Off I go to my last first day of school.
... weird.
1.12.2009
1.05.2009
well that certainly went in a weird direction
The new year is upon us, snow is falling in Seattle again, and I'm listening to the hereafter on repeat.
I've done virtually nothing since I've been up here -- I've sat around, I've read books (2! And neither of them were "Pat the Bunny"!), I've slept in, and I've recharged.
And now, at 12:45 am on January 5th, 2009, I'm thinking.
There are so many people in each of our lives. All of them contribute in some way, even if the contribution is frustrating and makes you want to scream or cry or both. I'd be willing to bet, though, that most people we choose to associate with make us happy. Very happy. So happy, in fact, that occasionally, at 12:45 in the morning, all we can do is sit around and think about how lucky we are that we have such wonderful friends and family and such a tremendous support system as we get ready to move on to a brand new scary phase of our lives, where everything sucks and is too expensive and the economy is in the toilet and we have no marketable skills outside of Los Angeles County and SAG is about to strike and we're all going to be homeless and desperate for work and have to resign ourselves to taking soul-sucking jobs we never thought we'd touch with a 10-foot pole.
Or not, whatever. Maybe it's just me.
In any case, what I really mean to say is that I love you all, and thank you for taking this journey with me.
I've done virtually nothing since I've been up here -- I've sat around, I've read books (2! And neither of them were "Pat the Bunny"!), I've slept in, and I've recharged.
And now, at 12:45 am on January 5th, 2009, I'm thinking.
There are so many people in each of our lives. All of them contribute in some way, even if the contribution is frustrating and makes you want to scream or cry or both. I'd be willing to bet, though, that most people we choose to associate with make us happy. Very happy. So happy, in fact, that occasionally, at 12:45 in the morning, all we can do is sit around and think about how lucky we are that we have such wonderful friends and family and such a tremendous support system as we get ready to move on to a brand new scary phase of our lives, where everything sucks and is too expensive and the economy is in the toilet and we have no marketable skills outside of Los Angeles County and SAG is about to strike and we're all going to be homeless and desperate for work and have to resign ourselves to taking soul-sucking jobs we never thought we'd touch with a 10-foot pole.
Or not, whatever. Maybe it's just me.
In any case, what I really mean to say is that I love you all, and thank you for taking this journey with me.
1.03.2009
oh come on
First of all, I would like to apologize. No one really wants to hear any more about Sarah Palin now that the election's done, and everyone hopes that she'll go away, but the truth is that she's still the governor of Alaska, and there's not a snowball's chance in hell she won't be on the Republican ticket for at least the 2012 primaries, so I might as well keep building evidence against her and her stupid family.
I just read an article from my favorite journalistic source, People, and it's something I would like to share with you all. My favorite two passages:
"You need to know that both Levi and Bristol are working their butts off to parent and going to school and working at the same time," Palin told PEOPLE in a phone message Wednesday. "They are certainly not high school dropouts."
Let's examine. First off: "... Palin told PEOPLE in a phone message..." What? Does she spend her time calling news outlets to report family news? Was this call solicited? Who the fuck does that?
Two: "You need to know that..." You need to know? Who the fuck does this woman think she is? Her stupidly-named daughter gets herself knocked up by her high school dropout boyfriend and everyone needs to hear all about it?
Oh, wait, "They are certainly not high school dropouts." Well that's good. Except for this little gem, found a mere four paragraphs later:
"Levi, also 18, told the AP in October that he had left high school to enroll in an apprenticeship program training him as an electrician."
I'm going to need to check on this, but I'm pretty sure leaving high school before you finish qualifies you as a dropout. By definition.
Oh well, what do I know? I'm not the governor of Alaska.
UPDATE!
Shockingly enough, these people are still ludicrous.
Favorite quote: "He has to do everything by the book now"
I just read an article from my favorite journalistic source, People, and it's something I would like to share with you all. My favorite two passages:
"You need to know that both Levi and Bristol are working their butts off to parent and going to school and working at the same time," Palin told PEOPLE in a phone message Wednesday. "They are certainly not high school dropouts."
Let's examine. First off: "... Palin told PEOPLE in a phone message..." What? Does she spend her time calling news outlets to report family news? Was this call solicited? Who the fuck does that?
Two: "You need to know that..." You need to know? Who the fuck does this woman think she is? Her stupidly-named daughter gets herself knocked up by her high school dropout boyfriend and everyone needs to hear all about it?
Oh, wait, "They are certainly not high school dropouts." Well that's good. Except for this little gem, found a mere four paragraphs later:
"Levi, also 18, told the AP in October that he had left high school to enroll in an apprenticeship program training him as an electrician."
I'm going to need to check on this, but I'm pretty sure leaving high school before you finish qualifies you as a dropout. By definition.
Oh well, what do I know? I'm not the governor of Alaska.
UPDATE!
Shockingly enough, these people are still ludicrous.
Favorite quote: "He has to do everything by the book now"
12.21.2008
what the hell is all this white shit?
Seattle has a temperate climate. It's wet, sure, but everybody knows that the temperature holds fast at around 40 degrees all winter, effectively preventing all that snowy goodness that seems to exist in other parts of the country.
This year the system broke down. Seattle has had snow on the ground since last Saturday, and a flurry of recent -- I apologize in advance -- flurries has left about a foot and a half of powder.
This is a huge problem. On the east coast, or in Minnesota or some place like that, a foot and a half of snow is no big deal. They salt the roads, get out the snowplows, and all the streets are clean by 6 am. The City of Seattle has precisely 27 snowplows to service the entire city. They do not stock up on salt or sand, and Seattle is probably the second-most-hilly city in the U.S.
