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December 1st, 2009
bernmarx
 | 02:09 pm - Michigan bill to change breastfeeding law
Michigan residents: Please consider contacting your local state representative concerning HB5155. Currently, Michigan law only clearly exempts breastfeeding mothers from public nudity laws; it doesn't provide any clear protection against, for instance, stores kicking them out or otherwise humiliating them, as evidenced by this incident at a local Target (I'm "Father of a six-month-old" in the comments).
HB5155 changes that by explicitly providing women who are breastfeeding with full protection to continue doing that act in public places where they would otherwise be allowed to be.
The one situation I'm currently on the fence about is the subject of breastfeeding in a public pool, but other than that, wherever a woman and a baby could normally be, she ought to be able to breastfeed. So I support this bill.
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beezari
 | 12:53 pm
I haven't been writing much recently, and the reason pretty much is that I've been extensively traveling all around the old world and west indies uh.... tiring :) Anyway, the places worth mentioning:
1. Barcelona - Pretty crazy place. Messy, instane, tolerrant. Imagine drunk geeks taking their pants down while hopping over the metro fenses. This would definetely get you in trouble in Taipei, or even Moscow. Not in Barcelona apparently. Not to mention the fact that walking naked is legal there. And I've seen the proof. Search for "naked man of barcelona", a pretty pretty sight. Anyway, a few other random facts about the place - people are friendly, many speak english. many do not. people get more friendly as they get intoxicated. They love public holidays in Barcelona, every of my two visits to the city, I'd hit one. Swimming naked at 3AM could be a good hobby. People randomly share illigal substances on the streets. There are quite a bit of artsy-fancy places, which are fun to visit.. drinking in darkest corners could be very amusing thing to do. Lots of youngsters actually live in squats, even if coming from wealthy families. this seems to be sort of new thrend over there. Sleeping in airport is actually ok only until 4.30AM, thats when they turn all the lights on and security guard is coming over to give you a "morning call"...
2. North India, New Delhi and suburbs - that wasn't my first trip to India, but I think every time I go, I just love that place for some reason. You have to get through the odd feeling of seeing poverty and luxury at the same place. Chaos and order. Mix of all kind of crazy thing, ideas, philosophies and beliefs. Oh.. trucks! all road trucks apparently are hand-painted.. and highways, you could actually ride a bycicle on the highway!! and walk!!! Cows - they are everywhere, every street corner probably! I think that was the largest variety of cow-like animals I've seen in my life. And monkeys on piles of trash! Someone mentioned to me that they were part time workers at garbage separation section. And dogs - I thought thailand had too many street dogs, what I've seen in Delhi was at least tippled; Food - If i continue traveling to India, expect me to weight at least 100 kilos by the end of next year! :) Every time I am there, I just can't stop tasting local flavours! and the crazy variety - even if you take a bite of each thing, you are going to end up overeating every your meal. and spices.... every time I am coming back - any other food tastes like nothing, unless you just pour pure chilli into that, oh well. India! :)
Я не пишу многое последнее время, и причина в том, что я почти широко путешествовали по всему старому миру и Вест-Индии .... Uh утомительно:) Во всяком случае, местa, которые стоит упомянуть:
1. Барселона - вздорнoе место. Беспорядочный kaffardak. Fffobrazite пьяныx вундеркиндов cнимая свои штаны вниз, i а перескока метро низинные болота. Определенно, это будет вам в беду в Тайбэе, и даже Москwe. Не в Барселоне видимо. Не говоря уже о том, что ходьба golyshom является законным там. И я видел доказательства. Ищите "голый мужчина, Барселона, очень красивое зрелище. Во всяком случае, несколько других случайных фактов о месте - люди дружелюбные, многие говорят на английском. не все. людям получить более дружественным, поскольку они получают в состоянии опьянения. Они любят праздничные дни в Барселоне, каждый из двух моих визитов в город, я ударил одного. Плавательnie голyshem в 3 утра, было бы хорошей хобби. Доля случайных прохожих на улицах незаконный веществ. Есть немало претенциозный Fansy мест, которые интересно визитом .. пить в темных углах может быть очень забавная вещь. Многие молодые фактически живут в приседаний, даже если Исходя из богатых семей. это, кажется, быть своего рода новый moda там. Спящий в аэропорту действительно ОК только до 4:30, ffot, когда они обращаются все фары и охраннику приходит к вам "Утренний звонок" ...
