F-School

So hopefully I figured this deal with UNO. To them it seemed as if I was dumb, but as I talked to the IT people I did everything right. They found an error on their part and everything they told me to do I had already done. So they had to manually change my password and let me get access to the UNO email account. I had my gmail account as the main one but it wasn't sending it there and all the information I kept asking for was told that it was emailed and I couldn't access it, nor were they helpful in navigating me. For instance, four times I had called and got disconnected and then given the direct number for the IT to which it took me back to the records department.

I'm also now banking on Amazon to sell this past quarter's books since one of them is apparently outdated, though another student sold her's yesterday for $70 to the same bookstore. The other thing is this GD looseleaf books which is all a scam. It's an effort to sell a brand new book with no resale value. The school uses it, but they don't buy it back because it's looseleaf. Why the fuck use it? The write up on it says it's for cheaper books ($130?) instead of the used price for the other edition for half that price with resale opportunities, but the high resale value is the other supposed advantage.

Yesterday was full of aggressive drivers. Not that I'm like most drivers and pedestrians, in that I look ahead to see any obstacles or dumbasses approaching, but I noticed a car coming out of a business driveway up ahead and I kept an eye and of course it pulls right in front of me but I was ready. I swerved and was about to punch the hood of the car but made eye contact and held her stare to let her know I was pissed and she's dumb and shook my head in disbelief and headed on. I had both my lights on the bike flashing and I saw her head the entire time from pulling forward and pulling into traffic and not once did it even look in my direction. I also think about being a minority (meaning bicyclist) that anything negative I do reflects on all bicyclists.

But fuck those Leavenworth Cafe clientele. Next pass through that they dismiss me I'm yelling something.

I'm also getting sick of those Spaghetti Works kitchen fucks. They all smoke around the dumpsters and when I take the trash out I say hey and they don't respond and just look at me. Fuck them. That's why I hate prison cooks. Nothing against line cooks, but fuck them. These guys are nothing more than sort-of-cook-to-order-cafeteria line cooks. The most on their menu that they have to watch is the pasta to be al dente and maybe the chicken breasts. Work in a real kitchen and maybe I could qualify your attitude. I'd cook those assholes under the table.

Try making your own sauce or, better yet, work at a place that serves steaks. We'll see how they handle a rush while trying to time the orders and cooking several steaks to the correct doneness.

Marquee Moon

Yesterday's class was at the Zen Buddhist temple, so I rode my bike there. Super cold, but I didn't think it was so I didn't wear my face mask; though I should have. Anyway, on the way back I decided to take California up the hill near Robert's place. I hadn't tried it since I'd been conditioned as I am and been doing stances in Kung Fu so I've built my quads pretty sturdy. I approached it and it didn't look as intimidating as I rememebered. Then I got about halfway up and thought about walking the rest, but pursued. I don't like standing while riding, though I know it helps. So I just slowed down and worked my way up. It felt as if my tire was flat.

Today I did errands with Ayana. I finished all my stuff for classes and have one left on Monday, but nothing due. So it's just trying to get more hours before leaving and trying to pick up hours at Chad's restaurant. I hope I can pick up several shifts dishwashing.

Couple more weeks and I have several things to get and don't have to worry about getting that pull-up thing from Wal-Mart because my mom has one. I was going to buy it and then return it before we left.

Tonight was Dave Rozelle's art show at Ted & Wally's. I was eating and noticed a new pic and remembered that it was an art show. I was too busy getting into the Pringles and pickled peppers. His art show was "P" themed, so there was to be all P-flavored ice cream (the letter p). So all snacks were P-themed and since the p-flavors weren't thawed enough to serve, we changed the names to fit it. For instance, Dutch Chocolate became Polish Chocolate. Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookie Dough became Peanut Butter Chip Chocolate Cookie Dough. Blueberry Rhubard Pie became Pie de Blueberry y Rhubarb.

Ayana and I just sat on the floor near the food and just ate pickled peppers and Pringles and laughing while singing Sound of Music songs. Luckily, as well, Andrew was playing Marquee Moon over the sound system.

Why Bother?

I was looking forward to the cold so as to weed out the weak bastards in the park that I'm now forced to go through and on the trail. I'm not sure what makes people not pay attention or stick to one straight path? For instance, someone will be walking in the middle of the path and as you approach you plan how to approach this. They start veering towards the left and you say, "Passing on your right!" They get startled and instictually jump to the right in front of you so you have to swerve on to the grass.

Or you yell, "PASSING ON YOUR LEFT!" And they don't hear until the third time when you're actually right behind them, and then you notice they've got earphones. I'm not against people wearing those things, but why would you wear them at too high of a volume so as not to be aware of what's going on around you? Of if you are, why not stay to the right so you'll be prepared?

The other thing (in my long list) is when they're walking anywhere, sometimes correctly on the far right. You approach and say, "Passing on your left!" They take it as, "Passing! Get on your left!"

My first riding on a path was as a kid. Not knowing the rules of paths I kept aware and alert. Next was in Los Angeles and I'd ride the beach path sometimes. I still had no clue as to path ettiquette, but as this is America, I stayed to the right. I first encounterd the, "Passing on your left!" phenomenon there and I understood it immediately. I'm not sure where this problem's coming from?

Dumb-Shits

I was supposed to go to UNO with Megan today to drop off some stuff, but she couldn't go so I rode my bike there. I dropped my financial aid appeal stuff and then my immunization forms.

