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Well, you may already recall me blogging about my friend Amy a while back. But guess what? I convinced her to get a blog at wordpress.com. Her address is jessyni.wordpress.com. I also convinced my new friend Debbie to get a wordpress blog too, and her addy is at americancoolie.wordpress.com.
Now, earlier today at the WRC, Deb looked at me and said “April, do you even know what a coolie is?” and I was like “um, no.” Erm, that was kind of embarrasing to say the least . . . especially when I found out what a coolie was. Here is an exerpt Source from wikipedia:
Coolie
(North America) a Chinese (originally used in 19th-century for Chinese railroad labor). Chinese Coolies have a long history and Chinese are still exploited Coolies. Also racial epithet for Indo-Caribbean people, especially in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and South African Indians, where it is considered on par with “nigger”.I thought to myself “She is as crazy as me! I love it!” Nothing like meeting someone who is racial, gender, and class conscious as Debbie is. However, on this front I was quite ignorant (hence the embarassment). Normally, I’m the one who is versed in sociological lingo, and here I am (at work no less) ignorant of this racial slur against Asian Americans? I need to verse myself in racial slurs so I know better.
Anyhow, today was their first time with blogs. I helped convert them into OUR minions. Fellow bloggers, shower them with comments. I’m quite excited about these blogs, because I know them in person, and TRUST you me . . . that these blogs are going to be worth your read. Show’em some luv.
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OneNote 2007 Beta is the bomb! I am using it now, and I’m having a tremendous amount of fun with it. Imagine if you could link your notes with one another? Welcome to OneNote 2007.
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I suppose I should be more specific about the reason as to why I was able to resolve a lot of conflicts as of lately. About five days ago, my housemate and friend Nicole read my tarot. I picked out the cards, and four cards came out. Now, understand this: I am a Christian. I have never let anyone read my tarot, but Nicole is special. I’ll leave it at that.
It was the second time she read my tarot, and once again she was right on target. Of course, I pick the cards myself, but she is the dealer – so to say. They were Goddess cards, and the four cards that came out were: love, centering, death and rebirth, and selfhood. My question to God was: “Lord, why am I not as confident as I should be?” and through the tarot, I found that I have not loved myself like I should.
Since then, I have been taking the time to watch anime and enjoy myself on the internet. I’ve been taking the time out to take care of, well, me. Most of the time, I don’t take care of myself because I’m always taking care of others. A lot of my friends tell me I should do more for myself, but I always ignore them. I suppose it’s because I am always afraid of loving myself too much, because I don’t want to be vain. It’s so easy to fall into that trap, but that was a long time ago and I have changed so much since I was a teenager.
I used to only care for myself, but then I grew up, more responsible, and now my destiny lies in helping others. However, if I don’t take the time out of every day to love myself, I am unable to focus on what matters most: the ones I love. Instead of complaining about how Ralph and Chris Brown (the housemates who don’t like me and treat me like shit) talk behind my back, I’ve decided to just ignore them and focus my love on the people in the house that are my friends and do love me. I don’t spend enough time with my friends . . . and I should. I also called up a good friend of mine, and Kris and I will be visiting her October 6th. On the 6th we are going to go drinking (partying), and then on the 7th we are going gambling. I’ve never gambled before, but I think it will be fun. Kris and I are poor, so we’ll probably only spend about $100. Either way, we’ll have a good time. We desperately need to get out of Houston for the weekend, and I know that she’ll make it worth our while.
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I rarely blog about what it is that I do at the College of Social Work at the University of Houston. For those of you who don’t know, I’m a graduate student in social work. My particular interests include: housing policy (political), multiracial identity issues (mental health), multicultural identity issues (mental health), social work education policies (political / education), feminist empowerment (mental health / political), gender issues, and others that I can’t think of right at the moment (heheh).
Currently, I’m working on my first research proposal in my Research Methods course with Dr. Leung. My proposal will be modeled from a study that was conducted in Miami Florida titled “Privatized Management in Urban Public Housing: A Comparative Analysis of Social Service Availability, Utilization, and Satisfaction” by professor Stan Bowie. My proposal must be quantitative (statistical), and I plan to execute this study in Houston for my doctoral thesis (tentatively) in 2009.
At the Women’s Resource Center where I work, the volunteers and I are actively conducting grassroots feminist efforts. My goal is to spread feminism like wildfire across the campus by 2010. This will take the efforts of a minimum of 100 volunteers. Right now, there are 12 since the semester began . . . which is not bad at all (considering the fact that the WRC has never had volunteers before). So, whenever I’m incognito you know what I’m doin’.
