ps, boii, you're an emoface ;p

ok, also, don't let me forget to download these songs;

GLAY - Be With You This song was cool. :D

Spitz - nagareboshi Ok, this song was BEAUTIFUL and almost brought tears to my eyes.

Ken Hirai - Life Is ... ~another story~ I've heard of Ken Hirai a billion times, but I had never listened to him.  And how, this song is absolutely amazing.  Beautiful ...

Shiina Ringo - Love Is Blind I have listened to some Shiina Ringo before (my favorite song of hers being "yokushitsu"), but wow, this song is just full of jazzywin. 

my god i love japan-a-radio

i recomend it for all of you.

http://www.japanaradio.com , or go into itunes, Radio > International > Japan-A-Radio

Since I am often brain-dead, Arikah has not yet received her animal crackers.  I would make up a great story about how they're so hard to find out here on the road, but that would just be a pile of crap seeing as I was just at a Wal-mart last week and totally forgot about them. Arikah – I bought your prize at a gas station today and they'll be on their way to you in a jiffy.

New Trivia
Who came up with the idea of Valentine's Day, and Why?  First person to send me the correct answer (or a really great incorrect answer) will be getting some half priced Valentine's candy in the USPS.   Did you know stamps are going up again? Geez!!!

Students, some people hear that word and they just cringe.  Many people when they hear this word they immediately think of Fanshawe College and UWO students who are once again "taking over" The City as they do each and every year for 8 months or so.  In the past weeks there have been more articles in the local news about students and the problems they bring with them, and like every other year the stories will continue until the students leave.

We hear about the ignorant students, the loud  and destructive students, the students that love to party, the students that love to cause a public disturbance, we hear about the negative aspects of city life that  we hear about these day after day.  But have we ever stopped to think about the positive things that students bring to The City, most of us I take it have never thought of these things and I thought it were about time that we began to.  By no means is this an exhausted list of the positives that students bring to London, it is only a beginning.

Charity work

The charity work that students contribute to London's social well being is phenomenal.  Most people will mention Shinerama at the beginning of the school year that involves students but beyond that most people are hard pressed to name any other charities or organizations that benefit from student presence.  Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Community Living London, Participation House are just a few of the organizations that benefit greatly.  The local school boards (TVDSB, Catholic and others) all benefit from students volunteering to help in any number of ways.

Although beyond Shinerama and United Way events, the presence of students in charitable organizations may not be known, not because the students aren’t there, because believe me they are, but because students aren’t always looking for the recognition but rather they are just looking to help out.

Bus service

No matter what your standpoint and opinion are about the LTC and the service it provides you have to admit that without the student presence in town the service would be lacking.  Students not only help to keep the cost of bus fair down (passes, tickets and coin) they allow London to have the number of buses that it does as well as the service coverage and service frequency.  Without students tuition (portion of) subsidizing the public transit system in London, the service that we are currently receiving would be no-where near as good as it is.

(there is a large % of students that choose not to use the LTC and the pass they pay for [no opt out option], this in turn is essentially free revenue for the LTC translating into more money for more services.)

Economic Input

Students pour tons of money into the local economy here in London and without the students and their money London would not have many of the services and shops currently available to every consumer.  Students allow many restaurants to stay open, students ensure that the commercial services in malls and in the downtown are able to sustain business.  The services that students need allow for thousands of people in London to be employed, not only those at Fanshawe and Western but throughout the city.  Businesses locate in London because there is a large student population and many would not locate otherwise, this in turn provides the rest of the population access to the same businesses and services.

Students do not only bring their money (or parents money) with them but they bring business and services as well.

Social Characteristics

Social Characteristics are perhaps one of the most important things that students being to The City, but one of the most overlooked.  The student population (and young professional population, of whom were students some short time ago) not only bring new ideas to London but they ensure that the population in The City does not remain stagnant, that it continues to have a youthful characteristic to it.  Without the students London could be labeled as a retirement comment that is slowly on the decline, with limited grow, limited income and limited financial input into the local economy.  Students help to balance out the demographics, not only in London but in any city with major educational institutions.

Skilled workforce

Students are the future of London.  Not only are they providing the local economy with skilled workers (ok, many are leaving but this is another issue altogether) but they are providing The City with tax dollars that end up paying for services for those in their aging years.  Students provide a new outlook on The City and Life, not a better outlook but a new and refreshed one.  Students are the ones that in 10 years will be given the task of looking after the aging population, providing services to The City and who will be eventually running the cities.

Students provide a vast number of things to London, presently and in the future.

By no means am I trying to defend students as a whole, some students are better/worse than others.

Students may cause disturbances, students may be ignorant, students may throw loud and annoying parties, other students may get arrested for one thing or another and students may be the worst thing to happen to this city.

I think what we need to do as society is to start having a different perspective on issues such as students and those of the like.  How would we react to these vary comments and allegations if we replaced the word students with other words.

Natives may cause disturbances, Blacks may be ignorant, Whites may throw loud and annoying parties, Christians may get arrested for one thing or another and Canadians may be the worst thing to happen to this city.

A little hard to swallow perhaps?  My point exactly.

My guess is that people would not be to fond of the above statements and there would be a much larger uproar.  Is it really that fair to pick on students?  I admit there are problem students out there, but the majority are not.

With that said, how about we try to look at both the positives and negatives that the varying people of London bring to the city and stop stereotyping them into specific groups using them as scapegoats for larger issues tha may exist.

