| A personal announcement |
[28 Feb 2005|07:38pm] |
As some of you know, I have been requesting that people address and refer to me with the name Kian and male pronouns. The basic reason for this should be obvious, but somewhere there's a more complex explanation I'm not cut out to give to everyone. To everyone who knows this and has tried to humor my wishes: Thank you all. You have no idea how much it means to me in terms of social and personal comfort.
I've been "out" among my friends at school for just over four months, but put off announcing it in this journal for an extremely petty reason.
I suppose I should also say that I have been updating a second LJ account - ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) parallelport - where I assume all readers are aware of my name/pronoun/identity preferences. Add it to your friends list if you'd like; I would be glad to keep you all as LJ friends, and real friends as well, where applicable.
I also have a new screen name. It is degeneratecube.
Best regards (or something),
Kian
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| This quiz is the suck |
[25 Feb 2005|05:51pm] |
I had to tiebreak between being an ecologist and wanting a classless system. Jeez! Plus there totally weren't enough questions to cover all or at least most of the ideas.
In news of my life, my wisdom teeth are gone, and I am feeling absolutely no pain. Everyone who told me it was horrible is a wuss.
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| Becuase Mac OS is Unix-based, right? That should be enough. |
[23 Feb 2005|12:36pm] |
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Okay, this refers to something that happened a few weeks ago, but only now do I start fuming about it. It's offensive to me for two reasons: 1) I'm an ambivalent-but-vaguely-positive Mac user and 2) I know nothing about computers (of my own will, mind you, the reasons for which may or may not be discussed later) and obviously can't argue with people such as those to be mentioned. So, I obviously need all of your help. *stares pointedly at Thomas*
People who make claims (which, by the way, never prove to be anything more) about their extensive knowledge and usage of Linux/Unix, yet largely favor Windows over Mac OS, and in fact flamboyantly claim that Mac OS is The Devil and Only Idiots Use It for reasons such as "Only one mouse button" and "There's something wrong with ejecting a disk by putting it in the Trash" are intrinsically bad people.
Discuss.
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| This is embarrassing. |
[21 Feb 2005|12:19pm] |
Once upon a time, Armand and Audra wrote the beginning of a song. I saw it in Armand's notebook and wrote enough to complete one singing of it, and sang that at the Poetry Nite.
Last night I wrote a second part. If it's alright, I will read it at some point, and post it here.
The concept and first part are still property of Armand and Audra, or the world. Here is the whole song.
( O Emo Night )
What do you say? Any more verses? Ooooh, how about violin/cello parts? Something cooler than just the music to O Holy Night.
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| Well, I have a soul and you don't. |
[19 Feb 2005|03:09pm] |
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So I have mp3s from my audiocassette recording of the poetry night. They're pretty bad quality, but they'll have to do, seeing as I didn't see anyone there with a digital recording device. There are 14 of them, total size 38.6 MB. Does anyone know of any free web hosting providers that will allow mp3s and also give enough space for it?
I'm also thinking of making a terrible personal page kind of deal, with lots of real things, but the hard part is thinking up real things. Did I ever tell you I don't know how to read?
So in history class we did something. I can't remember what, but it was oh yeah, the current events quiz. I actually tried studying for it, but that only helped for two of the questions. At least one of those was a sports question, and I never know the answers to sports questions. Also, that "best innovation" poll? If engineers really thought cell phones were second best (the internet got first best), I feel bad about not wanting to be an engineer in the same way I feel bad about not wanting to be a lesbian because the lesbians of my generation are really annoying. That's not the reason why, by the way. Also, I'm not explaining anything to anyone, ever. But maybe I will on my personal page!
So watching the news is one thing I can say with confidence that I'm not interested in. The news sucks, even if it'll get me extra credit.
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| Youth Poetry Nite |
[16 Feb 2005|09:01pm] |
On Friday, this thing is happening at Carriage House Gallery on Holden Street (off Smith street) in Providence, which is owned by an ex-La Salle teacher who used to run Spün. It's at 8pm, and sign-ups start at 7:30 for mostly poetry (quality uncertain, but promised not to be all teenage meta-angst) but also anything else.
Derek says about twenty Classical kids are coming, but I don't know who they are, and I hope they're not people who used to know and/or hate me. Therefore, if you go to Classical and I know you now and you don't hate me, you should go. Also, anyone reading this should consider going, regardless of whether or not you live in the area.
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| I can't tune MY string instrument, but she could tune him like a cello on devil's wheels |
[13 Feb 2005|08:01pm] |
I intend to spend my delicious Valentine's Day jealous of other people's relationships, deleted rest of the sentence.
