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| Sunday, November 12th, 2006 | | 6:32 pm |
Yesterday, I Rode my bike to school Split cells Shot around a basketball Went back home through a sea of Husky funs who were about to get their souls crushed Cleaned my apartment Watched 'Shortbus' Held back tears during 'Shortbus' Cried in the shower Came back to the lab Did a transfection and a tranformation Caught the next bus home because of the song playing Missed the next bus Did laundry Went to sleep Today, I Watched Cinderalla Man in bed Cried during the part when Jim is off to fight the bear Stopped crying just in time to answer the phone Talked to highschool mate who is in England but is moving back to Uganda 9th Dec Almost came out to her Called the Majors Made pancakes and coffee Ate pancakes while watching football topless Heaven! Showered and was picked up by the Majors Felt bad when the baby cried for at least five minutes Felt better when she realized I was not taking her parents away and stopped crying Had peach tea at kid friendly coffee shop talking smack and ocassionally playing with the midgets Came to lab where I am now Dropped one so important plate of cells Listening to Larry's lounge without Larry craving a beer | | Thursday, October 26th, 2006 | | 3:01 pm |
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Here is a follow-up story about the Danish artist whose project involved giving domestic animals to Ugandans who in exchange, had to acquire his last name. Hornsleth satanic, says minister Buturo Thursday, 26th October, 2006 By Steven Candia DANISH artist Kristian Von Hornsleth is satanic, gay, racist and mad, the ethics state minister has said. Dr. Nsaba Buturo yesterday said the Hornsleth name-for-a-pig project in Mukono was an insult to the sovereignty of Ugandans. He said the government had asked the artist to return and help the police with investigations. Buturo said on arrival, the “police will be ready for him at the airport.” But the coordinator of the project hailed it in the presence of Buturo, just moments after the minister had condemned it. He introduced himself as Henry Hornsleth Kayondo but this did not go down well with the minister, who at one point cut Kayondo short and cautioned him saying, “Young man, you have got your self into real trouble.” “Hon. minister we the residents glorify this project. It has transformed our lives and we will not do anything to harm it,” Kayondo said. But Buturo asked him, “Do you know the man you are dealing with? Do you know he is satanic, a racist, homosexual and a mental case?” Kayondo answered, “As for Hornsleth being homosexual, I think that is his nature,” prompting Buturo to chip in, “young man, you have jumped into bed with a man you don’t know.” The Buteyongera project, Buturo said, should be suspended immediately because “it is a travesty and the government cannot sit back and watch.” | | Saturday, October 14th, 2006 | | 2:11 am |
What a week this has been. I came to the brink of my existence. Let's just say I was envying the dinosaurs. Amazing ('miraculous') that things took a turn for the better. All my pressure points were pushed with intensity. Professionally, financially and emotionally. All the strings that keep me stably suspended were so loose that I had to reboot. Throwing up as I did on Wednesday morning left me feeling calm and less empty. Like I flushed my damaged ego down the toilet which allowed me to face my uncertainties stoically. No one/ no long-term intervention would have worked. Scary as it was, it just reaffirms to me that I know what is best for me. | | Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 | | 3:45 pm |
Yay, I went on my first bike ride in 3 months!! I wanted to test my knee but riding in circles was boring so I might drop into the Hideout to say hello and hear about philosophy's of life and maybe share mine. No drinking for me tonight. Will annyone be there 8pm sharp? | | Tuesday, September 5th, 2006 | | 3:49 pm |
