Now that Par is gone its now Sousuke's time to shine... I happen to be a Bishonen, a stigma that makes everyone who interacts with me to have false assumptions. For one I may only seem to know about killing people but that doesn't mean there isn't another side to me. In fact I can do other things that don't have to do with killing people, like fishing or reading on military history. I can also impersonate high school students even though I have never been to high school before. Well expect more to come...

Pars right don't get too down. We can change the world but not by scaring ourselves. We as individuals can take actions that will insure that the environment will be here for
generations to come. People do want change and they won't wait around for the environment to get destroyed before they take action.
Sorry about the weird spacing in this post, I'm using solaris right now and the resolution is way too high! But anyways we can make a difference you just have to believe that we can...
Damn Idealist counselor personality its cramping my style...

Now what? Now we return to our regularly scheduled program. Like buying this:



It's sad to say it, that we just don't care. Things are a little upside down in our world. No one cares about tropical forests, unless there are 16 money-grubbing people eating cow testes living there for a month. We defend the sanctity of marriage, unless it brings us shows like Joe Millionaire, and My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance. Africa has become the place from which we grab animals to bring to the city. It's who we are as a society. It sucks. But don't try to change people's minds about it. No one listens, except those who would lose money if we do change how we live.

But don't get too down. There's still wholesome web entertainment like (and I should have posted this earlier, but I was lazy):



... I think I need some sleep. My throat feels like it recently hosted the 2002 Sandpaper Convention of Northwestern Washington (that was a good year.)

okay, more forest info
and you all are probably not interested,
but I'm sharing anyway.

"A recent United Nations report (UNEP) concludes that: Short of a miraculous transformation in the attitude of people and governments, the Earth's remaining closed-canopy forests (tree coverage >40%) and associated biodiversity are destined to disappear in the coming decades."

in other words, we're fucked.
Grand civilizations have fallen over less than this before.
The Epic of Gilgamesh describes a kingdom doomed by its deforestation.
so now what?

some days I hate the research I have to do
it's no wonder people in my field end up so cynical

83% of Alberta's forests have been accessed.
That means we have no more than 17% of our forests left
as intact virgin stands.

Do you know how disheartening that is?
And it's not forestry.
It's that everpresent monster oil and gas.
How will we ever pull ourselves away from sucking on that teat?
and we need to.
it won't always be here for us, so why do we rely on it?
it just feels impossible to live a petroleum-free existence
can you imagine? no plastic, no polar fleece,
no electricity, gas, heat, refrigeration, television, computers
we might actually have to spend our time doing constructive things
instead of waging wars

whoa... a little idealistic, sorry.
now it really is an x-rated post... "virgin", "teat",
and criticism of the current political climate...
it's a good thing this country of ours allows us to have free speech
and object to our government, and other governments' actions

Sweet... Bubba Ho-tep is comming to Edmonton? I would go to see that.

You know the idealist catergory(Healers, Teachers, Champions, Advocate) group in general has a small representation among the population. Most of the idealist exist in only 2-3% of the population, the least being healers who have less then 1%. The Healers are the most interesting as they are the true champions of humanity. They fight for the good of all humanity and they are the stereotypical knight in shining armour. Sadly it seems that parents discourage this behaviour and so many Healers feel isolated from society. It would seem that concilors are the reluctant heroes who only act when the need arises... Why couldn't I be a Healer instead...

Oh and yay another ENFJ! Think that makes two of us

Yeah still here, lost my balance on the bottom part of my staircase... leg hurts like a bitch, but it'll be ok, but now I'm hurting all over but I'll survive :)

Ed had mentioned this movie a while back, and now it's coming to town. Bubba Ho-tep, the story of a retired Elvis and a guy who thinks he's JFK trying to defeat an ancient Egyptian spirit that has invaded the retirement home in which they reside. It stars our good Evil Dead buddy, Bruce Campbell. It comes to the Metro March 18, 19, 20, and 21st, and it's only $6.00...

(Did I actually manage to say "good evil dead" and make sense??)