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male
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BusinessServices
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Virgo
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17,August,2004
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wah yesterday damn damn damn tired...sleep at 1230...do the accounting assignment like gila...open 5 journals and 72 T-account...was talking online with all col frens...6-7 ppl in 1 chat room...all so kelam kabut...then one-by-one left...tinggal me and vina oni...later all become quiet...cos need to finish up the acc...this morning not enuff sleep...now stil got more than half an hour to wait b4 i start my english lecture...damn...come so early just for parking...bloody syed say i sissy and kiasu...hehehe...wat to do cos i wan the best parking...
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3,776,147 |
male
| 17 |
BusinessServices
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Virgo
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15,August,2004
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its already second week in a row my bb nv follow me yumca...feel so so sad...last week she went dinner with her aunt in segambut...cant make it back home early...yesterday...she went couz bday party in kepong...again cant make it back...went there with yeong sheng...kinda no mood oso...went there...just see see...play 2 games with yeong sheng...then fetch yeong sheng back...went to my gf's house...wish she'll come out...i keep calling but she's not picking p phone...so sad...then just went home...
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3,776,147 |
male
| 17 |
BusinessServices
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Virgo
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14,August,2004
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yesterday after class we went skating in pyramid...quite fun though...but i think jessica did not hav her fun time cos she was so embarass over wat happened during skating...haih...she was so worry ppl would make fun of her...i hope they wont...very tiring...i met my cousin there too...i was about to leave and he just came in...went back home...was so tired...cant sleep eyes were painful...and i just lie on the bed like a corpse...then just fell asleep and wakeup at 7 this morning...
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3,776,147 |
male
| 17 |
BusinessServices
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Virgo
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12,August,2004
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well...its thursday again...the most busy day of the week...oni 1 hour break throughout 1 whole day starting from 8am...haha...i got a HD for my econ...so happy...i hope i can cope up...but...im stil not very satisfied though cos its the most lousy HD...then today i thought i lost my acc text book...it was actually my classmate borrowed it without informing me earlier...haih...so sad...so worry arr...
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3,776,147 |
male
| 17 |
BusinessServices
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Virgo
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11,August,2004
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haih...so sad la...i cant keep consistant to update my blog...just bcos im too bz with my hw...its getting more...so it eats up all my time...after finishing them i just felt so heavy to update...today i got jackpot...jackpot in the sence of kena saman...damn sad la...dunno where to pay and when to pay oso...after col went to jyesta's apartment in pangsapuri...damn cooling his room...hehe...he got a super cun laptop too...acer laptop ferari edition...cost rm8000 bucks oh...anways...nth much happen today...
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3,776,147 |
male
| 17 |
BusinessServices
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Virgo
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08,August,2004
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this morning wokeup quite early and went out with parents for breakfast in seapark pj...after that i went to sg wang cos bro wana go there...dunno y...i found out my bb was in isetan...she called me...but i cant meet her...its so sad...so aftertat she came to sg wang and try whether she can bumped into me...unfortunately...as i msg her tat i wana leave sg wang oledi...she reply back tat she just reach sg wang...so was so upset...me too...i tot my parents decided to go home...but...halfway goin home using federal highway...they decided to stop by in midvalley...so i msg her but she did not reply...i tot she was upset therefore she did not reply...but actually she got no more credit to reply...then i went home...when i reach home i tried calling her but she nv pickup her phone...start to worry...but i cant do anything...later while i fell asleep...she called me...to online...but its 530...i hav to wash my car oledi...she bit merajuk...i feel so guilty...after doin all the washing took my bath and had my dinner...here i am...start to blog again...haha...tonight man utd will kick some arse(a)nals~~~
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3,776,147 |
male
| 17 |
BusinessServices
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Virgo
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04,August,2004
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wah~~~so long liao nv post stuff here...dun think anyone come here and see oso la...after so long oni 320 ppl viewed...class was quite fine...today we had a small exam for econs...well i tried my best...i guess i did pretty well...but dunno i did it right or not...hav to wait till nex wednesday oni i'll know...i hope i'll not b chosen to b in the support class...i dunwan to ruin the beauty time of my friday...frosty was so upset...he keep on calling me but i nv hirau him during exam...cant hear him la...but in the end he got was he wanted from me...heh...
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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28,June,2004
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Just came home from my great-grandmother birthday dinner. Every time go to these kind of dinner, more than half the people you don't know from where one. Then you start to think how come ur relatives so many either is Ah Lian/ Ah Hua /Ah Beng/ Ah Seng or just cannot ' tah han ' the face. Heeehee!!! I got attitude lah, so see some people 'buay song'. But I not so bad, cos I still know a few aunties who are close to my mummy. Just think the younger generation sucks. Maybe I am really getting old liao. Haaahaaa!!! How many young people these days know their relatives. When small that time, Chinese New Year still very 'on' go visit relative to collect Ang Pow. Now grow up liao, ask them to go,you wait long long. Everyone will still do it when there is still an elder in the family. When old one bye bye, that's the end. You won't get to see the other person again, unless got major event. I think funeral is the most major one cos wedding, not all will turn up but funeral most will go. Maybe they scared the dead will come look for them if they never pay their last respect. Sometimes, human relationship is just so sad. Sigh.........
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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25,June,2004
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Don't think many people thought Portugal was going to win ( I didn't hold much hope too), but then they did. They were down by 1 goal in just 3 mins but they never gave up. They went fighting for the equaliser and got it. Bookies must be laughing all the way to the bank cos dun think many will bet on draw. The match went all the way to penalty shoot out. Beckham missed, yet again. It wasn't his fault cos Portugal missed one too. Portugal keeper managed to block one and get one into the England net. They won!!!!! Well, the moral of the story is never give up trying. You never know till you try and even if you did lose or fail in the end, you can still hold your head up high for putting in your best effort. Time passes very quickly, even when you have nothing much to do. What have I done?Mmmm............. Mon: Dinner with friends (Tamp Mall) Long time never meet, just eat and chat nonsense. Well, ML as usual talk shop. RL found new job, something related to what she learnt. All the best to her. Hope she gets to meet nice colleagues and boss. As for LI, she has moved into her new house and getting ready for her wedding in Oct. She told us she took wedding picture liao. Tue: Karaoke with friends Wah! Tell also no one will believe. Fang, wen and I went to karaoke on Tue. Meet at 9am eat breakfast then started singing from 11am until..................7pm. Are we siao or what? We went to K-box. The songs are new but then the price is a little more ex compared to some. Wed: Cook dinner Mum went out, so I cook dinner. Got chicken with chilli, fry vegetables and one toufu with minced meat gravy. Thu: Cycling After tution, I bring my cousins go cycling. We cycle to Pasir Park, then they play there for a while. Went to bed at 9pm, then wake up watch the match. Now sleepy liao, going to sleep. Still looking for job, newspaper sian sian one. Nothing interesting. More jobs on the net these days. Sent a few but not sure how. Not working, no $$$$ to use but think of working also.......@#@#^$$#&. Can don't work still got MONEY not?????
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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21,June,2004
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Now is 4 plus in the morning. Watch 'live' telecast sports till now. First is the F1 racing and then Portugal v Spain match. The F1 very exciting, got a few accidents and challenges between cars. Nice! As for soccer, guess what? Portugal won, score is 1:0 exciting match cos both teams playing attack, many scoring chances. Very happy cos at last a team I support won. Maybe my luck starting to get better. Today went to downtown east. Wah! So many people go to the water theme park like no need $$$$$ like that. Singaporeans really 'kiasu', got new things, first to go see and try, like scared the theme park will run like that. Some more got the Barney show, so many children, scary man! But people selling things there very happy, got business. Anyone of you thinin of going? Better go after school holidays or wait till the craze die off a bit then go. If not need to queue a long time, no fun liao. Think I better go to bed liao. Tomorrow, no lah should be today still got tution and then later having dinner with ML they all. Not sure I can 'tah han' not. Better leave after dinner not I too tired to go out on Tue, especially you all meet so early. Never spare some thought for the poor person who stay at Pasir Ris. Sigh...... Nite Nite!!!!!
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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18,June,2004
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Well......nothing changed, television is my greatest companion for these few days. Other than that, its tution and copying recipe from books I borrowed from library. I've made the pineapple tarts I've always said I wanted to make. Not bad, give some for you all to try the if got chance(meeting you all before all eaten up). My class starting next week and guess what. It is Sat class. SIAN......... But then it means that I have a free night on weekday. When we going to Karaoke again? Wen and I did not go to K-box on Mon. Pick a day, then we go enjoy the $5+++. Sometimes singing is good. Shout away all the troubles (boss and money). At least we don't have relationship problem. We are so lucky. LOL!!!! Or is anyone here having problems, but I wasn't told bout it????? Feel free to share your problems and let me help you solve your problem with no charges. Just a free meal will do. Yanhua called me today regarding of going on a short trip but then too bad I can't cos class starting next weekend. She also talked about going to Vancouver next year in July. Not bad, at least got something to look forward to. Long time never travel liao........sigh........miss......... Think of taking language course after I complete my course. What is the best??? Learning Chinese rite? China big market. But kind of funny to learn Chinese. Maybe take business Chinese. Don't know lah. Just nothing better to do, so start to think about all this. Learn also must learn something useful. If not language then maybe cooking. Any suggestions on what to learn? Computer? Repairs? I got look for job the past few days but never send anything out yet. Not that I am choosy or lazy hor. Just nothing catches my eye and so I never send anything. Promise to send out resume as soon as I find something I like, wish me luck.
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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15,June,2004
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Support Portugal, Portugal lost, support Lakers, they also lost......damn suay! Next time you all just bet the other team and you'll sure win $$$$$. But remember to give me a treat when u win $$$$$. Been watching TV the whole morning, before I went out. Switching between the NBA finals, Oprah show, re-run of X Files, 'xi(4) shuo(1) qian(2) long(2)','pu(1) shui(3) yuan(1) jia(1)' and MTV (Chinese and English), see how interesting my life is. Jealous not???LOL!!! Going out tomorrow, after that no more programs for the week, except tution......tution.....tutition and tution. Anyone got any interesting suggestion??? Remember to ask me along when you all got interesting activity. Don't like today, 'fang(4)fei(1) ji(1)', only left Victor. Although I very good player, u all also no need scared and run off mah.Heeeee...... Life can be very boring when u are not working and are poor (like me). Today never buy Straits times so cannot look for job, tomorrow must remember to buy papers. If drag and drag, end of the year also never find job, then will 'Kana' nagging and scolding from some of you. I know you all concern but then......sometimes I don't even know what I want. Should I get part-time and concentrate on my project and tution? Or should I get a perm job and at the same time do my project and tution (like in the past)? Sigh......sian ah...... Too much thinking give me headache. Time to go relax.
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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12,June,2004
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Ysterday (Fri), went for lunch, cut hair and chit chat a bit, half day gone. At home a little boring, nothing much to do. Watch TV, bake things, surf and play games, find recipe. So sad that Lakers lost the match yesterday. Hopefully they can win the next match and tie the series. If not, they might not win the championship. Now got soccer to watch also. The game already start liao. I want Portugal and Spain to win. Never do anything much today(Sat). Read book, bake cheesecake and play mahjong. I long time(3-4 wks) never play mahjong liao but still lousy luck. Maybe du(2) too much shu(1) for the past 2 wks, that's why keep losing. Lost bout $15 this afternoon but just now managed to win back $1. Lousy rite??? Ok lah. Go to watch my soccer match liao.
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
|
11,June,2004
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Don't know why my leg suddenly painful yesterday,now a little better but still pain when I walk. Become 'bai(1) ka(1)'(hokkien)liao. Hope my leg will be ok by 2morrow. If not, Sunday go out how to walk??? Nothing to do much yesterday to do yesterday. Just went to NTUC buy ingredients to bake cake then go tution. Today will be a little better cos later got basketball match (I want Lakers to win)and then going to meet Adeline and the guys for lunch. Hopefully this time they won't make me wait so long and in the end go up to food court again but also never mind lah cos I long time no eat the food there liao. REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!! REST......REST......RECOVER!!!
