Moose Musings

10:56am: Well, the force of Harry Potter fanfic at least, consider this! I can just see the fangirls lining up to see this play so they can all write about nude Harry Potter. LOL, I'm amused by the fact that Daniel Radcliffe is mentioned as been surprisingly buff, which generally shows up in those HP fics anyway. Now all the fangirls can claim to have done 'research' on the whole thing!

In completely UNAMUSING news this is totally weak, I mean obviously the cops in that Police Department have some sort of mental problem, or else they take the creed a bit too literally. I mean sure if she's broken a law she should be charged, but a little bit of compassion please! Haven't those guys ever heard of Post-Tramautic Stress Disorder? And you can bet this woman won't be trusting the cops anymore. Which, you know, is just what the cops need!

Anyway, I had the most bizzare dream last night! For some reason I was training to be a police officer (I wasn't actually me, but some other character) and we were all blindfolded, stuck on a huge airplane which was sitting in a lake in the middle of China and told to fight our way out before we got blown up. I totally cheated and kept peeking under my blindfold, but my friend, who was also my love interest managed to do it without cheating. Then for some reason, there was this thing the granted wishes and we both seperately wanted to wish that the other person would love us, but then we had to use our wish up saving someone. Then in the end it was New Year's Eve complete with fireworks and a big make out scene.

In amongst all this we were also supposed to be hearding around Japanese abassadors and Audrey Hepburn showed up to sing about the Empire State Building (which had just fallen down).

WTF? I suppose the police officer thing could have come from the fact that 799 of them graduated yesterday and will now be on the streets, and the plane from watch Grumpy Old Holidays, but where Audrey Hepburn, the blind folds, New Years Eve and making out came from? (I also had a Mary Sue like name!)

Anyway, I'm here at the Computer Centre... not much is going on at present, except the internet is slow, which I can't do anything about.

Anywho, I's bored with this now, so off I go!

I'm watching Cold Case and tonights episode features a guy been executed by the state despite the fact that the arresting cop was found to be crooked and at least one big piece of evidence was found to be bogus! Now I know it's just a TV show, but I'm sickened! I can't believe any decent, moral human being would allow themselves to be party to such a depraved act as to execute someone. And as this show illustrates if someone is innocent and you kill them you can't take it back...Not ever, it's one thing to jail an innocent person for years and year, it's another to kill them! The justice system is there to...I don't know how to describe it, but it's not for revenge, damnit!

All I can say I hope that anyone who's ever been involved in a Death Penalty Case will take a good hard look at themselves, frankly I get the feeling they won't like what the see. Somone who killed someone for revenge.

This of course reminds me of poor Van Nguyen in Singapore...I still can't believe they did that, it's bloody sick!

And I know that there are criminals so awful you really want to kill them, but you can't give into that! I mean geeze, take the moral highground! Be snooty about it! But for fuck sakes don't become the very thing that you profess to hate. A killer.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/vigils-held-in-the-final-hours/2005/12/02/1133422072619.html

I was watching at 9am even though I promised myself I wouldn't, and as the clock turned to 9 and they started ringing the bell, I actually shouted, "NO!" at the TV. Which you know kinda of spoiled the mintue's silence so it was probably good I wasn't at Martin's Place at the rememberance service, because I'd probably have done the same thing.

The only good in that article was that at least his poor mother got to touch his face and hair before he died, I've read that this lack of contact order is tradition for pyschological reasons, I mean, what the Hell? I really can't think of a good reason for that, I don't understand it at all, how many people who have had relatives die unexpectedly say "If only I had got a chance to hug them goodbye." and so on?

When my Grandma died two years ago my big bro and I were able to hug and kiss her goodbye, she died that night though before my little bro could visit, he had to see her after she died, and never got to hug her or say goodbye. :O( I've always felt bad he didn't get to do that, but Chris says he's OK with it. But Grandma was old and sick, God forbid, someone young or healthy close to me dies without me saying goodbye!