To all the future Buttersmith's (Buttercloud's?) out there, here is a real-life name changing project. http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/519389Villagers change names for pigs Tuesday, 5th September, 2006 By Anne Mugisa A Danish artist has started a project in Mukono where over 300 residents have been required to adopt his name in exchange for a pig or a goat. The peculiar donation funded by Kristian von Hornsleth started in June this year when the Hornsleth Village Project Uganda 2006 was registered as a community-based organisation. The beneficiaries must be 18 years and above. According to Kristian Hornsleth’s website, the project is an exposure of the games donors play on the poor people they claim to help. It says donors claim they give free aid, yet they actually take something in return. Some of the beneficiaries of the project in Buteyongera village in Kasana parish, Kasawo sub-county, Nakifuma in Mukono district are all praise for it. Some of the beneficiaries the New Vision met at their homes included Jimmy Ntalo, Zaituni Nampungu and Safina Nakafero, all of whom had adopted Hornsleth as their middle name. Ntalo got a piglet, while Nampungu and Nakafero had goats. An old man, Israel Kavuma, had come to report that his piglet was ill. The beneficiaries are praising the project as a way of raising school fees and catering for other domestic needs. The project coordinator, Henry Hornsleth Kayondo, said 213 beneficiaries had each received an animal as a means of alleviating poverty. He said Hornsleth was invited to the area by Eng. Ssenabulya Kateregga. Kayondo said they started with 110 members but the number had grown to 727, with many more eager to join. The beneficiaries swore affidavits through a Jinja- based law firm, Muziransa Associated Advocates, to change their identities to include the name Hornsleth. The initial 110 beneficiaries were also to acquire passports free of charge through the project. Kayondo said the project that has covered Kasana and Namaliri sub-counties, is also targeting Namugaya, Nagojje, Nabbale, Ntunda and Kimenyedde, all in Nakifuma county. Kayondo, who was found in their small project office together with his secretary Godfrey Hornsleth Kavuma, said the project bought 242 pigs, 29 goats and a sheep from farmers in Luweero and distributed 213 of them. He said the rest were kept by the project for demonstration purposes. He said beneficiaries of the piglets were required to give back half of the first piglets that each of the donated animal produced. Those with goats are required to give back to the project one kid from the first birth, while a sheep owner gives back one lamb. The animals given back to the project are redistributed to other beneficiaries who also return the first products of their animals for the cycle to continue. Kayondo said the project treats sick animals and monitors farmers to ensure that they are looking after the animals properly. | | Sunday, September 3rd, 2006 | | 9:29 pm |
"Can a boy and a girl just be friends?", a female undergrad in my lab asked a while back. I don't think anyone said yes except one person. She said that we all fall in love with our friends but we make a conscious decision to sleep or not to sleep. Aaah, to sleep or not to sleep with them, the former 'adventurous' but maybe complicated and the latter 'safe' and not so complicated. The problem is a boy and a girl, who are spending a certain amount of time together, experience a certain amount of pressure from their environment that may influence how they act on the 'love' they feel for their friend. The boy may feel that he is not man enough because he hasn't slept with the girl and the girl might feel that she is not attractive enough if the boy is ok about not going there. Unfortunately, all relationships have been sexualized or rather the sexual element in all relationships have been over emphasized. I think that it has isolated people and I think that this may be why some people are very resistant to the greater acceptance of same-sex relationships these days. Their thinking, I presume, is that EVERYONE will be a potential sexual interest, and they want to avoid all the baggage that comes with that. While I understand, I think that going after same-sex relationships is not the solution but is rather scape-goating. Scape-goating is easier than thinking and confronting reality . Is it easier to keep boys and girls (or girls who like girls and boys who like boys) separate and demonize sex? Or on the other hand, tell boys and girls that they can have all the sex they want without explaining the responsibility (tangible and intangible) that comes with it? Of course it is. It is easier, lazy and cowardly. There has to be a balance. Now I know what to say to a young adult when they ask me if a boy and a girl can be friends. "Yes, but . . ." Just pondering . . . Shit, I AM old. | | Monday, August 14th, 2006 | | 4:42 pm |
| | Friday, August 4th, 2006 | | 2:08 pm |
