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Thursday, April 18th, 2030
12:41 am	FRIENDS-LOCKED! Except for Appreciation posts, and the odd one here or there, if I'm feeling in the mood. Comment to be added - don't worry, I usually will add you:) Unless you're some wierdo, then buzz off. (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 11th, 2009
12:35 pm	Watching Whales Watching Us I've just spent a good part of my morning reading this article about whales and how they interact with people, it's the most amazing read I've had in a long time. I've learnt, for instance, that whales dream. How cool is that. And there's a whole bunch of other stuff about whales in there - it's written like a story, so it's well worth a read. Gosh I so want a whale right now. Please read the article, it's good for your health I promise. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
12:53 am	MUSIK APPRECIATION Today's Music: Fleet Foxes Why? Because it's all thanks to __sine  ( HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY BTW) Because she decided to post a song by them (Blue Spotted Tail) and I YouTubed Fleet Foxes and found their song " Mykonos" and it is Certifiably Epic. Also, " White Winter Hymnal" is a real eargem, and so is " He Doesn't Know Why" And of course " Blue Spotted Tail". And I wasn't expecting it to be so epic but after today I realized I couldn't get the intro of  "Mykonos" out of my head, haha I'm so lousy me. Anyway, listen and weep. Video #1: Mykonos - Fleet Foxes Video #2: White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes Also check out Blue Spotted Tail and He Doesn't Know Why, if you liked the above two songs. I couldn't stop listening to them, really - the have the most beautiful harmonies. And if you watch the video for " He Doesn't Know Why", you'll notice they all have the most amazing beards, haha. APPRECIATE. (Comment on this)
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
11:40 pm	POETRY APPRECIATION it may not always be so  it may not always be so; and i say that if your lips, which i have loved, should touch another's, and your dear strong fingers clutch his heart, as mine in time not far away; if on another's face your sweet hair lay in such a silence as i know, or such great writhing words as, uttering overmuch, stand helplessly before the spirit at bay; if this should be, i say if this should be- you of my heart, send me a little word; that i may go unto him, and take his hands, saying, Accept all happiness from me. Then shall i turn my face, and hear one bird sing terribly afar in the lost lands -E.E Cummings APPRECIATE. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
11:09 pm	BOOK APPRECIATION   This is the original cover for the book The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald, and back then in the 1920s when the book was first published it experienced such mediocre sales that Fitzgerald lamented woefully to his wife that  "at least they liked the jacket'. He was referring to this picture. Anyway, I've started reading this again yesterday, and finished it today in school, while waiting for time to pass. The first time I read this was a long time ago in Secondary 3, or 4, when it was our Lit text, and back then I can't really remember how I felt towards the book - whatever it was, I don't think it was as remarkable as what I felt today, after reading it and while reading it. I know my motivations for reading it were more than just for the sake of getting a headstart to the book - I wanted to rediscover it, because I vaguely remembered the storyline, and I think the fact that it was a tragic love story enhanced its appeal to the pathetic and rather hapless romantic in me. So I picked it up and I read it again and I was thoroughly entranced and drawn in by every character in the book. People who didn't mean much to me back in Sec 3, Like Wilson and Myrtle, and even Jordan Baker, Klipspringer, Wolfsheim and gawsh yes the Finn who helps out in the narrator Nick Carroway's house. All these people have gained a new kind of importance in the book, maybe cuz of the rigorous training we've undergone under our Lit teachers in school, maybe its cuz I'm older, or more/less romantic, or maybe its even simply the fact that I understand more words now. Whatever it is, I can understand why even Fitzgerald himself described the book as the greatest novel he's even written - it is quite something when, while reading, you are physically moved to look away at certain points, and at other points to peer closer and read each word with careful deliberation, to speak aloud some parts over again and to be compelled to underline other parts over and over and over again.  Fitzgerald's sparse character descriptions gives the reader space to imagine and to build for his or her self a portrait of each character that makes the most sense individually - what he spends time to describe are the settings, the important motifs and symbols, and their conversations and actions which speak so much louder than even Fitzgerald's own imagination.  The ending of the novel is wonderful and to me could end in no better way - I must confess that throughout, and until the very end, I struggled with Fitzgerald's point of view: Was he in support of this New Age? Was he against it? And even in my moments of clarity and sureness, there were still bits that I struggled with, bits that did not unravel themselves quite so completely until the ending of the book and past it, when I was on the bus heading home, reading through the Introduction. I think I understand it a bit better now, but still not quite thoroughly. It has not affected my enjoyment of the book though - I still am thoroughly glad that I have had the chance to read such a brilliant work of fiction, must agree with Anish that this could possibly the greatest work of fiction ever.  Bonus: Did you know Fitzgerald wrote The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Go read it online. Bonus number two: Here's a picture of the dashing young Mr. Fitzgerald. His hair looks a bit fuddy ( hehe grace) but other than that, what a charming half-smile. APPRECIATE. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, June 27th, 2009
