Today was a day of protest around the world. I marched today along with thousands of my fellow Americans - we, Americans, who are the true patriots. The weather was decent and it was another peaceful demonstration. I heard Susan Sarandon as well as some other individuals speak. Then when I finally got to a position where I could see the people on the stage, I saw other celebrities like Jesse Jackson, Congresswoman McKinney, and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark. The lawn was packed. And muddy, too. The group I was with started to join the other protestors to prepare to march just as Al Sharpton started to speak. But then we left when it was his turn was coincidental. :)
All of the messages were good. From those at the podium to all the signs people were holding. I just wish the warmongers of this country knew what all these people know. That is, the TRUTH. Some of the messages:
1) All we are still saying is give peace a chance
2) Regime change begins at home
3) Not in my name
4) Israel out of our Congress
5) No blood for oil
6) Drop Bush, not bombs
7) Iraq: Weapon of Mass Distraction
8) Act like it's a globe - not an empire
9) (with the pictures of some politicians like Bush) the Asses of Evil
10) (and one something like this) Make _____, not war
a) cookies
b) art
c) love
d) SENSE!
11) Money for jobs, not war
12) Killing one person is murder; killing 1000's of people is foreign policy
13) It's about economics, stupid
I hope the masses will get through to our oligarchy. I hope that some people saw the program on C-SPAN2. It was a debate on the subject of war with Iraq, which took place at Georgetown University. I only heard some of the things one of the speakers, a professor from UCSF, said of how ridiculous an impending war with Iraq would be. You shoulda seen it. I wonder if there's a transcript somewhere...
We need a reform of our whole damn electoral process. It's so bullshit. Speaking of B.S., this was another message on signs and shirts: BUSHIT.
Okay, time for some h.w...
Saturday, October 26, 2002
Friday, October 25, 2002
'Bout damn time they caught the sniper! Or DID they?? :-P Who the hell cares. I just don't wanna hear about it no more...
So, anyway - on to more important things. I went to the movies tonight. I don't get out much, nor do I frequent the theatres. But it's always good to get out. Went to see "Brown Sugar" with Nadine. I liked it. You know - a love story. Go see it and support Black films. If we're gonna waste our money on things we don't need, why not give back to the community?!
The weekend is just about here. And I should spend much of it studying. But I probably won't. Last weekend I spent my time... Saturday afternoon I was at the mall with JP and Jeannie. Saw a couple peeps from undergrad there. Didn't buy anything 'cause nothing caught my eye. I want shoes and pants, though... Then, later that evening, Tara and I went to TGI Friday's. We were there until around 2AM. Then Sunday, I caught a few hours of TV on satellite. Got to see Christina Aguilera on some show called something like "Stripped in NY". Interesting that this new album will reveal the real Christina. I'll probably go get it. Then I got to see my girl Shakira on "Making the Video: 'Objection'" or whatever the heck the show's called. Then on like MTV2, I finally got to see her 'unplugged'. And she did that show way before she crossed over. I was happy. Too bad I ain't have a video tape handy so I could record it...
Man, it's already midnight. I'm shuttin' down the blog. Then I'll talk to one of my internet buddies for a minute before I call it a night or do some homework. Peace!
So, anyway - on to more important things. I went to the movies tonight. I don't get out much, nor do I frequent the theatres. But it's always good to get out. Went to see "Brown Sugar" with Nadine. I liked it. You know - a love story. Go see it and support Black films. If we're gonna waste our money on things we don't need, why not give back to the community?!
The weekend is just about here. And I should spend much of it studying. But I probably won't. Last weekend I spent my time... Saturday afternoon I was at the mall with JP and Jeannie. Saw a couple peeps from undergrad there. Didn't buy anything 'cause nothing caught my eye. I want shoes and pants, though... Then, later that evening, Tara and I went to TGI Friday's. We were there until around 2AM. Then Sunday, I caught a few hours of TV on satellite. Got to see Christina Aguilera on some show called something like "Stripped in NY". Interesting that this new album will reveal the real Christina. I'll probably go get it. Then I got to see my girl Shakira on "Making the Video: 'Objection'" or whatever the heck the show's called. Then on like MTV2, I finally got to see her 'unplugged'. And she did that show way before she crossed over. I was happy. Too bad I ain't have a video tape handy so I could record it...
Man, it's already midnight. I'm shuttin' down the blog. Then I'll talk to one of my internet buddies for a minute before I call it a night or do some homework. Peace!
Monday, October 21, 2002
Half-way through the semester... Why can't it be over already?! :-P I had two midterms last week and I don't think I did all that great on them. Why do I always wait until the day before or the day that something is due before I start it?
I'm annoyed with this sniper stuff. The media is just puttin' everything out there so that whoever's responsible for all this crap is just laughing from his little den at the incompetence (I'm being hard) of the people who are supposed to be maintaining law and order. And I think the BBC's coverage of the whole ordeal is better. Brief and to the point. I don't need to hear all day long that no one knows what's going on!
