Last night Barbara Walters revealed her list of the 10 most fascinating people of 2005...apparently she feels that nobody can be fascinating during the month of December, but that is beside the point. Anyhoo...I almost always watch this special, and it almost always pisses me off.
Last night, Barbara Walters announced that the MOST fascinating person of 2005 was Camilla Parker Bowles! Well, I suppose if by fascinating she means ugly, pathetic, and completely without any redeeming value, then yes, Camilla is fascinating. But somehow, I don't think that is what Ms. Walters meant exactly!
I always try to guess who it will be. This year I was thinking Jennifer Aniston (because of everyone's obsession with her break up), or Hurrican Katrina (because some magazine counted that as a "person" in one of their countdowns as a curve-ball I guess), but I finally settled on Christopher Reeve's widow, Dana. I thought she was a good bet considering her long list of charitable accomplishments, the grace with which she handled her tragedies, and her recent diagnosis with cancer. I will admit, I don't have her biography memorized, but as humanitarians go, I would have to say she's pretty high on the list. And, I think with all she has endured she is pretty damn fascinating, and she has been in the news a lot this year.
Alas, I was wrong (I always am). I mean, really, who could pass up honoring good ol' Camilla? After all, she has devoted her life to chasing after a man who is would be referred to as Mr. Personality, if he had one that is. It is rather impressive how they both cheated on their spouses without any shame at all for like 20 or 30 years and then got engaged an married in their mid-50s, and of course, who wouldn't want to honor a woman who would wear such a hideously ugly hat to her own royal wedding? Right. She was the obvious choice.
There were some other strange picks on the list. Tom Cruise was on it for the 2nd time. I guess we are fascinated by the way his brain has turned completely into mush and yet he is still able to walk and talk and even jump on couches and impregnate young women. Kanye West was also on it, because he said Bush doesn't care about black people. I blogged about it, does that make me fascinating? I guess not because nobody was looking. His interview ended on an interesting note though. Barbara asked him to finish this sentence: "Kanye West is...." And Kanye said "Black." Which is true. Although it is a little weird. If I had to finish that sentence about myself I would never say "white" or "polish" or "pasty" but I probably would say "a bitch." So I guess we both identify with our respective minority classifications! Although I think that "bitch" has more to do with my personality than my gender, but maybe that's how Kanye feels about "black." Wow. That is deep.
Anyhoo...I was glad to see Jamie Foxx and Dakota Fanning on the list, they are both decent and impressive people. Clearly there was some sort of oversight in leaving me off the list, I'm sure an intern has been fired over that glaring error. That's all for now. Goodnight.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Sunday, November 20, 2005
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Exam time! No, really, I'm not kidding. I guess it proves how much of a recluse (and nerd) I really am, but oh well! I really do love this time of year, especially fall exams.
It's kinda chilly outside, so I get to spend two weeks, cuddled on my couch with my laptop and a few books, and just study. I don't have to go anywhere or get dressed up. I get to spend time cooking, so I always eat really well. Plus, there is the constant marathon of "comfort movies" playing in the background. (Ex: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, What About Bob?, A Few Good Men, Where the Heart Is, etc.) It's just a very cozy, peaceful time.
And I like studying & making outlines. It's as if I spent all semester gathering tiny pieces to a giant puzzle, and I spend these two weeks putting it all together. And when it is done, it's magnificent! A perfect picture of the things I have learned and the ways I have changed in the last 3 months or so, and a little path to the next semester, where everything will be new and fresh and I will start all over again. It's all very satisfying.
Of course, the solitude would be maddening if it lasted two weeks straight, because I am quite the talker. So the actual exams are functional as well. A few hours to get out and be around people and the occasional lunch downtown after an exam where everyone tries and fails to talk about everything BUT the exam.
Of course, my happy little hibernation won't actually begin for a week. I still have 2 days of classes, and then a few days at my mother's house for thanksgiving. But, I am getting a head start this weekend, since I have no homework left to do. So, off I go, to my cozy spot on the couch! I think I may watch Ghostbusters!
