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Friday, March 09, 2001
i think music is amazing....=)


Thursday, March 08, 2001
i haven't lived that long yet. but i am proud to say that i still have close ties with a couple of friends i've made in HS. and i only pray that the ones i make in college are going to be lifelong ..SHOUT OUTS to Min D, So Pia, Joy B, JP.and markie mark


Re: friends

yeah mos def, more so than high school.



i've definitely made some lifelong friends.
see.. when you get older.. it's not about making friends, it's about keeping the ones you got which is just naturally hard when we have to live our lives.. earn money.. raise kids.. etc. (not that I'm doing that right now.) BUT YEAH. you know.


just a question....have you guys made any life long friends in college, the kinds that old people or college grads say people make in college?


Wednesday, March 07, 2001
A success! I made pearl milk tea at home yay! i don't have to spend $2 anymore for those addicting drinks...anyways...just like to share with the community.


Just wanted to give a big birthday shout OAT to sessy rAwBBiE!! hehhe
happy bday doggz!!! *mwah*

=)



Tuesday, March 06, 2001
since everyone is posting websites......... http://www.lpsg.org (i'm sure NONE of you guys here belong in that organization)


Ecstasy pics.

Sorry... there ain't no performance pictures taken.. or well.. scanned. =P

- John Enjoi.. Yes I Did.



and here's a waste of a really good URL
I swear to god, I'm gonna keep track of this and see when it finally becomes available or whatever, and I'm gonna buy it so it can route to a site that I have, or at least route to a site like www.newfilipinas.com.

The person is political.



I wanna get some performance poetry group going.. like.. with a band or a DJ or whatnot.

What are you up to Verse? You gonna drop some bombs like Filipinos at De anza? j/k



Monday, March 05, 2001
yeah , i think the place had something to do with the mood of the crowed. i think if everyone was closer to the stage and the building wasn't so spacey, i think everyone would have enjoyed the show better. i think the program was too short too. but the performances that did go on weere cool, sorta, minus the techinal problems but compared to last years...hmmmm...i dunno . im still trying to make an opinion on that...but i know had a better time cuz all my friends were there


It's not a matter of spoiling its just a matter of flossing.


Well here's an interesting link about cotillions in the Chronicle. Any of you ever had one or been to one? I don't have a lot of relatives here so I've never had the pleasure of going. My sister didn't get the option of a $15,000 cotillion or a new car like the girl in the article. Why do many Filipino parents spoil their kids like this?

Ecstasy was okay. The program was kinda short, okay quality, lots of dancing time (like that mattered to me), and it was in a really nice place. Maybe that's why we had to pay more. The crowd was.. well, pretty much the same.



So how does it feel to spend $15 on a Ecstasy show? Was it worth your money? I'm not hating. I just wonder if the product equals the imposed value. Last year when we performed their seemed to be alright but not really out of sight. Was it different this year or was it the folks? I didn't go this year because I was busy making my own hip hop dreams come true. Don't think the I.C. and Rhyme Scheme are gone. Just when you least expect...

"Who be the Titus Andronicus/
Synonymous with bombing this with ominous fists..."
-+++=



Nike now lets you personalize your shoes by submitting a word or
phrase which they will stitch onto your shoes, under the swoosh. So Jonah
Peretti filled out the form and sent them $50 to stitch "SWEATSHOP"
on to his shoes.

Here's the response he got.

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From: "Personalize, NIKE ID" nikeID_personalize@nike.com
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE ID order 016468000

Your NIKE ID order was canceled for one or more of the following
reasons:

1) Your Personal ID contains another party's trademark or other
intellectual property

2) Your Personal ID contains the name of an athlete or team we do
not

have the legal right to use

3) Your Personal ID was left blank. DID you not want any
personalization?

4) Your Personal ID contains profanity or inappropriate slang, and
besides, your mother would slap us.

If you wish to reorder your NIKE ID product with a new
personalization
please visit us again at www.nike.com

Thank you, NIKE ID


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***


From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE ID" nikeID_personalize@nike.com
Subject: RE: Your NIKE ID order 016468000

Greetings,

My order was canceled but my personal NIKE ID does not violate any of

the criteria outlined in your message. The Personal ID on my custom
ZOOM XC USA running shoes was the word "sweatshop."

