm gonna have to say something if I don't get a good grade because the questions were weird. Most of the were multiple choice, but some had more than one right answer. He didn't say there lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1065484437115574622003-10-06T19:53:00.000-04:002003-10-06T19:55:22.856-04:00Workingfortheman.com, wow. What a site. Check it out. Sort of like Dilbert, but in real life.
I'm just about done my first essay. It's about the reactionary nature of the Latin American wars of independence. Sounds interesting? Well, it probably isn't, I wouldn't know. All I have left to do is my conclusion, which is one of my most hated things to do in an essay. How the hell am I lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1065391586346654222003-10-05T18:06:00.000-04:002003-10-05T18:06:54.480-04:00The Art of "Cold Reading"
by James Randi
The currently-popular "psychics" like Sylvia Browne, James Van Praagh, and John Edward, who are getting so much TV space on Montel Williams, Larry King, and other shows, employ a technique known as "cold reading." They tell the subjects nothing, but make guesses, put out suggestions, and ask questions. This is a very deceptive art, and the unwary observerlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1065283274533290942003-10-04T12:01:00.000-04:002003-10-04T12:01:14.646-04:00With a lack of anything better to do, I visited thespark.com and discovered some things about myself that only thespark could know.
I am, statistically speaking, a man
I am 22% bitch
I am 45% pickupable
I am 51% slutty (did you know that there at least 565 women out there who would have sex with Stalin?)
I will have sex with 7 people in my life time
I am 59% lovable (duh!)
I will die on lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1064978313288594912003-09-30T23:18:00.000-04:002003-09-30T23:18:33.170-04:00You're damned right I'm not a mindless drone.
I had something I wanted to write about, but I forget what it was. Let me get back to you on this one.lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1064897319886396312003-09-30T00:48:00.000-04:002003-09-30T00:48:39.350-04:00A couple of things...
First, I am not a mindless drone (I'm talking to you Maleficia). This drone has a brain! That's why I take my hourly bathroom breaks whether I need to go or not. You'd be amazed at the amount of time I've spent sitting on the can at work just waiting for 5 minutes to go by. Would a mindless drone do that? No! A mindless drone would log out and NOT get paid for going lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1064671162928977612003-09-27T09:59:00.000-04:002003-09-27T09:59:22.270-04:00There's an idiot sitting next to me in criminology. It all started on Tuesday when he said something about Natives and murder. I don't exactly remember what it was because I was trying not to listen. Yesterday, however, I did pay attention. I got to class before he did so I could get a good choice of seats. Since I was comfortable on Tuesday, I decided to return to that seat. Unfortunately,lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1064409418919980322003-09-24T09:16:00.000-04:002003-09-24T09:19:15.606-04:00TELEMARKETING: THE ANNOYING EFFICIENCY 'FREE-MARKET'
by Chris Arsenault
from infoshop news
After two exuberant- days and sleepless- nights of train -hopping and hitchhiking to 'demand the impossible' at Montreal's anarchist book fare, I didn't expect to find myself pitching my credentials to a human resources director at a downtown telemarketing firm. I suppose this is the nature of freedom in lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1063975767238655312003-09-19T08:49:00.000-04:002003-09-19T08:49:26.886-04:00THESE THINGS I PONDER
Before I get started, Maleficia, here are your kisses: xxxxx
Mumur, remind me to never eat food you made at your house.
Now we can get down to business. I gave up on my incredibly hard crossword puzzle last night (it's no fun when you have to look at 90% of the answers) and wrote some things that went through my mind. Some of these things actually did go through my mind lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1063426901985956442003-09-13T00:21:00.000-04:002003-09-13T00:21:41.990-04:00I wrote this last night (11/09/03) while at work. Here it is.
HELLO. IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?