It's kinda chilly outside, so I get to spend two weeks, cuddled on my couch with my laptop and a few books, and just study. I don't have to go anywhere or get dressed up. I get to spend time cooking, so I always eat really well. Plus, there is the constant marathon of "comfort movies" playing in the background. (Ex: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, What About Bob?, A Few Good Men, Where the Heart Is, etc.) It's just a very cozy, peaceful time.
And I like studying & making outlines. It's as if I spent all semester gathering tiny pieces to a giant puzzle, and I spend these two weeks putting it all together. And when it is done, it's magnificent! A perfect picture of the things I have learned and the ways I have changed in the last 3 months or so, and a little path to the next semester, where everything will be new and fresh and I will start all over again. It's all very satisfying.
Of course, the solitude would be maddening if it lasted two weeks straight, because I am quite the talker. So the actual exams are functional as well. A few hours to get out and be around people and the occasional lunch downtown after an exam where everyone tries and fails to talk about everything BUT the exam.
Of course, my happy little hibernation won't actually begin for a week. I still have 2 days of classes, and then a few days at my mother's house for thanksgiving. But, I am getting a head start this weekend, since I have no homework left to do. So, off I go, to my cozy spot on the couch! I think I may watch Ghostbusters!
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Yesterday's Tomorrow
So, I got one of those emails the other day about how the generation before mine didn't have cable or cell phones or the internet, they didn't wear seat belt or put deadlocks on their doors, they drove drunk and played out in the street, and they all turned out fine and dandy. The lesson being that my parents are stronger than me because their lives were harder and I should admire them.
But, I wonder if whoever wrote the 1st one of those emails stopped to think about this: It is that generation, my parents' generation, that invented cable and the cell phone and the internet. They are the ones who lobbied for an passed seat belt laws and drunk driving laws. And they are the ones who put deadbolts on our doors when we were growing up and made us stay in front lawn. Why? Because they saw a need. Now, I don't mean a need like food and shelter...nobody will argue that any of these inventions or practices are essential to existence, but they do fill a gap. They make us safer or more efficient or happier or more entertained, whatever. But it isn't MY generation that developed video games and DSL....we were too young! Yes, my friends, it was the hippies!
And true, my parents did have less technology when they were growing up, but were their lives really harder? Because after their generation invented the information super-highway, my generation became victims of cyber-stalking and identity theft. And after their generation sprawled out into the suburbs, my generation had to grow up without public transportation...we had to learn to drive as soon as we turned 16 and we had to take our cell phones with us when we did because their generation removed a good portion of the payphones.
Not that I am bashing either generation. We all have had hardships to overcome, individually and as a group. I just think it's ironic that the very people that invented modern-day technological conveniences, now use those exact inventions (e-mail & the internet) to call us lazy and sheltered. I can only hope that my generation won't do the same.
So that's my 10 cents for today (adjusted for inflation).
But, I wonder if whoever wrote the 1st one of those emails stopped to think about this: It is that generation, my parents' generation, that invented cable and the cell phone and the internet. They are the ones who lobbied for an passed seat belt laws and drunk driving laws. And they are the ones who put deadbolts on our doors when we were growing up and made us stay in front lawn. Why? Because they saw a need. Now, I don't mean a need like food and shelter...nobody will argue that any of these inventions or practices are essential to existence, but they do fill a gap. They make us safer or more efficient or happier or more entertained, whatever. But it isn't MY generation that developed video games and DSL....we were too young! Yes, my friends, it was the hippies!
And true, my parents did have less technology when they were growing up, but were their lives really harder? Because after their generation invented the information super-highway, my generation became victims of cyber-stalking and identity theft. And after their generation sprawled out into the suburbs, my generation had to grow up without public transportation...we had to learn to drive as soon as we turned 16 and we had to take our cell phones with us when we did because their generation removed a good portion of the payphones.
Not that I am bashing either generation. We all have had hardships to overcome, individually and as a group. I just think it's ironic that the very people that invented modern-day technological conveniences, now use those exact inventions (e-mail & the internet) to call us lazy and sheltered. I can only hope that my generation won't do the same.
So that's my 10 cents for today (adjusted for inflation).
