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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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Katsucon 2007
I think I'm gonna cosplay as me this year.
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
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Everybody gets a new life on this island...
I'm just catching up to y'all, making my way through the first season of Lost.
I love this show! So Zen, so optimistic.
The Korean guy better lighten up before someone takes his woman.
NO SPOILERS!! I will cill anyone passes me a spoiler. C-I-L-L, CILL!
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What I did instead of watching the NBA finals...
I saw the third movie of Deepa Mehta's trilogy Water with a bunch of women. This is one of the justifiably saddest movies I've seen in a long long time. Water portrays the plight of Indian women in a society with ancient roots. Women are married off at a early age, as young as five or six years old, and should they ever become widowed, they are cast off by their families like trash. Religion is the tool of social control.
Gandhi is prominent character in the background of this story. I've always thought of him as India's liberator from clutches of British colonialism. Little had I appreciated his instigation to free Indians from themselves.
You can read more about the making of the movie and Deepa Mehta in this interview.
As we stepped out of the movie, the women had their sponges out soaking up the tears. (the audience was mostly women.) My tears ducts are blocked so whatever came out evaporated by the time I stepped into the warm summer air. Across the street was the sports bar with flat panel screens floating luminously in the night. I could see the orange red jerseys of the Miami Heat on the screens. Ah, NBA finals, NBA finals. Possibly the series ending game against the Dallas Mavericks. I just walked out of a chick flick. What I am doing??
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Monday, June 19, 2006
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My Picture is Stale
I received an unsolicited comment today from a woman, between the age of 10 and 20 and living across the pond, telling me that in so many words that my picture is stale and that i needs replacing.
Ouch. OK! I'll get on it...
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Friday, June 02, 2006
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My New Mantra
"When there's nothing left to burn, set yourself on fire."
(from lyrics by the band Stars)
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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Holiday Vacation?
Who comes back from a vacation fully rested?
This is my first day back from four days at the beach... and I am dog tired!
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Sunday, May 14, 2006
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Some Supposedly Fun I'll Never Do Again
Category: Parties and Nightlife
[title borrowed with thanks from David Foster Wallace] My friend S invited me to an intimate lingerie party on Saturday night. Her vision was to have a small, select group of her sexy guy and gal pals party it up at her bachelorette pad. Guys topless, girls in lingerie. Sounds delicious doesn't it? Yes, if you've never been around the block. No, if you have. And I've been around the block many, many times. I wasn't disappointed. There were three or four pieces of eye candy for the straight guy, but there were also at least four or five topless straight guys for each one of them. A beautiful night for the ladies. ONE WAY STREET. DO NOT ENTER. Why'd I go despite my prescience? Sometimes the puppy wants to sample different dog food. So what did I do next? The night was still young. Did we go to Britpop Dance night at the Black Cat where one could safely expect a bevy of bopping femmes to wash away the bad taste of testosterone? No. Did I remember that uber party girl KAC put me on the guest list for K Street Lounge!? No.
No, puppy was not done savoring his new flavor of dog chow. K-Spice, J-Math and I drove to the Madonna-rama dance party. Saturday night is gay night at Nation. Did I know this? Yes, I knew it was gay night, but harbored the misconception that gay also means lesbian, eg I figured there would be enough women, of whatever sexual persuasion, to even things out somewhat. Wrong, gay does not mean lesbian! Gay men love Madonna. Gay men party like no other. Nation was PACKED with sausage. Imagine a room full of hunky topless sweaty guys, then multiply that by 50. There were at least 500 men and only 20 or so women max in the whole space. (We joined up with three cool Israeli girls, so we claimed four.) That was Nation on the wee hours of Sunday morning. Three thoughts kept running through my mind: "Dance with your group for safety." "If you leave the group, never stay still, keep moving, keep moving." and "You really need to use the gym more effectively." I had a great time at both parties. Puppy wants his regular chow back.
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Monday, April 24, 2006
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letter approvals
the INS found and deported the illegals i hired to approve friend requests of the letter profiles round the clock, so you guys have had to wait long times for me to click them.
no more long waits. i contracted with an indian outsourcing center to handle the profiles. your requests now should be approved in an hour or so. enjoy.
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Friday, April 14, 2006
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University Ninja Ambushed By Feds On Way To Dining Hall
University Ninja Ambushed By Feds On Way To Dining Hall
04.13.2006 3:39 PM EDT
Off-duty agents thought Georgia student dressed up for party was armed.
If there's one thing Jeremiah Ransom is sure of, it's that he'll think twice before dressing up like a ninja at the University of Georgia again.
And he can thank agents for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for that.
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Tuesday, Ransom a sophomore from Macon, Georgia was attending a "Pirate vs. Ninja" mixer at the Wesley Foundation, a United Methodist on-campus group, when he got hungry and decided to go grab a bite to eat at the nearby Snelling Dining Hall. The only problem was he was still wearing his homemade ninja costume a pair of black sweatpants, a T-shirt and a red bandanna tied around his face.
According to university police, around 12:30 p.m., Ransom jogged from the Wesley Foundation to Snelling when a group of ATF agents on campus to teach a Project Safe Neighborhoods workshop to local law enforcement decided he was acting in a suspicious manner and sprung into action.
