aggienaut: (dictator kris)

The Journey Home
   I was up most of last night reading about people with names like Vercingetorix, Vortigern & Catigern. Then, since I've managed to accumulate some important tasks at the Courthouse I had to go into work. Finally I escaped from there, but had to AMPAC Governor-General Sameer for an hour on the phone about the conference we are in charge of putting together next April, which was all good and well but it was hellorz hot out and I really wanted to go home and take a nap. Then I got home only to find someone parked in my parking place. The office determined the offending vehicle belonged to the guy who should have the spot next to it. When maintenance man Modesto contacted him regarding this, the guy said with attitude "well someone was in MY spot," as if that justified it all (and I hope you all know that you are retarded if you think it solves anything by parking in the person's spot next to you when someone has parked in yours). Finally I made it into my apartment only to find two catsup smeared plates belonging to my flatmate Jason on the livingroom floor, where he seems to think they belong.
   This latter offense is in clear violation of the policy my roommates and I had agreed to unanimously, that dishes must remain in one's room if one cannot clean them immediately. I've decided my current policy for dealing with this is moving the dishes for him when he's not home ... onto his bed.
   Also the solution to the best way to confront him regarding the fact that he's in flagrant violation of something he just recently agreed to with minimum awkwardness came to me after some thought... next time he's home and I find him in a clear violation of policy, or if he asks me about my relocation of dishes to his room I think I'll ask him in an earnest manner if he thinks the policy is too draconian and needs to be changed. That way I will come across not as accusatory but compromising, while he'll be faced with either feeling like a complete flake by saying this simple policy is too difficult (which I really doubt he'll do), or reaffirming the policy in direct reference to his plate behaviour.
   Anyway, then I was finally able to take a nap, but in my delirium was unaware that I'd left my phone in my car so I missed a call I'd been waiting for regarding some stew. )=

30 in 30 III
   Anyway, the result of all this is that I'm not really feeling like a top-notch slinger of hilarity at the moment, so 30 in 30 III is off to an inconspicuous start for me this year.

   So far we have 30 in 30 posts by [livejournal.com profile] apoplecticfittz, [livejournal.com profile] otimus, [livejournal.com profile] pavel_lishin, [livejournal.com profile] roter_terror & [livejournal.com profile] shid. Best entry so far I think is roter_terror's: "Listen up, folks. 30 in 30 is here and I am not ready for it! THEREFORE YOU GET BABY ANIMALS... with a twist! Here are 16 of the best baby animals I could dig up at a moment's notice. Your job is to vote for the best."

   Anyway, you may all be relieved to to know that one of my goals for this 30 in 30 is to try to steamline my blogging by spending no less than 30 minutes per post (30 in 30.. IN 30?)

Meanwhile in the real world
   In other news, last friday we had the initiation party for the newest batch of Φ A Δ pledglings. On Sunday I went to recently-former Califorina Aggie Editor-in-Chief Matty Jojola's party. It was a very interesting mix of people, with four guys wearing Davis Players Society polos hanging out with Kalen Gallagher in one corner while from the opposite side of the political spectrum city council candidate Rob Roy campaigned in the kitchen wearing a suit & tie. I got a scandalous picture of him eating a watermelon rind with some girl, as well as another of him giving someone a classic politician handshake, I'll put them up when I get a chance. Also my fellow justice & reverend Tim Coady was there, marrying people at random and granting indulgences.

   On Tuesday most of the Court came to the Internal Affairs Commission to discuss their opinions on the Court. Also this day we were reinforced by an editorial in The Aggie advocating that our Court be strengthened rather than abrogated. IAC was unwilling to concede anything, but none of them would speak in support of any of their arguments (other than that ASUCD is a business), preferring rather to try repeatedly to end the whole conversation by saying there was no legislation regardnig the subject. Aside from the fact that the discussion the preceding week had ended with "we'll talk more about this next week," I've certainly been around long enough to know that there's always "no plans," until suddently there are, and the plans are never put forward until after the political maneouvering stage.
nbsp;  Also they made an obvious effort to put us off as long as possible, which I thought was kind of petty & desperate. Regarding ASUCD as a business, it went around a few times until Chairman Harms announced his revelation that "ASUCD is not a government OR a business, it is an association." To which I responded that that was great but "what we are specifically arguing about here is that Kai Savaree-Ruess said ASUCD is 'not a public institution ... but in fact a business,' and a Court has no place in a business. If you say we're not a business but an association, you're not backing Kai's argument that I am here to counter..." I believe 90% of arguments improperly lost are lost because one allowed the opponent to change what the argument was about.. never let them get away with this.

   Anyway, since then Paul Harms has ceased to be the Internal Affairs Commission Chairman...


Picture of the Day


Kristy and I at Rock It




Previously on Emosnail
   Three Years Ago Today:
Jello Shot Night - What we all did before we had 30 in 30 to occupy ourselves: [livejournal.com profile] slosha's dorm-mates throw a party which shall live on in infamy as "jello shot night." ...Kristy is eventually determined to be missing and is then found wandering aimlessly three floors down outside... d=
   Two Years Ago Today: 30 in 30 I - Day 1 - [livejournal.com profile] mrkevincostner was actually first out of the blocks at 10:20am, followed by [livejournal.com profile] stephenl who at 12:56 posted the official call to action. [livejournal.com profile] apoplecticfittz began with a new version of his recent Frasky Awards; [livejournal.com profile] lerani started with an amusing story about a retarded lawyer that managed to exponentially exacerbate her own ethics violation; [livejournal.com profile] fragglerocker84 started out strong with a well composed entry apparently about people on her vollyball team (its very well done for its subject matter, but the subject isn't the most interesting to random bloggers); and [livejournal.com profile] feuders also vows for the course of 30 in 30 to drink no beer (except for a number of frequent exceptions), eat no fast food, and run five miles every day. Additionally, [livejournal.com profile] jdryznar declares he's going to make 30 posts in 30 days about politics, while [livejournal.com profile] incomple also just posts half baked ravings against conservatives (at least for the first five I checked today).
   Year Ago Today: 30 in 30 II - Day 1 - First day of the second annual 30 in 30. Best entry for this day has been identified as Professor David, with second place going to [livejournal.com profile] otimus (who has since deleted his all his 30 in 30 II entrie, because he does strange things like that)

aggienaut: (soldiers)

   Today there was a ruckus at the Courthouse again. The verdict was due out for the so-called "Halloween Murders" of 2002, wherein five suspected gang members shot to death two victims and injured two others. The courthouse was abuzz this morning with discussion about the case. The courtroom was filled to capacity leaving many would-be attendees locked out. In the office of the court reporters there was discussion that they could have set up the recording equipment to hear it live down there if they'd thought of it beforehand. A small crowd of employees gathered around at the security station to watch the proceedings from the security camera view. There wasn't sound but it being an emotional event for those involved one could get a pretty good idea of what was going on based on body movements. Eventually I believe the defendants were found guilty of all fifteen charges.

   The clicheness of "Halloween Murders" unfortunately makes it very difficult to search google for information on the case. )=

Picture of the Day


Mystery Location!
Sepiatone = love



Previously on Emosnail
   Year & a Week Ago Last Saturday:
Thomas Lloyd Explains How He Hates Justice - Or at least why he thinks there should be no checks on the legislature. Incidently, while running for office one of his platforms was strengthening the judiciary.
   Year & a Week Ago Last Monday: Unless & KYD Show - a picture of Zane's head and juggling classes.
   Year Ago Last Friday: Kickin It With Important People - Former Director-General of the US Foreign Service introduces me to the former US Ambassador to the UN ... then I assassinate someone.
   Year Ago Last Sunday: Roxie's B-day - and a picture of me with the green mohawk.

2.5 = < 3

May. 9th, 2006 11:56 pm
aggienaut: (kritsy)

   So.

   I went a week without updating. Gotta keep it all up in your face!

   Last Wednesday there was finally an Aggie Article about Case 31. I'm trying to resist the urge pick it apart, but I don't know where these references to "Student Court" came from. There hasn't been any references to a "student court" in more than an ASUCD-generation.

   I spent most of the week in hermit-like seclusion working on a paper about the decline of the Roman Empire.

   Then Friday was Cinco de Mayo. I celebrated by drinking by myself in my room.

   By Saturday I desperately needed a change of scenery. So I headed down to San Francisco, to visit Mara ([livejournal.com profile] blueashes).
   Now the thing with San Francisco, is driving around there is always a hellish experience. They have these street signs you find nowhere else in the world. Some lanes are reserved for trollies, or something ... taxis seem to obey their own rules entirely. Streets are set up like a grid, but somehow through the use of one-way streets and unholy magick, the entire thing is a labyrinth.
   In addition to getting directions from Mara , I pulled up googlemaps and examined the area in both the map mode and with satellite overlay so as to get maximum familiarity with the cursed roads of SF I'd have to navigate.
   As soon as I came off the Bay Bridge onto the SF penninsula it was out of control though. Almost immediately the freeway unexpectedly split in two with no indication which side was which. I chose the right side but it soon became apparent that I had chosen the wrong one as I ended up too far south without passing the exit. I had to exit, travel parallel to the freeway a few blocks to find an onramp in the other direction.. get new directions from Mara. Then key streets definitely didn't have signs identifying them.. anyway, I survived.
   Anyway, she lives in the Mission District. We walked down Haight Street, visited "Hippie Hill" at a park at the end of the street (golden gate park?). Then as we returned we came upon Mara's flatmate with her dog at another park and hung out there for awhile (where Megan --who came to Davis with Mara that one time and on picnic day-- caught up with us). Sasha is a pretty awesome doggie. Her repetoire of tricks include licking sleeping people's faces on command and giving people hugs.
   Then we returned to Mara's place and played Settler's of Catan, because we're awesome like that.
   That evening we went to some of the bars in The Mission and caused a ruckus. Most noteworthy of all though, is my estranged former best friend Alberto, who hasn't answered or returned any of my calls in four years, actually textmesseged me in response to the messege I left him saying I'd be in town. It read "stop calling me asap" -- no not really! he actually told me where he was working, implying I should stop by, but I didn't realize I had messeges until the very end of the evening.

   Kritsy was also in SF on Saturday, hanging out with her sister.

   On Sunday Kristy went to "Rock It" at The Grad, and totally rocked out.

   Monday marked two and a half years since Kristy and I began dating. When I met her she had a boyfriend of three years -- it seemed like they'd been together for ever. Then they broke up ... and eventually we started dating, and I still felt like I'd never rival her previous relationship .. but now, holy crap I'm catching up. Who would have foreseen such epic lovered?

   Tuesday (today) I worked at the courthouse. It looks like I might get moved up to working on case management conferences directly under a judge. Also there was a bit of a ruckus today.. some guy was being arraigned on bomb threat charges or something and the place was crawling with reporters. They kept trying to sneak recording equipment in, much to the angst of the guards.
   I happened to be coming out of the Courthouse when I see a reporter interviewing people, a reporter who is none other than Stan Obklodzija!
   Not quite sure what was going on but presumably it'll be in the paper tomorrow.

Picture of the Day


Megan & one of Mara's neighbours



Related
   Pictures of/by both Kristy & I in SF on Saturday
   Kristy's entry on Saturday - in SF
   Kristy's entry on Rock It
   Kristy's entry today - a funny conversation, + misc
   Kristy's photos of bailey & the bunny entry

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   It has come to my attention today that Sacramento has TUNNELS. 140 year old abandoned tunnels! Tunnels which are described by city historians as "labyrinthine" & "catacomb-like!!" ...according to several sources, even haunted tunnels!

   I was checking sources on the Daviswiki Spooky Places page, which led me to a list of supposedly haunted places in california. This made casual reference to the tunnels as being haunted. A google search resulted in another reference to the tunnels being haunted (allegedly nine downtown business reported a "sinister being" was "trapped in the maze of tunnels"). Finally two SacBee articles turned up to give the tunnels authoritative existence status.

   It seems after experiencing several devastating floods1, the city of Sacramento decided to raise up the entire city. Walls were built on either side of all the roads and the middle filled in with dirt, to form a new road one floor higher. On either side the sidewalks became tunnels & new sidewalks were built on top of them. Former groundfloors became basements and 2nd floors became 1st. These tunnels were then used to avoid the rain or heat of summer and continued to be used for almost a hundred years until they were sealed off in the 1960s.

   Needless to say, exploring these tunnels is now on the very top of my to-do list before I leave here!!

1At the moment I think a large portion of land between Davis & Sacramento is flooded -- driving across the causeway into Sacto feels like you're approaching the city across a sea, as its buildings rise up from this massive expanse of water.

Today: I worked at the Courthouse, helped out at the Heystek campaign, went to the ΦAΔ law student panel, returned to the Heystek campaign.

Quote of the Day: "Excuse me, we all have to go sing now" -one of the civil process clerks to someone who was at the window to either file something or get copies of some file -- because everyone was about to take a moment to sing happy birthday to our boss, Gail.

Picture of the Day


On the subject of tunnels, this is the MU basement, which houses a barbershop, bowling alley, radio station & newspaper.
(Another Picture)


Previously on Emosnail
   Three Years Last Saturday:
Underground Tunnels on Campus - I manage to infiltrate some of the secret underground tunnels on campus and proceed from Olson Hall to Sproul underground!
   Three Years Ago Last Sunday: Something Concrete - Two stories due for ENL5F; I write one about the gulag & one about punks. One must read the gulag one before reading the other though. I cringe at the thought of rereading them d=
   Three Years Ago Today: Racial Discrimination at IHOP? - All three white cooks, including Donovan Kelly get fired from IHOP, at the same time as three white hostesses & a white server. Don alleges racism, & makes a list of 17 major health code violations continually perpetuated at IHOP. Unfortunately that list is no longer available.

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   After some delays, I finally began working at the Superior Courthouse in Woodland yesterday. I lurk amid bookshelves of records that move back and forth on tracks. When these aren't sufficient, one must get records from either "the bunker," or "the vault." I think there's a third location as well. The courthouse is primarily peopled by two types of people -- bureaucrats who also spend their day wrangling records, and sheriffs deputies. The sheriffs deputies wear all black uniforms, and seem to without exception be about as friendly as an imperial stormtrooper. Occasionally, one will also see prisoners being escorted about in striped pajamas like in cartoons (seriously!).

   During lunch I went across the street to the Fat Cat Cafe. There I encountered none other than the prosecutor from my jury-duty experience last Spring, one Tim Wallace. When I mentioned that I thought he dismissed me because he thought I was an anarchist, he responded with "hah, ME?" and made this face as if to say I should be well aware that he himself is practically an anarchist. He also mentioned having written a letter-to-the-editor the other day strongly criticizing the Chancellor vis-a-vis the Celestial Rose Scandal (I'm guessing in the Davis Enterprise?). After he left someone else approached the defense attorney he'd been chatting with and tried to convince him to have a particular witness testify. I felt like I was in a movie or something.


In Other News: Interned Japanese-Americans are no longer banned from Davis.

Picture of the Day


I think this has got to be the coolest picture ever taken


Previously on Emosnail
   Year and a Week Ago Last Tuesday:
No Entry
   Year and a Week Ago Last Thursday: The Weight of a Tomato - I write a letter-to-the-editor regarding the silly "eat at taco bell = kill a farm worker" campaign.
   Year and a Week Ago Last Friday: ASUCD Scandal Apocalypse - RECENTLY DECLASSIFIED: Someone unloads a massive amount of dirt on ASUCD politicians onto Daviswiki. Some of it is known to be true, none of it is known to be false. All records of this legendary drama-bomb have been purged from Daviswiki, but it lives on on the EncyclopediaDramatica as the "Daviswiki Deepthroat / Fingercuffs Incident.
   Year Ago Last Wednesday: Fish, Racism, & Tomatoes - Three entries, one photo essay (Monterey Aquarium), one poll, and one "Lily Johnson" who thinks persons of European ancestry are genetically incapable of understanding some issues.
   Year Ago Last Thursday: Correcting All Wrongs - (Two entries) The "War on Wrong" heats up, with the breaking of the UCDMUN dinnergate incident, an attempt to both pillage CFC for unnecessary funds and use them in a manner which excludes the less affluent 80% of the club -- but then again Lily Johnson things I'm genetically predisposed to be over-priviledged so maybe I should just go ahead and take the CFC funds.
   Year Ago Tomorrow: "Lily Johnson is real" - Anonymous - Ooh scary! Polls indicate that one third of respondants are shocked to learn anyone doesn't like me, one third want to slap one or both recent anonymous commenters, and another sixth believe posting anonymous "exhibits a lack of insecurities and a positive self image we should all seek to attain." Also I introduce the first ASUCD shadiness poll, a popular feature that would run weekly for some time. In this first poll ASUCD got rated 7.79 / 10 in terms of shadiness.

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