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
|
09,June,2004
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Haaa!!! Can't begin to say how happy and relief I am feeling with the exams over. Time for planning all the fun stuff. Rest for a week or so then got to settle down to start looking for job cos my reserves is getting thinner and thinner (sob...sob). Don't know what to do leh. Why must people work? And worse of all get so little even though we work so hard. Sometimes it is just so sad to be human. How many ppl really enjoy what they do? Most ppl work for $$$ and that is so sad but then no $$$ also sad, so? Most people rather work for $$$ and be sad rather then to be sad cos no $$$. Any sense at all??? So what kind you would prefer to be? If I have a choice, I would go for something I like but then..... when you see people enjoying ( dinner, travel, big house, car)cos they have $$$$, u start to feel sad. Humans are so contradicting. Maybe it is time for human to be extinct and let the dinosaurs roam earth again. I think I sound like the evil character in movies who wants to take over the world. But believe me that I am doing it, for the good of mankind. OR......maybe I siao liao. HEEEEEE!!!!!!HEEEEEE!!!!! (evil laugh)
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
|
25,July,2004
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THe LasT tw@ wEEks vErY sIaN.........nOThinG to D@. ThE whOle DaY siT inFroNT of PC, suRF arOUnd, pLAy Games. WaNT to FInD PPL tO chAT bUt sOMeTiMes U aLL nEver loG iN oR buSY to Chat sigh.......... ThiS wEeK sHOulD be BettER laH, sinCE I aLreaDY goT my AssiGnMEnT quEStion aNd Also meT thE LeCT reGardiNG my proJEct. TiMe To Get to WorK. WeNT LibrARy buT No books on Biz to Biz One, hEadaChA laH. NeED t@ waIT thE leTTeR frOM scHooL, to GiVe TinG , tHen caN stArt to gO cOLLect daTa. CaN gO dIsturb PPL. HAaaa........ I wAs PlanNinG to SubmIT in JaN bUt The LecT aSK mE to Go fOR thE Nov suBmissIon datE sinCe I will ComplEte aLL my suBjeCTs by SeP. RusH leh, if liKe ThaT theN Not woRkinG bEttER Rite??? HAaaa.......finDing Excuse nOt to work. ThiNk of fiNDing Work, alSo aNother BIG SIANZZZ.......
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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11,July,2004
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Had LunCH With FAng and Wen YesterDay aT Bedok. BefoRe I leFT houSe, sAW a raT insiDE. My coUsin aND I chAsed It ouT (he Do moRE work, I tRying to stAy oUt of Way only). GiVE tHem Try tHE piNeapPle Tarts, TheY saY noT baD. Fang jUSt cAMe bacK, bUT alreaDY PlanniNG fOR anOTher Trip to See Her idoLS. CRAZY GIRL!!!WE taLk Talk till 3 plUS. AftER FanG go BAck work And Wen LooK for BooKs in Library. I wEnt to CGH to See peoPle aGain. TaLk to Fatimah coS miSSed her TwiCE wHen I wEnt. Did SoME cATcHINg up With HEr THen StupiD TaN AsK me Go L2 WitH hIm coLLeCT extenSIon WiRe. Met TinG thERE, his faCE 'Black bLack', sCary scAry. WaNt to GO baCk For tuTIOn bUt dUN knOw whEre AdeLine go So I PooR thinG wAIt ANd Wait. Got To taLK to Yati anD Low, TheN the auNtie shOwed Up. BY then 5 PLus. Walked to MRT wIth FatiMah. Talk Talk to Her, hOpe She FeeliNG beTTer AlreAdy. Sigh..... eVeryOne goT theIR Problems. CheCk my E-mail this aFtERnoon aND They assIgn lecTurer foR my dissertation liaO. Sian..... meaNinG its TimE foR mE tO sTarT do ProJect. ThankS to Fang Who CaME up With the Topic tItle : Approaches to marketing Facilities Management services. SinCE tHis is my Title, means I haVE to Go geT heLp From THe maint pEople, at LeasT for THe queStionnAiRE. HoPeFully I doN't caTch TIng at aNotheR bAd tiME, iF not he SHoW bLack BLack Face, How I do my THings????? MayBE bRing Something giVE him eaT, so he will 'paiseh' to Show me bLack faCE.
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
|
07,July,2004
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One year liao......... time passes very fast. Last year about this time, I was going through a sad time. However, I was lucky to have someone to talk to and help me through it. I believe none of my friends have seen me cry or sad cos I have this belief, not to burden friends with problems and sadness. However, this person has seen me cry for don't know how many times and helped me alot during that period of time. Adeline, thank you for being there for me, talking and making me feel better. Like I always say, you may be long-winded and nag at times but I know that's because you care. Also grateful to friends who have listened to my complaints and gave me valuable advice. Soon, I will be living here for one year liao. Sometimes, I miss my own home. Not that I am not happy here, just that its still not my 'home'. At my house, I can just leave my cup lying around, put my legs on the coffee table, fight for TV channel.........etc. But here cannot and because I am the eldest among the children, I feel like I should take care of them and be 'nice'. Well, at least they are nice to me too, so not so bad. Think it was easier for my sis to be the elder sister to me cos she only has me and I am such a nice, cute, obedient younger sister, isn't she lucky??? lol Well..... I am stuck here for the time being and may be for at least months to come. Sigh...... It may be nice living in a big house but I think I rather have my freedom cos freedom is priceless.
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
|
05,July,2004
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PoRTuGaL lOSt tHE GaMe BuT thEy HaD PlaYEd WeLL. In FaCt tHey HaD MoRe PosseSSIon, CoRners AnD ShOt ON tArgET. T@@ bAD, GReeCe mANagED TO ScoRE. ThEY PLayed DeFENdSive F@@tbaLL, mAKinG thE mAtCH LeSS eXciTIng. ExPEctiNG TheM tO PLay ThIS waY, But iT waS KinD OF BoRINg eXCepT WHen PorTUgal HaD tHE BaLL anD wERe attACKinG. PoRtugAL wAS G@@D aNd deSErvE TO wIN. BuT THen.........SiGH......... BoUghT NUmBeR OF ToTAl gOaLS. WIn 10+++ oNlY aS I oNLy BEt sMaLL aMouNT. BuT BeTTer thAN NOthinG LaH. At leASt noT loSE boTH Game ANd $$$$$$. HoPEfullY Non OF You loSE MUch MonEY DuE to BettING. ThaT'S all FOr The RepoRT On EURO 2004. NoT suRE neXT timE wHat To WriTE. MayBE OlympiCS? SLeePY LiAO. TiME FOR bED.
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
|
Leo
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01,July,2004
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Portugal is in the finals. All 3 goals scored by them but one is own goal so the score is 2:1. Waiting for the press conference, so come here talk talk a bit. Stupid Paul keep wanting them out cos he know I like Figo but then ........... I got the last laugh (at least for now). Fang, July liao, have u made a decision about ur resignation? I haven't read ur blog for the past few days so I don't have any updated news bout that. U leaving for Japan today is it? Take care and if got $$$$, remember our presents. Haa!! Go to check my press conference liao.
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3,576,088 |
female
| 25 |
indUnk
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Leo
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08,August,2004
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StaRteD on THe TeMp joB on WeD. I fInD it OK lor coS reaLLy noTHinG muCH, juSt nEED to MaKe CaLLs thE wHolE daY. TimE paSSes VeRy FasT. VerY FasT lunCH then TiMe to Go homE liaO. Can SaY is eAsY $$$$$, fURtheER MorE tHey Like US to d@ ovErtIme so its Good iF u wAnt To MaKe $$$$$. PeoPLE thERe ok bUt moRE serIOus atMospherE. Dun tHink I woulD liKE to Work in BaNk if Perm job cos too reStricting. I preFer a moRE reLax, Fun envIRoNmenT. Well......at leAst noW I knOw noT to Look foR banK joBS......unLeSS paY reaL gOOd theN maYbE...... sTill can cONSidEr. At laSt no nEEd woRRy $$$$ cos gOT woRK buT theN No tiME to BaKE or D@ tHE thINgs I likE, liKE waTChiNG tv, surF net, mEEt f@R frIENds, gO shoPPing or KaraOKE in afTErnOON...... AlsO NOW verY busY cos afTer worK stiLL gOT tuTIon anD my assiGnmENt and proJEct TO woRRy about. AssiGNMENT noT So bAD coS i fiNISH firST paRt of the QuesTIOn liAO. As fOR thE proJEct, hAve an ideA buT sTIll noT verY suRE hoW to go aBouT it. Just reADing Up stuFF and geTTIng ideAs for NOW. ToMOrrOw no Need Work, stay hoME do Work. Need To get moRE of the assignMEnt donE cos 31/8 goT to hanD in, not mUch timE left. HoliDay is mEAnt for reSTing ANd Relaxing...... poor ME!!! You pEOPle enJoy yourSeLveS.
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3,543,507 |
female
| 26 |
Science
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Aries
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26,June,2004
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urlLink Baz looking picturesque in the old witches village in Western Liguria urlLink urlLink We hired a car and drove down west of Genova . First we stopped off at Finale Liguria and sat on the beach and had a wander. We tried to get a hotel but it was far too busy. So failing that we went to Noli, (nice medievil village with walls round it) for something to eat then went back to the flat in Genova. On the Sunday we drove out to western liguria again... first we went to alassio for something to eat, and we walked all along the shore and ate pisa and pastry. We got in the car then and drove down argentina valley, or the silver valley from Taggia right up into the mountains. At the top of the valley is a medievil village Triora in the middle of nowhere and very atmospheric and bit creepy - they burnt loads of 'witches' there in the 16th century... we went to the witch museum, but couldn't understand anything as was in italian. Back down the mountain we both of us got ripped off by some little old lady by buying a cheese each for 18 euros (don't ask). Finally we went to San Remo, and looked round the old part of the town which is medievil again. My left foot was roughly about 2 times the size of the right one (due to mosquitoe bites and infection). But apart from that it was all very nice....
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3,543,507 |
female
| 26 |
Science
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Aries
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20,June,2004
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urlLink (Cue Jurassic Park Music! ... der der da dahhh, der der dah da!!!) Retch n Smell's epic trek! urlLink hmm, difficult to know where to start with this one.... First of all me and Retch had to fly back to Genova Nervi from Florence to meet up with Patrizia at 6pm. We were told to pack up essential stuff into back-packs and we all went off in a group of about 6 at about 8pm to camp out the night at the highest point of Monte Portofino. We took lots of food and drink. The plan was to just sleep there without tents... but soon after the wine and food had been eaten and drunk.... it started to piss down. Now, not being a natural camper, i had proceeded to drink quite a bit to get used to the idea of sleeping outside... so it was quite fun trying to walk back down the mountain pissed in the pissing rain in the pitch black at 1 in morning. The next day me and retch woke up early and we all with Patrizia decided to go for a walk anyway as the weather looked better. Me and Rach decided this sounded like a nice idea - to go for a nice cliff walk to the beach... we decided to plan accordingly and be sensible and so took the following between both of us: 1. 2 spare pairs of knickers 2. face powder 3. 2 handbags 4. 2 beach towels 5. suntan lotion 6. one book and 3 postcards with pen ..so that is how me and rach went prepared for urlLink our near death experience on the 5 hour trek on the unofficial path across portofino peninsular ...