1:26 am	MUSIK APPRECIATION  I was really going to bed but these songs are amazing I can't believe people haven't completely fallen in love with them yet. Comme Un Million De Gens ( Duo Avec Lynda Lemay) - Claude Dubois </div></div></div>( the ending of this song is so, so, cute) ( And can somebody please tell me what the song means, I only know "million" ) Beach Boys - Come Go WIth Me APPRECIATE. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 26th, 2009
12:59 am	Financial Industry Receives 10 Times More Money in 1 year than Poor Countries Receive in 49 Years Ahead of UN General Assembly's high-level summit on the economic crisis on June 24-26, UN Millennium Campaign says new analysis indicates that finding money for aid is a matter of political will - not lack of resources - and calls on donors to finally meet their aid commitments June 23, 2009 - The United Nations Millennium Campaign today released an analysis showing that since the inception of aid (overseas development assistance) almost 50 years ago, donor countries have given some $2 trillion in aid. And yet over the past year, $18 trillion has been found globally to bail out banks and other financial institutions. The amount of total aid over the past 49 years represents just eleven percent of the money found for financial institutions in one year. The UN Millennium Campaign is urgently calling on rich countries gathering at this week's high-level summit on the economic crisis to make no further excuses that they lack resources and to urgently deliver on their aid commitments. "The stark contrast between the money dispersed to the world's desperately poor after 49 years of painstaking summits and negotiations and the staggering sums found virtually overnight to bail out the creators of the global economic crisis makes it impossible for governments to any longer claim that the world can't find the money to help the 50,000 people who are dying of extreme poverty every day," said Salil Shetty, Director of the United Nations Millennium Campaign. "This is a straightforward question of political will. Rich countries' priorities will become crystal clear at this week's summit on the economic crisis, where we hope they will finally deliver on the aid they have repeatedly pledged but not delivered to those who need it most." Worse still, the global economic crisis is expected to further impact the delivery of aid to poor countries at a time when the need is greatest. Already, the consequences of the crisis, caused by the richest people in the richest countries, are being disproportionately borne by poor countries. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the economic crisis has resulted in 100 million more people going hungry, taking the total number of hungry people in the world to a staggering one billion. At the same time, only $9.4 billion of the $28.3 billion -- less than a third -- pledged at the Gleneagles Summit in 2005 to be delivered to Sub-Saharan Africa by 2010, has actually been delivered. The Millennium Campaign believes any discussions of a new financial architecture must be inclusive of the voices and needs of the poor. The Campaign is therefore calling on donor countries to immediately and unconditionally do the following: Urgently agree to a timetable to accelerate delivery of their aid commitments. Make rapid progress toward achieving the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda to simplify and streamline aid, including a clear timetable for implementation of existing commitments. Reduce and/or eliminate all trade-distorting agricultural subsidies. Ensure that poor countries are fully represented in all decision making bodies and in the restructuring of the global financial infrastructure. The Millennium Campaign is calling on poor countries to immediately do the following: Ensure that national development policies and plans are pro-poor and focused on women and excluded groups. Prioritize expenditures on the Millennium Development Goals. Ensure accountability and transparency in the management of public money. Prioritize domestic resource mobilization. Go to www.youtube.com/mcampaign to watch the videoclip. -------   Note to editors: The UN Millennium Campaign was established by the UN Secretary General in 2002. The Campaign supports citizens' efforts to hold their governments to account for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The Millennium Development Goals were adopted by 189 world leaders from the north and south, as part of the Millennium Declaration which was signed in 2000. These leaders agreed to eradicate extreme poverty and its root causes by 2015. Our premise is simple: we are the first generation that can end poverty and we refuse to miss this opportunity. For more information, visit www.endpoverty2015.org. Click here to unsubscribe / Copyright 2004 - 2007 UN Millennium Campaign (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
