Delusion-Elle

Here's some reading material for you faithful readers. It's an article regarding a local controversy surrounding the possibility of a hospice being built at UBC, riiiiight by some luxury condos. And since News 1130's articles are fairly short, here's another one with a teensy bit more substance to it. Firstly, I want to know why anyone wants to live out by UBC when they aren't a student or worker there. Based on the interviews with residents during the news yesterday night, the majority of residents are neither. And secondly, I think the logic behind the protests is flawed. I understand that people are superstitious and I can respect that (to a certain extent), but to say that you don't want a hospice nearby because of restless spirits of the newly deceased that would bring does not make sense. And here's why: UBC Hospital. Yes, there's a hospital at UBC. People invariably do die there. It's not an obscure fact that UBC Hospital exists; these people must've known about it before moving in just 3-4 blocks down the road. Granted, the hospice would be right next door, but what, those body-hungry spirits wouldn't be bothered to float 3 or 4 blocks to reach you residents of Hawthorne Place? Riiiiiiiight. Well, maybe I'm just being incoherent as it is 1:30AM, but I don't see what the problem is aside from this being a classic example of "Not In My Backyard". Though, I don't think that a hospice has such negative connotations as a correctional facility or prison does. It's not as though any violent deaths occur in hospices (under normal circumstances -- horror movies notwithstanding).

Really, you can't even play the race card here (though if you broke it down further maybe there *is* a trend) because I've read editorials in the newspaper from Chinese-Canadians who support the building of the hospice. And my parents see nothing wrong with it, as well. Though, they're probably not the best examples of Chinese-Canadians given that they both pretty much said that I could date whoever I wanted, regardless of race. There's slightly more (surprising bias?) to it, but I won't go into it because it's still boggling my mind. My parents also don't give a damn about my marks ("6-0 and go! Just pass your courses!") so they're failing at fitting stereotypes. Ahem. Anywho...

So. IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS AT ALL WHATSOEVER ABOUT WHAT KIND OF A PROJECT I COULD MAKE/HAVE, DROP ME A LINE/LEAVE A COMMENT/ETC.

They can be totally outlandish, too. I think that the examples in my coordinator's e-mail were a sudoku solver (I don't even get sudoku so never mind a puzzle solver) and a trading card game (wait, what?!). o_o

Anyways, I wasn't feeling so great physically today. Since I woke up at 9, then 10, then 11AM, I've had a headache. I didn't think it was so bad until coughing to clear my throat produced some sharp pains in my noggin. I think this is a side effect of the sleep deprivation accumulated during the week. I've also been grappling with back pain today. This I think is caused by me slouching in my desk chair and bending over my textbooks. Or maybe it's from carrying around heavy textbooks & a netbook in my old and worn backpack. I'm going to assume that my stomachache was caused by overeating (because the gnawing hunger I usually experience at 11PM has been haunting me *sigh*).

But enough about me. I'm not fishing for sympathy, I'm just venting, and in terms of Co-op, I'm asking for ideas since I'm all tapped out.

I awoke from a strangely vivid dream last night. It was like a music video, I think, but not one that I've seen anything remotely like. I wish I could remember what the song was and write it down. It sounded good. Even though I can't remember that exact song, the story to the dream was inspiring.

Let's hope for some more inspiring dreams like that tonight! And less achiness tomorrow!

Also, have a funny video: