I added a few things today... added a few more pictures in Monkey Gallery and added a new link called Monkey Poetry.

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Colours

After three years of inhuman, intense battling and painful torturing
In 1945, I entered the living hell of Auschwitz
I'd seen the dark side of the war, but Auschwitz was nothing I'd seen before.

The thousands of stretched rotten corpses
Millions of broken limps, and pieces of human flesh
Piled up everywhere like worthless bales of hay.
The twisted still pale faces
The faded shining eyes
The screaming mouths
So loud yet no sound.

The moist, viscid disgusting maggots crawled in the composting hays
The rats danced madly and celebrated in their luscious squalid wonderful heaven
The air, so densely filled with black buzzing flies you couldn't see and you couldn't breathe
The thunderous buzzing
The furious flames
The putrid smell of Hell...

An emaciated bony boy
In the middle of this living hell
Was sitting next to his shriveled dead mother.
He was sobbing yet too weak for tears, too weak to make a sound.
Alive yet dead; Dead yet alive
Skeleton like
There was nothing beneath his human skin
But bones

Death surrounded this helpless weak little boy
He was dying
I looked into his shining deep brown eyes and saw myself
I saw great fear, sorrow, grief, and questions.
He was dying!
A sudden coldness ran through my lood
Death has just stung my heart.
I stood there stunned and shaken
He had just died in front of me
The little helpless boy!
Those brilliant brown eyes no longer shone
They had faded, like an extinguished fire
Suddenly I found myself collapsing and weeping for the innocence that had died.

Why is this happening?
What's wrong with these people?
British, French, German, Slavic, Jews
What's the difference?
Aren't we all human?
Who gives the Nazis the right to judge?
The right to tortur?
And the right to kill?

Now a half century later
People still have not learned from the past
The Neo-Nazis
The Ku Klux Klans
White Power
Kosovo
You can name them all
People still have not learned a damn thing from the horrifying bloody mistakes of the past!

Is there a difference between white, yellow, black, brown, and mixed colours?
Aren't we all human?
There are white, yellow, black, brown, and mixed dogs
But they do not kill each other just because of their colours.
Why do we act like this?
Why?

I've been blinded for two decades
Yet I still see that little bony boy
And those bright, fearful sorrow filled eyes.
I can no longer see
I can no longer judge people by their skin colours.
I now judge them by their hearts.
Now with my eyes, I can only see two kinds of people
Good people with good hearts.
And bad people with dark, evil hearts.

I found this news quiet interesting...way to go Belgian doctors!!!

Belgian doctors bill U.S. for treating Iraqi girl
Will US pay? My guess is NO!

That the monkey has been to quite a few places...



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Yeah ok I admit, I'm too lazy to write anything today. :p

I was reading an old Time this morning and it had an article on TV programs and how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Parents Television Council (PTC) are cracking down on "bad" TV programs. Turn on TV today, watch any shows and it's highly likely that violence, cursing and sexual language, explicit sexual content, or drug and alcohol abuse is introduced during the show (just watch South Park for example). Yes kids do watch TV and these things can influence their ways of thinking. But do TV programs really turn good kids into bad kids? Go to an elementary school or a high school today and it's likely highly you'll hear about sex or drugs related conversations. Saying that bad TV programs, violent video games, and heavy metal/rock music turn good kids into violent killers is just...

A total BS.

Prevention is not a key, education is. It is parents' responsibilities to teach their children what's good and what's wrong. You can't shield your kids from the wrongs in the society all their lives. Sooner or later they will need to face the bads. If listening to heavy metal causes some kid to kill others, then the kid is obviously not too smart. I've been playing violet video games, watching violent TV programs & movies, listening to Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, and Tool but you don't see me running around killing people. Again it's parents' responsibilities to teach their children the rights and the wrongs. Get up your lazyasses, start communicate with your kids, and stop finding scape goats to blame your problems on...

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What's up with people leaving messages on the answer machine and talking super fast so nobody can pick up his/her phone number? Maybe that's one reason you aren't getting return calls and losing your business... dumbass!

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Let's see what's in the news today.

Airbus A380 Completes Historic 1st Flight
A 550 seat airplane. That's pretty damn impressive. Perhaps one day they can fly a titanic size airplane...

