Well I don't know if you saw the Oscar's last night, but I watched a bit. I watched Michael Moore win his Oscar for Bowling For Columbine. When he made his speech, I was a little annoyed by what he said because I just kind of wish he'd said it differently. Here's Michael Moore's acceptance speech:
Michael Moore: Whoa. On behalf of our producers Kathleen Glynn and Michael Donovan from Canada, I'd like to thank the Academy for this. I have invited my fellow documentary nominees on the stage with us, and we would like to — they're here in solidarity with me because we like nonfiction. We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. Whether it's the fictition of duct tape or fictition of orange alerts we are against this war, Mr. Bush. Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you. And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up. Thank you very much.
Here is Moore's post-oscar speech, and I think it's much better than his acceptance speech. Much more passionate and intelligently thought out.
Oh, Woops, we accidentally hit a Syrian bus today! Our bad. I am sick of thinking about this war.
I haven't worked on any of my papers or projects during spring break. I can't seem to do much but watch CNN. I will admit, it's pretty amazing to watch the tanks roll into baghdad live on tv. Aaron Brown was on tv last night and I remember he was saying 'sorry that I keep 'gee whiz'ing you guys, but this is just amazing' and I know what he meant. It is surreal.
I suppose Iraq isn't nearly the threat we'd hoped they'd be. After all, we've got tanks speeding through the Iraqi desert with little or no resistence. And really, people. If we've got the ability to 'shock and awe' Iraq, why do we even need to be in this war in the first place. Really. Who's the crazy regime flaunting weapons of mass destruction here? Is it Iraq or is it US?
Well for the sake of our country saving face, I hope when it's all over we DO find WMD over there, otherwise this whole administration should be kicked out of office. You should really check out this Iraqi Weblog. It's pretty intense. Also make sure you check out michael moore's website, specifically his letter to GWB and the section with snapshots of Iraqi's.Totally depressing. I guess the idea there is that you print out the pictures and tape them up all over town. There's a list on the side of the page of sightings of these posters.
Jon will be here in about 2 hours. maybe 3 hours. When he gets here I have a buncha junk to do. I want to wait til my mom wakes up and leave devan here so I can return my outfit I bought for the wedding. I can't wait til he gets here. I need some Jon hugs.
It's getting pretty dark in Iraq. I wonder if the bombs will start for them soon. I'm not a religious person, but I will pray for our soldiers and the citizens of Iraq.
I'm in the process of making a new website. Some of you won't like it because I'm just so sick and tired of holding my tongue on certain issues. I'm not holding anything back anymore.
In the meantime, I'll leave you with a few websites I find insightful and amusing:
I really love how real life is now indistinguishable from like, a sketch on SNL. Our congress has renamed French fries "Freedom Fries". What a stupid name.
Someone shoot me. Please. I am so glad our country hasn't got anything more important to think about than what we call our unhealthy fast food snacks.
I also read that in a UK poll people see Bush as being a bigger threat than Saddam Hussein.
I had to remove the image of GWB from my website because, well, a. I don't want to look at his stupid face when I update my journal and b. It was screwing up the format.
Today is friday. I don't know what to do. I can either stay here, with Jon and watch a movie. Or I can go out and do something and watch the movie when I get back. Either way i can watch a movie if I want to. The only reason i don't want to go out is because my hair is kind of oily and i don't really feel like washing it right now. My guts are killin me.
(Nov 19)
I've been asked to make a Christmas wish list, so here it is. Click on
Santa to view it!
(Dec 11)
I am unable to sleep, so I took time to make the blog archives work. of course, images that were on old yahoo server do not work anymore (read: anything before April 2005) so you'll have to use your imagination. Check the sidebar for a link if you're interested.
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(Nov 22)
There. I finally did it. Now go buy me stuff:)
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(Nov 7)Take note of the changes along the right sidebar. I've been reading blogs, and that, of course, means joining knitalongs!
However my next task (which will be my next announcement)
is to create a holiday wishlist, as there have been several people asking for one.
