Update//UPR Strike 2010

Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?

'No,' says the man in Washington, 'it belongs to the poor.'
'No,' says the man in the Vatican, 'it belongs to God.'
'No,' says the man in Moscow, 'it belongs to everyone.'
'No' says Milhouse, 'it belongs to me.'


Yep, using a bastardized Andrew Ryan quote to start off an update to this blog. Currently, there is a massive system wide strike in the University of Puerto Rico due to various reason, but mostly due to student and academia unrest regarding the following:

• Massive budget cuts onto the operating budget of the system
  
• The possible elimination of certain 'exenciones' or student breaks for students in Athleticism, Arts and raising the minimum GPA for Honor.
  
• Violations to the employee-employer agreements between the Central Administration and the Professors and non-academia Employees.

For anyone reading this, please keep informed. I may not have voted in the assembly but I am pro the strike because some of the planned reductions hinder the development of students.

att. the penguin

December wrap-up

This little fella here (coincidentally dressed in my campus' track & field uniform is brought to you by Animals Wearing Pants)

I don't know which is sadder, me stuck studying for finals or me remembering the Barney theme song? Don't answer that.

With the final tally of college: 4 me: 1, I am currently studying my ass off to try and salvage this semester with at least one A in English Literature and a B on Business Law (Me mangó el Evangelio según Changó! is the best way to summarize why I got a D on the last test) and Federal Tax (I need a B or more on the final, easier said than done). Ever get that feeling that you study so hard and when you get to the test, you just kill it and when it comes back you get a D/F? If you have, congrats, we're on the same page, unknown reader.

Maybe I was distracted too much by other things that weren't academically related, creepy-guy in REHU group, not enough balance between studying-sleeping-drawing comics, PARO/STRIKE, just putting it out there. But fuck it.

TV season review (SPOILERS BE HERE):

House: Just plain awesome. My favorite episodes overall were the season openers Broken and Wilson. Least favorite parts where the Huddy-Lucas thing (Lucas is a great character, don't ruin him) and the self-righteous speech Cameron gave before leaving (You are just as broken and tainted as Chase, STFU)

CSI: Miami: Um, mixed feelings in this fall season (that hasn't concluded, mind you). Plus sides: there is a breath of humor in the show plus more CSI-ing than drama (Horatio+Lab Equipment=Love), Jesse seems very normal-ish (ie not so Gary Stu) but that is subject to change. Minus side: Calleigh & Delko, more specifically the way she's flirting with Cardozza...even though she's in a relationship with Eric. This woman is jumping on men like some dumb broad with a blood bag on one hand and Alpo Bites in the other <---wow, this is the 2nd time I've compared her to Twilight, that's not good. I meant to put in a David Caruso joke here but damn.

Fringe: I love this show. Period. I missed a couple of episodes by watching The Jeff Dunham Show (only skits I actually like are Walter's and Achmed's).

Last Sunday and Monday, watched SyFy's Alice and I found it very enthralling. Maybe I'm biased because I enjoy Alice in Wonderland a little too much. Kathy Bates as the Queen was deliciously evil, the Hatter was a fine mess, and Charlie the White Knight was just plain insane and awesome.

Not much left to say but Happy Holidays!

att. the penguin who is cramming for her Tax and Human Resources finals like nobody's business.

Of the last few weeks

Wow, I haven't blogged in a while! Maybe because I get distracted way too easily buy hey, at least I'm returning to my old (good) habits.

College has been a mess of works, tests and other stuff that I can only vaguely remember. The protests were postponed, I was able to get some of my courses for the next semester (spoiler alert: it will kill me X_X) and I am practically finished with that bothersome REHU 4405 project.

Speaking of which, I don't know which is worse: the project itself or the asshole I was stuck working with. Not only getting too comfy with me (tried to sneak a peek into my computer so I showed him the goriest scenes of Silent Hill 3 and other 'delightful' images) but he hasn't handed in his part even though I told him I wanted the written project done by this Saturday. I never thought I would say this to another human being since being in college but MY GOD, GET A CLUE AND ROT FOR ALL I CARE, DUMBASS /capsrape. The way he acts gives me the creeps and I can't trust to be anywhere too solitary with him. If he finds this, I frankly do not care. I can work well with group projects but he crossed the line a while back and no thanks and GTFO.

Done with that rant. Comp has been giving me hiccups so gonna get that fixed soon enough.

Not much to say after that.

att the penguin who REALLY wants to bust some heads

Week 11//Procrastination at its finest

Not much to say about last week other than what has been said in the news...really uncertain if there will be any special circumstances for this week (like another strike) but for now, I need to worry about the following:

*Long-overdue work on the Human Resources group project. This thing has been dragging because, honestly, I don't feel like working on it mainly because I feel uncomfortable with the group dynamics

*Readings that I've postponed...yeah, they're biting me in the ass.

