good thing no one reads this

So a few weeks ago, a Chinese student at Duke tried to mediate between a group of pro-Tibet protesters and a group of very nationalistic Chinese students. Within a few days, she received death threats, and her parents' address in China was posted online along with other personal information (forcing her parents' to move out of fear for their safety).

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/us/17student.html?scp=1&sq=duke%20chinese&st=cse

Recently, if anyone writes anything condemning the human rights record of China, he (or she) can probably expect to receive rather hateful comments along with death threats. I think that this article sums it up pretty nicely:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1734821,00.html

I guess this ultra-nationalistic tendency of the Chinese is something like the little man syndrome, but on a larger scale. Except, it's not so amusing when it leads to hate, and people getting hurt.

christian girls

Soooo, apparently girls who go to church work harder.

http://time-blog.com/work_in_progress/2008/04/girls_who_go_to_church_work_ha.html

Haha maybe this is just another reason to find a nice Christian girl to marry. Peter, however, disagrees:

Peter: well they lose

like at least

104 hours

in church

2 hours / week

But... those hours aren't spent at work either? No one works on Sunday... to which peter responds:

Peter: but they could be better spent!

cleaning

cooking

ironing

pleasing her man

duh

Sorry, just had to post this :) Besides, my blog is "in the most obscure part of blogosphere" hahaha.

dune movie

So it was confirmed a few days ago that "Peter Berg will be directing a new big-budget Dune movie from Paramount."

Anyways, if you haven't read the books, you should (even if you're not into sci-fi).

Here's a quote that has nothing to do with anything, but it used to be one of my favorites:

"What do you despise? By this you are truly known."
- from "Manual of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan