Social Consciousness
Posted by Jules - 30/08/08 at 09:08:29 pmI was contemplating buying this shirt from anthropolgie, because it looks like something I would wear. However, the political tendencies of the the owner, Richard Hayne, don’t agree with me. He also happens to own Urban Outfitters. He generally keeps his politics well hidden, and supports only safe causes through his companies, such as breast cancer research. From his clientele and offered merchandise, you might suspect that he was a left leaning, anti-establishment, liberal, hipster type. Instead, I found out that he was a rather conservative republican who obviously understands marketing to the disposable-income-masses. He hires hipsters to find the new trends and set the tone. He has donated around 12k to the infamous has-been senator Rick Santorum. Granted, if you compare this to his yearly take, 12k looks like chump change. In case you don’t know Rick Santorum was a pennsylvanian senator, popularly known for his anti-abortion, anti-homosexual stances.
Many of the women in my orchestra are fluid and openly lesbian. It’s a great orchestra to be in, because everyone is so warm and welcoming. When we were in florida for the music gala, we happened to pass by an urban outfitters. I started to wonder- would you support a store if you new the founders/ mission statement did not align with yours? Or would you continue to buy stuff because you like the style, regardless of who runs the corporation? I feel like there are many queer/liberal/left leaning folk who shop and work at urban outfitters near my university. I wonder what they think? If they’re aware? And if they are aware, what their justifications are? Something to ponder…
Meatless Cooking
Posted by Mike - 26/08/08 at 11:08:56 am
Well, at least it’s easier cooking without any meat. Mmmm pancakes.
On being ovo-lacto-pescatarian just because he’s bored
Posted by Jules - 25/08/08 at 11:08:35 pmSo mike has too much time on his hands, and wants to see if he can be a “vegetarian”. Who eats eggs. And dairy. And all seafood (do duck legs count as seafood? They do spend some time in the water, after all… just kidding. Really). Behehhe… And recently, he said that this challenge was just too easy. I mean, it’s soooo easy being a vegetarian. Who also eats eggs. And dairy. And seafood. So I think maybe he should try being an actual vegetarian, and see how hard that is ~_^ Yeah? Yeah?
Quick Post
Posted by Jules - 25/08/08 at 11:08:37 pmToday’s Stream of Consciousness: School is going to start in 2 days. Back to classes. Yay. I’m getting a bit stressed out thinking about grant applications, and qualifying exams. Argghhhh… time to start studying this weekend. We just had our first departmental graduate student meeting for the year. Apparently I am now a graduate assembly delegate alternate. If it’s interesting, I may go to all the meetings, regardless of whether or not the other PMB delegate is there. I’ve never been a part of student government. Last year they successfully lobbied for a vision plan to be part of SHIP, which is huge. Previously, we only had dental and health. I’m curious as to what they’ll focus on this year.
Today’s movie: Be Kind Rewind (mike watched, I only half paid attention. But it seems like an entertaining movie. I am just easily distracted today)
Today’s bedtime reading: The God of Small Things (I was vacillating between this book and The God Delusion in the bookstore. Not that they are in any way related in either subject matter or.. anything else, for the matter. Well, other than ‘God’ in the title)
Being a Pescetarian: Day 4
Posted by Mike - 21/08/08 at 11:08:36 pmOkay, so Lindsay pointed out that I’m really a pescetarian because I eat seafood. I wonder if there are any pescetarians out there who believe killing land animals is worse than killing water animals. Hmmm… Okay, on to today’s meals.
Breakfast
“Everything” bagel with cream cheese. Toasted, of course.
Lunch
A “veggie deluxe” Mediterranean wrap of some kind. Had eggplant and spinach in it and it was spicy. My brother ordered the lamb and beef one but ended up with some kind of mysterious spongy meat that could not be identified.
Dinner
When Jules is away, Mike is lazy. So I had another bagel with cream cheese while I watched Kingdom of Heaven. I also ate ~5 more raisin oatmeal cookies with milk. So good. 
Being a Vegetarian: Day 3
Posted by Mike - 21/08/08 at 08:08:05 amPosting a little late this time. Yesterday was the first time I had to pick meat out of my meal. We went to Westfield for lunch and I went straight to Coriandor, a Thai food place. I was looking for red pumpkin curry but was only greeted with red, yellow and green chicken curry. Big disappointment. Also, what is with food joints not stringing snap peas??
Had sushi for dinner with Jules, Zach and pops. Not much to say there. Fishes are yummy.
Being a Vegetarian: Day 2
Posted by Mike - 19/08/08 at 09:08:48 pmBreakfast
Plain, toasted bagel with cream cheese.
Lunch
Cheap Chinese food. Veggie fried rice, veggie chow mein, veggie chow fun, mushroom tofu, battered/fried shrimp, and two pieces of shrimp dim sum. Sounds like a lot doesn’t it? It was really just a bit of each. The place was a buffet, by-the-pound.
Dinner
Some noodles and pesto with one mushroom, one green onion and one clove of garlic thrown in for good measure. Also ate some cantaloupe and oatmeal raisin cookies/milk.
I’m pretty sure my poor vegetarian diet negates any health benefits I would normally get from being a vegetarian. Also, I still eat seafood. Yeah… that’s right.
And Jules has already failed. Today she ate a grilled ham and cheese sandwich. I win!
Being a Vegetarian: Day 1
Posted by Mike - 18/08/08 at 07:08:58 pmFor no particular reason I decided to be a vegetarian for a couple weeks. I’m not doing it for any ethical or moral reasons. I’m not trying to save the world. I’m not trying to save money. I’m not trying to be healthier. I just wanted to try it out and see if it’s difficult, or if I’ll have cravings or anything. So here goes nothing.
Lunch
Had a vegetarian kebab from the Mediterranean place in the Galleria. It consisted of rice, green and red peppers, and a wedge of onion. It also had a small sauce-sized container of veggies in some kind of vinegar dressing stuff. That wasn’t bad, but the peppers were. And you can’t really eat onions by themselves. So essentially I just ate rice for lunch.
Dinner
Boiled some instant noodles with msg-laced flavoring. Added some Chinese greens, green onions, mushrooms and eggs. (Are eggs vegetarian friendly?) Jules sliced some pears and cheese, threw in a couple of skinny, seed covered crackers and finished with some delicious leftover salad from movie night.
Snacks
Had a hot chocolate and a egg, sausage, and cheese muffin thing from Starbucks in the morning. Okay yes I realize it has sausage in it. It wasn’t until right before lunch that I decided to go meatless. In the afternoon I had some ice cream which I’m sure negated all of the benefits of being vegetarian for most of the day.
On a side note, Jules likes her pears crispy, and I like them riper, softer. I must hide them before she eats them all at a pre-mike stage.
Cloning an array in JavaScript
Posted by Mike - 15/08/08 at 02:08:12 pmThis frustrated me for like an hour today. The problem is that in JavaScript, arrays are treated like objects and are referenced when you really want to clone them. See embed.
The intern
Posted by Mike - 14/08/08 at 06:08:07 pmMy brother Zach has joined the ranks at work as an unpaid intern. He’s not really doing anything right now but perhaps soon his full potential will be revealed!!!!
Note: not a picture of zach at work.
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