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(Aug 6) Hi guys, How cute is this: I have a new little niece!! Bryan and Mandie's little girl was born last Sunday (I think)
and in the spirit of utter ridiculousness, I give you, Madelyn dancing.
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(June
1) Here is a little picture. Obviously, these are BF5 lyrics.
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(May
23) Sup dudes? I was kinda bored last night, so I made a picture.
again. only tell me if you like it. I have a fragile ego.
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(May
14) Going through a wave of depression. Don't feel like
doing anything except artwork. Here are a couple
pictures I made. You may have seen them, since they're
meant for my websites. If you've seen them as background
images, excuse the tiling, I'm fixing it when I feel
like it.
if you like them, let me know. if you don't, keep it to
yourself.
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(April 28) Ok... I've been on hiatus. Bear with me and
my broken links and pictures while I move all my junk
around.
Life is good and I'm glad my site is working again.
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(Jan 11) Due to real life
pals/family complaining about how little real life
content there is in this journal, I'm going to make a
real effort to include that stuff, and not just knitting
stuff. I hope this pleases you guys.
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(Jan 10) Today is the
anniversary of my Grampa's death. We still miss you so
much.
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(Jan 4) Congratulations
Michael & Tiffany!!
Welcome to the family,
Tif!
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(Dec 30) Just two quick
notes today:
1. We've got another
completed Casey's Coat.
click to see Vito!
2. I'll be out of town
for about 3 weeks. My brother, Mike, is getting married!
After that I'm going to be house sitting for my mom
while she is out of town. This will not have an affect
on you or my blogging, I just felt like sharing.
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(Dec 2) My brother has
been making me some pretty cool knitting charts. I think
they're mighty awesome and I'm trying to figure out a
project I can use them for. They're pdf files, except
the first one (which is actually not his design, it's
the work of someone on myspace.com) so go ahead and have
at them. If he makes many more charts, I'll disable the
links and offer the chart patterns for a small fee via
paypal, because, after all, it is his art work and he
deserves compensation!
click the images to view full sized charts: 2nd & 3rd images ?2004 R. Wuebker
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(Nov 28)My little sister is a knittin' fool. We shopped
all over for some good needles for her. She's been using
these kids plastic-y needles that I find to be really
uncomfortable and annoying. We tried some aluminum
needles but they were too slick and long. We finally
settled on some Clover Bamboo needles and from what I
have heard, she likes them the best. She's working on a
lavender scarf. I'll have my mom take a pic so I can
post it here.
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(Nov 28) I'm back! Christmas Knitting and yarn stash
enhancement is in full effect in this house. There's a
new(?) Knitting/Fabric store in the town my mom lives
in. It's called Sew Krazy. image is property of sew-krazy.com
They are currently squeezed in a tiny location just
chock full of amazing stuff! They have a whole shelf of
Kaffe Fasset fabrics, which you know I loved. They
had lots of yarn by Rowan and Brown Sheep. They didn't
have any Debbie Bliss. The shop is working on expanding
in a new location, equipped with a beautiful fireplace
(My mom and I peeked through a hole in the door) and
it's HUGE. This place was great and there's a cafe
called Muddy Waters next door. So this place will be
perfect to sit down, relax, drink coffee, and knit by
the fireplace when I go out to visit for 3 weeks in
January. The building is also really beautiful and
contains many other interesting shops. Check it out if
you're ever nearby.
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(Nov 18)Last year for Christmas, Mr. Handsome gave me an
EZ Stir. If you haven't got a clue what an easy-stir
is, (consider yourself lucky) it's a device that
attaches to your pots and pans and stirs your sauces for
you! Ingenious! I have still not taken the EZ Stir out
of its package. This year, I thought I'd make it easy on
my husband and anyone else who wishes to shower me with
gifts.
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(Nov 17)Looking for unique cards to send out this
Holiday season?
Check out
Loobylu
and Darling
Studio for some fabulous and unique holiday cards.
