the king

so kevin howlett has these videos on myspace and they are pretty funny. he is a cross between josh grover and me. he is kind of off his rocker just enough to be interesting so you everyone should check him out. hopefully the videos will last. i've been working on this research proposal the past three or so days. it's our final project in my research methods class that i could have been working on since some time in janurary. instead i start it four days before it's due. but i think i'm finally finished and it's totally wet off the presses. all that is left is one final exam monday night. i'm supposed to be in my other monday night class at the same time, but we'll figure out that when the time comes. seriously, now i'm sliding for home. it may as well be over.

kim is in westminster right now on work stuff for four or five days. last week it was boston for her and i think she has like three more trips in the next four weeks. she's crazy but racking up our skymiles so i love her for that. does anyone else think every single one of those burger king commercials are awesome? really funny and well done.

does anyone give a crap about bush using the nsa to spy on americans? i didn't think so. however, on my school's myspace page they had this topic from some left-wing propagandist. my response:

This is funny that this has been here for three days and no one has responded.

What's up with the spy on us and kill us comment? In a more sensible manner, the issue seems to come down to interpretations of the Constitution and certain federal laws. However, what I think it boils down to is whether it is okay for the NSA to basically search us without a warrant, even if they have some sort of reasonable suspicion of our wrong-doing. It seems obvious to me that this sort of "spying" is essential to fight terrorism, however I don't understand why the NSA (Bush) couldn't just get a warrant each time. One of the first reasons to pop in my head is that maybe there really isn't enough evidence to convince a judge that those being surveillanced are connected to terrorist groups. It all just seems too suspicious to me. So my question is, why not just get a warrant?

So can the president do this? Well, he is, and any congressional investigation or legal action deciding whether or not his actions were unconstitutional will be decided well after his presidency.

Anyone else?

that's it for that. basically just filling space here. between my project and grand theft auto, i've found little time to get off my laptop. my mom's cat furball died last week. we've had the cat since the early fresno days i think. it's pretty sad, but i've really tried to block it out of my head and just go on. i'm glad to say that i treated that cat great even until it's last days. she was sweet. or was it a he?

Inside Man (2006): very well done. it's really cool seeing all the different levels of corruption in the story. twists, turns, entertaining. it's realistic and not too cheesy. it's all there. sorry, but i saw this last week sometime and i guess i don't remember specifics now. i am wondering when denzel will do a movie as mlk. it could be another oscar shot for him, so maybe he wants to wait until he's older so the part fits him just right. it's really good and worth seeing. i'll buy.