Chalking

So it's not uncommon to see that a campus has been tagged with signs or chalk to advertise an event.

On Emory's campus you'll see messages advertising events around campus all the time, but today for the first time I looked down to read the message, and all it said was

"Have a Great Day!"

That's it. It was a good feeling to see that instead of an advertisement, that someone was just trying to make sure that people were happy. Good day.

The War

I think it has become evident that the war isn't going anywhere - or at least anytime soon. Sure, President Bush said that he would pull out 30,000 troops in the next year, but what is the plan until then? There just seems to be a lot of unanswered questions, and I don't feel that this administration, nor the congress are addressing it in the proper fashion.

I guess what really gets me the most is the fact that there are boys the ages of 18-23 dieing daily! 18-23!! The Pentagon releases the names of about 20-30 soldiers who have died every week, and it's very sad. It's sad to know that parents are putting their kids to rest. The show, THIS WEEK with George Stephanopoulous, has a segment which he honors the life of people who have helped to make impact in our history, including the lives of fallen soldiers. Take a moment and watch - it really is a unique feeling.

MIA

WOW! So I realized how much I really playing the 'catch up' game. If you don't stay on top of your stuff, you wont get anywhere - and then when it comes down to getting things done, it's all a big rush in the end.

Anyways, I'm in the College Council office right now trying to get some work done, and I figure I would take a moment and write.

Secondary medical school apps take forever. Every school wants 6 essays it seems, but it is what it is, and it's all in the process. Would I rather be at a baseball game or something instead of writing? Yes. But I also want medical school pretty badly too.

A Long time coming

I know it's been a long time coming since I have updated this blog. Life has been SO crazy since I have gotten back to school. Tuesdays and Thursdays are actually the worst for me as I have class from 10:00am to 3:45pm - A long long day (good thing is, is that I only have T/Th classes, so 4-day weekends for me!)

Anyways, the point of this post is for the following message I got from CNN.com

"-- President Bush will announce this week plans to cut U.S. troops in Iraq by about 30,000 -- to pre-'surge' levels -- by next summer, a senior administration official confirms to CNN."

I'm sure it's a political strategy that the Republican party is trying to pull to help their candidates out, but it's good to see that Bush is finally listening. He's still an idiot, but he may actually be using some of his brain now.

1/2 a cent?

So I'm here in Orlando, my hometown, and I've been spending some quality time with my dad. Really a good time. (My mom and sister are in India doing wedding shopping for my sister's wedding & engagement).

Anyways, my dad looks at me and goes, "what's 1/2 a cent to you?" I thought, well, it's 1/2 a cent. Then he told me to think about it some more. I told him that 1/2 a cent is nothing to me. It's nothing of significance and to be honest, I could live with or without it.

To further his argument, he told me to look to my right. What did I see? My old run down elementary school revamped to a new building with the newest of technology. It looked amazing! I saw a big sign outside of the building that said, "1/2 a penny hard at work!" It really was hard at work.

Several years ago at the time of the vote there was a lot of uproar in my town to continue on with the 7% sales tax, or to bring it back down to 6.5% like the neighboring counties. Needless to say, we went to up 7% and it's done us good. Real good.

Can you really make money off that?

For those that don't know me, I've always been known to criticize those that buy bottled water.

Some guy out there thought, "Hm, in America - we have great water. Water that is free. How about if I take that free water, 'purify' it, then bottle it - maybe I'll make a buck here and there."

Well, at a dollar a bottle - that guy made a lot of cash!

I hope everyone realizes that water is FREE. Anywhere you go, you can go into a bathroom and get water. The same water that comes out of your bathroom sink, goes into your toilet, and comes out at your kitchen faucet is the same water! It actually includes Fluoride - something that's actually good for your teeth.

It's no surprise to me that Aquafina was 'found out' and that they are actually just giving people purified tap water - of course they are! And you go out and spend a dollar on it! Sucks for you.

Also, everyone wants to be healthy by drinking this bottled water, but that plastic bottle is horrible for the environment (as most people do not recycle all of them). It takes forever to decompose. So yea, while you're trying to save your health, you're killing the environment. Smart.

Hate to say it... but I told you so.



*Ever notice how water company Evian spells NAIVE backwards? Hm...


Hey there Delilah. ~Plain White T's

This world....

...is a scary place.


There always seems to be some sort of 'suspicious package' around, governments postulating terrorists are in our country, people going missing, and that's on a good day.

Kinda weird if you ask me. I'm tired of this game, I wanna go home.

SHHH!!! It's the library!

I'm not saying you should do this - because it's really annoying when people do, but you know how when you pick up your cell phone while you're in the library everyone whispers?

First, you are whispering because you're on the phone in a silent library (because of course you don't want to disturb anyone although they can hear you). After those people can hear you, they start whispering to their friends saying, "can you believe them? they are talking in a library!" (which in itself is quite perplexing). And finally - the person you are talking on the phone with starts to whisper too. WHY?! I don't know - but without fail, when you whisper to someone on the phone saying you're in the library - they usually start whispering as if they are there.

Try it.


Hey how you doin' lil mama? lemme whisper in your ear. ~Ying Yang Twins

Burd

Why the hell is the word 'bird' spelled incorrectly?! Sure, everyone writes bird, but it should be bUrd.

Take the word BURN. Burn has the same beginning and bird, 'buuurr-n'.... 'buuuurr-d'.

Same damn thing. Change the spelling.


Burd.

This Week...

This week the Pentagon released another list of 24 soldiers who have died in Iraq.

Why are we still there? Why are there 18 year old men dieing? Week after week, the Pentagon announces 20 - 30 deaths, and I hope this government knows when to stop.

Click on the picture of Bush. It's a collage put together making up the faces of deceased soldiers in Iraq. Interesting work. It's a big file - so it may take a while to load.

Sucky people

This post is titled, "SUCKY PEOPLE". Yes, I know, sucky is not a word - nor a good word at that.

Today as I walking back home I saw that there was a long line of cars that had parking tickets on them. Yes, I understand that those cars did not have decals on them that said they could park there, but WHO CARES!? It's the summer, and they were parking a dorm that has no one there. The parking lot is literally empty. There are probably about 75 spots in that lot, and about 65 of those spots are free at any moment.

Why does the parking office at Emory need to go around and ticket people who are doing nothing wrong - its the summer - no one is here. If they are just trying to make a buck, they should fire the guy who they have doing the parking tickets. Sure you wont be making money - but you sure as hell wont be losing money and creating more hate for your office.

Emory parking office SUCKS! (No, my car was not one of those included - I walk to school - but I'm a man that works for the people... Forget the parking office.)

If the parking office is open, then who is running Hell?! ~Ankoor