More Rainbow Society

I received an E-mail from the Rainbow Society, in reply to the message I sent them just before Christmas as to the severe problems of that society. It amounted to an acknowledgement that, yes, the Rainbow Society has problems, but we're working to fix them, really we are, and incidentally would you like to come back? I don't think I will; my most enjoyable session was the promise-filled first session, and I've got other more enjoyable things to do. Still, I'll take a note of when the next meeting is: Perhaps I might make a guest appearance.

:-P, Tom

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Which Doctor Who are you?

this quiz was made by Auntie Krizu(:>)

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Yesterday evening, I went to see Dr. Emond at the health centre, to get measured (calipered and calculated, more precisely). The results were interesting. Apparently I've got 25% body fat and am slightly overweight, still. No surprises there--I think I can stand to lose another 20 to 30 pounds. Too, I'm apaprently two inches shorter than I thought (5'8" instead of 5'10"), which is quite unexpected. Ah well, at least I've a goal to aim for now.

This morning, I've resumed counselling again--Dr. Morrison is, I'm sure, disappointed to find that my breakthrough, well, really did not happen like I thought it would. I still agree with my friend Naomi's excellent advice, and I still admit to wanting to keep on hurting my parents, but it is also true that the desire to inflict retaliatory emotional suffering on them does reflect some concern for their well-being if a negative one. I'll see what the family counselling is like tomorrow and report back.

Afterwards, there was the historiography class, where we talked about the Annalistes (gotta love the longue durée!) and the upcoming paper (I'll analyze Beyond the Atlantic Roar, about the Nova Scotian Scottish settlement, from the perspective of the historical sociology school). Later, I photocopied the readings for English 493 and then went to the cafeteria to get lunch (muffin and a salad with olive oil dressing) when I ran into Dr. MacLaine. We talked about different things: global trends towards obesity, contemporary novelistic fiction, Southeast Asian modernities, livejournal (hi!). Afterward, I bought Andrew MacPhail's The Master's Wife at the UPEI bookstore, not only because it's a good book but because it provides an insight into traditional societies of which PEI was one. (As in Third World traditional.)

Ah well. Work now

Anniversary

One day and just under ten hours until the one-year anniversary of the moment that I realized I wasn't straight. More commentary later.

[Academia] Revised Honours Intro

Here's a revised version of my Honours intro, minor grammatical/formatting flaws removed. And yes, italics in all the appropriate places in the original.

( Read my intro, please! )

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Why I Don't Like Modern Luddites

Rage against the machine
Neo-Luddite author Nicols Fox's pious embrace of the simple life makes technological utopianism look good.

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By Wesley Yang

Feb. 3, 2003 | Calling a product or idea "innovative" has become such a mark of praise, it's easy to forget that for most of the world's history, it was anything but. Until only a couple of hundred years ago, "revolution" meant motion like a spinning top: Things went around and came back to the same place they were before. Everything worth preserving or fighting for was "ancient," while everything "new" tended to mean trouble.

( All that began to change in the 18th century, when big upheavals -- a political one in America, and a commercial, industrial one in Britain -- began to shake up just about every aspect of human life around the globe. Sensible people used to know that not all revolutions deliver what they promise, and all revolutions, of every kind, bring unintended consequences. The good they do never comes without a heavy price. )

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I do own Robotech novels ...

I am the mission.

You're a mecha pilot!

You might be a sub-category of bishounen, but this hardly matters since you don't notice anything that didn't feature in the last edition of Guns'n'Ammo magazine. You have been trained since an unfeasibly early age to be a machine of death and destruction. If you've noticed an annoying girl following you around and repeatedly getting into danger and requiring rescue recently, run like hell - she's probably your love interest... Which generic anime character are you?

India's Lost Girls

Tuesday, 4 February, 2003, 10:51 GMT
India's lost girls

Ultrasounds seal the fate of female foetuses

Jill McGivering
BBC South Asia correspondent in Punjab

A marriage crisis is hitting thousands of men in parts of rural India which are running out of potential brides.
The traditional preference for boys instead of girls has led to widespread abuse of modern pre-natal scans.

The technology should protect the health of mother and baby.

People say, you have two girl children, you have done some sins in your past life Surinder Sain

( But, wrongly used, it is a death sentence for unwanted girls. )

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I am heroic couplets; most precise And fond of order. Planned and structured. Nice. I know, of course, just what I want; I know, As well, what I will do to make it so. This doesn't mean that I attempt to shun Excitement, entertainment, pleasure, fun; But they must keep their place, like all the rest; They might be good, but ordered life is best. What Poetry Form Are You?

Something to remember when I go to VA next

You are Virginia Beach! Wow, are you overcroweded!
You love tourists, and the idea of having three
downtown areas at once. Seriously, though.
You're beautiful in late winter, before all the
Spring-breakers arrive.


What Hampton Roads City Are You?
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