February 2012
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Exhausted Noam Chomsky Just Going To Try And Enjoy... →
“Today, I’m just going to kick back and enjoy some much-needed Noam Time. No fighting against institutional racism, no exposing the legacies of colonialist ideologies still persistent today, no standing up to the widespread dissemination of misinformation and state-sanctioned propaganda,” Chomsky added. … “Sitting down to a nice oatmeal breakfast, Chomsky picked up...
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Restless - Didn’t quite meet my grand hopes (I’ve been waiting to watch this since September when it was at TIFF!), and I was discouraged at the beginning, but it got much much better and had some super sweet moments. Someone on a forum dubbed it a ‘redo of A Walk To Remember,’ which seemed worryingly fitting — but after watching Restless, while there may be...
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Haunted dreams and a 14 hour work day. No time for attention to the details. I like paying attention to the details. It actually didn’t end so bad. Tomorrow might be a different story.
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"When Oakland is under attack, what do we do?" ...
Still a bit uncertain of how I feel about black bloc tactics (aka smashy smashy), hence the adjective “semi-pacificist.” Here’s a collection of (not super fine tuned or complete, as I would have liked) thought provoking parts from various articles written in response to the now infamous Chris Hedges article, “The Cancer In Occupy.”
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I want to be your food babies’ baby daddy. Will commit :)
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Sometimes it is really tricky to try to accomodate/work with peoples’ personal communication norms. Some people are cool with the facebook thing. Some people are far more reliable if you e-mail them. Some people are more reliable if you text them. From some people, you can expect a response almost immediately. And from others, it take them a bit longer. And others you can not count on...
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http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/a-jewish-american-... →
“…One afternoon, after a fresh round of killings [of Palestinians] was announced on our bus ride home, I asked two of my friends who actively supported Israel what they thought. “We need to defend our race,” they told me. “It’s our right.”
“We need to defend our race.”
Where had I heard that before? Wasn’t it the same excuse our own country had used to justify its abuses of...
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January 2012
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Contemplating the different possibilities that could affect the rest of my life
- Preference: get accepted into Masters of Adult Education and Community Development Program (emphasis on the latter part. Not boring, oppressive, traditional “teaching”) at OISE in Toronto. Or, better yet, find good work and avoid the more school route!
Now potential back up plans…
- post degree...
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Grrrrr…. thinking I should have gone to the Centre For Social Innovation tonight, instead of the fashion show. I like to be super prepared, but I think I could have made it work. Being super prepared is only something one can do, when possible. Maybe I didn’t need a break and to do something a bit lighter. We’ll see… ‘We can not go back. That’s why...
Happy Birthday Moms!
Angela Davis — Activist, Scholar, Writer, Professor and FBI’s most wanted
When Angela Davis strode on the political stage with her fist raised high and her iconic Afro standing higher, people noticed. She is a rebel and a revolutionary, a bookish philosopher who has lived out her theories with action and purpose.
Smart, stylish, eloquent and fearless, Davis never lets her...
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Why we need to be actively involved in alternative structures and forms of organization. This means grand alternatives to capitalism (such as participatory economics, market socialism, or resource based economies). But going smaller, working within the “social economy” (co-operatives, collectives, or innovatively organized non-profits). And going on an even smaller level, it means...
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Ethiopian girl reportedly guarded by lions →
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.
The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven men who wanted to force her to marry one of them, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, speaking by telephone from the provincial...
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Ping Pong and a Lounge — TOGETHER!
OH MY GOSH! There is a place that seems to be half lounge, half ping pong joint! And they have one in Toronto (Spin Galactic). I maaay have to check out this place…
”The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss(, and have found their way out of the depths). These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”
[added the brackets because I...
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I think I need to hibernate for a bit before I can fly, fight, and crow again.
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Facebook Profile Pictures
I’m never sure if it’s okay to ‘like’ a hot photo of a friend of a desirable gender; particularly when it’s meant to be a hot photo, and you don’t know the person all that well. Maybe I am playing it tooo cool, by avoiding the “WOW, YOU ARE SO HOT!”-signalling ‘like.’ Perhaps I should just own up to my dog-ness. Or could it be creepy?...
December 2011
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emotionally induced cloning <3
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Watchbeautifully shot footage* of Occupy Wall Street to a great fitting song (James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream) *(minus the nationalist sentiment with the gratuitous USA flag shot. I would say the Occupy Movement is a global movement. Nationalism is about self interests, the state, borders, and chauvinism.)
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