Vancouver 2010 logo draws Inuit ire
They revealed the Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 logo last Sunday and it looks like this:

Whoever designed this must put a lot of thoughts and artistic skills into the project. Come on, a 5 year old can probably come up with this design and do a better job at it. The whole logo looks retarded. Now people around the world are going to think that Vancouverites are just bunch of retards. Thanks a lot you "smartass" logo designer!

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Continue the tradition...

A very proper man started going into the neighborhood drug store every week and buying 2 dozen boxes of condoms. Week after week, he would come in with the same order.

One day, the druggist felt he had to say something to the man. "Wow! You must have the stamina of a bull. Talk about getting lucky! How on earth do you use that many condoms a week?"
The man looked at him in disgust and said, "I beg your pardon, but I find the whole idea of sex repulsive!"
So, the druggist asked, "Then what do you do with all those condoms?"
The gentleman answered, "I feed them to my poodle and now she poops in little plastic bags."

Have a nice day everyone.

This is taken directly from The Monkey Cage

Monkey Invention of the Day: This invention IS only for guys who have balls but don't use them! (For example a lot of married guys I know) Monkey Ball Pocket (MBP) - with this invention, your testicles are surgically removed, leaving only a sack (it doesn't hurt and you weren't using them anyway) You can then carry anything you want - instant storage space! Use it to carry extra change, cigarettes, keys, your weed stash, sneak snacks into movies, the possibilities are endless! Sign up now!

I laughed so hard when I read that. A kitty was reading this with me and this is how he reacted to Monkey's Invention of the Day...

So someone from UBC Housing just dropped by to check out the quad. She said I wouldn't get assessed if I clean up my share. After looking around the quad and seeing what I did she said it's fine. Phew.

Another rant about my messy roommate "A." Tonight I saw him for the first time in a very long time (we seem to have different schedules). I asked him if he could clean up his stuff and he said yes. But apparently "clean up" had a different meaning to him...






After he "cleaned" up the living room area.


And his dishes are still sitting in front of his door...it has been like that for two weeks. It's so gross!

So instead of packing (since I'm moving out tomorrow) I had to clean after his shit so hopefully UBC Housing don't charge us money for being messy (we will get fined for sure).





Ugh this is so unfair. I sent a complain email to UBC Housing, hopefully I'll get a reply.

I'm certainly enjoying this little break before I start my 4 month Co-op term at Honeywell on May 2nd. After finishing all my finals on Sat I went out with Lorraine and Ty for dinner. They're both graduating but Ty gets the special treatment because he's moving to Toronto (I still have another year because my degree takes 5 years). As usual we jumped on the bus and not knowing where to go. We ended up going to Memphis Blue. Later we went down to Wreck Beach for a beach party and found out people were at Tower Beach. We ended up walking around the beach for about 30 minutes carrying firewood with us. The party was lots fun though.


Ty eating (if I put the actual pic with Lorraine in there she would kill me).



We missed the sunset. :(


Today I ended up wasting most of my afternoon (two ppl will disagree with me on this) then went out with Feaver and Vlad to watch Downfall. I've always wanted to watch this movie when it came out. But back then I was in Germany for my 8 month Co-op term and OBVIOUSLY they wouldn't have any English subtitles and my German wasn't (still isn't) good enough to understand the movie. The movie was really good. I really liked it. :)

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Once again I'll finish this entry with a funny.

As the woman passed her daughter's closed bedroom door, she heard a strange buzzing noise coming from within. Opening the door, she observed her daughter giving herself a real workout with a vibrator. Shocked, she asked, "What in the world are you doing?"

The daughter replied, "Mom, I'm thirty-five years old, unmarried, and this thing is about as close as I'll ever get to a husband. Please, go away and leave me alone."

The next day, the girl's father heard the same buzz coming from the other side of the closed bedroom door. Upon entering the room, he observed his daughter making passionate love to her vibrator. To his query as to what she was doing, the daughter said, "Dad, I'm thirty-five years old, unmarried, and this thing is about as close as I'll ever get to a husband. Please, go away and leave me alone."

