Thursday, May 29, 2014

NEW wish list for my birthday.

So 2 years ago I made a wish list.
I crossed off the things I already got.

Stuff.
iPod - Any kind. I just want an mp3 player. :| Nothing less than 16GB though. :>
Dragon Statue - I know, hahaha, weird, 'innit? :))
Roller Blades or Skates - HAHAHA. What.
Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri - The entire set. Inferno, Purgatorio & Paradiso.
Bookshelf - Seriously. Why don't I have a bookshelf. Jeez.
Weezer Album - I don't care which album. They have 9, but one is enough.
Butterfly Knife - AKA "Balisong". I have a few, but I want a NEW one. :">
Art Of War by Sun Tzu - The book. Want.

Expensive Shit.
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2011 - Needs to be a Hatchback.
ES C90 - If you can buy me this, you sir, are a criminal. Provided you are a member of the army.
Piano - C'est trop cher. (French)
Telecaster - And it has to be red. :>
Fender Amp - Can't play without an amp.



As you can see, I got most of the things I wanted.
So, here's a new wish list.

Stuff.
Earphones - Hmm. The color should be Black, Red, Dark Violet or Gold.
Headphones - Same color. Hahaha
5x5x5 Rubik's Cube - I get tired of solving the 4x4x4.
Another Dragon Statue - What can I say? I love dragons.
Gilbey's Gin - Like the one Jeush got me last year.
Various liqours - Because I wanna drink.
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand - The e-book is a bore to read. I want the real thing.
Rings - Not the ones that are for women, please.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Or The Casebook, I don't really mind.
An ashtray - Want those souvenir types.

Expensive Shit.
Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2011 - Still want that shit.
A camera - Anything decent.
Zippo - Plain colored, either mettalic or glossy, don't want prints, I want engravings.
Ducati Monster S4 - 900ccs of AWESOMENESS.
FN Scar-H - Packs more punch than the FN Scar-L.
Yamaha Clavinova - Still a piano, but chose a specific one this time.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Why I changed my mind on Weed.

(CNN) -- Over the last year, I have been working on a new documentary called "Weed." The title "Weed" may sound cavalier, but the content is not.

I traveled around the world to interview medical leaders, experts, growers and patients. I spoke candidly to them, asking tough questions. What I found was stunning.

Long before I began this project, I had steadily reviewed the scientific literature on medical marijuana from the United States and thought it was fairly unimpressive. Reading these papers five years ago, it was hard to make a case for medicinal marijuana. I even wrote about this in a TIME magazine article, back in 2009, titled "Why I would Vote No on Pot."

Well, I am here to apologize.

I apologize because I didn't look hard enough, until now. I didn't look far enough. I didn't review papers from smaller labs in other countries doing some remarkable research, and I was too dismissive of the loud chorus of legitimate patients whose symptoms improved on cannabis.

Instead, I lumped them with the high-visibility malingerers, just looking to get high. I mistakenly believed the Drug Enforcement Agency listed marijuana as a schedule 1 substance because of sound scientific proof. Surely, they must have quality reasoning as to why marijuana is in the category of the most dangerous drugs that have "no accepted medicinal use and a high potential for abuse."


Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a neurosurgeon and CNN's chief medical correspondent.
They didn't have the science to support that claim, and I now know that when it comes to marijuana neither of those things are true. It doesn't have a high potential for abuse, and there are very legitimate medical applications. In fact, sometimes marijuana is the only thing that works. Take the case of Charlotte Figi, who I met in Colorado. She started having seizures soon after birth. By age 3, she was having 300 a week, despite being on seven different medications. Medical marijuana has calmed her brain, limiting her seizures to 2 or 3 per month.

I have seen more patients like Charlotte first hand, spent time with them and come to the realization that it is irresponsible not to provide the best care we can as a medical community, care that could involve marijuana.

We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that.

-Dr. Sanay Gupta, CNN

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

180 Thomasian Seniors.

I made this back when I was still a Freshie.
It's a collage of the DPs of the people who were active in our group.
Time flies so fast.


That's me (Vendetta Mask) and Admin Alan (Jersey #20) in the middle.