So, tonight was the state of the union address. I spent the last 2 days debating with myself about whether or not to watch it. On the one hand, I am a pretty political, opinionated person, so I feel a bit obligated to watch it. On the other hand, I know it's all bullshit. I mean, no matter who the President is, the state of the union is simply a way to try to raise approval ratings. In fact, they traditionally have very little to do with the "state of the union", they are generally forward looking. So, honestly, I knew that if I did watch it would only be so that the Daily Show would make more sense to me tomorrow (and perhaps provide myself with more ammo in my daily W-bashing). And really, I just can't stand hearing that man speak. It's like nails on a chalkboard to me. I mean, not only the substance of what he says, but just his halting, ignorant, stunted speech pattern (perhaps the after effects of cocaine use?). It's as if he's constantly baffled by the English language...and this is coming from trailer-park trash! So, I decided not to watch tonight, I opted for Supernatural instead (which frankly wasn't all that good tonight either). I did however, catch the last 5 minutes of the speech and the democratic response. So I did get my daily dose of why the president hates me, and why the democrats need a good bop on the head. (Where's little bunny fu-fu when you need him?) I also got to hear the media tallies of how many times people clapped, who was clapping, how hard they were clapping, if they were standing or sitting, and if their clapping appeared to be primarily left-winged or right-winged. Thank the good lord that somebody is getting paid to count those claps!!! Otherwise I would have no idea how the country is doing right now! Even better, the person who counted how many times the Governor of Virginia said "better way" or some version of it!! Too bad that same person couldn't have given the poor guy a podium and taught him better eyebrow control. Anyway, yeah, so I guess the moral to this story is that the state of this union is so frightening and scary to me, that I'd rather ignore it and watch ghost stories instead.
Goodnight.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Energized!!
Well, some of you may know that I have been changing a few things about my daily life lately. Mostly to get in better shape. I've been working out 4 days/wk, eating a LOT more vegetables & fruit, drinking tons of water, and taking one-a-day weight smart vitamins. I am extremely proud to say that it is working!! Not only have I lost about 3 ponuds (the 1st time I've seen the scale go down in over a year), I also have been crazy productive!!
I've been so productive lately, that every night I have a whole list of things that I've accomplished. But today was by far the most impressive! I actually cleaned out my dining room!!! For those of you that have never been here, let me say that it is a HUGE accomplishment. See, my dining room has never been used for dining, only storage...especially since I bought my couch. I put the couch in the living room & moved my futon into the dining room, where it sat (facing backwards) as I piled boxes & boxes of crap on top of it for about the last year & a half. Today, I cleared off the futon, turned it around & put it up against the wall, and actually discovered the carpet in my dining room! I am SO proud of me!! The best part is, that's not all I did today. I also had 2 classes, did some homework, worked out, ran errands (Target, Office Depot, Old Navy, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kroger, & Barnes & Noble), cooked apricot-glazed chicken, put gas in my car, dropped stuff off at goodwill, and wrote on my blog!! Plus, I am not even all that tired...although my hips do hurt as much as they did after my 1st 3-Day training walk!! But, that's okay, nothing that three dozen advil can't cure!
Well, I'm going to bed now! Goodnite!!!
I've been so productive lately, that every night I have a whole list of things that I've accomplished. But today was by far the most impressive! I actually cleaned out my dining room!!! For those of you that have never been here, let me say that it is a HUGE accomplishment. See, my dining room has never been used for dining, only storage...especially since I bought my couch. I put the couch in the living room & moved my futon into the dining room, where it sat (facing backwards) as I piled boxes & boxes of crap on top of it for about the last year & a half. Today, I cleared off the futon, turned it around & put it up against the wall, and actually discovered the carpet in my dining room! I am SO proud of me!! The best part is, that's not all I did today. I also had 2 classes, did some homework, worked out, ran errands (Target, Office Depot, Old Navy, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kroger, & Barnes & Noble), cooked apricot-glazed chicken, put gas in my car, dropped stuff off at goodwill, and wrote on my blog!! Plus, I am not even all that tired...although my hips do hurt as much as they did after my 1st 3-Day training walk!! But, that's okay, nothing that three dozen advil can't cure!
