RDTRN Archive - RDT Right Now #1844

RDT Right Now #1844

From: Scotch <scotch@torithoughts.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:49:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RDT Right Now #1844
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Do not hit reply to unsubscribe. To unsub, send a message to: <rdtrn-request@torithoughts.org> with "unsubscribe" in the subject and body. o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Really Deep Thoughts Right Now Volume 03 : Issue #1844 . o - O - O - O - O - O - O - O - o . o o . o o O "Thoughts right now... O o What will become of me, o o Become of her, become of we?" o . o o . O O O - o - o - o - o - o - o - o - O o . o o o Tori Amos, "Thoughts" In this issue: o-o-o-o-o-o-o Could it be? I'm back! [ Simon Booth <simonbooth@mac.com> ] mother fucking bizarro [ "ms. jessica parsons" <fullblownlif ] rarh [ Succubus Megan <Abulia@imaterrorist ] I go from day to day [ "Lavenda" <earth@comcen.com.au> ] Missed a digest? Pick up a copy at the RDTRN archives: http://www.torithoughts.org/rdtrn/archives -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 01:44:06 -0500 From: Simon Booth <simonbooth@mac.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: Could it be? I'm back! Finally back, and from a new computer and an email account that actually allows digests to get through! The new computer kicks ass, but I won't elaborate on what sort of system it is because I remember what happened to the last person who promoted similar systems around here. I'm finally going back to school, pursuing the computer graphic arts degree I was telling you all about earlier in the year. I got a B for the Intro to Computer Graphics course I took during the first half of this summer (despite the 7am class times!) and I'm on my way to another B in the Design I course I'm in now. However my return to school seems to be short lived, since as of this past week I've been hit with a financial aid ban due to academic reasons and thus am prohibited from applying for aid at any of the area community colleges. Never knew one needed better than B's to qualify, so I assumed it to be a mistake, but when I was shown the college's policy on academic performance it seems that it's not current grades that are being looked at, but rather *all* past college work, regardless of how much time has gone by. I still haven't been shown a real reason for the ban leveled against me, but from reading the policy and the terse email I got from the head of the financial aid department that somehow my past college work- from any time period and any college I attended- is being looked at to justify the ban I've been hit with. And it's not necessarily just bad grades from 7 or more years ago that are being looked, since it turns out that unsatisfactory progress is also defined as failure to complete a degree program in less than 99 credit hours. So, if this really is applicable to me, it means that since it took longer than 2 years for me to get a "2 year degree" (the Radio/TV/Film degree I got at the end of '97) it means that for all time I am banned from applying for financial aid in any future work towards a totally unrelated degree, in addition to bad grades always being dug up regardless of the number of *years* that have gone by and being negated by me having repeating those course to improve the grades. The way such policies are worded, and usually "enforced" for that matter, are based on progress in a single degree program, *not* counting past completed degree work *against* a student who wants to pursue a different degree years later. I still don't know if this is a massive fuckup on their part or if indeed there's some little known and very rarely enforced rule that I've been hit with. And I can't get a straight answer as to what specifically applies to my situation or exactly what the hell I did to suddenly show up on their radar after having enrolled and *qualified* for aid for this summer, with no hassle. The letter they sent me in May telling me I indeed was going to receive financial aid for the summer semester even said I was in "good standing"! So what's changed between May and the end of July? "Rules" quoted to me but in typical fashion no real reason given. What has me worried (besides the obvious of how the hell I'm paying for classes this fall) is that since I applied for and received aid for the summer classes and *now* I've been hit with a ban apparently based on my past record that existed long prior to my enrollment and being granted aid for this summer, is that there's a possibility (paranoia on my part perhaps) that I'll also get hit with a fraud/misrepresentation charge because going by their logic, I applied for and received financial aid at a point I (based on their logic) should have already been hit with the ban and thus wasn't entitled to. The only thing I have in my defense is that I was completely truthful on my applications for the summer and for the coming fall regarding my financial situation for consideration for need-based