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aggienaut Alright now I'm about a week behind in the livejournal. Hopefully now that I finally have a functional computer everything will go much more smoothly. There are currently two MIT students, one South African, my brother (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
nibot), and his girlfriend (roxymartini) on my livingroom floor. But I'll get to that eventually.
I. AMWEST - Las Vegas
From Saturday till Tuesday afternoon I was in Vegas representing the international power-house of Guinea-Bissau in the Organization of Islamic Conference (an organization not actually affiliated with the UN). Qur'an and briefcase in hand, I headed out with low expectations and apparently shockingly little luggage.
I haven't had the most pleasant experiences with the AMWEST conference in the past: convoluted irrational rules and a tremendously overrated city. I was therefore somewhat less than enthused before I even arrived. And in addition to these general concerns, because country assignments had been given out entirely during one meeting which I could not attend, I was stuck with Guinea-Bissau in the Islamic Conference (OIC). Something not at all similar to the disarmament or conflict issues I usually imerse myself in.
Arriving in committee my fears were a bit eased by seeing that two old friends were in my committee, [Sn]Ackbar whom I was in MUN with in HS, and Mara (blueashes), whom I had met at Berkeley Conference 2003, both from Saddleback College.
I'm still not sure what was the best part of the trip: the free drinks from 5:30 to 7:30 at the hotel bar, or the free breakfast every morning of eggs & bacon. omg mmmmm the memories. I LOVE a good breakfast of eggs and bacon.
Anyway I barely talked, if at all, in committee the first day, which is weird for me, but it was totally not my normal kind of topic.
That night the official plan thought up by the upper secretariate was to go to a buffet that cost $30 per person. Yea not so much doing that. the rest of us wandered around until we managed to have chinese food for $14 a person. Only we all had $20s. Our waiter gave us each a $5 and a $1 back, but then the taxi fare came out to $2 per person and once again we had a dilemma.
That night most of our people played a drunken and incriminating truth or dare game in the other room, which myself and a very few others skillfully avoided. Of our three rooms, I was in what had been preselected as the party room, but all the partying pretty much went on in room #2.
Sunday I got to make some speeches in committee. In my first one I started out with "Our children are forgetting that gambling and drinking are sins! They wander the streets with weird western hairstyles (keep in mind my green mohawk is in full force) we must stop this evil westernization!" In my second speech I quoted a passage from the qur'an (2:275 - 2:281) which establishes that you shall burn in hell for charging someone interest on a loan.
That night the official plan was to go to some club that had a $20 cover. Again many of us shook our fists at the bougousie ways of the upper secretariate and set out on our own adventures. Apparently two of our people, already hopelessly in violation of the 6th rule of the trip ("Thou shalt not commit First Degree MUNcest") managed to get hugely drunk and break the FIRST rule of the trip ("Thou shalt not getteth married"). Yes, as outragious as this seems, throughout the trip it was maintained that they had gotten married. I am inclinded to be incredulous, but they provided a thorough claim to have gotten married, which they maintained throughout the trip.
Monday was another full day of committee. Only thing of significance I recall from that day is that of the two resolutions being worked on, the people on the other resolution intentionally misled us into thinking they wanted to pass both resolutions (despite the fact that they had put a clause into theirs that was terminally redundant with ours and so could not simulteniously be passed. Eventually they removed it), but then ALL voted against our resolution with the only exception of Mara. I have to say it was one of the more ethically depraved things I've seen happen at an MUN conference, but unfortunately NOT the most petty thing I've seen a voting body do this week ::caugh::.
Mara ended up getting the best delegate award which I think is awesome and would like to congradulate her for. Also Djibouti from committee has an lj apparently: xaositecte.
II. Back in the ASUCD
Returning home I immediately had to start getting ready to preside over the first hearing for ASUCD Court Case # 22. Some confusion arose over evidence and further action on the case was postponed until a hearing next wednesday (the 3rd). The aforementioned information is public knowledge and of no partiality to any real or potential plaintiff or defendant, so please leave me alone about it.
Newspaper Articles About the Court and Removal Attempts:
First Removal Attempt Against Me - Back page with reference on front page.
About the Court in General - Front Page, upper right side
Second Removal Attempt - Front Page, upper right side
Editorial Condemning Removal Attempts - Opinion Section
I returned to class on Tuesday to a hero's welcome in Legal Theories, and random congradulations from friends passing in the hallways.
Before class, however, I had been sitting in the MU breezeway with a friend ("Chris" I think? curly hair, always has paint on his shoes, lives with Lisa...), when Nick (littlenick) came by and randomly gave me and Chris two thirds of an apple pie from Baker's Square. We ate some of it and I absconded with the rest.
Now after Legal Theories I was walking and talking with the professor, and he advised me to look up Marberry v Madison because it is the origin of Judicial Review in the United States, so I jotted it down on the most convenient location, the pie box. So now I have this pie labelled "Marberry v Madison - Judicial Review." Mmmm Marberry v Madison Pie. Judicial Review Pie... "I eat judicial review for breakfast!"
III. Thanksgiving
Having two aunt/uncles living in the city of Davis, plus various other relatives, we decided to have thanksgiving in Davis this year. Yes I have relatives that went to UC Davis and never left. Frankly I'm terrified - NOT gonna happen to me.
Wednesday night we got internet operating in this apartment, then about an hour later my parents arrived in town. Today (Thursday, Thanksgiving) we had a huge dinner at Auntie Bev and Uncle Ben's place. Both my grandmother and the other grandmother (Auntie Bev's mother) thought my mohawk was very nice. There was also discussion of "that incredibly beautiful girl Kris has been escorting around town." Such sauce.
My brother Tobin, as mentioned, brought two MIT students, a South African, and his true love Diane (yes, pocketbookannie's cousin), and they are now gesleeping on my living room floor. I informed them that cuddling is strictly forbidden in my apartment however.
[01:28:35] Kristy: i don't like how you end the entry
[01:29:01] Kristy: cuddling is strictly forbidden in my apartment however....... heres a million dollars?
[01:29:08] Kristy: here your own spaceship?
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Date: 2003-11-28 10:47 pm (UTC)AND NONE OF THOSE ARTICLES MENTION ME
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Date: 2003-11-29 08:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-29 04:53 am (UTC)FIRST rule of the trip ("Thou shalt not getteth married"). <- o_o so there was a reason to have such a rule in the first place??
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Date: 2003-11-29 08:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-29 05:59 pm (UTC)o.o;
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Date: 2003-11-29 10:07 am (UTC)i know of rampant cuddling that's occurred in your apartment.
i mean, when kristy goes there, do you just neglect to cuddle her entirely? if you answer yes, you are a liar, once again. and if you answer no, you've proven me right.
liarliarliar.
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Date: 2003-11-29 10:39 am (UTC)Cuddling proof
Date: 2003-12-14 01:50 am (UTC)the south african's journal entry (http://www.livejournal.com/users/pixieza/3468.html)
(or at least the picture of people cuddling on the floor of your flat!)
Re: Cuddling proof
Date: 2003-12-14 05:35 am (UTC)