Well, I'm going to bed now! Goodnite!!!
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Sam Champion: Beware!
So I heard on the news yesterday that there is evidence that "the administration" knew in advance about the devastation hurricane Katrina would cause in New Orleans. Apparently there were emails warning about the levees breaking, the massive flooding, and even the likely failure of emergency crews to meet the needs of the region.
And I thought, "Hmmm, this sounds familiar...."
Maybe what we need is some kind of mechanism by which the President can order secret wiretaps on United States Meteorologists!!! Maybe then "the administration" will be better able to "connect the dots" before the next major natural disaster!! Just a suggestion....
And I thought, "Hmmm, this sounds familiar...."
Maybe what we need is some kind of mechanism by which the President can order secret wiretaps on United States Meteorologists!!! Maybe then "the administration" will be better able to "connect the dots" before the next major natural disaster!! Just a suggestion....
Sunday, January 22, 2006
New Link!
Hey everyone! Just FYI, one of my BEST friends in the whole world just started her very own blog!! It is listed on my links and called Chelle-Line. Check it out & leave her comments!! We want her to feel at home in our blogging world!! :-)
On another note: I am currently printing out the final draft of my bar application!! Woohoo!!
On another note: I am currently printing out the final draft of my bar application!! Woohoo!!
Brotherly Love
Last night I watched, for the millionth time, American History X. If you have not seen this movie: stop reading this, get in your car, and go out & rent or buy this movie RIGHT NOW. It is a movie that every human being should see at least once.
I think I may have written about this movie on my blog before, but oh well, I'm doing it again. It is one of the most amazing movies I have ever seen in my life. On it's face, it's about hate and violence. IMDB describes it as a "crime/drama" but it's much more than that. Deep down it's about love, belonging, and what it means to be the Big Brother/Sister in your family. And it should teach us all something about ourselves.
I don't care who you are, I am willing to bet that when you watch that 1st basketball game in this movie, you will find yourself cheering for the Nazis. And then you'll catch yourself, and get a little sick feeling inside. Last night I asked myself Why? and I'm not sure what the answer is. Maybe it's because Ed Norton is such a great actor, or because he's so damn good-looking in this movie, or maybe because it's being told from the point of view of the white guys, I don't know. But, for a moment, in that scene, you forget who the bad guys are. It scares me just a bit.
As I keep watching the movie I keep thinking about this relationship between these two brothers. About how true this story is, that all the successes and failures, all the mistakes and triumphs of the older siblings have incredible and irreversible effects on the younger...especially if the siblings are the same gender. I know that some of you are thinking that I am wrong, that your life had very little effect on your younger siblings, but you are wrong. You only feel that way because things went well. Your parents treated the younger one the same as you because things appeared to be working. But when things go wrong, it's a whole different story.
When the older child gets into drugs or any kind of trouble, the parents instinctively tighten the leash on the younger. It's natural, they get afraid. And if something truly terrible happens to the older, like they are kidnapped, put in prison, or they die, the lives of the younger children change dramatically. They are being raised by totally different parents who are terrified of losing another child. They are over-protective to the extreme, and try to stop the socialization & growing up of the children they have left. And that's not all.
Younger siblings fall in love with their older siblings in a way we typically can't understand. I remember how my sister used to react as a child whenever I got hurt, whether physically or emotionally. She would cling to me, follow me around, and cry harder than I did. At the time, I thought it was so annoying. But I know now that it was because she couldn't imagine her world without me in it. Thanks to her youth and innocence, she knew long before I did that we were partners. I had lived 7 years without her, so I knew I didn't depend on her existence or happiness. But she had never been herself without me, her identity was wrapped up in her relationship with me. And everything I did or said she thought was right. It wasn't until about 5 years ago that I realized the gravity of this devotion. I realized that if I wasn't careful, she would follow the same path I did and make the same mistakes as I did. I had to devote my life to showing her that I wasn't perfect and making sure she learned from my mistakes. I think I've done a pretty good job of that.