financial aid, and I was honestly unaware of any rules banning someone from receiving aid based on past academic issues- never mind that the people telling me I'm banned are the same people who previously sent me the "good standing" letter *and* cleared the release of the aid I was alloted for the summer classes. Even if there's no legal action taken against me, there's still the real possibility that other action against me will be ramped up if I appeal their decision. I've had lots of experience with someone's arbitrary or punitive actions racheted up *after* I dare to question what I might see as unfair. So far it looks like a financial aid ban only but I honestly wouldn't put it past them to extend it to an academic ban if I attempt to pursue an appeal. As it is, is seems like a lot of work was put into digging back years to find something to base the current ban on, and you'd think that over the several months leading up to this summer semester someone should have said something to me about any possible problems during the times I was inquiring about what I needed to do to enroll in the graphics degree program. One thing I know I have in my favor is simply the idea that regardless of whatever past academic problems might be on record, IMHO it's total assholeness to go back years just to pull something out of their asses to "retaliate" today over whatever might have happened back then. There's still a chance I'll be allowed to enroll for the fall, provided I can afford to pay for those classes as well as pay back the financial aid I was given that they later reneged on. This week I'll be trying to meet in person with people from both the financial aid office and further up the line in administration to appeal this whole thing, at the risk of making things worse. anyway- congrats to violet on 11 years of rdtrn :) brian wrote: >I'm continually told I should get a dog or a cat for company. Ok, I like >animals, but it wouldn't be fair on a dog as I'm away for most of the day, >plus there are more than enough neurotic dogs in the neighbourhood as is. I was worried about leaving Juno in the apartment during the day when I'm in class, but what's worked very well is simply getting up a little earlier to allow enough time for a good morning walk so she's not phased too much by spending the rest of the day inside. Actually my main concern has been the heat- too damn hot to go out in the afternoon right after I get home, so we wait until after 8pm when the sun has gone down enough to take the edge off the worst of it. >I've considered a parrot of some sort, but I know >the noise would drive me slowly insane. You're just worried that the parrot would fly around the house cussing a blue streak ;) I know if I had gotten a parrot the first things it would have learned were my various remarks about Microsoft when the old computer crashed and the usual colorful remarks about day to day things. A parrot flying around squawking about Gates being the Antichrist! ;) where do parrots go to school? polytechnical institute. and when they make a career out of running for office? polytics cyndi wrote: >Roxanne gave me an explanation as to why Islam is THE fastest growing >religion worldwide.. thanks. ^^ But of course, we need no explantion that any religion no matter how fast it's growing will ultimately fall before the one ultimate unstoppable movement in the universe. welcome back bonnie :) jim wrote: >The problem with seeing into the future is that we cannot. Looking into the future is like >looking into a mirror and we can only see the past. The past colors all of >our simulations of the future. Very true. One of the interesting things about sci fi I enjoy looking for is how much of the era a story was written in shows up in whatever vision of the future is being presented. No matter what the future is supposed to look like, the present the writers and producers live in ultimately drives the look and feel their work ends up with, and ultimately one can gain insight into what people were thinking about the present during various periods by how they viewed the future. thanks for keeping us updated about Judy. happy birthday Grzegorz and linda (welcome back) :) welcome back holly :) bethey wrote: >Simon Says: > > hey bethey- I think I understand what you've called "the tori zone" > >Congrats! I love to dim all my lights, light candles and crank up a Tori >concert at night and slip away. Because of some wonderful, generous >friends, I have more concerts on CD than I could listen to in a year. But >it's nice to have a selection, and I can always find the right "zone" for >what I need. That's the sort of tori collection I need ;) It's always fun to find the right music for the atmosphere. I like your comments about the war. Things I'd never get away with expressing. happy birthday heidi and linda :) violet- fun vacation I presume? happy birthday Ashley :) brian wrote: >But if a simple kiss from Carrie-Anne Moss can bring you back to life, I >want her at my funeral, preferably in one of those black vinyl outfits. Won't you be upset years from now when it turns out that sci fi flicks got it all and "futuristic" attire turns out to be really drab t shirts and sweats. >I'm glad people have been posting Tori concert reviews lately, otherwise >I'd have no idea she was still touring. It's also much nicer to hear >personal accounts instead of obscure magazine and newspaper articles as >they all sound alike after a while. And those articles are usually never written in a way that really conveys the full impact of having witnessed a Tori show. happy birthday ade :) bethany wrote: >Subject: Lydia the tattooed lady if she works for Microsoft her tatoo is either on her forhead or the back or her right hand, and it's hex code 29A. brian wrote: >Have you got video tape? So what's the difference between animal and human >lube? What actually *is* animal lube? there's a "men are men/sheep are scared" joke in there somewhere..... the sandmen are incompetent aren't they? business is slow at Carousel these days. >I can't help but think of what you described as a petroleum based lubricant >which is a bit of a no-no when it comes to human slip and slide, as it can >cause skin irritations in the really tender spots and can make certain >latex preventative products perish. How do you repair condoms? Rubber cement! How do you fool a city into using condoms? You use a Trojan horse! jessica wrote: >there is this girl sitting next to me (i'm at the computer lab) with a vegan >tattoo. Hmmm.... the people Jodi Foster met in "Contact" were Vegans. Interesting bit of trivia about "Contact": the signal they received contained part of a broadcast from the television transmission that was the inspiration for FOX news. cyndi wrote: >Subject: "Masturbate For Peace" at the risk of damaging one's eyesight? ;) megan- excellent poems. welcome back lori :) happy birthday arija! sorry about 9/11 vengeance remarks. and happy birthday dani! sorry about the remarks about teachers, Australian history, and overuse of emoticons. welcome back juan. on the subject of old cars, the final original-design VW Beetle was rolled off the production line in Mexico about a week or so ago. welcome larry bethey- how's the not-smoking going? welcome Rochelle brian wrote: >I read something recently that >suggested most people button shirts from the bottom up. I know I always do >it from the top button down. What do other people do? if everyone went casual then we wouldn't worry about how to button a shirt! >One thing I always noticed in Xena: Warrior Princess was exactly that, the >bad guys were always Maori. I guess that's what happens when you film >things in New Zealand. There was a similar criticism about "Attack of the Clones" (Jango Fett and in turn, the clones). happy birthday Holly. Welcome back Julio. brian: re: Flaming assholes- I always thought that would be the term applied to Republicans who immolate themselves. >BTW, I still think The Matrix Reloaded was a load of unmitigated crap. I haven't had the chance to see it, but I liked the first movie. But I am concerned about what effect the "supplemental" work that was released in parallel with the movie might have on audiences attitude about Releoded. Perhaps an odd comparison, but one of the things that's irked me about other sci-fi- Star Trek being a great example- is how periphreal work surrounding a particular storyline ends up taking on a life of its own, to the point that that fans are left out of the loop because they haven't tracked down all the odd tech books and backstories that supposedly help one better understand what the writers should have put in the main story to begin with. I'd hate to think that I've missed something in Reloaded even before I've seen it because I never got around to looking up things like Animatrix (still had the old computer at the time). happy birthday Rikki succubus megan wrote: >Concerning exercise, I've noticed how much less tiring it was to walk up the huge-ass hill on my >street. I must have gotten stronger legs since last year. Another way to get excercise: taking a dog for a walk! welcome back winter from brian: >My trip and all the needles was to India and Nepal, >which are places where you really appreciate a real toilet. I can't speak >for Bali's toilets as I haven't been there, but it's nice to see porcelain >sides next to the squat hole and don't forget your bog roll. Amazing how a country like India (and probably Pakistan for that matter) skipped indoor plumbing along the path of technological development and went straight to missiles and nuclear weapons. on the subject of travel, here's a test to see if an American has spent too much time in the UK: Automobile fuel is called? Weapons in underground silos are called what? (pronunciation) Sport where a ball is kicked around a field is called? Something that's questionable is referred to as...? and there are others I can't think of right now. from bethany: >i haven't heard the new Liz Phair yet, outside of a clip on the internet. >i've decided i'm going to crawl into a little hole, put Exile in Guyville on