So yeah...I had to cry over that, thinking about it, I cried last night too and wondered again about the people who were behind this execution, how do they sleep at night? I kinda found myself wishing that they'd see the faces of all the people they executed every night before they go to sleep and live for a long, long time and see those faces all the time. Which...isn't very Christian of me.

In further good news so to speak all this has forced the Singapore media out and discuss the issue. Did you know that in Singapore the Government owns and regulates the press in an affront to the Fourth Estate? And even worse if four people get together for the same reason to protest it's deemed illegal? So in order to protest they had to go up in groups of two leave candles in front of the prison then hurry away so they wouldn't get arrested? Wow, what beacon of democracy and fairness the Singapore Government is. }:O(

Also, did you know that the Singaporean Government invests heavily in Burma one of the greatest drug producing countries in the world? They're reasoning? By greeting strong economic ties they hope to 'change the Burmese Government's mind.'

Well, gee, WE have strong economic ties with Singapore and we begged them to reverse their decision...how'd that work for us? Burma's not gonna listen to Singapore either, and neither am I. I have joined Amnesty's Anti-Death Peanlty League and the letter writing begins now!

My first email to the Governor of North Carolina who is due to make this man the 1,000th executed man in the US. And then I'm sending one to Governor Terminator in California, who also refuses to grant clemency to this guy despite his sincere attempts to prevent others from committing his crime. Far better that these people stand us an examples as not what to do in their own words than the community sink to the level of legalised murder.

It's a very sad day indeed.

I just heard on the news that the Singapore Government is going to allow Van Nguyen to touch the hands of his family and friends before his execution tomorrow.

Well...how nice of them.

Not even a hug for his mother, who hasn't committed any crime but will have to suffer for the rest of her life with the knowledge that the Singaporean Government hanged her son. My father just called to discuss the issue further, he told me that he'd heard the absurd claim by the Singaporean Government that they don't allow hugs between prisoners and family because it'll be 'tramatic' for them.

What. THe. FUCK.

The prisoner is about to die, so any trauma they have will be short lived, as for the family the fact that a member is been killed 'legally' is tramuma enough I think. That's just the biggest line of bull-shit I've heard since I saw that God-awful prisoner logo on Changi Prison.

This is awful, it really is, I feel helpless, I mean I know he's going to die and I can't do anything abut it, I feel like I'm watching a drowning man and I'm handcuffed. Honestly, if they sent out a rescue squad to storm the prison and save him, incurring the wrath of that Government I couldn't care less, I really wish they would.

All this has made me think about the Death Penalty a lot, did you know that 76 countries have the Death Peanlty? And that on the list of the twelve worst is the United States, who as I discovered yesterday executes a person every TEN days? Holy shit, I had no idea! I thought it was one person every couple of years or something...but three people every month, that's sick!

What's really shocking is the US once got rid of the Death Penalty then reinstated it several years later! And this is a country that prides itself on been the front of civilisation. Just about every European country has banned the Death Penalty as has Australia, New Zealand, even Mexico! And did you know only 11 of the 50 states in the US don't have the Death Penalty, the rest do! By far the worst offender is Texas, which the apparently Christian George Bush once Governed. Now, I seem to remember reading something in a book called The Bible that said 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' and 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone' and 'Forgive your enemies.' It's sure nice to see Bush following those edicts so well, as he allowed 159 people to die in his State when it was within his power to stop every single one.

Thankfully two of the 38 states that do use the Death Peanalty declared it unconstitual in 2004 (New York and Kansas by the way), let's hope the rest follow.

Having said this, I don't want people to think I support murders murdering, but the thing is, executing them seems to be playing the game the criminals way, they kill people so we kill them. We lower ourselves to our level, we degrade our morals to pay them back and really we let them win. We do something that we find abhorrent and sickening, we kill someone, even if it's with good intentions (so they don't get out and do it again), we're still giving up something.