A couple days later, the wife came home from shopping trip, placed the groceries on the kitchen counter, and heard that buzzing noise coming from, of all places, the family room. She entered that area and observed her husband sitting on the couch, staring at the TV. The vibrator was next to him on the couch, buzzing like crazy.

The wife asked, "What the hell are you doing?"

The husband replied, "I'm watching the ball game with my son-in-law."

The end is coming! By this time tomorrow I'll most likely be completely wasted somewhere in Vancouver...

Let's see what's on the news today.

Japanese Prime Minister Makes a Public Apology

It seems that there are a lot of tensions in Asia right now. First there was the Chinese Law that was passed which said that China WILL invade Taiwan if Taiwan decides to declare her independence. The thing is, Taiwan is already a country. It has its own government, currency, you name it. China just won't recognize the fact. Then there's this China vs Japan business. Give the Japanese PM Koizumi some credits for apologizing about WWII publicly, especially in a large international conference. Of course there's the whole UN Security Council hidden agenda. Hopefully these tensions and issues won't lead to WWIII. It's quite scary how powerful China has become. One day it will be China vs USA and the Cold War may start all over again. If I were to pick a dominate world power I would pick USA over China anyday. At least the US government is democratic...or so they claimed.

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Marijuana Party Launches Campaign in BC
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Marijuana Party officials kicked off their campaign in a British Columbia provincial election in a smoke-filled room at an art gallery here.

Hahaha that's awesome!

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Look who I ran into tonight walking home.

Too bad I didn't have my ninja suit with me or else it would be a classic Monkey vs Dog ninja fight...

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I'll end today's entry with a funny.

A man escapes from prison

A man escapes from prison where he has been for 15 years.
He breaks into a house and finds a young couple in bed.
He orders the guy out of bed and ties him to a chair.
While tying the girl to the bed he gets on top of her,
kisses her neck,
then gets up and goes into the bathroom.

While he's in there,
the husband tells his wife:
"listen, this guy's an escaped convict, look at his clothes!
He probably spent lots of time in jail and hasn't seen a woman in years.
I saw how he kissed your neck."

"If he wants sex,
don't resist,
don't complain,
do whatever he tells you.

Satisfy him no matter how much he nauseates you.
This guy is probably very dangerous.
If he gets angry, he'll kill us.
Be strong, honey.
I love you!"

The wife responds:
"He wasn't kissing my neck...
He was whispering in my ear.
He told me he was gay,
thought you were cute,
and asked if we had any Vaseline.
I told him it was in the bathroom."

Be strong honey.....
I love you
...too!"

I totally missed Martin's speech tonight. Hopefully I can catch something on the news tomorrow. This whole sponsorship scandal obviously didn't start recently, Martin's just taking the heat. Jean Chretien really screwed the Liberal Party over big time. When Lberals took the minority government it was obvious that another election would soon follow. I'm surprised that it has taken this long.

My prediction?
The New Conservative Party will win quite a few seats in the west again, for them to win they'll need to win Ontario. Liberals have no chance in Quebec, look for the we're-not-Canadian-we're-French-but-let's-take-money-from-the-Canadian-government-anyway party to win in Quebec. Martin vs Harper? Well I think Martin still has the upper hand but unlike US, Canadians don't elect the Prime Minister directly. It will be interesting to see how this turns out. It's either going to be another minority party or a major blow out like the BC provincial election almost 4 years ago.

(I missed the MP election because I was in Germany. Perhaps this time I'll finally get to vote. :) )

Canadians, what's your view? I'd love to hear.

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This is just pure ignorance... some people have way too much time. Please find something better to do.

Virgin Mary on US motorway wall

Too bad it's a motorway wall or else it would be on eBay already.

What's next? An image of Mary or Jesus on a sock?

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So a new pope was elected few days ago. Not surpringly an old guy was elected. These Cardinals must all want to go back to Rome in a few years so they can do this all over again. Not to mention all the media coverage and attention over the Roman Catholic. Smart, very smart....

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US Senate OKs $81B for Iraq, Afghanistan

Please explain to me the reasons why USA can to go into a country, remove its government, "put" in a democratic one, and "elect" a leader? The whole weapons of mass destruction is just a pure BS. If it's ok to invade Iraq because it has weapons of mass destruction then USA should also invade countries like North Korea, Russia, France, India, and oh US itself.

