left lane drivers unite! hehe, freakin awesome idea. altho i don't kno if it's worth the $30 price tag...
Thursday, May 31, 2007
kidney for you?
headline: tv show has contestants vying for kidney transplant.
as macabre as it the show may sound, is it actually wrong? i mean, in the end someone will receive another lease on life, and that's more than most tv shows can say, right? its not easy to find a kidney donor. there are tests, lists, moneies, surgeries... you're on a list. it's not quite a first come first serve list, but it's not necessarily "fair" how people are ranked. somewat "undeserving" people (criminals on death row, perhaps) may get your kidney while a genetically defected 3 year old goes witout and dies. this woman, lisa, is doing a good thing by donating her organs. don't you think it's only fair that whoever gets it is someone she thinks who deserves it? i kno that for me personally, i would not be willing to donate my kidney to a person on death row or who has a life sentence in prison, or even to a really really old person. damnit, i want my kidney to go to someone who actually needs it and who i think will take care of it, and not just someone who wants it.
as macabre as it the show may sound, is it actually wrong? i mean, in the end someone will receive another lease on life, and that's more than most tv shows can say, right? its not easy to find a kidney donor. there are tests, lists, moneies, surgeries... you're on a list. it's not quite a first come first serve list, but it's not necessarily "fair" how people are ranked. somewat "undeserving" people (criminals on death row, perhaps) may get your kidney while a genetically defected 3 year old goes witout and dies. this woman, lisa, is doing a good thing by donating her organs. don't you think it's only fair that whoever gets it is someone she thinks who deserves it? i kno that for me personally, i would not be willing to donate my kidney to a person on death row or who has a life sentence in prison, or even to a really really old person. damnit, i want my kidney to go to someone who actually needs it and who i think will take care of it, and not just someone who wants it.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
no peeking!
fact is, i am terribly unphotogenic. rather surprisingly so actually. which i think is weird, cause i'm not bad looking. oh, come on. let's be honest. i'm not bad looking. that's not to say i'm good looking. i'm also not saying that i can't look bad, because, remember, i'm terribly unphotogenic. but anyway. reepal says i should practice. ... is that weird? i think it is. i dunno. i do know of a few tricks (of which i don't employ, but i guess they're good to keep in mind):
1. never smile wit your lips completely together. open up just a little bit. it's supposed to make your lips look fuller.
2. look slightly down until the shot is taken. this way your eyes will be at their largest.
3. to get a genuine smile, actually smile. think of something funny or pleasing and your smile will end up looking more natural. (i sometimes do this one).
4. tilt your head slighly in that direction of light to avoid shadows on your face. eg, if outside at midday, slightly lift head for photo.
i tend to look so bad that i've actually given up on looking good. i almost never pose anymore, unless it's "posed," you kno wat i mean? but gosh, i wish in photos i looked as good as i think i normally do. ...hey now. maybe usually i don't look good. ...i don't normally check myself out in reflective surfaces but when i do notice, i usually think i look alright. and yet in pictures... bah. reep mentioned something that makes me feel better tho. i have uneven skin tone (damn <SPANCLASS=CORRECTION id="">excema), but i never think it's actually that bad until i see it in a photo. reep mentioned that cameras pick up light differently and sometimes certain colors are enhanced. which is actually true. so that's something to smile about (lips slightly apart, of course).
btw, in case you're forgotten wat i look like, check out me flickr.
hurtin'
the result of bad parenting: your kid gets a foot to the head. and wat does that mean? it means a bloody pillow! (great concept, terrible execution, doesn't look real at all)
Monday, May 21, 2007
shrek games
various shrek the third games. pretty damn amusing! ...unlike the movie. not that it was bad. it wasn't bad. but it also wasn't that good. eh.
odb
my uncle. elgh. you should kno that i already avoid our bathroom because of the various surprises i've found. ..i'm also starting to avoid the study room cause he spends a lot of time there (if he's home, he needlessly checks his email a minimum of four times a day.)
