My random thoughts and perceptions on the world

The Voice Within

I just think this is an uplifting song.

Your Values Profile

Loyalty: You value loyalty a fair amount. You're loyal to your friends... to a point. But if they cross you, you will reconsider your loyalties. Staying true to others is important to you, but you also stay true to yourself. Honesty: You value honesty a fair amount. You're honest when you can be, but you aren't a stickler for it. If a little white lie will make a situation more comfortable, you'll go for it. In the end, you mostly care about "situational integrity." Generosity: You value generosity highly. So much so that you often put your own needs last. There's nothing wrong with having a caring heart... But you may want to rethink your "open wallet" policy. Humility: You value humility highly. You have the self-confidence to be happy with who you are. And you don't need to seek praise to make yourself feel better. You're very modest, and you're keep the drama factor low. Tolerance: You value tolerance highly. Not only do you enjoy the company of those very different from you... You do all that you can to seek it out interesting and unique friends. You think there are many truths in life, and you're open to many of them.

I thought this was kinda funny, so I figured I'd post it.

Learn Chinese in 5 minutes...(You MUST read them out loud)

1) That's not right ....................... Sum Ting Wong
2) Are you harboring a fugitive?............. Hu Yu Hai Ding
3) See me ASAP................................ Kum Hia Nao
4) Stupid Man ........................... Dum Fuk
5) Small Horse ......................... Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? ............ Wai Yu So Tan
7) I bumped into a coffee table ........ Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
8) I think you need a face lift ........... Chin Tu Fat
9) It's very dark in here ................. Wao So Dim
10) I thought you were on a diet ........... Wai Yu Mun Ching
11) This is a tow away zone ................ No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week ... Wai Yu Kum Nao
13) Staying out of sight ................ Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile .......... Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odor is offensive ........... Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great .................................. Fa Kin Su Pah

Lately I have once again become increaslingly frustrated and utterly dismayed by the way in which some individuals try to use the bible to condem other individuals (especially those evil homosexuals!). Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion; my only request is that if you're going to follow the bible by the letter, then you need to follow the ENTIRE Bible by the letter.

With that being said, I have a few questions for all of my religious zealots out there.

1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may 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 to Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?

2. 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?

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

4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states that he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?

6. A friend of mine feels that, even though eating shellfish is an abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there "degrees" of abomination?

7. Lev. 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?

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

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

10. 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 (Lev. 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 (Lev. 20:14)?

For those of you who think that these are just outdated principles that shouldn't be followed, feel free to express this same sentiment the next time you hear one of our lovely right-wing whackos decrying that some group is going to burn in hell for being an abomination/sinners.

Adventurous 55 Reserved, 69 Kinky

Sex is more than just physical. It is one of the ways to build an emotional bond between two people. Sex gives adults the opportunity to act like children again. You know trying new things can be fun although there are still some things that scare you.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 91% on Reserved You scored higher than 7% on Kinky

Link: The Monogamous Kinky Lovers' Test written by nikki1970 on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

Your Eyes Should Be Hazel

Your eyes reflect: Intellect and sensuality What's hidden behind your eyes: Subtle manipulation

I found this online and I couldn't help but post it....so true!

So, This past weekend was homecoming here at good Ole CU. It was also my friend LBG's birthday. So, the whole crew came up from Hot-Lanta to celebrate the two momentous occasions. Even Yorkie-Poodle came up for his first visit to Tiger Town.

The weekend was actually really fun. We all went down to TD's when they got into town and had a few dirnks, and a celebratory shot at Midnight to ring in LBG's 29th birthday ;o)~. After hanging down there for a bit, we headed to TTT's while LBG and her date for the evening went to Backstreets. After enjoying the look of confusion and fear in Yorkie's eyes as the entire bar sang the tradition Clemson rendition of "You Never call me by my name", we headed out and they all wandered to a party as I headed home for the evening.