Hey USA why don't you get the hell out of other people's land and let themselves run their own country?

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Something funny: The unofficial Star Wars: Episode III 1337 trailer

Found this on Matt's blog. (Click on the pic to see the full image).

Quantum Mechanics final in less than 8 hours. Death is approaching!!!

Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of.




The Sex Life of an Electron
One night when his charge was pretty high, Micro Henry decided to try to get a cute little coil to let him discharge. He picked up Millie Amp and took her for a ride on his Mega cycle. They rode across the Wheatstone bridge, around by the sine wave, and stopped in a magnetic field by a flowing current.

Micro Henry, attracted by Millie's characteristic curves, soon had her resistance at a minimum and his field was fully excited. He laid her on the ground potential, raised her frequency, lowered her capacitance and pulled out his high voltage probe. He inserted his probe into her test socket, connected them in paralell, and began to short circuit her shunt.

Fully excited Millie Amp exclaimed, "Mho, mho, mho." With his tube operating at it's maximum peak current and her coil vibrating from the current flow, she soon reached her maximum peak potential. The excess current flow had gotten her coil hot and Micro Henry started rapidly discharging and soon had drained off every last electron.

They fluxed all night trying various connections and sockets, until Micro Henry's bar magnet had lost all of it's field strength. Afterwards, Millie Amp tried self induction and damaged her solenoid. With his batteries fully discharged, Micro Henry was unable to further excite his generator, so they ended it all by reversing polarity and blowing each other's fuses.

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

While I was walking home tonight I saw yet another raccoon and we had a staring contest for a bit. This one caught my attention and made me a bit sad because the raccoon was favouring his/her left front leg. It looked like the he/she was ran over by a car or something. He was trying to cross the street but was quite hesitate doing so even though there was no traffics at all. I guess the little raccoon was traumatized still...

I'm now confused more than ever about quantum. It appears that Edward Lee a Fizz graduate from last year, got 99% in quantum. That's a WTF factor infinity right there! But again this guy IS a Fizz legend.

The dishes are still sitting in front of A's door. God damn it! (See a few entries down for the pic).

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Just in! By Jen:

Oh baby baby, how i love thee thighs and wings...that's right, YOUR thighs and wings...why dont' u have a picture so that i can see you sweet sweet face and imagine your pretty thighs in my head? you make me go crazy only for you. =)

Jen I know you want me and all but really that bad? :p

Wow what a great invention!


I bet the same person came up with the name "Cock Polishing Servies." (see a few entries down). Gee I wonder how much this person got paid for coming up with names like that.

Intro to Quantum Mechanics:

"Unlike Newton's mechanics, or Maxwell's electrodynamics, or Einstein's relativity, quantum theory was not created - or even definitively packaged - by one individual, and it retains to this day some of the scars of its exhilarating but traumatic youth. There is no general consensus as to what its fundamental principles are, how it should be taught, or what it really "means". Every competent physicist can "do" quantum mechanics, but the stories we tell ourselves about what we are doing are as various as the tales of Scheherazade, and almost implausible. Niels Bohr said, "If you are not confused by quantum physics then you haven't really understood it"; Richard Feynman remarked, "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."

Let me demonstrate...
Start with the basic Time dependent Schrodinger's Equation.


Separate the variables and you get one dimensional time independent Schrodinger's Equation.


This is Schrodinger's Equation in 3D.


Schrodinger's Equation in spherical coordinates. This can be separated into angular and radial components...

Angular


Radial


And then one can normalize angular wave functions into what so called: spherical harmonics...


Confused yet? I know I am!

Since Tuesday I've been studying for my math final which is coming up in less than 10 hours. The exam can go either way. There are two professors teaching this particular math course. One is known for giving out ridiculously hard exams, the other is known for being easy on students. From doing past finals it seemed that Prof A likes to give surprises. :S

Apparently the exam has went through 4 revisions...

And this isn't even my hardest final yet....hardest ones are coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Some cool stuff to check out:

A Sweet Hockey Trick
Area 51 Revealed!
Hamsterman!



And finally for you people that can't get enough of David Hasselhoff (that means you Billy & Evan!)
Can you find David Hasselhoff's nipple?

