haha, haven't updated in so long.
So many things going on... in my head, I bet only Kevin really knows what the hell is going on with me.
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I took this pic just for kicks 'cuz a friend of mine said guys look good w/ sunglasses on so I wanted to see if I would too.
Rosa said I look weird...
Others left comments on my xanga saying "nice pic" but left "laughs"
before or after the "nice pic" so Rosa said those were sarcastic
comments.Hmmmm.
So I'm gonna post it up here too, =P
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All I can say is that things were crazy once the game clock ran down to 0:00.
We did so many chants: "You know it, you tell the story, you tell the whole damn world this is BEAR TERRITORY!"
"Levy! Levy! Levy! Levy! Levy!"
"We got the Axe! We got the Axe! We got the Axe! We got the Axe!"
All were great. It was great when the team came over to us and
celebrated with us. It was great seeing Levy, our third-string QB
who started the game come running over, jumping around, running into
the sherriff, and just plain going bonkers. It was great to see
Rally Comm still holding onto that Axe. As a big Cal Football
fan, and as a senior, this means a lot to me.But I think the biggest and most touching story was of Steve Levy.
For those of you that don't know, he came to Cal as a quarterback, but
because of the superb ability of Aaron Rodgers, there was no way Levy
was going to be able to play as QB. So what he did last year was
convert to fullback, and he played on special teams. But this
year, he went back to being QB, and after terrible games by Ayoob, Levy
was finally given the chance to show what he was made of.And he was made of steel: his body, his mind, his soul, everything.
And that's because this game meant a bit more to him. Yesterday
was his father's birthday, and according to Yahoo Sports, he had called
his father that he was starting, and told him that he would win the Big
Game for his dad as a birthday gift.How touching is that? If I was a father and my son went to Cal to
play football but never got the chance to show his talents, but then
finally got the chance to in the biggest game in Cal's season, I'd be
crying and bawling like a newborn baby.So now, we've won the Big Game 4 years in a row, a feat we hadn't
accomplished since 1921. That means those of us who were there at
the game experienced something historical as well. But at the
same time, this season has become history as well. I didn't
notice until the end of the day that I will not be going up Bancroft to
Memorial Stadium to watch games anymore. I will not be standing
with crazy college students wearing blue. I will not be yelling
"Go!" and getting "Bears!" back from the Alumni section.
Yesterday was literally my last day as a "college student football fan."It's sad, it's emotional, and I'm so glad Cal won yesterday.
But come to think of it, it's alright. I can always be the one
yelling back "Bears!" to those crazy, young Berkeley students.GO BEARS!
some photos:
And, courtesy of Calbears.com,
You're our hero, Steve Levy!!
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We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big Game. We must
win the Big Game.We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game. We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game. We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game. We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game. We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game. We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game. We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game. We must win the Big Game. We must win the Big
Game.Go Levy! Go BEARS! Beat Stanfurd!
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The Sad State of Cal Football
4 losses in the last 5
games.... Our team is in a slump, a downward spiral. This
is something that needs to be stopped before the Big Game.
Otherwise, the Axe is going to go across the Bay and into the hands of
the Stanfurdites.I don't want to talk too much about the game, other than that our
quarterback is the worst one I've seen since Ryan Leaf was the
quarterback for the San Diego Chargers. They performed at
different levels, but they both sucked in their respective leagues,
conferences, whatever. You get my point.Anyways, took some pictures. Didn't notice til afterwards that I have more USC pics than Cal pics.... Oh well
pre-game warmup
USC fans invade Memorial Stadium
Hey, um... are you sure we aren't at the Coliseum?
Was I not supposed to be in this picture? Am I the only one that thinks so?
Cal players getting pumped up. You all did a fine job, except for #18.
USC Band coup d'etat of Memorial Stadium with USC Cheerleaders leading the charge...
This was pretty intimidating. You wouldn't know what I mean unless you were there to see it.
USC Band getting ready to perform. And us, getting ready to jiggle our keys at them.
Jiggle those keys, everyone!
Look at the sheer number of 'em!
or... look at the sheer number of THEM!
Cal Band great!
USC half time performance
The highlight of the game for me. Chancellor Birgenau came to wave at us fans and I shook hands with him too!!!
Cal Band halftime performance
The Sad State of Cal Football....Final Score: Cal 10- 35 USC
I swear, if Steve Levy didn't come out and relieve Ayoob, the score in
that picture would've been the final score. My, that would've
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My Xanga recently has been a football journal, so this time I want to
talk about some more serious things; some stuff I learned from class.Defining Terrorism
As far as I can understand, many
people in the Bay Area would like to call our own armed forces a
"terrorist" group from the viewpoint of countries in the Middle East
. There is also a phrase "one man's terrorist, another man's
freedom fighter." Before listening to my professor's lecture on
defining terrorism, if you gave me reasons why you might have thought
the above, I might have said "alright, you might have a point."