Guyville: Most Evil place on the planet. welcome back gabriela. is it true that the whole .pl domain was getting blocked by AOHell? that sort of thing is so bad that it distorts space-time. megan- have you gotten that bump on the head checked out? welcome Dave. tenuis wrote: >Limelighters actually. And a bit of Rolf Harris. And some Russian Red >Army Chorus too for measure... Play that Red Army Chorus CD really loud every May 1st! ;) > $$$ Pirates Of The Caribbean, Rated "ARRRRRRR!" digest $$$ and don't ask what the porn version is called! happy birthday Bonnie! succubus megan- if you're interested in getting into advertising, the first thing you have to do is sell you soul to the evil entity of your choice ;) ade wrote: >Well, tomorrow I'll be off to the Alpha writing workshop with Megan. >Cheerio, darlings. so much better than the Beta workshop! happy birthday Kay and Estraven! jim wrote: > In Las Vegas, NV they are playing music on the streets. It is difficult to > find a place where there is no music. geez that sounds Orwellian. In "1984" places out of sight of the telescreens still had loudspeakers playing martial music and Oceania state propaganda. Kim Il Soong must have liked "1984", and in turn, the city planners in Las Vegas must have had a secret meeting with either him or his son, because one can find the same thing in Pyongang. regarding silence, noise is so prevalent in our soceity that real silence feels so alien- in fact I've found myself in situations where artificial sounds were cut off and the silence seemed to come on so strong that I felt like I was actually "hearing" the silence! > I think I am watching too much of the Science Fiction channel. never such a thing as too much sci fi! happy birthday Canton and woj. and thanks everyone for the b-day greetings last weekend! later! Simon -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 18:53:15 -0700 From: "ms. jessica parsons" <fullblownlife@hotmail.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: mother fucking bizarro my dad was casually glancing over the obit. section of the newspaper on sunday and there was a listing for a guy who died of a heart attack. his birthday was dec. 11th, 1950, same as my dad's, the guy was a contractor, same as my dad. he loved restoring old chevy's...same as my dad. the guy lived in the country, loved hanging out with his dog, friends and family...same as my dad. he loved drinking wine...same as my dad. my dad thinks that people born on the same day are a lot alike...which is why the two of us get along so well, maybe? see, my dad is technically my ex-stepdad. i met him when i was six and get this, when he walked in the door, the FIRST thing i said was 'when's your birthday?" and he said december 11th. i was like "me too." anyway...just a weird little story. my dad is using it to prove to me that he can die at any time...such a happy thought. :/ how many more times can i say "my dad" in this email? -jessica Don't become so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance. --Bill Maher _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 20:43:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Succubus Megan <Abulia@imaterrorist.com> To: rdtrn@torithoughts.org Subject: rarh Hola mes amies, Twas written: "Tori Stories Box Set, $100. I'm actually asking for what I paid for it like four or five years ago. It is the original Tori Stories bootleg Box set, with the silver cds (NOT cdrs) with Pauline Stuckey drawings of Tori on the cds themselves." Oh! I have that! But the problem with it is that some of the songs on the cds (like Song For Eric, the reason I bought it) have errors in their recordings. Little annoying sounds that continue throughout some of the songs. And another one of them turns into static halfway through. Now, this might just be my copy, but it also might not be. Does yours do this? And I worked my ASS off for that cd, too! Grrrr.... How Now, Brown Cow? Megan Christine Auffart *************************************** "I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer *************************************** http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/abulia/ _____________________________________________________________ Sign up for FREE insane email from tshirthell.com's E-Mail Hell at http://www.tshirthell.com -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o [top] Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 08:27:48 +1000 From: "Lavenda" <earth@comcen.com.au> To: "RDT Right Now" <rdtrn@torithoughts.org> Subject: I go from day to day John B typed: >Actually, we weren't thinking of easier or more difficult for us, but for >him. It was easier for us because of how much he hated being sick or >dependent in any way. I really should have made sure I knew what you were on about. In that case, yeah, instantaneous death is the way to go. I seem to be in a very selfish mode at the moment, when stuff is happening to other people I'm tinking about how I'm reacting first and fore most. 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