Brown is the new white

So to all you fools out there, I am done school for the year.

As I am typing this, I see most of the words on the screen are in Chinese, since I am using my parents' computer, but for some reason, the word blog is still 'blog'. I looked up Chinese blog, and apparently, the winner of the jury prize winner in the Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards 2004, the first international blog competition is 'The Dog Newspaper', which highlights the unfair treatment of dogs in Asia compared to the Western world. Quoth the Chinese erotic blogger star and jury member Mu Zimei:

"The Weblog can be understood as a parable. The way dogs live is projected onto the lives of humans - dogs' rights onto human rights."

While I don't aspire to such worthy ideals in my blog, it does show how blogs can be a useful source of information. But the problem is, when I check out the blog in question, it's all in Chinese, which raises the question: Do many German know Chinese, or is the largest faction of the jury composed mostly of Chinese people, voting upon sectarian lines. Maybe there weren't enough Germans voting for the sauerkraut blog.

Anyhow, it's only 2 days until Christmas, and I haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. I am imagining it will be one huge orgy of people buying stuff at the last minute, me included. Unfortunately for me, I have no idea what to buy, so I will probably end up buying some crappy present that no one will appreciate. (Gee...thanks..... Socks...again...)

Does Christmas shopping really defines one's character? Are you what you buy? Why even shop? Yes, it's one of the great mysteries of life.

And it looks like we will be having a brown Christmas in Edmonton. It's just plain crazy. Maybe I should go shoppin'.