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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Quote around the Interwebs
Wait. Dr. King said that??
So I've been seeing this quoted and tweeted around the Internet:
It actually turns out that this is a composite of two quotes, one leading into the other, by two very different people from two successive time periods. The first sentence was actually posted by Jessica Dovey on Facebook sometime yesterday. Only the next three sentences can be attributed to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., which were composed in his sermon, Loving Your Enemies, first published in Strength to Love (1963, pp.52-53).
These words were also delivered in some form as part of his "Where Do We Go From Here?" speech at the 11th Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in 1967 and also subsequently used in another form in Dr. King's later book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (1968, pp.64-65).
Therefore, if you do end up using this quote, be sure to give credit where credit is due. Jessica Dovey, whose initial statement is largely responsible for the wide dissemination of this quote, didn't attribute the whole item to Dr. King. She was merely expressing her opinion on the matter. If you would like to quote the whole thing together—as it is beautiful when combined—be sure to do it properly. Something like this ought to do:
References:
Other Resources:
Photo credit: Posted by Jessica Dovey to Imgur on 2011-05-03. Image ©2011 Jessica Dovey. All rights reserved.
So I've been seeing this quoted and tweeted around the Internet:
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that"
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
It actually turns out that this is a composite of two quotes, one leading into the other, by two very different people from two successive time periods. The first sentence was actually posted by Jessica Dovey on Facebook sometime yesterday. Only the next three sentences can be attributed to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., which were composed in his sermon, Loving Your Enemies, first published in Strength to Love (1963, pp.52-53).
These words were also delivered in some form as part of his "Where Do We Go From Here?" speech at the 11th Annual SCLC Convention in Atlanta, Georgia in 1967 and also subsequently used in another form in Dr. King's later book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (1968, pp.64-65).
Therefore, if you do end up using this quote, be sure to give credit where credit is due. Jessica Dovey, whose initial statement is largely responsible for the wide dissemination of this quote, didn't attribute the whole item to Dr. King. She was merely expressing her opinion on the matter. If you would like to quote the whole thing together—as it is beautiful when combined—be sure to do it properly. Something like this ought to do:
"I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. 'Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.' MLK jr"________________________________
- Jessica Dovey (citing Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
References:
Imgur. 3 May 2011 <http://i.imgur.com/cqtjw.jpg>.________________________________
Jasso, Jenna. Correct MLK quote, I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives. 3 May 2011 <http://jennajasso.com/mlk-i-mourn/>.
Justin Stamper: "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, bu. The Huffington Post. 3 May 2011 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SIgrdrifa/osama-bin-laden-dead-world-leaders-react_n_856226_86736091.html>.
"KarenQ". KarenQ: Just an FYI: The first Dr. King quote isn't entirely. The Huffington Post. 3 May 2011 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/KarenQ/osama-bin-laden-dead-world-leaders-react_n_856226_86741329.html" target=_new>.
"SIgrdrifa". SIgrdrifa: Most of that quote is definitely MLK, he used it. The Huffington Post. 3 May 2011 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/SIgrdrifa/osama-bin-laden-dead-world-leaders-react_n_856226_86736091.html>.
Strength to Love - Google Books. Google. 3 May 2011 <http://books.google.com/books?id=errxX4tzSMcC&pg=PA53>.
“Where Do We Go From Here?,” Delivered at the 11th Annual SCLC Convention. Stanford University. 3 May 2011 <http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/where_do_we_go_from_here_delivered_at_the_11th_annual_sclc_convention/>.
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos Or ... - Google Books. Google. 3 May 2011 <http://books.google.com/books?id=ky323HwHxXMC&pg=PA64>.
Other Resources:
King, Martin Luther. Black Power. Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?. Boston: Beacon, 1968. 49‒57.________________________________
King, Martin Luther. Loving Your Enemies. Strength to Love. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. 23‒69.
Photo credit: Posted by Jessica Dovey to Imgur on 2011-05-03. Image ©2011 Jessica Dovey. All rights reserved.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Hipsters Hearld
Is it just me, or has the word "hipster" suddenly gotten more widely used? Up until a few weeks ago, I never saw the word unless I was watching some show from the '30s. However, sometime this last month, I suddenly saw the word starting to creep into all my Google Reader feeds. Very odd.