No, no, all is well. Mr. Jobs is alive and we have Bloomberg magazine to thank for the heart-attack Thursday morning when they accidently published the Apple CEO's orbituary prematurely. But in other news and on a happier note... Guess who's getting an iPhone!!?? Yep, Me! I mean I've only been waiting 1 year, 1 month and 2 1/2 weeks (includes my contract renewal period). But yes, finally I get to have an iPhone of my very own!!! No more drooling over everybody elses touchscreen device. Oh Joy!

Now all I need are some accessories! Anybody know of any must-have iPhone accessories? Leave a comment.

P.S. Stay tuned next week for my very own iPhone unboxing!!

"Soy un examinador mañanero de porno, y no por el factor motivacional. Simplemente, lo encuentro interesante", señaló Smith, cuya última comedia "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" es el relato de una pareja de amigos que filman su propia película triple x para poder pagar las cuentas.

"Yo leo las noticias en Google, leo las noticias en el Guardian, leo nuestra página electrónica, y luego, si no tengo nada más, simplemente examino los lugares de porno porque es un mundo en expansión", aseguró.

"Cuando crees que ya has visto el video más descabellado de tu vida, alguien hace algo nuevo. Yo lo verifico periódicamente sólo para ver cuán lejos ha llegado la industria durante mi ausencia", señaló Smith luego de una exhibición de "Zack and Miri" para la AP en Los Angeles la semana pasada.

La cinta, que estrena el 31 de octubre, cuenta con Seth Rogen y Elizabeth Banks en los papeles principales, interpretando los amigos de toda la vida que comparten un apartamento por años pero que nunca se han considerado como posible pareja.

Smith, quien también es el realizador de "Clerks" ha creado un pequeño y dulce romance, pero con mucho sexo involucrado.

Zack y Miri son unos veinteañeros que durante un apagón de electricidad en medio del invierno comienzan a quemar sus cuentas sin pagar para poder calentarse.

A Zack se le ocurre la idea y piensa que puede hacerlo con su compañera de apartamento y así salir de sus deudas. Cuando ambos se dan cuenta del dinero que pueden hacer de esta forma, se preguntan cómo es que el resto de la gente no lo hace también.

"Porque otra gente tiene opciones y dignidad", concluye Zack posteriormente.

Smith dijo que la cinta, que confrontó problemas con la clasificación, es "básicamente, una versión más elegante de cómo hacer tu primera película, sólo que en este caso se trata de una película porno".

"No se trata de excitarse al final. Es una comedia", argumentó el realizador. "Pero si te excitas con esto, entonces quiere decir que no hicimos nuestro trabajo muy bien que digamos".

Yup!!!

The boys have started working on their next album according to sources. Well, "Unbreakable" was extremely good and got more recognition than "Never Gone", so we can just hope that their next album does much much more than Unbreakable, and breaks all the records.

AJ Mclean has announced that his solo album will be releasing this year and even Howie Dorough's solo will release.

BSB member Nick Carter said that inspite of being busy with their solo albums, the members are concentrating harder on their group album.

Sources have said that the band might work with pop producer Max Martin, who was the producer of BSB's hits like “I Want It That Way” and “Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely.”

The band has still got the space open for Kevin Richardson and would only be happy to have him back in the band.

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The lyric love of some timeless pair cascades,

a distraction to this someplace; two busy-busting

hiphands take odds down cakecream bedroom walls.

II

Stuffed in a pile: a valentine, lipblush

colored, a heart card, pieced poster

construction from Mom, Kate, Kevin;

a 2008 greeting I didn't return with something

of my own (and I didn't return the postcards

from Kat and I didn't return the cut-

out funnies from Grandma's Sunday papers

and I didn't give thanks for the coke-white

stuffed snowman noosed in the corner.

III

My jagged pieces of painted paper, cut-up

six months post-creation, draped across

the sickroom, crystallize the aesthetic.

Maps of Budapest, Prague, Wien--

places I try hard to remember with all

the notes I scratched on those trips, and the

pastoral print I long thought was brushed oils,

that my Lithuanian Great Grandmother bought

from Marshall's mid-20th century--now tack-mounted.

IV

Dustlined books packed into boxes,

one wooden openfacer slicked up for the move,

the rest plain old cardboard, weak and wise.

Where are the spiders that will force me

to realize that no matter my protests,

I am not puffed up, blue, alone?

Why do the silverfish squiggle their penbods

into the secret spots to defecate literature

of isolation, while peering eyes wait?

When will Sophia's bottom rust out/brakes lock

up/doors seal shut/airbag fail violent/color

fade from its pukecharmed shade of purple?

Unfortunately Soulja Boy's MySpace is working again and in a response video says he has something for the hacker in his next video, everyone watch out Soulja Boy's angry haha.

Soulja Boy Hacker's Videos

Natalie Portman, Mira Nair, Fatih Akin, Brett Ratner(!) e Scarlett Johansson(!!) são alguns dos diretores envolvidos. O elenco conta com nomes como a Gossip Girl Blake Lively, a nova queridinha dos indies Olivia Thirlby, os graduados Orlando Bloom, Christina Ricci, Kevin Bacon, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Chris Cooper, Anton Yelchin e os chatíssimos Hayden Christensen e Shia LaBeouf.

Não sei não, acho que Paris ainda será melhor. Mas, por enquanto, eu também amo Nova York.

Diggnationest and former Call for Help co-host, Kevin Rose has reported rumors on upcoming iPods, new iTunes and Blu-Ray support in OS X. He says that all of these rumors will come true within the next 2-3 weeks. Kevin has posted a video on YouTube to tell you more about these whispers: