Stretching my fingers

My last post was funny because I thought they were ridiculous for thinking they could get away with that. Iran's national soccer team? I mean come on...it's Iran.

So why start writing? Why now?

Well. The Truth is I've got a new link here from my name. net
It's cool.

yo. So's anyway I just got a whole crazy space-out after mentioning that,
about having a fake firstlast.net name link here and then advertise that website around, so people would know this name. Then put a listing in a phonebook with that name under some PO box you register to that name.

WHAT?


Anway. So things have been great back at school. And it feels great to be writing again. I'm deciding right now, as I'm typing this that I'm going to learn to touchtype if it kills me. Because the way I do it is pure of improper habits.

ugh. so now i,m touchtyping and thiings are going much slower.

So now I'm not and t hings be cray-z!]

WHAT?

Anyway so yeah, Im back and typing again. I dont understand why anyone would read this but people do. So why not? I'll write.

XKCD just gets me. It makes me cry. I didn't know there were so many people like that. Who'd get that, laugh at that.

Its beautiful.

I love how in the age of google, you can just say things, and people will look'em up themselves if they're interested. Google. Wikipedia. Whatever.

I could probably use some editing. I'll work on that.

Iranian Footballers who wore Green Protest Ribbons Banned for Life

"The fate of the other two players who wore the wristbands is unknown. None of the team members were given back their passports upon returning to Tehran after the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw – a result that ended Iran's hopes of qualifying for next year's tournament.

Karimi is one of Iranian football's best-known stars, having played for the German club Bayern Munich. Ka'abi played for Leicester City for several months during the 2007/8 season. Hashemian and Mahdavikia play for the German teams Bochum and Eintracht Frankfurt.

The gesture acutely embarrassed Iranian officials. The team's chief administrative officer, Mansour Pourhiedari, initially claimed the wristbands had been intended as a religious tribute to a revered Shia figure in the hope that it would deliver a victory on the pitch."

Pilgrims in Putuoshan

Ah! and heres a video of some crazy ass shit. Pilgrims in Putuoshan (a buddhist sanctuary island. I visited. Thats where the giant gold buddha was from two posts ago.) Mmmhm. Nice song, no?

Political Rant

Hey Folks! Long time no speak. Whats the deal?! Was it something I said?

Oh, right. I stopped updating. Well thats all over now.

I've been pretty pre-occupied between coming home from China and looking for a job,
but indeed that is no excuse at all. SO! Here I write again.

Uh...hmm.... Oh yeah!
So looking for a job can suck your soul out slowly and painully. I think its a good experience for me, though, since I'm an Economist. Economists tend to lose their souls alot too, but usually by ignoring things like the pro's of job security and by a certain insensitivity to the plight of the common worker... so now I'll be safe from that cause I know what it feels like.

How bout them Iranians! Its funny cause even the "reformist" candidate (look at his platform, its still ridiculous) wouldnt have been all that much fun, but a revloution! mmmmmmmm the only thing we (We as in the free world) could gain from this is less funding for Hamas and Hezbollah. Poor guys, victims of the global recession. May even have to start laying off administrators in the Martyrs division, but they've been losing money for years now anyway, and refused to innovate.

Oh, and read up on Sarkozy's proposal for outright banning burqas in France. Banning. A garment... in case you forgot, one of his early actions was to ban head scarves, yarmulkes, and "over-size crosses" from french public schools.... Now, in his mind I'm sure he's just fighting the "radical" and "religious extremist ideas" these things represent, but I'm pretty sure France is a free country. So what the fuck. The scariest part is nobody's making a stink about it.

I mean, FORBIDDING religious garb. He says its because it represents the debasement and subjugation of women. In many senses it does. But there's also a whole bunch of women who put it on by themselves. Educated women, too. So basically very religious muslims will be banned from France. Imagine banning sheitls. yeah, I think its like that.

more pics from China, and a video.
The pics are from a trip to Huangshan, 黄山，literally Yellow Mountain. Its not really yellow tho, thats just the name. The last pic was my first meal in Xi'An.

Pictures. More Coming.

So about love and the universe.

yes. Im back.
Why not!
I can now upload at full speed. I have a twitter.
Welcome back to America.

By teh end of my timeinn China, all my access to blogger was blocked....
GO CENSORSHIP!

But home I am now.

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In the Future

in the future,
when two people, on cell phones,
call each other at the same time
the telecom companies will understand what is happening.
And put the call through.
But you have to wait till the future.