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[Mar. 10th, 2008|08:54 pm] |
I haven't posted to this think since in like a year and a half, and I'm cringing looking back at my old entries. Yikes, did I really think that anyone would be interested in the stuff I posted? I apologize to anyone who ran across that stuff accidentally.
For the record, I won't be posting to my LJ anymore after this post. I use my account mostly to look at others' LJs and post to the Austin Community. If you're interested in some good reading, check out That Other Paper, an Austin alt publication that I work for.
www.thatotherpaper.com |
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[Jun. 9th, 2006|08:59 am] |
Terrorist and Al-Qaeda mastermind Al-Zarqawi is dead. Good, fantastic, whatever.
I have one question.
So where the fuck is Osama bin Laden? |
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[May. 8th, 2006|10:25 pm] |
The more I think about it, the more I believe that Sex and the City has such a huge following not because of the sex talk and the romance, but because of the friendships. Those four women love each other and always put each other first. They fight, they make up, they call, they have babies, but they never let their friendship slacken. And women crave that.
So why don't we have it?
There's the ubiquitous "I don't have time" excuse. There's also the "dicks before chicks" scenario, where women put their husbands and boyfriends first to the exclusion of their essential female relationships, often without realizing they're doing it. And nowadays women are supposed to have a career, a husband, a baby or two, and female friendships, and they often don't get the support they need from the men so they can develop the latter. Women are givers - they get so wrapped up in caring for everyone else that they don't take care of themselves.
Even Oprah says this is a problem, and she's not the only one. Magazines everywhere try to get women back into "me-first" mode. (This is probably the best thing any of them do.) Month after month women keep buying the same message because month after month they don't make any positive changes. This is so dangerous.
I sink into this all the time. This semester is a prime example. I took 15 hours, 12 of which were writing components, took on a column at the Daily Texan, volunteered twice a week, worked at the Undergraduate Writing Center, and did TDA until it died. Oh, and I have my boyfriend. The result of this ridiculous list of things to do was that I became extremely sick and exhausted from all the stress. I was too busy and tired to do anything remotely resembling taking care of myself.
I'm done with that. |
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[Mar. 6th, 2006|09:25 pm] |
I'm so glad Crash won Best Picture at the Oscars! I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, although I really want to, so my gladness is not objective at all, but Crash blew my mind. The story, the message, the way it all fit together...
I AM SO HAPPY KEIRA KNIGHTLEY DID NOT WIN BEST ACTRESS. Not like there was actually a chance of it, but still.
In other news, I have to have sinus surgery. I have asthma and nasal seals, which are - well, I'll spare the gory details. But hopefully I'll be able to breathe like a normal human being once I get the surgery and the inhaled steroid kicks in.
Uhhh........I went home this weekend. Needed the break so badly. Needed to see my family and my angel puppies.
NEW COMPUTER! |
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[Feb. 9th, 2006|04:38 pm] |
From an email my Mom sent me:
1. The Japanese eat very little fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than
Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat and suf fer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
CONCLUSION
Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you. |
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[Feb. 5th, 2006|08:46 am] |
Now, I'm normally not the person that puts song lyrics or poem snappets in their blogs, but my sister sent me this poem and...wow.
The Quiet World
In an effort to get people to look
into each other's eyes more,
the government has decided to allot
each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.
When the phone rings, I put it
to my ear without saying hello.
In the restaurant I point
at chicken noodle soup. I am
adjusting well to the new way.
Late at night, I call my long
distance lover and proudly say
I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.
When she doesn't respond, I know
she's used up all her words
so I slowly whisper I love you,
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.
-- Jeffrey McDaniel |
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[Feb. 2nd, 2006|04:42 pm] |
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Does anyone else see the humor in the fact that the newly elected House Majority leader's name is Boehner? |
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[Feb. 2nd, 2006|09:21 am] |
I soooooooo got a Firing Line.
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/paper410/news/2006/02/01/Opinion/2.1-2006.The.Firing.Line-1547052.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com&mkey=1055599
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False and hypocritical
Christine Acker's column in Monday's edition of The Daily Texan is not only a glaring display of hypocrisy, but also factually inaccurate.
She begins with a declaration that the anti-abortion speakers on the West Mall last week were wasting their efforts because "most college students have already formed their opinions on abortion."
First, a university is supposed to be a forum where all can express their beliefs, not an intellectually stagnant collection of individuals with their minds made up.
Now for the hypocrisy: The bulk of Acker's column concentrates on trying to convince anti-abortion activists to support comprehensive sex education in high schools, when her underlying premise is that any attempt to change opinions on abortion held by those who have completed high school is futile. It seems more likely that Acker disagreed with the content of the West Mall speeches, rather than the fact that they were taking place.
Finally, the column claims that "anti-abortion activists are clearly betting on the losing side [pro-abstinence] of the sex-ed debate." In actuality, the Texas State Board of Education voted to mandate abstinence-based sex education just last fall. Texas, as one of the most populous states, carries a great deal of sway among textbook publishers; many other states will thus use these same materials as a result of the Board's vote. To say that those who advocate abstinence-based education are fighting a losing battle is simply incorrect.
For those such as Ms. Acker who worry that abstinence-based education will leave children without important knowledge regarding the proper use of condoms, we must only consult the same Texas State Board of Education, which requires that textbooks must "analyze the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of barrier protection and other contraceptive methods." Hopefully Ms. Acker will not be offended by my attempt to change a few opinions in this piece.
Jordan Leu
Government senior
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Unfortunately, he misinterpreted what I meant by "anti-abortion activists are clearly betting on the losing side [pro-abstinence] of the sex-ed debate." He thought I meant that no laws were being passed, when I meant that ab-only ed isn't achieving the goals its supporters want it to achieve. And his explanation of my "hypocrisy" doesn't make a lot of sense. But maybe that's my fault and I wasn't clear enough in my writing. So at any rate, I'm flattered that he took the time to respond to me and I'm grateful for the lessons in clarity he taught me.
I find out tonight or tomorrow morning if I got the job. |
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