12:41 am	MUSIK APPRECIATION Who? A Fine Frenzy Why? I heard " Think Of You" on Lush 99.5 and I decided that this was going on my list of " Epic Songs To Share With Friends".  The line " Yeah you still pull me home" keeps repeating itself in my head. And she has a lovely voice, it doesn't sound that extraordinarily special but there's something about it which keeps me listening.Anyway, enjoy - the first song is still my favourite, but "Almost Lover" is great as well. I'm thinking about it now, I realize the only line I really like is " You still pull me home". Video #1: Think of You - A Fine Frenzy Video #2: Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy APPRECIATE. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
11:17 pm	Is this how the world will fall; Is this how the world will fall; with you                                                                                      over there, drawing dreams in the sand and me calling, warning you of the                                                  wave                                                           drawing                                                                          near And do you know that when it comes ( and it is coming now, any day). No matter how well you've drawn them - they will all go away. I want you to be with me; I want you to see I'm learning to tell you these things, Because you mean that much to me. (A/N: I've changed it a bit, for accuracy 24/6/09) Today, instead of studying all the way until 10.00 like I usually do, I decided to go over to the meeting hall ( that's what I call my church building) to join the prayer meeting. The prayer meeting happens every Tuesday night; what happens is that a few brothers and sisters will get together and just pray about whatever touches them, like spreading the gospel, or gaining new believers, or making sure the children and young people have a proper character, that sort of thing. It sounds odd, like, how can people just come together, sit there and pray? I went tonight to see what it was all about, and you see there people who've come straight from work, who've brought their kids, who are a little bit sick ( not H1N1, don't be silly) but still bother to come down and spend some time just praying, not for themselves but for the church as a whole. Anyway, it was a chinese prayer meeting, and my chinese is ultra-fail, so I just sat there and said Amen and soaked in the atmosphere. After that, while waiting for my parents to finish talking to everybody( because my parents are the friendly sort), I sat in my seat and read the entire Book of Romans. Wasn't expecting to finish it, you know, but it just drew me in. And one particular verse jumped out and hit me in the face, Romans 8:18 "For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but to work out the good is not." Yeah, now doesn't that sound like me when I'm studying in front of the computer - for to study is present with me, but to work out the studying is not. Anyway, I'm very much encouraged by verse 20, two verses down: "But if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it out but sin that dwells in me." Alright. Thank you Lord, that You are real and living within me; thank You that your life is an undefeated life, and as long as I live Your life, I will be alright. Goodnight. (Comment on this)
12:49 am	The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again (Comment on this)
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
1:28 am	How long has it been? remind me again- Cuz I keep falling, in and out, of the rain. (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
12:30 am	Oh Sinner Man. Nina Simone - Sinnerman Oh Sinnerman, where you gonna run to? Sinnerman, where you gonna run to? Where you gonna run to? All on that day Well I run to the rock, please hide me I run to the rock,please hide me I run to the rock, please hide me, Lord All on that day But the rock cried out, I can't hide you The rock cried out, I can't hide you The rock cried out, I ain't gonna hide you guy All on that day I said, Rock, what's a matter with you rock? Don't you see I need you, rock? Lord, Lord, Lord All on that day So I run to the river, it was bleedin' I run to the sea, it was bleedin' I run to the sea, it was bleedin' All on that day So I run to the river, it was boilin' I run to the sea, it was boilin' I run to the sea, it was boilin' All on that day So I run to the Lord, please hide me Lord Don't you see me prayin'? Don't you see me down here prayin'? But the Lord said, go to the devil The Lord said, go to the devil He said, go to the devil All on that day So I ran to the devil, he was waitin' I ran to the devil, he was waitin' Ran to the devil, he was waitin' All on that day I cried - POWER!!!!!!! (Power to da Lord) [8x] Bring down, (Power to da lord), [4x] POWER!!! (power to da lord) [12x] (Instrumental) Oh yeah, Woh yeah, Woh yeah Well I run to the river, it was boilin' I run to the sea, it was boilin' I run to the sea, it was boilin' All on that day So I ran to the Lord I said, Lord hide me, please hide me please help me All on that day He said, child, where were you when you oughta been prayin'? I said,Lord, Lord, hear me prayin' Lord, Lord, hear me prayin' Lord, Lord, hear me prayin' All on that day Sinnerman you oughta be prayin' Oughta be prayin', Sinnerman Oughta be prayin', All on that day I cried - POWER!!!!!!! (Power to da Lord) [12x] Go down (Power to da Lord) [3x] POWER!!!!!!! (Power to da Lord) [3x] Power, Power, Lord Don't you know I need you Lord Don't you know that I need you Don't you know that I need you Power, Lord! Oh man. oh man oh man oh man. This world is just falling apart, so much that you can smell it, tearing apart at the seams and burning, burning up into thick, acrid smoke. Where you gonna run to when the ashes start to fall. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
