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Lilho's Journal from 06/2008

06/02/08 11:21 - 63ºF - ID#44521Category: oiloil

i was reading the news at work yesterday. our census is so low at the hospital, and so things have been really slow, leaving me hours of sitting idly.

anyway, the price of gas in france is 11 or 12 something a gallon. in venezuela, a gallon of gas is 12 cents. lets all move to venezuela right?

i guess that it isn't as big of a deal in france, because gas was always way more expensive and it has only gone up 90% compared with 170% here in the u.s.

imagine filling up a hummer in france. what would that cost you? 250?

gas prices here are cheaper than in ny, but i definitely find myself wanting to drive less. wayyyyyy less. it makes a difference not commuting to school for the summer, and my work is relatively close. i drive with the windows down when i can.

all this makes me wonder, when will we finally stop using oil???

did anyone see charlie wilsons war? i think it is so crazy that the u.s. gave the afghans all those weapons to kill the soviets, and now we want to kill the afghans.

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jenks writes at 03:14:58 06/03/08 - Comment #35688

I do not pretend to fully understand why gas prices are going up and up. To vastly oversimplify, I'm sure it's a combo of politics AND supply/demand issues.

But (you'll love this josh)- I work with a guy who is a well-educated smart guy. But he is 100% convinced that the gas crisis is COMPLETELY Bush crony-ism. I.e. he lets his oil CEO friends get rich so that they will do the same for him when he is out of office. He is sure that gas will be $2/gal the day after the election.

I for one think that view is a little extreme... but that's just me...

joshua writes at 12:57:56 06/03/08 - Comment #35685

Take a look at how much per gallon the governments in Europe are taking in taxes on that gallon of gas. Its more expensive for many reasons but that is an enormous one.

I'm not getting into it here, but there are so many numerous misconceptions about why gas costs what it does that I could write a novel about it. I'll just summarize by saying that most Americans have a simplistic view of how it works, but truth be told, its a complex issue and and many variables in place, some of which are ignored depending on your agenda.

RE: Iraq and Iran, and the Afghani-Soviet war. Throughout American history we've taken flexible stances with governments that we are not allied with in order to achieve a larger objective. Iran and Iraq have long been distrustful of each other - we assisted Iraq and Saddam Hussein to stick one to the clerics in Tehran. We assisted the Mujahadeen to stick one to the Soviets.

Honestly, and this is no swipe at you (e:Z), but if I hear one more comparison to Cuba and the USA I'm going to throw up. Cuba out of a depression? C'mon. Cuba has been third world virtually the entire time a Castro has been around. We're talking about a country where the government provides a pair of shoes once a year and a sack of food every month. They haven't been in a depression because they've never had any degree of economic prosperity.

vincent writes at 10:09:20 06/02/08 - Comment #35660

(e:carolinian) I think you are on to something. Look at all the suburbanites trading their Explorers for Civics. We will be living like Euros in 10 years, which means the rich will live in the cities while the poor in the 'burbs, all while driving small cars.

metalpeter writes at 07:19:15 06/02/08 - Comment #35653

I didn't see that movie. But what gets even stranger is that both Iraq and Iran went from friends to enemies and we gave them weapons when they where our friends or maybe they were not our friends but they didn't like our enemy.

libertad writes at 06:03:41 06/02/08 - Comment #35648

da me mas gasolina. yeah I am all about not having a vehicle, living and working in the same place and getting produce locally whenever possible. Guercio's is super awesome for that. All that being said, when are you flying via a gas guzzling jet back to buffalo?

carolinian writes at 12:28:51 06/02/08 - Comment #35638

If gas hits $6/gallon, suburbanites might move back to Buffalo. Wouldn't be ironic if after all of the attempts to revive Buffalo failed, what succeeded in reviving the city was the cost of gas.

drew writes at 12:24:51 06/02/08 - Comment #35637

I saw that film. It was good.

I only drive when I have to now.

zobar writes at 11:59:30 06/02/08 - Comment #35636

Something is definitely up with the oil supply. When gas was $3/gal people griped but it didn't really affect driving habits as far as I could tell. But now that gas is $4/gal the market really can't bear it. People really are cutting back on their usage.

I read an interesting article on Wikipedia about post-Soviet Cuba

- Cuba got heavily subsidized oil from the Soviet Union, which dried up more or less immediately once the Soviet Union fell and brought the economy with it. Sixteen years later, they're still not back up to their pre-Soviet level but they're out of the depression at least. One of the things I didn't think about was agriculture - many synthetic fertilizers [which are also widely used in the US] are petrochemicals. Cuba's produce is now 80% organic out of necessity.

- Z

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06/04/08 00:49 - 61ºF - ID#44538Category: relationshipsim so confused!

ok, so i have really been thinking about a lot of things lately. i don't know if this is good or bad.

it's just that i feel like i am at this strange point, where i can just totally move on from past experiences and relationships, or try to bridge the gap and reconnect or make peace with people.

i am just not someone who can totally forget everything and pretend it doesn't affect the person i am now, because it really does.

there are really only a few people i don't feel that i need to have any sort of closure with, well one, and i have no issues with that.

but, in other places, i feel friendships and people floating away, and it's now or never to decide what to do.

i'm rebuilding a connection with an old friend, and in this case, she seemed to drift for a long time, and i let her. i was angry for a long time, but i think since my grandma past, i really feel like it is important to take the opportunities we have when we do. she was going through an extremely hard time, and that is ok. i was just hurt that she pushed me away. the most important thing i realized is that there are so many time when she was there, and how many memories we share and that our friendship is a big part of what makes me, me.

anyway, this is sappy but true. don't hold grudges, it hardens your heart.

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06/12/08 12:03 - 66ºF - ID#44628crazay

this lady my friend works with hired this hitman to kill her boyfriend, but the hitman ended up being an undercover cop.

so, she was arrested for attempted murder.

i guess she was very normal seeming, a very pretty and kind nurse, but underneath, lurked the crazay who wanted her bf dead!

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06/16/08 12:16 - 70ºF - ID#44667Category: datingkarma

e:hodown says not to go, e:paul says it's ok.

i want to go, but i don't think it is right.

here's the story:

there's this travel nurse who was working under contact with the hospital i work at for a while, and they did not resign her. she moved to flagstaff to take an assignment there, and moved last week. she is super cute, and we always talked about hanging out but never got around to it.

before she left, she told me she is seeing this new doctor at work. she said they have been seeing eachother for a few months and they weren't seeing other people. i had never met him, and he was on call this weekend, and it was my weekend to work. i was curious to see what he was like.

well, apparently, he is a man whore(maybe), and he was all flirty and then asked me out. i said yes, because i wanted to go and see what his deal was. but i also wanted to know from kristen if they were still seeing eachother, because i just don't want to go behind her back and do that, she is a somewhat friend, and that's not cool.

if he asked me out and is seeing her that is so wrong.

e:hodown says i can't go and its karma and it will come back to haunt me. i think she is somewhat right, but then look at angelina and brad. so, i called kristen to try to talk to her and she didn't pick up and i left a message. i really hope she calls back soon, because i think she needs to know.

so, would you go on the date? what would you say to the guy?

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06/17/08 14:16 - 55ºF - ID#44691Category: applei heart apple

my ipod decided to break. it was a sad ipod.

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i made an appointment at the genius bar, and away we went in hopes of fixing my poor little sad ipod. so cute, even when sad.

well, they couldn't fix it. but, i must say i was really impressed by the customer service, i didn't have to wait long and the staff was so friendly. not to mention the cute geek eyecandy i got to admire!

anyway, when it couldn't be fixed, they gave me a new one!

it was so quick and easy, and i am totally pleased with them right now!

i should start getting all my music on my shiny new happy ipod now!

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06/19/08 10:01 - 57ºF - ID#44715Category: musicfirst time in a long time

im going to a concert tonight!!!!

i think the last real concert i went to was lil bow wow, when he was still little, back in the day in blo. don't ask. e:hodown had the concert hookup, sorta, because no one else at her work wanted the tickets, so we ended up going.

i think e:terry and e:paul were there...hahahaha.

anyway, i'm taking my little cousin to see death cab for cutie. now, they do not rank high in the hotness factor, but their music is amazing, i think, and i'm super excited!

it's outside at this new ampitheatre thing, so hopefully i don't die of heatstroke...

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06/20/08 10:24 - 60ºF - ID#44726i'll need to see inside your shirt...

so i went to see death cab last night...amazing. they are a great live show, the songs sounds better than on the cd.

so, security was crazy and everyone got the pat down. girls were patted down by girls and guys by guys, ok. i was joking with my cousin, that if i was a lesbian, i would totally want that job.

it comes my turn to be patted down, and she does it. then she looks at me and says, "i'm going to have to see inside your shirt... i mean purse."

WHAT????????

wow, then i just laughed for like 5 minutes and she seemed really embarrassed. then my cousin kept talking about it. it was the funniest thing that had happened all week.

crazay.

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