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3,543,507 |
female
| 26 |
Science
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Aries
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19,June,2004
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urlLink Rach requested that I should put this particular photo (as an illustration of just how cultured we were) as the main picture. Rach and me went to Florence to become more cultured. It took us about 3 wrong journeys (from nervi to work, work to genova, genova back to nervi, nervi back to genova, then finally genova through nervi again to florence)- actually getting lost was a theme for urlLink the whole Florence visit . We stayed the night there and scoffed loads of food, we totally and utterly got lost, had no map, ruined our flip-flopped feet (again) and nearly cried until some unknown took pity and gave us their map (an angel, we decided). We also discovered a market with lots of ear-rings and scarves and spent most of our last day posing in them (see photos). Rachel has demon haggling powers by the way. The last hour in Florence we decided we should really try and be a bit cultural and ran round this old palace in the centre. V good. Good views (see photo above). We particularly admired the arty naked statues (again see photo above). And then that was it as far as culture was concerned... we ran to catch the train to Pisa then Genova for the next leg of Retch's Italy weekend. We were knackered, we had walked about so much, we were pretty tired, (see photos of us on train) and generally exhausted. In hind sight, we were about as unprepared as you could get for the hours that followed and the risking of both life and limb... urlLink
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3,543,507 |
female
| 26 |
Science
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urlLink This a sneak preview of Retch and Mel's near death experience. I have to go back home now to apartment and get stop beng a geek... so retch.... you will have to wait till later. Click back at later date folks for the amazing story of retch and mel's near death experience. At this point i would also like to add for your information that this weekend me and baz are hiring a car and going down the coast. I have never driven on the wrong side of the road before, and get nervous when baz shouts while i drive in ENGLAND. So please wish me luck. I hope i don't die, as am driving along very mountainous roads... oh well, all in the name of your sheer enjoyment and entertainment. ciao. (gulp!) urlLink
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urlLink This is a picture of Denise being very romanesque in Verona's ampitheatre. Denise and I, the urlLink 'pale and interesting girls' stayed on Lake Guarda, arriving friday we proceeded to get relatively drunk after we couldn't find anything to eat. The next day, feeling relatively rough, we tripped off to Verona by train. We looked round the amphitheatre (sp?) and I forcefully dragged D into some shops. We disappointingly discovered as pale and interesting girls we can't fit into italian bra-ware. We braved the lack of ordered queue and resultant stampede of Italians and rubbed the right breast of the statue of Juliet (4 good luck in our love lives). Verona was very nice, i seem to remember lots of ice cream, and Denise not allowing us to go in any restaurant with 'picture menus' even though I was OK with this. Saturday night we went to a surreal club in the middle of nowhere off lake guarda called Hollywood in the middle of massive thunder storm (which made it more surreal). Denise nicely summed up the dress-code as 'Tom Criuse circa 1990'... we had a good time there however the straw that broke Denise's back was the sheer enjoyment had by all when DJ played 'Cotton-Eye-Joe', I whole heartedly agreed and we departed swiftly. On sunday, waking up a little frail after Holywood, we decided to take it easy. However fate had something else in store for us... becos we accidently set off on a 12km hike down the 'A' road of lake Guarda and then down a peninsula. Even though we both ruined our feet with evil 'holiday shoes'(open sores, blisters etc etc) we both had a very nice time, we particularly enjoyed laughing at hilarious italian 'fashion gaffs'. Good time had by all, and not too much over-analysis by either of us... urlLink
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urlLink Barry in 'comedy pose' with Torre Pendante! Me and Baz went to Florence and then went to Pisa and Cinqueterre. All in just 2 days so very hectic... but felt very cultcherd by the end of it. Everyone in Pisa was doing this 'comedy shot' with the tower - but it would be rude not to really... shortly after this photo Baz bought a tastefull 2 foot leaning tower ceramic lamp, bargain price of 8 euros, so again it would be rude not to... wouldn't it! See more of urlLink Baz's whistle stop tour and us soaking up cultcha in Firenze! urlLink urlLink
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urlLink Becky arrived about a month ago, we went all over Genova, to some posh restaurants and bars... importantly we discovered how to order those little nibbly bits all the italians get with their drinks... look at what we got up to urlLink here . urlLink
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urlLink mum came to italy 2 weeks ago now... had a very nice time, i am trying to do some photo album to show the photos we took... We went to Milan, Cinqueterre, Comogli and Nervi, went shopping and ate a lot of food... hey i have just done the album thing- follow this link urlLink Mum's adventure in Italy and , i feel very chuffed with myself... urlLink
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Hi I am stuck in labs and its late... have started having panicky thoughts about thesis... guilty thoughts... I have spent more time shopping than thesis writing And obviously this Blog spot thing is another thing to do besides dreaded thesis I don't understand too, because everyone else's blog spot looks better than mine. I don't know how to put on photos or anything. Keep hearing creepy noises in the lonely labs. :-(
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urlLink I took the train down from Genova to Roma, and tried to find the hotel which was on the real outskirts of Roma... and met up with Helen there. The 'airconditioning' of the first hotel was a small fan, but we got a much nicer hotel after that near to the main train station. Helen had arrived in 3 inch stilletoes, with (just in case) an extra 4 pairs of stilletoes in her case. The first day was just me and Helen... we went round the historical centre, on a walk in one of helen's guide book with comedy compass. Helen's feet were hurting due to stilletoes after the first 30 minutes, and feet (dirtiness of, painfullness of, infection due to mosquitoe bites of, freaky small toes of) were to be the running theme of the whole weekend. On our first walking tour me and helen funnily enough arranged to go past shops, but we also saw the Pantheon (2 thousand years old Roman building still in use) and by accident walked around the whole perimeter of ancient Roma (despite comdey compass). Then me and Helen went to eat and talked about romance. Met up with Emz late that night... we got beer and drank it. The next day me, Emz and H all went to ancient Roma, we went round the Domus Aureas (a old palace built by emporor nero before the colluseum), which is all underground due to romans building baths on top. Then we all got dressed up to look respecible (which took quite a while for me) and went to the Vatican. Went into St Peters Basilica, and then H and E forced me (despite fear of heights) to walk up to the top of the dome in some of H's evil stilletoes, then they laughed about it. The view was good tho from the top, tho of course I didn't admit it to them. We all got dressed up that night. After a whole day of limping on Helen's part, she put on a pair of 4 inch stilletoes and floated over the cobbles all round roma that evening - amazing, the power of alcohol. Emma, Helen and me in Italy!!! urlLink
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A sketch of things to come... This site is a temporary sketch of the cmOS internet operating system; which in turn is a temporary sketch for a real OS, though what architecture I'm not sure of yet. Projected goals... The goals of this project are: To create a flexible, realible, user friendly, enviroment. To create an open API for other programs to be built around. To have a stable "net" enviroment to develop on and for; in essensce making development time as minimal as possible. To introduce new ways of thinking about an operating system by building new interfaces, filesystems, file explorer's, and various other means of manipulating data and visuals that our foreign to modern operating systems. To have something for personal use so that we can be free of piracy of our freedom of use, aka propriatary licensing. To focus on running the computer instead of focusing on integrated programs and features: the computer needs to be running first before you can show your cool new media player! Open source/open API... I am creating an API for developers to use immediatly in their projects for this OS. The API call will not change as this project is ported and goes through it's growing pains: it will only expand. I will try to fight against bloat because being the net it needs to be streamlined for bandwidth and various pc architectures out there. Everything API wise will be programmed in Flash MX+ so components will be used extensively. The API will consist of entirely homegrown components. You will be able to drag and drop these into your programs at will, after installing the API, or should you wish you can, again after installing the API, call on and expand on components using sheer code without having to touch the mouse (except to compile;). This will make c, c++, or other language based programmers feel more at home and at ease. Source control of this project will be null. The spread of the source code will be self propegating and decentralized. The official license is not drafted yet and until it is the source code will be under the GPL. Anyone may take the source code and do any project they please with it as long as they don't try to come back to me and tell me I can't use it myself anymore! I refuse to be handcuffed and hindered from doing my own work. No one will in anyway be prevented from using the source code for their own projects or agenda's. !m3talsmith m3talsmith@mac.com
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operatingSystem = new cmOS(); news(); 10.07.2003 - new project - !metalslinger Here's a new project, urlLink aBox [roncari.net/aBox], that I've started as a social experiment. The idea is to create little gadgets and such that interact in public transparently with other devices compatible with it, etc...; and that's just one idea of many that will be posted. Some people will come up with a concept, others with help, and others with solutions. At the end there will be several products on the site open for anyones use commercial or non-commercial. I have one concept now that I will be posting soon as I get it all together. This will be a site to check on often and to to bookmark. I expect a lot of ground breaking ideas to flow through it. Also as a response to my licensing issues with the cmOS project I have decided to start a site that will contain the license agreement in it. It will be separate and both aBox and cmOS will be using it. I don't have the site up yet but expect it within a month or so. !metalslinger 04.03.2003 - logoIdeas - !metalslinger Does anyone have any ideas for logos? mailto: metalslinger(at)roncari(dot)net . 04.03.2003 - generalUpdate - !metalslinger To anyone who may be keeping an eye on my small project I have a few updates. I am currently writing an rss for this project as well as working on the windowing classes and the first real layout for the site. Also I've been doing a lot of research into human usability and spatial use and design. I have developed a few test so far to test cmOS api's up against. I will be posting some of them soon as well as some sketches of the api as it develops. I'm also looking into putting a forum on here. Email me back if anyone is interested: mailto: metalslinger(at)roncari(dot)net . !metalslinger
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I have recorded this down for the annals of time. I predict in the near future this topic will be covered with so much spin, that it will be hard to know the facts. Here are some of the facts stated, the moment it's happening; before political spin can be added to it. urlLink
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Just recently a smoking tax in the state of Michigan has been passed, to go into effect in July, that would add another $.75 to the price of cigarettes. I just read a write-up of it in the local Herald Palladium, to be posted to the net tomorrow. Governor (governess?) Jennifer Granholm said the additional revenue will prevent the state from having to cut funding for its Medicaid program, which provides health benefits to low income adults and children. [src: Herald Palladium : 4A : June 25th, 2004] Governor Granholm has been quoted saying 'This is a victory for every Michigan resident who is concerned about health care for our vulnerable citizens and reducing our overall health care costs,' in a news release. What she didn't mention was that 'our vulnerable citizens' our usually the same smokers, and that they would just have their cost moved on them; instead of paying an extra amount for their Medicare, they'll instead take that cost and apply it to their beloved, and sometimes cursed, habit. How does The State of Michigan hope to reduce this cost on 'our vulnerable?' She also stated, 'In addition to raising money, I'm hoping it reduces smoking, which will result in better health, which will improve the economy.' It looks like the hope is in reducing smoking overall by making the price less bearable; also known as forcing morality by legislation. The only problem with this is that they don't (or did they) take into this rational addiction: smokers are not going to quit smoking just because the price went up. They will simply purchase from their cousin, aunt, etc..., that lives in another state, to get lower prices. But wait! They're prepared for that too! 'I suspect you'll see adjacent States also raise their tax,' said Governor Granholm. Ok. That could be read two ways: 'Now that we've done they know they can do it too and not get too much flack:' or 'We can use political pressure to push them into legislation for the good of their citizens; hey just use the 'our vulnerable citizens' quote; it worked good for us.' I'm sure you get the idea. So we need to ask ourselves if this is really for the good of 'our vulnerable citizens,' or if it suits political ends better. Again here the State's word, this time against the measure, 'Take a deep and satisgying puff, smokers,' Republican Sen. Nancy Cassis of Novi said, 'Your expensive taste will feed the hungry and the sick.' I'll be out interviewing people on the streets today about this issue. Please post your comments.
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I just started this blog today and wanted to test it. The purpose of this blog is to mark down different ideas, whether technology based or simple book ideas, opinions and news reports when I get the chance. I'm going to try and do most of my post via audioblog: since it's much easier to find time to call in, than to sit at a computer all the time. Everything posted on this site is open. That means it's free of copyrights unless specified otherwise. I hope to open up a lot of ideas for the community to work on as a whole; and some of my post will be responses of the same kind. Check back often as I will be posting daily if not more. Happy blogging!
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Here are some post that explain part of the controversy on abortion in the Libertarian party, and how most of us Libertarians feel about it. Here is the transcript: Comment from: Brent Watkins 'He believes abortion it should always be illegal but that the constitution does not provide for legistlating any murder laws, even for full adults. Therefore this is an issue that he would leave to the states.' I assume that Badnarik would declare Roe v. Wade as illegitimate? I disagree that abortion should ever be tolerated by any level of government. In Article IV, Section 4 of our Constitution, it says the Federal government must guarantee a republican form of government to the States. In a constitutional republic, rights are not up to majority rule, but instead on firm principle. As it says in the Declaration of Independence, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.' Under Article IV, Section 4, I believe the Congress and/or the Executive is obligated to uphold the rights of all persons. Also, I should add that the 14th amendment guarantees equal protection under the law. Allowing abortion while protecting the lives of those fortunate enough to be born is certainly not equal protection. 07/30/04 @ 20:35 Comment from: robre The declaration of independence is not a legal document. It's like looking for legal proof in the articles of confederation. The first section of the 14th amendment reads as follows: 'All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' or 'All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' In otherwords an unborn child, by the constitution, is not under the jurisdiction of any state and so is not covered by the 14th amendment, but since the constitution does not define the jurisdiction or if an unborn person is a person or not then this is left to the states per the 10th amendment. 07/30/04 @ 21:23 Comment from: Tim West I agree with Harry Browne's statement on Abortion, even though I dont care for him now becuase of all the trouble in 2000. Something along the lines of : Since government cant even properly protect the rights of people who are already born, what makes you believe it can protect the rights of the unborn? Abortion is one of those issues that if allowed simply kills any chance of ever uniting a political party. As with all things that cannot be known to man, it should be left to God. Religion is a valuable tool for ones personal life, but the second it is used to extend a belief system beyond the individual it becomes something other than it's followers profess it is. 07/30/04 @ 21:27 Comment from: Michael Christenson · http://unstableman.blogspot.com/ robre, I think first you would have to define born. Personally I feel if you have to kill a thing, it is alive, and therefore it should not have to be said that given proper time, it would be born, and as such must be protected. I tend to agree with the statement made by Tim West contributed to Harry Browne. Woman's rights do not cut it for me. And this is why. She had the right to choose to have sex or not to have sex. The course of such action, if left to nature, is pregnancy. Therefore to bear a child is the inherent consequence of having sex; again if left to nature. I believe everyone should have all their rights, but I also believe in responsibility. Also the rights of one individual cannot interfere with the rights of another. One of our primary rights is the right to life. If you tried to preemptively kill someone it would be a violation of their right to life: also known as murder. Given the natural recourse of sex is birth, then it could be said the natural course of sex is the endowing of the right to life upon that birth. It is also the natural consequence of such action, as well as the blessing. Since one must take responsibility for such actions, it is fair to say that once pregnancy has happened, life has been obtained, and it is the obligations of those who are the caretakers of such life, to protect it's first right, hence protecting the freedom's of not just that life, but of their life too. It would be irresponsible to try to deny the responsibility by taking on an act of murder against such in your care. 07/30/04 @ 21:54 Comment from: Michael Christenson · http://unstableman.blogspot.com/ Thus choosing to have sex or not is the woman's only real choice. She could gamble on contraceptives, but if they fail her then she is to blame for the pregnancy, not the life that is even then stirring in her body. Now I know some people will immediately raise the case of rape. But let me ask you, is murder justified against the innocent, because you were innocent of the crime taken against you? Should you perpetuate such hate and malice? If it was a crime against you, it is a worse crime against those in your care!
