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Name: Zac
Country: United States
State: Georgia
Metro: Atlanta
Birthday: 7/31/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: Meeting new people, playing ultimate, playing soccer whenever possible, having fun at a place where fun is a rarity (Georgia Tech), hanging out with cool people, giving hugs, and other stuff too.
Expertise: Studying hardcore, doing homework like crazy, hanging out at Side A, being disgustingly liberal, being lazy, giving hugs, soccer, math, chemistry, "physucks", and not much else. Facebook me
Occupation: Student
Industry: Engineering
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AIM:  soccer431319
Member Since:
3/13/2003
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| Eh, kind of a shitty day. And it's only 11. First, I forgot that I had left my books when I got to the Stinger stop, so I had to run back here to get them. Then I get to lab, and realize that I had missed the previous week's lab, which I thought we didn't have because of Labor Day (actually, there's a bit more to it than that, but I don't feel like explaining. It was a scheduling misunderstanding on my part). What makes matters worse is that the lab I missed was also a huge lab to miss, as it was the end of the previous week's lab, it's own lab, and the beginning of this week's lab. So, in affect, I missed three labs. And I had a quiz today that I didn't know about because of it, which consisted of: Memorize 2 labs from the book, write them down. I really don't go around memorizing labs, so I failed the quiz. And was unable to turn in the homework due last week. So, I dropped the lab. Normally, this wouldn't be too big of a deal, but yesterday I had also dropped Spanish, because it wasn't the class I was expecting. So far, it hasn't been a good week.
Zac
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| Wow, life is good. I love school, I'm in shape, I have a job that I enjoy, I'm dating someone who I really like, and I'm just happy. Also, I think I'm ready for a relationship again. It's been a while, but I'm bored with all of this casual dating. It's not getting me anywhere. It's time for a change in my lifestyle. I really hope it works out for the better. But, for now, I'm just riding the happiness while I can.
Zac
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| The War Against Us AllThis war in Iraq isn’t the end; it’s the beginning of wars to come all
around the world at the whim of the neo-cons in the White House. This
is the Bush Doctrine come to life: war, war, and more war. War brought
to you by the big corporate masters who run the show. This isn’t just a
war against Iraqis or Afghanis or even Arabs or Muslims. It is
ultimately a war on us all. That’s because the billions and billions of
dollars that are being spent on this war—the cost of tanks, rocketry,
bullets, and yes, even salaries for the 125,000 plus troops—is money
that will never be spent on education, on health care, on the
reconstruction of crumbling public housing, or to train and place the
millions of workers who have lost manufacturing jobs in the past three
years alone. The war in Iraq is, in reality, a war against the nation’s
workers and the poor who are getting less and less while the big
defense industries are making a killing—literally. What’s next? Iran?
Syria? North Korea? Venezuela? We’ve already seen the corporate media
play megaphone to the White House to build and promote a war based on
lies. It’s been a long time ago, but that great Russian revolutionary,
Leon Trotsky, said, “War is utilized by the imperialists, first and
foremost, to crush internal enemies.” We’re seeing the truth of his
insight when we see the sad state of American education, the rush of
seniors to buy affordable medication from the Canadians because
American drugs are just too expensive, the threatened privatization of
Social Security, and the wave of repression that comes with an
increasingly militarized police. Does the Homeland Security Department
make you feel any safer? In Black America things get grimmer every day
as resources that are already scarce begin to shrink even further.
Young people feel that prisons are rite-of-passage, an inevitable place
to visit. And a decent job seems like a distant dream. This is a war on
all of us, and the struggle against war is really a struggle for a
better life for the millions of folks who are in need here in this
country. The fight against the war is really to fight for your own
interests, not the false interests of the defense industries, or the
corporate media, or the White House. Down with the wars for empire! Ona
Move!
-Mumia Abu-Jamal
It just feels like sometimes people forget that we're at war. Like it's something we've come to accept as normal. It is not normal to be at war. It is not normal to have an increasingly controlling government. It is not normal to have to worry about affordable gas, healthcare, and other basic standards of living. We live in a state of abnormality, and yet as a whole, we've come to accept it. It is not normal to trade freedom for a feeling of security. This is America. Let's start acting like we live here.
"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither" --
Benjamin Franklin
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| Yet again, my worry for my parents financial state has forced me to
rethink a decision that would possibly increase my tolerance for life.
I had to choose between my job or trying out for soccer, at which point
I realized that neither I, nor my father can afford rent without me
having a job. So, working full time plus school is really my only
option. It was silly to think I could play, anyway, I suppose. So,
that's my update on life. Actually, another update on my dating
life...: I don't have one. That was easy. And there's one other thing
that topped this night off to make it an all around shitty day, but I'm
not going to mention it for fear that it could create some much
unwanted drama. I do hope you read this, though, and accept the apology
I tried to give you multiple times, and yet multiple times you refused,
even though I still see no reason for you to be upset at all. It's
petty, immaterial, and not worth a friendship, or even arguing about.
That's all I have to say about that. I truly hope it was vague enough
for outside parties to not understand, but specific enough to let you
know that I am sorry.
All in all, today fucking sucked.
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| So, I ended up never getting a call back from Ralph Lauren. They were the only ones not to. Sad times. But, I've got an interview later today with the manager of the cafe at Barnes and Noble GT. So, that rocks. So, I've come to notice just how much approaching girls scares me. I was on the bus yesterday, and caught this girl looking at me, because I was looking at her. Then, when I went over to talk to her, I forgot what I was going to say, so I walked away. Even more sadly, I think what I was going to say was, "Hi", or something along those lines.
Kumar: You're worthless.
Harold: I'm not worth while.
Zac
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