I just don't see how the Governments and in particular the executioners live with themselves, what if they made a mistake? What if there really is no excuse for killing someone? What if whatever they believe in holds them guilty after they die and they're sent to Hell?

Also there's this whole deterrent thing, which seems nonsencial in my opinion, people do not commit crimes thinking "Hey, I might get the Death Penalty for this." If they thought that they probably wouldn't do it! I bet if you ask every criminal in jail if they thought about what would happen when they get caught they'll say: "I didn't think I would be caught."

It's rare a criminal who will commit a crime knowing full well he/she's gonna get caught, that's why they put cameras up in public places, that's why screaming often chases off a robber, they're not doing it to get caught, they're doing it to get away with it! Hence, they don't really care if the crime is punished by Death because they assume they're smarter than that.

It's pretty well known that the US has one of the highest crime rates in the western world, whilst their next door neighbour Canada, who doesn't have the death penalty has one of the lowest. But Canada has more social services available, public health care and so on, the lack of this stuff in the US probably contributes a lot to crime. If you're poor and desperate you'll be more inclined to do a lot of bad stuff, but if you can get help you probably will.

So, really what I'm trying to say is the Death Penalty in many ways is the easy route, you kill the person, you don't have to bother with them and there's an 'apparent' sense of satisifcation in having 'sent a message'. But nothing is done to stop the root causes, the gangs, the depression, the guns, the drugs and as long as they keep on the crimse will continue.

Singapore isn't going to convince any drug cartel to stop dealing drugs by mandatory killing people, all the drug bosses are going to care about is they lost such and such an amount drugs, if they cared about their mules they wouldn't be having them swallow condoms full of heroin and whatnot that could burst and kill them in the first place. Countries need to get together to create a group to go after these drug bosses and bring them down, they also need to look at what's behind the high rate of drug abuse. I doubt people would keep trying to sell heroin if no-one brought it.

But still all this doesn't help poor Van Nguen, I pray for his soul and for his family and friends, as well as for those countries who do have the Death Penalty for them to change their minds about this terrible and useless practice.

17,788 / 50,000 (35.6%)

Wow! I was hoping to get to 20,000 or 2/5 of the way there, but my eyes are starting to go weird ass on me so I won't, but yay! I'm still behind in the scheme of things, but I think I'm doing pretty good here, and if I keep at it, I'll make it. I'm on the interestisng stuff now, Doc and Marty have met! That means there can be lots of conversation and junk, perfect for filling up the word count...cool.

In other news...

( A start on the Memes- Friday )

Well, damn I'm hammered now, must sleep.

You know, I really should call the Discovery Channel, as I mentioned Van Nyugen's execution is set for 2nd December, the day after the Discovery Channel is showing The History of Singapore in what is surely a really bad choice of programming. Honestly, that's just in poor taste...unless he doesn't die. I pray that'll happen! Everytime I see an add on Singapore, and there's quite a few...I feel pretty bummed. It's terrible...it really is...

Well, we can only keep praying I guess...and now, I'm hitting the hay.

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PS Figured we I'm close enough to be 2/5 of the way there...although I've just realised...there's SIX stages in the Sims mood things...ah well...whetever...

PPS Oh good! The animated icons are working again! I was worried!

God damnit! My poor Ferrari hat is broken! It must have happened when I threw it on the floor in a fit of rage at my parents...they're lucky I didn't grab the fish bowl (now fishless) and throw it on the floor I was so angry!

But my hat...I loved that hat and now I can't wear it anymore, this sucks!

I feel really bummed out, I've come back here to Newtown and my little bro has gone back home, but I don't feel much better.

Why did my parents have to be so harsh? Do you think they were, or was I just being a baby about it, admittedly I hurt my legs a lot, but I'm the one who suffers most of all. I mean I'm the one who can't walk, I'm the one in pain, I'm the one who have to beg people to help me and look like a damn fool.

