6.22 // An interesting point…

From NYT:
“Mr. Qashqavi drew comparisons with American election results.
‘No one encouraged the American people to stage a riot’ because they disagreed with the re-election of George W. Bush in 2004, he said.”
True, so true. This goes to further my point that our current culture is a degenerately complacent one. (Although on this particular subject, I tend [...]

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6.22 // On cultural revolution and the wars (and thermite)

[Started this post about a month ago and never got around to finishing it off, so with all my free time I've finally done it. Social activism stuff after the thermite. Oh, I'm not sure, but some stuff may be outdated by now... I don't know. Let me know.]
Such a good day. School – who [...]

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Billy Joel // We Didn’t Start The Fire

Amazing song. It makes you think (or it does me, anyway) – it’s so true. People always talk about how terrible the world is and how we’re all screwed; blame flies, fingers are pointed, but really, it’s always been this way and always will be. That’s not saying we should be apathetic – just the [...]

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Country Joe McDonald at Woodstock

The famous “FUCK” cheer and “I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die”:

That’s the mentality we need, not one of “Oh, there’s a war still going on? Our soldiers are still over there? Hmm. Oh, shh, the game’s back on.”
~ r

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6.14 // and how do YOU feel?

I’m hoping today will be my RECOVERY DAY! (It’s supposed to be really nice out, plus there are like 5 grad parties today…) Throat still kills, but no fever 
Oh, ok, and what about the Iranian election? Seems pretty fishy, doesn’t it? I mean, Ahmadinejad was behind in the polls, then suddenly he comes [...]

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6.11 // oh society…

Haha, this is like my 5th post today. I guess that’s what happens when you’re home sick on a rainy day and don’t feel like moving too much.
ANYway…
I stumbled upon this gem of a wonderfully well-written, thoughtful, logical argument helpfully tagged both “IRAQ” and “BULLS***”:
“SHUT UP OBAMA… DID YOU TALK TO IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN???
Seems like some [...]

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6.9 // what he said

From NYT [here - about Stephen Colbert going overseas]
“There was a general feeling among soldiers there, the board member said, that Americans had largely tuned the war out, that the economy had vacuumed up all the attention even though there are around 135,000 troops still here and still doing dangerous work… Soldiers here are all too [...]

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5.31 // On war.

“‘Just leave us to concentrate on our exams,” said a student who would give only her first name, Dina. “I’m not expecting anything. Americans don’t like us and we don’t like them. They think we’re terrorists, and we don’t like them because of what they’re doing in Iraq.’” -NYT
Well, some of us don’t like what [...]

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5.13 // I am hot, and when I’m not, I’m cold as ice…

Ah, finally! Someone used “comprise” correctly (as opposed to what people say – ‘is comprised of’ – it should be used like this: China (3, comprising 1 in Hong and 2 in mainland China)” – NYT). So there you have it. Grammar tip of the day.
Back to school today. Of course, it rained on the [...]

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5.12 // Who says no to a day off?

Home sick today… although in reality, I probably could’ve gone to school and survived… but it’s nice to have a day off of life sometimes, don’t you think? Especially one as nice as this – about 65, sunny, and hardy a cloud in the sky. Parfait. And although the Cloud of Make-Up Work is looming [...]

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