April132012
Clean my house- P
ut on something cute
Go accept my award at school for being an outstanding SEA officerGo to dinner with Erick with our Fridays giftcardCome homePut on some comfy clothes- Day 3 of Metamorphosis
Do any left over cleaning- Shower
- Not give a fuck about anything else until tomorrow.
Dinner was so late that I’m debating skipping cardio tonight. I did do a lot of extra walking today… but once I get started with the core training I’ll probably want to do cardio anyways. Even though the cardio kills me.
March282012
Erick looked me up on Google last night because we were just hanging out at his place and it really startled me just how much crap I have out there. So today I took the initiative and deleted my old MySpace and Google+ accounts that were sitting there unused. I re-privatized my Twitter, double checked the privacy on my Live Journal, made huge privacy changes on my Facebook account (edited my apps one by one, changed who cans see what, etc), took my last name off of most sites (minus Facebook and Pinterest I think), and changed any weird profile photos (for instance my old gif of Matt Berry thrusting his junk on Last.fm) to more suitable ones.
Hopefully by time I’m in search of a serious teaching gig most of the results will have cleared up and toned down. Yay for adult-like concerns in the modern society we live in.
March142012
Because the one thing I am great at is procrastination. I started it around 10pm, so I mean I got maybe a little over three hours of work put into it due to having to stop and help my mom. But for the amount of time I’ve put into it I am happy with where it stands. I’ve got $70 left of my hypothetical budget so I’m going to do a little more fake shopping. But I’m pretty certain I’ve covered all 9 standards with the sub-standards. And I’ve got my holiday program written out. I just need to include my little descriptions of how I’ve met each standard. But that can wait until morning because I’m tired. So yep.
March102012
I’ll admit it, I haven’t watched Kony 2012 yet. And I might not ever watch it. You know why? Because I am aware of facts surrounding the issues in Uganda. I know Joseph Kony is a terrible man who has been behind the abduction of tens of thousands of children (which he turned into soldiers and sex objects). I also know the group he heads, the LRA, has caused the internal displacement of nearly two million people (a lot of which have gotten to return to their homes). I’m aware of the Juba peace talks that took place in 2008, I’m aware that the LRA signed them, and I am aware that in spite of the ceasefire they attacked Uganda and Sudan afterwards. I did hours upon hours of independent research on the issues and the war going on in Uganda for my speech course I took. We had to give an informative speech on a subject of our choosing that should only last 4-5 minutes. My speech lasted for 12 (which I lost points for). There was no way for me to condense the facts down. Therefore, I feel like I know what I’m talking about when it comes to this subject.
So I find myself getting really aggravated seeing all of the flack and negativity directed towards Invisible Children. And I want to know how many of those people complaining about the organization have seen the Rough Cut? Invisible Children began as three young adults making a documentary so that others could become informed. From that, they bloomed into a non-profit organization with the primary goal of continuing to spread awareness. So any person should see and be able to rationalize why they can’t be donating 90%+ of their proceeds directly to the children of Uganda. But they don’t. Many of these nay-sayers are unaware of past fundraising efforts of IC. Their schools for schools campaign, their water campaign, the schools they’ve built, the teachers they’ve sent over-seas, the jobs they provide to Ugandans, et cetera. These are all very good things. But their primary focus is still raising awareness. And with nearly 60 million views in four days they are achieving their goal of raising awareness.
I’ve donated to IC and have bought their merchandise since 2005. With the clear knowledge that I am donating not only to children but to raise awareness. If that is something you’re uncomfortable with than by all means find an organization that is made to send all of their proceeds overseas. But for the love of God quit making it seem as if IC is being utterly deceitful. And quit reblogging thedailywhat (who I usually enjoy) and other hypercritical blogs without doing your own research.
