Dealing with the visuals

Sometimes propaganda just makes me mad, even when it is supporting democrats.

If only all decisions in life were so simple…

On Wednesday, reminded of the public’s disapproval of the war in Iraq, now five years old, the vice president [Dick Cheney] shrugged off that fact (and thus, the people themselves) with a one-word answer: “So?”

A sense of realness

I am not easily moved by anything. Not only am I normally mellow but I am also monotone (adding to my robotic nature) and react calmly to most things in most situations. Sometime I just can’t help but stare and wonder at my roommate as she weeps during Grey’s Anatomy or a National Geographic segment featuring polar bears drowning because they get stranded on icebergs that are melting because of global warming (seriously!). She cried on her birthday when we gave her birthday cards last year… Yet, very few things will make me cry. These things are: cats and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Don’t ask me why on the second one…

With that said, I happened to catch Barack Obama’s speech the other day (you know which one, and if you don’t, that’s okay too!). And I CRIED! I cried; I was pretty surprised at that. And later I find out that he wrote this speech himself. And I think that is awesome.

Web Grazing

Most of us have probably done this. You’re getting ready to study for an exam (for tomorrow!) and you think, “Ah, I really need to check my e-mail… What if the professor canceled the exam because her dog is getting a kidney transplant?” Wouldn’t want to study for nothing! So you get on the internet and while you’re checking you mail, you get a notice on Facebook and HAVE to check it out. Then you end up wasting about THREE HOURS browsing the internet, watching stupid videos of monkeys falling from trees, or cats licking dogs. What the hell?! It’s 3 in the morning and I still haven’t studied for my exam! FUCK!

Apparently, we as human beings really can’t help ourselves. And our brains actually think this is a GOOD thing!

Socialbookmarking is Broken

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Like so many toys we are given, we have finally broken social bookmarking :(