hi
so i've been gone a while,
which unfortunately is how many of my entries start,
and so in predictable manner,
things are good, life is peachy, and all that,
im still working at an accounting software company,
learning more about my most hated subject in school than i ever thought possible,
things are delightful on the female front as well,
the source of delight is jenny,
many of you may have meet or heard of her previously over the years,
she's a friend of my friend matt,
we've dated briefly twice before,
but i guess the third times the charm,
rachel don't groan,
this fall i dated Yulia,
i was set up with her through a woman at work,
she was a 29 year old from russia,
it was fine for a bit but a pretty face only goes so far,
personality wise we were too different,
ironically many of jenny and my mutual friends would argue jenny and i are too similar,
Aaron to answer your question about socialized health care,
absolutely not,
i can't wait to discuss this with you after you cover it in a finance class,
basically i think that no one deserves health care for free,
it seems many people view it as a given birth right that everyone has,
i don't think people deserve to be taken care of for free,
there is a cost that comes from taking care of people,
i don't understand why people shouldn't be at least partially responsible for this cost,
i feel that if people are not at least partially responsible it leads to abuse of the system,
if people get a service for free they will be abusive and wasteful of the use of that service,
But if people are a little bit responsible for the cost of their health care,
they will invariably be more invested in their health,
surprisingly people aren't more concerned about their health,
since it can lead to so many problems and ultimately a shorter life,
But most importantly of all, financially it is by far more cost effective to have people partially responsible, and in essence insurance,
yes there are obvious problems with insurance companies, and the american insurance system,
but the basic underlying rules and laws of insurance are brilliant and logical and ridiculously financially effective, it keeps cost so much lower,
and i think that should be an important factor in any government program,
but especially any social program,
grouping people into so many subsets and categories allows everyone to pay the lowest possible cost for heath care than they would if they paid for only them self,
or most expensive of all, for everyone but the sickest, a universal health care system,
Originally i planned this entry to be solely about Saul,
Saul Williams,
i mentioned him to you over christmas aaron,
he is a poet, who starred in this movie slam that i think you would love,
his flow and delivery are amazing, but his use and structure of words is simply breathtaking
Someone posted the whole movie slam on you tube, here the the first of 12,
a clip from slam where he is in jail and being taunted and harassed by some other inmates and this is how he retaliates
Another clip from slam
Here he is from a radio interview that i thought was pretty interesting and he made some amazing points,
here is another amazing poem, this one about his father and religion
here is reciting a poem at an art and spirituality festival
and yet another one, but at least it's the last one,
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Another recent enjoyment has been peep show, its a british TV comedy,
that's very unique, different and executed hilariously,
one defining difference is that it is often shot from each charters exact point of view, and this allows the viewer to hear the thoughts of each character as they are showing that characters view point,
to view more peep show, and lots of other TV shows try
http://www14.alluc.org/alluc/
Oh also i don't think i ever mentioned that i stopped putting my photos on here and instead refer to my flickr page to view my some of my photography