Of course, I'm feeling pretty bad because my parents weren't angry with me when I got home and hence they didn't start it. There's nothing worse than starting a fight, especially a fight you know will never be resolved in your favour.

And now, my hat is broken! Not to mention my bottle of nail polish which was in my bag which I also threw. And now it got all over my notebook and shit along with my hands...God damn.

On the plus side, someone has finally won the million on Who Wants To Be A Millioniare here in Australia. Which is cool for him...I wish I had a million bucks, I could get someone to drive my car for me so I could get to work and pay of this apartment and my parents house as well. Damn, damn, damn...I really wish I did.

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Based on me!

You won't believe this, I wouldn't believe it if my ankle wasn't hurthing like a mofo...

I was on my way to Uni to do the papers, and I went around some highschool girls who were taken up the path and then...

Wham!

My right foot landed on a bottle (which I didn't see of course) and down I went, spraining my ankle nicely.

The girls offered to help me, but I said I was OK, but getting to my feet I found I really wasn't I couldn't put weight on my right ankle without pain, I had to sit on a wall for a few minutes so the worst of the pain could pass and I could hobble home.

And here I am now, royally screwed!

Work called, they finally have shifts for me, but it's my driving ankle damnit! And my left knee is still hurting me (didn't help I landed on it pretty hard too), meaning basically I can neither drive nor walk.

Thank you very fucking much, God or Fate or even my own lack of concentration.

Which ever it is...

Of course, watching the news about the earthquake in Pakistan reminds me I'm being an asshat, it could be a lot worse, and thank God it isn't.

Still...ow.

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Step 1: Rename and change the number code of a pre-existing subject to confuse and cause a student whose already taken that course into taking it again!

Step 2: Only put the decent alternative subjects on in one particular semester thus forcing said student to completely screw around with their timetable.

This has happened to me...

This morning I arrive at my Intro to Novel Writing class to find lo and behold I've all ready done this course! I figured it'd be an extension of the Novel Writing Workshop not the same fucking class for God Sake! It had a totally different subject number to! What's the deal with that, if they'd kept it the same I wouldn't have had this problem because it would have denied me entry in the first place!

So once again I'm in Timetable Hell made even worse by the fact that the only subjects currently avaliable are for Screenwriting, which as Austin Powers would say "Isn't My Kinda Bag, Baby." So basically I have to move around my entire subject timetable...and take the subject I planned to take in last sememter (because it sounds pretty intense) the Indepedent Writing Project to this semester, or else screw around with screenwriting.

Damn the 200 Level subjects for basically been shit! I still have to choose one no matter what and they all basically suck ass...I think I'll take Creative Non-Fiction by virtue of the fact it includes stuff about researching for stories...I'm intersted in research I must say.

But if I can't get approval to get into the Indepedent Writing Project I'll be stuck with stupid Screenwriting!

I am SO pissed off that you can only take Genre Writing Workshop once, because I mean they're two different genres! Completely different ones in fact! That's so weak!

Thanks for nothing University of Technology of Sydney!

Moving onto better stuff here's a quizzy from yay4bitterness

<td>You are a guitar.



You are a musical genius... congratulations. Most people think you are a little obsessed with music, but that's okay. You don't care what other people think. You are independent, and would rather have a few good (and weird) friends than a lot of not-so-good ones. You may feel that people run down your eccentricity, but that's only because they're jealous. You will most likely become very successful with your musical talent. \m/ Rock on!

Most compatible with: Drumstick.


Click here -- What Random Object Represents Your Inner Self?
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All right! Guitars are cool, my father plays the guitar, but not a rock one, he used to play the Base in his very own band called Skyhooks! LOL those pics are hilarious!

Well, later on today I'm going to meet my friend at her Uni O-Week, and also go and get my pay sheets in so that my Uni will pay me for the first time in a month!