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New post- Folks, here is an idea I've had a few days ago. Posted are excerpts of it being discussed with a trusted Libertarian to help work out the kinks. [QUOTE=email] From: bbradley@cybersol.com ----- Original Message ----- From: 'Michael Christenson' To: 'Bill Bradley' Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Re: Libertarian Registration... Bill, ... As you eluded, in this day and age, the Libertarian Party should not be so difficult to deal with. One of my goals is to help iron these difficulties out. I know now that I will be a Libertarian for life, that I will be running for a Libertarian office as well as a public office in the very near future, and that I will be striving to help modernize the Libertarian Party, helping to smooth everything over. I am currently working on this in two ways, helping the Badnarik campaign with their site, calendar, and what ever else they need volunteer work for, and making programs that will help future and currently disenfranchised voters to have a voice in future elections. Those are first steps. Aside from that, I had an idea on my way to work today in reference to this years elections. It has to do with insuring voting accuracy. Here's how it would run: We make a receipt book, with each receipt having spot for Name, Address, Phone, Email, and who you Voted for this election. It would be a 3 part carbon copy receipt pad. The top copy would say 'for voter', the middle copy would say 'for poll worker', the bottom copy would say 'for voting verification'. Near the bottom of each receipt you can have a small disclaimer stating that 'this is not required to vote and is purely voluntary: that you authorize the use of this receipt ONLY for voting verification and at the request of said voter' with a place to sign and check that you've read the disclaimer. There should also be a phone number that the voter can contact for voter verification and to get questions answered. Each page should have only one receipt; in other words, one receipt per page: this is so that you still have voter privacy of sorts; write down one receipt and then promptly flip it to the next receipt. Next step, we have a group of Libertarians, possibly one at each polling center, with a receipt book, asking people as they come out, whether they 'would like a receipt of whom they voted for?' If yes make sure they fill it out correctly, keep everything as private as possible, and give them their receipt. If no then it's no big deal. These volunteers should by no means try to harass or sell the idea of the receipt. They should insure the voter that all of it is private and that their voting information will not be passed on to other voters or organizations without their authority. Nor should the volunteers stress political views or parties. Everyone of them should be wearing a neutral Libertarian button; no Vote Badnarik in 2004, et cetera. In this manner we will show that we are concerned that their vote counts and cannot be conveniently lost. And that the Libertarians are concerned for everyone's freedom to vote and be counted, without concern or coercion as to whom they vote for. It will build a more general reputation for us that may bring more respect to our party. Step 3. At the end of the day, the volunteer(s) should go inside the polling center and give the center copy of every vote to the appointed booth volunteer. This should be worked out in advance as to whom the receipts are given to. Step 4. The volunteer(s) should hand enter every vote receipt into either and online database, or onto a private server, where this information will be stored for future use. The point of this system is to help protect against voter fraud and to put a more reputable light on the LP. We should advertise this a far in advance as possible, so that both the volunteers know what is going on, and the people know that it is an option to help against voter fraud. This is of course a very loose idea right now; I've only had an hour to consider it. What are your thoughts on it? In Freedom, Michael Christenson[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=email] From: bbradley@cybersol.com Subject: Re: Re: Libertarian Registration... Date: July 30, 2004 9:43:17 AM EDT To: m3talsmith@mac.com Michael, ... I appreciate your willingness to help out and to run for office. The LP has a lot of work to do and it is going to take a long time. We need all the help we can get. Your idea about the voting receipt is interesting. Here are a few comments that come to mind. I think it would take quit a little promotion and organization, probably more than could be done in the remaining time available this year. One problem that would have to be worked out would be the fact that many different offices and propositions can be on a ballot and that would make it difficult to come up with a small receipt that could be filled out in a short period of time. One other thing that would have to be looked at would be the matter of cost effectiveness. Since resources are limited, would there be anything else more important or more effective that we would not be able to do if we put our efforts into this project? I don't mean to be negative, just trying to be realistic. Bill Bradley[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=email] From: 'Michael Christenson' To: 'Bill Bradley' Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:09 AM Subject: Re: Booth idea Bill, I agree with you on the booth idea. It is very hard to get funding and advertising for such a project. Also I was thinking about the time it would take to fill it out. I think it would be best just to have a unique number on each receipt and the receipts to only have: Libertarian Republican Democrat Green Other ____________ With a check mark beside them. Scrap the name, address, phone part. Then it could be preformed very quickly. As far as getting it going before this election, it would be nearly impossible to have it in full force. However starting it is something, even if it does not cover every booth. The next election could be better covered, and then as it gains momentum, eventually we could cover all the booths. I've thought about funding and the spreading of the program. How do we get other Libertarians to do the same in other states? This is where the internet can be useful. I can make the template so that anyone can download it, get a block of unique numbers, and take it to the local printers or make it themselves. This would not only help in cost, but would also help in getting enough booth coverage. One thing I've noticed since becoming active. The campaign itself is under manned, under funded, and under too many time constraints to handle everything. Part of the problem is the centralization of everything: it leaves hardly any room for the activist to do something. There are some serious time lags between a request and a response, for an activist to get an ok for a project. A lot of this can be solved by decentralizing it a bit. Using the internet to help with this receipt idea is just one example of decentralization. When you decentralize things, volunteers can then become active. They can use their own resources and time to do things that the campaign neither has time to do, nor needs to be bothered with doing, and help spread the message faster and in some cases better. Well those were my thoughts at 2 this morning. I use every waking moment I have to help forward not just this campaign, but the Libertarian ideals and cause as much as possible. I'm currently getting a crew of volunteers together right now, from various states, whom also want to help but that the campaign is too busy to be able to respond to them. I hope to mobilize soon no many ideas. What do you think about all of this? Michael Christenson[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=email] From: bbradley@cybersol.com Subject: Re: Booth idea Date: July 30, 2004 2:32:32 PM EDT To: m3talsmith@mac.com Michael, I like your comments about decentralization. It can often be easier for a small group to go ahead and start doing something and see what happens than to try to get a larger group to agree on what to do. If you do it on your own, or even form a group of your own, say a group of libertarians, you don't need permission from any officially organized LP group so long as you don't claim to represent and speak for the group. All ideas start out small and grow from there. Most probably fail along the way, but you never know until you try. I am old enough to have seen people accomplish things that I thought couldn't be done so I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. Bill Bradley[/QUOTE] So what do you guys think? There's plenty of room for change in this system. Let's see what we can do about this
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I was posting today in a urlLink thread at urlLink volconvo when I ran into this picture (link to be supplied later) in Dieval's personality info. It stated Bush Led, Terror Fled. Ok. Everyone has their own opinion. The trouble was, that as he kept posting this inane mush, I got more annoyed with it. Finally I couldn't resist. Here is what I posted: Bush Led Terror Fled Insurgency Raised it's Ugly Head Bush Denied Hunger Cried And Everyday Their Freedoms Die Kinda catchy isn't it?
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Here's the latest Rasmussen Report done with Badnarik in it. Very interesting results; although not surprising to me. --- Report --- RasmussenReports.com Monday July 26, 2004--Sixty-eight percent (68%) of American adults believe that Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik should be invited to participate in the Presidential Debates this year. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that just 20% believe Badnarik should not be invited while 12% are not sure. The Libertarian Party candidate has been on the ballot in all 50 states for each of the past three elections and Badnarik is expected to be on every state ballot this November. When voters were asked to choose between President George W. Bush, Senator John Kerry, and Badnarik, 46% said they would vote for the Democrat, 43% for the Republican, and 3% for Badnarik. However, 29% of voters said there are circumstances under which they would consider voting for Badnarik. That includes 25% of Bush voters and 30% of Kerry voters. When voters are informed that Badnarik opposes both the War in Iraq and the Drug War, 34% say they would consider Badnarik. That figure includes just 11% of Bush voters and 50% of Kerry voters. The survey also found that 10% of Americans identify their political ideology as libertarian rather than conservative or liberal. Sixty-two percent (62%) share the Libertarian view that tax dollars should not be spent to support the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The national telephone survey of 1,000 Adults was commissioned by the Badnarik for President campaign and conducted by Rasmussen Reports July 21, 2004. Margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
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Here's an hilarious flash video, just in time for this election year! urlLink http://jibjab.hoverstudios.com/mirror.htm
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'Do you know what the total amount of eligible voters was in 1996?' I asked a co-worker. 'No I don't' she said, 'Actually, I've never voted. I'm registered but I've never voted. They just had this deal where if I registered I got an A in the class when I graduated.' What?! That's right. You heard it here. The school system was actually grading in a particular class, based on whether you were willing to register to vote or not! Where was this when I was in school?! 'Yes, I'll register. I'll register twice if you make sure my A turns in to a nice shiny A+!' She then went on to tell me that she has never voted because she doesn't have an interest in politics. I asked her if, someone wanted to make sure that income tax was never taken out of her paycheck again, if she were willing to vote for that person. A resounding 'YES!' 'Now that's something that interest me.' I then promptly showed her urlLink Badnarik for President . Needles to say she was very interested. So what can we say about this? Is it that urlLink 47% of eligible voters are to lazy to care about our country and how it runs? Or rather is it that we haven't given them anything that interest them? In other words, are we only looking out for the interest of , for all intents and purposes, half the population, and ignoring the other half? In my opinion, it's the later. If you, with your presidential aspirations, want a real 'uniter', you need something to reach all the people. Doesn't it seem reasonable that you would be able to at least grab 30-70% of the people and have close to 80-90% of eligible voters have their issues at stake on election day? Think about it.
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This is a rough draft of a report I am conducting. Subsequent fuller reports will be filed as this get polished. The only reason I'm publishing this now, is because I feel that it's very important to bring these figures into the light as quickly as possible. --- [Report] Due to the seriousness of this subject, I'm going to keep this report pretty much straight forward. My supposition is that: Our current election process is weakening We are not meeting the needs of nearly half of our Voting Age Population ( urlLink VAP ) They do not give voice to our electorate, and thus We do not act as a whole nation, but rather act as a divided nation, with one half silenced by the other half. I will be using the past two elections as examples. Specifically, I will be using the debate of whether Ralph Nader really 'stole' any votes at all, or did he simply bring more people to those sacred booths. You will find, at the bottom of this page, the details in full and tabulated for your convenience. I hope you take time to browse them; and perhaps come to your own conclusions. Onward... [The Stolen Votes] Democrats and Republicans both, have been warning us of the stolen vote; the votes that we would supposedly steal from them, if we choose to vote for another party. They are almost equal in their acceptance of this theory. They point to last years election, and Ralph Nader, as an example. So lets look at the Nader theory first then. Let me introduce 'Exhibit A'. 1996 Presidential Election Results :: VAP
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I wonder how many people out there know how the electoral votes work pre-12th amendment and how they work currently? I ran across this site which explains it well: urlLink http://www.presidentelect.org/art_before12.html
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In all of the horrors of 9/11, Isreali/Palestinian conflict, Afghanistan, and Iraq, I feel that some people have forgotten that everyone is human. Particularly Americans. We have waged war against Muslims without even taking time to consider whether what our government is saying is true. We act as if we've stored hatred in our hearts for years, and waited for these times to let it out. Many claim it is the Christian thing to do no less. I'm hear to tell you that it is not the Christian thing to do. It is simply blind hatred towards those whom, the government claims, want to and will hurt us. Many of us forget that there are such things as radicals in our midst, that are not of foreign decent; that they do not represent the whole of us; that such groups are usually ineffective and have little support; and that the same holds true for all people. Muslims are people just like the rest of us. And we live in a country where everyone is given equal rights to their beliefs, ideals, and way of life. Also, those who claim to be Christians, should remember that the greatest is love. So let us not forget kindness then towards all, and let us rise up and help our Muslim neighbors to succeed, as we want to succeed, in this world. So be it.
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For those of you in Wisconsin who would like to see someone who will stand for the civil liberties of all the people of Wisconsin, Muslims included, I would take a very long hard look at urlLink Arif Khan , running for the senate this year.
