Martin Blank's Journal: Random topic updates

Wow.... it's been three weeks and a day since I last wrote in here. There's either not been much to write, or I haven't had time.

Fortunately, it's the latter.

I've met someone. Well, not face-to-face. Over the internet (she lives in Connecticut, and I in California). I know, some of you who read this will not approve, but hey.... Bite me. :)

We met on a forum for a mutually-loved webcomic called Real Life. Katie (internet pseudonym, not real name) posted a "hello" kind of message to the forum in general, I answered there and sent her an e-mail, to which she took a day to reply. However, she didn't quite take so long to talk to me over Yahoo Messenger (her e-mail arrived a couple of minutes later), and from there a lot of long conversations have followed. There's definitely attraction (and a little bit more), but we've both been burned in the recent past, so we're taking cautious steps. I do think we're walking together on the rigth path, though.

What else has been happening? Well, the new job is settling in. I learned that the old job found out where I went, and aren't too happy about it. I'm not too concerned, as I told them for a year that I was looking for another job, even dropping them not-too-subtle hints that I wanted something new. Apparently, phrases like, "I'd like a different job" don't register in the minds of some people.

Frustration point: Israel/Palestine. I'm not on either side. I don't care which side wins or loses anymore, as neither side has the courage to simply STOP anyway. For what it's worth, if God does exist, I'd for love him to intervene in some spectacular way, like obliterating the whole land so there's nothing over which to fight.

Best sig I've seen on Slashdot in some time:

Put Sharon, Arafat, and a knife in a locked room. The survivor gets life in prison for murder.

Too true.

Final note.... I am truly Mensa-bound. I've wanted into Mensa for the longest time, but was always afraid to take a test and fall short. However, I've learned that ACT scores count, and I scored 99th percentile on it, when 98th percentile is the minimum. I just need to get certified stats sent, and voila! I'm in. I can't wait. :)

Nothing else really to note now. Maybe I'll talk later about Katie, once I have more to say. Need to find out from her what I can mention here. Privacy concerns, and all that.

Ciao.

Israel/Palestine depresses you, too?

[Elkobim]

I identify with that so much! Yaa!

Anyway, I don't think that instead of obliterating all Israel would be too good. I'd prefer evacuating all the religious places and then destroying them.

It'd be so fun to destroy the western wall (Kotel) and Har Khoma (I don't know what's its English name, but who cares), don't you think? :)

- Elkobim
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Memories of strident elephants. We won't reach them now. Maybe in next round.

Re:Israel/Palestine depresses you, too?

[Martin Blank]

The point is the destruction of the "Holy Land". No more Holy Land, destroyed by hand of God, then no more wars.

And to hell with evacuations. Nobody evacuated Sodom and Gomorrah.