Apparently the immunization was wrong. I got it for rubella but it should have been for rubeola. I'm not sure how this happened because I gave the form the my doctor and he read it several times and apparently did the appropriate test. I mean, how would I know? I'm not a doctor.

So I have to go back to UNO tomorrow and pay $35 fucking dollars to have them do it. I also have to now call my doctor and figure out what the fuck and get my money back.

I'm a couple steps away from not even going to UNO at all. It's the same bullshit every time I have to deal with government-run stuff like living in LA all over again...although my current community college seems to somewhat be better...at least now that I've figured it out.

Occupy?

Second day in a row I've gotten a free newspaper and second time it's just been left on top of the paper box in front of Crane Coffee. Although I'm sure that it could've been someone inside, I feel foolish to put money into the box when a paper's sitting right there in front of me. It'll be like that dumb-ass scout leader of mine who walked a quarter of a mile to set a good example to us to use the crosswalk rather than the 30 feet to cross the street. Yes it's jaywalking, but there were easily no cars and such to me it was just stupid and made me want to run across the street and back and jaywalk even more to show how inane of an act it was.

Yesterday I got out of the bus stop to transfer at 30th and Dodge. There was a white girl, all made up and in a coat with a sign stating that "anything helps." As I waited for the green to cross, I noticed her face and she smiled sort of and I started wondering about her status. Whether she was homeless or out of job and had looked but getting nothing. This occurred to me because she had all appendages and was able to stand and walk without any disabilities and had money to afford make-up and the ability to apply it.

As I'm thinking this I notice across the street in the bus stop alcove which makes no sense on its position as it's on the opposite side of a one-way street where the bus stop is for the bus going south. But it's made for the Dodge street bus going east, but it's not facing Dodge street, it's facing west so unless you sit in the opposite direction the seats are made for, you're not going to notice the bus you're waiting to catch. But there's this douche-bag guy with a shit-eating grin on his face and he's holding a video camera with earphones plugged from it to his ear. He's looking at me and smililng as if he knows me or recognizes me from somewhere. I catch his stare and he just keeps looking at me and I think of punching his face.

A few minutes later my bus comes and I get on and get a window seat. I noticed douche-bag had moved from the bus stop to a power box on the north end of the parking lot, using the box as a tri-pod facing the girl with the sign. The only thing I could get is these two people are working together. Not in a scam thing, but I'm figuring it's some social-statement thing that maybe stating how a white, pretty girl begging gets a different reaction and more handouts than a black, homeless person or something. I don't know. It makes no sense otherwise. I also don't like being filmed without my persmission or knowing which is illegal to do unless they blur me out and there were no signs posted as to note the filming.

If this is the case it's dumb. For a number of reasons, but one being that unless they get someone other than her to do the same thing in that area and have the same people go through and see the same people reacting or responding then it's not an accurate study.

Secondly, fuck off and get a life. You're just as worthless as the Occupy Omaha idiots.

Occupy is a good cause and it's bringing unwanted publicity to an area that has been somewhat untouchable, but it's stuff that's always been around. It's making waves now because more people are being directly affected by it and that's it. People always wait until it affects them before getting involved with anything.

But ours here is doing nothing. It's so small and pointless and non-effective. For instance they had their march in downtown on a Saturday morning. No one's there on Saturday mornings. The banks there are closed and it's a ghost town.

They had a handful of people who casually showed up to protest to people already aware of what the protest is and what it represents, so whether or not this group existed or not the whole of the Occupy movement would have the same impact nationally. They also talked about not leaving after the permit expired as a stand for their freedom of speech rights. So three got arrested as more of a part-of-the-deal with the Occupy protest, but here it was unnecessary. The city is working with them and the police were being nice and accomodating, but these ineffective protesters are taking stands and making statements that others on the actual Wall Street and other areas that are making an effective presence are doing.

That being said, I've got to get some work done. I'm not doing a Thanksgiving dinner this year, even though I don't like to call it that. It's not a Thanksgiving celebration just a get together on Thanksgiving, because I don't believe in Thanksgiving and I sound like Mr. Scorpio saying that. But school gets out on the 21st and that Thursday is Thanksgiving and the next Thursday we leave and I've got a lot to get done by then including finishing up this quarter, registering for Spring semester at UNO (hopefully), doing the layout and printing and collating my zine and packing.

Herman Caine II

As glad as I am that Herman's getting hit now with these sexual harrassment allegations, which has toned down his pomp, I wish that it was his racist/bigoted remarks would have done the disservice to his image and not give him that boost that he got from it.

There was a newspaper in the parking lot today, had to leave my bike downtown yesterday as well since it was raining on my way back from school. Today I could have gotten it but didn't want to ride it back in a coat. Let's see what tomorrow bring us.

Herman Caine

I wish it would snow 12" tonight. I don't know why people always bitch about the weather. I always say that I hate the wind and humidity, but the rest of the weather and the year is great. I love the diversity. All I hear in the summer is how hot, humid, and miserable it is. Now it's too cold and gripes about how it may snow.

Hermain Cain's recent stupid thing is saying that his political correctness isn't his problem because he knows he's not politically correct, because he didn't go to politically correct school. That may work for bar talk or backyard bar-b-ques, but you're running to be a world leader, moron.

I really hope he doesn't get the nomination. Not that there's any good choice in my opinion but he's the Republican embodiment of racsim and bigotry that they can't come out and say but because Herman's black they can get away from it.