2. Северная Индия, Дели и пригородам - это была не первая моя поездка в Индию, но я думаю, каждый раз я иду, я просто люблю это место по некоторым причинам. Вы должны пройти через странное чувство виде нищеты и роскоши в том же месте. Хаос и порядок. Сочетание всех видов сумасшедшая вещь, идей, философий и верований. Oh .. грузовики! видимо все дорожные грузовики раскрашены вручную .. и автомобильных дорог, вы фактически можете ездить на велосипеде по шоссе! и ходи! Коровы - они везде, наверное каждом углу! Я думаю, что было наибольшим разнообразием корову, как животные я видел в своей жизни. И обезьяны на кучах мусора! Кто-то сказал мне, что они были рабочими часть времени мусор раздел разделения. А собаки - Я думал, ff Таиланде было слишком много собак улице, что я видел в Дели была по крайней мере напиток; Еда - Если я буду продолжать путешествие в Индию, чтобы я весом не менее 100 килограммов до конца следующего года! :) Каждый раз, когда я там, я просто не могу остановиться дегустацией местных вкус! и Crazy разновидности - Даже если вы возьмете укуса каждая вещь, вы собираетесь в конечном итоге переедание каждого приема пищи ваше. и специй .... каждый раз, когда я возвращаюсь - любые другие вкусы продовольствие, как ничто, если вы только что налить в чистом чили, ой хорошо. Индия! :)
ffobshem vse ponyali chto chukcha ne pisatel', chukcha chitatel' ;-)
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November 26th, 2009
splash
 | 05:29 pm - [talk] Thanksgiving~ Dec plans + Commenting meme
No worries about the Gintama icon, Sadaharu's just mincing Elizabethturkeys for you.
[other stuff]
Happy Thanksgiving... Tainted history set aside, the spirit of giving thanks has good intentions still.
First semester at WMU Masters of Public Administration program is coming to a close... I have two take-home essay finals and a presentation with a 20-30pg paper left. Soooooooo much writing on health care and polisci stuff orz
December plans after JLPT 1kyuu... ORZ :
-Messiah translations (how appropriate as I've started translating the Christmas days? :D I've got most of Dec. 24 done)
-Continuing Darker Than Black 2 commissions
-Continuing confidential commissions
-PM Movie 12 with RG
-Inazuma Eleven w/ Sanji-san
-Other ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) ryuu_rogue stuff as it becomes available for me
-baito >_>; chou mendoukusai ni nattekita kedo. maa, kane wa kane da nee.. >_>
-Borgess VNA volunteer
It's pretty much all translating/fansubbing still... XD Need to get back into fic/arting! Which I shall when I need to de-stress.
[meme]
1. List who's been commenting in your journal using this or web-based version(watch out, it lists EVERYONE who's commented, so you might want to cut the list off somewhere)
2. Thank the top 10 people (except yourself and anonymous) for whatever you want to thank them for
3. Thank another 3 or more people for the bloody heck of it
4. Spread the thanks around!
Well, some people might not even have 10 people but that's okay too of course ^^;
These stats are less than what it says on my profile page... I think it's missing recent ones? Buu, why? Buu wish the web one worked as well but I guess I'll install yet another program on the comp
( Who comments the most on this journal? )
Thanks~
Well, I used the Windows-based one so moving around answers a bit~
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) onkei_kun for being a wonderful inspiration and EEEE FANGIRLING GOOD TIMES
hanjie for sticking around and being such a good sport :D And for selling me his modded PS2, even though there was a big mess with it and junk. In the end it was still better than buying a brand new PS2, because then I wouldn't be been able to get the softmod.
furoraken for said softmod. XD Everywhere I went looking for modded PS2 information kept talking about mod-chips when you knew all along ESR was the easiest way to go. IT WAS ALL VERY CONFUSING until that.
woquinoncoin for lots of good times and help when I went to Taiwan last summer!
petshopmistress for being crazy fangirl as well ilu ♥ AND I MISS YOU SO MUCH, there aren't any other people around here who even close to how awesome you are.
shinraisei for good discussions? XD I don't have many friends who keep up with politics (and aren't bastards about it like a certain someone), which I actually do have some interest in. And I always truly love to have more Digimon + 日本語 buddies ♥ This combination pureazes me.
kenzy_chan ..*HUGHUG* for still hanging on Gaia! XDDD Ack seriously, since I've invested quite a bit into that site I'd like to keep some friends around it and kenzy's one of the few still there ToT~ you are too awesome, girl.
blackout12 for always sending me such happy comments and news~ You make me smile. :)
maradori err for taking us around to Animate in Taiwan XD;
digistardbz for your awesome Digimon Savers goodness of course :D omg, the Masaru lineart still makes me happy in every place possibleeeeee. Yeahhhhhhhhhhh.
minunxplusleotp for being you :3~~ Let's keep enjoying Hoshi together on IRC XD~~~
kage_ookami for being you too... XD; you silly stalker *runs*
tabimendou for much good Messiah fangirling and the like 8D
dragon_punk for being the cool person you are. Really, I can't think of a better way to say it. xD I wish you'd be on IRC longer~
repeats for suggesting that Microsoft bit. XD rofl okay really, I love your manliness~~~~~~
and yes all of youuuuu, I am reading and you relieve me of the suckiness of real life or we share the pain together +___+ Thank you.