I just spent the whole day studying my math course (Applied Analysis). Toward the end of the course we learned how to derive Fourier Series, Fourier Transform, and Laplace Transform by hand. It's not an easy business I can tell you that. Anyway while I was studying I came up with this:

How university students think when they are given a question about Laplace transform...

Engineering Students: Hmm Laplace, let's look up the Laplace Table and solve the question that way.
Math Students: Easy, solve it by hand! The formula is...
Science Students: Hmmm Laplace, doesn't that have something to do with some French guy? (After stuck for an hour). Time to ask an engineering student to solve the question!
Commerce Students: Laplace? Let's find an engineer to do this...
Arts Students: Laplace Transform? WTF is Laplace Transform? Hmmm I think Laplace is a French name. It must be some social issues. Let me write an essay about it.
Geology Students (*hint hint*): Math? I can't even do 1+1.
Human Kinetic Students: Laplace? Is that some kind of joint?

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An oldie...

Q: How many engineering students does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Ten. One to actually change the light bulb, nine to make the room spin by drinking alcohol.

Q: How many arts students does it take to change a light bulb?

A: One, but he/she gets 3 credits.

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Funny factor ++


Who comes up with a name like that for a polishing services company anyway? Imagine phoning the company...

"Hi Cock polishing services, satisfaction guaranteed. Can I help you?"

Hehe~

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I don't think he's going to make it...


Irony at its finest moment

Couple things I noticed while walking back home from Koerner Library...

1.) Two gigantic racoons running around like they own the campus.
2.) Some guy driving on the wrong side of the street.

Well that's what happens when you spent like 12 hours in the library studying...anything other than books is interesting!

Looks like Hugh Heffner may soon lose his bunnies...hahaha

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STUDY SAYS PERMANENT VISION LOSS CAN RESULT

By SHARON LEM, TORONTO SUN
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IF YOU DON'T stop it, you'll go Blind. Erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra may cause permanent vision loss in men, a new study shows.

New research found a condition that causes permanent vision loss has been diagnosed in a group of men who have taken the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra.

"The occurrence of this is very underreported. Patients need to volunteer that they're taking Viagra, but they should so that the connection can be made," said Dr. Howard Pomeranz, associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

STROKE IN EYE

The condition -- called nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) -- is known as stroke in the eye. It occurs when circulation and blood flow is cut off to the optic nerve (the nerve that handles vision), which causes crowding of the nerve fibres and injures the nerve and then results in permanent vision loss.

Seven patients in their 40s to 60s had typical features of NAION within 36 hours after ingestion of Viagra for erectile dysfunction and had visual symptoms 45 minutes to an hour after ingestion.

Seven similar cases have been previously reported where men had loss of acuity on the eye chart, loss of peripheral vision or total vision loss.

"For years, we've known that some men who take Viagra will experience temporary colour changes in their vision and see things as blue or green. NAION is a much more serious condition because it can lead to permanent vision loss," Pomeranz said.

All of the patients had at least one arteriosclerotic risk factor, including high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol.

TALK TO DOCTOR

All of the patients also had a condition where blood vessels and nerves are tightly bundled together into the small space in the back of the eye.

Pomeranz urged anyone who is thinking of taking Viagra to talk to their doctor about the risks first. The study is published in the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology.

Pomeranz also asked that anyone with symptoms to email him at comer010 @mun.educ

Some good laughes before going to bed...

Americans are Dumb

Why you should take religion very seriously:

J. Kent Ashcraft
May 2000

Dear Dr. Laura,

Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.

I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.

a) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Leviticus 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?

b) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?

c) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Leviticus 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.

d) Leviticus 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

e) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?

f) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Leviticus 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?

g) Leviticus 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?

h) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Leviticus 19:27. How should they die?

i) I know from Leviticus 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?

j) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Leviticus 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Leviticus 20:14)

I know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help.

Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.

Your devoted disciple and adoring fan.

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Hahahahahahaha~ Ok bed time!

As mentioned in the previous entry, I went to ACF this Friday after classes were done. We started drinking in class at 1 and continued drinking throughout the night. I had a few but I wasn't wasted like a lot of people at ACF. Some people started drinking around 9 in the morning in Gage. Some of them probably passed out before ACF even started.