If I had my way - and you can be sure that someday I will - people who leave boring answering machine messages would be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
Since I do surveys on the phone and sometimes even call it a job, I encounter countless answering machines on any givenlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1063375507116727982003-09-12T10:05:00.000-04:002003-09-12T10:05:30.630-04:00JOHNNY CASH 1932 - 2003
Today I got news that I had been fearing for quite some time. A man for whom I have an enormous amount of respect has died. Country star Johnny Cash died early this morning. I've only been listening to his music for a year or two, but it didn't take long for it to grow on me. Now, the Man in Black is no longer with us.
Last night, in one of my weird thought lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1063373390463377252003-09-12T09:29:00.000-04:002003-09-12T10:10:04.500-04:00Johnny Cashlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1063124069128139352003-09-09T12:14:00.000-04:002003-09-09T12:16:45.260-04:00THE CHEAT IS NOT DEAD
''The Cheat, man. where did we go wrong?
It seems like just yesterday we were setting fire to Strong Sad's underwears -- That was yesterday! -- This one's for you.
I got mad at the Cheat...uh!...for screwing up the jumble caper...uh!...I hope I don't see his name in the paper.
In the obituaries 'cause that would mean he's dead.
The Cheat is not dead! I'm so lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1062963201890241502003-09-07T15:33:00.000-04:002003-09-07T15:43:11.420-04:00THE FINE ART OF MIX-TAPE MAKING
Making a good mix tape is an art. Unfortunately, most people fail to see it that way. You can't just throw a whole bunch of songs together and call it a mix without taking many things into consideration. There are certain ways to start off, end and blend different styles in between the introduction and the finale. After many months of exchanging mix tapes withlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1062821257905663292003-09-06T00:07:00.000-04:002003-09-06T00:09:10.433-04:00Well, school has started again and I'm already well over 2000$ poorer than I was two weeks ago. Despite this fact, I'm looking forward to getting started in pretty much all of my classes. History of the Soviet Union will be pretty good, but I get the impression it might be tough. Same goes for my Latin American history class. I have no idea what to expect from my Middle East history class. lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1062567818287973692003-09-03T01:43:00.000-04:002003-09-03T01:43:38.220-04:00It's been a couple of days since I've posted anything. I'm still house/cat sitting, but tonight is my last night. Tomorrow is my last day off from school and I'll be back on Thursday. I went on campus today to see if my academic advisor could squeeze me into some classes that I was hoping to take in January, but they were full. Well, serves me right for waiting 'til the last minute to do it. Ilovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1062129056801745072003-08-28T23:50:00.000-04:002003-08-28T23:53:03.720-04:00I told someone that I would be updating tonight and here I am. I'm wasting precious time doing this since I could be satisfying my new addiction. No, it's not alcohol (I've already taken care of that...), it's Age of Empires II. Kee-rist that's a good game. Kind of reminds me of Warcraft, but without all the cheats (I refused to play warcraft without cheats). I've cleaned up my act though and lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1062044814207338592003-08-28T00:26:00.000-04:002003-08-28T00:29:42.906-04:00Hey! Hey!
I'm currently at a friend's place housesitting and figured I'd take the time to fix the links. Check them all out. They're pretty much all there, with a new one to boot! Murmursmoon is made by a nice girl from Kentucky who will suffer my wrath come October. She scoffs at my threats and will pay an unholy price. Prepare to suffer!
Also, I'm linked from endless dream (more like lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1062014581359442192003-08-27T16:03:00.000-04:002003-08-27T16:03:01.416-04:00Well, I seem to be having trouble with the links. I'll fix them as soon as I have a spare moment. Until then, here's my little beer evaluation blog.
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1062014329776814122003-08-27T15:58:00.000-04:002003-08-27T15:58:49.926-04:00Hey. I'll be housesitting for the next week, so there probably won't be much going on here. I'll also be starting school next Thursday, so my free time will be reduced. I'm looking forward to the next semester and hope everything will go alright. Either way, I'm sure I'll learn a lot.
I'm off to work. Wish me luck!
ps: don't forget to check the virtual pub!