And this, the journey of trying to teach his younger brother not to make his mistakes, is what American History X is really about. It is a vital and urgent journey that is so important to those of us who grow up to realize that our mistakes had effects beyond ourselves. It's a difficult thing to do, to admit that you worst fear is to see them turn out like you. But it is also your best accomplishment and the thing that makes all your mistakes worth it. Hopefully, it's something you can do before it's too late.
I think I may have written about this movie on my blog before, but oh well, I'm doing it again. It is one of the most amazing movies I have ever seen in my life. On it's face, it's about hate and violence. IMDB describes it as a "crime/drama" but it's much more than that. Deep down it's about love, belonging, and what it means to be the Big Brother/Sister in your family. And it should teach us all something about ourselves.
I don't care who you are, I am willing to bet that when you watch that 1st basketball game in this movie, you will find yourself cheering for the Nazis. And then you'll catch yourself, and get a little sick feeling inside. Last night I asked myself Why? and I'm not sure what the answer is. Maybe it's because Ed Norton is such a great actor, or because he's so damn good-looking in this movie, or maybe because it's being told from the point of view of the white guys, I don't know. But, for a moment, in that scene, you forget who the bad guys are. It scares me just a bit.
As I keep watching the movie I keep thinking about this relationship between these two brothers. About how true this story is, that all the successes and failures, all the mistakes and triumphs of the older siblings have incredible and irreversible effects on the younger...especially if the siblings are the same gender. I know that some of you are thinking that I am wrong, that your life had very little effect on your younger siblings, but you are wrong. You only feel that way because things went well. Your parents treated the younger one the same as you because things appeared to be working. But when things go wrong, it's a whole different story.
When the older child gets into drugs or any kind of trouble, the parents instinctively tighten the leash on the younger. It's natural, they get afraid. And if something truly terrible happens to the older, like they are kidnapped, put in prison, or they die, the lives of the younger children change dramatically. They are being raised by totally different parents who are terrified of losing another child. They are over-protective to the extreme, and try to stop the socialization & growing up of the children they have left. And that's not all.
Younger siblings fall in love with their older siblings in a way we typically can't understand. I remember how my sister used to react as a child whenever I got hurt, whether physically or emotionally. She would cling to me, follow me around, and cry harder than I did. At the time, I thought it was so annoying. But I know now that it was because she couldn't imagine her world without me in it. Thanks to her youth and innocence, she knew long before I did that we were partners. I had lived 7 years without her, so I knew I didn't depend on her existence or happiness. But she had never been herself without me, her identity was wrapped up in her relationship with me. And everything I did or said she thought was right. It wasn't until about 5 years ago that I realized the gravity of this devotion. I realized that if I wasn't careful, she would follow the same path I did and make the same mistakes as I did. I had to devote my life to showing her that I wasn't perfect and making sure she learned from my mistakes. I think I've done a pretty good job of that.
And this, the journey of trying to teach his younger brother not to make his mistakes, is what American History X is really about. It is a vital and urgent journey that is so important to those of us who grow up to realize that our mistakes had effects beyond ourselves. It's a difficult thing to do, to admit that you worst fear is to see them turn out like you. But it is also your best accomplishment and the thing that makes all your mistakes worth it. Hopefully, it's something you can do before it's too late.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Destracted
OMG!! So, I was totally gonna write about something else, but while this page was loading I changed the channel on my TV and happened upon a woman with some sort of bizarre metal contraption that she was manipulating in her mouth. This made me say WTF??? and stop surfing for a moment. There are actually 3 people using this contraption on QVC, it is called a "facial flex" and is designed to...wait for it....exercise your face!!!!!! Yes people, this is like to compliment your botox injections and strengthen your face to keep it from sagging due to age! I wish I knew enough adjectives to be able to appropriately describe to you what these people look like while using this contraption. I have to say, that I think the REAL face exercise is how much you will be laughing your ass off watching these people do this! But just in case your face still needs exercise, you can get this marvelous contraption for $29.86 plus $3.95 shipping & handling. In case this price is too steep for you, I also recommend obsessive gum chewing to keep that youthful, lifted look about your face. Or, ya know, you could just be less ridiculously vain....but that just wouldn't be American.
