tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50118842011-12-13T23:02:56.872-05:00Unborn, UndyingBecause a hare has no horns...and my Kung Fu is still Invicible!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.comBlogger1951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1147110052031504182006-05-08T13:33:00.000-04:002006-05-08T13:40:52.050-04:00In the Spring, Young Men's ThoughtsTurn to employment. And love too, I guess. Would be a crappy kind of love if you're broke though. Couldn't buy anything, go anywhere, see anything. You'd be like those couples in Uhuru Park, grass stems hanging from their lips, and air in their stomachs. Not for me, thanks! I want gainful employment, even though "foreign powers" seem to be colluding to leave me WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1144340000459538442006-04-06T12:10:00.000-04:002006-04-06T12:13:48.496-04:00 Moral MatrixYour ScoreYour scored -5.5 on the Moral Order axis and 4.5 on the Moral Rules axis.MatchesThe following items best match your score: 1. System: Socialism 2. Variation: Extreme Socialism 3. Ideologies: Activism 4. US Parties: No match. 5. Presidents: Jimmy Carter (79.04%) 6. 2004 Election Candidates: Ralph Nader (84.38%), John Kerry (69.22%), George W. Bush (37.42%) WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1143217193219244702006-03-24T11:19:00.000-05:002006-03-24T11:19:53.230-05:00Spring Break!Don't expect much by way of posting for the next week or so...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1142452106956922702006-03-15T14:27:00.000-05:002006-03-15T15:21:48.923-05:00The World Won't ListenI know I haven't posted about Morrissey or The Smiths lately, which is out of character, especially with Morrissey's new album, Ringleader of the Tormentors coming out next month. Check him out on Myspace and stream "You Have Killed Me"I was excited to open my email today and learn about an exhibit at the Wexner Center entitled "el mundo no escuchará" by the Brit artist WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1142354796625276372006-03-14T11:35:00.000-05:002006-03-14T11:46:36.643-05:00 I'm In the Nation!Well, my blog is only mentioned by name, as an illustration of the diversity of Kenyan bloggers out there. Not even a mention that I'm gay? Full text below, link hereSMART COMPANYThe diaries of mad Kenyan bloggersPublication Date: 3/14/2006 Local online diarists are treading where professional journalists won’t dare to shape public opinion on everything from politics, WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1142284414091950132006-03-13T16:09:00.000-05:002006-03-13T16:13:46.563-05:00 The Only Black In the Village?"Through the challenges, the President has kept his human touch. Touring New Orleans last week, he met a man who had survived for days on canned goods before being evacuated to Utah. “Were you the only black man in Salt Lake City?” Bush asked."Egads, only Bush can say something so stupid and think he's being a human being...From Time MagazineWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1142266008191226092006-03-13T11:01:00.000-05:002006-03-13T11:11:20.283-05:00More Jake Gyllenhaal!Hot new pics from Oh la la ParisOh la la indeed!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1141833569759134142006-03-08T10:42:00.000-05:002006-03-12T12:25:45.226-05:00 Changing NamesIn case you've noticed, I've changed the name of this blog. Why? I noticed most of my keyword traffic was coming here to learn kung fu. Ati me I know kung fu or something like that. And how the hell are you going to learn from a website? Find a real teacher, shenzi nyinyi!This new title is more expressive of my real interests: Buddhism and philosophy. The phrase "unborn, undying" WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1141403177493297372006-03-03T10:46:00.000-05:002006-03-03T11:26:17.553-05:00 What Dreams May Come...Must Give Us PauseWell I was certainly given pause by this one. Let me know what you think.The dream starts on the down escalator of an airport which seems to be in Taiwan. Not sure how I can tell this, but I recall being surrounded by packages labelled in Chinese (yes, I know that Chinese and Taiwanese are different languages, but I knew the difference..somehow). I'm WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1141145478145758162006-02-28T11:49:00.000-05:002006-02-28T11:51:18.156-05:00 What Dreams May Come..I had the weirdest dream the other day. So weird that I did something I usually don't with my dreams. I wrote it down before the memory faded. Watch this space...Speaking of space, I've decided that I will write my dissertation on space and place in Japanese Buddhist philosophy. I like it, my advisor likes it, and it sounds sexy. To me at least.. :-)WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1140806272593080392006-02-24T12:49:00.000-05:002006-03-13T11:12:25.890-05:00I know I announced that I had returned from my silence, but I was stumped for something to write about. I think my next series of posts will be modelled on the Diamond and Womb Mandalas of my main man???, also known as Kukai, aka Kobo Daishi. I have recently become enamoured with esoteric Buddhism, for reasons entirely unclear to even myself. It is almost reminiscent of the manner