I experience a "detachment from everyday life". Why? A friend suggested to me that it may have developed from having lived in an environment where living in exile was the norm and also that of a broken home. It seems like being detached is a good way to cope with situations I could not control. I think my observatory vs participatory reality may have began at 5 when I got my first pair of glasses. The first thing that was worth seeing was framed by glasses. What else is framed? TV, movie theaters, a stage . . . places where one is compelled to suspend one's disbelief (something enjoy very much). So, just like watching a performance, I watch my life and the lives those around me. Bad or good? | | Sunday, July 30th, 2006 | | 6:40 pm |
My christian upbringing taught me that Jesus' main lesson was "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" (Mark 13:31). I had to look it up because I wasn't even sure it was a real Jesus quote seeing how much religious people distort the bible. Anyway, some people think this is Jesus' greatest lesson which I don't disagree with but why didn't he spend more time teaching this lesson? Why did he assume that people loved themselves because if one doesn't love one's self, how can they love thy neighbour? What is self-love? He told a parable illustrating who a neighbour was (the parable of the samaritan) but, the parable implies that the people who didn't stop didn't know "who their neighbour was" and the samaritan did. Maybe the samaritan loved himself and therefore knew how to love his neighbour. Maybe loving one's self is the only way one can identify one's neighbour and then be able to love her or him. Anywho, the second commandment (the first being love God with all thy heart, soul, mind and strength) teaches empathy which is cool. In order to look at your neighbour and see them as you see yourself . . . you have to empathize. I have been the receipient of a lot of sympathy the last few weeks from strangers who say "that must hurt" with the 'poor you' look on their faces. I normally say "actually, no, it doesn't because I have narcotics" but they don't get that 'poor you' look off their faces which makes me smile. Their sympathy deafens them to what I am actually feeling. Fortunately, I don't care, I just wanted to give real life input the empathy vs sympathy discussion. | | Monday, July 10th, 2006 | | 12:31 pm |
This morning I was having breakfast contemplating my first day at work without knee ligaments and I caught Traction Jackson on Sesame Street singing a song about his wheelchair because he can get places and be faster than shoes. He can go forward and backwards etc. . . It was so sweet! Sesame street rocks! (sometimes) | | Monday, July 3rd, 2006 | | 5:31 pm |
| | Saturday, July 1st, 2006 | | 3:47 pm |
Today I went to get a burger and watch some world cup football. The place was packed but I soon spotted a table that I could share with some girl (At first was impressed by the number of women sitting alone watching football then I remembered that international football players were not only hot but they also had cute accents). I was armed with a book for half-time. At the beginning of half-time with a half-eaten burger I hear her asking me who I was routing for. "I don't watch soccer. I just need food. Who are you routing for?" "Brazil. I was there for about a month and the people were wonderful," she says. "What was the purpose of your visit? Were you a tourist?" "No, I was on a mission," she replied. "As a missionary?" "Yes, I am a Christian," she replied. I was about to say "great, I am an ex-Christian. Nice to meet you" but something told me to chill. "Do go to the UW?" she asked. "I do, pharmacology grad student." "Wow, I am a micro major," she says. I make a face and wonder if this is what they offer the less capable undergraduates nowadays, brilliant! Did that make grad students 'macro' majors? My amusement was soon killed because she soon after says she is the microbiology department. I have the perfect story for her then. I told her about a discussion we had the other day in a lab about fate and how humans were not destined to be but rather resulted from amazing randomness. I quoted TB who said "the only difference between me and a bacteria is that I have a nuclear membrane and other organelles". I crack myself up! HA! HA! Funny, clever and nerdy! I keep going on with my story . . . (despite her inability to enjoy it with me). Then someone else in response to TB noted that bacteria do not have consciousness to which I responded "consciousness is only useful in a conscious world, next!" She starts looking uncomfortable but fortunately the 2nd half is starting. The next and last thing I say to her is "good-luck with everything". I wanted to add "infiltrator". What's up with all the people who do not believe in scientific reasoning but in faith taking science majors. Major or micro-major in theology or law or something that does not contradict your religious beliefs. If you do not believe in evolution how can you study genetics? A gene is declared important if it is evolutionarily conserved ie. from flies to humans. How do you rationalize the fact that flies and humans express some of the same the genes? Judging from the befuddled look on your face, you can't, so save everyone the trouble and leave science alone. | | Tuesday, June 13th, 2006 | | 1:51 pm |
Everything you want to be and were, All that makes you what you are. A purple butterfly gliding with timid defiance, In this vast garden requiring self-reliance. I love you, don't pass me by, I am the dandelion, trying to touch the sky. | | Sunday, June 4th, 2006 | | 2:54 pm |
One of my favorite pictures of myself (I'm SO vain) especially because of the title "Canadian's mingling with Lorna" vs "Lorna mingling with Canadians". http://www.flickr.com/photos/880/157799697/nosneb i hope you are serious about the bar thing. you have the base of random people who know random people that would make the joint popular. a bar/ spontaneous speech or interview place with the occasional talented animal or human/ a confession booth/ psychiatrist couch/ hair dyeing stall . . . whatever else is random but not . . . | | Thursday, May 18th, 2006 | | 1:59 pm |
s vs e
When one is a witness to another person's experience one can do one of the following; 1. Watch in one's own shoes at a distance and feel or not feel sympathy. 2. Wear the same shoes and recall one's own very similar experience and may or may not sympathize with the subject. 3. Put themselves in the subject's shoes and empathize with the loss or gain that elicits pain or joy in the subject. If 'real' empathy is achieved, one will feel the same pain or joy that the subject feels. Achieving 'real' empathy may feel like one is empathizing with the subject's feelings (pain or joy) but I think it is just the effect of being empathetic. This feeling may or may not result in sympathy when one is back in one's own shoes. | | Saturday, May 13th, 2006 | | 11:38 am |
| | Thursday, May 11th, 2006 | | 3:26 pm |
what the?
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/268997_bias04.htmlmy favorite line "Unfortunately, as a society we are still dealing with bias-based incidents. Every major city in the country grapples with it, and Seattle's no different," said Marty McOmber, spokesman for Mayor Greg Nickels. Alas! Seattle is NO different! Also, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4763655.stmAntwerp, Belgium and Bruges, France are ALSO no different. Add these place to the long list. I guess my hope and search for a Utopia in the western world where I do not have to worry about the color of my skin, is in vain. Bad message but good information. I won't be caught by surprise. Gone are the days I worried about having a false sense of security wherever I went. I can't claim that no one told me. Better safe than sorry. | | Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006 | | 4:36 pm |
In a few hours Ugandans will be going to the polls to chose a president and members of parliament. I am syked (even though I can not vote) to see if Ugandans (who I think are well informed) will send a message to the world that they understand democracy. Museveni, the current president, pushed an amendment that lifted the two-term limit for a president allowing him to run for a third term. The main opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, has been in and out of jail and court on charges that the state brought against him. The timing make the charge suspect and may instead have helped Besigye because of the media coverage. Otherwise, I was thinking that therapy may be therapeutic. For some people knowing that they are in therapy might help them feel like they are trying to get their shit together even though they aren't doing the things that they really need to do to 'get better'. | | Sunday, February 19th, 2006 | | 2:19 pm |
Today I was in an internet cafe and this 'crazy' guy told the kid behind the counter that he wished him the best of luck and knew that the kid would be successful. He then added "you know what they told Einstein? That he would never amount to anything and look what he became to prove everyone wrong". Harsh indirect direct insult!!! I have always been told that I will make something out of my life and this bothers me because I worry about how I would cope if I didn't 'make it'. Nothing in my upbringing has prepared me for failure . . . Were all the people 'giving me blessings' indirectly cursing me, dooming me to mediocrity? Were they intentionally being malicious and setting me up for failure? What is failure? What is success? |
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