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Google bomb that is. Welcome to bombing for urlLink Badnarik for President 2004 ! Just a quick post to suggest a few phrases to drop to help raise Badnarik in the ranks of google: urlLink Badnarik for President 2004 . Find out about the other Major Contender for President in the 2004 Election. [code: <a href='http://badnarik.org/'>Badnarik for President 2004</a>. Find out about the other Major Contender for President in the 2004 Election.] urlLink Blogging for Badnarik for President 2004 . Michael Badnarik blogs for your personal benefit. Get an inside view on how a presidental campaign is run; listen, read, and interact with Michael Badnarik, his campaign, and his supporters and detractors online now! [code: <a href='http://badnarik.org/blog/'>Blogging for Badnarik for President 2004</a>. Michael Badnarik blogs for your personal benefit. Get an inside view on how a presidental campaign is run; listen, read, and interact with Michael Badnarik, his campaign, and his supporters and detractors online now!] urlLink This man has issues! Michael Badnarik on issues that matter to the people. [code: <a href='http://badnarik.org/issues/'>This man has issues!</a> Michael Badnarik on Issues that matter to the people.] urlLink Gun Control . Where does Michael Badnarik stand? [code; <a href='http://badnarik.org/Issues/GunControl.php'>Gun Control</a>. Where does Michael Badnarik stand?] urlLink Cheap Medicine . Michael Badnarik for affordable urlLink health care and urlLink medicine . [code: <a href='http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/RxDrugPrices.php'>Cheap Medicine</a>. Michael Badnarik for affordable <a href='http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/HealthCare.php'>health care</a> and <a href='http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/RxDrugPrices.php'>medicine</a>.] urlLink Stop the war in Iraq! Michael Badnarik for peace and prosperity for all peoples in 2004. [code: <a href='http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/IraqWar.php'>Stop the war in Iraq!</a> Michael Badnarik for peace and prosperity for all peoples in 2004.] urlLink Free Medical Marijuana ; and the health benefits of it! Where does Michael Badnarik stand on the use of Medical Marijuana? [code: <a href='http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/MedicalMarijuana.php'>Free Medical Marijuana$lt;/a$gt;; and the health benefits of it! Where does Michael Badnarik stand on the use of Medical Marijuana?] urlLink Michael Badnarik for President in 2004! Striking a fatal blow against the urlLink Gay Marriage ban supported by Bush; raising the flag of freedom and choice for all. [code: <a href='http://badnarik.org/'>Michael Badnarik for President in 2004!</a> Striking a fatal blow against the <a href='http://www.badnarik.org/Issues/GayIssues.php'>Gay Marriage ban</a>; raising the flag of freedom and choice for all.] That should do for now. You could use one or all of them. This would be extremely beneficial to help people understand what the real issues are, and where the only viable alternative stands on them. More to posted later in the comments. Feel free to do the same! Stop by the urlLink Badnarik blog for more ideas in political activism.
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=== Headline News === Long live the King urlLink http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=17139 Long live the King Geov Parrish WorkingForChange.com On last week's test case of the PATRIOT Act -- in which a jury resoundingly vindicated a University of Idaho student, but only after our government destroyed his life Last week, at the same time that John Ashcroft was busy in D.C. declaring to Congress that the President was above the law, a jury in Idaho did its best to rein in the excesses of the PATRIOT Act. And failed. The case in question was that of Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, a University of Idaho graduate student and Saudi national accused of terrorism under the PATRIOT Act. Last year, in February 2003, an FBI SWAT team descended on the sleepy college town of Moscow, Idaho, raiding Al-Hussayen's home and hauling him off. Al-Hussayen was charged with three counts of terrorism, four counts of making false statements, and seven counts of visa fraud. Al-Hussayen, the son of a former Saudi education minister, was a Ph.D. candidate who had studied in the US for nine years. A husband and father, he hardly fit the profile of terrorist, and the town rallied behind him -- particularly when the details of his case emerged. He had volunteered his time to a Michigan-based group, the Islamic Assembly of North America, to set up a website that promoted the study of Islam. The website contained a link to another website set up by a group the US government had listed as a terrorist organization. Another link pointed to a site that, among a huge volume of postings, contained four short documents written by radical clerics discussing the war in Chechnya and the conflict in Palestine. One of these documents sanctioned suicide attacks and mentioned flying airplanes into buildings. That was it. Al-Hussayen was charged as a tertiary 'terrorist' -- giving help to a group whose web site linked to a group that published, among its library of documents, writings that advocated terror. Al-Husaayen's case did not even amount to an assault on freedom of speech, because he hadn't been the one speaking; indeed, he didn't even know the links and documents were on the site. The visa violations and false statement charges against Al-Hussayen involved his work with a nonprofit organization; his visa lists him as a student, and the government claimed that a student visa did not allow volunteer 'work.' Al-Hussayen's case was a major test of a provision in the USA PATRIOT Act that targets so-called 'secondary players' in the war on terrorism -- those who give aid to groups or individuals who later carry out terrorist attacks. Even under such provisions, the case against Al-Hussayen was exceedingly tenuous. It didn't matter. He spent nearly a year and a half in jail before being acquitted by a federal jury last week. The case against him was so thin that his lawyers called only one witness, former CIA Near East division chief Frank Anderson, who testified about terrorist recruitment methods and questioned the FBI's notion that people give up their jobs and family connections to go join a jihad in Chechnya or Palestine after simply reading a few postings on the Internet. After Al-Hussayen's acquittal, Anderson said, 'I take satisfaction in the verdict. But I am embarrassed and ashamed that our government has kept a decent and innocent man in jail for a very long time.' But it was a little more than that. A major test case of the PATRIOT Act was rebuffed, but the government accomplished what it wanted: destroying a life as an example to other foreign nationals in the U.S. Al-Hussayen's wife and children have been deported, his studies interrupted, his friends and associates alienated, and his liberty and sense of personal security taken completely away from him. How many other foreign nationals, living or studying or working in the U.S., will take comfort from the fact that he was acquitted -- and how many will take this and other cases as a warning to step very, very carefully in The Land of the Free? In all likelihood, Al-Hussayen himself will return to Saudi Arabia, to rejoin his wife and children and rebuild his life. And in all likelihood, John Ashcroft's men will prosecute more PATRIOT Act cases with little or no substance in the future -- secure in the knowledge that, just as they consider their Commander-in-Chief above the law, the law itself can be used to harass innocent people, and nothing will be lost. Nothing, that is, except our tax dollars, a few innocent lives, and the notion of liberty that we're supposedly defending in our War On Terror. A jury struck down a PATRIOT Act prosecution, resoundingly, but the government won anyway. The king is dead. Long live the king. === End Headline News ===
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In a recent urlLink post on urlLink volconvo , Samildanach raises an urlLink interesting idea . The gist of it is that we all have neural energy that is transmitted and recieved from our bodies; that this neural urlLink tx / urlLink rx creates an ad-hoc network that transmits, possibly subconciously, our knowledge; that we consiously make use of the information gained from the network. He is an athiest and tends to lean towards the fact that this network could be what we call 'god'. However that shouldn't discredit the idea. In fact I believe that the idea discredits any thought of God not existing. I must also add that I've thought a bit about this same idea (proof of concept[?]), and I plan on collecting my thoughts and wrapping them around this for a bit. I will post them later. What are your thoughts?
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The spin started this morning. Now they are trying to spin Saddam's comments off as a gimmick to help George W. Bush lose this election! That's insane, media speculation at best. However it is how they have dressed it up and fed it to the American people. Expect a lot more of it. The effect of a barrage of this will be to weaken the American people to caring what is done to him. In the end, they will accept any injustice done to him or any in relations to him. I don't like what he's supposedly done to his people, but who's to say he's not the dupe (far flung stretch of imagination there). We will never really know for sure if there is not a fair trial. And there's more at stake than just that. If this gets treated the way I feel it is going to, then it has heavy implications for the future of justice in all of Iraq; for every individual living in Iraq who could or could not be guilty of something. The problem starts with the idea of the tribunal. This is a trial by judges with no jury. This tribunal is set up much like the French system: you have a separate judge that strictly gathers evidence to prove the guilt, the other judges judge on the matter, and the defendants attorney has the burden of proof towards his innocence. Now many people have disagreed with this, but to me it is all semantics. Here's the truth about it. This court system means proven guilty, until proven innocent. Now the point that people say is that you have the judge that gathers the proof for guilt and that makes it fair. However, I would like those people to notice that the Judge's word bears the authority of being right, always! His proof cannot be questioned except in reference of proof that the Defendant is innocent. So you really have to struggle against the Judges proof to even get a chance. what you have is an unbalanced trial; the judge of evidence having the controlling hand already declaring the defendants guilt, unquestionably. In America, a trial by jury, with a prosecutor and a defendant, on equal ground, having to both bear the burden of proof, is an equal, fair, and just trial. Out forefathers were tired of lopsided trials. To many innocents lives were ruined from tribunals. Freedom was the casualty of such trials. That is why we have an un-infringe-able right to Habeus Corpus and trial by jury. In other words, it's not Saddam's fate that is at stake here; it is Iraq's freedom which is being threatened by the so called liberators of the Iraqis. Stupid insurgents, hold still while we finish forging another link to your countries chain!
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There was a blog error last night and this post got posted multiple times last night. I'm sorry for the inconvenience and have deleted the extra post. Thank you for your patience.
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This was just a quick post I ran across that pretty much sums up my feelings of the days coming up to and following the Libertarian convention. --- Post from http://blog.badnarik.org/ --- LIBERTY DOLLAR NEWS: June 2004 Vol. 6 No. 6 I Have Gone Political! Do you vote? Would you if you knew and trusted the candidate? Well I have never voted in my life. Not wanting to be a party to the current political cesspool, I was quite a smug with my attitude that I would not vote unless I 'knew' the candidate and actually 'trusted' him. And as I thought that was quite impossible, I was quite resolved that I would never vote! After all, how could it ever come about that these two requirements could ever be met? Well, the most unlikely event has happened and I am now registering to vote for the first time! And this event was so profound for me that I am asking you to also consider the impossible. I am asking you to help me elect Michael Badnarik President of the United States! I know this sounds crazy. I know all the arguments about throwing away my vote, etc, etc. But I also know and trust Michael Badnarik. He has met my criteria and I hope he will meet yours. [More:] Recently I manned the booth at the Libertarian Party National Convention in Atlanta for the Liberty Dollar. Normally I would not 'waste my time' doing such a thing. But this year was different. This year Michael Badnarik, my friend and fellow Liberty Associate, was a candidate for nomination to be the Party's Presidential Candidate. And as he had devoted the past year to campaigning for the opportunity to serve our great country, I had to show my support. Did he have a chance? H*ll no! He and his traveling companion Jon Airheart, another friend and fellow Associate, drove around in an old car, sending out urgent requests for $5 or maybe even $10 to get to the next event. Did they have any money? No. Like most of our Founding Fathers they had little more than a dream and the determination to do their best. In addition to the meager funds raised, Michael taught his 'Constitution Class'. But as the strict Constitutionalist that he is, he only accepted 'real' money. That's right! He only accepted Liberty Dollars. And no, students could not just trade their d*mn FRNs for Liberty Dollars with Michael and then pay. No they had to get their Liberty Dollars on their own, often many students' first pro Constitutional act. Over the year, Michael made a good showing. He polished his presentation. Won the praise of everyone. Even the two other candidates, Aaron Russo and Gary Nolan acknowledged Michael's firm dedication to the principles that the President required to uphold. Relentless, in face of the other candidate's big names, bigger campaign budgets, and even managers, Michael crusaded towards the election at Atlanta. When I arrived in Atlanta, it was no secret that everybody loved Michael and respected his spirit. Nor was it any secret that he did not have a prayer in h*ll of winning the nomination. After all, who is Michael Badnarik?! He arrived in an old car. Did not even book a room for his campaign, and if the truth was known, he probably didn't even have the money. But there was no stopping this guy. For him, like George Washington, there was no alternative to winning in spite of its unlikeliness. The night before the Presidential Candidate election, there was a debate scheduled. It seemed of no major importance. All three candidates had their respective replies fine-tuned and nobody expected much. One would think it was to be just another debate, like so many over the past year of campaigning. No, that was not the case. Face to face with Aaron Russo and Gary Nolan, Michael stole the show. He was strong, witty, direct in his replies, and relied if not quote the Constitution to half the questions. Michael stole the hearts of everyone, except for the most hardcore Russo and Nolan supports. People came up to me and exclaimed how good Michael was and that they were now going to vote for Michael! My God, my friend might get elected?! The next day was the election. Many of the state delegates had promised to vote Russo or Nolan on the first vote. Well as it turned out the first vote was nothing more than removing miscellaneous nominees from the ballot. The second ballot was between the three serious candidates. Russo, with the big name, lots of honors and money, was the assumed winner. Many felt there was no need to vote! I don't recall the figures, but Nolan was eliminated and Michael made it to the finals! Amazing! Almost immediately, someone rose to the microphone and moved to set aside the convention rules (which was common throughout the day)and allow Gary Nolan to speak for five minutes as he was a serious candidate that had spent so much time and money. The motion was quickly seconded and passed unanimously. Nolan came to the podium and quickly thanked his supporters. And equally quickly told all the state delegates that if they voted for him vote for Badnarik! The Badnarik crowd went wild! All this time I was expecting some kind of upset. Some secret candidate to win. I had never considered that my friend might actually win! Luckily, while the state delegates where counting their votes between Russo and Badnarik, I saw Michael on the floor just as he was saying goodbye to someone. He was alone. Just standing there. I grabbed his arm briskly and gave him a really big hug as he turned around. I literally whispered in his ear, 'Michael, you better get ready you are really going to be running for President of the United States.' It was foxhole mentality. The air was electric. Volleys of 'We like Mike.' And 'Russo, Russo.' flew overhead. We parted with tears in our eyes. Within five minutes the votes were in and Michael, against all odds, became the Seabiscuit of this Presidential election for the Libertarian Party. We the People, now have a real candidate. Now we need to elect him! I don't care if you have never voted. Nor have I! I care about our country and its god-awful money and the price we will be paying after the election if either Bush or Kerry is elected. Yes I know that Bush has raised $210 MILLION - there are not that many voters!!! And Kerry has raised $170 MILLION! And that is more than voters too!But it is like Michael says, when you vote for the lesser of two evils, YOU STILL GET EVIL. Lets put the force of the Internet behind Michael. If you have an e-mail list, if you are techno savvy then give Michael some publicity. Note the secret weapon article below. Lets make his candidacy the buzz on the Internet. It costs nothing but a bit of your time! Don't let Dumb and Dumber debate without Michael! He will steal the show, just like he did in Atlanta and Kennedy did in 1960 against Nixon. Michael, aka 'Seabiscuit', can win this election as a dark horse IF the people elect him. Tired of the same old government? Just this once, get out of the box when you get in the voting booth and VOTE BADNARIK! --- End Post ---
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I was recently at an local LP meeting, and I like to introduce a few of them to you (the last person on there is me): urlLink
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This is an all out call for help. I have an idea to help spread the word about Badnarik, and inform people. Please check this link out: urlLink http://s2.excoboard.com/exco/thread.php?forumid=37397&threadid=130683 . you can also email me at urlLink m3talsmith@mac.com .
