:. hereis goodby

01. ticket to immortality; the dears
02. love machine; arctic monkeys
03. reject the frequency; of montreal
04. vacation; republic of safety
05. meek warrior; akron/family
06. this harness can't ride anything; chin up chin up
07. wasted state of mind; ... and you will know us by the trail of dead
08. one night on earth; the veils
09. the room got heavy; yo la tengo
10. untitled; neutral milk hotel
11. kick, push; lupe fiasco
12. georgia...bush; lil' wayne
13. suddenly everything has changed; the flaming lips
14. the orchids; califone
15. i see you; rubicks
16. all fires; swan lake
17. he poos clouds; final fantasy
18. crowd surf off a cliff; emily haines
19. my wandering days are over; belle & sebastian

if you play my iPod on shuffle ...

... you have a 3.3% chance of hearing Billy Corgan

(i have 8175 songs, at present)

zed

Malawi is surrounded by the "z" countries of southern Africa:

my letter of resignation (sent)

Hi Guys,

I'm writing to you today to officially give two weeks notice of my resignation from IBM Canada, effective Friday February 23.

As you are well aware, my personal goals and those of IBM have been diverging for quite some time. I could go on for pages explaining my points of view, but in short I subscribe to Gandhi's philosophy of "non-participation in anything you believe to be evil." I believe most large corporations to be inherently evil. Their sole purpose (their sole legally-sanctioned purpose, in fact) is to increase their own profits, the rest of the world (humans, the environment, other 'externalities') be damned. I never intended to work for one, will never work for one again, and look forward to the day when this flawed system of ownership is corrected, for all of our sakes.

All of that said, I would like to thank both of you personally; N___, for giving me a chance way-back-when; and G_____, for putting up with me for the past four years ... I realize that it hasn't always been easy. I hope that you wish me the best of luck in my future endeavors, as I wish each of you.

The rest of my life will be dedicated to varied pursuits, including living up to my own standards each and every day and trying to make the world a better place. My first step will be a trip to Africa next month, where I'll be volunteering at a teaching hospital and trying to rid myself of some of my materialist tendencies. I've been accused of being naive .... we shall see.

Please let me know if there are any administrative hoops I need to jump through to make this official; it's certainly indicative of our company (and my diminished interest in it) that I have no idea who the appropriate HR person is to contact.

Kind regards,
T_____

the sweetest puppy in the world

this is Bear, a doggie that i'm fostering until we can find her a good home. she is ssoo smart and cute and gentle ... i wanna adopt her!

got my shots ...

hepatitis A
hepatitis B
typhoid
yellow fever

ugh!!