What will Egypt be like in 5 years? 10 years? It honestly scares me reading people's blogs about the gaining power of the Muslim Brotherhood. It just hit me how real their hold on Egyptian people is. How much their power could change the lives of my family and friends. How uncomfortable it would make me to go back.
But you know what pisses me off? The watered-down, indifferent answers I get when I ask family about it. The people-pleasing answers, Denial, disregard, and a lack of urgency. A complete disconnect from reality.
Ridiculous.
Monday, December 19, 2005
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Gratitude
I'd like to pay tribute to the students who created the massive snow penis that stands proudly on my campus this morning. Your laborious efforts have brought humor to the lives of many sleep-deprived, overstressed badgers.
I'd also like to thank the person who keeps pulling the fire alarm every night at college library. Although I find you highly obnoxious, your dedication to gauranteeing routine study breaks for the masses is admirable.
I'd also like to thank the person who keeps pulling the fire alarm every night at college library. Although I find you highly obnoxious, your dedication to gauranteeing routine study breaks for the masses is admirable.
Friday, December 02, 2005
Mostly for Adam
I'd like to take a moment to express my hatred for a song called "MY HUMPS." I could go on, but this review does a pretty great job at it.
Thursday, December 01, 2005
SO AWKWARD!
So I'm sitting in the Senate Page room...And in the background we're playing the radio for the public hearing going on upstairs. There's a push to amend the Wisconsin constitution to define marriage as being between a male and a female...And man, pretty popular day for people to want to voice their opinions.
So how this little shindig is working out...They let people speak both for and against, and back and forth and back and forth. Senators on both sides then respond with near vomit-inducing sweetness... "Wow we thank you for sharing your story, and respect you for it"
But you know inside they're about ready to just kick the shit out of a chair or something...Or ask a senate page to kick one for them.
I digress.
Back to the page room. We're all seudo-listening, half-assedly attempting classwork, surfing them internets, you know, the senate page deal. So the first highlight: A 17 year old girl comes on saying something like, "Hi I just came here to say I was raised in a very loving and healthy family and believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, and every child deserves both a mommy and a daddy. blablabla...When she's through, a senator says "wow, that was very brave of you, I don't think I could have done this at 17-and wow you must have taken time off of school to be here!" Nope. Homeschooled.
As it continued...we started to notice...The stories were getting a bit weirder, the two sides a little more emotional, the senators a bit less chummy...Then someone busts this baby out.
So there's a man, he's married, has a loving family of three children.
Oh, and he has multiple personalities.
Right now, he tells everyone, He is speaking as Rebecca.
The room gets pretty fucking quiet.
Rebecca goes on to state that yes she's technically a man, and that she's legally married to her wife, even though she is a lesbian when she is Rebecca...Awkward silence...The speech continues, and keeps busting out those pindrop silence, jawdropping, gasping kind of moments, one of which included being castrated...Which I hear made every guy in that room wiggle in their seats just a tad.
Ok, yes,
defining marriage as man and wife simplifies a much more complex society and deprives people of their rights.
I completely agree.
But HOLY SHIT! How many fucking bombs did this person drop on an audience who I'm SURE had quite a few people feeling prettttty fucking awkward (see 17 year old homeschooled girl)! Ha.
Man, I totally wish I'd seen it.
Especially Reynolds' face.
I do love awkward situations...
So how this little shindig is working out...They let people speak both for and against, and back and forth and back and forth. Senators on both sides then respond with near vomit-inducing sweetness... "Wow we thank you for sharing your story, and respect you for it"
But you know inside they're about ready to just kick the shit out of a chair or something...Or ask a senate page to kick one for them.
I digress.
Back to the page room. We're all seudo-listening, half-assedly attempting classwork, surfing them internets, you know, the senate page deal. So the first highlight: A 17 year old girl comes on saying something like, "Hi I just came here to say I was raised in a very loving and healthy family and believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, and every child deserves both a mommy and a daddy. blablabla...When she's through, a senator says "wow, that was very brave of you, I don't think I could have done this at 17-and wow you must have taken time off of school to be here!" Nope. Homeschooled.
As it continued...we started to notice...The stories were getting a bit weirder, the two sides a little more emotional, the senators a bit less chummy...Then someone busts this baby out.
So there's a man, he's married, has a loving family of three children.
Oh, and he has multiple personalities.
Right now, he tells everyone, He is speaking as Rebecca.
The room gets pretty fucking quiet.
Rebecca goes on to state that yes she's technically a man, and that she's legally married to her wife, even though she is a lesbian when she is Rebecca...Awkward silence...The speech continues, and keeps busting out those pindrop silence, jawdropping, gasping kind of moments, one of which included being castrated...Which I hear made every guy in that room wiggle in their seats just a tad.
Ok, yes,
defining marriage as man and wife simplifies a much more complex society and deprives people of their rights.
I completely agree.
But HOLY SHIT! How many fucking bombs did this person drop on an audience who I'm SURE had quite a few people feeling prettttty fucking awkward (see 17 year old homeschooled girl)! Ha.
Man, I totally wish I'd seen it.
Especially Reynolds' face.
I do love awkward situations...
This is all I'm gonna say
Flash back to high school:
I was at a restaurant. And with a person, who if nothing else, left with me a comment that just stuck. Maybe because it was harsh, offensive, or just brutally honest. It went a little something like this:
You know what it is about you? You're happy sticking to what you know, going to the same restaurants, traveling to the same places. You settle for what makes you comfortable. You're scared to try new things.
I doubt said person meant to trigger some crazy revelation. Ehhh...Little did he know...
So, some changes were made. Priorities adjusted. Goals clarified.
The following summer I was off to Nicaragua. Now I joined AIESEC. In a bit I'll be off to Hong Kong. HONG KONG!
I'm not much for reflecting on THAT path not chosen . But, now I hit a time where, under certain family circumstances, I don't have much of a choice.
And this is what I have to say:
I am SO fucking glad.
I was at a restaurant. And with a person, who if nothing else, left with me a comment that just stuck. Maybe because it was harsh, offensive, or just brutally honest. It went a little something like this:
You know what it is about you? You're happy sticking to what you know, going to the same restaurants, traveling to the same places. You settle for what makes you comfortable. You're scared to try new things.
I doubt said person meant to trigger some crazy revelation. Ehhh...Little did he know...
So, some changes were made. Priorities adjusted. Goals clarified.
The following summer I was off to Nicaragua. Now I joined AIESEC. In a bit I'll be off to Hong Kong. HONG KONG!
I'm not much for reflecting on THAT path not chosen . But, now I hit a time where, under certain family circumstances, I don't have much of a choice.
And this is what I have to say:
I am SO fucking glad.