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I had such a great day! This evening was especially great since we went to visit the Zekec family. Back before Jeremy and I met, he tutored them in Engish. They really are precious people who came here from Bosnia during the horror that was going on in the 90s. They aren't Muslim, so I don't really know the extent of their hardship. I suppose anyone would want to desperately flee a war torn country. They had a birthday party tonight for Vinkho and it was really fun to sit in a room full of Bosnians while they were all speaking Croatian! Valeria, the seven-year-old daughter, translated some for us. She sooo adorable and she loves Jeremy. She runs and jumps in his arms everytime she sees him. (He'll be a great dad, won't he?) It really is nice to see them doing well and having more than they would ever have over there. My heart really goes out to them. Maybe God has big plans for a future ministry that we can be a part of someday. Perhaps working with refugees in the country. While we were there I prayed for God to bless them and bring them to the saving grace of knowing Jesus. I would love to see the Spirit move in their lives. I feel in my heart that this will happen someday. Please help us pray for them too.
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The best way to have cranberry sauce is cooked in cherry juice. I think we had just about all you can have for Thanksgiving, but I couldn't stop eating the stinking cranberry sauce. I had it for breakfast this morning as well. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
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I had to wear my scarf and gloves and leather coat today. This is the freakiest weather I've ever seen. At least in PA and NJ you could pretty much expect it to be freeeeeezing after November, but TN is so unpredictable. Last week it was 75 and last night it was 25. Our kitties are freezing their little cute butts off. I bought a basket to put all my books in, but now I don't have the heart to use it since Fiona claimed it as her royal bed. I put a towel in the bottom, so now at least she'll be warm! For Phoebe, she sleeps with me. On my back, on my butt, on my stomach, between my knees, between me and Jeremy...anyway she can to snuggle up. I think it's really adorable. She's definitely a mommy's girl. I think it's just because I never turn her down. No matter what I'm doing--eating, sleeping, studying--she's right there to sit on my lap. Anyway, I do love the fact that Jeremy radiates heat for my own sake at night. I don't think he notices that I put my cold feet on his legs while he sleeps (shh). This morning was painful, though. I was buried so far under the covers that when Jeremy came in to say goodbye before work, all he could see was my hair and sleepy eyes. Our apartment sure is cute, but not very warm in the bedroom. We'll probably bust out the space heater tonight. So Mommy and Daddy, I'm really looking forward to coming to Nashville tomorrow. Too bad I have so much to accomplish before the end of the semester that it's going to cut into my play time. But I know it's going to be a time had by all regardless. So, what am I responsible for in the kitchen? Can I be the taste tester and watch Jeremy do the cooking since he's so stinking good at it? Haha. I think I would like to be put in charge of the jello mold.
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Is finally mine. I am the proud new owner of the best professional clarinet, as far as I'm concerned, in the world. Grenadilla wood. Silver-plated keys. It has the works. I can't believe I actually have one now. My husband definitely spoils me. We joke that this is not only my Christmas present for this year, but also for 2004 and 2005! Eh, we'll see (just kidding hunny bunny). I'm so incredibly grateful, so I'll sacrifice some other things for it. Now, the problem is I have to find out some way to play it after college since I'm not going to be here for very much longer. I was thinking about trying out for a spot in a city symphony, or maybe even a local community symphony somewhere...wherever we live. I think it would be really great to keep playing since I enjoy it so much and since I'm getting better all the time. Plus, now that I have a professional clarinet, I think Jeremy would kill me if I didn't play after college. Maybe I could give lessons to beginners... right, like when am I going to have the time for that! Oh, I know, between my Biochemistry and Gross Anatomy classes in medical school. You know how some people make money in college and graduate school by giving hair-cuts...well, I'll be the crazy lady who gives clarinet lessons in her scrubs. On a completely different topic, I'm trying to pick up the hobby of embroidery again. I bought a pattern and I'm going to try and have it finished before January, when my friend's baby is due (since it's for him). I feel like I'm turning into an old domestic housewife! Gee, if it weren't for Bethany, who can do every sort of domestic sewing (well, not really so much sewing as knitting) possible, I'd totally feel alone. It's nice to know that other people close to my age enjoy such hobbies. Embroidery, and I know this sounds funny, makes me want to have a baby. I always dreamed about making little things for my baby while I carried them. You know, the little bibs with their names on them etc. So, since I can't have one yet, I'm going to practice by making things for other people's babies.
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So I'm at the age in college where I don't know whether to call my professors Doctor so-and-so or not. What makes it even more confusing is the fact that I'm married to a staff member at the college, so when he calls them by their first name, shouldn't I be able to? I even attend social engagements with some of the professors here. They're actually quite fun to hang out with. We have dinner together, go to musical events together, canoe together etc. There are some that I would never in a million years call by their first name, but others have asked me to. I guess some of them don't know what to think about me either. I could have graduated last year, but I'm still here working on a second major. The fact that I'm almost 23, I think, lets the professors put their authoritative guard down. On another note. For those of you who want to see some updated pictures of me and the family, you're going to have to wait till after Thanksgiving! But I promise there will be some here soon!
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To urlLink Passions . I only get to watch it about 1-2 times a week, but really that's all you need for Soaps. I've never been addicted before, but in spite of my obsession, I'm really annoyed at the show. First of all, why in the heck is Sheraton Crane underwater for 5 episodes? Oh, and she doesn't die, by the way. Also, I really think that everyone is too ditzy to see the truth when it is right in front of them. Seriously, how long is it going to take Luis to catch on to Beth. I mean, I understand that daytime soaps are notorious for being incredibly slow. I've been watching Passions on and off for about 6 or 8 months, and the show seems like it has only progressed about 2 weeks. My last complaint is how I can let myself watch this show, actually enjoy it, while all the time knowing it's probably one of the cheeziest shows on TV. I have to say, though, it's not as bad as Will & Grace .
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Today has been one of those crazy crazy days. I have to tutor Physics in about an hour, so you can't expect much from me tonight! I have Ohm's Law down pretty good, but I get a little confused when it come to that Kirchoff guy's stuff. I think it's the algebra that gets me. Go ahead, ask me anything you want about elementary circuits. However, the key word is elementary . I know what it means to be parallel and in series--but I'll leave the rest to those smart Physics guys. You know the ones I'm talking about. Heck, you may even be one. So I wrote an entire Spanish paper for today about the day I got engaged. I think I did a good job, but we'll see. My Spanish convo class is really fun. I just wish there was someone in there, besides la profesora, that knew way more than me. Then I think I could actually become better at speaking. When two or three people are not exactly fluent (except for Lindsay!), there's a lot of silence and hand gestures (not to mention the wrong words). So I think fluency will have to wait till I can actually live in a Spanish speaking country. I hate hate hate marriage and family and I have a big test in it tomorrow. If Miss Jan says the p and v word anymore, I am going to throw-up. It's not like I can't handle these words, it's just that I don't want to hear her say them, oh, 43 times a class.
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18,November,2003
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I've had a very introspective and thoughtful day. I've been thinking about my small life, the relationship I have with the world, with God, and even with myself. I think it was brought on by watching Night and Fog for my English class earlier. If you've ever seen this grim picture film about Auschwitz, then you probably know why I'm feeling the way I am. Graphic scenes of starving men women and children whose bodies are so frail they don't look human anymore will cause anyone to have a day like I'm having. I am constantly surrounded by all of my daily problems--marriage and family test, getting a paper back in faith and freedom, nothing good in the cafeteria to eat, having a million things to accomplish this week--but I must confess right now that in comparison, my insignificant bundle of problems is childsplay. Actually, I'm grateful for reality checks like this because I start to evaluate things that are not really related to the thing that caused me to think in the first place. I need to have thoughtful days more often because they lead to maturity, not only emotionally and intellectually, but also spiritually. Sometimes I go through an entire week without thinking about anything else besides what I have to do for my classes and the chores I have at home. Painstakingly sad. I completely loose touch with reality and, more importantly, what is most valuable in life--loving God and loving others. I may always lead a small life, but I want to live it as Kathleen Kelly said: ' valuable , but small'.
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17,November,2003
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This is a picture of Ralphy. We let him go about 30 minutes ago. I poured some hampster food in the grass outside, so maybe he can find it and not starve. I don't know why I can come to terms with the fact that wild animals can take care of themselves!
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14,November,2003
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Nothing much happened this weekend. (I think I'm supposed to write something for everyday, but let's just face it, Mon-Fri is about all I can handle.) So I've decided to let you know what I did. 1.) Jeremy and I had a romantic date with PRAXIS. We get to administer the tests and make a car payment in $ in eight hours on Saturday. 2.) I went to bed at 6:00 PM on a Saturday and didn't get up till 8:00 AM. Hey, there's a first time for everything. 3.) I read in my book, Free to Choose 4.) We went to the Knoxville Borders to lounge, check out GRE books, have a Chai. On the way home the Hot sign was on, so we had urlLink one of those too. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, then you are not from these here parts) 5.) Of course! Went to urlLink church . I like my church a lot. Our pastor went to same high school that Jeremy did in California. (Most weekends include a romantic date, so maybe this coming Friday will work out!)
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14,November,2003
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He is the most adorable little mouse that I have ever seen, or as we have been calling him, mousy. Jeremy finally cornered him, but instead of putting him outside, Jeremy's mousy has a little home inside . I know it's a little wierd to be hosting a common household rodent, but let's just say that Jeremy has already named him. Ralph. Which I expect will evolve into Ralphy pretty soon. I don't think it really matters if it's a boy or girl. I mean we'll probably never know. Anyway, Ralphy has his own kitchen kettle with matching skylight glass lid (it has a hole in the top for air), a kitchen towel, a bottle cap full of water, cheese, bread, and a carrot nubby. Do mice eat carrots? Well, Ralphy has one if he wants it. Before I left for work today he was nestled in a little gray furry ball--sleeping.
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13,November,2003
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Well everyone when I learn how to post correctly I will start blogging. Till then!
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13,November,2003
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Welcome to the wonderful world of Mandy. Well, I think it's wonderful. I've decided to cave in and join the bandwagon. I have a blog. Not just any generic blog, but a blog full of exciting and wonderful ideas, hopefully pictures at some point, and my ever valued opinion (cough). To all my friends and family, I hope this is a way that you can better keep up with this crazy Samoan girl. So sit back and enjoy.
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17,December,2003
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Well, apparently I've been told (by Waunita) today that I'm well versed. Believe me, people know where I grew up and they also agree that I don't speak Cocke Countian. I'm actually quite relieved when people look at me funny after I tell them where I'm originally from. I usually try to bypass the whole thing by just saying, 'Yeah, I grew up about 30 min. from here', but most people ask me where. Then I'm exposed...and people are astonished. Don't get me wrong, I'm nothing spectacular, but you have no idea with whom people are comparing me! Anyway, I'm glad to be me. And I'm also glad to be from Tennessee (even the most backward part).
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16,December,2003
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So we found out last night that we have an opportunity to go to Venezuela and Mexico in the Spring for missions trips. One of them is even a medical missions trip. I'm really excited to see what God has planned for Jeremy and I in the future! It would be great if we could go on both of the trips, but I know it's going to be a huge time commitment on top of my 9 credits of Spanish, Gross Anatomy and Zoology. But hopefully something can work out. Help us pray for this great opportunity. I still can't decide between D.O. and M.D. I keep hearing mixed messages from different people. Namely, the D.O.s don't like the M.D.s and visa versa. Personally, I think they're both great and they just need to stop competing with each other and start working together. Even more frustrating is the fact that people have no idea what a D.O. is anyway. You do, right? So I've got some big decisions to make before June. I can't apply to both programs because they don't like those lukewarm students.