11:40 pm	If ever there was a change  Just came back from church camp, and I can't begin to explain how i feel right now. One part of me wants to just do EVERYTHING, like everything, all at once: Call up my friends, tell them everything I know, apologize for taking so long to tell them, praying to the Lord, reading the Bible, etc. Another part of me knows that I have to take this fire and take good care of it - don't let it all burn up, but don't ever let it burn out either. Whatever it is, I don't know how this blog fits into it. Maybe it'll stop. Maybe I've found my best friend after all. Maybe it won't. I know it's not up to me anymore:) (Comment on this)
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
12:32 am	MUSIK APPRECIATION Today's Music: Feel-Good Meaning Why? Because I actually just needed a reason to post these songs because the words have been floating around in my head and there's really no other way to put it. I never knew KC and the Sunshine Band looked like that. Go check out how they look in 2009 - it's actually a very touching version of the song, I was half tempted to post it instead of this one. And Main Ingredient's lead singer is a Cuba Gooding, who i think may just be Cuba Gooding Jr's father, but I am really not sure. Build Me up Buttercup is just, well, what it's worth. Video #1: Please Don't Go - KC and the Sunshine Band Video #2: Just Don't Wanna Be Lonely - Main Ingredient Video #3: Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations APPRECIATE. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
12:46 am	BOOK APPRECIATION Title: Perfume -  the story of a murderer Author: Patrick Suskind I picked up this book from Caleb's shelf a week or so ago, when I was attempting to study for SATs. Shows you how distracted I am at home - that's why I'm always in school studying. Anyway, I saw it ocne before, the first time my bro bought it, and I thought it looked like a very intriguing book, but then I forgot about it until now. The book is set in 19th century Paris, where, amidst disease and pestilence and foul fitlhy smells, a child is born to a fishmongress( that's a lady fishmonger) who is wonderfully described as being " still quite pretty", having " almost all her teeth in her mouth and some hair on her head". Anyway, this child is Grenouille, and he becomes the centre of this very fascinating and many times qutie disturbing and chilling book. To tell the truth, I was half hoping Grenouille would turn out to be an essentially nice person, who goes on to save the day by being the one who finds the murderer, but of coruse I was beign completely optimistic here, and by the 12th page or so it was becoming increasingly clear that I was horribly misguided. I did feel a slight bit disgusted, then, that this amazing kid who could smell anything, " the finest nose in Paris", would turn out to be some freakish freak the likes of which the world has never seen and hopefully will never see, because the way Suskind describes him is the most horrible, brilliant, disgusting, genius characterizing I've come across yet. I remember talking to Anish on the bus about how In P&P, Darcy is truly an amazing and multifaceted character, and Austen must have been a real visionary to create a character so singularly spectacular. But I think in Grenouille, Suskind has far outdone what Austen has created in Darcy. Never in any other book I've read have i been so tormented by a character as Grenouille - I am constantly torn between being absolutely fascinated and, I admit, slightly pitiful towards him, and being completely and utterly revulsed to the point of spiting ( yeah I know right) at the way this man's mind works. And it is an unpredictable thing, competely andf utterly unpredictable and random, just like a real human being would be - completely and utterly random and unpredictable. Even after reaching the end of the book, I still don't fully understand this character - is he really that evil and twisted? Why is it at some points he seems to display something more, something slightly more than just utter oozing black putrid-pitch evil?  And unlike other characters, who eventually relent ( actually its the authors who relent) and show a bit of their "good" or "human" side, a touch of real, understandable, human-to-human emotion, Grenouille absolutely doesn't. Suskind gives him moments when he almost-teeteringly touches a small, trickling vein of true human emotion and reflection, and I breathe ginormous sigh of relief and go ' well there we go, humanity isn't that bad after all" BUT he cruelly snatches it away, almost clumsily and desperately I might add, as if he's making deliberate and calculated attempts to paint Grenouille as a creature utterly devoid of the normal range of human emotions. Which he does do very, very, well, to the point of believability. The finished product is a splendid, ghastly, horrific, wondrous, unutterable and unutterably strange portrait of an unreal, utterly real character. As you can tell, I am qutie marvellously blown away by Grenouille. It's like I've smelt his scent. Read the book, you will know what I mean, I guarantee you. Just don't get too disturbed - skip over the disturbing parts if you must, but they'll give you a fuller picture of the kind of mad twisted genius he is, and the horrid brilliance of Suskind's mind. APPRECIATE. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 25th, 2009
