Midterm

I got my first midterm back today, and I must admit I was kinda scared, cause I was expecting something in the range of low 70's, but I got an 86....OH YEAH!!! That made me very happy because it was a very tough midterm. Hopefully the rest go that good too. Back to the books.

Job

That's right. This boy is employed. I'm going to be working for Environment Canada on a international water quality project. I'll be working out of offices in Burlington, and it looks to be an interesting job. The best part though is knowing that I have a job and that I won't have to be looking during exams. It is so nice to be able to focus on the school work and not have to go to interviews. Ahhh, *sigh of relief*. Speaking of exams...3 down, 2 to go, but I still have a lot of labs left so don't you worry, I'm keeping plenty busy.

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Who reads this?

The comments on the last post brought up an interesting point. does it matter to me who reads this blog? Well, the idea is that this blog is about me, and since who I am does not changed based on who reads this blog it really shouldn't matter what my audience is. But at the same time one does write to a pervieced audience and so perhaps knowing that certain people read my blog might make me put in certain thing and withold other, but I would try not to let the opinions of others determine what I posted on here.

I may post stuff on here that people find offensive, and if you do feel free to let me know, but my point is not to be offensive as to present my view. I may also say stuff on here that I should not and if you see me doing something that you think is contradictory to my beliefs, please let me know, and we can discuss it. Speaking of that kind of thing...I have edited out the damn in my previous post, not because I think a christian cannot use the word, but becuase I was thinking about it and I am not convinced that I used it in the proper spirit when I wrote that post.

So If it doesn't really matter to me who is reading this blog why would I want you to use your name when you comment on it? Well the answer is, I think it's good manners to do so. You know who I am and if I'm going to take your comments seriously I would like to know who you are. Don't get me wrong...anyone can post anymously on here if they want to and I will not try to stop them or anything, but at the same time those kinds of comments do not carry the same weight as comments coming from someone who has indentified themself.

So there you have it folks. Comment away and have fun and let me know if you see anything wrong. I'm a human and I make mistakes, so you loving corrections are welcome (as long as they do not involve my spelling and grammer :-P).

FREAKIN COPS

Dang I hate em. why do they always have to be after me. There I was driving down the road calmly safely and really quite slowly and then next thing you know I'm looking at this little yellow slip of paper which tells me that I transgressed again the highway traffic act and will have to spend the next 5 years in purgatory. Or something like that. but, however it worked out I have two speeding tickets in about two months and that my friends SUCKS.

I'm fighting this one though, cuase I though the speed limit was 80 kmh but it was 70 and so I got nailed at 20 over. *edit* Blasted*end edit* speed limits. Country roads are all supposed to be 80. I don't care how many freakin people have died on the freakin road in the last freakin year...The speed limit should be 80 when there are no houses around and just open fields. So yeah, I'm fighting it.

Diversity

The Diversity Campaign is in full swing at the University of Waterloo. The posters are everywere, The student newspaper has articles about it, the banners are hanging all over campus, but what is it really all about? what is this "diveristy" that we hear so much about? To quote the One Waterloo website it is "help[ing] the UW community move from mere awareness and acceptance of differences to understanding of those differences" Sounds to me like a lot of rhetoric about pretty much nothing, but the question is, is this issue worth getting so worked up about. I mean the people in charge of the diveristy campaign have good intentions and want us to all be able to exist in harmony while having our differences. That's a good thing isn't it?

Well, one problem that I see with diversity, at least the interpretation that our postmodern society puts on it, is that it is relativistic. You see diversity, to these people, means that although we all have our differences, we must all accept the fact that we are different and not try to change the differences in other people because that is not living in harmony with them. It is not so much that understanding the differences is a problem, in fact that is a good thing, but it in what you do about that understanding. I can't tell you that I think the way I do something, or the things that I believe, or the sexual orientation that I have, is somehow better than the things that you do.

That is where the problem lies. It is plain and simple relativism. And what is the problem with that you might ask. The problem is that there are then no absolutes. Who are you to tell me that I might be doing something that is wrong. So what if I have 6 wives and committ incest with my children, you need to learn to accept my differences and have a more tolerant attitude toward me instead of trying to impose your ideas of what is right and wrong on me.

With a relativism you not only have and illogical and hopelessly distorted worldview, but you also have one that is without morals. This is scary. Truely scary. In fact that only reason such a worldview can even have any kind of hold on society without totally destroying it is that it is a worldview that thrives on illogicalness and so it doesn't really matter that people are inconsistant with it, becuase by being inconsistant they are be consistant with being inconsistant, and inconsistancy is what relativism demands. The inconsitancies come through in a diversity campaign that promotes the acceptance of all religions as being ok, which in turn denies the truth of those religions that hold to the absoluteness of truth and therefore hold that their beliefs are the one and only true belief.

That is the problem with their view of diversity. Diversity is not saying that if I hold that Homosexuality is sin and you hold that it is not we need to accept that we are both right and just get along since a sin for me might not be a sin for you, no, diversity is admitting that we differ and trying to figure out why we differ and who is correct, not just for himself, but in absolute terms. These two people may be able to get along just fine in other aspects of their lives where they agree with each other, and they may even agree not to argue about this issue, but they can never say that they are both right. Disagreements are not bad.

Watch out Flies

That's right flies...don't mess with Dave when he's eating his dinner

Maple Leafs

What a freakin way to lose. In a shoot out. Waaah I wanted the Leafs to cream the Senators. How am I ever going to be able to go back to class tomorrow and face all those Senator fans I was badmouthing? I guess its time to revive that well known Leaf cheer: "Next time...just you wait til next time" Ahead the whole game and then to lose in a shoot out. What is this world coming to. I'm just going to go to bed and weep.

Volleyball

Oh yeah baby...Team Chemikaze is now 2 for 2 in the regular season of volleyball. It was a hard fought battle right down to the bitter end but thanks to some incredible blocking and spiking and all around good team work we were victorious. It was a good game and tons of fun.