haha, it's not as bad as you think, Jesse! That wasn't her boyfriend, it was her cousin! So in other words, I'm all good. She's visiting here from Ireland, and yeah she's totally cute.

big up to the Beckers. good stuff!

apparently this computer is whack. or it is the message board. either way my previous post no longer exists.

anyways, as I don't want to type anymore this will be breif.

Concerts=good. Though, subtract to sweaty shirtless hairy guys with mullets and the night would have been much better.

taylors romantic moment=funny. as her boyfreind was trying to get to her but couldn't through the psychos, and yes she was quite hot.

anything else talk to me in person.

and if Pam reads this, Sandra wants you at her birthday tonight.

Sweet Billboard Top 10 Ringtones!!

Someone's gotta get this to my brother so his new phone can have even more annoying music for the alarm that he sets on snooze while he goes into the bathroom long enough that the alarm goes off again twice while he's in there. (By the way, I must say that I thought generic computer generated music was awesome before, but to have it blasted out of someone's room through MIDI is even better!!)

Jon Stewart or Bill O'Reilly. Which of these two *cough* journalists *cough* has two Peabody Awards?

I'm only going to comment on one thing and try my best to leave the rest the hell alone. We don't have a Dr. King or a Henry David Thoreau because we don't have the populist movement to back them up. We have som hellishly talented and scrappy individuals who could be Dr. Kings or Thoreaus but without the people support behind them (and by that, I mean GIGANTIC amounts of people), nothing ever gets going enough to go beyond organizations like the Suzuki Foundation or CPAWS. I suppose they may also think it's entirely surprising/disappointing that we don't have an ACLU or an NAACP, but I think that again comes down to the population and perhaps even just the way our society is so different (in quiet, difficult to notice ways) from the states.

Congratulations, Beck. You're officially in the water busine...

I notice that 'buying donuts' and 'being Jeremy's official lab monkey' aren't on the list of duties. Sounds pretty sweet.



So, it's not often I agree with something printed in the editorial section of the National Post (and, admittedly, it may be a little too often that I comment on stuff like this), but one piece today was particularly good. They snatched it from TartCider.com, and it comments on (yes, you may groan) the Sponsorship Scandal/Gomery Inquiry/Publication Ban, but takes a look at the bloggers claiming victory from this. Here's a link. Essentially, he's looking at the over-the-top characterization of this event. For example, comments from blogs about the leak:

"…this is Canada's "Watergate", writ large — but in this case the blogosphere is playing the role of both "Deep Throat" and the Washington Post, and in the case of Canadian sites — doing so with the threat of legal action over our heads."

"I finally and completely understand why Canada has not produced a Dr. King or a Henry David Thoreau. Every blogger up here has only one decision to make: will you fight for liberty? ... The threat to charge those of us who published certain links, such as the second post in a series about Jean Brault's testimony before the Gomery Inquiry - The Martin Connection, must be met with only one response: Bring. It. On. I mean it. Let's drop the gloves once and for all and get some earnest debate up here about liberty and inherent human rights."

Dear Matt Beckett,

Thank you coming for today's job interview.

After discussed with my lab staff, I decide to offer you the summer
assistant position in the Limnology Laboratory, Department of Biological
Sciences, University of Alberta. Your term is from May 2, 2005- August
31, 2005. The salary is $1600.00/month without benefit. Your
responsibilities include preparation of water samples submitted by the
clients, sample analyses by using different instruments and washing sample
bottles and glassware.

You will start to work on Monday, May 2, 2004. Our laboratory locates at
Zoology Wing (Z809), Biological Sciences Centre.

Please let me know whether you will take this position as soon as you can.

If any question about this offer, please contact with me either by phone or
email.

regards,

Mingsheng Ma

Depends how high... and whether you said "jump".

it's not a good sign when your stomach jumps at the first thought of work, is it?