"The agents were on a lunch break, and they noticed Ransom coming through the area dressed in all black and wearing a mask. An agent claimed that he heard sirens in the distance and said that he saw Ransom holding a gun," University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson told MTV News. "They gave chase and ordered him to freeze. And then, with guns drawn, subdued him and began to search for weapons."
The ATF agents subdued Ransom with a knee to the neck an action captured by several UGA students on their camera phones. Those photos were published on a student newspaper's Web site, RedAndBlack.com, and several students left comments on the site expressing their outrage at the way Ransom was treated.
"Jeremy is probably one of the nicest guys in the world. This is crazy!" one post read. "Apparently there was a nice little string of 'F' words directed his way also. He did not deserve that treatment once they realized he did not have a gun."
ATF Special Agent in Charge Vanessa McLemore could not be reached for comment.
While Ransom could not be reached either, The Red and Black reported that he repeatedly told the ATF agents he was only carrying his keys, wallet and cell phone, but that the agent holding him to the ground responded that as trained officers, they would not have mistaken any of those objects for a gun.
The ATF agents called for university police, who arrived and took Ransom into custody. They quickly realized the whole incident had been a big mistake.
"We spoke with Mr. Ransom, and since no gun was found and because his story checked out we released him," Williamson said. "After the fact, I spoke with the ATF agents, because I was not happy with the way things were handled. I can certainly understand both sides of the story where law enforcement would see it as suspicious but police have a responsibility to act with due diligence.
"I've been here for 18 years, and this whole thing is one of the most embarrassing and unfortunate situations I've ever seen," he continued. "And it has to be one of the worst things that ever happened to [Ransom]. To be walking to get some lunch ... to having a gun drawn on him. I feel bad for him."
But Ransom doesn't want people to feel sorry for him. Aside from a bruise on his back, he's fine, and he told The Red and Black he hopes the Wesley Foundation continues with its themed mixers. He is, however, considering taking legal action against the ATF.
He's also looking to benefit from his newfound ninja fame. In Thursday's (April 13) Red and Black, he's pictured wearing a "Hi Ya: It's Ninja Time" T-shirt, and he's just updated his Facebook.com profile to a wanted poster, featuring him in full ninja gear.
James Montgomery
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1528641/20060413/index.jhtml?headlines=true
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Feds pounce on student dressed as ninja
Category: News and Politics
Feds pounce on student dressed as ninja
Agents misinterpret costume from University of Georgia Methodist event
MSNBC staff and news service reports
Updated: 4:15 p.m. ET April 13, 2006
ATHENS, Ga. - Running through the University of Georgia campus as a ninja can elicit a prompt response from authorities, a UGA sophomore learned.
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents, on campus for a community training project, detained Jeremiah Ransom of Macon on Tuesday as a "suspicious individual" when they spotted a masked figure darting near the Georgia Center.
Ransom told The Red & Black student newspaper that he had left a Wesley Foundation pirate vs. ninja event when he was snared by agents with guns drawn.
"It was surreal," Ransom said. "I was jogging from Wesley to Snelling (cafeteria) when I heard someone yell `freeze.'" At first, he thought a friend was playing a joke. That notion was dispelled when he found himself on the ground with an agent's knee pinning him down, the paper reported.
University Police Chief Jimmy Williamson said Ransom was released as soon as he was found to have violated no laws.
Vanessa McLemore, the ATF special agent in charge, said agents thought something was amiss when they "noticed someone wearing a bandanna across the face and acting in a somewhat suspicious manner, peeping around the corner" then breaking into a run.
Williamson said Ransom was wearing black sweat pants and an athletic T-shirt with one red bandanna covering the bottom half of his face and another covering the top of his head.
The event is designed as an offbeat way for students to meet others and invite them to the Wesley Foundation, the United Methodist group on campus, the student newspaper reported. Ninjas" were to say, "Hi-YA doing?" and "pirates," "How arrrrrghhh you doing?" the paper reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
2006 MSNBC.com
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12303788/
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Paradise
Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
-Laurie Anderson (from the album "Home of the Brave")
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Thursday, April 13, 2006
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Alias = Crack
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
The first five seasons of Alias did not exist in my reality; I knew Jennifer Garner was the star of the show but never saw a second of a single episode. That all changed a few months ago when I stumbled upon Alias night on TNT. Now I'm hooked.
I never make plans to watch Alias. I don't even know what night it's on. TV fills the gap between better things to do. Gaps open now and then in my greatly fulfilled life and, when they do, I'm lucky if I'm watching the fresh adventures of Sidney Bristow rather than the reheated schtick of Emeril LaGasse.
When the stars do align, I am in the grips of a pitbull that won't let go. The house could be on fire and I would have to stay glued to find out why Sidney wakes up in a random Hong Kong alley two years after killing the Francie double. Sidney is truly the modern hero, tough and tender in one package. So addictive.
(btw, Ben Affleck is a lousy actor. His performance in Daredevil is laughable. He may be a hunk, but I am disappointed that Jennifer Garner didn't marry someone sharper at their shared craft.)
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
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Monday, February 06, 2006
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