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14,December,2003
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I realized that after I posted the picture link that it didn't work. I'll figure it out eventually! Maybe I'll get Don to share some of his HTML smartness, but I have a feeling it has nothing to do with that crazy computer language. Oh, well. You'll see them soon enough. Thanks for visiting my blog Marie and Jakob! I hope you guys are having a steamy hot time in Africa. I'm so jealous. But I shouldn't be since I've been offered so many invitations to occupy the available backseat of your Land Rover! I can't wait to hear from you guys again soon. And for goodness sakes, get to a place where it's cold...it's the middle of winter (haha). Just finishing up finals, so my brain is a little fried. I'm going to end up on Dean's list (at least that's what I'm expecting)..so all in all it was a fairly good semester. Yeah! T minus 4 days till we go to Basking Ridge!! Other than that I'm sorry to disappoint you with my blah blog. I can't really come up with anything cute or funny or interesting....lalalalala. EXCEPT, Saddam looked like crap today.
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12,December,2003
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I just wrote a blog for today and lost it. Agh! If anyone know what I'm doing wrong please let me know. I just seem to hit the wrong button sometimes and can't retrieve what I wrote. If you know whether or not I can get my blog back, let me know!!! I'm not sure if this works or not. I'm playing around. But, go urlLink here and see if you can see a picture!
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11,December,2003
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Phoebe is being a little bugger lately. Now every time we go in the kitchen, she insists on having her little tablespoon of milk. I've created a monster. Jeremy says that I spoil her too much. I said, yes. Jeremy is a nut because when told to make enough food for 40 people at this luncheon today for some students... he did it. Now we'll be eating mac and cheese forever. Tisk, tisk. He didn't listen to me when I said that 1) 40 people won't show up and 2) not everyone will eat mac and cheese. It's a good thing he's so stinkin' cute. We're counting down the days till NYC!! Casi, casi!!
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05,December,2003
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My chemistry test, my insane paper and a good performance in band last night are at the top of my accomplishment list. Whew. Now I can relax. Wait...now I have to write another paper due on Mon. as well as prepare for an interview in Spanish. On top of this I have another research paper due in Spanish next week. Apparently no one got the memo to not book everything all at once for Mandy Anderson. I'm really excited to finally take Jeremy to NYC! We have three free nights at the Comfort Suites, so why not?! He mentioned that he wants to go ice skating at Rockafeller Center, which I though was an excellent idea. How sweet. Of all the years I spent in NJ, I never did that. Plus, I'm really excited for my old friends to meet Jeremy. Hey, do any of you have any good ideas for a Christmas card picture since we have to take it this weekend? If you do let me know (email me). A little bird, well, Todd Howell from the urlLink channel 10 news , told me that it was going to snow tonight. Yeah, yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. But I'm sure the stores are flooded even as I write making sure they won't run out of milk and bread during the dusting.
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03,December,2003
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My lip is practically cut on the inside from playing four hours yesterday. The new R-13 is a little challenging for the chops. BUT! Tomorrow is concert day! I'm nervous, as usual. You know, being first chair is not all it's cracked up to be. Sure it's great to walk out on stage all by yourself and get comments like 'why were you the only one late?' Haha. Anyway, I'm looking forward to everything but Sleigh Ride , which will undoubtedly be (like it has been in every other band concert on the planet EVER) a nightmare. So come and get yourself some chapel credit!
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02,December,2003
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A complete nut. This is my beloved English 301 professor who likes to drop the F-bomb and call it a 'literary term of expression...that when used intelligently it is not the same as saying f*** you.' He said it eight times in class last night. Apparently it's not as 'bold' in Ireland as it is in America, and since he is Irish-Catholic, he obviously has the right to say it in a Southern Baptist (no doubt) college class. Furthermore, he has belittled the blog, much to my chagrin. He was talking about how some people publish their pathetic poetry on their blogs. Well. So they may. But don't smack down the good blogs out there at the same time. Granted, this one may not be one of them, but it satisfies my need to feel important. By the way, I am so over his class. Just go ahead and give me the freaking A. I've earned it buddy.-+
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01,December,2003
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Bummer. Anyway, I was ranting on the fact that I have a ten page paper due tomorrow in the hardest class I've ever had in the honors program. It's a book critique on a book I absolutely hate (which should make it good to critique, right?). The problem is I've never been good at critiquing before. I think I have this mechanism inside of me that makes it hard for me to substantiate my opinions. Don't be mistaken, I have opinions. I just don't know if I have ten pages of opinions on one book. Sigh. Plus, I've had all semester to write this paper, yet I always manage to wait till the last minute. This is why I'm not ready for medical school. I need a butt-kicking job first. A job that will force me to plan ahead and to get my 'ducks in a row' (I've heard this phrase too many times in my life). Just when I feel like so many of my 'ducks' are 'in a row' I have to go and add more 'ducks'. It's hard being a senior and having to worry about honors program requirements, my honors project and a second major. These 'duckies' better 'row' soon or we are all in a heap.
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30,January,2004
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This is the last blog till after Venezuela. So have a great week next week and I'll be sure to report what has happened there when I return. I can't believe that after this weekend I should be almost home free on my honors project. I have to plug in some major hours before we leave unfortunately. When it's finished maybe I'll let you guys read it. Do you even have a clue what Boron Neutron Capture Therapy is? You can look it up on the internet if you want to get a heads up, but the intro of my project is baby language about the chemistry and physics behind the project. My whole 1 1/2 years work has focused on the cytotoxicity of certain synthesized boron compounds on MDA breast cancer cells. I've gotten some good data over the past three semesters so hopefully I can find some statistical significance verifying (or not) their safety in vivo . BNCT is not widely known and it's one of those cancer treatments that looks amazing on paper, but for the past 40 or so years, researchers have been missing something in their trials. Either they kill people because the gammas are too strong or they don't have a safe, effective compound. Okay, I guess I should give you the simplest version of how the therapy works. Here we go. Boron (in the form of some compound) is injected into the body. Hopefully it will collect into cancer tissue more readily than normal tissue (I can't elaborate on that because it's more than a mouthful.) The key is having it be non-toxic in the body, but highly toxic after the radiation hits it. Once the cells are irradiated, the ones that have the boron in them basically explode (remember this is on the cellular level). Boron, being so excited about the radiating starts emitting alpha, beta, etc. particles which ultimately kills the cell. Dr. Kabalka, the stronghold of BNCT in the area, says that all we need is the right compound. Well, can I just say that there are an unlimited amount of compounds that can be sythesized using boron, and we need to come up with something better than trial and error. I'm hopeful about this treatment in the future, but we need more hands on deck and more money for this therapy to really take off. Unfortunately, there have been too many blunders, so the government is not just handing out the money on this. Okay. Adios for a while!
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28,January,2004
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I have always been an avid fan of Grainger. Or, as I like to call him, Percy. We're on a first name basis. So I have my second chance at struggling through the Posy since I've already played it once at Messiah. This time around is a whole lot better. The part in the 4th movement that goes dodiladidado dodiladidado dodiladidado dodiladidado dodiladidado do da lalalalalalalala etc. is coming along quite nicely. I know I can play this lick because I used this as my audition piece and I got first chair last year. It's just that either my brain or my fingers is having a slow day and it takes both of them having a fast day to pull it off. Needless to say, by concert time, I'm going to house it. Now the problem is making sure other people can play it too cause dang if I'll have it only be me. Too risky. What if my reed cracks?! What if I knock over my stand! What if...! I don't even want to entertain those ideas. Maybe someday I'll be able to play the Molly (as in Molly on the Shore !) Todavia no. Let's talk about Spanish. Yeah for me! Yeah that I got into a freaking 400 level Spanish class without taking the prereqs! Wow that's a great accomplishment!! Oh, joy! I'm so wonderful! DON'T BE FOOLED. It takes me hours to read the literature in there and I seem to have a problem taking notes in class. I have enough problems just listening. The Spanish-English dictionary is my new best friend and I'm sure Jeremy's tired of hearing, 'Honey how do say..?' Well, apparently the whole department thinks I can do it since it took every professors vote to get me in there. See, this is what happens when you squeeze a WHOLE major into 3 semesters. So I've made up my mind to succeed, or to die trying!
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26,January,2004
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And my dad just sent me a new pair from Hawaii along with some chocolate covered Macadamia nuts, a crazy shirt hooded zip up thingy, some soy stuff (I have no idea), and some cookies. Do you know what this means!? This means that I'm going to be over dosing on chocolate for the next two weeks (if you can even do that). I think I ate about 30g of fat of this stuff already...for breakfast! (Dang, you know, the summer is so far away and I'll wear it all off before I go out on the sailboat in my swimsuit). If any of you remember the last time I had my quarterly package, then you know exactly why I can't stop eating the stuff. Plus the flip flops are so cute. I've been wearing the same dollar store beaded pair forever now, so I think it's time I retire those. There are other reasons why I should retire those as well. But don't worry, that still leaves about 3 other pairs not including the new ones. I think these are designer ones because they have a little tag on them that says when the sole should wear out, and if it does before that, there's an address where I can send them and get them repaired. So one week from today, Jeremy and I will be arriving at the airport at 5 AM headed for Venezuela. I think my Spanish is going to be fine, I'm just a little nervous about it. I seem to be doing really well in class, though. I'm starting to speak more and say things more correctly. Maria, who is the Venezuelan wife of the pastor in charge of the trip, said that my accent is as good as hers. Well, if there's anything I do have, it's the accent. I have Jeremy to thank for that (thanks cutie). He makes me repeat my vowels. Oh, in class the other day we saw La Celestina , which is a horrible medieval precursor of Romeo and Juliet, starring none other than Penelope Cruz. She was awful. She sounded like a mouse, and she had this awful pouty look on her face the whole movie. You know the face. It's the one where someone is trying to look seductively cute but it miserably fails. I wanted to smack her. What does Tom see in her? Are they still together anyway? I can't believe he left Nicole. Que lastima. So here are some things you can pray for about the trip: 1.) That the people will be receptive to us and the reason that we are there 2.) That we may be instruments of Him and not let our own flesh get in the way 3.) That we will be healthy and strong 4.) That we may minister effectively to their medical need 5.) That I don't accidentally give out the wrong medication! Thanks! If you would like to see where we will be please go urlLink here. We are working in Maracaibo and the weather should be quite favorable. I've heard it's like an eternal spring.
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23,January,2004
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Si tienen algunas sugerencias sobre esto, por favor, dame una llamada o una carta electronica. Bueno.
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21,January,2004
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I think this is my new favorite color. I got this Victoria's Secret lime green robe as a late Christmas present (since it went from $78 to $29 like nothing after the Holidays). Some people say yellow is the happy color, but that bright Wal-mart smiley face yellow hurts my eyes. Lime green is much better. It's a relaxing color to look at. Maybe it's just because of my robe. Every time I see lime green I think about my fuzzy, comfy, warm, cute, snuggly robe. My zoology lab deserves some blogging. It was wild. We took the guts out of a live termite in order to see the vast array of flagellates that are in symbiosis with it. I made my lab partner squish out the guts since I figured I hurt enough little bugs as a child. Oh, plus I was one of the few in the class to actually find an amoeba from the amoeba jar (they hide...and they're very small ). Other cuties included paramecium and euglena and the euglena has the cutest little tail....um...sorry...cutest little flagella . My parter today also said he saw two protozoans conjugating . Do you know what that means? (giggle)
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20,January,2004
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Okay, I started drinking diet coke a couple of years ago because I was going through this fat phase and now that's all I can drink. I really can't stand regular coke because I feel like the sugar is just coating all of my dental crevices, and we can't have that on these newly white stripped teeth. So it's a good thing that there's more than just regular diet coke. There's caffeine free diet when I need only bubbly fixations (opposed to when I need pick-me-up bubbly fixations). There's cherry diet, vanilla diet, and this new great lime diet. I think it's absolutely fabulous. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. I watch it though. I only drink diet coke when we go out for dinner or when I buy my lunch at the Eagle's Nest.....or when I eat lunch in the cafeteria...or when I can sneak it into the buggy.....or... oops. Plus my water habit is slacking a little because my poor little Nalgene is still soaking from having a lime in it a little too long (over the Holidays). Let's just say that it was a little furry when I found it. Yuck. So have I ever told you about my job? I have this lovely little job at the library that I've had since last summer. I work in the media center, which has to be the easiest minimum wage I've ever earned (nothing like the time I slowly tried to kill my self by working at the nursing home). I work with really great people too. Waunita is so sweet and Donnie is a great boss. He calls me Mrs. Anderson and we always laugh about how I'm the important one on campus and not my husband (cough). I've learned how to use excel really well, and I get to do lots of cool things on campus like videotape events and look all important and stuff. I taped chapel this morning. On top of all this, I really feel smart spending so much time in the library. I can navigate around and actually help people. Like this guy sitting next to me who didn't have a clue where to start when looking up fetal alcohol syndrome (I hope he can't see this!). So don't be fooled, I know more about the library than just checking out videos and taping. I've been well trained. Highly trained, in fact.