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061836986449203262003-08-25T14:43:00.000-04:002003-08-25T14:43:06.460-04:00Check out Lovable Atheist's Virtual Pub.
I'm new at evaluating beer and describing it, but I'll get better as time goes by. Just be patient.
Cheers!lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061558013504990862003-08-22T09:13:00.000-04:002003-08-22T09:13:33.536-04:00I added a new link to Fellow Worker Peter's ''Crystal Computing Logbook''. Make sure to check out his ''Random thoughts about life, school work, work-work, health, computers, and of course, our music.''
Cheers!
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061529892990541882003-08-22T01:24:00.000-04:002003-08-22T01:29:58.483-04:00Give me a round of applause because I've just messed with HTML for the first time ever! (APPLAUSE)
I added links (move your eyes to the right-hand side of the screen). Go check them out. The first is the website I had before (as you'll quickly notice, it sucks). The second is another geoshitties site I've made as a sort of anarchist resource. It's got plenty of links and info about anarchismlovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061527346837436312003-08-22T00:42:00.000-04:002003-08-22T00:42:26.763-04:00I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER
Another day, another night of work. For those of you who don't know, I do surveys on the phone. Yes, I am the person who calls you during supper. Seriously though, why does everyone think that people like me only call during supper time. It's as if every time I tell someone what I do they have stories about how people like me called them during supper time and their liveslovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061273036319350182003-08-19T02:03:00.000-04:002003-08-19T02:12:27.410-04:00Here's a little something my gradparents sent me today via email.
LIFE AND A CAN OF BEER
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar........and the beer.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaiselovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061174725340501762003-08-17T22:45:00.000-04:002003-08-17T22:45:58.780-04:00Ok, So I fucked up right below. I first thought that the original post had been lost (I clicked on the wrong button), so I wrote another one. Instead of fiddling around and deciding which one to delete, I left them both in hopes that my point will get across in a better way than it would've with only one post.
I apologize if this causes any inconveniences. All complaints should be sent to lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061174326380401602003-08-17T22:38:00.000-04:002003-08-17T22:38:46.353-04:00WHAT'S IN A LANGUAGE?
The other day, I overheard someone say that they like the way the French speak french because it's the way the language was meant to be spoken as opposed to the way it's spoken here in Québec, Canada's francophone province. This got me thinking about languages and how they are spoken. I've had debates with friends over this issue in the past and think I've finally been lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1061172031830934712003-08-17T22:00:00.000-04:002003-08-17T22:00:31.673-04:00WHAT'S IN A LANGUAGE?
While on the bus the other day, I overheard someone saying how they loved hearing the French speak french since it was the way the language was meant to be spoken as opposed to how they speak it in Québec, Canada's francophone province. This caught my attention because I've had similar conversations with friends about correct pronunciation of words (''skedule'' vs. ''lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1060959528772216612003-08-15T10:58:00.000-04:002003-08-15T11:04:59.456-04:00POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
While everybody else is surrounded in darkness due to the the blackouts in Ontario and a few States, I sit here writing my blog in my electricity filled home. Although I'm lucky, it probably would be an interesting adventure, unlike the icestorm 5 years ago where everybody froze their asses off. Well, come to think of it, that was definitely a fun adventure...for some. I lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1060705684200330102003-08-12T12:28:00.000-04:002003-08-12T12:30:09.610-04:00For the next little while, I'll be trying to figure out how this thing works, so just stick around.
lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671194.post-1060662828047737682003-08-12T00:33:00.000-04:002003-08-12T01:15:51.436-04:00Hey. I think this is the second time I try this, not sure though. Be patient, I'm new here.
Alright, after messing around with a geoshities site for a while and posting thoughts and whatnot there, >I've decided to see what all the fuss is about and give one of these online blogs a chance. This may or may not be the beginning of a beautiful friendship, we'll just have to wait and see.
Well, lovablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04888839326812054787noreply@blogger.com