Are really just sudden transitions.
Also, Bulletstorm and Codex Alera are awesome.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Because it's awesome.
http://bicyclebarricade.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/open-letter-to-chancellor-linda-p-b-katehi/
"I am writing to tell you in no uncertain terms that there must be space for protest on our campus. There must be space for political dissent on our campus. There must be space for civil disobedience on our campus. There must be space for students to assert their right to decide on the form of their protest, their dissent, and their civil disobedience—including the simple act of setting up tents in solidarity with other students who have done so. There must be space for protest and dissent, especially, when the object of protest and dissent is police brutality itself. You may not order police to forcefully disperse student protesters peacefully protesting police brutality. You may not do so. It is not an option available to you as the Chancellor of a UC campus. That is why I am calling for your immediate resignation.
Your words express concern for the safety of our students. Your actions express no concern whatsoever for the safety of our students. I deduce from this discrepancy that you are not, in fact, concerned about the safety of our students. Your actions directly threaten the safety of our students. And I want you to know that this is clear. It is clear to anyone who reads your campus emails concerning our “Principles of Community” and who also takes the time to inform themselves about your actions. You should bear in mind that when you send emails to the UC Davis community, you address a body of faculty and students who are well trained to see through rhetoric that evinces care for students while implicitly threatening them. I see through your rhetoric very clearly. You also write to a campus community that knows how to speak truth to power. That is what I am doing.
I call for your resignation because you are unfit to do your job. You are unfit to ensure the safety of students at UC Davis. In fact: you are the primary threat to the safety of students at UC Davis. As such, I call upon you to resign immediately."
You think the Chancellor wants some ice for that burn?
"I am writing to tell you in no uncertain terms that there must be space for protest on our campus. There must be space for political dissent on our campus. There must be space for civil disobedience on our campus. There must be space for students to assert their right to decide on the form of their protest, their dissent, and their civil disobedience—including the simple act of setting up tents in solidarity with other students who have done so. There must be space for protest and dissent, especially, when the object of protest and dissent is police brutality itself. You may not order police to forcefully disperse student protesters peacefully protesting police brutality. You may not do so. It is not an option available to you as the Chancellor of a UC campus. That is why I am calling for your immediate resignation.
Your words express concern for the safety of our students. Your actions express no concern whatsoever for the safety of our students. I deduce from this discrepancy that you are not, in fact, concerned about the safety of our students. Your actions directly threaten the safety of our students. And I want you to know that this is clear. It is clear to anyone who reads your campus emails concerning our “Principles of Community” and who also takes the time to inform themselves about your actions. You should bear in mind that when you send emails to the UC Davis community, you address a body of faculty and students who are well trained to see through rhetoric that evinces care for students while implicitly threatening them. I see through your rhetoric very clearly. You also write to a campus community that knows how to speak truth to power. That is what I am doing.
I call for your resignation because you are unfit to do your job. You are unfit to ensure the safety of students at UC Davis. In fact: you are the primary threat to the safety of students at UC Davis. As such, I call upon you to resign immediately."
You think the Chancellor wants some ice for that burn?
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Kung Fu Panda awesomeoness
Saw Kung Fu Panda 2, it was bodacious and awesome!
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So I decided to watch Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.
I want to like it, I really do, but the inconsistencies and failures are making it hard.
I'll elaborate in some reviews.
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Air Gear is so confusing!
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So I decided to watch Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.
I want to like it, I really do, but the inconsistencies and failures are making it hard.
I'll elaborate in some reviews.
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Air Gear is so confusing!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The Hasty Pudding
Is one of the best poems I've read in awhile. It has great meter and I find it extremely relatable in both subject matter and the sensations it uses to convey that subject. Canto I is probably my favorite part.
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Durarara! has movies in its universe titled “Vampire Ninja.” ROFL.
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I like Corvids.
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Durarara! has movies in its universe titled “Vampire Ninja.” ROFL.
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I like Corvids.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
The Aristocats
An older Disney movie that I quite enjoy. I just got done watching it again.
Now that I'm a bit older than the last time I saw it, a few things are more notable to me in the film:
Duchess is more complex than I originally thought she was--or at least she can be interpreted as such, especially at key points during the journey back to Paris.
Who is the father of Duchess' kittens? This is totally unaddressed in the entire movie. Are they even Duchess' by birth?
The romance felt rushed, but it's hard to do romance as an effective sub-plot.
Edgar Machiavelli; That must be the butler's full name.
Ending's a bit weak, but enjoyable.
Now that I'm a bit older than the last time I saw it, a few things are more notable to me in the film:
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Anyone else seen these recent D.A.R.E commercials?
The ones with the extreme over-use of blue colorizing and so obscure as to be useless?
Yeah, they should rethink those.
Yeah, they should rethink those.
Thomas Paine's Number 1 from The American Crisis pamphlets makes for great quote material.
“These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.”
“‘Well! give me peace in my day.’ Not a man loves on the continent but fully believe that a separation must some time or other finally takes place, and a generous parent should have said, ‘If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace’; and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.”
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
“‘Well! give me peace in my day.’ Not a man loves on the continent but fully believe that a separation must some time or other finally takes place, and a generous parent should have said, ‘If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace’; and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.”
“I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
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