August 27, 2008

Wealth

Without money, we'd all be a lot richer.

August 25, 2008

Prison term for Chinese petition organizer

I recieved the following newspaper article in the mail.

By Richard Spencer

Beijing - A disgruntled factory worker who organized an online petition against illegal land seizures in China headed "We want human rights not the Olympics" was jailed for five years yesterday.

In a sign the Chinese authorities were in no mood to appease critics of their human rights record, even in the run- Yang Chunlin's sentence was the maximum for the charge of subverting the power of the state. Yang, 54, was hit with electric batons as his family scuffled with police after the hearing, said his lawyer, Li Fangping.

"Both the family and us lawyers think it is a heavy sentence, as five years in prison is the highest sentence possible in this case," he added.

The former factory worker was one of thousands of people from all over China who have protested against what they say is illegal seizure of farmland for development in recent years.

He organized a petition of 10,000 names against the activities of local officials. Linking the issue to the Olympics won him extra publicity but also seems to have aggravated the local authorities' reaction.

Yang claims he is innocent and he was exercising his right to free speech, which is theoretically guaranteed in the Chinese constitution. His sister, Yang Chunping, says while he was in custody he was tortured by having his arms and legs stretched, and then chained to the corners of his bed.

Yeah, hope you all enjoy the Olympics. Go Canada!

August 23, 2008

What the Buck?

For all you people who enjoy youtube videos, these are the best. WHAT THE BUCK? with Michael Buckley! I'll be adding a link to the right.

Also, I would like to say that I have found the perfect World of Warcraft guild. It's name is, can you guess?

UMBRAGE! Yes, UMBRAGE! I googled the word, and it popped up. By sheer luck, they are on my realm, Arathor. YIPPEE!!!!!!! Now I just have to level my character to 70...

For those of you who don't know my fondness for the word umbrage, I've put the button back!



Take some Umbrage!

August 15, 2008

It's done!

YES! I have completed my Grade 7 piano exam. Very nicely, if I say so myself. Of course, I still have to wait a few months before I get my results, but still... nice to have it off my chest. While I was at Shakespeare school, I bought the sheet music to Cabaret, but now I can play it! I would like to know if I passed or not though...
























































































ARGHHH!!!!! THIS IS TAKING FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 14, 2008

Piano

Tomorrow, I have my Grade 7 piano exam. Wish me luck!

August 11, 2008

Umbrage

I HAVE RETURNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sound the trumpets! Yes, it is me, back to bore you some more! Shakespeare school was fun and AMAZING, I even got a contact sheet with the names and e-mail addresses of my classmates! Not that I'll ever write to them, but still, nice to have.

I think I met an fellow aspie there. He has even less social awareness than me and he plays World of Warcraft, which is the ultimate test. By the way, if you are planning to see any Stratford play, Cabaret was my favourite out of the ones I saw. Truly AMAZING, funny, and very scary at times.

If, by some weird cosmic coincidence one of my classmates is reading this, I'd like to say it was great working with you, and if any of those pictures we took make their way on Facebook, I will hunt you down and kill you. For an explanation why, please see the link on the right side of the page.

Now, I hereby promise to add more posts more frequently. Even if they make no sense whatsoever. If you want to be weirdness free, you should go to another blog. This one isn't for you.

P.S. If anyone from my YAPAP youth theatre group that I worked with last year is reading this, don't worry, I still like you as well.

August 03, 2008

Shakespeare

Well, I'm off to Shakespeare school for the week. That's in Stratford, by the way. I'll get to see 5 plays from the festival, so HAHA!!!

I've been there before, just to try it out, make sure it was aspie-proof (few things are), but now, I'm going for the full week. Therefore, I shall be away from the computer (parting is such sweet sorrow).

Also, I just got an MP3 player. Yes, ASpieboy has joined the 21st century!!! Wow, blogging, MP3, I'm beginning to turn into a typical teenager!!! AH!!! I'll have to up the weirdness level to make up for this strange normalcy.

I found a new webcomic by the way. It's on the right. Or will be. It's not there NOW, but I'll put it on in a couple seconds. Unless my computer crashes or something. Then you'll never see the webcomic, NEVER!

OK, I think I've countered the normalcy threat. Enough weirdness for today.