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Brain Damage
Well, apparently, although my body is willing to keep on going, my brain has maxed out at age 25 years, 8 months, and 2 days. It's untimely demise occurred around 4:30pm this afternoon as I was leaving school with my friend N.
N was walking with me to my car so that I could give her some notes she wanted to borrow. As we approached the parking deck I realized that I had NO clue where I left my car a short 3 hours ago.
Now, I don't mean that I had a vague idea of where my car was but not sure of the exact space. I had NO CLUE what floor I had even parked on! Literally zero memory of driving into the deck, parking Nemo, getting out, gathering my things, and walking to class! This has never happened to me before!
I figured that it was either on level A or B. I almost always park on one of those levels, and when I don't I usually get pissed that I can't find a spot & I never forget that. So, we glanced around both A & B, and then gave up. Since N knew where her car was (since she is not a complete moron!) we went to her car and decided to seach....yes, we were literally "Finding Nemo"!!
Well, we found Nemo, on level C. Now, what is REALLY funny about this is that level C is the main entrance to the deck, where most people walk into it from the street. But not me, not today! Nope, I had dragged N down the hill to level B and began searching there! Had we come in the normal way, we would likely have seen Nemo, a mere 4 spots from the entrance!!! Yep, I'm an idiot.
Luckily, N is an extremely nice and patient person, so I don't think I completely alienated her at this point...altho I would not be surprised if she never follows me anywhere again! Oh yeah, and did I mention that N had met me last Friday to pick up this same exact binder, only to discover once we got to my car that I had brought the wrong binder!?!?! Yeah, so right now she is wondering how I made it thru pre-school, much less law school! Ironically, I said to N "I hope you don't have a blog to write about this little odyssey on!" (she does not) and here I am, writing about it on my own blog! I guess that's where the expression "We are our own worst enemies" comes from!
N was walking with me to my car so that I could give her some notes she wanted to borrow. As we approached the parking deck I realized that I had NO clue where I left my car a short 3 hours ago.
Now, I don't mean that I had a vague idea of where my car was but not sure of the exact space. I had NO CLUE what floor I had even parked on! Literally zero memory of driving into the deck, parking Nemo, getting out, gathering my things, and walking to class! This has never happened to me before!
I figured that it was either on level A or B. I almost always park on one of those levels, and when I don't I usually get pissed that I can't find a spot & I never forget that. So, we glanced around both A & B, and then gave up. Since N knew where her car was (since she is not a complete moron!) we went to her car and decided to seach....yes, we were literally "Finding Nemo"!!
Well, we found Nemo, on level C. Now, what is REALLY funny about this is that level C is the main entrance to the deck, where most people walk into it from the street. But not me, not today! Nope, I had dragged N down the hill to level B and began searching there! Had we come in the normal way, we would likely have seen Nemo, a mere 4 spots from the entrance!!! Yep, I'm an idiot.
Luckily, N is an extremely nice and patient person, so I don't think I completely alienated her at this point...altho I would not be surprised if she never follows me anywhere again! Oh yeah, and did I mention that N had met me last Friday to pick up this same exact binder, only to discover once we got to my car that I had brought the wrong binder!?!?! Yeah, so right now she is wondering how I made it thru pre-school, much less law school! Ironically, I said to N "I hope you don't have a blog to write about this little odyssey on!" (she does not) and here I am, writing about it on my own blog! I guess that's where the expression "We are our own worst enemies" comes from!
Friday, November 11, 2005
Aha!
I understand now! I understand why so many people think Evolution is myth! It must be that whole "survival of the fittest" thing! Clearly, these people read the papers and see how many unbelievably stupid human beings are living today, and then just can't buy into the idea that these morons are fit to survive anything! That must be the reason.
University students conned out of jewelry, $4,000
Point and case: This article from the Red and Black.