Basically, we're fucked. Half of all roads are completely closed, no one knows how to drive, and I'm stuck in the house.
The best part, though, is that it's supposed to warm up just in time to have our usual rainy Christmas.
Happy Holidays, everyone! And happy first night of Hanukkah, Jews!
This year the system broke down. Seattle has had snow on the ground since last Saturday, and a flurry of recent -- I apologize in advance -- flurries has left about a foot and a half of powder.
This is a huge problem. On the east coast, or in Minnesota or some place like that, a foot and a half of snow is no big deal. They salt the roads, get out the snowplows, and all the streets are clean by 6 am. The City of Seattle has precisely 27 snowplows to service the entire city. They do not stock up on salt or sand, and Seattle is probably the second-most-hilly city in the U.S.
Basically, we're fucked. Half of all roads are completely closed, no one knows how to drive, and I'm stuck in the house.
The best part, though, is that it's supposed to warm up just in time to have our usual rainy Christmas.
Happy Holidays, everyone! And happy first night of Hanukkah, Jews!
12.17.2008
omfg videos!
A number of people (okay, one person and my mom) have pointed out that I don't update this blog nearly enough to keep everyone's interest. This is true. I apologize, and will do my best to update more often.
But for now, let me present the first ever videos on the hurwitz. Both made for my music video/commercial class. Enjoy.
But for now, let me present the first ever videos on the hurwitz. Both made for my music video/commercial class. Enjoy.
11.18.2008
yes, it is
Last Wednesday, the USC College Republicans sent a letter to the Daily Trojan that made me so furious I couldn't focus on anything else until I had come up with an appropriate response. So after a few minutes of thinking, I wrote a reply and fired it back to the DT.
Today, they published it. Apparently. I say "apparently", because although I've received a few scattered "nice letter"s and "good job"s, the link on the DT's website goes to a letter to the editor espousing the virtues of classical opera. Or something. I didn't read the whole thing.
So I've decided to publish it on the internet myself. The letter went something like this:
"I am deeply disappointed in the attitude expressed by the USC College Republicans in Wednesday’s Daily Trojan, which frames Proposition 8 as purely a political issue. The USC College Republicans claim that many Proposition 8 supporters “actually support gay marriage.” If this is true, those people disgust me more than those who can at least be honest about their bigotry.
If you want to vote against judicial activism, start gathering signatures to create a proposition against judicial activism. Don’t deny a minority group rights because you want to stick it to those pesky liberal judges. A vote “yes” on Proposition 8 was a vote to eliminate the rights of a minority group, and I consider this bigoted no matter the rationalization.
Civil rights are not political. They are politicized, certainly, but I was brought up with the idea that all Americans, regardless of gender, race, background, socio-economic class, political affiliation, and even sexual orientation should be treated as equals under the law.
It doesn’t matter if 52.5%, 61%, or 100% of Californians voted to ban gay marriage – it’s still a civil rights violation. It doesn’t matter if its supporters are liberal or conservative – it’s still a civil rights violation. Supporting Proposition 8 isn’t supporting anything except a state-sanctioned right to discriminate against a minority.
And telling opponents of Proposition 8 that they should stop protesting a violation of their civil rights is – frankly – un-American."
Today, they published it. Apparently. I say "apparently", because although I've received a few scattered "nice letter"s and "good job"s, the link on the DT's website goes to a letter to the editor espousing the virtues of classical opera. Or something. I didn't read the whole thing.
So I've decided to publish it on the internet myself. The letter went something like this:
"I am deeply disappointed in the attitude expressed by the USC College Republicans in Wednesday’s Daily Trojan, which frames Proposition 8 as purely a political issue. The USC College Republicans claim that many Proposition 8 supporters “actually support gay marriage.” If this is true, those people disgust me more than those who can at least be honest about their bigotry.
If you want to vote against judicial activism, start gathering signatures to create a proposition against judicial activism. Don’t deny a minority group rights because you want to stick it to those pesky liberal judges. A vote “yes” on Proposition 8 was a vote to eliminate the rights of a minority group, and I consider this bigoted no matter the rationalization.
Civil rights are not political. They are politicized, certainly, but I was brought up with the idea that all Americans, regardless of gender, race, background, socio-economic class, political affiliation, and even sexual orientation should be treated as equals under the law.
It doesn’t matter if 52.5%, 61%, or 100% of Californians voted to ban gay marriage – it’s still a civil rights violation. It doesn’t matter if its supporters are liberal or conservative – it’s still a civil rights violation. Supporting Proposition 8 isn’t supporting anything except a state-sanctioned right to discriminate against a minority.
And telling opponents of Proposition 8 that they should stop protesting a violation of their civil rights is – frankly – un-American."
11.15.2008
r.i.p.
There was a man in Seattle that everyone knew. He was a street performer who sat outside every single sports game and played the tuba for the crowds walking to and from the stadium. And he was pretty freaking good at it.
Today, I learned that this man, whose name was Edward Scott McMichael, was beaten to death by a group of teenagers last month.
May they forever rot in hell.
Today, I learned that this man, whose name was Edward Scott McMichael, was beaten to death by a group of teenagers last month.
May they forever rot in hell.
10.31.2008
dream come true
Those who know me too well know that I have a strange obsession with the concept of a bionic eye. While I'm still waiting for scientists to make their big announcement, my hometown U came up with a nice temporary solution.
I've never wanted something so badly that has such little use to me.
I've never wanted something so badly that has such little use to me.
10.26.2008
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