May 18th, 2011
Today encompasses a variety of mini-busing adventures, which will be provided in the shortcoming blog post. First, I went to work at the SRC, realizing that Facebook Fan Pages randomly shuffle their images, thereby defeating the purpose of creating a Facebook Banner. Geetha brought me Panda Express and picked up my laptop, as I eavesdropped in on Rashika’s CHAD meeting, as well as reunited with Mercedes, one of my freshman orientation group members. After that dilemma, comes the bussing trip of the century. I got on the 41 prepared to go to Mission Valley for the sole purpose of taking a test for a potential summer job opportunity.
Firstly, while on the bus, this random homeless guy gets up out of nowhere from his seat, exits the bus, cursing and screaming loudly at the bus driver. It seemed as if though he had missed his stop, but I wasn’t exactly too sure. Secondly, these two random middle school girls sat next to me, and exchanged gossip regarding the day’s events. It seemed pretty scandalous too, that I just had to eavesdrop. “He hugged for for four times as long as the normal hug”. GOODNESS… After reaching Fashion Valley, I went on another bus to get to my destination, missing the stop I was supposed to get to. Subsequently I had to run against traffic on the street to get back to the stop I was supposed to be at. From there I had to walk 13 more minutes, getting lost and being unable to find the location. When I finally did, I was about 10 minutes late, but the woman from Kelly Services didn’t seem to mind very much. I took the test, forgetting how many ounces are in a pound, but probably doing better overall in everything else. I also took a spelling test, something I haven’t done in ages. I left shortly thereafter, and got back to Fashion Valley, rewarding myself with a minature stroll as I consumed a delicious strawberry-banana vanilla with boba smoothie at D’Lush. When back on the bus, I encountered an African American male and female, who had both come in seperately. After talking for only about 2 minutes, the man gave the woman his number. What a nice place to meet someone I suppose….
When I got back I picked up my laptop from Geetha’s place, dropped it back in my room, and then went to the NRHH meeting. Afterwards, I went with Amul and Alex to get some Goodies, before attending a rather heated ICRA meeting, where we debated the banning of water bottles. I ultimately established the idea that banning something isn’t going to change the lifestyle of people who use water bottles, and it sets a dangerous precedent. Lauren summarized it best when she said “Isn’t that UnAmerican?” No taxation without representation. RON PAUL 2012. Afterwards I went to the library with Geetha, and then home shortly thereafter.
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| On May 18th, 1998, The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and twenty U.S. states filed a case that alleged that Microsoft Corp. abused it’s monopoly power in its handling of operating system sales and web browser sales. The case revolved around Microsoft should be allowed to bundle its flagship Internet Explorer (IE) web browser software with its Microsoft Windows operating system. |
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| In many ways, the promises President Obama made in his 2009 speech to the Arab and Muslim world were doomed from the start. Obama might have sounded like an idealist, but he was thinking like a realist. The White House billed the Cairo speech as “A New Beginning,” and the president made tantalizing promises not only to show progress in solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but on encouraging democratic reform, and engaging authoritarian leaders hostile to the United States.
And even with Obama’s recently announced sanctions against Syria and Iran, it still may be too little, too late. FAIL. |
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