We met back up to hang out while the game was going on. It was a pretty laid back affair...I don't think I even drank anything. I more than made up for that, however, later that night. The plan was to have a Bonfire to celebrate LBG's birthday, and the gang had made enough PJ to bathe a whale. After many cups of Purple Jesus, some roasted marshmellows, and a weiner, I had the bright idea, "Let's play Never have I ever!" That's just a reciepe for trouble. Needless to say, i developed a whole new repect for Yorkie as not only "Freak Nasty-2006", but he made fun of people with me!

When all was said and done, I think it was a good weekend. I left out most of the raunchy parts, so if you want to know that, you'll have to ask! ;o)

ADDENDUM:

LBG got D-I-C-K this weekend as well! :o)

10. Life is sexually transmitted.

9. Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

8. Men have 2 emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him
without an erection, make him a sandwich!

7. Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a
person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

6. Some people are like a Slinky....not really good for
anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one
tumble down the stairs.

5. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in
hospitals dying of nothing.

4. All of us could take a lesson from the weather.
It pays no attention to criticism.

3. Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a
substantial tax cut saves you 30 cents?

2. In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now
the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.


And NOW . . . THE NUMBER ONE thought for 2005:

We know exactly where one cow with mad-cow-disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America, But.... we haven't got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Dept. of Agriculture in charge of immigration

// posted by Brad @ 10:22 AM 0 comments

You are a Social Liberal (71% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (18% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

They call it the "Quarter-life Crisis." It is when you stop going along with the crowd and start realizing that there are a lot of things about yourself that you didn't know and may not like. You start feeling insecure and wonder where you will be in a year or two, but then get scared because you barely know where you are now.

You start realizing that people are selfish and that, maybe, those friends that you thought you were so close to aren't exactly the greatest people you have ever met and the people you have lost touch with are some of the most important ones. What you do not realize is that they are realizing that too and are not really cold or catty or mean or insincere, but that they are as confused as you.

You look at your job. It is not even close to what you thought you would be doing or maybe you are looking for one and realizing that you are going to have to start at the bottom and are scared. You miss the comforts of college, of groups, of socializing with the same people on a constant basis. But then you realize that maybe they weren't so great after all.

You are beginning to understand yourself and what you want and do not want. Your opinions have gotten stronger. You see what others are doing and find yourself judging a bit more than usual because suddenly you realize that you have certain boundaries in your life and add things to your list of what is acceptable and what is not. You are insecure and then secure. You laugh and cry with the greatest force of your life. You feel alone and scared and confused. Suddenly change is the enemy and you try and cling on to the past for dear life but soon realize that the past is drifting further and further away and there is nothing to do but stay where you are or move forward.

You get your heart broken and wonder how someone you loved could do such damage to you or you lay in bed and wonder why you can't meet anyone decent enough to get to now better. You love someone but maybe love someone else too and cannot figure out why you are doing this because you are not a bad person. One night stands and random hook ups start to look cheap and getting wasted and acting like an idiot starts to look pathetic.

You go through the same emotions and questions over and over and talk with your friends about the same topics because you cannot seem to make a decision. You worry about loans and money and the future and making a life for yourself and while winning the race would be great, right now you'd just like to be a contender!

What you may not realize is that everyone reading this relates to it. We are in our best of times and our worst of times, trying as hard as we can to figure this whole thing out.

Send this to your twenty-something friends...maybe it will help someone feel like they are not alone in there state of confusion.

Since everyone else has done this already, I guess it's my turn.

10 years ago: October 10, 1995
It was my freshman year at Clemson. I was living in Calhoun Courts (because I got it like that...lol) with the wanna be frat boy, the unwed father, and the "the redneck". The redneck soon left and transferred to tech. He said it was because he wanted to go closer to home....we all knew it was because me and about 15 of my friends got in his face for hanging a 10 foot by 4 foot confederate flag in our bedroom while I was out.


5 years ago: October 10, 2000
I was still at Clemson, after changing to my third, and final, major and taking a year off from school. I was an RA in Thornhill Village (aka, Da Gehtto). I was living with one of my best friends Josh and had been dating Jamie for two years by now. I was looking at law schools and trying to decide if I was going to try and go right after graduation, or wait.


