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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:30:36 GMT

Things Pissing me off right now....

1. Loud women in my lab talking loudly while i'm trying to work.
1.1. Women DO NOT belong in my lab
2. Woman's perfume that is so strong it could knock out a rainforest and be considered hazardous material.
2.1. Perfume causing me to choke
3. Correcting paper for my teacher who's english is SOOOO hard to read and understand that it's taken me 2 hrs to correct 2 pages.

List continues....

Orange

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 02:50:08 GMT

Oddly Amusing

Oddity

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:50:33 GMT

Feels that the years have started to dawn on me and that i'm not that young and carefree anymore. However, there is still the oddity that at the age of 23 my parents still need to wake me up in the morning so that i can go take a shower and groom myself to a socially acceptable standard. Perhaps today was a reminder that though i'm 1/4 through my life i'm still no where ready to face the real world and assume the responsability that age imparts to all of us. Or perhaps it was the fact that it was 11am and i was still in bed that my mom felt the need to wake me and tell me to get my ass out the door.....

Recently picked up the book "Blood Sweat & Tears: The Evolution of Work" by Richard Donkin. It was assigned as a reading for my International Busing class back when i was in Undergrad doing my Minor in Management and thought it'd read it again cause it was pretty interesting. As humans advance technologically work has become more ingrained into our lives then all previous centuries. Wheras in the past people would go to work and then leave that work for the refuge of home we now take that work home with us. Technology has made it possible to simply never stop working. The 9-to-5 that defines a normal workday has stretched into our homes and commutes with the advent of wireless technologies and communication devices. The average worker over the past 20yrs till 1992 has increased their work hours by the equivilant of 1 month/year.

"it is as if the world has become split into two societies - one with the means to enjoy leisure (activities) but not the time, and one that has the time but not the means" -
describes the mass of people who work so much that they have the money to take vacations but not the time because they work so much, and those who have the time but don't make enough to enjoy a vacation. So, Why do you work? Money to survive would be the main answer... but then, why do continue to work even once we've made enough to survive? This generation has seen more disposable income then probably all previous generations combined. A 13yr old in today's society probably has the same buying power as a 25yr old of a previous generation. With so much disposable income, so much available resources, why does personal debt still continue to rise? Has work become something more then a means of survival?

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Wed, 17 May 2006 20:26:03 GMT

Gridwars2 - Hard

Tue, 02 May 2006 16:23:31 GMT

Death by slow moving pink thingy... wasn't my fault cause a whole bunch just popped up next to me.

El Calvino!!!!

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:19:05 GMT

Calvin and Hobbes is awesome...

Quote from WoW Forums

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:02:02 GMT

QUOTE from Damaskus (Azshara)
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"It all boils down to responsibility...

If we do not have a higher power, there is no reason to be responsible, no consequences at all. I believe in God, and for me to think of someone else not believing in God would baffle me. The idea of the 'Big Bang' theory means that we're here as an accident, not the standard accidents you hear about, but the TRUE form of Accident: Chaos. Since, chaos can not result in anything but Chaos, this would mean that all order is not order at all, that it is chaos. A choatic event can not allow for any sort of order.

Instead of accepting the responsibility for our own actions, we have come up with ways to disengage ourselves from it. We have made the word accident apply to anything that we want it too. Run a stop sign and hit a car, kill someone? Accident. In truth? It's not an accident at all, it's a MISHAP or a mistake, or even a bad judgement, but by saying Accident we declare there is no fault on us for it. Take a look around the world, and see how we term the things which are happening, something tragic? We automatically label it as an accident rather then putting the blame where it should be, on those who did it.

It is important that we assume the responsibility for our actions, and as a society that was FORMED on the fact that GOD Not only exists, but that we are his children, we are simply putting the blame on the lack of God, thus, we lose all our accountability.

How very sad it is to see such a great nation start looking for ways to get out of accountability by stating...there is no God at all.
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Life. . . is Hard

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:07:08 GMT

    Sometimes you don't realize the impact you have on others until you do something really stupid that changes everything. Sometimes things to us seems so natural and normal that we just assume others will see it as "Just the way you are" instead of blowing it complete out of proportion and taking meaning to something that isn't really there. The person who misunderstands ends up getting hurt and the other ends up being victimized by his/her own natural actions. This has always been a problem and even for myself it has happened on many occassions. There really is no simple solution because when people's emotions get involved it is never simple or even logical. Logic cannot explain emotions but logic can justify actions so there is a two sided view of things. So in the end, Logic can explain the cause, but not the effect which in itself does not make sense.

    One solution would be for all humans to be emotionless. View everything as the law, being somewhat black & white and impartial to everyone we meet, virtually turning everyone into robots and thereby removing humanity. Being robots would solve tons of problems but is impossible so we'll leave that to rest.
    Another solution is to just stop analyzing the actions of others. Yes, there may be a hidden meaning behind the things people do but why complicate and puzzle over these intricacies and just let things be. I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with taking things at face value because thats exactly how things are. By taking things at face value it forces others to be more direct in their interactions, stating what they want and how they feel instead of beating large circles around imaginary bushes. Shy people learn to build enough courage to ask for what they need and the verbose people learn to be more direct. I'm not denying the fact that being direct can hurt people but being honest to what you need and feel is worth something.

    I'm probably guilty of whatever i've written up above. I have the tendency to think too much or have others analyse my actions, which have led to some pretty bad situations. We learn as we go though and share our experience with others.

    1. Don't be bitter about being nice if someone takes it the wrong way.
    2. Think before you act and adjust yourself to the people you are with.
    3. Be honest and solve problems before they happen.
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In other news, my cousin gave birth to a baby girl!!!
so i'm like and Uncle or something.. lol i dont' know what it is in chinese though . Time to spoil her silly when i go back to HK.

Gridwars2

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:54:20 GMT

Dat Es Uberness!!! lol

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:28:57 GMT

. . .
Well, with all the birthdays, valentines, anniversaries and christmas' to come there are a lot of potential gifts out there that are battling it out for your hard earned dollars. But i say that though giving 1 gift is at times enough.. how about billion upon billions of tiny little gifts!!!

Give the gift of Gonorrhea!! These adorable plushies are only 5.99$ (USD) and it's like the gift that keeps on giving!!! Get one.. get 10.. it's all the same.. lol

Or get one and share it with all your friends!! or don't and make 'em all jealous!

Gonorrhea not for you?

Also for 5.99$ they even have Syphillis!!

All available at http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/6708/
so get yours today!!

Well they have tons of other ones but i chose the funniest. I thought the Cold one was pretty awesome.

Here we have some Yeast playing a game of chess against the Beers =/.
... Genius... pure Genius...