each of us in this house has our own chores. most of them are not very defined. but generally, i vacuum the house at least every two weeks. as a kid, another of my chores was the "mop" the downstairs floors. i had to do it the cinderella way. bucket and rag, on hands and knees. but a couple years ago we got a swiffer and damn does it make cleaning easy! anyway, so because my uncle basically does nothing around the house, around 3 months ago my mom assigned him that job (cause it's easy). i explained to him where things were, how to do it, and that usually i used two wet cloths for the whole of the downstairs. i also explained to him my system so that using only two would be enough. anyway, he never did a very good job, but at least it was cleaner than if no one did it.
today my mom and i were in the kitchen cooking and he starts "mopping" the entryway tile area, which he finishes in, swear to god, less than two minutes. i told him that there was no way he could have done a good job in that little time (come on, i've done it and it never takes me less than 10 so two is just crazy). he defended himself. i said i doubted it. my mom doubted it too, so she went to have a look. surprise surprise, the entryway was not at all clean. i mean, he does even move our shoes; he just sorta swiffers around them. ...anyway. so then he starts saying that he already used one cloth and he can't do the rest of the downstairs on just one more. i say "...the point isn't about using however many number of cloths, it's to clean the floor. so if you have to use more cloths to get it clean, then use as many as you need." he starts stuttering about how he's already used one and can't use another ...he does this. he never directly answers a question, doesn't listen to your answer when he asks you a question, and disregards nearly everything you have to say. argh! anyway. so we explain to him a few more times that he can use as many cloths as he feels in nessecary, as long as he does the job right. he complains about how expensive it all is (and it isn't really, wat's more, he doesn't pay for it). so i'm like 'dude, no one cares how you do it. just make it clean. swiffer, mop, cinderella style, watever. clean is clean.'
after he finishes, he proudly tells us that he's used four cloths and therefore he's done a good job.
after he goes upstairs, my mom and i check the ground. yeah... i could've done better in two. ...ass...
Friday, May 18, 2007
wake up!
dbing this season will be the death of me. we have a beach practice from 8-9am sundays. we can most likely get the hour right after as well. we do have hookups tho, and have managed to borrow ucla's slot from 10-12pm. one of the leaders wishes to change our practice time to just 10-12pm. i prefer the earlier because 1. it's cooler, we won't risk as much skin cancer, the heat really saps your energy 2. no parking fees before 10am 3. we get out earlier so we can get on wit our day (after practice you're so tired you just wanna sleep. esp if you've been out will 3am the night before. so you get home and shower and nap and bam it's 3pm already!) 4. we can stay later if we go earlier (we've got 8-9, can most likely get 9-10, and already have 10-12. we can do four hours if need be) 5. less excuse for people to be "busy." barely anyone is busy that early in the morning. therefore, if you don't show up, we kno it's cause you slept in. ie, we'll kno who's really dedicated. 6. no chance of having to change practice times and confusing people. 7. less traffic on the water at that time.
Leader wants it at 10-12pm because we are guaranteed two hours. which, of course, is nice. and also we can all wake up later. which is really nice. but... i'd rather wake up ealier. and for people who won't wake earlier? well fuck, we don't need them. if you're not dedicated, then quit, so the rest of us don't have to carry your fat ass.
thing that bother me esp is that i kno that the two reasons Leader gives carry the same weight wit him. he told us that he "won't be able" to come to 9am pool practice cause he "can't" wake up in time because he doesn't get off work until 10pm. ...that's not a good enough excuse. pool practice is waaaay closer than the beach (1/3 the driving time?) and hell, i'm out till 3am sometimes and i make practice. it's about your priorities, homie. second, he wanted our 8am beach practice call time to be at 7.15am. good lord! i wanted it at 7.30am so we could all wake up by 7 and get there in time. so basically. he's okay wit us all waking up before 7am but he's not okay wit waking up at 8.30 to get to a 9am pool practice. wtf? and you kno wat? homie isn't even gonna be at a lot of practices because he's not in the area every weekend.
another leader voted wit Leader so it looks like we might be taking the later slot. course, this leader won't be at allthe practices either. we got one more leader to go (we gots four). but i think we'll have take a team vote. problem wit is, i think most will opt for more sleep. which i understand, i mean, if you kno me, you kno just how much i loooove my sleep. i just don't want no skin cancer. and yeah, i do want most of my weekend.
shit, call me selfish.
ya'll want a single
brian posehn's metal by numbers music video. freakin awesome. you remember this guy? he's from "just shoot me." anyone got the mp3 version?