1 year ago: October 10, 2004
I am (just guess) still living in Clemson. After graduation, I was asked if I wanted to take a position in my old department. Considering I had been sitting around the house sending out resumes for 6 months, I said yes. I figured it'd be a good way to make some money (and save) for law school. I am still waiting for the "saving" part of that to kick in.

Yesterday:
I was a lazy lump all day yesterday. It was sunday, so it mostly involved me sitting around the apartment doing so semblance of house work. I did have a good weekend with friends, so it gave me a chance to rest up.

5 snacks I enjoy:
Donuts with powered sugar
Peaches
sweet strawberries
Funyons
anything chocolate (and not that white chocolate crap)

5 songs I know all the words to:
I will Always Love You (Whitney Houston)
Free Your Mind (En Vouge)
Chariot (Brian degraw...I know I spelled it wrong, so what)
Tigerrag (The song that shakes the southlan)
Fantasy (Mariah Carey and ODB)


5 things I would do with a million dollars:
Pay off all my bills
Give some to my mom and siblings
buy a house
go to law school
go visit Josh and Joao in London

5 things I would never wear:
A Trucker cap
A "wife-beater"
A Polo shirt with the collar turned up (C'mom sheeple...be original)
Anything from Banana Republic
Ripped jeans

5 bad habits:
Biting my nails
Having too many opinions (and giving them)
Going out too much
stayin up too late
being nosey

5 favorite toys:
My Laptop
my gamecube
my boomerang (although i never use it anymore)
the box of transformers in my closet (ahhh...childhood)
does booze count?


Now tagging 5 people and they are...
There is no one left for me to tag...so, if you're reading this, and haven't been tagged...now you have.

So yeah....it's been a while since I have put anything on this blog...mainly because I haven't felt "bloggy" lately. Sure, I could have regailed stories of weekends past where i spent a little too much time partying and having fun. Yes, I could have gone on tyrates about our "president" and the rest of government for their handling of the hurricaine, supreme court, Karl Rove, or countless other assanine things. Yes, I could have vented frustrations about my life in general like I have in the past. But, none of those (as profound as they are, and as much as I have vocalized my opinion about them) caused me to enter blog-land.

But, something that happened this week has. Working in higher-ed, I understand the importance of diversity and of making sure that the people who represent your university (students, faculty, staff, administration, etc...) all reflect, understand, or at least accept this idea. Well, and administrator of a local school whose name I won't mention (Greenville Tech) showed, at least to me, just how important the idea of diversity was to her.

Greenville Tech, like many other schools in the southeast and around the nation, has been making arrangments with victims of Katrina who were enrolled in Louisianna schools (or students enrolled here who were/are residents of LA). People displaced by the hurrincaine are being housed in a temp. shelter inside the the local Expo Center in Greenville. Well, it turns out that during two-separate staff meetings, the University's Associate V.P. for Student Services made the statement that.....and I want to make sure I get this right...."the school's aid for the mostly black hurricane victims staying at the Palmetto Expo Center would include sending yellow buses to pick up the 'yard apes'...".

Just overlooking the fact that Greenville Tech's student population is 28% black (a higher percentage than the city itself), this woman, whose name I will not mention (Renee Holcombe) was the person in charge of STUDENT SERVICES! I wonder what kind of service the minority students at Greenville Tech actually get.

Once the story came out, the reaction was imidiate and the offical resigned the next day (she wasn't relieved of her duties, she resigned...which means she'll just move on to another school and carry her twisted views with her without anyone having any idea). The reall kicker is, in his attempt to show that this was an "isolated" incident and that it is not the way Greenville Tech thinks; the President of the college, who will also remain nameless (Tom Barton), made the statement that "...the school does not have any minority vice presidents, but has "been in the market for one" for a year or more..."They're very difficult to find," he said...

Maybe he can go pick one up at Kosco.

If you want to read the latest news article on the whole thing, go here:
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050915/NEWS04/509150321