November 2008
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WatchI.O.U.S.A.: The Movie: To the U.S. economy what ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ was to the environment. – Reuters
A minute in, I was already depressed.
Via Arni
“Conditions are never perfect. ‘Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams...”
– Tim Ferriss, The Timing is Never Right (via skysignal) (via heartsparks)
“Have you ever thought that if one thing hadn’t happened, a whole set of things...”
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I think that’s why I don’t “regret” anything in a way. I do look back on my life and sure, I know things could have been different. But then, I think to myself, “Am...
Days with My Father →
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This makes me both ridiculously happy and incredibly sad at the same time. And I can’t stop reading it.
“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
– Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes)
“Without you, today’s emotions would be the scurf of yesterday’s.”
– Hipolito, The Writer from Amelie.
Song: Between the Sheets Artist: Isley Brothers...
Senate Debates Bailout For U.S. Automakers →
To be honest, I’m a little torn about the idea.
One part of me, like that movie “Who Killed the Electric Car?” thinks, “When [Toyota and other companies] started shifting their focus to more efficient cars, you fuckers were seeing who could make the biggest gas-guzzling penis compensator!”
I also think of Ashton Kutcher’s idea (yes, him, of all people) when he...
NetFlix Origami →
Something to do with those tear-off flaps.
Song: Alle Möbel Verrückt Artist: Roger Cicero...
Cautious Optimist
So, the other night, Jer was telling me about some conversation he had with a friend back in high school. They told each other to describe the other in just one word. “So what one word would you use to describe me?” I asked him. He paused for a moment to think. “I can’t think of the right word. It’s not, ‘cynical’ but it’s the closest thing I could think of. And then maybe complicated.”
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I...
“A wise girl kisses but doesn’t love, listens but doesn’t believe and leaves...”
– From Marylin Monroe.
I find that really sad but kind of true. Emotional attachment leads to vulnerability and who wants her heart broken?
What a cold and empty life!
“I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is...”
– Rufus, from “Dogma” (via affremblequotes)
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Volvo Ocean Race Game →
So I signed up for this, by request of Arni, and even though it’s only been like a day of playing, I like it!
But, I already know that this is not going to be good for me.
Not that I expect to be “good” at it, but I’m pretty competitive sometimes and this is going to be a “distraction” from other things I should be doing. Like studying. Or something...
'Please don't bring your teenager to Nebraska' →
Nebraska fears rush to drop off kids before haven law change.
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But when he, upon the street, the... →
I’m sort of dabbling in the German language so I can attempt to follow along, or at least, figure out what’s going on in a conversation.
Last night, I finally got around to asking Joe, my co-worker and German-phile, about word order in a sentence. He explained it to me and now things are sort of making more sense.
Verbs at the end of a sentence?!
Anyway, he told me to read and look...
What Can I Offer Her?
By Tupac Shakur
All of my life I dreamed of meeting one with immense beauty, and once I found her I would charm her and she’d be mine forever.
I have found her and indeed she is all I wished for and more but she is not charmed nor intrigued. Then I think to myself “What can I offer her?” The tears warm my eyes and blur my vision. I stick to my stance of bravado and give her the same...
Song: Kissing You (Love Theme from Romeo &...
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I don’t care if you love or hate Keith Olbermann - his special comment on Prop 8 tonight was so good.
Excellently put.
“Sometimes there is a reason your past didn’t make it to your future.”
– Unknown (via thresca) (via theipodguru)
Song: And You Were Artist: Molly Jensen Album:...
“when a girl pushes you away and tries to shut you out, that’s when she needs you...”
– via enticinqsmile.vox.com (via heartsparks)
“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...”
– Anais Nin (via skysignal) (via heartsparks)
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“I hear in church all the time about marriage being ordained of God. But I also...”
– Salt Lake Tribune Columnist Robert Kirby.
THIS.
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“It’s those small things that you do for me, that seem to be so inconsequential...”
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Ignorant, misinformed people.
blaise:
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aeropuertos:
It’s really unfortunate how misinformed some people are about this election. It’s even more unfortunate that there are still so many racists in this country who can’t see past skin color. These are some real Facebook status updates (my favorites are the people who want to move to a country that supports Obama and/or is more liberal than America):
“…don’t get too...
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Song: Gravity (Acoustic) Artist: Sara Bareilles...
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Synthesizing Happiness
Although Prop 8 passed, banning gay marriage and only recognizing marriage between a man and a woman in California, one of the most progressive states, I still have hope.
In 2000, Prop 22 which esentially banned gay marriage was overturned by “activist judges” earlier this year (which led to Prop 8 being on the ballot), the vote for banning gay marriage was 61% yes and 38% no. This...
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“And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and...”
– President-Elect Barack Obama, 4 Nov 2008 (via affremblequotes)
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Midnight Txts
Me: What are the numbers looking like for the props?
Shi: Too close for comfort. Prop 4 no at 52% and yes 49% Prop 8 yes at 53% and no 47% however only 33% of the votes are counted.
Me: Crap. Thanks : |
Shi: I know it is crazy. :-X i am not happy about Prop 8 All that Damn money for that yes on 8 campaign
Me: Damn crazy morons >:\
Shi: Yea i saw some guy who supported Yes on 8 who told the reporter that "They tried to make this a discrimination issue," it made me mad because it is about discrimination. They are trying to make this a prop on fear and make gay people look like they are predators it is simply ridiculous
Me: Sorry I meant Mormons
Shi: Yea they are morons too
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Props
Ruben: Well?
Me: Well what?
Ruben: election results...how does it feel?
Me: Waiting for the props….
Ruben: that's going to be a long wait.
Me: Only for 8 and 4. 4 is neck and neck (or was before I came in) and 8 was 56/44 yes/no, but I was hoping that once SF county was counted it would swing the other way. 2 looks like it was going to pass and apparently, there are a lot more children-haters like you who don’t want sick kids to get healthy.
Ruben: btw, I voted yes on 3 and 1a. no apologies needed.
Me: Haha. I am surprised. But the bond amendments, except 12 looked like they weren’t going to pass anyway ~60/40. I was really bummed about 1 because I really wanted the infrastructure laid out at least. We’ll see!
Ruben: I must admit that my chat with you this morning on 1a and 3 swung my vote (especially your note that we gotta start sometime to deal with these issues; we can't wait till we have a budget surplus to work on them). My feeling is that if we are going to get into massive debt, make it worthwhile; i.e. infrastructure, education, healthcare; not destruction of those very same things in another country, through war and the like.
Me: I take back one bad thing I’ve said about and/or to you. But just one. The remaining 10,984,335,498,435 still stand.
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