1:28 am	MUSIK APPRECIATION. Today's Music: is actually just two different versions of one song. Why? Because I need to prove a point - that Madcon aren't as great as they're touted to be, judging by this. When I first heard Beggin'( briefly in this adidas house party ad but more memorably in __sine 's oneperson party mix) I thought it was a most brilliant tune, a real gem of a mix. Found out that Madcon reworked Frankie Vallie and the Four Season's rendition of it from back in the 1960s. Take note that is close to 50 years ago. Anyway, I decided to go and check out Frankie Valli's version, to see how brilliantly Madcon have reworked it. Listened to one version for about 30 seconds and I thought Hmm I must have clicked on a Madcon version so I tried another video which claimed to be Valli's version and after about 30 seconds it struck me that hey this is the actual tune. And now you have to go and listen  to it yourself, and figure out what exactly is different, because besides the rapping ( which was actually the only part I didn't like from Madcon's version) and the infectious beat ( which isn't actually created by Madcon), I sense no real difference. Granted, the rapping is decent(decent= no swearing) and the gratuitious use of that one infectious riff is a pretty rad idea, but basically i think Frankie Vallie deserves most of the credit for coming up with something this brilliant and masterfully hypnotic; not only that, but - wait for it - THIS WAS ALMOST 50 YEARS AGO,as I have previously mentioned. Anyway - PLEASE LISTEN IN ORDER.Meaning, listen to Valli's version( hey alliteration) first, and then Madcon. Comprende? ( Now you go, SI SENOR) Video #1: Frankie Valli and the Foru Seasons - Beggin' Video #2: Madcon - Beggin' Note: For those of you interested, go and check out this version as well; it's a remix of Frankie Valli's version, the music video is hilarious, and the sound is good. They've managed not to include gimmicks like raps and stuff, but it still sounds good because they've, I dunno, they've reworked it somehow, it sounds brilliant and in my honest hopinion ( hey alliteration) better than Madcon's version. And it has a million++ views. Check it out. APPRECIATE. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
12:39 am	Knowing just what to do  So you do this; Make a fist Now hold it close to your chest Now breathe and try to stop believing  in this inhumane human and the unloving nature of the world, of the world of your lost and lonely man. So you do this; and make each rolling tear, worth it. So you do this; sing louder songs to get along, breathe long but sweetly and hold                                                yourself and hum, and feel it thrumming through your chest. Write out his name without emotion a thousand million, blissless times until you can look him in the eye, sqyarely say "This is the way I chose. There is no sacrifice. I have had no great loss. This is no sacrifice." And when you listen carefully you smile just like the sun. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
12:24 am	SIGN THE PETITION, SAVE SUU KYI Dear Friends, After 13 years of detention, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been jailed again on trumped up charges by the brutal Burmese regime. Call on UN Secretary General to secure her and all political prisoners' release: Burma's democracy leader and Nobel Peace prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been locked up on new trumped up charges, just days before her 13 years of detention was due to expire. She and thousands of fellow monks and students have been imprisoned for bravely challenging the brutal military regime with peaceful calls for democracy. Risking danger to speak out for their jailed friends, Burmese activists are demanding the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners and calling on the world to help. We have just six days to get a flood of petition signatures to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon calling on him to make their release a top priority -- he can make this a condition for renewed international engagement. Follow the link to sign the petition, and forward this email on to friends to ensure Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners are freed. Burmese activists will present the global petition to the media on May 26th: http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_aung_san_suu_kyi On May 14th, Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested and sent to jail, charged in connection with an American man who allegedly sneaked uninvited into the compound where she is being held in Yangon. The charges are absurd -- it is the Burmese military, now accusing her of breach of house arrest, that are responsible for the security of the compound. It is a pretext to keep her detained until after