culture shocker

i have a rational answer for almost all of the bigoted statements, and usually it's enough to bring the line of thought to a halt. but sometimes, well, holy shit. when i stood up against the gay bashing ("what, do you have friends that are fairies that you care so much?!") we found ourselves back at leviticus. i can pull out a few notes from dear dr. laura for that, but tonight the response was the repetition of the word "bullshit", which in this context appears to equivocate to "la la la i can't hear you la la la".

i tried to compare the "abomination" of gay marriage to the sixties attitude towards interracial marriage; the response was a resounding "well, that is *also* an abomination".

and that was the end of that conversion.

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the real disappointment came from a frightening sentiment from yang, not willing to stick his neck out for a stranger.

now, we must all fear evil men. but there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men.
- the boondock saints

---i got up early this morning and ground out an almost-complete product. i was stuck without documentation or a testing environment until the guy finally got back to me in the afternoon, and i guess i'll play with the fragment he sent me tomorrow. i've invested more than enough time in this project.

pg and i took advantage of (apparently) the last day of sun, walking down to subway for what we expected would be a simple fast-lunch. they weren't so hot on the english, though, although they were friendly enough. it took us ages to order and while the food was delicious the experience was less than satisfactory. also, i'm irritated by the fact that every single item, from napkin to drink bottle, has recyclable written all over it but it's all just trashed.

yes, i checked. i'm not just making assumptions.

we decided to head out to the "allez up" climbing wall to see what it's about.

1. it's a loooooong walk, we should've taken the bus. my google maps was messing with me the entire time and that made the long walk longer.

2. the place is MASSIVE, with awesome walls and boulders!

3. we have no idea what belaying is about, so we need to purchase equipment and take a course before we can use those walls.

4. google maps lied about the bus times. on a whim i got us aboard the wrong bus, and we ended up walking a looooooong way back to the metro. we passed a few interesting looking places, though. not a place to live, but not a bad place to visit.

we stopped off at a cute little coffee shop for hot chocolate, and pg and i discussed opening our own because we haven't found any really cool ones yet. i don't know how serious she is, but in my mind's eye i can totally see it happening.

now it's game time. or movie time. or something. doesn't matter.