in which I was WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1139422034489983812006-02-08T13:00:00.000-05:002006-02-08T13:07:14.500-05:00My doubly double WM has prodded me into coming back to posting. I had taken time off to finish up my thesis about the esoteric tradition of "becoming a buddha in this body" [sokushin jobutsu, for those in the know] in the thought of Dogen and Kukai. Its completion was long overdue, and I took all of the Xmas break to recuperate.So what's happened since I've been gone? I've been taking classes, WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1131400794749630912005-11-07T16:59:00.000-05:002005-11-07T16:59:54.763-05:00 The Playboy Random Gentle Sex Master (RGSMm) Clean. Smooth. Successful. You're The Playboy. You're spontaneous, and your energy is highly contagious. Guys therefore find you fun to be around, and girls find you compelling. You have lots of sex, and you manage it all without seeming cheap or being hurtful. Well done. You probably know karate, too. Your exact WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1130796806067941432005-10-31T17:10:00.000-05:002005-10-31T17:13:26.076-05:00 What I am Worth My blog is worth $5,645.40.How much is your blog worth?Must be significant because I've just received my first anti-gay comment! Yay! It is relatively well written for a bit of hate speech, and invites me to die of AIDS from taking it up the ass in toilets. Two points spring to mind: one, I'm the one who does the fucking up the ass, and two, the toilet scene is soooo '80s.WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1129061645437674762005-10-11T15:53:00.000-04:002005-10-11T16:14:15.880-04:00 All the Streets are crammed with things/Eager to be held/I know what hands are for..Could I make every post start with a Smith's lyric quote? You bet! I wonder if anyone's done a serious textual analysis of Morrissey's lyrics...Anyway..I had quite a moment in class today. Have you ever had one of those moments? Where a red haze descends over your eyes, your brain suddenly fills with a silvery WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1121870354324962472005-07-20T10:39:00.000-04:002005-07-20T10:48:38.133-04:00A boy in the bush/ Is worth two in the handI don't think I've posted about Morrissey and The Smiths before, have I? I'm too lazy to go back and troll through my own archives :-pI recently purchased Morrisey - Live at Earl's Court. A recording of a live concert he did last year on his birthday, and it just blew me away. I was introduced to The Smiths by my philosophy advisor. Well, not really WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1121265046176877932005-07-13T10:30:00.000-04:002005-07-13T10:30:46.213-04:00
Ahhh, the beginning of the end...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1120279531752042812005-07-02T00:24:00.000-04:002005-07-02T00:45:31.760-04:00So Happy err.. Long Weekend!Too bad I have to work tomorrow and Sunday...8 hours both days..bah.So while you are choking down your ribs, pilau and kachumbari, think of me will you? I will probably be sitting in the small Diagnostic Transport office with a book in my lap trying to stay awake until my shift ends at 11pm. Well, enough with the shameless attempt at garnering your sympathies, on to WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1119969242619898052005-06-28T10:23:00.000-04:002005-06-28T10:34:02.623-04:00Been A WhileHasn't it? Soooo many distractions over the past couple of weeks. I mean, work alone is enough to keep me away from the keyboard. Here's some of the highlights of my work experience thus far...Walked miles of hospital corridor. Seriously.Seen more elderly patients than you can shake a walking cane at.Pushed, pulled, rolled, slid, nudged, bumped, hauled, heaved,tugged, and dragged WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118931204416500862005-06-16T10:13:00.000-04:002005-06-16T10:28:03.566-04:00I Gots Bills To PayI guess he needs to pay some bills from his drunk driving arrest... :-)That's just fine by me!Work it!I will not be working at anything quite so glamorous this summer. I will be spending my time wheeling patients from one end of any of six hospitals to another sporting lovely tan Angelica brand scrubs..Hardly the "height" of couture...hahaha, get it? "height"? eh? eh?Anyway, WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118848946565952622005-06-15T11:22:00.000-04:002005-06-15T11:22:26.570-04:00Telegraph | News | Secret papers show Blair was warned of Iraq chaos
Still more hard evidence that Bush and his lapdog Blair deliberately lied, manipulated, tickled and teased their way to war. It's been a long time coming, and finally I can dream of a real impeachment.WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118848234615265702005-06-15T11:10:00.000-04:002005-06-15T11:10:34.620-04:00Strange Fruit
Reading this helps me put the Augsburg zoo story into the appropriate context. If we can no longer be lynched physically, we can at least be lynched in a specular fashion, once again the subject of mass spectacle, degraded in public for white enjoyment...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118845711313285202005-06-15T10:28:00.000-04:002005-06-15T10:28:31.360-04:00Rise of the Machines!
And so it begins, one hospital robot here, a car assembly robot there, next thing you know it's "Destroy All Humans!!" ringing out in the street, and we're all running for our lives. Matrix 1.0 can't be far behind...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118761772485366392005-06-14T11:09:00.000-04:002005-06-14T11:44:16.046-04:00Gay Warning Labels?Oh lovely, warning labels! What ever would they say?Warning! May result in good personal hygiene, and fashion sense!Obviously, this has nothing to do with previous attempts to put warning labels on people, does it?Future gay "leaders" think being gay is a sin..Britney's got cooties like you won't believe!So these are the frontrunners for President, eh? Pssshhht..Stolen from WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118673657369120802005-06-13T10:40:00.000-04:002005-06-13T10:40:57.420-04:00 A Complete Idiot's Guide to having a Black Friend
Hahahaha! Wish I could print this out and hand it out to all my classes... Those whitebread cornfed types would have no idea what to say to this!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118505349924473682005-06-11T11:55:00.000-04:002005-06-11T11:55:49.986-04:00Camp Hetero Horror
Saturday horror story from Republic of T. I can't imagine what that poor kid is going through...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118426853956771982005-06-10T13:43:00.000-04:002005-06-10T14:07:33.963-04:00Tagged! (Deux) + The Friday FiveI was too slow to avoid Mshairi and I got tagged with the book meme...Number of books that you own?I'd say I own about 80 books right now, if I had my druthers it would be in hundreds. The only thing I dislike about books is how heavy and bulky they are when you have to move apartments :-(Last book you bought?Bought two at a go (Thanks to Half Price Books. Best. WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118411583070553412005-06-10T09:53:00.000-04:002005-06-10T10:07:11.456-04:00There Are 14 Defining Characteristics of FascismWant to know what the 14 are? Clickety click!The fight for human rights is being waged in America's schools (free registration required). I hate it when they use the term "culture wars", as if this was about behaviour and habit, rather than real human beings whose lives are constantly under threat - from homophobes, from their own government, and WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118327352320703872005-06-09T09:24:00.000-04:002005-06-09T11:37:25.173-04:00"But I don't want a lover/ I just wanted to be tied to the back of your car" - The Smiths, "You've Got Everything Now"Ever since the Madwoman posted about political chickens coming home to roost, I have been wondering about what it is in the Kenyan/human psyche that makes our apathy possible. I've since come to the conclusion that the only way to explain this phenomenon is to realise that we WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118156277292033442005-06-07T15:54:00.000-04:002005-06-07T16:56:24.153-04:00F DUBYA!No,I'm not just being rude, see?Anyone have $5000 lying around that we can spend on a license plate no-one will ever see on your car?I did have a post all planned out about medical technology as one more technique of biopower, how blood tests, skin swabs, immunizations just serve to further delineate healthy and unhealthy populations.However, it is much too hot and steamy to be talking WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1118086406889915892005-06-06T15:23:00.000-04:002005-06-06T17:18:07.866-04:00I wish they would give colourful bandages to adults...I could have done with a Flintstones band-aid today. Been poked, prodded, directed, mis-directed and re-directed, peed in a cup, had my precious sangre dribbled into plastic tubes, and all for what? 20 hours a week, $10 an hour.Yippee!I am also tired, and will have to post at length tomorrow.I leave you with a short meditation on doubles, WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117903195363399882005-06-04T12:21:00.000-04:002005-06-04T12:59:58.460-04:00Heroes and VillainsLike many last-borns, my childhood was filled with hand-me-downs; clothes, toys, shoes, beds, and books. Lots and lots of books. In fact, the whole house was filled with books, shelves upon shelves of them, with everything from the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew to dry business texts and settler accounts of the Congo. I spent countless hours browsing through the shelves, and peeringWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117811267543293052005-06-03T11:07:00.000-04:002005-06-03T11:31:22.686-04:00Freaky FridaySoldiers of Christ II (Harpers.org)This is some crazy, crazy shit..Under Christian dominion, America will no longer be a sinful and fallen nation but one in which the Ten Commandments form the basis of our legal system, Creationism and “Christian values” form the basis of our educational system, and the media and the government proclaim the Good News to one and all. Aside from its WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117726597867959312005-06-02T11:19:00.000-04:002005-06-02T11:36:37.876-04:00That's The End...I'm so relieved that today's the end of my teaching for the spring. I can say goodbye to my 24 students, and "relax" for the summer. No more lesson planning, no more grading, no more second guessing myself, no more awkward silences in class as my students stubbornly refuse to answer my questions...Teaching has been hard this year, and now that I look back on it, it's been hard WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117635399060685842005-06-01T10:12:00.000-04:002005-06-01T11:31:17.286-04:00Madaraka Day SpecialOh la la Paris has some verrrry nice pictures of Gael Garcia Bernal from the movie La Mala Educacion, which if you haven't seen yet, you should rush out to see. If only for this scene with the mucho caliente actor.Well, truth be told, both he and Fele Martinez are sex on a stick....Looks like the Iranians are following the Chinese model when it comes to speech over the WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117551142881783312005-05-31T10:52:00.000-04:002005-05-31T10:57:46.090-04:00Sex and the Second City: Secluded PlacesOooh boy...