shawn farner [dot com]

First off, I would just like to make my plea to anyone on campus at IUP.  Ron Paul is speaking in Eberly tomorrow at 2:00PM, and as much as I’d like to skip class and go, I can’t.  If anyone at all could attend and maybe take some video/pictures, that would be incredble.  It honestly breaks my heart that I’m going to miss it, but there isn’t much I can do.

Secondly, I’m going to quote possibly one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard in my whole life.  I’m currently taking a class called African American Literature, and a lot of the class has to do with breaking down stereotypes.  In class today, we’re talking about a Jamaican store owner who shot a black man because he thought he was being robbed.  There is some really good (the key word being some) really good discussion and debate about the circumstances.  However, someone thought it would be a cool idea to roll out with this:

“Since when do Jamaicans freak out about anything?”

Any laughter that followed was not at the joke, but how much of a douchebag the guy was for even saying it.  For just a few minutes, my faith in humanity was restored.  If the fall of the giant-tool-who-tries-way-too-hard happens in my lifetime, I could die a happy man.

I wish more than anything that Twitter would work with AIM.  I really think that is what is holding it back from reaching a wider audience.  About 98% of the people I know don’t use GTalk, Jabber or anything of the sort.  They use AIM because that is what all their friends are using.  I know for sure I could definitely convince more people to join Twitter if they knew they could receive updates via AIM, but until that day comes, Twitter will probably just stay in the “geek” kingdom.

News flash: I’m either looking for a job/internship in the Harrisburg or Pittsburgh area for this coming summer.  I’ll probably Tweet this out in a little bit, but if you miss it for some reason and happen to see it here, get in touch with me.