There's so many of us, there's so many of us, there's so many...
Let's have a war so you can go and die
Let's have a war, we could all use the money
Let's have a war, we need the space
Let's have a war, cleaning out this place
It already started in the city
Suburbia will be just as easy
There's so many of us, there's so many of us, there's so many...
Let's have a war, jack up the Dow Jones
Let's have a war, it can start in New Jersey
Let's have a war, blame it on the middle class
Let's have a war, we're like rats in a cage
It already started in the city
Suburbia will be just as easy
There's so many of us, there's so many of us, there's so many...
Let's have a war, sell the rights to the networks
Let's have a war, let our wallets get fat like last time
Let's have a war, give guns to the queers
Let's have a war, the enemy's within
It already started in the city
Suburbia will be just as easy
-"Let's have a war" by FEAR
Sunday, October 31, 2004
eMOTIVe
A Perfect Circle has a new album coming out with covers of political songs. Since it is that time of year, I've decided to post some of the songs off the album. Come back tomorrow for a different one.
Friday, October 29, 2004
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Prop. 71
After my last post about not talking of my own life here, I'm going to violate my own law. Why, because the personal is political. That is especially true for me with proposition 71.
I have had the honor of knowing a man by the name of Jim Wong. He is the father of a girl I used to date. He and his family are wonderful people who always made me feel extremely welcome in their home.
Ten years ago Mr. Wong was diagnosed with Parkinson disease. He had been dealing with the disease for years and never complained once about it. I saw him take all the drugs necessary to control (not cure, mind you) his condition. The best way to illustrate the amount of pills taken is this: You know those pill cases that have a space for each day of the month...That case of 31 slots for pills would last Mr. Wong ONE day, because he would take so much medication in a short period of time.
Even in the relatively short time that I knew him, I saw his condition worsen. His shaking got worse and wasn't able to walk at times. If you noticed him stuttering when he walk you would have to point it out so that his brain would send the proper signals to his body.
The point is this is a wonderful person who is dealing with a condition that will, not might, will end his life. But this is only because of the present state of science without stem cell research, this could change if studies using stem cells were done. Which could also help others that I know like Melissa Sherak who is in remission from MS or Chad Darvey who finally succumbed to Muscular Dystrophy while he was in High School. I like to remember Chad when we in kindergarten when he could still run (not well at all) and it brings a smile to my face. He was in a wheelchair from 4th grade until then end of his life.
Anyway, this all was a plug for prop. 71, if you would like to read more about Jim Wong you can read about it here.
I have had the honor of knowing a man by the name of Jim Wong. He is the father of a girl I used to date. He and his family are wonderful people who always made me feel extremely welcome in their home.
Ten years ago Mr. Wong was diagnosed with Parkinson disease. He had been dealing with the disease for years and never complained once about it. I saw him take all the drugs necessary to control (not cure, mind you) his condition. The best way to illustrate the amount of pills taken is this: You know those pill cases that have a space for each day of the month...That case of 31 slots for pills would last Mr. Wong ONE day, because he would take so much medication in a short period of time.
Even in the relatively short time that I knew him, I saw his condition worsen. His shaking got worse and wasn't able to walk at times. If you noticed him stuttering when he walk you would have to point it out so that his brain would send the proper signals to his body.
The point is this is a wonderful person who is dealing with a condition that will, not might, will end his life. But this is only because of the present state of science without stem cell research, this could change if studies using stem cells were done. Which could also help others that I know like Melissa Sherak who is in remission from MS or Chad Darvey who finally succumbed to Muscular Dystrophy while he was in High School. I like to remember Chad when we in kindergarten when he could still run (not well at all) and it brings a smile to my face. He was in a wheelchair from 4th grade until then end of his life.
Anyway, this all was a plug for prop. 71, if you would like to read more about Jim Wong you can read about it here.
Monday, October 18, 2004
Posting (and the lack there of)
A few of you (and there are very few) may have noticed that I have not been posting anything recently. I don't have an especially good reason for this other than to say that I haven't had much worth posting about. You may say "How can you say that with all that has been going on in the world." Well let me take this opportunity to give my perspective on blogging.