Sweatshop is not:

1) another's party's trademark,

2) the name of an athlete,

3) blank, or

4) profanity.

I choose the ID because I wanted to remember the toil and labor of
the
children that made my shoes. Could you please ship them to me
immediately.

Thanks and Happy New Year, Jonah Peretti

**********************************************

From: "Personalize, NIKE ID" nikeID_personalize@nike.com
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE ID order 016468000

Dear NIKE ID Customer,

Your NIKE ID order was canceled because the ID you have chosen
contains,
as stated in the previous e-mail correspondence, "inappropriate
slang".

If you wish to reorder your NIKE ID product with a new
personalization
please visit us again at nike.com

Thank you, NIKE ID

******************************************

From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE ID" nikeID_personalize@nike.com
Subject: RE: Your NIKE ID order 016468000

Dear NIKE ID,

Thank you for your quick response to my inquiry about my custom ZOOM
XC

USA running shoes. Although I commend you for your prompt customer
service, I disagree with the claim that my personal ID was
inappropriate
slang. After consulting Webster's Dictionary, I discovered that
"sweatshop" is in fact part of standard English, and not slang.

The word means: "a shop or factory in which workers are employed for
long hours at low wages and under unhealthy conditions" and its
origin

dates from 1892. So my personal ID does meet the criteria detailed in


your first email.

Your web site advertises that the NIKE ID program is "about freedom
to
choose and freedom to express who you are." I share Nike's love of
freedom and personal expression. The site also says that "If you want

it done right...build it yourself." I was thrilled to be able to
build

my own shoes, and my personal ID was offered as a small token of
appreciation for the sweatshop workers poised to help me realize my
vision. I hope that you will value my freedom of expression and
reconsider your decision to reject my order.

Thank you, Jonah Peretti

******************************************

From: "Personalize, NIKE ID" nikeID_personalize@nike.com
To: "'Jonah H. Peretti'"
Subject: RE: Your NIKE ID order 016468000

Dear NIKE ID Customer,

Regarding the rules for personalization it also states on the NIKE ID

web site that "Nike reserves the right to cancel any personal ID up
to
24 hours after it has been submitted". In addition, it further
explains: "While we honor most personal IDs, we cannot honor every
one.

Some may be (or contain) other's trademarks, or the names of certain
professional sports teams, athletes or celebrities that Nike does not

have the right to use. Others may contain material that we consider
inappropriate or simply do not want to place on our products.

Unfortunately, at times this obliges us to decline personal IDs that
may
otherwise seem unobjectionable. In any event, we will let you know if

we decline your personal ID, and we will offer you the chance to
submit

another." With these rules in mind, we cannot accept your order as
submitted. If you wish to reorder your NIKE ID product with a new
personalization please visit us again at www.nike.com

Thank you, NIKE ID

***********************************************************

From: "Jonah H. Peretti"
To: "Personalize, NIKE ID" nikeID_personalize@nike.com
Subject: RE: Your NIKE ID order 016468000

Dear NIKE ID,

Thank you for the time and energy you have spent on my request. I
have
decided to order the shoes with a different ID, but I would like to
make
one small request. Could you please send me a color snapshot of the
ten-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes?

Thanks,

Jonah Peretti

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As a previous forwarder observed:

This will now go round the world much farther and faster than any of
the
adverts they paid Michael Jordan more than the entire wage packet of
all
their sweatshop workers in the world to do.

I normally avoid making a plea to forward these things, but this time
I

say:

JUST DO IT!







Sunday, March 04, 2001
[i miss y'all]

ecstasy was this past friday. I'll have some pics up. John Enjoi-ed. =P

anyway. being in davis again just made me realize how cool my life was there. Despite all of my impatience.. and occassional ranting about being there, I know that I had a good time.

and that brings me to my current emotion. I MISS DAVIS. Not so much the place... but the people mainly... If any of you are reading this from Davis.. the bonds I made there are truly precious. No doubt. I always thought that my high school friends would be my true everlasting friends.. and despite the fact that most of them are.. my davis peeples mean a great, great deal to me.

I will be here for you.. anytime. Thank you for everything! This isn't the end.