University students conned out of jewelry, $4,000
By DANÉE ATTEBURY Published , November 10, 2005, 06:00:01 AM EDT
Two suspected thieves didn’t have to work very hard to con a University student out of $4,000 in cash and $1,000 worth of jewelry Tuesday afternoon.According to the Athens-Clarke County Police:
Two females approached 21-year-old Stacy Elzey of Fayetteville outside Target on Atlanta Highway around 1 p.m., saying they found a bag containing $50,000 in cash. Elzey, who did not know the women, told them the money wasn’t hers and advised them to look for the owner and call police. She allowed the women to enter her car and drove them to a Michael’s store, where one of the suspects said she worked. (For those of you not familiar with the area, Target and Michael's share a parking lot! ~CJ) While in the car, one of the suspects said she “needed to speak to her boss and ask about the situation.” She went into Michael’s, while Elzey and the second suspect waited in the car for five to 10 minutes. The suspect returned and said her boss told her it was OK to keep the money. She told Elzey they could split the money three ways — but they needed $5,000 cash to cover “taxes.” The suspects told Elzey if she could give them $4,000, they would cover the other $1,000. Elzey drove them to the Wachovia Bank at Atlanta Highway and Mitchell Bridge Road and took out a $4,000 cash advance on her credit card. She drove the suspects back to Michael’s, where she gave them the cash and $1,000 worth of jewelry she was wearing. The suspects walked away without giving Elzey any money.
Elzey did not return phone calls from The Red & Black as of press time Wednesday. One suspect was described as a dark-skinned black female between 45 and 50 years old, 5 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 7 inches tall and about 160 pounds. She had medium-length hair and was wearing a leopard print dress. The other suspect was described as a dark-skinned black female between 25 and 35-years-old, with medium-length hair, wearing blue floral-print scrubs. There were no estimates of her height and weight. One of the suspects identified herself as Bernese, but police did not say which one.
Police are analyzing surveillance videos from Target and the Wachovia Bank for evidence. The video from Target shows the suspects with Elzey. Lt. Mike Tyndell said a similar incident happened approximately one week ago in the same location. The victim in that case willingly gave approximately the same amount of money to the suspects. He said police believe the suspects in both cases were the same women, and the victims in both cases were young Asian females. Police have no specific suspects, and no arrests have been made, he said. When asked why victims would cooperate with suspects in cases like these, Tyndell said, “I think greed takes over.”
I can only hope the these students were immediately expelled from the University, as clearly they are too stupid to be in college. Life lessons learned:
1. Don't let strangers into your car.
2. A person who has a bag full of $50K in cash, doesn't need anymore cash, don't give them any.
3. Never trust a person who gets tax advice from a manager at Michael's.
Sunday, November 06, 2005
Monkey Adventure!
Today Tiffany and I went on a really great hiking adventure! We walked for 2 hours! We walked along a beautiful lake and saw the leaves in all pretty colors! We also saw 5 deer! Tiffany was very excited but I was a little afraid! But it was a really great day. The weather was perfect, it started to drizzle a little bit as we were leaving, but it didn't last and didn't bother us! Even though I don't miss getting up at 6am every Sunday, I do miss our training walks because we hardly see each other anymore. So I'm so glad that we got the chance to have a little adventure today. It was good for the body and the soul, and I really needed it this weekend!
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Good Ol' Canadians
Well, I found some information about the phenomenon of which Tiffany has informed us. This site is sponsored by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. I have only read the first third of the site, but it seems these are the good guys!!
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hallo_he.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hallo_he.htm
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
House of Horrors
A girl at my sister's school went to a "haunted house" this weekend. It was held at a church and simply advertised as a typical haunted house. The girl went with a friend of hers who belonged to the church. This is what she witnessed:
TVs showing video of women having abortions, with a recording in the background of babies screaming. Clearly, meant to imply that the fetuses being aborted were actually screaming babies being murdered. At the end of this maze of TVs was a baby doll with a vacuum attached to its head.
