Urban Hero

Thanks to E.A.Super

2008, briefly

2008 IS OVER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?


- Lose a best friend?
Not a best one, but a few close ones

- Stayed single almost the whole year?
Not a chance

- Kissed someone new?
Nope, same kisses through 2008

-Had your heart broken?
Nope (: Wow it was a good year

-Had a stalker?
Not that I am aware of..

- Done something you've regretted?
Yes. I'm learning, step by step

-Cut class ?
Indeed, those early cold mornings at CSB really get to you sometimes..

- Were involved in something you' ll never forget?
Definitely!

- Visited a different country?
mmm.. not a new country, but I did got to Hungary and Austria

- Lost something important to you?
My poor little lost bike seat

-Got a gift you adore ?
MY GUITAR!!!

- Tripped over a coffee table ?
Stuck my foot in a cup..? maybe that was 2007..

- Dyed your hair?
Nope

- Came close to losing your life?
In a mental state, yes

- Read a great book?
yes many

-Saw one of your favorite bands / artists live?
Not my favourite, considering I don't even know who that would be

2008: Your Love Life...

-Did you meet anyone special? Friends yes, but I already met my special someone

-Did you fall in love? Fell in love all over again

-Do you like someone right now? Yessireee

2008: Friends and Enemies

-Did you meet any new friends this year?
Quite a few yes

-Did you dislike anyone?
Came to unfortunately, yes

-Did you make any new enemies?
Enemies? I don't hate

-Did you grow apart from anyone?
Quite a few people on my path to becoming who I want to be

-Do you have any regrets when it comes to your friendships?
Yes, but we live and we learn, and we don't make the mistake again

2008: Your BIRTH DAY!
Did you have a cake?
I had many if I can remember correctly..

-Did you have a party ?
TWO!!

-Did you get any presents?
Yeah.. lots of goodies, dang that was long ago.. OH- I got a Tegan and Sara concert (:

If so what was the best thing you got? A City and Colour concert

2008: All about YOU
-Did you change at all this year?
More than in any other year

-Did you get your hair cut?
I did it my self!

-Did you change your style?
Yes and I'm starting to really like it

- Were you in school?
Most of the time, yes

-Did you get good grades?
hell yes!

-Did you have a job?
yeah.

-Did anyone close to you give birth?
Secret pregnancies anyone? Nope..

-Did you move at all?
I moved lots, but I think I finally found home

-Did you go on any vacations?
Hungary.. I think that's it. Oh, and Kenora!

-Would you change anything about yourself now?
More motivation, always slightly lacking

-Was 2008 a good year?
2008 Started amazingly and has ended strong, a few road bumps in the middle but I'm still cruising.

Fall 2008

If you click on the photo it will get bigger and you will be able to see the photos more clearly

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Hate is hate, in India or America

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Posted: December 06, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

© 2008

Pretty rotten thing that happened in Mumbai, huh?

Grand old hotel, in an increasingly progressive and prosperous India: Suddenly, hundreds of innocent, unsuspecting people are hostages, some of them being systematically murdered. Bombs are exploding, people are screaming, military are descending into the chaos, TV crews are coming from everywhere to broadcast the carnage worldwide.

When the dust begins to settle after many horrifying hours, the body count has reached nearly 200, and many more are injured and emotionally scarred for the rest of their lives. The perpetrators? Though no demands were made, and no group immediately took credit for the insane attack, all evidence points to Islamic terrorists, likely from Pakistan.

And why? Well, if current theories and intel are correct, this slaughter was planned and executed by one of many Islamic groups that feel directed by their religion to subjugate – or exterminate – "infidels" like Hindus, Jews, Christians and even other Muslims who don't hew to their extremist views. To them, there is only one acceptable worldview – a theology they intend to enforce on all humankind – and anyone who might disagree or obstruct their goals should be removed, violently if need be.

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Thank God, it couldn't happen here. Could it?

Look around. Watch your evening news. Read your newspaper.

