SFU Connect

Ok here's a bit of background to the post:

The old SFU email system had such an ugly interface, I didn't want to put up with it and had all my emails forwarder from my SFU account to my hotmail inbox. Then a while ago SFU got a new, much prettier, email system.

Fastforward to today:

I was supposed to receive an email from one of my professors about a homework assignment. I didn't get the email. I thought I wasn't on the class email list (it happens), so I sent the prof an email and asked a friend to forward me the email regarding the homework. I didn't get the forward either.

So I go and log in to the new system and there they are: 66 emails since December 22, 2008

Fuck me, I've been out of the loop for a while.

Is it too much to ask that my settings be migrated to the new system? Come on, both systems have the same forwarding feature, how hard can it be? Fancy AJAX, new name, but they can't keep the same settings. Kind of sad.



brb reading email.

Dear Facebook,

So you are trying to tell me that I'm a single, unemployed student.

Well no shit. I noticed.

To get to the point:

1. No, I do not want to meet Hot Canadian singles (through Facebook)
2. No, I do not want to attend Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Kwantlen? Are you kidding me? Check my education info you stalkers.)
3. No, I do not want to attend Daniel Packard's FlirtFest (what in the fuck?)
4. No, I do not need a part time job right now (yes I'm unemployed, I noticed)
5. No, I do not have the desire to lose 10lbs right now (although I should get on it)
6. No, i do not want to travel
7. No, I don't want to take Sexy diva Dance classes (can I come to watch though?)
8. No, I do not want to attend Douglas College (see #2)
9. etc

Thanks,



IVT

2 decades

Yeah that's how long I've been around.

Accomplishments so far

• 53(?) credits towards a BSc. in Computing Science
• a web site that gets a steady amount of traffic (www.gpaboosters.com)

Overweight and underachieving since 1989.

But on a serious note, the next 20 years will be way better than the last 20. This is is pretty much guaranteed.
In the next year, i am looking forward to:

• getting through 2 more semesters (ie racking up credits)
• first co-op semester in the summer, time to see what the real world feels like.
• $$$$$?

Pretty sweet. The future awaits!


/rambling

Stupid media

First of all: Congratulations to Barack Obama for making history.

Now on to the subject of this post. I was watching the news while eating dinner tonight, and of course one of the major stories of the day involved Mr. Obama somehow. Then some reporter goes on and proclaims that she has discovered the secret code names the Secret Service uses to refer to Mr. & Mrs. Obama. Then she proceeds to repeat them twice.
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Now, this may not pose any security risk at all, and I may just be overreacting, but for fuck's sake...
buddy's had at least two attempts on his life planned so far, and he's not even the President yet! Does the media really wanna do anything to compromise Mr. Obama's safety? Crazy white supremacist lunatics watch the news too, you know. Also, the term "secret code name" implies that you shouldn't give it away on national TV.

Reporters are smrt

If I could vote in the 2008 Presidential election...

I would vote for Barack Obama. Why? Because he is not John McCain. I'm sure McCain is a decent human being, but in my humble opinion, he would make a terrible President, especially after the last one...
So here are some random ramblings and a few points on why you should not vote for Sen. McCain.

1) To me, he represents everything that is wrong with America. By wrong, I don't mean the last 8 years, I mean wrong since 1776. He represents the white Christian Right Wing conservatives that are pro-life but at the same time support the "War on Terror." Some of these people think that Jim Crow is a way of life. I'll rant more about these people in a different post.

2) Think of those who have loved ones serving in Iraq right now. Think of the military funerals. Americans should not be in Iraq. It is a useless war. I'm not saying that if you vote for Obama soldiers will instantly stop getting killed. No. But at least there will be an end in sight. Think about it: McCain is the third generation of a proud military family. Do you think he will send roses and chocolate to Ahmadinejad? What do you think will happen? Connect the dots.

3) Race does matter in this election. Having a black President will silence those people mentioned in point #1.

4) McCain will cut taxes for the rich. Didn't he say that the average American family makes $250,000 a year? He wants to cut taxes for these "average" people.

5) He had a hand in creating the mess that the US is in right now. He was one of the Keating Five, he supports deregulation. By the way, deregulation is what got everyone into this mess. Do you really think that the guy who made the mess will fix it? Oh and being one of the Keating Five means that he was involved in a corruption scandal FYI.

6) He picked an utterly incompetent running-mate. Great decision making, Sen. McCain! Alaska is close to Russia and Canada! That's enough foreign policy experience to run a whole country!!! She knows dick all about foreign policy and can't answer a direct question. Basically, she is only good for spewing Republican propaganda. She is also quite hot.

7) McCain is too old and might die while in office. See point #6.

8) He can't run a campaign. He keeps contradicting himself and he knows very little about the economy. When he resorted to mud slinging, he failed because everything he accused Obama of doing he has done more or worse. He can't pick a competent running-mate. Now his own party is ditching him. He can't run his campaign, what makes you think he can run your country?

9) He knows how to get Bin Laden!!! Except buddy's been dead for a few years now...

So the smart, logical, safe, sane choice is Obama. Unless you enjoyed the last 8 years, then vote for McCain. If you do vote for McCain, don't whine when you get foreclosed on and don't call for an end to the war when your son comes home in a box.

Now go and exercise your democratic right. But don't screw it up. Please.

McCain and God's reputation

Oh boy...where do I start on this one? Just watch the clip first:




Ok...this "Pastor" or "Reverend" or whatever thinks that God's reputation is riding on this election. As a Christian, I am offended by this and I have to call him out on his bullshit.

1. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

No I didn't just make that up, that's Deuteronomy 5:11 (KJV)

2. What does the Lord's reputation have to do with this election? The Lord is not a politician. His reputation is this: "To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him"
and that never changes. Smarten up, "Reverend"!

3. The reason that Muslims pray to Allah for McCain to lose is not because they hate the Lord. They pray to Allah because they, and everyone else who knows the truth about McCain, know that he is planning to expand the war in the Middle East. Specifically in Iran. Why? Because McCain is Bush 2.0. Anybody who has been following this election knows that! So these people pray to their god not out of hatred for the Lord or America but rather out of fear. In case you still don't get it, let me shorten that for you: they don't want to get bombed. Oh and no they are not rooting for Obama to win because "he's an Arab" because he is not. Even Christians are praying and hoping that Obama wins. Why? Because nobody wants war (except for Republicans and Al-Qaeda). I guess this "Reverend" is one of those wolves in sheep's clothing that Jesus warned us about.

4. Oh..speaking of which...guess who wants McCain to win? Yea that's right! Bin Laden & Co. So much for calling Obama a terrorist when the biggest terrorist organization in the world wants you to win.

To "Reverend" Arnold Conrad: Pull your head out of your ass and repent. It's for your own good. Also, please stop using your good-for-jack-shit asshat of a candidate to test/temp/blackmail the Lord. It just makes you look bad.

Oh and McFail failed again today. I'm not going to explain it in this post. Just go watch The Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

Ok there's my rant for today.

Internet Dyslexia

I have been noticing a really strange phenomenon take place whenever I chat on MSN or post on forums. I stick words into sentences that shouldn't be there.

Eg from a MSN conversation I had just now:

"today i learned for to make a user log in/log out thing"
and
"OR as a last result, "borrow" code from tutorials"

What are "for" and "result" doing in there? Seriously, this is creeping me out.
Could this be caused by my utter lack of typing skill? Perhaps my fingers are so much slower than my mind that I "think too far ahead" into what I want to type. Another one i've noticed is typing "which" instead of "with" and "you" instead of "use".

There's my post for today (Saturday).