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| I'm reading this great page2 article on espn.com. Here's an excerpt:
(the author is saying people treat kobe like a rambo-sytle hero: RamKo-be)
You'll hear all about it tonight on ABC as the Lakers and Spurs resume
a series that's deadlocked at 2-2. You'll see the footage of Kobe
Bryant in business attire, entering a not-guilty plea. You'll see him
get into a chauffeured SUV, get whisked to an airport, enter another
chauffeured vehicle and emerge at the Staples Center dressed as RamKo.
All the while, several narrators and commentators will gush about
RamKo's mental strength.
No one will comment about the absurdity and the stupidity of the situation.
Not once will you hear anyone speak this truth: "Man, it's a damn shame
that Kobe Bryant is putting himself, his teammates, his fans and his
family through all of this crap. Wow. As good as he played Tuesday,
just think: If the idiot hadn't stepped out on his wife and slept with
a teenage woman he didn't know, he might have been even better Tuesday
night. Or maybe the Lakers would be winning this series and wouldn't
find themselves in so much turmoil. But these are the dangers of a
high-profile, married man sleeping with a teenager he's only known for
30 minutes. You might catch a case and wind up on national TV looking
like Boo-Boo the Fool."
That captures the sad reality of RamKo's existence. RamKo isn't Martin
Luther King Jr. writing a letter from an Alabama jail. RamKo isn't a
victim. His teammates are victims. His fans are victims. Hell, I feel
like a victim myself, being forced to listen to and read the glowing
accounts of RamKo's heroism.
RamKo is not Pat Tillman. There's nothing heroic about fighting rape
allegations by day and playing basketball by night. Nothing.
Most people accused of sexual assault don't get the benefit of 20,000
supporters showering them with love just hours after a court appearance.
Full article text here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=whitlock/040513
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| 1:48 AM working on CS194 for tomorrow's demo. Demo...yeah...right...we're going to demo...
I was reading psots at slashdot.org the other day and they were discussing snail-mail spam.
Someone suggested that each time you get a piece of
junk mail where they want you to respond (and have included a postage
paid envelope) that you tear up whatever form they've given you without
filling it out and put the shreds into the postage paid envelope and
mail it back to them. Costs them AT LEAST 37 cents more (in
postage) + money to pay someone to open the letter.
I read that and thought it was the greatest idea I
had seen in MONTHS. So, A FRIEND OF MINE has been trying this for
the last three weeks. I think this person has mailed back ~15
envelopes to credit card companies. What fun!
The other day I missed lunch with Eddie, so I went and got him a BUNCH
of flowers. I placed them on his desk along with a note saying
"I'm sorry baby, come back to me."
My significant other is great. (not Eddie, Jea-Hyoun)
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| The following
text was posted on slashdot.org this afternoon. It's funny, but it's
also sad and true. It's also been (slightly) edited by me for
examination by non-technophiles.
Re:Offer from BS (Score:5, Insightful) >
Posted by An Anonymous Coward
on Monday April 26, @07:59PM (#8978253)
Someone previously said: We'd
all like to be doing what we love to do, but sometimes we learn to grow
by doing what makes us more money and ultimately more leisure time to
spend with friends and family.
Participation in the
dog-eat-dog struggle is almost entirely unnecessary for most people.
The poverty level in Western countries exceeds the upper middle class
of most other countries.
One could, if one were willing to give up one's lifestyle,
live cheaply and have leisure time for friends and family in abundance.
A trailer home in Kentucky can be had for $1000, and a diet of ground
beef, flour, spices and vegetables can sustain a family for less than
$5000 a year.
You are not working for leisure time, don't kid
yourself. Almost any working American today could retire and move to a
3rd world country and live comfortably forever. You are working for
DSL (fast internet), the new Radeon (a fast computer part), that huge TV, the laptop, your spiffy car, fancy
dinners, nice clothes and every other element required to 'keep up with
the Joneses'. You find those things more valuable than pursuit of what
you love, if you are not doing what you love.
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<rant>
This draw process is a complete nightmare.
</rant>
Three cheers for spring quarter and sunshine.
Three cheers for Mark Study...I love it!
Three cheers for Catalina and Mark 2...make sure you go!
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| I'm amazed that people read these things.
I have my first job interview tomorrow. The company is called
Plaxo. It's a startup in Mountain View. Check them out:
www.plaxo.com
I'm also amazed that this quarter I'm not taking a single class that I have the slightest interest in taking.
Class wishlist:
CS240
CS155
CS241
Actually taking list:
194
GER
Filler Units
At least my section for the GER class is amuzing. There's a girl in my
section who has the EXACT personality of Grace K. Lee. Who could have
imagined?
I suppose this is my first actual blog entry.
Hi Eun-Sang...
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| Now really, if you haven't read the article entitled "Prayer, the language of the kingdom", WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
Ask me, you can borrow my copy!
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