Friday, July 23, 2004

Creative Minds Created Something Cool?

I read the article about it last summer.  This was done with the support of a museum in London.  They set up a bathroom in the public place and you can enter the bathroom and could see everyone else around you.  You even can stare at persons who tried to take a peek inside the bathroom.
 
It was designed to permit the folks inside to see them outside whereas the voyeurs cannot see a thing inside the bathroom. 
 
Not bad? 
 
But not for me, I think I'd get conspitations if I try to squat and notice that guys were trying to detect me from outside. 
 

Enjoy the view?

That Bald Guy

The chances of you finding this gentleman on the television is pretty high.  He is bald, in 60s, wears red bowtie, has a black thick glasses, with black slacks ... he does that thing for Six Flags Amusement Parks advertisements on the television.
 
However, he drives me nuts.
 
Somebody kill him, please.
 
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It Is My Belief ...

It is my belief that Americans are hypocrites at its best.  When we have a drought, we scream for the rains.  When we have the rains, we scream for sun.  When we have a hot weather, we scream for cold weather.  When we have a cold weather, we scream for hot weather. 
 
Thank God that I'm not God, trying to appease dumbfucks in this country.
 
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Sometimes I Hate To Be Right

Sometimes I hate to be right when it comes to common sense.  Many times, many friends insisted to be positive and think positive.  I try not to do that.  I try to be positive when common sense dictated that it is to be so.  If common sense said it is not going to work, I steer clear of this subject and avoid being positive. 
 
When 9/11 occurred, it was horrible.  I was in D.C. when it happened, so much drama.  This, there and that.  Then the next few days, the stories emerged from different parts of the country.  I always thought the Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania was bit odd.  I chose not to say anything because it was so sensitive. 
 
Why odd?  I thought that the passengers "stopped" the terrorists was ... just an American story.  Americans love heroes.  Americans love to believe in something sensible.  Americans love the tragic but yet so happy endings. 
 
Now with the 9/11 commission report coming out, it flatly said that the passengers never stopped the terrorists on the Flight 93.  The terrorists had a back-up plan, that is what I always thought all along.  There are two plans.  One to strike something, one to kill themselves. 
 
No, the passengers did not even enter the cockpit at all.  If I was the pilot, I would rock the plane so violently to prevent the passengers from reaching me ... that is what they did. 
 
But look at the bright side, the passengers' determination forced the terrorists to kill themselves, rather than to crash into a building.  That is something that we can sigh with a relief -- that someone was trying to do something.
 
I cannot imagine what it is like to be the passengers during these dark times.  But common sense dictates that it was an uphill battle to begin with.
 
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Thursday, July 22, 2004

14 Street In Manhattan

There is so many things that you can find on 14 Street in Manhattan.  Granted that I live on that particular street does not mean that I am biased.  Common sense dictates I say something about this. 
 
The street sliced through Chelsea, Union Square, Gramercy Park and East Village.  So you get to see diversity from all walks of life on this particular street.  At 4:30 AM in the morning, you will not be able to walk on an empty sidewalk on this particular street.  Impossible.  There is always someone else on the sidewalk.  If not, I will personally eat my ears.  At 4:30 PM during the rush hours, the street is filled with people.  Poor, rich, ugly, beautiful, black, white, purple, green ... you get the picture.  It is always interesting.
 
In Chelsea, you get to see pretty "bois" walking around as if they were granted the diva status by God.  IN general, they are disgusting people to befriend because their main topics of conversations were crystal meth, abercrombie & fitch clothes, and who's hot?  Of course, I exaggerated on this subject, really.  But generally, I'm not fond of Chelsea boys, they tire me out much faster than Graystorm can.  So I say SYL to them.
 
In Union Square, a square that was named after the first union that picketed against some company -- according to some information that I read around the Union Square, several people were killed during the first union protest in this particular area.  Today, it is beautiful square filled with lots of wacky people.  Sometimes you get to see a person using bullhorn to rant against Israel, Palestine, Bush, or even against Graystorm.  In fact, you can rant against anything else, really.  Some fellas wanted to show off by doing some dances, skateboarding moves ... they do it at Union Square for others to watch. 
 
Plenty of food and stuff to purchase -- the coolest thing about Union Square is that during the springtime, you get to sit on a park bench and watch people go by.  It is always refreshing to watch people walk fast, slow, limp, skating or whatever they do.  In the Holidays, they set up many tents to sell cheap stuff to purchase for the Holidays, I was impressed with the stuff that they sell. 
 
As for East Village, lots of ruff-raff types down the street that always make me smile.  People can be so funny, when they wanted to.  For instance, on 14 Street and Avenue C, there is ConEd Power Plant.  Lots of men are tough-looking guys.  They are truly macho and I always felt awkward around them.  They stared at me as if "who's that guy over there?  Is he newbie around here?  But I have seen the way they sat and ate lunch at Dynasty Restaurant on the corner of 14 Street and Avenue B, these macho-looking guys can be sweet and flirtatious towards gay men who operated the restaurant. 
 
From the end of 14 Street by Hudson River to the end of 14 Street by East River, it takes about an hour and half of walk, should you not stop by any store or gawk at fellas in Chelsea or Union Square. 
 
I think it is safe to say that this particular street has more diversity than any place in the Midwest.
 
It probably has coolest stores that you cannot find it in Indianapolis or Cincinnati.  ;-)
 
Ahh, time to walk down the street to my palace.
 
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Texans Really Suck, Don't They?

Thanks to Dylan for the email. 

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The U.S. Postal Service issued a George W. Bush stamp.   It soon discovered that the stamps were not sticking to envelopes, so it established a commission to investigate the matter.   The commission reported the following findings:
 
1.    The stamps met all regulations.
2.    Nothing was wrong with the adhesive.
3.    People were just spitting on the wrong side.


 
On other hand, I read the papers that Lance Armstrong, himself a Texan, complained that French and Germans were heckling, spitting and insulting at Lance when he biked through the Alps.  I'm like, "HELLO!  You're a typical pig shit of American culture!  You're from Texas!  You are aiming for 6th title in a row!  You call yourself a lucky one when you survived the Testicular Cancer, please!  You did not have a luck, you simply had a money to get the best help you can get while Temby did not!  You little dofus bag, you're from Texas where Bush came from -- it is bound to expect some insults and few spits in your face in a place that nobody likes Bush."
 
Texans!  I'm in favor to sell Texas back to Mexico if GW Bush ever wins the election.
 
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Tuesday, July 20, 2004

Remember The Cuddle Party?

I got a response and probably will respond accordingly.  :-)
 
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