New layout on ryuu_rogue! Also expanding Kimi to Nara forums to Ryuu-Rogue related stuff.~
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beezari
| 03:33 pm
National Taiwan University Office of International Affairs will be holding an Education Fair in Taipei and an Information Briefing in Kaohsiung for all international perspective degree-seeking students and their family on December 12 and December 19, 2009, respectively.
For detailed information such as the specific location, maps to the venue and the schedule for NTU December 2009 Education Fair and Information Briefing, please visit NTUOIA website: http://www.oia.ntu.edu.tw/degree/news/20091212&19_en.asp
blah :)
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bernmarx
| 02:02 am - Heh
I must not be as cultured as I think. When I think of Robert Sean Leonard, Wilson on House, in terms of movie roles, I think of My Best Friend is a Vampire. I was just reminded tonight (seeing an interview with Robin Williams) that he was also in Dead Poet's Society. Whee.
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November 25th, 2009
splash
 | 12:56 am - [talking] Noji-nii in otome game ♥♥♥
[gaming]
Mmmm happy for the announcement of Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 3rd Story~ What timely news as petshopmistress literally started playing GS1 PLUS on the day of the announcement. XD The main guy looks GORGEOUS on that B's Log cover, but that page-scan which is what he'd look more like in-game doesn't flatter me as much. :\
And urrr, thanks to Petshop I went back to play GS1 PLUS myself too... XD I went for Himuro-sensei and the even older school chairman... yabee. Well, I honestly wasn't nearly as dokidoki for either of them compared to Wakaouji-sama ♥
I'm VERY behind in Otome games too, since there's just a huge buttload of them. I've started Fushigi Yuugi DS... THIS SERIES. It was one of the very first anime series I'd ever watched along with Escaflowne and Kenshin. I hadn't looked at the site until I started playing and started getting weirded out when I realized the entire original cast was changed.
I prefer Mamo's voice to be deeper, but I like his Tamahome still. He sounds like a totally different person at times because I'm so much more used to his deeper voice. Weird how he's replacing Midorikawa yet again though ^^;
The story's really slow though... Could be partially because I've seen the first half of the anime one too many times.
haven't met any of the bad guys yet but wow, I can't imagine Nakamura Yuuichi as Tomo. Tomo was sooooo creepy in the original. I do wanna hear Toriumi Kousuke's Tasuke though, so I will definitely get back to this after.... doing the Genbu side...~ :D Doing Genbu first since I don't know the story and...
NOJI-NII'S ON THE GENBU SIDE, OMGgggggggggggggggggggg. (sorely tempted to make inappropriate descriptions as a reaction)
Is it me or is all the art on the Genbu side so much hotter
shoooooot JunJun's on this side too. XD
Well, let's see what happens. I just started.
[cats]
Finally made a tag for the obscene amount of pics of Lina on my LJ gallery.
Looking back at old Lina pics... XD
I think she might've been a lemur in a past life
The cold weather's coming back, so she'll probably be burying herself under my huge-thick blankets more often
Lately, I often wake up in bed to find Lina sleeping against my head right above me... Either her moe round back will be leaning on me or her paws will be wrapped around close to my ears, so I hesitate to get up because she just feels so comfortable and she gets up when I do XD;
I wonder if she'll continue doing this when I have to spend Monday (and possibly Tuesday) nights in Lansing for classes. :< ~ My bed partner!!!!!!!!
I just hope she doesn't turn out to be a noisy meowing "feed me" machine like Lucy, who now stalks me late at night and caterwauls for food sometimes, making me fear the parents will wake up and also get senile on me. >>; Old 18-year-old cat doesn't want to eat the dry food anymore and she'll only eat the finely mashed up canned kind. After I fed her the other night, she was still doing those crazy running trips around the house too. Gahhh she's so old and senile! XD;
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November 24th, 2009
subgirl
 | 02:01 pm - Some relief to the panic.
I has ride home, and said ride has my housekeys.
*shew*
So, paniccky stuff right now:
packing (always a nightmare)
fitting in all I want to do in a day and a half
not getting shafted with assistance at the airports and/or seats. (will call Austrian & United today to hopefully get this as sorted as I can before getting to the airport)
Kyle's in Graz today, so it'll be my first (really? Yeah, I guess!) foray into the city by myself. FUN FUN! First stop, LOMO STORE! (There's a new Diana+ lens that goes on your DSLR! WANT!)
Current Location: Austria, Vienna
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