March 27th, 2006 -- Posted in ?:] |
On Sunday, Em and I decided to do a day trip to Tahoe to do some snowboarding. We got up early and were making AWESOME time until, yes, I got pulled over by a CHP. Now I can go on and on about how I didn’t deserve the ticket but, needless to say, I was pretty bitter afterwards. I’m taking it better than my last speeding ticket but incidents like this always turn on my misanthropic side. Gar I HATE HUMANITY! Homo homini lupus.
The day on the slopes were nice. The snow was a little slush but fairly good.
After hours of whiplash, Em and I went back to my car. The snow around the tires of my ‘00 front-wheel drive Accord hadn’t melted like I hoped it would. I prayed and prayed and prayed I could get out but I couldn’t. What to do?!
I asked a group of 5 asian dudes (probably frat brothers) try to help me out. But it was to no avail. They really tried and eventually had to split. Then, Peter and Cristina, who joined us and were already on their way home, turned around to come help us out. Meanwhile I went to the Sugarbowl office to see if they knew anything about getting towed/pulled out. I ran into some old guy wearing a badge and asked him in he worked there.
“Excuse me. Do you work here?” - me
“No I don’t. But maybe I can help you. What’s the problem?” -old dude with a nice smile and helpful attitude
I tell Old Man of the Mountain that I’m stuck and he says he knows who to talk to. We go and speak with one of the employees there and he calls some person on his radio and tells me to go wait by my car. A truck comes and pulls me out as easy as a kid pulls on a red wagon. No problemo.
So, to recount my day, 1 experience at the beginning of the day that left me bitter. Why can’t I ever get the lecture? Why do cops never even bother listening to what you say and simply give you the ticket? Rules are made to be guidelines, not just for the sake of being rules. Man does not live on rule alone!
But person after person, all strangers, came through to help me get my car out of the snow. Wow. Confidence in Humanity: Restored!!
March 14th, 2006 -- Posted in ;P |
I could watch this over and over and over…
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March 8th, 2006 -- Posted in >:O |
Remember those classrooms in Etcheverry that have automatic lighting based on movement? And when the sensors didn’t detect enough movement, it would shut off the lights?
Well, imagine that same lighting mechanism but in a bathroom, at work. Now imagine you’re “doing your business” and the light went out on you. That’s happened to me today. Twice (in the same “sitting”). It sucks. Someone must’ve messed with the timing because this didn’t happen before.
There I am, waving my arms wildly, and finally so frustrated that I hurry up and leave. I used to find it a relaxing experience. Now I feel rushed. This really sucks.
March 3rd, 2006 -- Posted in Random |
Oregon teen heads to juvenile detention for pinching another boy’s nipple
Full story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002839439_webpincher02.html
The Associated Press
GOLD HILL, Ore. — A teen who pinched and twisted another boy’s nipple while standing in line at a deli has been sentenced to four days in juvenile detention because he refused to write a letter that explained his actions.
The 16-year-old, was convicted of offensive physical touching in July 2005, after the victim’s parents complained to Gold Hill police. The Crater High School student paid a $67 fine and served three days of community service.
“I emptied trash cans, mowed lawns and shoveled gravel,” the teen said.
But the teen’s refusal to comply with the final piece of his sentence will cost him four days in detention. He was required to write the letter during four classes put on by Mediation Works, which operates the victim-offender program for Jackson County Community Justice.
Mary Miller, executive director of Mediation Works, said the purpose of the letter is to prepare teens to be accountable for their offenses.
“They don’t have to apologize,” she said. “But they are required to be accountable.”
The offender is required to describe the act in detail, explain “thinking errors,” “express empathy” and describe any resultant life changes.
Miller said the program is “often a very, very healing experience between the victim and youth offender.”
The teen said he presented a rough draft of his letter in the third session. He said he balked when told he must also describe his “criminal thought processes.”
He said that would imply malicious or criminal intent, and “none of that applied to my feelings or actions.”
The teen said he had no criminal intent because he considered the victim to be a friend at the time of the incident — which he deemed horseplay. Including the language sought by Mediation Works, he said, would turn his prior court statements into lies.
“It was a matter of conscience,” the teen said. “I figure the worst is already over.”
Ken Chapman, a Community Justice juvenile probation supervisor, verified the teen’s sentence.
“The judge found a willful violation of the court order,” Chapman said.
The part I found amusing was this part:
“They don’t have to apologize,” she said. “But they are required to be accountable.”
The offender is required to describe the act in detail, explain “thinking errors,” “express empathy” and describe any resultant life changes.
If you’re explaining “thinking errors” and expressing empathy, I can’t see how can you get any closer to an apology except for forcing the person to say “I’m sorry.”
Also…
The teen said he presented a rough draft of his letter in the third session. He said he balked when told he must also describe his “criminal thought processes.”
Criminal thought process. What has the world come to??