Bush is an idiot, talkin' about needing a regime change in Iraq. We need a damn regime change in the U.S. Then this fool got the nerve to say that Iraq has been ignoring the UN and the free world for the past 11 years. WTF??? So, what do you call the illegal State of Israel? They've been ignoring UN Resolutions as well as the opinion of the international community right from the get-go. Those fuckerz...
But I was perusing the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and one of the articles said the public opinion was shifting in favor of the Palestinians in the US and abroad, including in Israel, as more people are realizing the atrocities that are/have been committed. That's a little encouraging!
Fall is definitely here. It's brisk out. Walking home, I noted the beautiful red-orange color of the leaves gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. Oh, shit- look how I'm talking! I got a bit of a romantic in me that wants to come out. Hehe...
Do you know I've found myself gazing upon the squirrels wondering what it would be like to be one of them? The way they prance around and move with such agility (ignoring their moments of ineptitude when confronted with moving objects heading in their direction!), seemingly so carefree. If only I weren't trapped in the walls of higher learning, maybe I wouldn't imagine myself as a squirrel. LoL. I was reminded of Julio Cortázar's "Axolotl" - but my thoughts were definitely not that deep or serious! And now that winter will soon approach, I probably won't get that far into such a thought process! But I never really cared too much for Cortázar. He was a little too existential or something for me. Or maybe it was the sophistication of the literature combined with the fact that I had to read him in Spanish...
Mom dukes is heading to the Motherland in a few days. Oh, how I wish I were in another country! Soon enough...
I'm annoyed with this sniper stuff. The media is just puttin' everything out there so that whoever's responsible for all this crap is just laughing from his little den at the incompetence (I'm being hard) of the people who are supposed to be maintaining law and order. And I think the BBC's coverage of the whole ordeal is better. Brief and to the point. I don't need to hear all day long that no one knows what's going on!
Bush is an idiot, talkin' about needing a regime change in Iraq. We need a damn regime change in the U.S. Then this fool got the nerve to say that Iraq has been ignoring the UN and the free world for the past 11 years. WTF??? So, what do you call the illegal State of Israel? They've been ignoring UN Resolutions as well as the opinion of the international community right from the get-go. Those fuckerz...
But I was perusing the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs and one of the articles said the public opinion was shifting in favor of the Palestinians in the US and abroad, including in Israel, as more people are realizing the atrocities that are/have been committed. That's a little encouraging!
Fall is definitely here. It's brisk out. Walking home, I noted the beautiful red-orange color of the leaves gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. Oh, shit- look how I'm talking! I got a bit of a romantic in me that wants to come out. Hehe...
Do you know I've found myself gazing upon the squirrels wondering what it would be like to be one of them? The way they prance around and move with such agility (ignoring their moments of ineptitude when confronted with moving objects heading in their direction!), seemingly so carefree. If only I weren't trapped in the walls of higher learning, maybe I wouldn't imagine myself as a squirrel. LoL. I was reminded of Julio Cortázar's "Axolotl" - but my thoughts were definitely not that deep or serious! And now that winter will soon approach, I probably won't get that far into such a thought process! But I never really cared too much for Cortázar. He was a little too existential or something for me. Or maybe it was the sophistication of the literature combined with the fact that I had to read him in Spanish...
Mom dukes is heading to the Motherland in a few days. Oh, how I wish I were in another country! Soon enough...
Wednesday, October 02, 2002
It's crunch time! I've procrastinated since the start of the semester. Now here I am, two weeks away from mid-terms and I'll soon be panicking! I need to lock my self up for the next couple of weeks until I learn everything there is to know about the political economy of the Middle East and the beginnings of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Sheesh. This is gonna suck.
I had intended to get some reading done over the weekend. But of course that didn't happen, as I went to New York with a classmate. Her bro goes to law school up there, so, she wanted to check out his place and hang out with some friends she had up there. It was an alright trip. It wasn't bad, but it could have been better. Like for example, why did we have two movie nights? Okay, Friday night, we went out to eat at this French restaurant then we ended up back at the brother's apartment where we watched "John Q". The movie was okay. I don't care to watch it again, but I thought it was a great subject to bring to the screen. I can feel the whole insurance issue. Tell me why I have to pay for mines with some damn loans! Not to mention, the care ain't all that! I need to move my ass to a socialist country. =P
Anyway, if it wasn't bad enough to go all the way up to NYC to rent a movie, we went to the movies the following night. Well, first, we went to the Village and did some shopping. I saw one of the members of the group O-Town. The light-skinned, baby-face kid. He was outside some store and it appeared that he was being interviewed, seeing how someone had a tape-recorder all up in his grill. Anyway... I bought a skirt and a shirt. I wonder when I'll actually wear 'em...
