Is it my impression or is it that Dagny’s “Galt” Sounds like “gout” ??! sigh… what pain to have a name like that…

So… I guess Objectivism, (third time is the charm for me I suppose), is about heros and their individual achievement; It is about not supporting universal health care; It is about small government; It is about ruggedly handsome super-wasp having a great time with another quite stunning super-wasp while saving the world from complete chaos.

The blue Rearden Steal tracks! wow. I literally felt the smoothness of that train ride at 250 mph! Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah!!!! take that China and Germany and Japan! and France, and .. and.. the falling mid-east… We have American Steal!! and American Engines!!!

wohooo!!!!! I feel so high right now! I am tempted to look up the objectivist group here and …

er….

wait…. (hmm, as I type this… my high is interrupted 😦

What should I, a non-wasp, fat, underachieving, poor, single, (and single child), immigrant do? I’ll probably be the scum that broke the union lines and drove for those who “carry the rest”…

This is such a dilemma for me. I want to be a hero! I want to be that ruggedly handsome guy that makes the world work, and I want to attract a matching beauty who also makes her world work, AND GET THIS, she is a engineering major!!

(And I have to admit, quite bashfully that I “read” this book for extra credit in high school but don’t actually know what the outcome is… sigh, bad memory is such blessing curse)

so… I’m sure in due time, I will find out that feminine beauty, masculine forms, individual achievements and hot sex, may not be the central theme of objectivism. But, for now, and ignoring racial issues, I am liking Rand’s portrayal of not only a world falling apart, but also a world containing elements (individuals, heros, in this case) that can bring positive change, elements that are succeeding despite mounting adversity from commoners whom these elements are here to save.

Btw, who is John Galt?

Ohh, and Happy Easter, and Mazel tov about passover. Is it normal for these two holidays to overlap?

Hrm, so I read that blog entry of mine from that lonesome friday night. It seems the word “voxel” comes from combination of vo–lume and pi-xel. If I followed this convention, then we should be using the word “waxel” for wa-ll+pi-xel, pronounced wax-sel.

I recently had a physical that involves me spilling some man juice and having my sperms counted and tested… So on a subsequent date I bragged to a girl:

化验表明我的精子很多而且很有活力!

and she response:

好巧,我正好在找精子多而有活力的人.

😀 😉

I had attended Bittorrent reunion recently at Ashwin Navin’s restaurant at The Summit in SF. Ran into some old friends, and had an interesting discussion with David Harrison and Jens, and Arvid. So here’s the idea that I pitched and we discussed:

Okay, so I’m in a rough patch in my life called the 30’s. And David Rumelhart, inventor of backprop for fitting xor using ANN just passed away. Sigh, how can this get any worse.

Oh God! Please don’t answer that question!!

Anyways, one minute of silence on this blog to remember Rumelhart.

Wait, did Cutie just break up with House? and House fell back on drugs. OMG!!!

I can’t stand it!!! I can’t’ believe it!

This sucks big @$$!!!

I am so distraught! 😦

It would appear that renewal of the Patriot Act failed to pass in the house of rep’s. This seems like a big win for the peoples of the United States.

I took my Dad hiking this past weekend. To be precise, we hiked Mission Peak from 1pm to 6pm February 5th, 2011. This was still a period of celebration for all Chinese people as part of a multi-millennial tradition in China.

We got yelled at by a state ranger for stepping on some grass that we were not supposed to step on. This person of unidentifiable genetic heritage, took a truck, half way up the mountain, got out in his skin tight spandex bike shorts and proceeded to yell at us for the next 5 minutes saying:

“is this old man your father? Well, if he is then he sure didn’t teach you very well to be a good person.. You stepping on that grass is like you walking into those people’s backyard (pointing at some expensive mansions near the trail)”

Well, he insulted my father by saying he is old. Then he insulted me by insulting my father and saying that he didn’t teach me well–a Chinese insult.

