75,000 Oregonians turn out to hear Obama speaks.

A high school classmate wrote on my Facebook Wall:

Multimedia design and web development? I KNOW you didn’t learn how to do that by playing “spades” at McCaskey!

All I did in class were playing spades with American friends, Tien Len with Vietnamese friends and about ten percent on real school work. That year the school system tried to do something a bit different to prepare us for “real work” project. So instead of going through the traditional class-by-class subjects, it was combined into a project where we had to do research and present our case study. I don’t even remember what we did, but our project has to incorporate math, English, biology, history and so forth. Bryce (my classmate) and I were partner so we knocked the project out in about a week and used the rest of the semester playing spades with two other guys.

At the time, I felt a bit guilty, but then they didn’t seem to care so was just like “fuck it.” I was afraid that my grades would slip and I didn’t get the “proper” education, but it turned out fine. If I were to do it over again, would I do it differently? Hell no. I feel no regret about it. I don’t even know why kids drop out of high school, because you really don’t have to do much and still not fail. Just show up in class and try to do something fun to pass the time.

Today:

Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush’s request to immediately pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough demand to increase production.

In 2000:

Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude.

A fantastic performance from Bich Van on Asia 58.

This piece from Nam Loc makes me feel guilty as fuck… for two seconds.

No. no. no

Awesome dance mix video: “Bill O’Reilly Flips Out.” It’s so damn catchy, I can’t stop playing it. Here is the original clip if you haven’t caught it yet.

Papoose dedicated this song to his favorite girl Remy Ma who was sentenced eight years behind bar for a shooting:

“If I could talk to the judge, I’ll let her know.
I wish she could lock me up and let you go, my baby girl”

Minh Tuyet told Los Angeles Times:

“I asked my Realtor, ‘How much do I need for a down payment?’ Then, I counted in my head how many concerts I needed to do to pay the mortgage each month.”

Probably all she need is one concert a month to pay for her mortgage.

Keith Olbermann drops bomb on President Bush.