I get distracted incredibly easy and for now, I tend to not do what I'm supposed to do.

Really nothing left to say,

att the penguin

Week 9 & 10//

Why two weeks in a row? Three words: Week-Long Strike. To express the disgust towards what is referred to as Ley 7 (where almost 17,000 government agency workers were fired among other effects) and to avoid unnecessary student violence, the interim president of the UPR system has decreed a week-long recess for all 11 campus in the system.

TL; DR: I have a free week at the cost of spending Christmas Eve in finals.

I can honestly say that last week was a blurr: all I could remember was getting the grades for my tests (all B's) but at least I got stuff done with the REHU 4405 project (suddenly I got appointed leader LOL)

Art/Fiction wise, I've been kind of dead lately besides Shawn's Body (which I use as a stress relief) but at least I have the following ideas for Promise: Return to Silent Hill: Taking advantage of House's trip to Mayfield hospital at the beginning of this season, I want to explore how he dealt with the memories of the Incident while Wilson's stuck in Silent Hill...that town tends to bring up the worst in people.

Fan rambling aside, here's hoping that I can finish up any loose ends before returning to class!

att the penguin who is slightly scared of looking out the window for no discernible reason

Week 8//

This week was a bit wonky thanks to an impromptu strike on my campus last Tuesday...but at least, I finally finished the two tests that have been bothering me for the last three weeks: the FINA 3107 (Markets and Institutions) and DEME 4005 (Business Law) tests...

* The DEME test was thankfully straight to the point, 50 True-or-False questions that's it

* The FINA test was multiple choice but that right there was brutal...it was even harder than the Federal Tax test! Dammit.

On the plus side, this week is relatively quiet with only the REHU 4405 (Intro to Human Resources) test for tomorrow.

Not much to say, will update later!

Week 7//CSI: Miami Fan Rant

This week was glorious in the fact that I didn't have to wake up @ 5:35 am from Wednesday to Friday thanks to no classes on Wed (Grito de Lares) and the DEME prof not meeting the class on Thursday for review. Still, I had the first two out of five midterm tests (INGL 3251 and CONT 4007). The Literature test went exceedingly well while the Federal Tax one probably ass-raped me...

Now for the bulk of this post:

See that there? That is the current cast of CSI: Miami, right? Good we have that out of the way. Yes, I am a diehard fan but this is not about Lt. Firecrotch ^...

When you hear CSI: Miami, what comes to mind? Lulzy acting, dubious science, bad guys getting pumped full of lead? If so, cookie for you, you got the gist of the show! Granted, it's not Emmy material but the people who watch it enjoy it. If you noticed the list of ideas, you noticed I've left out one word-slash-theme: romance. CSI: Las Vegas and CSI: NY did it nice and easy; there was evidence of the love grown between Gil/Sara and Danny/Lindsay. CSI: M tried their hands at romance twice and here are their results:

*Horatio/Marisol but we didn't see the extent of that relationship until after she died. Her death STILL brings him pain and for two seasons, Horatio might as well changed his named to Dexter With a Gun and a Badge.

*The debacle that is Calleigh/Eric. At the first couple of seasons, I could see this but from 3rd to 6th season, they seemed more of a brother-sister than lovers. Then suddenly POOF! Season 7 came along and they magically hooked up. See the difference? No? Ok, uh can you say "fan-service"?

I love reading TV Guide's Show Recaps from any show (Fringe recaps are hilarious and educational) but I've noticed a trend that does not please me in the least: the teenage fanbrat.
I know because I have to reluctantly acknowledge the fact that I was one for a while. Teenage fans tend to volatile yet treasured by networks because of they compose at least 35% of the TV audience. Yes, romance attracts a lot more viewers than just CSI-ing but abruptly catering that sector can cause disappointment for those who have been with the show for longer. For my part, I tend to enjoy my shows without being forcefed a bland excuse for Twu LUV (actually E/C has no evidence of that either...).

Another thing that arouses Twatlight-RAEG from this show is said fanbrat reaction to Eric Delko's departure. Like any show, actors will leave and do other things for many reasons: they might want to pursue film, the chemistry has run out or they are invited by other networks to work for them. But, dear fanbrat who read this, keep in mind that just because one actor is leaving "OMG TEH SHOWS GOING TO SUCK B/C ERICK AND CALLIE AREN'T TOGETHER!"...yes, I died a little inside writing that travesty. These are the same people who spam other people's fandoms with CAPSRAPE declaring that A/B ARE OTP AND UR SIK AND WRUNG FOR NOT SHIPPING THEM ('shipping is srs bsn, dontcha know?). Don't tell me that because Eric is leaving, the show's over: I saw when Speedle died and when Grissom left. Yes, their ratings slipped but hey, they're still on (if you haven't noticed by now, I'm a Horatio fan so I'm open to get the lulz for it).

TL; DR: Don't turn my forensic show into Twatlight. I mean it. I think I've discussed this before....