Parallels
Between My Living
Through Two Years
of Middle School and
the Two Terms of the
Bush Presidency.
BY TEDDY WAYNE

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The radical changes going on around me make me uncomfortable.

I am unhappy about the way things are, but feel helpless to do anything about it.

Shame is my dominant emotion.

I feel very insecure and vulnerable.

Others supposedly feel as I do, but whenever I turn on the TV it seems otherwise.

At times, I wish I lived in a faraway country.

I want to rebel against anyone in a position of authority.

Social mobility is a fallacy.

I find myself frequently watching sports for comfort.

It's totally unfair that when I screw up I get in trouble but when my superiors do, nothing happens.

What I represent is repugnant to foreign women.

Flying is much more terrifying than it should be.

When I talk to friends on the phone, I'm afraid someone is listening in.

People tell me things will only improve after this, but I don't believe it.

I constantly think the world is going to end.

I really dislike the arrogant popular guy elected as my president.

French is considered lame.

(from McSweeny's if anyone was wondering)

it's a Sony Betamax... in cake form


oh, and Albert, I think this is the next realm you should take your Mecha wars to... MECHA CAKE WARS!!!

Here you go Ed, just like we discussed yesterday a well made, geeky, home made, final fantasy movie thingy. It's pretty long so make sure you have a large chunk of time to watch it.

FF home made movie

Yes I stole it off i am bored.

HOLY SHIT... Hudson and Sega just (and I mean literally just) announced some fuckin incredible news:

Not only will you be able to download old Nintendo games to play on the new Revolution (which as of today is speculated it may be renamed to the Nintendo GO), but classic Turbografx and Genesis titles will similarly be available!!!!

HOT DAMN!

Ed- If you guys pick thursday nights I am in. If you decide on tuesdays, Maybe next year.

It's a parade float, made of flowers... by BP


I guess some Big Oil is admitting they know where the black gold came from...

Sounds like it starts May 8 and there would be two league nights... either tuesday or thursday. We'd have to decide as a team what night will work. Early bird price ends April 7th.

If Dimitri had fun, you should play. You could play against him and destroy his fun. Which might also be fun.

okay, so, uh, this is a co-worker related rant, don't assume this is connected to any of you.

Look, I realise that I am new... I've been here for less than two full months, but I'm not stupid, and I sure as hell can learn the things you teach me. So stop treating me like I'm a moron. I am so fucking sick of being told the same instructions twelve times; if I didn't get them the first couple of times, I'd ask for a repeat.

Oh, and in addition to that, I know, you're both men, but that doesn't mean that the fact that I have breasts and a uterus makes me incapable of lifting things or doing random tasks. I'm at least a head taller than one of you, and my arms aren't exactly muscle-free, give me a chance to do things on my own now and then. If I find myself in over my head, I'll ask for help, I'm not dumb. Oh, plus, that move today, with the push cart... I'm not five and trying to push the shopping cart into peoples' heels at the grocery store, I'm twenty three, and if I can't push a stupid fucking wheely-cart on my own, I have bigger problems than simply that, you don't need to help me. So, unless I break both arms and hobble a leg, or the damn thing is weighted with something like 400lbs of material, let me push the stupid cart on my own.

Let's see, what else can I say? You leave me in the lurch with respect to instructions, you directly contradict yourselves when you do give me instructions, and you don't take the time to actually listen to what I have to say half the time. I know, you both can't speak English all that well, but if you give me a chance to hear you (aka don't mumble your instructions), why wouldn't I be able to understand you? And why, therefore, wouldn't I be able to do what you ask me to do? What gives? if I'm capable enough to run a rather vital sugar/starch analysis on my own, why the fuck can't I pour water into plant pots?

I am sick and tired of feeling like I'm left out, ignored and pushed aside. And I'm tired of feeling like you think I'm too stupid to comprehend simple things. I mean, come on, I've been working in the lab for over a month, how could I possibly not have passed the WHMIS test? Do you really think I'm that incapable?

I hate to say it, but some days I dread working with you. I build up a rather large pile of negative energy and feel like hurting things after spending the day in the same place as you. Maybe we should schedule our duties so that we're hardly ever together, but I can't see that as working since you're theoretically my superiors at the moment, and I have to wait for your instructions to do things. so, I don't know. I think you need to smarten the fuck up, and stop treating me like a three year old.

Dimitri and Co. did that last summer. they said they had fun.

Hey Ed

I would love to join, sounds like fun. When does the actually season start though??