elections which are set for 2010. The Burmese regime is renown for its vicious repression of any threat to full military control - thousands are in jail in inhumane conditions and denied any medical care, there are ongoing abuses of human rights, there is violent repression of ethnic groups, and over a million have been forced into refuge across the border. Aung San Suu Kyi's is the greatest threat to the junta's hold on power. Her moral leadership of the democracy movement and the legacy of her landslide victory in 1990 elections means that she is the only figure who could face down the military in elections next year. She has been detained over and over again since 1988 -- under house arrest and allowed no contact with the outside world. But this scandalous new detention in the notorious Insein Prison without medical care could be very dangerous because she is seriously ill. Sources say that the military regime is fearful of this unified and massive online call to the UN -- over 160 Burma exile and solidarity groups in 24 countries are participating in the campaign. And the Secretary General and key regional players that are looking to re-engage with the Burmese regime, can influence the fate of these prisoners. Last week Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said: 'Aung San Suu Kyi and all those that have a contribution to make to the future of their country must be free'. Let's overwhelm him with a global call to urgently act on his words and stop the arrests and brutality: http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_aung_san_suu_kyi As with the release of Nelson Mandela from years of prison in South Africa, the freedom of Aung San Suu Kyi from years of unjust detention, will bring a new beginning to Burma and hope for democracy. This week could be that historical time for change - let's stand united behind Suu Kyi and these brave men and women and demand their release now! http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_aung_san_suu_kyi With hope, Alice, Brett, Ricken, Pascal, Graziela, Paula and the rest of the Avaaz team PS. For more about Aung San Suu Kyi visit: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/aboutburma/aung_san_suu_kyi.htm For more about the Global Free Political Prisoners Campaign visit: http://www.fbppn.net/?page_id=582 A Letter from former Presidents for the release of political prisoners: http://www.burmacampaign.org.uk/index.php/burma/news/Letter-from-112-Former-Presidents-and-Prime-Ministers-to-UN- For the West and Asian countries reactions to Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8050545.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8056852.stm For the full statement from the UN Sectretary General on Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest: http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=3848 Want to support Avaaz? We're entirely funded by member donations and receive no money from governments or corporations. Our tiny online team ensures even the smallest contributions go a long way. Donate here! ABOUT AVAAZ Avaaz.org is an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform global decision-making. (Avaaz means "voice" in many languages.) Avaaz receives no money from governments or corporations, and is staffed by a global team based in Ottawa, London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Buenos Aires, and Geneva. Call us at: +1 888 922 8229 or +55 21 2509 0368 Click here to learn more about our largest campaigns. Don't forget to check out our Facebook and Myspace and Bebo pages! (Comment on this)
Monday, May 18th, 2009
12:50 am	POETRY APPRECIATION  Who? ee cummings, of course. Why?Because ee cummings is very relevant.. Or so I feel. Anyway. who sharpens every dull...       who sharpens every dull here comes the only man reminding with his bell to disappear a sun and out of houses pour maids mothers widows wives bringing this visitor their very oldest lives one pays him with a smile another with a tear some cannot pay at all he never seems to care he sharpens is to am he sharpens say to sing you'd almost cut your thumb so right he sharpens wrong and when their lives are keen he throws the world a kiss and slings his wheel upon his back and off he goes but we can hear him still if now our sun is gone reminding with his bell to reappear a moon  ee cummings  a man who had fallen among thieves       a man who had fallen among thieves lay by the roadside on his back dressed in fifteenthrate ideas wearing a round jeer for a hat  fate per a somewhat more than less emancipated evening had in return for consciousness endowed him with a changeless grin  whereon a dozen staunch and Meal citizens did graze at pause then fired by hypercivic zeal sought newer pastures or because  swaddled with a frozen brook of pinkest vomit out of eyes which noticed nobody he looked as if he did not care to rise  one hand did nothing on the vest its wideflung friend clenched weakly dirt while the mute trouserfly confessed a button solemnly inert.  Brushing from whom the stiffened puke i put him all into my arms and staggered banged with terror through a million billion trillion stars  ee cummings  APPRECIATE. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
11:19 pm	MUSIK APPRECIATION Today's Musik: The Chi-Lites Why? Just listen. Totally N/A to me, but still - what a tuneful tune, eh! Video #1 - Too Good to be Forgotten Video #2 - Oh Girl APPRECIATE. (Comment on this)