AMWEST 2004
Year Ago - This Livejournal Discussed by ASUCD Senate!!
A year ago last Saturday this very livejournal was discussed by the ASUCD Senate in my second impeachment hearing in as many weeks. The next day I made a groundbreaking livejournal entry intended for the officers of ASUCD.
Some highlights from that entry:
"...in testimony against me it was said that I "run a website...," implying I operate some unique news source named incriminatingthings.com or something. I think by any legitimate definition of "run," I do not "run" livejournal.com nor this particular journal. This is one of millions of journals on livejournal.com, one of 1,464,791 in fact."
"And finally, you recall hearing read a comment by one "shid" who said "I suggest death." He has an official response for you: "Miss Henry, that quote refers to [my] inability to get laid, and has nothing to do with court proceedings. If any cute girls want to visit [me] at LMU in Los Angeles, see [Kris] after this trial." I must say, I never thought Sean's sex life would be discussed in ASUCD Senate.
Other livejournalists also were pulled into the situation, with livejournal's pavelthegeek quoted during the senate meeting as calling then ASUCD president Sara Henry "probably a bitch." In what may have been my first interaction with current roommate wdsguy, he commented to a relevant entry stating that Sara Henry was a "hottie."
As Sara Henry has long since ceased to be an officer of ASUCD (I swore in her successor just as I did her, and very likely I'll swear in her successor's successor...), I can now safely speculate on her and other relevant former officials.
I don't think Miss Henry was evil per se, I honestly believe she just couldn't handle the concept of separation of powers and that she was not my boss.
Also I'd like to mention Senator Gina Lee (whom wdsguy still fondly remembers as being in his opinion "extremely hot" btw). If it weren't for her absense at the first hearing I would have been removed. I'm still not sure whether she intentionally left before my hearing or it was an "unfortunate" coincidence for them. She'd always struck me as a particularly independant senator for a member of one of the parties. Anyway I think they got her to completely obey the party lines by the second hearing, but by then the majority of the party thought it was a pile of crap and voted against my removal.
AMWEST Las Vegas
From Friday morning to Tuesday evening I was engaged in the Model UN adventure known as AMWEST. Well, about 20 hours of that was in driving there and back.
The Honourable Under-Secretary-General/Director Mr. Nishan Bhaumik and I were originally going to set out at 8am on Friday, but we ended up leaving just after noon. About twenty minutes later we were being pulled over in Elk Grove.
But Nishan used his special Nishan skills and the officer left, feeling satisfied. I thereupon took control of the vehicle. Three hours later Nishan was feeling zesty again so he took over once more, but two hours went by and he started seeing things so I was back at the wheel until just before we arrived at Vegas sometime after 9pm.
So I was in Vegas then. First off let me say I hate vegas. Now gambling, I think gambling should be maintained legally, at least in certain places, as it is a great way to tax the foolish. Needless to say, I like to retain my money and not subject it to aleatory risks.
And on the money note, Davis MUN recommended to their delegates to expect to spend a ridiculous amount of money, totalling $180 for the weekend (just for food, shopping, alcohol). I myself think I spent maybe $20 TOTAL this weekend on food.
Anyway, from the start I vowed not to leave the hotel except for food. And I'm proud to report that I was successful in that.
And best of all was the free breakfast every morning - omelettes, eggs, etc, made to order! Only at AMWEST of all MUN conferences to I spring out of bed eagerly in the morning with ample time for foraging.
Also the hotel had "happy hour" with free drinks from 5:30 to 7:30 every day. Dinner break started at 5:30 every day. And people wondered why there was a problem with intoxicated delegates every evening.
Quotes
Chairman Fricke: "The dias would like to announce that any delegates who are intoxicated to the point that they cannot maintain decorum will be kicked out and will bring shame upon their descendants for generations to come"
Delegate of Equitorial-Guinnea: "Point of information - how many generations?"
Chairman Fricke: "Six"
Chairperson Janet Rossi: "if you kiss a banana slug it starts secreting stuff"
Governor-General Josh Collins: "You kissed a banana slug?"
Chairperson Rossi: "hey it was in sixth grade!"
Chairman Fricke: "was it your first kiss?"
Unknown Chairperson: "I'm not on a power trip!"
Unknown Director (from same committee as above): "You've got the gavel in your pocket!" (at Baja Fresh)
USG/Director Bhaumik: "or IS that a gavel in his pocket?"
Delegate: "Zambia withdrawls the motion"
Chairman Fricke: "The dias extends its condolences"
And best of all, I'm in the little store in the hotel, purchasing a red bull, when a delegate comes in and asks the cashier under his breath "do you sell condoms?" (they don't). Maybe I'm judgemental but he didn't look like the kind of individual who normally would expect a lot of action so it was even funnier. I guess committee was going well for him.
Also, Canada and Burma were on our roll call sheet even though we were the African Union.
Nishan and I chaired African Union, with around 35 delegates in it. Conference evaluations in the end indicated that we were "two of the most wonderful people on the planet" and also "sexy beasts."
I got a ride home on Tuesday from Secretary-General Josha Crabtree. At one point earlier in the weekend it appeared all passes into northern california may be snowed in, and I might for the first time in my life miss classes on account of being snowed in, but by the time Tuesday came about I was fortunate enough to get home without incident.
The End.
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