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117473262393667162005-05-30T12:43:00.000-04:002005-05-30T14:10:46.276-04:00Tagged!Looks like I'm "it" so here goes.. Thanks for the warm welcome(s) Mama Junkyard!Total number of films I own on DVD and video Mmm, this is an easy one. I only have 2 DVDs that I can call my own at the moment, simply because I feel such strong buyer's regret whenever I do purchase something! Compound that with the fact that I can borrow movies from the public library at any time, and I WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117204891772420812005-05-27T10:41:00.000-04:002005-05-27T11:37:24.226-04:00Senate panel considers apology to American Indians - Yahoo! NewsAnd about time it passes too....How many times does this measure need to be brought before Congress before it passes?I'm not that surprised. After all, the British have never apologized for colonialism in Africa, let alone for the misery and suffering they inflicted on Kenyans at places like Manyani, or during times like the WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117121828359300812005-05-26T11:37:00.000-04:002005-05-26T11:37:08.363-04:00Netflix: Welcome To Netflix
I'm addicted to Netflix. Fast shipping, great movie selection, and best of all, I do not have to deal with real people at a real store. The fewer people I have to interact with on a daily basis, the happier I am (friends and family excluded of course).
My hatred for 'people' stems from the fact that 9 times out of 10, they turn out to be dumb, Republican, or both. WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1117119558939558922005-05-26T10:58:00.000-04:002005-05-26T10:59:18.943-04:00I think I'm going to start posting here again. It's been too long since I've had the time or the will to vent. Perhaps joining the Kenyan Blogs Netring will get me off my ass :-)WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1103312302517498102004-12-17T14:29:00.000-05:002004-12-17T14:38:22.516-05:00It seems that you get what you wish for.
Last post I was bitchin and moaning about how my life seems to be stuck in a rut. Well, not 24 hours later, my apartment burns down. How do you like that?
I woke up at 2 in the am, to the shrieking of the smoke alarm. My first thought was that my bf had left something in the oven, or something on the stove like he does from time to time but when I openedWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1102107522174675212004-12-03T15:44:00.000-05:002004-12-03T15:58:42.173-05:00What A Difference A Year Makes
It's strange to think how much domesticity changes you.
I've lived with Justin for a year now, and boy do I wish we had a dishwasher (human or machine). It's funny how just a few plates and spoons seem to multiply into towering piles of dishes, into something else "to be done" when I get back from teaching or class. How is it that suddenly there is so much more WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1102026041289972832004-12-02T17:20:00.000-05:002004-12-02T17:20:41.290-05:00My Linux Desktop My Linux Desktop Originally uploaded by green_mountain_walking. Pretty pretty desktop...That's a shot of KDE 3.3, with my levitating robot wallpaper and running SuperKaramba on a MEPIS 2004.4 Debian system :-)WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1102002317393969352004-12-02T10:45:00.000-05:002004-12-02T10:45:17.393-05:00BRAVO > Project Runway
Mmmmmm...my new fave show! I needed a replacement for Manhunt, which quite frankly could have done with more nudity than just a single episode.
This show has it all; drama, glam, bitchiness and a generous dollop of sheer entertainment! Sure, modelling is fun, but how many times can you see a guy pose before you start to yawn? I'm rooting for Austin, not least for the WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1101939065398178802004-12-01T17:11:00.000-05:002004-12-01T17:11:05.396-05:00TV 2 - The Julekalender
This has to be the funniest Christmas TV series I have ever seen. Sadly, it is in Danish. That is also it's greatest strength, because some a lot of the jokes do not translate into English very well. Or at all. Another note to TV execs, quit with the stupid remakes! I shudder to think of an NBC sitcom based on BBC's The Office for example...brrr...
The story has a WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1101938753861633212004-12-01T17:05:00.000-05:002004-12-01T17:05:53.860-05:00BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Hindu row over Coronation Street
Oooo..note to TV execs.....GET A FUCKING CLUE!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1101937168597781662004-12-01T16:39:00.000-05:002004-12-01T16:39:28.596-05:00Certainly not work-safe, but striking nonethless
A link for World Aids Day. People around the world are dying, the AIDS fund for Africa is woefully underfunded, and 1/3 of what would be allocated is going to abstinence education.