Later on we went to this restaurant called Tao, an Asian bistro. Now, when my friend first told me about this place before we went up to NY, she sent me this link. I looked it up and what not and was kind of appalled. Why do people like to exploit Asian culture so much? I don't care if this is some Asian-owned establishment. My impression was kind of negative. I was like, what the hell is up with this? The restaurant had a Chinese-sounding name, this huge Buddha statue was the kind I associate with Thailand, I saw the word "wasabi" and was like, okay, Japanese stuff... Then the article I looked at also mentioned something about Korean and Vietnamese food or something like that. What the hell? I hate places like that. I'm more into authentic places. Where they specialize in one, or maybe two, cuisines. If that wasn't enough, when we got to the joint, I ain't see a damn Asian face at first. I saw these white chicks wearing the Chinese-style dresses and that annoyed me. But I eventually did see some Asians that worked there. Like maybe 2. Or three.
Anyway, what I had to eat wasn't all that. The place is overrated. Whatever. Afterwards we started walking, but with no clear destination. Then I saw some really bright lights and was like, what's that? Is that a "dirty" place we're not supposed to go to? Like strip joints and stuff? Hehe... That's what I was thinkin'. But then my friend's bro was like, nah, that's Times Square. So I asked if we could head down that way and we did. Lotsa people, lotsa light. Pretty cool. We ended up seeing "Road to Perdition" at a theater around there. I liked the movie, but again, why the hell did we go all the way up to NYC to go to the damn movies? So, anyway, the movie was good. The best line went something like: "Your just a baby boy who doesn't know his thumb from his dick." Hahaha... I thought that was funny.
Anyhoo, that's my trip in a nutshell. Don't feel like elaborating any more on it. 'Cept, if I go back, I need to go with certain kindsa peeps and hit up the more 'urban ureas'. Nah mean? And damn, there weren't enough cuties around. Where da hot boys at? =) Oh, and the place where we were staying - it was overrun with J... um... with juice. Yeah, that's it. Juice. heheh...
Okay, so I'm gonna go defrost some meat so I can try out a recipe. And I need to find some grub I can eat before I go to bed. And I need to do some damn Arabic homework. Ugh. When will this semester be over?? Wish me luck. I need it!
I had intended to get some reading done over the weekend. But of course that didn't happen, as I went to New York with a classmate. Her bro goes to law school up there, so, she wanted to check out his place and hang out with some friends she had up there. It was an alright trip. It wasn't bad, but it could have been better. Like for example, why did we have two movie nights? Okay, Friday night, we went out to eat at this French restaurant then we ended up back at the brother's apartment where we watched "John Q". The movie was okay. I don't care to watch it again, but I thought it was a great subject to bring to the screen. I can feel the whole insurance issue. Tell me why I have to pay for mines with some damn loans! Not to mention, the care ain't all that! I need to move my ass to a socialist country. =P
Anyway, if it wasn't bad enough to go all the way up to NYC to rent a movie, we went to the movies the following night. Well, first, we went to the Village and did some shopping. I saw one of the members of the group O-Town. The light-skinned, baby-face kid. He was outside some store and it appeared that he was being interviewed, seeing how someone had a tape-recorder all up in his grill. Anyway... I bought a skirt and a shirt. I wonder when I'll actually wear 'em...
Later on we went to this restaurant called Tao, an Asian bistro. Now, when my friend first told me about this place before we went up to NY, she sent me this link. I looked it up and what not and was kind of appalled. Why do people like to exploit Asian culture so much? I don't care if this is some Asian-owned establishment. My impression was kind of negative. I was like, what the hell is up with this? The restaurant had a Chinese-sounding name, this huge Buddha statue was the kind I associate with Thailand, I saw the word "wasabi" and was like, okay, Japanese stuff... Then the article I looked at also mentioned something about Korean and Vietnamese food or something like that. What the hell? I hate places like that. I'm more into authentic places. Where they specialize in one, or maybe two, cuisines. If that wasn't enough, when we got to the joint, I ain't see a damn Asian face at first. I saw these white chicks wearing the Chinese-style dresses and that annoyed me. But I eventually did see some Asians that worked there. Like maybe 2. Or three.
Anyway, what I had to eat wasn't all that. The place is overrated. Whatever. Afterwards we started walking, but with no clear destination. Then I saw some really bright lights and was like, what's that? Is that a "dirty" place we're not supposed to go to? Like strip joints and stuff? Hehe... That's what I was thinkin'. But then my friend's bro was like, nah, that's Times Square. So I asked if we could head down that way and we did. Lotsa people, lotsa light. Pretty cool. We ended up seeing "Road to Perdition" at a theater around there. I liked the movie, but again, why the hell did we go all the way up to NYC to go to the damn movies? So, anyway, the movie was good. The best line went something like: "Your just a baby boy who doesn't know his thumb from his dick." Hahaha... I thought that was funny.
Anyhoo, that's my trip in a nutshell. Don't feel like elaborating any more on it. 'Cept, if I go back, I need to go with certain kindsa peeps and hit up the more 'urban ureas'. Nah mean? And damn, there weren't enough cuties around. Where da hot boys at? =) Oh, and the place where we were staying - it was overrun with J... um... with juice. Yeah, that's it. Juice. heheh...
Okay, so I'm gonna go defrost some meat so I can try out a recipe. And I need to find some grub I can eat before I go to bed. And I need to do some damn Arabic homework. Ugh. When will this semester be over?? Wish me luck. I need it!
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