"All you have to do is,
All you have to do is,
All you have to do is
Make the wrong choices
And ignore the voices
And tell 'em that [something something something]"

I'm not sure what was going on with the Ericked Codies when these lines were penned. And I'm not even sure if it's not "make your own choices" instead of "make the wrong choices" since Cody's voice is so damn unclear (as evidenced by the end of my quotation).

But it's a good song. Props to the Ericked Codies.

Did I have anything else that I wished to add? Mmm... nothing of significance. Except that that first album is so sweet and nostalgic. This music means so much to me because I was part of 2 out of 39 tracks, and I really like that.

And tomorrow I eat lunch at the only diner in Washington! Huzzah!

Hasta la byebye.

Is it really so wrong that I am sexually aroused by two coat hangers intertwined? (Especially if they're both female?)

Oh, and today, the music shall be The Killers! Good old almost-Englishly-accented pop that's you can shake your can to. Well, you can if you dance like me; most people are actually incapable of shaking their can to The Killers.

But you know what I hate? Conflicting data and unsure data sources. Seriously, I should start a poll: who do you trust more, the World Bank or the Economist Intelligence Unit? I don't know which one to pick!

Seriously, though. The World Bank puts Macedonia's GDP per capita (with purchasing power parity) at $5,455 in 1997. The EIU puts it at a bit over $2,000 for the same year. Someone is wrong! Which one? Ahhhhh!

My paper was due on Wednesday, but it's not finished (and cannot be until my data conundrum is solved). I'm going to go and talk to the professor to see what he thinks. It's possible that one of the sources (World Bank) uses more country-reported data than its own measures--at least that's the only thing that makes sense given that we're talking about Macedonia.

But yes! Gah! More on this and other things later!

(I am glad though--despite this stall, I think this paper is coming along. Which is always good.)

Hasta la byebye!

All right. So I finally fixed the links so that they exist.

Speculators were not surprised to find that Eric and John cracked the new list, but the addition of Laura has some eyebrows raised and, what's more, the addition of relative unknown Damian has led some to question the selection process outright.

Meanwhile, in the Grand Cerebeal Assembly, legislators from a broad coalition of parties are protesting the seeming inaction that his stricken all of Cantay under new Spontaneous Action Party management. The president is expected to hold a press conference to diffuse rumors of dissolution of parliament within the hour. Meanwhile, the deadline for Cantay's paper and the more immediate oral examination draws ever closer.

Wait, wait--this just in! The Sleep Party introduced a surprise resolution calling for a shutdown of physical systems for a minimum of 3 hours. Voting so far indicates a relatively even split, though the slow movement of some Sleep deputies suggests that the bill will ultimately prevail when they put their votes in.

Elsewhere in Cantay News, recent appointments have been confirmed to meet with family acquaintance Haluk, a professor at the University of Maryland. Cantay will be discussing future relations and a possible shift of production areas, while also attempting to gain valuable information regarding potential locational shifts.

Cantay will also be traveling to the distant land of NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to undergo testing. Recent changes to the program have been made, including a switch from speech-oriented testing to shock-stimuli. The change has brought criticism from many deputies in the GCA, including the leader of the Sleep Party. However, the compensation that is being offered would create a large amount of budgetary breathing room and allow for potentially greater long-term gains, leaving most of the GCA to continue forward.

Cantay has been having difficulty getting in touch with former professor and pseudo-mentor Arun Malik, who is presently in India, apparently doing things other than research. Cantay hopes to make another overture shortly after the French oral examination in several hours, though it mostly relies on the VoIP working without hitch.

And now we have confirmed reports that the Sleep Party's physical shutdown bill has cleared the GCA, compelling Cantay to say good night at least for a short while. This has been a presentation of the Cantay Broadcast Network.

Hasta la byebye.