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Woo.

hp

I'm going to see the new Harry Potter movie later on and I'm pretty excited. Those books were so much fun to read and the movies are pretty great too. I'm especially happy the movie makers decided to split it into two movies. The last movie left out some of my favorite parts and I wished that they made that one into two movies. Should be fun.

thanksgiving

I've been slacking on these blogs lately. Miracle On 34th Street is on t.v.. I've never seen and I don't plan on watching anymore of it. I have no idea what I'm writing about. The Koreans are going wild. I sure hope that calms down.

Superman wins

I read an article about four superhero impersonators who sued the Los Angeles Police Department for arresting and harassing them, while they performed on Hollywood Blvd. for money. A supreme court ruled they had first and fourth amendment rights to do so. Beyond those rights, these guys are superheros, I'm not sure what the police thought to accomplish. They're just lucky to have survived the ordeal.

Assignment Fifteen

Lets see, what am I thankful for? I'm thankful for my friends and family, I'm thankful that I'm fortunate enough to be in school, I have all my fingers and toes, the internet, work, I don't have a car payment, I'm thankful for booze (cheap and not cheap alike) and the heated seats in my car.

graphic novel class

I really, really wanted to take the class about graphic novels next semester, but unfortunately I couldn't. I hope its going to be available again next year. Maybe the professor will let me just come and sit in on the class. I'm a nerd.

The Beatles

Every single news website I visited today had to tell me about The Beatles music finally being available on i-Tunes. I don't care. This is not news. They make plenty of money. Well, the two that are left do. I could not care less about them making money on the internet.

Assignment Fourteen

Un-love Letter:

Dear registration and advising department,

I'm not sure if it's a game you folks play to keep yourselves entertained, you are all just evil or just have no common sense what-so-ever, but requiring an advising signature on any little thing I want to do with my academic career is enough to make me want renounce my GI Bill benefits and just pay my tuition out of pocket. Perhaps you think I'm stupid and therefore cannot schedule my own classes. I can assure you I am more than capable of doing it on my own. I'm not asking for anything special because I receive veterans benefits, I'd just like to be able to schedule my f@*%ing classes. To take the time and make a schedule that works with my busy work schedule, just to realize I have to come down to your office to find out the only two people on campus who can give a precious signature have decided to both come in late is just fantastic. Then when you finally do arrive, you don't even glance at my schedule, you sign it, hand it back to me, as if I were bothering you. Now I mean this from the bottom of my heart. Go !@*^ yourselves.

Signed your service member,

Daniel <3

Assignment Thirteen

I think the earliest class I'm talking next semester is 9:30. I don't really mind the 8 o'clock class though. I'd rather be up early and doing things than getting up really late. Also, there is way more available parking spaces early in the morning. I hate searching for parking, so if not for anything else, I'd take early classes to avoid that.

Assignment Twelve

If I could have one gift it would be extreme musical talent. Like one of those freaks who can play every instrument on the planet and play them well. I can play guitar, but so does ever other a-hole. I'd be able to entertain myself endlessly with this gift. This is a gift in an abstract way. Also I like money. People should give me lots of that.

registration

Trying to figure what classes to take, when to take them and which professors to pick is extremely frustrating. Combine that with ocean cruiser running really slow and I think I'm just about to go insane. Hopefully once I figure all this out I'll be able to register. Okay, back to it now.

Old White Man Turns Into Young Asian Guy Midflight

I read an article about a young Chinese man who used an elaborate mask and a US passport to get from Hong Kong to Vancouver so he could claim refugee protection. He boarded the plane looking like an old white man, then took the mask off in the planes bathroom and landed as a young asian man. The pictures are pretty good from the article. Here's a link. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131140737

I read an article about a possible way to help cool the planet to avoid further global warming. Some scientists are proposing we put sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere (similar to volcanic ash). Volcanic ash erupted into the atmosphere has been proved to lower temperature of the region it affects. This just seems like a band-aide to me. It's not at all addressing the root of the problem of global warming. If something like this happens there aren't many reasons for people to think about how their lives affect the world around them.

Assignment Eleven

I feel pretty 'whelmed' about this school year so far. I don't think it has been excruciatingly difficult, but it hasn't been a walk in the park either. It's been a lot of fun so far, but I'm looking forward to moving beyond '101' type classes. Not that I haven't enjoyed the classes I've had until this point.

The Raw Shark Texts

I was reading a review of a book I really enjoyed and they quoted this line "It was small - maybe nine inches. Maybe the length of a worry that doesn't quite wake you in your asleep. A primitive, conceptual fish. I backed away slowly. The creature had a round, sucker-like mouth lined with dozens of sharp little doubts and inadequacies. I could feel it just downstream from me, holding itself in place with muscled, steady swimming against the movement of time." I really like that. The article is the NPR review of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall. It was on my list of reccomendations. I think I'll be revisiting it soon myself.

ban on illness

I read a BBC article that reported that an Italian mayor posed a ban on illness. What he really did was shut down a hospital and tell his citizens not to get sick. If the citizens of this town do get sick they will be forcibly removed to the nearest hospital (which is 30 miles away) and/or be fined, depending on the seriousness of the illness. This man is clearly insane. I like him.