Therefore I need to grow my hair out!
Derek went on LambdaMOO and impersonated Mr. Obadiah in female form. It was embarrassing.
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| Anyway, life has otherwise been hectic and lame. |
[09 Feb 2005|05:46pm] |
I really have nothing to say here because the entirety of my thought process mechanisms have been invaded by things I don't want to say here. However, I do have this to say: I used to think I didn't know enough about politics to have my own opinions, but even after learning new things I don't feel like I have any more right to an opinion than I used to. Does that say more about the nature of politics or the nature of being educated?
One ironic thing in the world of college application is on standardised tests you always have to write about really broad topics such as "Is style more important than substance?" or "Does hard work pay off?" while in actual college application essays they like it best when you write about specific things. Actually, it wouldn't be much of a contradiction if I used more context in my statements, so I won't, for the sake of being charmingly striking, and having an excuse to fill my entries with NaNo-esque verbosity as opposed to meaningful explanations of substance, for style is indeed more important. Not in pencils though. I wrote about pencils in that essay for the SATII Writing test, and it got 8/12. Not so bad actually, if their system is as tough as the AP French Exam's.
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| Also, I am seriosu no wayz!! |
[04 Feb 2005|03:34pm] |
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Why do I own a G5? I don't deserve such luxury. I do, however, deserve a working bathtub drain. And that is why life is semi-unfair.
I watched a bit of the President's State of the Union address on Wednesday and I think it's fair to say it's one of the best speeches he's ever done. The thing is, I could have sworn he said something about nucular power plants to save the environment, but when I looked at the transcript it wasn't there. Just hydrogen stuff. Kinda makes me wish we weren't too cool for wind and solar power.
So I'll try to list all the topics I heard him cover before I started falling asleep.
1. The fact that he has no right to impose his political system on anyone else
2. We're doing a wonderful job introducing the concept of a free democracy to the Iraqis
3. No killing embryos for research.
4. Marriage was made for a man and a woman, and a constitutional amendment will ensure that (met with applause and half a standing ovation)
5. Social security isn't going to change if you're over 55. But we need to act now or otherwise all the money will be gone
6. Creating new jobs
7. Reducing federal government departments (not sure which. Also, this should be closer to the top of the list if this is chronological.)
8. Environmental plan with hydrogen-powered automobiles. Energy independence from foreigners! Applause, cheers, standing ovation, enter the magical flying hydrogen cars.
9. Combat the disease called HIV
10. Terrorists from the Middle East? Iran weapons 9/11 tyrants.
11. Terrorists from North Korea, what?
12. More terrorists.
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| I know this topic has become pretty trite, but somehow I can't resist saying something. |
[28 Jan 2005|05:15pm] |
It's been established in a few nations that the government shouldn't censor media just because it portrays certain political leaders negatively or expresses certain political views, or at least I hope it has. In theory.
The other reason things are censored is to shield the public from things it finds shocking and/or offensive. However, this discourages awareness of the fact that such things do indeed exist, and can only cause the public more continued distress. (Actually, I wonder what would happen if we were exposed to everything we currently find disturbing now so much that we ceased to be disturbed by it. I expect we'd find other things to be disturbed by, and those things would have been quite ordinary in our current time.)
Some say that there is a third reason things are censored, which is to prevent the moral fibres of society from being sullied. This is really (at least in recent American cases) just a combination of the first two reasons, because looking at what is published doesn't exactly reflect a government's concern for our moral fibres.
Homosexuality exists. Regardless of whether or not it is a conscious choice, a vice caused by revolutionary youth subcultures, an unnatural act, a hell-deserving sin, or just plain old nasty, it exists and has existed for as long as sex has existed (yeah, that exists too. Sorry to burst your bubble or something). And "protecting" people from that truth isn't going to help us develop that ideal society, in which everyone thinks for themselves. And I'm sure the American government is very aware of that.
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| Quiero ser tu ultima amor |
[26 Jan 2005|06:27pm] |
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The Tourettes - Romance Anglaise |
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It's pretty obvious what that line means, but I never really thought about it. In my dream I knew what it meant. This is extremely important, because although I've interpreted or translated things before in my dreams, I've always done it totally wrong and realised that when I woke up. In a normal circumstance I would have thought it meant "Your head is totally a cactus" or something, but last night I heard it and clearly thought "That means I want to be your last love" and upon waking decided it was true. So I'm either becoming more in tune with my subconscious, or it's stopped trying to convey messages to me in more cryptic ways. I still think the only real meaning of that dream is that I want the Tourettes to get back together.
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