But for now, net surfing it is.

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Well I'm gonna watch Arrest & Trial about a whole Confederate of Hate Groups going Cross-Burning...what fun }:OP

My digestive system continues to hurt like Hell, like its inflamed or something and I'm all out damn Buscopan or that is to say it's over at the Apartment although I could have sworn I brought it along...On the otherhand it really didn't help last night, but I did only take one istead of the two proscribed. I did just get my Youth Allowance so I suppose I could just buy some more at the Pharmacy since this is really quiet painful..

However I don't much care for oversteneous walking 'cause once again my muscles have betrayed me to the extent where it feels like I've sprained my butt! However I went to the Physio today and as it turned out it's my posture that's at the root of it, that only my overly tight muscles. So I have to do these exercises I've been given and I've put reminders in my phone to make sure I do, because you know I get told to do these exercises but once the area stops hurting I forget to them! :O( Very bad for you...I also have to take up some sort of sport, problem is I don't care for joining a tennis team on Campus because you usually have to go in competitions or something and OctoGeorge I ain't.

OctoGeorge: Who is!

Hmpf, I'm not a Cool George either, in fact if Original George and I went head to head he'd kick my ass...

Original George: Oh uh...uh...I don't know...

Believe me buddy, believe me! :OP

Gawd, I wish they'd leave Mr. Habib alone, he's been freed from Camp X-Ray and is most likely innocent and he's lost half his hair...I'm not sure if he was physical tortured, but I bet you that he was Mentally Abused }:O(

Hey good news the parents of Baby 81 has be found through DNA, turns out it was those who tried to take the baby from the hospital and threatened sucide and stuff. Well it's good they've got their kid back, I hope he remembers them! His name is Abbias or something (?)...

Once again before I close I shall say: OOOOOOOOOOOO...GOD...PAIN....

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What am I going to do?

I tried to return the DVD, but the wouldn't take it, and called my bluff- I claimed that I'd brought it for my bro and he all ready etc and the basically said I'd have to bring my bro's copy in before they'd exchange it.

Of course I didn't buy it for my bro, I brought it for me but the subtitles are AWFUL! They make no sense! Or at least it's very difficult to understand...I discussed this with Mum who said that even though the store had a big sign that said "We Do Not Offer Refunds" that doesn't include DVDs that have God-Awful subtitles. Is this a correct statement? My mother studied law, so she should know, prehaps I should ask my bro, who is studying law right now.

Of course, then I'd have to change my story, how is that going to look? Or should I just bring out the big guns and really start accusing them of selling pirated goods. I swear that cover is a colour photocopy!

I had confrontations with shop people! I actually started crying when the wouldn't take it back, geeze I'm such a wuss...too bad I paid on my card, otherwise I could try sending my bro there or maybe Mum (Mum knows how to put people in their place big time!).

Anyway I'm just wondering if you people think I have a leg to stand on here, or if I should just accept this mistaken purchase and try to sell it on Ebay or some such...

I'm pretty pissed, I really wanted to see this thing, but not if I can't understand what the fuck the characters are talking about- some of us don't know how to speak Japanese and never will. Believe me I tried in school, I was the suckiest student that ever sucked at it.

BUT MR. DARCY TONIGHT WAS FANATASTIC!

Ooooh! I love Mr. Darcy! Colin Firth is DA Man! Despite what some of my friends think (you know who you are!) and he was very amusing especially when he was dunking Hugh Grant in the foutain! :O)



Isn't he a (out of focus) sweetie! :O)

Although unbelievably there was schmoozle at the theatre, where the movie started on the wrong ratio with the lights still on! At first it looked as if we'd have to watch the whole movie with poor Mr. D and co. all stretched and crap, but luckily someone told the projectionists what was wrong and they corrected the ratio!

Damnit! I want my $30 back! I don't want no bad subtitled DVD, I want to get the Edge of Reason album! }:O(

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