Are you unaware of the raging demonstrations in our streets, in front of our churches and synagogues, even spilling into these places of worship, and many of these riots turning defamatory and violent? Have you not seen the angry distorted faces of the rioters, seen their derogatory and threatening placards and signs, heard their vows to overturn the democratically expressed views of voters, no matter what it costs, no matter what was expressed at the polls? Twice?

I refer to California's Proposition 8. You haven't heard about the well-oiled campaign to find out the names of every voter and business that contributed as much as $1,000, or even much less, in support of Prop 8? You haven't heard about the announced plans to boycott, demonstrate, intimidate and threaten each one – because they dared to vote to retain marriage as between one man and one woman? You haven't seen, on the evening news, prominent entertainers and even California Gov. Schwarzenegger, urging the demonstrators on, telling them they should "never give up" until they get their way?

Assuming you have become aware of all this, let me ask you: Have you not seen the awful similarity between what happened in Mumbai and what's happening right now in our cities?

Oh, I know the homosexual "rights" demonstrations haven't reached the same level of violence, but I'm referring to the anger, the vehemence, the total disregard for law and order and the supposed rights of their fellow citizens. I'm referring to the intolerance, the hate seething in the words, faces and actions of those who didn't get their way in a democratic election, and who proclaim loudly that they will get their way, no matter what the electorate wants!

Hate is hate, no matter where it erupts. And hate, unbridled, will eventually and inevitably boil into violence. How crazily ironic that the homosexual activists and sympathizers cry for "tolerance" and "equal rights" and understanding –while they spew vitriol and threats and hate at those who disagree with them on moral and societal grounds.

I was saddened to hear that the estimable Brad Pitt, who has done a lot for the displaced people in New Orleans, pledged $100,000 to his friend Ellen DeGeneris for some campaign to overturn Prop 8, saying something about constitutionally guaranteed "equal rights." I'd like to know – on just what constitutional writ does Brad base this statement?

Every homosexual citizen has the same, identical rights as any other American. The Constitution says nothing about marriage, and shouldn't. Marriage is not a governmental creation; it is a time honored and biblically ordained institution that is subject not to the government but to the will of the people. And the people, down through the centuries, have spoken. Not just the Bible, but Webster's Dictionary, defines this covenantal relationship called "marriage" as a commitment between one man and one woman.

Because this elemental building block of society has been so defined and respected throughout history, elected representatives in our self-government have granted certain supports and tax relief and privileges to marriages and families. Again, these privileges did not originate with some benevolent higher authority – they originated with the people, through the democratic process.

That's how a free republic works. Our people consecrated our Constitution and determined to live within its provisions, voluntarily. It was determined that the will of the voting majority would rule, though it was subject to change if the majority will changed.

There never were any "rights" granted or designated to those who dissented with the will of the majority, other than the same rights all citizens have to work through the democratic process to accomplish their purposes. No "rights" were ever granted to citizens on the basis of their sexual habits or lifestyle. There simply are no such "rights."

Slavery was abolished, blacks and women obtained the rights to vote, and these true rights were not obtained by threats and violent demonstrations and civil disruption (though these things did occur, of course), but by due process, congressional deliberations and appropriate ratification. This was democracy in action, not mob rule. As noted journalist Thomas Sowell has said, there never was "a right to win." In America, at least the America we've known till now, rights are earned and won in a deliberative, legal way – at the polls.

What troubles me so deeply, and should trouble all thinking Americans, is that there is a real, unbroken line between the jihadist savagery in Mumbai and the hedonistic, irresponsible, blindly selfish goals and tactics of our homegrown sexual jihadists. Hate is hate, no matter where it erupts. And by its very nature, if it's not held in check, it will escalate into acts vile, violent and destructive.

Schedule change for next semester

My very nice adviser gave me some very useful information, and told me that I do not need to be taking my Political theory class next semester (which i am quite excited about) so I got to choose another course... since I many of the classes I was interested were already filled up, i chose Presidential Leadership:
No single individual in the American political system is the subject of such high expectations as the president. Examine whether the president's political and constitutional powers are sufficient to satisfy the high expectations that Americans have of him. Should presidents be expected to dominate American politics?

For my family

Thought of the day..

If You Forget Me

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.

Pablo Neruda