I looked at him, up an down, carefully. His face shows that he is an adult, however his eagerness to insult us using a Chinese insult, during Chinese new years celebration, over a very minor matter, which he could have equally well stated in a much more calm voice, indicates to me that he is a new recruit into the ranger service. His insults of parents, the tone reminds me of hazing shown in military school, an insult surely foreign to the speaker, is given for the express purpose of insulting us.

Actually, the same thing happened to me a few days early. A coworker yelled at me for very little reason that made a lot of people very uncomfortable, and indeed embarrassed me the most because the people who I cared about was right by my side when this happened. I was made to look very bad.

This was one of the reasons why a resolution was passed to address that half of the problem. A second consideration, now that I’ve seen additional insults, is the consideration of karma.

Have I caused some one, in some way, a great deal of annoyance? discomfort? anger? hatred? that has ben pent up for a long time such that it is released so rapidly and with very very little supporting context to justify such explosive outburst…

I feel that I must have done something wrong along the way some where that is making all this happen.

What ever it was, I hope there is something out there that can help me ameliorate for it. Because I don’t like to be yelled at, and I don’t know what will happen next time, when pent up rage is released, I mean, maybe next time he’ll pull out a baton and wack my dad over the head with it, and his partner (driver of that truck) will come and run us over with his rusty old truck. They might go to jail, but that does not pay for the damage that they will have done unto us. Or worse, maybe next time I will strike the offender? My hands, which are so weak and feeble will surely crumple in a furious clash of rage…

Whereas, the person named Huan Chang is of mature age and suitable economic disposition for marriage in this tenth year of the 21st century, CE, and has continued to express interest in the opposite sex, and therefore heterosexual; and

whereas, Huan has sought the companionship of females of suitable age and interest by means of spoken and written language, gifts, manipulation of friends, physical display, and all but groveling on his knees; and

whereas, these attempts to gain any, committed, continuing, and lasting affection of the said suitable female humans have failed in spectacularly public display of explosive and violent rejections by each of these female humans; and

whereas, the public rejection are displayed without regard to normal decorum, in presence of coworkers, friends, family, and any other potentially suitable human females; and

whereas, these public rejections are displayed without regards to Huan’s feelings, reputation and credibility; and

whereas, Huan is devastated, desperate, and on the verge of insanity; and

whereas, the last of these rejections happen on the last day of the nineth year of the 21st century, CE.

Therefore, be it resolved by Huan, who is of sound mind and able body, that additional intelligent, persistent and concerted efforts shall be made by himself to secure a wife in the tenth year of 21st century, CE, 庚寅兔年; and be it further

resolved that Huan shall allocate at least one hour of time each week day, no less than 10 hours each week to be spent on securing a wife; and be it further

resolved that Huan hsall allocate at least 45 minutes of time each weekday, no less than 8 hours a week to be spent on improving the health and appearance of his body in order to secure a wife; and be it further

resolved that Huan shall reserve at least 15% of post tax salary, to be put into an account reserved for the purpose of securing a wife; and be it further

resolved that Huan shall seek professional help, either from psychiatrist, medical doctors, professional life coaches, professional dating coaches, lawyers, professional conman, or any other legal aid, and any combinations of the above, without regards to cultural restrictions and personal insecurities, to secure a wife; and be it further

resolved that Huan shall secure a wife, without regards to approval or disapproval of his parents; and

resolved that Huan shall secure a wife, without regards to approval or disapproval of his peers, coworkers, bosses, and ex-girlfriends; and be it further

resolved that Huan shall secure a wife, without regards to her appearance, income, race, age, creed, religion or sexual preference; and be it further

resolved that Huan shall make all attempts to gain understanding, trust, cooperation, and control of all and any female human being of Chinese origin, such that no such explosive, uncontrollable, public humiliation as he and his the exploding female counter part has experienced during 2010, CE, shall happen without his personal foreknowledge or permission; and be it further

resolved that Huan shall make this resolution available to public viewing.

Some girls are 北极上面的冰激凌沙漠里面的干燥剂, there’s no heat in my loin warm enough to melt her heart, nor tears real enough to wet her.