I only paid attention to two of the bands: K-OS and Matt Good. I've never heard K-OS before and I was pleasantly surprised how good they were. Matt Good was simply being Matt Good, more on that later.


This year's setup was a bit different. In previous years the all age section were on the side of the stage while the rest of the area was for beer garden. People weren't suppose to have alcohol in the all age section...

While on stage, both K-OS and Matt Good got items such as shoes, umbrella, clothes, alcohol (yep, the security did an awesome job) thrown at them. During one of the songs something was thrown directly at Matt Good. Being Matt Good he stopped playing and threatened to leave. Luckily he didn't. He was pretty mad though....

It's a shame such thing had to happen. I admit, the moshing in ACF was bad. People were moshing even during some of the mellow songs, such as Weapon and Lullaby For the New World Order (I think they played this song). It was quite difficult to enjoy the music. How can someone mosh to a mellow song is beyond my imagination. Perhaps these people took Moshing 100?

A friend of mine found the following pic on the internet. (Matt Good please don't sue me if you're reading this).

I'm too lazy to actually write something so here are some cool links to check out:

Man arrested for using US $2 bills
A nerdy video about computer harddrive.
Play famous songs forward then backwards This is actually really amusing.
An interesting music video

Last day of classes tomorrow (or today rather). I'm going to Arts County Fair as a way to celebrate. After that it's all about business and start studying for the finals.

4/12 Signals & Communications
4/15 Applied Analysis
4/19 Systems & Control
4/20 Quantum Mechanics
4/23 Electro-Mechanical Energy Conversion and Transmission
4/23 Economic Analysis of Engineering Projects

This year's exam schedule isn't bad at all compare to the other years (ie 2nd year having something like 7 exams in 9 days).

On a side note, dishes are still in front of A's door...

Currently I'm living in Gage Tower sharing a quad with 5 other people (yes for some reason a 6 room apartment is called a quad). Because I was over in Germany for 8 month for Co-op I didn't move in until January. When I first moved in I noticed that one of the rooms was super messy with clothes and stuff everywhere. I figured this person was moving in as well, big deal.

Boy was I ever wrong. This person (let's call him A) has lived in the quad since September. He's known for making a mess in the quad. Since I moved in A has been leaving his stuff everywhere. When he cooks he won't clean up after himself; when he has A&W he leaves the garbage around the living room area; when he comes back home he leaves his stuff around the living room area; when he uses the washroom he makes a mess...well you get the idea. To make matter worse, he doesn't seem to care at all. Dishes, cooking & eating utensils have been left in the sink since I moved in. When he runs out of dishes he uses other people's and then leaves them in the sink. I soon learned from this mistake and started putting my dishes away instead of leaving them in the dish drying tray.

So his dishes & utensils have been sitting in the sink since January and it's just nasty to look at them everytime I cook or clean up. Today I decided it was enough and moved all his crap out from the sink and put them in front of his door. Apparently the other roommates have already done this several times before I arrived... I came back home from the library around 11 pm and guess what I found?









Dishes are still in front of his door...and more mess in the kitchen. Apparently he boiled some eggs earlier tonight...

Living with others is all about showing respect and being considerate. Nobody can be neat and clean all the time. It's ok to be messy sometimes but leaving crap behind in the common area and expecting people to clean after you and live up with it is just ridiculous. I can't say I'm a neat freak, in fact my room is a mess right now because finals are coming up. But I try my best to keep the common area as clean as possible so everyone can live in a clean environment. What's going on in A's mind is beyond my imagination. He had his door open earlier today and boy I don't think I have never seen a messier room in my life.....

Ugh...

I read an interesting article over at the inquirer.

The whole idea sounds pretty neat although I wonder how difficult installation and maintance would be. With Intel and AMD marketing their dual-core technology that's coming out in the near future, it is absolutely necessary to find a method to cool down those HOT CPU's. Perhaps this magnetic heat exchanger thing will be the next big thing in the CPU cooling business provided it's not too expensive and of course cheap. Sooner or later air cooling is going to reach its limit.

Today the last quantum mechanics homework was due and everyone felt the heat. The Penthouse (Fizz clubroom) was packed with 4th year Fizzers all day today. The questions were from previous finals and you're suppose to be able to do them (4 questions) in 2.5 hrs. The homework took me at least 10 hours. Looks like there are still a lot of work to do for this course. Crap.

Today I'm going to talk about the news media, in particularly my least favourite one - CNN. Since September 11, CNN has become a 100% USA propaganda machine. Rather than giving the American public views around the world, CNN has chosen to focus on one particular story and going over and over and over again and again and again. First it was 9/11, then there was Iraq, then there was Terri Schiavo, and now Pope John Paul II. Sometimes I wonder how many Americans still watch CNN. News should not be biased and should not focus on only particular story, even if it's a major headline. This world has become smaller and smaller as technology evolve and news media should reflect on that. Sure USA probably generates the most amount of "news" but in order to become a well rounded person one needs to view issues from every single point of view as well as think for himself/herself. With Bush in power and CNN brainwashing the general American public, sadly US is quickly becoming what George Orwell visioned in his book 1984...

And for gods sake CNN, please pay some respect to the just passed away Pope John Paul II. He has done lots great things for this world for the past few decades. Let his legacy live on and stop analyzing what he should of done. He's gone and nobody can bring him back. I'm sick of tiring hearing things like "He's a great man....but...."

I was talking to Lorraine last night and our conversation ended up being about how we met. I didn't meet her until last year, the wierd thing is, she has a picture taken in the Gallery from 2 years ago with me in the background. Apparently her friends and her were sitting with us in the same table that night. I suppose I was either too drunk that night or just didn't meet her. Then there are all these connections between our friends. Apparently my friend Ty was in her class in 1st year but dropped the class. She didn't "meet" Ty until last year. Ty's friend Liz lived with Lorraine last year. I knew her friend Jen through another friend of mine Dave. It's wierd how people's friendship circles are interconnected. Well, I suppose that's what makes life so interesting - all these infinite possibilities and unknowns. :)

Terri Schiavo Died
Terri Schiavo died and the legal battles WILL continue.

CNN in Frantic Panic and Chaos!
Now Terri Schiavo is dead and that the American public has become bored with news from Iraq, CNN can no longer broadcast any "interesting" news. News anchors are getting fired by the second! Hell has broke lose!

US Sets Homeland Security Warning to Red/Orange/Yellow/or whatever colour that'll scare the crap out of you...
In response to the chaos in CNN News Center....

Pope Suffers Cardiocirculatory Collapse
Pope John Paul II has suffered serious heart problems and is in grave condition. On Thursday, he received the Holy Viaticum, the Catholics' last rites for the sick and dying.

Anti-Abortion vs Pro-Choice on UBC
The battle continues...

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-May Terri Schiavo rest in peace. This particular case was blown way out of proportion. It was really too bad she had to go through 15 years of this BS. It's rather sad how they had to starve her to death instead of putting her to sleep with morphine or something more effective. It looks like the legal battle will continue. Really people, just let it go.

-It looks like Pope John Paul II will join Terri in the very near future. The man showed great dedication even when he was/is sick. Hopefully he will suffer no more. It's kind freaks how once he is dead his body will be out on display in St. Peters.

-Today protestors were seen on UBS campus in front of the Student Union Building (SUB). The anti-abortion group set up graphical posters while the pro-choice group stood in front of the poster with "Pro-Choice" signs. While walking in front of the SUB, I noticed that one of the anti-abortion posters had a Nazi flag on there. Apparently the anti-abortion protestors believe that:
Abortion = Lynch = Extermination (they showed a pig of Jews being exterminated in the concentration camp).
Hence people supporting abortion are Nazis. That is probably the worst comparison I have seen. Linking abortion to extermination of a human race and people who supporting abortion to Nazi is just dead wrong. For god's sake please come up with something more intelligent. Yes abortion is wrong. Yes abortion has risks. Yes abortion is unethical. Yes "some" religions are highly against abortion. And YES you should always follow what your religion literature says.

I'll end today's post with this...

Think for yourself
Question authority

Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities, the political, the religious, the educational authorities who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing, forming in our minds their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable, open-mindedness; chaotic, confused, vulnerability to inform yourself.

Think for yourself.
Question authority.

Thank you for reading.