Another stupid idea from a dangerously stupid and uncaring Bush administration. I mean please, how is preaching abstinence in the face of this pandemic in any way theWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1101786299660471042004-11-29T22:44:00.000-05:002004-11-29T22:46:36.686-05:00Turn your GMail account into a virtual filesystem
I'm thinking about trying this one out, just for kicks. Not that I need more storage but for the cool factor :-) Prolly would give me +10 geek points ....hehehe..not that I need more proof. I'm already in graduate school, that counts for at least 200 geek points on my scale.
How cool is this by the way? I'm using it to brainstorm for my thesis WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1101611520565872342004-11-27T22:12:00.000-05:002004-11-27T22:12:00.566-05:00 Iron Chef
I know I'm not the only person addicted to this show! It's just soooo good. Very cheesy, very dramatic, badly dubbed but still....so good! I can't believe that they are going to air an American version of the show. Who will they get to replace the Chairman? No-one can replace him! Just look at his outfits...his flair for the dramatic, and those bizarre ingredients! Some of this stuffWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1095734346614521122004-09-20T22:28:00.000-04:002004-09-20T22:39:06.613-04:00Behold!
I want one ! I'm tired of forking over cash for developing photos when I can just be lazy and leave 'em to pixellate on my hard drive :-)
Turns out that internet access in Kenya is both slow and prohibitively expensive..I wasn't going to spend hours hunched over a monitor just so I could update this blog. Besides, did any of you really miss me? Uh huh, I thought so..
I wonder what it WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1088098391396769992004-06-24T13:32:00.000-04:002004-06-24T13:34:37.073-04:00 Have You Been Counted?
WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1086900233756020172004-06-10T15:58:00.000-04:002004-06-10T16:44:17.696-04:00
Now that the grades are posted, the final papers shuffled through and sorted, the last emails sent, I can wash my hands of that most horrible of teachers - Davis. I will not bother to eulogise him and that class further than this. He doesn't deserve it. My students did deserve better than that, and I can only hope that they obtained some satisfaction out of my section, and are gentle with their WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1086354889799033332004-06-04T09:10:00.000-04:002004-06-04T09:14:49.800-04:00Of course, no one would have anything to say to my last post...why would you?
Before I dash off to a seminar, I will promise new content on; 1) my move to Linux! Ditch that piece of shit OS Windows and come on over to the penguin :) 2) My trip home to Kenya this summer (if and when that comes to fruition) 3) General summer weirdness...
Not that anyone reads this anyway, but one day I will wantWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1081462357670032622004-04-08T17:47:00.000-04:002004-04-08T18:16:20.686-04:00Remembrance
Not a single soul
Knows why he is born,
Or his real dwelling place;
We go back to our origin,
We become earth again.
Waking up this morning and reading today's East African Standard online, I was suddenly reminded that 10 years ago, the genocide in Rwanda began. Reading about the horrors that the people of Nyamata village were forced to endure struck me with particular force - I WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1081373495072080852004-04-07T17:28:00.000-04:002004-04-07T17:35:16.590-04:00
Need I say more?
I do promise more content up soon: Judith Butler on queer marriage, boy update and more griping about school, if your lucky I may even talk about my first time...mmmhmm, you heard me right...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1080835609189791092004-04-01T11:05:00.000-05:002004-04-01T11:10:27.140-05:00Well...tales of the demise of the comments links have been greatly exaggerated, in case you've been wondering where the hell I have been, here I am now! So like it!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1080834830398527902004-04-01T10:52:00.000-05:002004-04-01T10:57:23.186-05:00Somehow I messed the comments up bigtime and now I can't tell who has been commenting and when and where and why...So that means I may have to delete the sordid little buggers altogether. Bah!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1075913211577139232004-02-04T11:46:00.000-05:002004-02-04T11:55:07.186-05:00I'm such a nerd...
create your own visited states map
And how did I miss my 1 year blogaversary? By being lazy, that's how!! Graduate school is an insidious beast...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1075242922539424372004-01-27T17:35:00.000-05:002004-01-27T17:37:30.013-05:00WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1071780804704109942003-12-18T15:51:00.000-05:002003-12-18T15:54:40.436-05:00Birthday was great.
Holidays are here.
Whiny students stink.
Move out of apartment?
Not so yummy in my tummy.
I'm taking some time off for the holidays y'all :-DWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1070507129578020292003-12-03T22:04:00.000-05:002003-12-03T22:06:25.280-05:00HAHAHAHA!!
My last project for the quarter is done! What a lovely piece of shite it was too....WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1070464299452452292003-12-03T10:11:00.000-05:002003-12-03T10:13:01.420-05:00Heeheeeheee...Angsty Frodo!
WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1070422148801766882003-12-02T22:28:00.000-05:002003-12-02T22:30:02.873-05:00Angry? Pshaw! A vague irritation! Much like the tickle you get when you pee and you have the clap. Believe me, I know....WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1070408386967730602003-12-02T18:38:00.000-05:002003-12-02T18:43:40.450-05:00Coo.. Horoscopes!
The good news, say scientists at Sweden's University of Uppsala, is that global warming will never melt the ice caps or create endless summers in Toronto. That's because -- here comes the bad news -- oil and gas supplies will run out far sooner than expected. There's not enough of the stuff left on the planet for humans to create a dangerous excess of carbon dioxide. The WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1070381703017147222003-12-02T11:08:00.000-05:002003-12-02T11:16:34.560-05:00D'ja like the nifty new redesign?
I think I've been working my way through a case of the early onset winter blues so I need lots of bright colours to cheer my mood...ha! Who am I kidding? Everything's all pearshaped because I still do not know what I'm up to in this weird bovine town...As a sop to my bruised ego, I've bought one of these babies =D
Whoop whoop!!
My birthday's next week...haha!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1069205890425779062003-11-18T20:18:00.000-05:002003-11-18T20:38:44.810-05:00Hmmm...I'm getting lazy with this blog..
Partly because I am no longer sure what I want to vent about these days. It seems that all the bile and vitriol has been squeezed out of me by all the wonderfulness that is time spent with J. Sheeeesh, I'm becoming domesticated! The tropical flower was right, I've turned into a docile lamb :-p Frankly, I'm not sure I would like it any other way..hehehe..WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1068777843538849882003-11-13T21:39:00.000-05:002003-11-13T21:44:31.373-05:00Armin van Buuren tomorrow night!
Why does it have to be so bloody cold? I suppose it will be much like last month with Tiesto, a long shivering wait outside the doors before they let everyone in. Despite the fact that we bought advance tickets! I mean, what's the point of advance tix if they let you in with the rest of the hoi-polloi? Hmmppph...
I'm mulling over whether I should go out tonightWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1068674220153186572003-11-12T16:56:00.000-05:002003-11-12T16:57:27.060-05:00mutter mutter sick mutter mutter mutter grumble.....WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1068232629139108882003-11-07T14:14:00.000-05:002003-11-07T14:17:29.200-05:00Wow, what an end to the Matrix trilogy eh? I'm just so happy and proud that in this day and age of xenophobic, racist militarism that a couple of filmmakers make the deliberate choice to cast an ethnically diverse multiplicity of actors and to give them the dignitas and gravitas that has been missing for so many years in Hollywood.
Take that GW..not all of us buy into your politics of fear and WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1068077584849511232003-11-05T19:11:00.000-05:002003-11-05T19:13:22.593-05:00Yeah yeah yeah..haven't blogged all week. What can I say? I'm quite busy =D
Matrix! Yeah!
My brother's playing in a rugby tournament at OSU on Saturday, so I'll be quite glad to see him, and to see him play..hehehe..
Health Services sucks! I'm sure you knew that already, I just thought I'd throw in my two bits..grrr...
Sigh..it's hump dayWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1067625689666395412003-10-31T13:41:00.000-05:002003-10-31T13:41:40.280-05:00Yay! 600 visitors! =DWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1067612802276938922003-10-31T10:06:00.000-05:002003-10-31T10:06:53.030-05:00Wednesday! What a great night that was, J. and I went to see a performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3...my word, what a lovely piece of music that is..especially the first movement with that haunting first 2-3 bar melody.. just sticks in your head and refuses to leave :-p
It of course reminded me of my trip to Russia 2 years ago, when I stumbled on this famous graveyard in the WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1067395994257027502003-10-28T21:51:00.000-05:002003-10-28T21:53:21.030-05:00Mama say mama sah mama you suck! x 3
Rockin out to Yoda and Greenpeace :-DWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1067291169795706092003-10-27T16:46:00.000-05:002003-10-27T16:57:18.763-05:00 Are you ready for a break?
I'm not quite strung up by the wrists, but I am dying for a break from these sophomoric exams that I have to grade by the seemingly millions.. They sap the blood and tire the brain like hyperactive leeches.
Bah. Now I don't feel like going to kendo even though I skipped all last week 'cause of the cold I had.
Evil students.
We hates them we does.
Nasty
Tricksy
WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1066979964415348012003-10-24T03:17:00.000-04:002003-10-24T17:12:21.123-04:00And while yet in my flesh...
Now I can say with Isaiah, "Woe is me, for my eyes have seen the glory of the Lord."
It was magnificent!
