chinese idioms
甜言蜜语 (tian2 yan2 mi4 yu3) Sweet talks and honeyed words; to fool people with beautiful but deceptive words –from oneaday.org
free at last, free at last
the relief didn’t hit after my last exam when about a hundred 2nd year law students invaded thomson house… it was hours later when I stumbled to the metro and realized I didn’t have to THINK ABOUT ANYTHING, I could just look around, at people, at buildings, at the sky… it was also the first time I noticed the poem … Read More
ack
I’ve got the shakes and I haven’t even had coffee yet. Paper 2 half done and includes exciting terms such as oppression, marginalization, cultural imperialism, & systemic violence… (it’s for a social diversity & law class)
arbitrary state power
Starting second paper, about 3 days behind, but just had to post this: I’m writing about Canadian security certificates and was reading a report by the Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) about Canadian security officials (read: CSIS) targeting Arab Muslims for “interrogation”. Talk about questionable tactics: blocking doorways, threats, visits at work (one guy got fired shortly afterwards), giving … Read More
wikigoogle it, just a little bit
my new verb: wikigoogle. or maybe wiki-oogle? wikoogle? how would I know anything if I couldn’t wikigoogle??
epiphany! epiphany!
I was starting to panic (as I have been daily) about wtf I am going to write 15 more pages about in my paper, but my unproductiveness was probably a sign from my brain that I needed to rest. During exams the law library closes at 11:45 pm, so I had to find somewhere else to work. (side note: regularly … Read More
st. laurent at 5 am
filled with snuffleupagus-like sidewalk cleaners, whizzing by schwartz’s and segal’s, sucking up coffeecups, cigarettes, and somebody’s school notes. I’ve hit the 20-page mark on paper no. 1. hooray!
late metro rides
it’s a curious group of people on the metro this 11 pm. some are reading like the normal rush hour crowd; others look dazed, as if they don’t know why they’re there; still others who are tired and want to be home and even their clothes look like they’ve been worn for slightly too long a day. 15 down, 45 … Read More
“…united for a better world”
from the irritating waving flag to the cheesy font for “we the people”, the charter of the united nations webpage is so annoying!! someone needs to die
canadians are allergic to controversy
…a soundbite from a speech by Justice Abella that I just got back from. all the bigwigs were out, including Justice Fish, bernard shapiro, dick pound, heather munroe-blum, and other hotshots in the mcgill community. Dean Kasirer as usual showed off his ever-bilingual canny speech-giving abilities. at any rate, it was wonderful to meet justice abella afterwards and see how … Read More