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19,January,2004
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That got your attention didn't it? Well, we've been expecting it for quite some time now, but it really is shocking to find out for sure. We found out yesterday and couldn't be happier! I can't wait to start shopping for baby things and figuring out what the baby looks like every week (that should be easy since I have my gross anatomy book with a chapter on development). In a few days, limbs are going to start to form. How wonderful is that! Tiny baby arms! The due date is sometime in September. Wow there's so much to do before then! I really need to prepare myself since this is a huge deal for the family. My sister-in-law and her husband are ecstatic, since she's the one having the baby (gotcha). I can't wait to be Auntie Mandy! It's too bad that we'll probably be living in Philly in September :(
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17,January,2004
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I'm nervous. I'll be the only bilingual person in the pharmacy and I have to be responsible for handing out the right medications! That's a little crazy. Plus, I have to make labels for all the meds, including what they are and when to take them, in English and Spanish. Oh, it was really funny the other night when I went to the meeting with all the doctors and nurses and the lady speaking though my name was Jeremy (she's Venezolana). This happened because when the pastor was introducing me he was calling me Jeremy's WIFE, but she didn't hear the wife part. The funniest part was the fact that neither I nor anyone else corrected her. I meant to, I just could never get a moment and I didn't want to embarrass her. So, we're leaving on the 2nd of February and we'll return on the 8th. This means that I'll spend my birthday down there. But I'll be 23, which is nothing special. You know, I wouldn't be so nervous about the Spanish except for the fact that every Latin and South American country has their own way of saying stuff. Plus, there are words that are very very offensive down there that aren't in Spain. I hope I don't use figar instead of molestar . That could be very bad.
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16,January,2004
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And every time I tell Jeremy to look, it stops. Don't you hate that? On to other things. We're contemplating another new car. I really don't understand why since we just bought a car last February, a Saturn Ion, which I really think is a great car. The problem is we've been putting a lot of miles on it and Jeremy says that we should think about trading it in soon (he's taking manangerial finance so maybe he knows what's up). I have no idea about this kind of stuff. I just know that if I work for urlLink Quest starting this summer, they will give me my own stinking car, a gas card, and another credit card for misc. items. And we wonder why healthcare costs are steeply climbing. I just want to say that, yes, I understand that I'm using Quest as a money making scheme to pay for medical school, but it's not my life dream to work for a company like this. But don't tell them that. I hope to escape after a while with an exorbitant salary that will buy all that my medical school heart desires. Plus maybe Quest will teach me some things about the working world which can only help me in the future really. What is the deal with plastic surgery? Dr. Phil had a special show last week all about women who have had many plastic surgeries. One woman didn't even look human anymore. Today, I read at urlLink CNN that Olivia Goldsmith died of complications due to a plastic surgery mishap. What is happening to us? Whatever happened to growing old gracefully? Women are actually dying to get their boobs to look bigger, their face to look tighter, and their butts to look like they were 15. I admit that I have, in the past, wanted certain parts of me to be different, but I don't think I'd risk my life for it. Albeit a small mishap %, the chance is still there. And would you like to be remembered as the woman who died of cosmetic surgery? I sure wouldn't. I actually feel sorry for her.
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14,January,2004
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I've been going from sun up to way past sun down the past two days. When our prof told us that it would only take 2 hours to prosect the posterior crural region, she lied. It took 4. So on top of my already prescribed 4 hour lab, my partners and I had to do an additional 4 hour lab (on our own). These two labs add up to a work day. Shoot me in the head why don't you. AND I smell like formaldehyde forever. My shoes, my backpack, my books, my clothes, my hair. I immediately go home and shower and I can still smell it. HOWEVER, I will thank myself when I'm in medical school since gross anatomy will not be a novelty. Oh, the pictures from last blog should work now if you tried them before and didn't get anything. We we're trying to take all these pics for our Christmas card, but ended up using the Rockefeller picture because these were all a little blurry. They're still fun, though!
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13,January,2004
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I hope you enjoy these funny pictures taken in front of our Christmas tree. urlLink Here they are.
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12,January,2004
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It doesn't work.
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11,January,2004
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Go here to see if you can see a picture. Remember, I'm still learning! A funny urlLink picture.
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11,January,2004
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Dear Friends and Family, We hope this letter finds you doing extremely well! We are writing with some exciting news that we’ve already shared with some of you: we’ve recently been given the incredible opportunity to travel to Venezuela for a medical missions trip. Our pastor, along with the pastor of a sister Hispanic congregation, has been forming a small team to go to Puerta, Venezuela this February 2nd through 7th. Our two pastors will be leading evangelism and training for local pastors there, while the doctors and pharmacist host a clinic for locals, making great use of donated medical supplies and prescriptions. Puerta is a rather poor, rural community where the people do not otherwise have access to medical attention or medicine, so the turnout should be tremendous. As the clinic bustles with patients eager to receive help, Jeremy will be interpreting for the doctors, and Mandy will be assisting the pharmacist. We believe that these tasks will help the clinic run more smoothly and will provide opportunities to share the love of Jesus with these precious people. This kind of ministry is close to both of our hearts, and we feel that the Lord has many more such trips for us in the future. We are asking you to please consider supporting our team in this effort to reach an under-served people. Your fervent prayers for our entire team are by far the greatest support you can offer us. When you pray, please ask the Father not only to protect the whole team, but to equip us to be effective in every aspect of ministry while we are there. Please pray that the Lord will touch the hearts of those who do not know Him, and that He will further reveal Himself to those who already walk with Him. Please do not feel guilty if you are unable to support us financially—we sincerely mean it when we say that your prayers are of utmost importance to us. If you are able to help fund this ministry, though, every donation helps. The estimated cost for us to join the team is between $2,200 and $3,000. Please ask the Lord what He would like you to contribute, and know that we do not want you to feel any pressure from us. If you feel the Lord is calling you to help financially, please do not hesitate, since this trip was a recent development for us and is rapidly approaching. Please make any checks out to Jeremy Anderson. The Lord bless you! We will be sure to follow up and give you a report on what God did through us when we return. Love, Jeremy and Mandy Anderson
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10,January,2004
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Based on experience I would recommend these fine products: 1.) TRESemme: it's cheap, yet a pretty good shampoo. Don't bother spending $18.95 on a bottle of shampoo if you don't need too. However, I wouldn't recommend going in the total opposite direction with White Rain. 2.) Humectress by Nexus: Well, now you're going to have to fork over some decent bucks for this, but I think it's more important than shampoo. You can buy it at hair salons, and don't trust it from the drug store (it's usually more expensive there anyway). 3.) Clearasil daily facewash is my personal favorite after trying tons of face cleansers. Also, the spot treatment is really good too. If you have sensitive skin, I would go with the unscented kind. 4.) Oil of Olay daily moisturizer. This is so essential. Get on that has some sort of SPF protection. When you're 40, you'll thank me. 5.) Organic Body wash is excellent. It's expensive (but hopefully you can make up for that with the price of the shampoo :-) Buy it at health food stores like Wild Oats etc. If you can't get this, Oil of Olay is your next best option. 6.) If you don't own a loofah by now, you are definitely behind the times. 7.) MAC makeup is the best. I don't really wear a lot, but they have great colors and cover-up that can perfectly match anyone's tone. I'm a yellow :-) 8.) Norelco makes the best men's electric razors. I just bought one for Jeremy. 9.) Okay, I know that White Rain is not the best at everything, but they do pretty well with the mousse. I think it's my favorite because it's not too stiff and it smells great. 10.) Don't ever buy anything from Avon. I hate them. 11.) Sobie curl formula is the best best best with naturally curly or wavy hair. I've been straighting my hair much less the past year and wearing it curly, and this stuff is the best I've ever used. It's really hard to find, though, and I haven't been able to find it in a while! So if you do, let me know! 12.) Victoria's Secret has the best lotions and body sprays. One of my favs is Endless Love. Classic. Plus, check out the lipsticks and lip pencils there. I seem to prefer them over MAC. Well, that's all I can come up with right now. Gotta go work-out!
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08,January,2004
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So they have names, ladies and gentlemen. My two special dead friends whom I will know quite well by May are named after Antony and Cleopatra (or is it Anthony?) Today was the first day of lab and I got to spend quality time with Tony. I won't go into all the details, but I was really shocked that fungus would still want to grow on him. This just proves that they are not picky at all. So we took care of them with a little bleach water. Other than that, he looks about as good as you can look 6 months after death. He's a little guy, which makes it easier to turn him over. Man, I'm not looking forward to turning him over with only my two lab partners (they're girls, too) during our extra prosection lab(even if he is small). Let's just say it can be messy if you don't do it right. Stuff can fall out, juice can leak onto your shoes, that sort of thing. Plus during our 4 hour lab I got the total heads up on fertilization. Details that I have never known before. It is so complex. Most people think, 'Oh, yeah, the sperm gets in the egg and poof!', but let me tell you, it is so detailed that I need at least 12 colored pencils to draw it for you. On to another topic. Jeremy is applying to Eastern U. in Philadelphia for a MBA program in international economic development (or something like that). I'm really excited about this and I hope that Qwest will land me somewhere near there when I graduate. When he's done with the program, more than likely we'll end up living in another country for part of our lives. I think that would be excellent. But before I get too excited I have to go to med school. It a good thing that there are so many in that area. Wow, us...living in Philly!! This could be really great. Don't worry, though, we are keeping the door open to possibly living in Mexico next year. We'll see what happens. I really think Jeremy is perfect for this program and they would be idiots not to take him. Should I tell that to his admissions lady?
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07,January,2004
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I have 9 credits of Spanish this semester. If I don't consistently dream in this language, I will be shocked. I've had dreams in Spanish before, but they've always been me listening to someone else speak it while I tried to figure out what they were saying. This isn't exactly what they mean when they say that dreaming in Spanish is a sign of fluency. I think that requires me speaking in Spanish. I am glad, though, that I'm pushing myself when all I need is one stinking class to graduate (and I could have already taken it). I've also decided to go a little further and take Gross Anatomy. I know you're thrilled because now you can hear all of my cadaver horror stories in the future (i.e. foot fungus, funky things growing where they shouldn't, how I accidentally cut off one of his/her fingers, things like that). I'm honestly looking forward to most of it. I'm not exactly thrilled about wearing formaldehyde home, but spending 4 hours a week with two dead bodies is my idea of a good time. Okay, I'm going to go exercise now. It's kind of dumb to drive to the SAC (student activity center) and then work out, but it is soooo cold outside.
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02,January,2004
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I was a little busy over the Holidays to say the least. I managed to visit 6 states in the course of our journeys, but now I am safe and sound at home snuggling under our new 650 fill ultimate down comforter. This has been the best Christmas ever! Last Christmas was great because it was the first Christmas with Jeremy, the Christmas before that was, well, not so great, so I'm happy that they are looking brighter as time goes by . (Play it again, Sam). The New Year looks exciting and Jeremy and I brought it in with a bang. I took a nice bubble bath, we sipped some little bubbly drink, and then watched the ball drop. It was fabulous to be home, alone! The babies are really happy that we're home too. Febie is glued to my lap. I suppose I should tell you what my resolutions are. Well, I'm drinking more water (gotta keep up with this modeling stuff), reading the Bible every day, and exercising 3 days a week. I really can't loose any weight, though, because the doctor says that body fat shouldn't be below 14% (and mine is), so I hope to gain a little muscle. Exercising is really for my health not my weight, since being a size 2 is skinny enough. Why did I ever worry about that before? I really need to get cracking on this Honors project since I have to turn it in early (b/c of Venezuela). So pray that I will find the strength! It's looking good...I just need to put it all together.
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27,February,2004
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I know I wrote about this a while ago, but I just wanted to include this picture of this really cute little girl (even though she has her hand over her mouth)!
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26,February,2004
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My Quest endeavors are continuing even though I haven't been talking about them. I sent them my resume and Pam seems to think that I will have no problem getting one of the positions as a full-fledged sales representative. Let me tell you a little bit about what I think is going to happen. In a couple of weeks I'm traveling over to beautiful Williamsburg to visit Pam and perfect my resume (I want to make sure it emphasizes exactly what Quest wants to know about me.) Next, I will hopefully be selected to participate in the profiling, which I can do online. This test basically can predict how I will succeed in the company based on the profiles of their most successful sales reps. Next, I will go for a formal interview which hopefully will let me know if I'm hired or not. I think this is going to be sometime in April. In June, training begins in several different locations including NYC, PA, and NJ (I think). But the greatest thing about training is I get a salary while I'm there! I can't tell you how much or you will hate me. But, anyway, this is actually a really needed thing since Jeremy is leaving his job to move us to Philly this summer and training for me is quite extensive and lasts till August. After that I will have my own territory and work on commission! What a sweet deal. Now I can pay off loans, be a wife, read books I want to read and get myself some extra sanity stored up before medical school. Speaking of med school, the hopefuls are Temple, Jefferson Memorial, and PCOM, which are all located in Philadelphia. I think Jeremy will probably have a job base there (while he's not traveling abroad). And, Philly has more hospitals per mile than any other place in the world. I just need to decide if I'm going for D.O. of M.D. since there are pros and cons to each. I'm so excited to get out of college it's crazy. I want to be out of this fish bowl as soon as possible and start really experiencing life. For those of you who are worried about me going to med school...don't. Jeremy is going to make me go, even if I'm kicking and screaming to go back to comfortable life with Quest. I think, in the meantime, Quest is going to teach me some very important lessons which will only help me succeed more in medical school. Glory to God for all of the blessings He continually brings into my life!!!
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