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Drama Resolution
Here we go with the house drama. Last night, I ended up talking up until 5 a.m. trying to resolve issues where people were talking behind my back. I was also trying to get to the bottom of all of this mess and explain any accusation against me by telling my side of the story since it had basically been overlooked. And thank goodness, the truth was told and many issues were resolved.Menstruation
Here’s the setback to all of this: I am tired as all hell! I couldn’t believe I managed to get up this morning at 9:30 a.m. and get to work by 10 a.m. even though I only got around 4.5 hours of sleep. Not only that, I had this unbelievable feeling that I would get my period today . . . and guess what? I did. When I get my period, I feel extremely energy drained due to the fact that I am losing iron in my blood.I quickly took some Motrin to also prevent the pain of my menstrual cramps. When I get cramps, I gotta tell ya, I get CRAMPS. I almost could swear I’m damn near going into labor or something. After all, these are the same muscles that are used to push a baby out. If I don’t take 3 pills of Motrin IB, then I am completely non-functional. I’m not kidding. I cry for hours on end and roll around in agonizing pain. I pray to God and say “please make the cramps go away . . . please make them go away”. I know that a lot of women have these same issues; I’m definately not alone on this front.
Volunteers
So far so good. I have assigned jobs for each and every volunteer, and for the most part, they have been able to complete their assignments with the greatest of ease. My intention was to divide the labor in small doses so that the volunteers would not feel stressed out at the amount of work that needs to be done. We shall see how the rest of the week goes.
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Introduction
A woman goes in search for her daughter, within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill. Based on the video game.
Review
I had thought this movie was going to be a lot better than what I saw. I ended up buying this movie, and at a total loss I might add. The message of the film was good, and so were the special effects, but the movie dragged, and there were few scary scenes at all. It was a flop of a horror movie, and did not do justice in representing the video game. Shame on the makers of this film!
Directed by
Christophe GansGenres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, ThrillerCast
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IntroductionPrivate Joe Bowers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he’s easily the most intelligent person alive.
Review
This movie made me worried enough to ask myself: “should I have children simply to make sure that stupid people don’t take over?” — yeah, it was that good of a movie. The only reason I give it a 3 out of 5 rating, is because the movie seemed to drag a bit and the comedy was subpar. I also did not like the fact that the majority of the stupid people spoke in some sort of English slang similar to ebonics or at times was made to sound like spanglish. It was as if all the stupid people were mostly Mexican-Americans or African-Americans (and some “poor white trash” in the mix). This only perpetuates the notion that ethnic minorities are going to some how endanger the values and economy of the United States. I realize this is a satire, but I think that Mike could have done a better job on this front.
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I haven’t quite finished it yet, but here is the fall design. I’ve still got quite a few things to add, but all in all, I like it a lot. I still have to arrange stuff, lol, I could go on and go about what I need to fix. The only problem is, is that it’s 4:17 a.m. and I really should be in bed even though it’s Sunday morning.
Don’t worry, I’ll make sure to add all the bells n’ whistles in time. Until then!
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Lately, I’ve got to admit . . . my blog entries have been less personal and more impersonal. It’s not because I don’t want to share my life with you all, but it’s because I am honestly more busy now than I have ever been in my life. I only work 20 hours a week at the Women’s Resource Center, but when I’m not working, I’m either trying to relax or study. Somewhere in between all of this I’m blogging and reading the news.
On a side rant, I’ve passed some blogs with ad-sense on it, and I find it a bit ironic. Years ago, people like myself who didn’t know anything about servers or web domains and how to obtain one were pretty much subject to ads on our sites, because they were free (i.e., geocities, etc.). Web companies were (and still are) making money off our websites.
Well, all I could think of back then was how badly I wanted to have my own website with no advertisement. And now, people are deliberately putting ads on their websites to make money. It reminds me of a movie I recently saw with Kris called “Idiocracy”. In the movie, an average Joe in the army signs up for cryogenic hybernation for a year, but does not wake up for another 500 years. 500 years later, all anyone cares about is money and t.v. full of shows with violence and sex. Hell, the clothes that these Americans wear are full of company logos!
It’s 500 years of a depreciation of education and people who are ignorant have large families that teach their children and their children’s children that education means nothing. There are no doctors, lawyers, or any other profession that’s prerequisite includes anything above a high school education. All of the smart people ended up not having kids because of their careers and the stupid people bred like rabbits. The average guy ended up being the smartest person on the planet! I gotta tell ya, this movie was an excellent satire and I would recommend it to anyone.
Okay, now how did this entry turn into a movie review?
Oh . . . and to clarify, I don’t think that people are ignorant because they want ad-sense, but the part in the movie where everyone has logos, that is the part that make me think of ad-sense on websites. I just forgot to review the movie, and I suppose this time is a good a time as any.
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