So, this is what I am wondering. Clearly the people who created this display are anti-abortion and think that abortion is cruel and gruesome. However, they also think that it is not gruesome enough when presented on its own, they felt they had to enhance it with the sounds of screaming babies and a doll with a vacuum attached to its head, if they were going to get their message across and dissuade people from supporting abortion and/or choice. And, so this is what I envision: People who want to scare others with gruesome depictions of abortions, watch the real videotapes and decide "Gee, this isn't as horrid as I thought. We need to make it look worse or people won't be shocked enough!" rather than deciding "Gee, this isn't as horrid as I thought. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe I should learn more about this topic before I make a decision and start espousing that opinion in public." Oh no wait, that would have been a rational line of thought. I forget that human beings are no longer capable of rational thought, only extreme hate and delusion. Doh!
My sister was wondering why a group of people who claim to be out to save children would expose unsuspecting children to these traumatic images under the guise of a traditional haunted house? Is it really necessary? Especially when they are falsifying the sound effects and essentially lying to these kids about a medical procedure.
Well, that's all for tonite.
TVs showing video of women having abortions, with a recording in the background of babies screaming. Clearly, meant to imply that the fetuses being aborted were actually screaming babies being murdered. At the end of this maze of TVs was a baby doll with a vacuum attached to its head.
So, this is what I am wondering. Clearly the people who created this display are anti-abortion and think that abortion is cruel and gruesome. However, they also think that it is not gruesome enough when presented on its own, they felt they had to enhance it with the sounds of screaming babies and a doll with a vacuum attached to its head, if they were going to get their message across and dissuade people from supporting abortion and/or choice. And, so this is what I envision: People who want to scare others with gruesome depictions of abortions, watch the real videotapes and decide "Gee, this isn't as horrid as I thought. We need to make it look worse or people won't be shocked enough!" rather than deciding "Gee, this isn't as horrid as I thought. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe I should learn more about this topic before I make a decision and start espousing that opinion in public." Oh no wait, that would have been a rational line of thought. I forget that human beings are no longer capable of rational thought, only extreme hate and delusion. Doh!
My sister was wondering why a group of people who claim to be out to save children would expose unsuspecting children to these traumatic images under the guise of a traditional haunted house? Is it really necessary? Especially when they are falsifying the sound effects and essentially lying to these kids about a medical procedure.
Well, that's all for tonite.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Broken Hearts
I just watched the "Inside The Actor's Studio" interview with Michael J. Fox on Bravo. It made me so sad I couldn't believe it. When I was growing up, I was a highly emotional & sensitive person, and so I bonded with everything around me in that growing-up-melo-dramatic kind of way that girls do when they are kids. This bonding extended to certain celebrities that were popular at the time (like Corey Feldman, see my previous post on "Friendships"). Well, Michael J. Fox is one person that I've always felt attached to. I feel like I grew up with him. I know, it's a sickness, get over it.
But, it really breaks my heart to see him sick. (For those living under a rock, he has Parkinson's). It's so hard to watch him struggling with his body in that way. It's like he is constantly battling himself. He's very brave about it, and not at all a complainer, but it looks horribly painful. It just makes me so sad to see him looking so old and tired and sick, it absolutely breaks my heart.
I'm sure this has something to do with the loss of my own youth, and the realization of my own mortality or something like that, but all I know is the heaviness I felt while I watched it. (Even more so than when Corey divorced his parents!) But seriously, it really is awful. Especially because, in his face, he looks basically the same as he always has...he still looks like Marty McFly and Alex P. Keaton and Scott Howard....but he looks like he's been beat up or something.
I don't know what the point of this post is. I'm just sad so I decided to write about it. That's all.
But, it really breaks my heart to see him sick. (For those living under a rock, he has Parkinson's). It's so hard to watch him struggling with his body in that way. It's like he is constantly battling himself. He's very brave about it, and not at all a complainer, but it looks horribly painful. It just makes me so sad to see him looking so old and tired and sick, it absolutely breaks my heart.
I'm sure this has something to do with the loss of my own youth, and the realization of my own mortality or something like that, but all I know is the heaviness I felt while I watched it. (Even more so than when Corey divorced his parents!) But seriously, it really is awful. Especially because, in his face, he looks basically the same as he always has...he still looks like Marty McFly and Alex P. Keaton and Scott Howard....but he looks like he's been beat up or something.
I don't know what the point of this post is. I'm just sad so I decided to write about it. That's all.
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