My father has given a lot of advice over the years, those of you who have met him can attest to how good his advice is. Regardless of the merits of what he told me one thing he said was always very clear:
RULE #1: "Never put it in writing."
The corollary of this is one I learned in PR that is, before you do or say anything imagine it being a piece of evidence being used in a disciplinary hearing, malpractice suit, or indictment by the government.
Hence we come to my theory of blogging. Many people use these sites as a journal of their most intimate thoughts and feeling, which if fine if they want to do that. Others just post links to other stories without giving there own thoughts on the matter, which is fine if they want to do that. Personally, I want to do neither. I never write about my personal life, work, or school. The reason for this is mostly rule #1 but it is also out of respect for the people in my life. I don't want to bitch about the things going on in my life out of respect for the people in it. If I talk about work it would be either boring, depressing, or a violation of an ethical duty (See corollary to rule #1) so I don't talk about that. I suppose I do talk about school but only because I find something that relates to life in general and I have something to say about it. But if I really went over what I learned in school it would just be really boring and uninteresting.
So what I'm I really doing here? I suppose the easiest way to explain is to say that I'm playing a character. The anonymity of this medium allows me and I think most people to divorce themselves from the people they actually are and thus allows them a certain freedom to say things that perhaps normally they wouldn't say. I suppose the paradox is that, as far as I know, I know everyone who reads this page. So perhaps a qualification...I'm playing a character but it is one who I created and maintain. So perhaps it really is me and I'm just kidding myself...Perhaps that is right, most of the things I would say here I would say anyway. But maybe it is the potential that if anything ever came up that I would be unable to voice elsewhere that I could here. (As long as it does not violate rule #1 of course).
My father has given a lot of advice over the years, those of you who have met him can attest to how good his advice is. Regardless of the merits of what he told me one thing he said was always very clear:
RULE #1: "Never put it in writing."
The corollary of this is one I learned in PR that is, before you do or say anything imagine it being a piece of evidence being used in a disciplinary hearing, malpractice suit, or indictment by the government.
Hence we come to my theory of blogging. Many people use these sites as a journal of their most intimate thoughts and feeling, which if fine if they want to do that. Others just post links to other stories without giving there own thoughts on the matter, which is fine if they want to do that. Personally, I want to do neither. I never write about my personal life, work, or school. The reason for this is mostly rule #1 but it is also out of respect for the people in my life. I don't want to bitch about the things going on in my life out of respect for the people in it. If I talk about work it would be either boring, depressing, or a violation of an ethical duty (See corollary to rule #1) so I don't talk about that. I suppose I do talk about school but only because I find something that relates to life in general and I have something to say about it. But if I really went over what I learned in school it would just be really boring and uninteresting.
So what I'm I really doing here? I suppose the easiest way to explain is to say that I'm playing a character. The anonymity of this medium allows me and I think most people to divorce themselves from the people they actually are and thus allows them a certain freedom to say things that perhaps normally they wouldn't say. I suppose the paradox is that, as far as I know, I know everyone who reads this page. So perhaps a qualification...I'm playing a character but it is one who I created and maintain. So perhaps it really is me and I'm just kidding myself...Perhaps that is right, most of the things I would say here I would say anyway. But maybe it is the potential that if anything ever came up that I would be unable to voice elsewhere that I could here. (As long as it does not violate rule #1 of course).
Friday, October 08, 2004
I Have a Dream...
I have a dream to one day have the entire 20 volume set of the complete Oxford English Dictionary (OED). That's right 20 volumes. Well, I had a dream and I thought it would be realized earlier, but alas no. I discovered that you could get the OED online! Gasp! However, my hopes were quickly dashed when I found out it would be $295.00/year or $29.95/month, Gasp again! So much for that...I'll just have to wait till I have enough money to by the OED in print. How much you ask...$995.00 on Amazon (plus shipping and handling).
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)