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Name: Kevin
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Metro: Ann Arbor
Birthday: 9/10/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: music, astronomy, French, Hebrew, creative and essay writing, reading, building webpages, trying new recipies
Expertise: 1.) Being a professional student 2.) Working with students who have career-related and academic questions 3.) Writing
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message me
Member Since:
7/26/2004
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| After two years and six months of Xanga stasis, I've decided to revive this site.
I had used my Xanga to serve as a social networking tool for my high school comrades after I graduated. Xanga also functioned as a way to verbally communicate my thoughts. For some reason, my narcissism compelled me to express these thoughts online for the world to see. Now that I've graduated from college, I've felt the need to use this venue for the same purpose. As I explore life outside of classes and prepare for medical school, I've come to realize that I have many feelings to express. In the past week, I've reviewed my friends' dormant Xanga pages and wonder if they even remember that this data still exists on the web. I've decided to take charge of mine.
Thoughts on Hebrew:
I suppose my first Xanga entry should be about my current journey to learn Hebrew. I have no idea why I want to learn such a language at this moment in my life, but I can say how much it fascinates me. Maybe it stems from growing up in Southfield and its Jewish community? Who knows? The University of Michigan's Hillel has an Israeli instructor who teaches Hebrew once a week on Tuesdays. With her guidance, I taught myself how to read the script and memorized a few words. I'm also listening to a CD program to learn Hebrew.
Interesting facts about Hebrew:
1.) One reads Hebrew from right to left (unlike English). It took some getting used to. The hardest part is typing in Hebrew on an English-dominated web. Typically, word processors freak out whenever I attempt to type anything from right to left. Plus, whenever I add punctuations (at the left), it magically appears on the right.
2.) Everything is gendered! I hate it when so much emphasis is placed on a gender system, especially if only two genders are recognized. In college, I studied French, which genders its nouns and adjectives (Le Français, la plage, le poulet, etc.). I thought this was disgustingly gendered; however, it doesn't compare to Hebrew. Numbers have gender. Verbs have gender. You address men differently from women. You conjugate verbs differently, and it trips me up! I would be a master at Hebrew right now if I weren't so preoccupied with saying ata mevine (I understand; masc.) instead of at mevina (I understand; fem.).
3.) One-letter words: This is amusing. Many words (typically articles and conjunctions) don't stand alone, but are attached to the following word. One prime example is the word "and" (ve...). In Hebrew it is only one letter that is attached to the next word. The same goes for the words "the" "at" and "to."
4.) Hebrew is a very direct language. If one were to converse in English and switch to Hebrew, the conversation would shorten. Questions tend to be statements said with an inflection. There is no verb "to be." You can make any sentence negative by saying "lo" in the right spot. I love it!
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| I decided to change my background... I felt it needed a change... Now you can see the three hottest celebs known to man! One is openly gay... the other two I wish. Now if you can guess which of the three actors to the right is openly gay, you get a cookie.
This weekend is Martin Luther King Weekend, otherwise known as a three-day-weekend... This disturbs me. This extra day wasn't created for lounging; it's for people to commemorate the events of this extraordinary man! This Monday, I'm going to see these 3 guys and 1 woman who are the authors of this book named "Pact." These 4 black people worked together through their undergrad to get to medical school. Now, they are successful as hell! That's inspiring.
So to those on college campuses, get off your asses and do something this Monday! Because this day exists for a reason damit!
And this was stolen from Emily, who stole this from Joe, who stole this from Vanessa:
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Your Heart Is Pink
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In relationships, you like to play innocent - even though you aren't.
Each time you fall in love, it's like falling for the first time.
Your flirting style: Coy
Your lucky first date: Picnic in the park
Your dream lover: Is both caring and dominant
What you bring to relationships: Romance
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The Pact
By Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, Rameck Hunt, Lisa Frazier Page
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To celebrate Megan's birthday, we went to Stiletto’s with my lesbians again Saturday night. Stiletto’s is a lesbian bar/club in Inkster. I decided I’d go for a punkish look, a black t-shirt over a green collared shirt and a green-stripped tie. I wish I took a picture. The club was more wild and crazy than usual. Out of the nearly 130-170 women there, nearly10 guys stood out, yet like always, I always wear out my lesbians on the dance floor and by the end of the night, the guy:girl ratio was about half-half (which says a lot in a lesbian club!). Are we guys energetic or what?
We were dancing to the last few songs when this guy grabs me by the tie, pulls me closer to him, and starts dancing with me. He was cute, tall, a tad skinny, under 40, so I decided that he wasn’t creepy and danced with him. During the next song, he taught me some salsa moves! I was the girl.  After dancing, we talked, found out that we were both from Ann Arbor, that he’s a hairdresser, that I’m pre-med, and that he’s 6 years older than me! I had feeling that he was drunk too because he kept saying how cute I was. “You’re just too damn cute!” he exclaimed. By that time, we had to go, so I asked him if he wanted my number, and he said he had a boyfriend but he can kiss, so... we made out for about 45 seconds and he gave me his number instead.
However, I’m not sure if I want to call because he has a freaking boyfriend! He seems like a cool guy, but I don’t want to be the backdoor boy! (In more ways than one) I bet he just wants to be friends, but I’m still not sure. | | |
| New Year’s Resolutions:
1) Get more than acquainted with the weights at the Gym.
2) Be able to take shirt off on gay night at Necto’s.
3) Bring cumulative GPA up to a 3.45
4) Survive super-honors organic chemistry this winter.
5) Do some form of research in a biopsych lab.
6) Go to an Episcopal Church for a few Sundays. (less than 52)
7) Become financially independent from my mom, at least for a while.
Over the break, I’ve had this apartment in which I’ve stayed with a Muslim roommate. This incited me to research more about his religion, so I went to this website that always has excellent essays on different religions: http://www.religioustolerance.org
There, I found so much stuff about Islam, how it works, and how their beliefs are similar, yet different from that of Christians. One notable thing I found was the misunderstanding of the word “Jihad.” The media gives it a connotation of holy war, rebellion, suicide bombings, yet it really means personal struggle with one’s self. “The goal may be achievement in a profession, self-purification, the conquering of primitive instincts or the attainment of some other noble goal.” Plus, I found that, “the most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self.” This saying has been attributed to the Prophet Muhammad himself. After reading that, just think of many other misunderstandings of this religion and others that we Americans just blindly accept.
Again, don’t worry; I’m not thinking of converting to this religion either. However, I’m still in love with the Jewish culture. (Courtesy of Dolly) Now, I can see how closely Judaism, Islam and Christianity are connected. | | |
| Note #1.) I need to learn how to be friends with gay guys first. That's my problem.
Note #2.) See Brokeback Mountain. It was great!
Note #3.) I can't wait for school to start. It starts this thursday!
Note #4.) It's almost New Years Eve. I should get on that resolutions list thing.
Note #5.) Has anyone seen Noah's Arc yet? | | |
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