I know you guys are tired of this by now… But even when I try I can’t think of anything else… it just disturbs me so much.
CD COVER#2
This cover was set for release in the upcoming months
its been public for about a month[the second one]
She says it better than I can.
Important Message
——————
You will notice that this is the only section of this newsletter. This is
because there is nothing else that I can tell you about The Equality
Project that is anywhere near as important as the message I wanted to send
to you all today.
Yesterday, September 11, 2001 the United States of America was attacked by
terrorists. The death toll may reach the thousands. The Equality Project
joins with the world in grieving those who have been lost and in sympathy
for their families. I pray that none of you have lost loved ones, but I
know that we are all saddened by the fact that anyone did at all.
I am writing this edition of our newsletter today, however, as an appeal to
you. As many of you may have heard, in our grief and horror over these
recent events, some misguided people have been sending hate mail and making
threatening phone calls to Muslim groups. Several major Muslim websites
have had to be shut down and many Muslim community centers have been closed
as a result.
For another related story, how an online chat room became a “virtual
battleground”, please read the following news story available on Yahoo!:
http://us.news2.yimg.com/f/42/31/7m/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010912/wr/att
ack_internet_arabs_dc_1.html
Though I am sure that none of The Equality Project members would engage in
such hateful acts as you all joined this project because of your beliefs, I
implore all of you to let your voice be heard by all of those around you.
We do not yet know for certain who is responsible for these attacks, yet we
do know for sure that it was the fault of individuals, not an entire group
of people and certainly not an entire faith.
If ever there was a time when we were sure of just how important whatever
small changes the work that we do with The Equality Project are, it has to
be now. We must stand beside our Arab sisters and brothers in our
collective grief. People of all faiths and all backgrounds have been lost.
Let us not diminish their memory or their families’ grief. We must resist
the temptation to blame entire groups of people for the actions of a few.
Now is a time for the world to come together as one to make a stand against
terrorism anywhere in the world against any nation’s people. Now is a time
to move beyond our political and social differences and join together in
honor of furthering the cause of co-operation among nations and a universal
respect for all human life.
This is not an American tragedy and it is not a tragedy because it happened
to the US. This is a human tragedy of enormous proportion. As an American
living in Canada, my personal experience has been that the world is indeed
grieving over this tragedy regardless of nationality or ethnicity or
religious affiliation. Make no mistake, this was not only an attack on the
US people, but an attack on the world as a whole by individuals who
obviously hoped to plunge the world further into the depths of war and
hatred. We must stand together and refuse to allow that to happen.
What You Can Do:
* Speak up. Let your voice be heard. Use your voice to bring comfort and
calm. If you hear someone making racist comments, please speak up and
remind them that these were the actions of a few individuals, not all
Arabs, not all Muslims. Remind them that these actions, if in fact
eventually proven to be the result of Arab terrorists, remain the
responsibility of those individuals. Terrorists come from all groups of
people, from all walks of life, from all nationalities. Let us not make
this tragedy worse by terrorizing our fellow human beings as these
terrorists have done. We must show more compassion than they have shown
their victims.
* If you are spiritual, please pray to your deity/deities for their
guidance and comfort in this time of need.
* If you feel comfortable doing so, please light a candle in honor of those
who have been lost and those who are grieving their lost loved ones.
Please also light a candle in honor of healing our wounded world.
* If you are able, please consider donating blood. Blood can come from all
over and is needed from all who can give, not just those in New York and
DC. From what I heard last night, they are particularly in need of O type
blood, but they need all types of blood.
* If you are able, please also consider donating money to organizations
like The Red Cross who are providing aid and comfort to the survivors as
well as assisting in the enormous recovery and clean-up effort.
So my sane brother finally arrived in SJ and brought some reason into my house and convinced my mom to stay. My other brother, his wife and his daughter ended up going to Fresno without us. Well, that or stockton. I can’t remember.
