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Re: Blog Thread IIIa : Look Who's Blogging Now
SonofZ3:
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Also, Pittsburgh was number 29, so 28 world cities are better to live in, and none of them are in the US. What the fuck US? 29th is the best you can do?
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A heavy weight is put on all gun related crime as violent crime as well as things like obesity levels (inherently tied to culture and environment) non-vehicular access to facilities (I think somewhere like Pheonix has a accident and emergency hospital that it is illegal to access without a car), air pollution levels and so on. The US does a lot of things very well, alas when it doesn't do something well, in the view of the developed international community, it tends to do them very badly. It's this counterbalance that knocks US cities down the scale. Other more "livable" cities might not do somethings as well, but it will do other things less badly. Events like New Orleans revealed the massive social inequities that exist in the US but by and large "the American Dream" isn't that interested in redressing them. Although by no means exemplified by the American members of this board, there exists a national social tendancy towards greed and selfishness.
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yeah, if obesity and bad health care are part of the criteria then the US is fucked.
Patrick:
Went to my friend Andy's invitational open-mic thing tonight. Wound up playing a couple songs on guitar and then spent most of the night playing bass for whoever wanted bass in their music. People chose to play a bunch of blues, and then they all got really excited when I did a good job of playing music in the easiest style possible for bassists. People at jam nights are so easy to please.
After the music was done, spoke with the bar owner after a formal introduction by my bud. We may be getting together tomorrow so I can help him plan out his P.A. arrangement. I might even wind up working for the bar as their house sound guy. Cool by me, I'd love to be able to quit that damned Target gig that isn't giving me hours anymore.
Lately I'm starting to think my best friend Lukas isn't really feeling very happy. Before officially becoming an Air Force recruit, he seemed to have a lot more joy for the things he did. Now he's just kinda blah. I've asked him if there's something wrong, something making him feel crappy about life, but he just told me no. But like... I know the guy better than that. He was like this for a while after his Opa died, and he was like this when he realized he hardly knew anybody who was still in Livermore anymore. He kinda took that pretty hard. I don't know what to do about this; I know something's bothering him and I really want to help, but he's not giving me much to work with. Gonna keep my ears open though.
blanktom:
Dear blog thread,
We have a new housemate! She was born in Britain, lived in Canada until she was like 16 then moved to New Zealand until a month ago. Suffice to say, her vowels are all over the place! But most amusingly, she actually says 'eh' at the end of her sentences. It will bring me much joy.
That's all!
Inlander:
In my mind she greets everyone with "How's it going bro, orright eh?"
blanktom:
If she ever does that, I will inbox you to let you know.
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