And apparently Google feels the same way. I just looked up the word "hipster" in Google Trends and this is what I saw. According to the graph, usage of the word has been increasing steadily since the beginning of 2009 (probably earlier). What is it with this term, and why has it become so popular? Intrigued by this phenomenon, I found the following article which somewhat touches upon my thoughts: Is the Media's "Hipster" Grifting Soon to End? I also found this Wikipedia article describing what we "know" as "hipsters".
To be honest, until reading the Wikipedia article, I had no idea what a "hipster" actually was*, probably because it seems that nobody identifies themself as a "hipster". Nevertheless, the term seems to be becoming more pervasive, especially in technical blogs and pop news outlets. Who knows, maybe someday soon, this term will actually gain some kind of self-identifiable meaning.
Additional articles:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/researchers-tackle-the-hipster-phenomenon-24863/
http://gawker.com/5500197/your-new-hipster-slur-fauxhemians
*I've heard of "emo", "metrosexual", "baller", and "yuppie", but never "hipster" in the contemporary sense.
From "The Theory of Hipster Relativity" via Laughing Squid.
Also, check out "The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009" from Paste Magazine for a relevant breakdown.
And apparently Google feels the same way. I just looked up the word "hipster" in Google Trends and this is what I saw. According to the graph, usage of the word has been increasing steadily since the beginning of 2009 (probably earlier). What is it with this term, and why has it become so popular? Intrigued by this phenomenon, I found the following article which somewhat touches upon my thoughts: Is the Media's "Hipster" Grifting Soon to End? I also found this Wikipedia article describing what we "know" as "hipsters".
To be honest, until reading the Wikipedia article, I had no idea what a "hipster" actually was*, probably because it seems that nobody identifies themself as a "hipster". Nevertheless, the term seems to be becoming more pervasive, especially in technical blogs and pop news outlets. Who knows, maybe someday soon, this term will actually gain some kind of self-identifiable meaning.
Additional articles:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/researchers-tackle-the-hipster-phenomenon-24863/
http://gawker.com/5500197/your-new-hipster-slur-fauxhemians
*I've heard of "emo", "metrosexual", "baller", and "yuppie", but never "hipster" in the contemporary sense.
From "The Theory of Hipster Relativity" via Laughing Squid.
Also, check out "The Evolution of the Hipster 2000-2009" from Paste Magazine for a relevant breakdown.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
MEGAMIND!!!
So yesterday evening, Thi, Barry, my brother, and I went to see Megamind in 3-D!! Crazy awesomeness!!
The movie was really good. Just kept you laughing. I think that DreamWorks has finally moved beyond their petty pop-culture references and slightly underdeveloped storyline pace to something more story-driven.
The movie basically revolves around a super-villain (Megamind) who has to come to terms with actually being successful in his plot for once. I won't spoil the movie for non-watchers, but it definitely takes the whole super-villain and "damsel" thing to a new emotional level. Haha.
After the whole break-radding experience, we decided to make it an encore by watching Scott Pilgrim vs. the World at Thi's place. ^_^" Can't say that was bad... at all! Haha.
Man. Scott Pilgrim is completely crazy! I'm surprised it did as bad as it did in theaters. (Barry and I went and watched it on the first day, and apparently the first showing was packed!!) There are so many anime/manga throes with enough classic video game references to make your heart bleed, but no so over the top that you won't be able to enjoy it if you're not into those things. I seriously think that Scott Pilgrim was the movie of the year.
Nevertheless, after experiencing another two hours of pure awesomeness, we switched over to the Walking Dead for another good 45 minutes. ^_^" Can't say that was bad neither. ^_^
The Walking Dead, a new series on AMC based on the comic "The Walking Dead" (^_^") is a pretty dramatic retelling of the whole Zombie thing. The show follows around people in a semi-Lost-like fashion and depicts what they would do if the whole Zombie apocalypse were to happen. That said, the show probably never actually shows the process of the apocalypse happening (and doesn't even touch on the obvious problems with the whole zombiehood thing, like how 99.9% of humans on Earth end up biting each other in a few short days or how being dead but still biologically and neurologically functional is even biologically possible), but still a good show nonetheless. ^_^" (It may actually be it's saving quality--it's more about living people than action or the dead "walkers".) All that said, I'll probably be following this show for a good while. ^_^"
So that pretty much wrapped up our night. Man. We totally need to do, like, a day of watching classic (or contemporary) shows and movies! That's it for now. Now its off the the next adventure!!
-amanisdude
The movie was really good. Just kept you laughing. I think that DreamWorks has finally moved beyond their petty pop-culture references and slightly underdeveloped storyline pace to something more story-driven.
The movie basically revolves around a super-villain (Megamind) who has to come to terms with actually being successful in his plot for once. I won't spoil the movie for non-watchers, but it definitely takes the whole super-villain and "damsel" thing to a new emotional level. Haha.
After the whole break-radding experience, we decided to make it an encore by watching Scott Pilgrim vs. the World at Thi's place. ^_^" Can't say that was bad... at all! Haha.
Man. Scott Pilgrim is completely crazy! I'm surprised it did as bad as it did in theaters. (Barry and I went and watched it on the first day, and apparently the first showing was packed!!) There are so many anime/manga throes with enough classic video game references to make your heart bleed, but no so over the top that you won't be able to enjoy it if you're not into those things. I seriously think that Scott Pilgrim was the movie of the year.
Nevertheless, after experiencing another two hours of pure awesomeness, we switched over to the Walking Dead for another good 45 minutes. ^_^" Can't say that was bad neither. ^_^
The Walking Dead, a new series on AMC based on the comic "The Walking Dead" (^_^") is a pretty dramatic retelling of the whole Zombie thing. The show follows around people in a semi-Lost-like fashion and depicts what they would do if the whole Zombie apocalypse were to happen. That said, the show probably never actually shows the process of the apocalypse happening (and doesn't even touch on the obvious problems with the whole zombiehood thing, like how 99.9% of humans on Earth end up biting each other in a few short days or how being dead but still biologically and neurologically functional is even biologically possible), but still a good show nonetheless. ^_^" (It may actually be it's saving quality--it's more about living people than action or the dead "walkers".) All that said, I'll probably be following this show for a good while. ^_^"
So that pretty much wrapped up our night. Man. We totally need to do, like, a day of watching classic (or contemporary) shows and movies! That's it for now. Now its off the the next adventure!!
-amanisdude
Monday, November 15, 2010
Filipino Royalty
I'd better write about this before I forget. ^_^"
On Saturday, Marla and I went to Vallejo for a Sonoma County Filipino Community event where her mom was receiving a award for charity fundraising. It was pretty cool. Good food. Swell '50s music. And a bunch of ceremonial stuff. All-in-all, I'd say that it was a pretty awesome experience. ^_^"
There was one "hitch", however. Well, it wasn't really a "hitch", but just... a bit unusual. Haha. Toward the end of the ceremony, this one guy approached me and started trying to make conversation. It started off all good at first, or so I thought. In the beginning, the dude just made idle conversation. But, eventually, he asked me if Marla and I were, you know, together, and I was, like, "Nooooo." Haha. But the guy kept pushing.
He was, like, "You know, you guys should go out." My reaction was pretty much o_O, but he was all, "I built a shield around myself in H.S., but you. You shouldn't. You should hit that."(paraphrasing) The expression on my face was now probably °o°!!?!?!?!?!?!
I tried to be nice and all, as awkward as this situation was, but he just just pulled up a chair and kept going! "You don't feel anything for her?!" Then when Marla got back to the table, he started pressing her! "Hey. Look at this guy in the eyes for 20 seconds and tell me you don't feel something."
Marla: o_0 ??! I can't read minds, but I could tell what Marla was thinking: « W...T...F?!?!?! » Both of us tried to change the subject and talk about other things, but he just kept at it. (Marla even tried explaining what I couldn't put into words earlier, that we were like siblings, a concept which he just could not understand.)
When Marla left again, he started inviting girls from the other table to try and get them involved in the conversation! Then, he told me that the key to being good with girls is to be able to start and hold a conversation. Then he was like, "K. Watch."
At this point, my face was in my palm, but he proceeded anyway. When Marla returned, he totally tried hitting on her! He was, like, "So, where'd you go to school? Where do you work? Do you like your job? Yada yada yada."
I can't say that I was angry or anything. If anything, I felt bad for the guy. It actually seemed like he wanted to have some legitimate interaction but was just approaching it the wrong way. He talked about how he dropped out of high school and then returned later to finish. That he had problems with girls all his life and friends after high school. Or something to that effect.
What was more weird was that he didn't want to talk about anything specific regarding him. He mostly asked us (actually Marla, but she involved me) questions about our lives, but didn't want to divulge any information about where he lived and whatnot. Pretty odd.
At any rate, that pretty much ended that day. We met him one more time before we left, and then totally tried to figure out what just happened for the rest of the way home. Haha.
I still think the guy was pretty chill. If only he could read our faces (or words, haha) better and talk/(even better)think about something else, maybe things would have been cool. ^_^""
-amanisdude
On Saturday, Marla and I went to Vallejo for a Sonoma County Filipino Community event where her mom was receiving a award for charity fundraising. It was pretty cool. Good food. Swell '50s music. And a bunch of ceremonial stuff. All-in-all, I'd say that it was a pretty awesome experience. ^_^"
There was one "hitch", however. Well, it wasn't really a "hitch", but just... a bit unusual. Haha. Toward the end of the ceremony, this one guy approached me and started trying to make conversation. It started off all good at first, or so I thought. In the beginning, the dude just made idle conversation. But, eventually, he asked me if Marla and I were, you know, together, and I was, like, "Nooooo." Haha. But the guy kept pushing.
He was, like, "You know, you guys should go out." My reaction was pretty much o_O, but he was all, "I built a shield around myself in H.S., but you. You shouldn't. You should hit that."(paraphrasing) The expression on my face was now probably °o°!!?!?!?!?!?!
I tried to be nice and all, as awkward as this situation was, but he just just pulled up a chair and kept going! "You don't feel anything for her?!" Then when Marla got back to the table, he started pressing her! "Hey. Look at this guy in the eyes for 20 seconds and tell me you don't feel something."
Marla: o_0 ??! I can't read minds, but I could tell what Marla was thinking: « W...T...F?!?!?! » Both of us tried to change the subject and talk about other things, but he just kept at it. (Marla even tried explaining what I couldn't put into words earlier, that we were like siblings, a concept which he just could not understand.)
When Marla left again, he started inviting girls from the other table to try and get them involved in the conversation! Then, he told me that the key to being good with girls is to be able to start and hold a conversation. Then he was like, "K. Watch."
At this point, my face was in my palm, but he proceeded anyway. When Marla returned, he totally tried hitting on her! He was, like, "So, where'd you go to school? Where do you work? Do you like your job? Yada yada yada."
I can't say that I was angry or anything. If anything, I felt bad for the guy. It actually seemed like he wanted to have some legitimate interaction but was just approaching it the wrong way. He talked about how he dropped out of high school and then returned later to finish. That he had problems with girls all his life and friends after high school. Or something to that effect.
What was more weird was that he didn't want to talk about anything specific regarding him. He mostly asked us (actually Marla, but she involved me) questions about our lives, but didn't want to divulge any information about where he lived and whatnot. Pretty odd.
At any rate, that pretty much ended that day. We met him one more time before we left, and then totally tried to figure out what just happened for the rest of the way home. Haha.
I still think the guy was pretty chill. If only he could read our faces (or words, haha) better and talk/(even better)think about something else, maybe things would have been cool. ^_^""
-amanisdude
Friday, November 12, 2010
Space Surfing
So I've been looking at Google Earth content for over an hour. Mostly, I've been trying to find a good place to go stargazing away from city lights. I did end up finding a lot of promising locations, but, in the process, I ended up locating a lot of obscure, outlandish sites way out in the boonies. Some of them look totally abandoned or even unidentifiable. After staring at some of these locations trying to make sense of them, I realized that maybe I should drive up and check them out. ^_^"
Case and point, I found a couple of abandoned observatories owned by the University way up in the hills. From the looks of the roads and nonesuch, it seems that these domes have been out of regular commission since the late '60s, but there is hardly any documentation of them and, as far as I know, there are no other "nearby" observatories that the U.C. operates. And being that these are observatories, it'd probably be an excellent place to stargaze! So I guess I'd better get my bonics and skywatching gear ready, 'cause it looks like its gonna be another long and crazy drive one of these days. ^_^"
Case and point, I found a couple of abandoned observatories owned by the University way up in the hills. From the looks of the roads and nonesuch, it seems that these domes have been out of regular commission since the late '60s, but there is hardly any documentation of them and, as far as I know, there are no other "nearby" observatories that the U.C. operates. And being that these are observatories, it'd probably be an excellent place to stargaze! So I guess I'd better get my bonics and skywatching gear ready, 'cause it looks like its gonna be another long and crazy drive one of these days. ^_^"
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