Category: religion
09/22/07 04:28 - 76ºF - ID#41252
Yom Kippur
1. All the fights my mom and I had. I think we've worked things out, but I'm sad for all the time that we lost. We both apologized to each last night and had a long talk, but I want things to be better year round.
2. Not being there for certain family members when they really needed someone. I wish I had done more to be there for them.
3. I wish T. and I wouldn't have gone back and forth so much about things. If I could have understood better his point of view, maybe it would have made things easier for him.
4. Not calling my dad enough.
5. Losing touch with friends I've always cared deeply about.
6. Making excuses for things that I should have done, but didn't.
Last year on Yom Kippur, a friend of mine was battling advanced brain cancer. It looked as though he was going to die. Somehow, he not only lived, but is now doing much better. His inoperable tumor is almost all gone, and he's healthier than he was before he had cancer. He's starting a part-time job and is moving back out west with his friends.
I don't believe that God is behind what happens to us in our lives. I want to, especially when I see things like that happen to my friend. But then I see all the terrible things that happen to people for no good reason. I can't believe the people who say that bad things happen for a purpose. There's so many terrible, random things. Maybe I'd like to believe that God is the force behind those rare good things that happen. Sometimes I feel like an agnostic, but I'll see the sunset, and i feel that I can't just look at life through a materialist point of view. At those moments I feel there has to be something outside of ourselves. I haven't figured this out at all.
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Category: music
09/19/07 10:51 - 66ºF - ID#41193
dolly parton songs
1. Go to .
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
For (e:libertad)
9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
Tumble outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ambition
Yawnin', stretchin', try to come to life
Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin'
Out on the streets the traffic starts jumpin'
And folks like me on the job from nine to five
Chorus:
Workin' nine to five
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it
Nine to five, for service and devotion
You would think that I
Would deserve a fair promotion
Want to move ahead
But the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is out to get me
Mmmmm...
They let your dream
Just a' watch 'em shatter
You're just a step
On the boss man's ladder
But you got dreams he'll never take away
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in
And the tide's gonna turn
And it's all gonna roll your way
2nd Chorus:
Workin' nine to five
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And you never get the credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it
Nine to five, yeah
They got you where they want you
There's a better life
And you think about it, don't you?
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Puttin' money in his wallet
3rd Chorus:
Nine to five
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use you mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it
Fade:
Nine to five, yeah
They got you where they want you
There's a better life
And you dream about it, don't you?
It's a rich man's game
No matter what they call it
And you spend your life
Puttin' money in his wallet
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
09/18/07 02:10 - 53ºF - ID#41171
professions
1. Anthropologist
2. Human Resources Specialist
3. Criminologist
4. ESL Teacher
5. Critic
6. Mediator
7. Writer
8. Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
9. Editor
10. Computer Trainer
Most of those are appealing choices, especially those related to literary endeavors. What kind of surprised me is that the occupations I trained for- historian, archivism, curatorial- were not even in my top-40 on the match list.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: thoughts
09/10/07 12:24 - 63ºF - ID#41029
Simply put
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: buffalo
08/28/07 08:31 - 63ºF - ID#40775
New World Records moving
It is wierd to think of both New World Records and Home of the Hits moved off Elmwood now. They both seemed like an important part of the neighborhood. I used to walk all the time to New World just to browse around, and then I would stop into Spot for coffee. Maybe the change will end up working out well, though. Spot can expand its business.
I really miss Spot. I haven't found any coffee places like that here, yet.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: music
08/25/07 03:45 - 78ºF - ID#40728
elvis and bob
I hope you guys will have fun today... it seems like there's a lot of cool stuff going on in Buffalo.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: albany
08/24/07 02:22 - 82ºF - ID#40710
i can't believe August is almost over
(e:james)- I don't think I'm by Lark Str. But I will definitely have to check out the burritos and the pizza!
(e:lizabeth)- It was metro 20. Thanks very much:).
(e:libertad)- thanks you so much!
I've been using archive.org a lot to find music and documents.
I found a bunch of tori amos Mp3's:
I'm doing well. I went to orientation yesterday. It was a long day, but I enjoyed it. The most helpful part was the morning sessions. They had a bunch of teaching workshops; showing you different techniques you could utilize. The second part of the day was mostly about being a grad student and the various things that you should do to get ready for classes.
They also had a panel discussion of grad students. One of the students spoke about his experiences being both deaf and legally blind. He's getting his PhD in chemistry. Sign language is so awesome. It's amazing to me how people can move their hands so fast. I would love to learn how to sign sometime.
Today, I had a lot of errands around campus to run and my arthritis has been kicking up lately, so I borrowed a scooter for the day from disability services. Some people have stared at me and it makes me feel kind of awkward. Like I'm supposed to not stare back at the people who are staring at me. Most people are cool, though.
Take care and have a great weekend, (e:peeps)!
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: albany
08/22/07 12:56 - 64ºF - ID#40669
i like diners
We stopped at this great diner for dinner on western avenue(?). It was decorated in an awesome retro 60's style. It had your regular diner foods, but it also had a bar with all kinds of mixed drinks. I had a terrific corned beef on rye sandwich.
Good night, epeeps.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
08/19/07 09:53 - 64ºF - ID#40629
deciphering?
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: life
08/18/07 09:36 - 66ºF - ID#40615
What is the What
My friend Roberta got me hooked on the television show Lost and we had our own mini-marathon of the 2nd season this week. Everybody was always talking about it, but I never had the time to watch it. I'm still a little confused about certain aspects of the Plot, but I think the writing is really interesting. I like how they use flashback and memory to further thematic elements of the characters experience on the island.
I just finished reading a book that I couldn't put down: "What is the What" by Dave Eggers. It's a fictionalized account of the real-life story of a Sudanese refugee in the U.S. named Valentino Achak Deng. He spent much of his childhood walking across Sudan to different refugee camps in Eastern Africa. The proceeds of the book go to the aid of the Sudanese.
Here is Valentino's website:
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Location: Buffalo, NY
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I don't know the scenario, but don't make excuses for him... if he treated you badly, that is his fault, and not because you didn't see things from his point of view.
(I say this from experience, and not to be a bitch. It's a lesson I'm still trying to learn myself.)
God doesn't control things or people and the devil doesn't either. Bad things happen in the world for what reason I don't know. But things that we judge are bad happen because people have choice. That is the same reason good things happen is because people choose to do something good. In terms of the term sin that is when someone does something that based on the bible is wrong. That doesn't mean that it is wrong. But based on what the church or bible teaches it is wrong. If we assume that god is all powerful and that he could control everything and make everyone good then there would be no choice, and with no choice we couldn't really worship him/her because we wouldn't be free. We would just being doing what he made us do (like a slave kinda). So since god is to be worshiped or praised then there has to be freedom to do that. But along with that freedom we can chose to do the wrong thing. One could even argue the point that if there is an all good being then there must be an all evil or at least opposite force some people refer to him as the devil or even "The beast". Some people believe that to be true and also think that both he and god to contribute to things that happen on earth. There is no way to cover what everybody thinks but some people do believe in angels or at least guardians who are there to protect you. Ok back to the thing about things being a choice that could be backed up by the Adam & eve story where Adam decides to pick the apple when he knows he shouldn't.
Ok off the religion answer. Sometimes bad times don't happen to make us see how good the good times are. But what if everything in life was good. If we didn't have the bad would we feel the good stuff as good? I think we might but everything would be kinda bland and the great stuff would only feel good. Beside if everything was good there would be no balance and that just isn't right.
If what I said was a help or made you think then cool, and if not sorry.