So I’m back. And I’m here… REJOICE! 
Anyhow… Yeah, to those of you that were writing in my thing about it not making sense on leaving… It’s not like I’m the one that wanted to go… I was just following the rest of my family in their over paranoid excursions.
It’s really not their fault. They’ve already lived thru one war and they have the ‘better be safe than be sorry’ mentality.
I’ll be gone for a while. Probably a few days. My parents are scared because we live in the Silicon Valley [ near sf ]. Well, my mom and brothers anyhow. I guess it’s because they lived through the vietnam war — and had to escape from it.
Anyhow, because of that I’ll be gone for a couple days. We’re going somewhere where there’s less people and stuff.
I hope the highways are still open by the time we leave. I’m suddenly reminded of The Handmaid’s Tale.
It’s 7 AM and I’ve been shaken awake and completely shocked by the security bubble of my safe little country popping. The airports are shut down — Washington in panic — one of the two world trade centers… gone. Some of the very staples of our country. Is this simply some very strong terrorist within? Or is another country trying to wage war on us?
As we sat here and twiddled our thumbs and said “Haha, we’re strong and you’re not.” Some envious beast must have taken it to mean that it’s time for war.
Who in the world would do such a thing? Who would want to destroy our government? Why now? Probably because our government is weak… puzzling about the budget and whatnot. Now, money will probably be no longer an issue.
Well, here’s Bushes chance, if it comes to waging war. He gets to be the big man. We’ll go to war and ultimately drop into the Greater Depression. Sounds lovely. Somehow, I suddenly hope that this is just some random terrorist attack. Weird, wishing for a terrorist attack.
I’m going to go now. It’s time to watch the news.
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mood: goofy |
So I finally get my housing and I look at the dreaded roommate paper and the first thing that caught my eye was “Fresno”… FRESNO? Isn’t that where white people and rednecks and killer gangs live? OH NO! My roommate’s going to be a white killer redneck who’s in a gang! I thought.
But then I read her name. Asian! I thought, surprised. [Even though UCI is 65% asian so I should have known.] Hmm… Maybe she won’t be a killer redneck afterall.
OH MY GOD WHAT IF SHE’S…. A TYPPIE BITCH?
…Yeah, these were the things that were flowing through my mind before I called her up and talked to her. She’s actually really very nice and sounds relatively normal. ^_^ I like it. She has a boyfriend who’s going to go to UCI too. Cool… Huh.
So yeah, I told her I’m a sanrio fan, and if things ever get too cute that she felt sick, she should just tell me. Apparently she’s a greenbay packer’s fan… So I think we’ll get along just fine. 
There are beautiful people… And then those people who are beautiful — but you don’t know why. It’s weird. Some people don’t have what generally is thought of as ‘good looking’ … but have some charismatic trait to them that just makes them irresistable.
Take Sean Connery for example. He’s OLD. But shomehow shtill shecksy. It’s not like I find him a BEAUTIFUL person… But I think that he’s one of the most attractive guys out there.
And then there are those really supposedly beautiful people that I feel repelled by. Like… Pamela Anderson. I know she’s supposed to be gorgeous and all – but I can’t really see the attractiveness there.
I think girls like Uehara Takako from Speed
are so much more attractive to me… Even if she isn’t what is always prescribed as prettiness. [seen below].
I guess it’s all a matter of taste. Maybe I don’t have any.
I feel sucked into my computer… An overwhelming drawing towards the internet… Into this world where I’m a different ‘me’. Whether it’s the “real” me or if it’s just the personality I want to project — I can’t tell. Perhaps it’s a little bit of both and neither. It’s become a part of who I am.
It’s almost scary, really… But I feel helpless against the pull. It’s as if this world is becoming more real to me than the ‘real’ world sometimes. At least the drama is. Maybe I’m just becoming desensitized by the ‘net. It’s the only thing that continues to shock me.
Real life isn’t as shocking as the things that people make up in their heads.
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