LOL it gets better it seems

STATE OF THE EMERGENCY!!1 (CNN), SRSLY, PEOPLE (BBC). What can one say but uhhhhh :| wow. To paraphrase a CNN headline from a few days ago, BEFORE any violent clashes or whatever occured, Bangkok was apparently already 'crippled' by the protesters and um, that was just a lie. I mean, the PAD did pull some pretty risky and high level shit, notably the storming of the NBT (waaay to turn yourselves into a violent mob in the eyes of the public!), but their most effective and yes, 'crippling' shit was actually pulled outside Bangkok, what with the having managed to shortly shut down/block the Phuket/Krabi/Hat Yai airports and setting up those roadblocks to certain key highway points from BKK to some upcountry routes. Even if you just consider the math, there is not really a chance of 10,000 or even 35,000 or how many ever PAD protesters are camped out really making a bustling metropolis of 11 fucking million ground to a stop. Most of what's happening is focussed on the government house areas, places that IF you don't work or live there are easy enough or at least possible to avoid and gah. The economy is shit enough as it is without the added fallout from this, now with MOAR cancellations from tourists and etc.

I actually got an email from Tutor Georg, who was worried about my uh 'safety', which was totally sweet though ♥

Here's hoping for some kind of resolution to this shitstorm, though I really can't see something good coming out of it, as Samak is equally as much of an ass who cannot communicate as it seems that the PAD has now turned radical?? 's not like we have any new and awesome politicians lying it wait to takeover the power vacuum either, just the same old crowd over and over again. THAI POLITICS IN A NUTSHELL: THEY ALL SUCK (it just depends on the degree!).

I BET BATMAN WOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Things I originally wanted to post about

IN "BRIEF":

• Still can't believe that my INTERNSHIP IS OVERRR! Freedom! Man,  I must say that all in all I do not regret signing up for this. Made some pretty good experiences, learnt a fair share of Usable Work Skills, met awesome people that I will hopefully keep in touch with and I think I made a good impression with my work? Deputy Editor said that I 'kicked some serious butt' at least, so :D, and the goodbyes from the editorial staff was really sweet. Here I thought I would go without much fanfare like the other interns, but yay for not being so! And I got  1,900 baht moneys as a small recompense, which was a pleasant suprise. ......of course, now that I have tasted the ambrosial honey of NOT-UNI, getting my nose back to the academic grind will be even more of a hassle >_>;;
• How was everybody's weekend+mon+tuesday? MINE WAS KIND OF AWESOME. Hung with Ma, actually had pleasant times with my Thai relatives (I think the secret behind my cousins actually speaking to me now is the magical lure of my Nintendo DS. It's like crack for children!), stayed in the swank Centara Grand Hotel in town (SO SWANK GNUH), SHOPPED, ATE and OH, SHOPPED SOME MORE. I genuinely felt bad about how quick I burned through my cash until I realized that this were all on the to-get list and that it just SEEMS that way because I am buying everything on one go. The Shaz brain is easily tricked by spreading her purchases out over days, you know, and the Shaz brain also hates to see her money dip below a random sum, mostly a thousand baht or any amount that is a large bill-- which while sometimes useful in RL is totally retarded in say, HARVEST MOON. 999 moneys will not kill the farm!1
• Nero is living it up now that Ace is gone to doggie bootcamp. The living room looks so empty without his giant cage... :( But Nero is now totally making up for that by acting like a puppy again, albeit one prone to ~*diva-tastic*~ fits of 'LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEE, LOOK AT MEEEE! TOUCH MEEEEE! LOVE MEEEEE! OKAY ENOUGH TOUCHING GO AWAAAY'
• The richtext editor's bullet point feature is so fun to use. Which is why the last few posts have so many in them, even though I am basically writing complete paragraphs. OOPS