But actually, from the perspective of international law, terrorism is
actually quite different and distinct.There are two factors within terrorism that is considered unacceptable anywhere and everywhere. Terrorism is:
1) unpredictable->
unpredictable in the sense that no one really knows where the "front
line" is of a terrorist war.
2) use of violence that intentionally targets civilians.Under the Geneva Conventions, national armies are not allowed to use
terror tactics to gain military advantage. In other words,
national armies must distinguish combatants from non-combatants and
only attack legitimate military targets. Now, legitimate military
targets could include hospitals, hotels, cultural sites, and other
civilian sites so long as a force is being attacked from those
sites. So if a sniper is picking off your men from the 8th story
of a hospital, that hospital no longer is a civilian target, but a
legitimate military target. Of course, there is also the rule of
proportionality, which limits the military's use of weapons in taking
out that sniper (i.e. bombing the hospital to smithereens and killing a
hundred patients inside will not be considered proportional).Now obviously, terrorist groups do not follow the Geneva
Conventions. First off, in connection with unpredictablity.
They do not have uniforms in most cases. They do not have their
weapons in open view, and the chain of command is close to
indistinguishable. These are all not in accordance to
international humanitarian law, and also allow for unpredictable
attacks.The use of fear (terror)
If, for example, a
terrorist group carries out an attack on a five star hotel in Bali,
therei is no need to carry out attacks on every hotel. The fear
multiplies and permeates, and everyone eventually leaves hotels.
This is because there is the sense of unpedictability. You don't
know when they will strike again. Militaries cannot do
this. If they do, it automatically becomes a war crime.The terrorist group's logic
A terrorist group may say the Geneva Conventions only
benefit nations. They consider themselves oppressed, and that
none of the institutions of justice hears their cause. They do
not have a large standing army and therefore, believe that they must
use any means necessary to get their point across, and that their
actions are justified.
I know that some leftists agree. They say that America has done
so many bad things to them, it's no wonder they do these terrible
things to us.
However... there is an inherent problem in the terrorist's logic. And the logic is best explained in the boxer's metaphor.
There are two boxers in a ring. One is large, a heavyweight
boxer. The other is skinny, short, clearly not someone who can
beat a veteran boxer. If the little boxer is to have any chance
in winning, he would need to pull a few dirty tricks, to essentially
create a "level playing field." Problem is that, if you do use
dirty tricks, it gets rid of your ability to call an unfair
fight. And even if you do use dirty tricks, they must stay
"within the ring." No one will applaud your "gallantry" by going
outside the ring and taking the heavyweight boxer's family hostage and
threaten to kill them unless the heavyweight boxer agrees that the
little one has won. These are essentially the fallacies of the
terrorist logic.So even if people say "oh it's all our country's fault for causing terrorist attacks," that does not justify their actions.
Another example may be Israel and Palestine. Putting aside
whether Israel had a good reason for doing whatever they did to
Palestine to start this horrific conflict; Palestine's raid on Israeli
olympians, taking them hostage, and then killing them is, in all cases,
unjustifiable.Comparing terrorists and national armies
Terrorist groups and
national armies are different in another sense. Terrorists must
have victims. As my professor said, terrorists that do not have
victims are just a bunch of people sitting around. Armies on the
other hand, do not have to be fighting or attacking anyone. Take
the Swedish military for example. Most of it is show and
ceremonial. They "protect" the king's palace. Or what about
the Japanese self-defense force? They aren't a "military" but
they have the capability of acting like one. They are mostly
doing civilian work projects, and they help out in natural disasters
within Japan. And finally, the US Army. I know talking
about the US military right now is controversial, especially knowing
who my readers are. But think about the development of the
internet, or the GPS system. They were all initially developed by
our own military. My point is, national armies can be "useful"
domestically without fighting. Terrorists, well, they need
targets.Guess that's it for now. This was from Professor Darren C. Zook's War, Violence, Terrorism course.
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I thought I was gonna die last night. I actually hadn't had
dinner and the game started at 7:15 and I happened to stand all game
and screaming my lungs out. By the end of the game, my legs were
about to give out, my throat was aching, my voice was going away, my
stomach felt completely empty whenever I was screaming.I haven't been that tired because I haven't watched that much of an
exciting football game in over a year. Trailing by 10 with 6
minutes left but coming back to win is a quality football show.
Cal really gave national television viewers their time's worth.Ayoob in this game actually threw laser-guided missles with a very
tight spiral, especially so in the last two drives of the game. I
actually felt bad for what's been going on w/ him on facebook (approx.
5 anti-Ayoob groups). But I guess I would like to think that our
terrible criticism gave him the motivation to prove us all wrong and
make us look like idiots. No matter, we're idiots but we won, so
I'm happy, haha.A job well done, Joe, and Go Bears!
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