Thursday, May 17, 2007
tv
as of this last week, gilmore girls is officially over. i am very eh about the whle thing. i'm sad cause i've been watching for several years now. but at the same time, it was never one of my favorite shows because it was all that good. but i did really like the characters. well... up until a couple years ago when they started being weird and stupid. but anwyay... it's over. =\
grey's anatomy. i never wanted meredith to go back to mcdreamy. he was SUCH an ass for going back to addison and leaving meredith like that. i mean, yes, she's your wife. but that so wasn't the point. and wit the way he's been acting lately... elghk. and hey, you asshole, you need to give the girl some more time. and you need to give her a reason to trust you. you just telling her that she can, that's not fucking good enough. prove it already.
america's next top model. i've actually been following it pretty closely this season. i started near the end of last cycle and i'm SO glad melrose didn't win. 1) she's ugly and 2) she's a bitch. among the last few models (last... 4 or 5) caridee totally deserved to win. this season. god. renee totally should have won. and you kno why she didn't? cause she's beautiful! natasha, jesus, the girl's ugly, and stupid. yes, she's optimistic as all hell and yes she's always smiling, but maybe that's because she doesn't completely know wat's going on, like a mentally stunted person. and jasleen, jesus almighty! every week, in the judging room, someone says "i can't put my finger on it, but something about her reminds me of a man..." well i'll tell you why. it's because she IS man! she's a fucking anorexicly skinny, classless, ghetto, obnoxiously ugly man. how the hell did she win?! lord! renee should have won! she's gorgeous and she's tall and looks, acts, dresses like a model already! but appt the panel is looking for someone wit imperfections. which, yes, would make jasleen the winner. but if you really are looking for someone wit imperfections why do you each week kick off the challange losers? make up your minds! do you want a winner or do you want some ass ugly manthing!garg!!
Monday, May 14, 2007
lp lowdown
the la palma website is full of really interesting information. for instance, did you kno that we are less than 2 miles square (in fact, we are 1.9 square miles large)? the things you learn! and i haven't even gotton to the population characteristics yet...
according to the 2000 census we have nearly 15,500 people (so much for me always saying that lp only has 8) and most of those are female. the average age is just under 40. we usually have more than twice the number of births as deaths. and altho we are growing as a city, during the last 30 years our population has only gone up by 9 people! racially, la palma is predominately asian (which i found a bit surprising). we are 44.6% asian and 36.3% white. besides the regulars, we have 37 american indians and 43 hawaiians (people, not percentages, duh).
us being in oc, perhaps you won't find it surprising that we identify more strongly wit the republican party than wit the democrate (3224 to 2678). somewat disapointingly, however, is that less than half of those living in lp are registered to vote (and yes, i do realize that that does not mean that half of all eligible voters are registered).
glooey
remember in elementary school when you'd cover your palms in glue, wait for it to dry, and see if you could peel it all off witout ripping it? little did you imagine that you could actually turn that little hobby into something worthwhile: how to make a glue bracelet! ...okay, i kno, not exactly worthwhile, but it is pretty cool. :)
looks that kill
celebrities witout makeup. :) i think the worst might be cameron diaz. goldie hawn doesn't look good either, but she is 65 years old... and sharon stone. i knew she looked freaking terrible!
and as a bonus: sienna miller looking ike she forgot to put her pants on. but oddly enough, she actually meant to look that way. eck!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
eat me!
i think it's so weird that i have to ask my uncle to please not just eat the noodles out of the instant noodle packages and leave the seasoning packets in the fridge. i mean, who does that? either eat the whole thing or don't eat any of it at all! =\
name cards
really awesomely creative business cards. ...probably too innovative for the average person but a damn good reference if you're planning on going into business for yourself.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
animal love
in my ethics class we're going over animal rights. i was thinking about bestiality. and i think that morally, and possibly legally, it should be permissible. so besides that it's gross, wat's wrong wit bestiality? if you're one that doesn't think animals have rights, then you might not object to bestiality at all. but if you do, you wouldn't want the animal's rights to be violated. and if you sexually violate an animal, you're also violating its rights. so basically, raping an animal would be morally bad. it should then follow that consensual sex with an animal is not wrong. but how do you kno if the animal is consenting? i think that in some cases it's actually pretty easy to tell. for instance: a dog starts humping you and you take off your clothes and position yourself for him. if he mounts you without any sort of arranging from you, then obviously the dog wanted to have sex wit you. obviously too, you gave consent as well, as you, by your own free will, took off your clothing and did not stop the penetration. so in this case, basically, you're good to go.
now, i don't kno much about animals. but i think it's the male that does the mounting and not the female. i also think that it's usually from behind (legless animals, i don't know). so of course, the above illustration only works when you are being penetrated. but if you wish to be the penetrater (engage in "active" sex, if you will), then knowing if the animal consents will be harder. some animals, when in heat, have signs; changing color, making specific noises, emitting certain odors. if you kno and understand these signs then you're on your way. it's important to remember that wit humans, if a couple starts having consensual sex and mid-way one changes their mind and informs their partner, if the partner continues, then it becomes rape. so in order to ensure that this does not happen wit an animal, one should probably take the precaution of only having sex in an open area where, if for any reason the animal changes its mind, it can simply walk away from you. you should also be careful to never hold onto the animal in such a way that it cannot break away from you if it wanted to.
another thing to note. some humans have a concept of "statutory rape." this is where a person under a certain age is legally unable to give consent to sex. so if you are over that age, you cannot legally have consensual sex wit someone under that age. i think in america that age is 18. that is an arbitrary number tho. i think it has something to do wit how at that age a person should be mentally, physically, and sexually mature. i think the same should apply to animals. therefore, you cannot have sex wit puppies, even tho it seems to be consenting. because at that age, it probably knows not wat it does.
so to sum up. i think that bestiality should be morally permissible. but only in certain cases. ie, when you are absolutely sure that to both parties it is consensual and only if the animal is "mature."
disclaimer: i have not, and do not wish to, participate in any form of bestiality. i simply do not morally object to all instances of it. i do, however, object to it because it's freaking gross.
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
inventions
+------------------- Bizarre Inventions -------------------+
In the 1980's, French women Dominique Peignoux, Yvette Guys and Francoise Dekan marketed a musical napkin that was placed inside a baby's diaper and played "When the Saints Go Marching In" as soon as it became wet.
William A. Calderwood of Peoria, Arizona patented helium filled furniture that would float to the ceiling when not in use to allow extra floor space and be pulled back down by a rope as needed.
It was in 1966 that America's Thomas J. Bayard invented a vibrating toilet seat, acting on the belief that physical stimulation of the buttocks is effective in relieving constipation.
James Moreau developed a brassiere in 1988 which surrounds the breasts with water, so that a buoyant force provides improved and independent support for each breast. A transparent version is suggested for those who wish to make a fashion statement.
In 1984, Inventor Timothy Zell developed a method of growing unicorns that are of higher intelligence and physical attributes, They are also said to be useful as a guard animal. What you may not want to know is the method involves surgical alteration of a one-week old goat, so that its two horn buds will grow together.
In the 1980's, French women Dominique Peignoux, Yvette Guys and Francoise Dekan marketed a musical napkin that was placed inside a baby's diaper and played "When the Saints Go Marching In" as soon as it became wet.
William A. Calderwood of Peoria, Arizona patented helium filled furniture that would float to the ceiling when not in use to allow extra floor space and be pulled back down by a rope as needed.
It was in 1966 that America's Thomas J. Bayard invented a vibrating toilet seat, acting on the belief that physical stimulation of the buttocks is effective in relieving constipation.
James Moreau developed a brassiere in 1988 which surrounds the breasts with water, so that a buoyant force provides improved and independent support for each breast. A transparent version is suggested for those who wish to make a fashion statement.
In 1984, Inventor Timothy Zell developed a method of growing unicorns that are of higher intelligence and physical attributes, They are also said to be useful as a guard animal. What you may not want to know is the method involves surgical alteration of a one-week old goat, so that its two horn buds will grow together.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
moi, sexy?!
after a db pool practice this weekend, louise said something about how i dress. she described it as "sporty, sexy and skinny." which sorta threw me for a bit. i'm not normally sporty, but at dragon boating, well sure. and skinny, well, i'm thin but i don't quite kno about skinny (i've got small bones and a big ass to match, hahaha [those of you who kno my measurements {which i only found out recently myself, when i measured myself for my bridemaid's dress for angel's wedding} will kno that i'm not kidding about the ass part]). but the sexy? wat?! i found that really weird.
for angel's bachlorette shower we were thinking of maybe doing pole-dancing lessons. i was not excited. i'm not a prude or anything, but the idea of learning how to be sexy and acting sexy and just... all that sexy? it made me uncomfortable. i actually have a problem wit trying to look sexy. my mind blanks and i freeze up. (haha, i'm wondering just how personal i should get on this site...) yeah, i don't think i ever really try to look sexy. it just makes me uncomfortable.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
abortion
currently in my ethics class we're discussing abortion. judith jarvis thomson has an analogy that goes like this: if a burglar breaks into your "secure" house (against your will) and demands that you now have to support him, do you have an obligation to do so? obviously not. therefore, if you secure yourself (with contraception) and get pregnant (against your will), you don't have an obligation to keep the baby. see, she's not actually totally "pro-choice" (quotes cause appt terms like pro-choice and pro-life have nothing to do wit ethics) because she doesn't believe that a woman should be allowed to terminate her pregnancy in every situation.
my thoughts: wat if you live in a bad area and don't secure your house? if you get burgeled then, do you owe the burgler anything? no. obviously you should've been smarter than to leave your unbarred windows open. but you still don't have an obligation to the burgler. similarly, if you're a woman wearing revealing clothing, walking around in a bad area of town and get raped. is that really your fault? no, it isn't. again, you should've been smarter than that, but you weren't actually "asking for it," nor do you, by any means, deserve to have been raped. by the same token, if you willingly have sex, don't use contraceptives and do get pregant, you also don't owe the "baby" anything. that was stupid on your behalf but that doesn't mean that you have the moral obligation to carry the baby to term. even though you knew better, you didn't want to get robbed, and you certainly didn't want to get pregnant.
btw, i like metaethics more than applied ethics. it seems like metaethics is more about thinking; applied ethics, about quibbling. =\ oh, and normative ethics are okay too.
my thoughts: wat if you live in a bad area and don't secure your house? if you get burgeled then, do you owe the burgler anything? no. obviously you should've been smarter than to leave your unbarred windows open. but you still don't have an obligation to the burgler. similarly, if you're a woman wearing revealing clothing, walking around in a bad area of town and get raped. is that really your fault? no, it isn't. again, you should've been smarter than that, but you weren't actually "asking for it," nor do you, by any means, deserve to have been raped. by the same token, if you willingly have sex, don't use contraceptives and do get pregant, you also don't owe the "baby" anything. that was stupid on your behalf but that doesn't mean that you have the moral obligation to carry the baby to term. even though you knew better, you didn't want to get robbed, and you certainly didn't want to get pregnant.
btw, i like metaethics more than applied ethics. it seems like metaethics is more about thinking; applied ethics, about quibbling. =\ oh, and normative ethics are okay too.
aol's potw
aol.com's pictures of the week. a couple of these are really really good. (and a couple are really really funny!)
rock on!
spinner.com's 20 worst song lyrics ever.
spinner.com reader's 20 worst song lyrics ever. it's actually the comments that make this so damn funny.
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