Of course, it had to be one of the coldest nights since I've been in Columbus! J. couldn't come with me (sadness) so I took the bus downtown just for hoots :-) There were plenty of hoots to be had! There were these three black girls laughing and joking all the WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1066956076364515302003-10-23T20:41:00.000-04:002003-10-23T20:41:15.990-04:00In a few hours, I will be at the event of a lifetime....one of the 3 Dutch Trance Gods, the right hand man of the Trance Trinity, Tijs Verwest aka DJ (muthafuckin) Tiesto will grace the hallowed ones and twos.
I"M SOOO FUCKING EXCITED !!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!
And the best part is, in a coupla weeks I get to do it all over again! This time with Armin (too sexy for my shirt) van Buuren...WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1066859082029313842003-10-22T17:44:00.000-04:002003-10-22T17:44:41.580-04:00This is the substance of the Way of the Samurai. If by setting one's heart right every morning and evening, one is able to live as though his body were already dead, he gains freedom in the Way. His whole life will be without blame, and he will succeed in his calling.
-Hagakure-WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1066684980287700262003-10-20T17:23:00.000-04:002003-10-20T17:23:00.140-04:00All the Beautiful Things
The wonderful thing about asthma is the fact that you never know which attack may be your last. Even if you have mild asthma like I do, and use meds only infrequently, at the back of your mind is that tiny voice saying, "What if today is the day nothing works, maybe today you'll gasp your last."
I suppose in an existential sense, this close relation to one's own death WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1066315090404448522003-10-16T10:37:00.000-04:002003-10-16T10:38:10.076-04:00It's Thursday, and as you all know, that means it's gooutandgetwastedinpreparationfortheweekend night...mmhmm..WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1066188915689147432003-10-14T23:35:00.000-04:002003-10-14T23:35:15.500-04:00Waaaaaaaaaah!!! Itai desu yo!!!
Man, kendo is going to kill me one of these daysWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1066013868162276012003-10-12T22:57:00.000-04:002003-10-12T22:57:47.600-04:00There's More to Life than Books you Know...
Ah Morrissey was so right, there's much more to life than Dan's dreary class and this weekend was just chock full of it. First things first, Kill Bill What a gorgeous bloody outrageous gem of a movie! I think this is the year of the tossed plot line, away with intricate plots and sneaky surprise endings, give us self indulgent, glossy, wipe that blood WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1065755752418645692003-10-09T23:15:00.000-04:002003-10-09T23:15:52.420-04:00Ahhh....thank Buddha the weekend is nighWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1065639950207274312003-10-08T14:58:00.000-04:002003-10-08T15:09:17.476-04:00Assorted amusing quotes from yesterday:
"I get nervous when I hear things like penis envy."
"If God could part the Red Sea then maybe, just maybe, if you are reaaallly good, he can give you back your hymen."
(said to me) "Are you cheating on me with that lesbian?"
I'm going to kendo practice later this afternoon even though I feel like a hippo stomped on the right half of my body after the WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1065492387020194712003-10-06T22:06:00.000-04:002003-10-06T22:07:05.723-04:00Ohhh..everything hurts! Well not quite everything but my back, arms and wrists hurt like a biatch and my palm's beginning to callus...so how soon can I go back? Heh. I liked it a lot actually, the class isn't too large and I like the idea of being handy with a stick ;)
Not that I'm not already, but errr umm...ahem...you know what I mean... :-DWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1065471500351450182003-10-06T16:18:00.000-04:002003-10-06T22:04:56.490-04:00Gave a kick-ass lecture today :-) It definitely does help when you know what you are talking about, and I do know Kikuyu religion pretty well..hehehe... Yeah!
Going to kendo in about 30 mins, I hope I like it. Not sure whether to change clothes for it or not, since I am just going to observe and dekko the scene..maybe I'll just get my change outta my pocket, kneel in a corner and play mum :-p
WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1065374790739586702003-10-05T13:26:00.000-04:002003-10-05T13:26:30.600-04:00Heeeee! *bouncy bouncy*
A certain somebody is making me veerrrrrryyy happy !!
Heeeee! :-DWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1065305625577687092003-10-04T18:13:00.000-04:002003-10-04T18:13:45.606-04:00Ahhhh...i love my Dad. He's been a professor for more than 30 years so of course I emailed him about teaching and how I was a wee bit worried that I would suck at it :-p and he sends me a great email about his own expriences and assuring me that I'd get better at it and even grow to love it...he said "Like fine wine, you'd get better and better each day" Isn't that smashing! Heeeee...
So this WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1065033389457345662003-10-01T14:35:00.000-04:002003-10-01T14:36:29.096-04:00OK, so maybe I don't have to spill *all* the beans but I can at least tell you all that for the first time in a while, I'm happy :)WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1064865051757693772003-09-29T15:50:00.000-04:002003-09-29T23:30:57.643-04:00Lawdy, do I really need to keep you all updated with the minutiae of my life? I think not...no-one reads this thing anyway...hahaha!!!