BTW, MissDivaKitty has changed the look of her journal & it's very cool. Check it out!
BTW, MissDivaKitty has changed the look of her journal & it's very cool. Check it out!
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Racist Delusions
Okay so I'm not going to give details on this because I don't want a rampant stream of psychos being directed to my blog....you all are quite enough for me! But I was doing this google thing where you search for "(your name) was killed by" and I searched for my friend Nicole's name, this was the top result I got:
On the O. J. Simpson murder trial: : "Why was O.J. framed? It now seems obvious that O.J. Simpson's former wife, Nicole, was killed by Kosher butchers under rabbinical supervision making the traditional cut to the throat and chest so that they could reach in, grab her heart, and hand pump the blood out of her body….O.J. had served the international Jew conspiracy in a most powerful way, suggesting by phony example that racially mixed marriage and mongrelization could be a glamorous lifestyle for the elite….Could the Jews really have set the whole thing up, sacrificed one of their own Isaacs, framed their own boy O.J., and then sent their best shysters in to defend him? Why not? It sounds so Jewish."
At first I thought it must be a joke because it was so bizarre, so I clicked on the link. But it appears to be the actual ramblings of the leader of some psycho racist group who hates pretty much everyone on the planet except themselves. And I just have to say: WTF?????? It's obvious that Nicole was killed by Kosher Butchers???? Right! That's exactly what I was thinking! No wonder OJ went to South Florida to find the real killers! I mean we all know how innately violent those Kosher butchers are. Seriously folks, how do these people come up with these things? I can picture this group of bald white men sitting in a basement, smoking cigars, surrounded by fake wood paneling, throwing out bizarre conspiarcy theories, saying things like "Naw man, that's just not crazy enough! Think crazier! And pass the beer nuts!" Wow. I am just so completely blown away right now....I am speechless! Except of course for the endless rantings that are now playing out in my head!
Goodnight.
On the O. J. Simpson murder trial: : "Why was O.J. framed? It now seems obvious that O.J. Simpson's former wife, Nicole, was killed by Kosher butchers under rabbinical supervision making the traditional cut to the throat and chest so that they could reach in, grab her heart, and hand pump the blood out of her body….O.J. had served the international Jew conspiracy in a most powerful way, suggesting by phony example that racially mixed marriage and mongrelization could be a glamorous lifestyle for the elite….Could the Jews really have set the whole thing up, sacrificed one of their own Isaacs, framed their own boy O.J., and then sent their best shysters in to defend him? Why not? It sounds so Jewish."
At first I thought it must be a joke because it was so bizarre, so I clicked on the link. But it appears to be the actual ramblings of the leader of some psycho racist group who hates pretty much everyone on the planet except themselves. And I just have to say: WTF?????? It's obvious that Nicole was killed by Kosher Butchers???? Right! That's exactly what I was thinking! No wonder OJ went to South Florida to find the real killers! I mean we all know how innately violent those Kosher butchers are. Seriously folks, how do these people come up with these things? I can picture this group of bald white men sitting in a basement, smoking cigars, surrounded by fake wood paneling, throwing out bizarre conspiarcy theories, saying things like "Naw man, that's just not crazy enough! Think crazier! And pass the beer nuts!" Wow. I am just so completely blown away right now....I am speechless! Except of course for the endless rantings that are now playing out in my head!
Goodnight.
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