Archive for March, 2008

(really) extreme senioritis

19 March, 2008 at 1:44 am · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged , , , ,

I can’t possibly be the only person in my school (the School of Public Policy) who is going through this right now…

I have zero motivation. Zero. I don’t want to do a single thing for my classes. I just don’t care anymore. I don’t want to read. I don’t want to write these stupid memos. I’m sick and tired of learning about development economics, economic policy, development challenges and the rest of that development insanity. As a matter of fact, I don’t even want to go to class anymore. Class is lame.

I’m so over this grad school thing. Graduation is in 65 days.

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“For the Bible Tells Me So”

17 March, 2008 at 7:32 pm · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged , ,

For the Bible Tells Me So

I heard about this movie a few months ago and I finally watched it last night. Not surprisingly, this movie got really positive reviews. I really enjoyed it.

Rather than give a less-than-stellar summary of the movie (the film’s website would be a much better read), I’ll spill my thoughts.

First of all, I have a COMPLETELY different view of James Dodson - 100% negative. I never really followed the guy’s teachings, but I know my parents read some of his stuff. My parents and I need to talk, because I don’t want my parents to have anything to do with a guy who encourages parents to not support their children solely because they’re gay. The part towards the end when the Reitans stood in front of the Focus on the Family building while the mother read her letter to Mr. Dodson was so moving. She had the type of unconditional love for her son that I wish all mothers and fathers would have for their gay children. I was completely blown away.

Bishop Gene Robinson. What a remarkable man. I was in absolute awe of his story from start to finish. One can only hope to, one day, have the same level of courage and ambition and faith and love as he does.

This movie is a very good example of how powerful the Bible is in American society. It’s really frightening to see how people can take a number of Bible verses completely out of context and use them against an entire classification of people. Just like the religious leaders said, it was done against black people and women, and now it’s being done against the gay community. It really makes me sick to my stomach.

Why people just can’t accept differences or just look past them completely boggles my brain.

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which one?

16 March, 2008 at 11:21 am · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged , , , ,

Let’s just jump right into things…

So, I’m looking for a new CD to buy. A couple of days ago, I purchased the Kill Bill, Vol. 1 soundtrack, which I thought would be 22 songs of awesomeness. Unfortunately, what I got was 15 (ish) songs of awesomeness and 7 (ish) “songs” of 7 second sound effects clips. Crap. I’m not too upset, though; it’s a used CD and it only cost me $7. Not a bad deal.

Anyway, back to the main point: I want another CD. I need something new and different to add to my eclectic song collection. I have everything from Barbra Streisand to Gangsta Rap to Musicals to Imogen Heap (and not to mention the honorable Britney Spears and none other than, Mr. Frank Sinatra). Without going on and on about my music library, these are the CDs I’m choosing from:

Let It Die - Feist
Option #1: Feist - Let It Die. I like this CD (I’m not sure what else to say).

Unfamiliar Faces - Matt Costa

Option #2: Matt Costa - Unfamiliar Faces. This album has just the amount of upbeatness I need. It won’t distract me while I’m working on homework, but it isn’t lame. And I tend to like boy voices.

Details - Frou Frou

Option #3: Frou Frou - Details. I like Imogen Heap, thus I like Frou Frou.

Hmm… decisions, decisions. I’ll have to figure this out soon or else I won’t be able to concentrate on my homework.

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figure it out.

10 March, 2008 at 10:49 am · Filed under thoughts ·Tagged ,

I’ve gone from livejournal to vox to blogger. What can I say? I really enjoy writing my thoughts. Anyway, I’ve been feeling the need to pull away from google recently, so here I am at wordpress. I’m looking forward to some awesome times… and maybe some interesting entries.

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