Be very afraid America, your children are retarded. I mean, if the patronising, insulting, ethnocentric, jingoistic comment I heard in class today is any indication of America's future then I weep...Sometimes I just despair at the depth and breadth of ignorance WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1064864979621447342003-09-27T20:46:00.000-04:002003-09-29T15:50:04.956-04:00Ohhh...hooray for retroactive posting! Blogger you rock!
Can you believe I went to a football game today? I can't either...what's even more shocking is the fact that I woke up at 8 am to go tailgating before hand. Now that was a weird experience for me, tailgating seems to be a strange amalgam of old fashioned generosity and a reaffirmation of White Middle Class Conservative values played out WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1064526296927798782003-09-25T17:44:00.000-04:002003-09-25T21:30:11.393-04:00Prof Dan in my 700 level seminar today, "It's only 270 pages! You can do that over a weekend and write a thoughtful 3 page critique! This is the big pool now!"
Someone throw me a line
*EDIT*
On second thoughts, I should just suck it up and deal, I mean come on....this is grad school we're talking about.....sometimes I'm such a pussy :-p
Oh and while I'm in the mood for self-flagellation I WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1064493444353031002003-09-25T01:01:00.000-04:002003-09-25T08:38:35.196-04:00Ahhh the first day of classes just ended..
All those luvly freshmen wandering about, looking so young and confused...muahahaha! Well, let's just say that I'll not lack for eye candy all year long. Oh the joys of a big university.
Ugh...lecture section is soooo huge! Just rows and rows of undergrads packed into that auditorium, I was afraid that they would also pack into my recitation sections WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1064493155643539062003-09-23T23:55:00.000-04:002003-09-25T08:32:35.356-04:00Mmm... so today was the Grad Queer meet and greet thing, and I must say I was surprised by the turnout! There must have been about 25+ people there, and for a first meeting, at least in my experience, that's quite a few :) The meeting was..eh, meeting-like but afterwards some of us trooped down to Union Station to booze it up..haha, myself not included of course ;)
Let's just say that there are WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1064280119031123782003-09-22T21:21:00.000-04:002003-09-22T21:21:58.930-04:00Okay, so I have been oh so gently reminded that I haven't posted about Sunday's event, you know.. the second date thing?
Hmmm..so..Is this what dating feels like? It just seems so anti-climactic, I mean you spend so much time thinking about it, and figuring out what to wear or what to say :) and then the day comes and the date ends so quickly that you're left wondering what exactly happened. I WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1064187077481101322003-09-21T19:29:00.000-04:002003-09-22T21:59:20.696-04:00I thought this might tickle your collective fancies; the TA staff for Comp Studies 270 this quarter is composed of: 1 gay man (me), 1 lesbian and 1 former middle school teacher, mother of two, and dutiful wife of a Marine officer.
You may now chuckle at will :)WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1063993586104770072003-09-19T13:46:00.000-04:002003-09-19T13:57:29.593-04:00It's the weekend! Yay!
I am happy that all the silly TA thingies are done with and that I've met the other people in the program and the faculty and they all seem to be nice, down to earth folks...
One thing that struck me very hard this week was, now that I'm in graduate school, I'm studying with a group of nerds just like myself :-p so I don't have to worry about coming off as a know-it-all WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1063745919222156592003-09-16T16:58:00.000-04:002003-09-16T16:58:39.483-04:00Gah! Tired! Who knew TA conferences could suck so much mana out of you?WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1063677151201691962003-09-15T21:52:00.000-04:002003-09-15T22:03:37.153-04:00Whatever happened to music that matters? Hahahaha..but no, really, tell me....
Oh yes, and Charles? My best friend from primary school from a coupla posts back? Turns out he's a foul mouthed, often soused, wanna-be film-maker :) Wonderful, just wonderful!WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1063649881116603462003-09-15T14:18:00.000-04:002003-09-15T14:18:01.136-04:00Mmmm....so tomorrow is the TA development conference, 3 days of sitting around listening to anoraks telling you how to hold chalk in an academically impressive fashion. Now, ordinarily I would be dreading this event but this provides a lovely opportunity to press the flesh with cute grad students before the free-for-all that will be the GLBT grad mixer next week. See? There is indeed a cold and WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5011884.post-1063488882246552742003-09-13T17:27:00.000-04:002003-09-13T17:43:05.763-04:00 La rue du couleur
So my friend K-dawg and I went down to High St and I-670 to check out this "Via Colori" mini-festival they were having down there; chalk drawings on the asphalt, greasy food and overpriced drinks ruled the day..and I thought to myself, why not give it a nice French name rather than an Italian one? Surely the Short North has pretensions to high culture? And then it struck me WMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14326774031706382064noreply@blogger.com0