Well I'm back from work.. and it was a pretty decent day, had the cutiest twins to start the day with. I had a nasty little note from the weekday person regarding me leaving too many people to be done for her. Well tough shit. I am not going to badger people. And I did a retake for someone today, when I got done she mentioned how the photographer yesterday was being bitchy and they didn't like her. Some people are more interested in making numbers not making good pictures.
Today would have been my mom's birthday, she would have been 54. It's funny I really haven't thought about it all that much. It's really just another day. It's been a long time since she passed away... and... well mom never liked to celebrate her birthday. She was never embarassed about her aged, she just didn't like birthday parties for herself.
I miss mom. She was funny.
I met my sister today after work (gave up my nap time for you D!). I knew she might be a little sad because of today being mom's b-day. We had a nice time today. Walked around Half-Price Books, couldn't find the 2 books we were looking for, then off to the mall for the freak show. Ahhh the mall.. I'll write about that a bit later.. I was actually taking notes of things so I could accurately write about them (make fun of the freaks). It was an experience.
I hope D had a good time, I did. And I hope she doesn't miss mom to much.
If mom could get the internet in heaven, this is what I'd write her:
Dear Mom,
6 of your birthdays have passed since you left us. So much has changed in that time. Our hearts have healed, though we thought they never would. Our tears have dried, some of our memories have fades... memories of the pain and sadness. All that remains is the memory of your smile and your laughter.
I still miss you, you'll always be with me in my heart.
Love
Judy
That's all... I thought I was going to write more... but, that's all I need to say. I just realized that I was 25 when my mom passed, it was the month after my birthday, Jake turned 25 recently and I told him that 25 was one of my best birthdays... and I just remembered why... it was the last one my mom was here for.
OK, enough of that... go call your mom.
Saturday, October 26, 2002
L- Oh gosh I hope you get the cool apartment! Then I'll come visit you! HAHAHHAA! Just kidding.. it's not like I get vacation! I can't wait to see pictures. Good luck!
OK, about the BITCH today. I was having a pretty damn good day, despite having 21 babies on the list to photograph. (eyes rolling up in head) the weekday person really had got to stop leaving C-sections until the last damn day. I had 2 NICU babies that had perfect pictures - I love doing the NICU babies because they are little miracles and I get to hold them for a few minutes. One baby was born on August 12 at just over a pound and was getting to go home today. He took great pictures. Odd thing about NICU pictures at that hospital, if the parents are there, they always look like shit. Not sure why.. just always works out like that. So ANYWAY... I'm down to the second to last person on my list and I go in, the mom is not sure she wants to get the picture today, because according to her the nurse that was in there earlier had upset the baby and made her break out in a rash *note - I was looking at a baby with out even a mark on her... a tiny little red spot that was fading was near her eyebrow. I tell the mom we can take the pictures and if she doesn't like them the sat photographer can do retakes (I'm trying to get credit on this picture.. this is before I realized she was the Bitch Queen's Daughter, Princess Bitchalot). She agrees. I get the cart and bring it in. then nurse sticks her head in the room and tells mom that the head nurse is here to talk to her (mom had complained about the nurse who upset her little pumpkin) mom is very abrupt with the nurse and tells her that the baby pictures are being done now, and she will talk to the head nurse in 30 minutes, I tell her it won't take but 15 to 20 minutes.. she tells the nurse she will see the head nurse in 15 minutes then. OK.... They dress the baby (grandma and mom) then I'm holding the baby and grandma starts criticizing me because I have her up on my shoulder and I'm trying to wake her up (mom wants her awake), grandma is criticizing because the baby's face is touching my sweater and she says that the baby does much better if she's not messed with (OK, what the fuck, the baby is 2 days old! I've had 2 kids, I know for a fact you don't know EVERYTHING about a child at 2 days - even if you gave birth to it!). I put the baby in the cart and start taking pictures. Grandma is across the room steadily criticizing me even touching the baby (pretty fucking hard to line up their faces if you don't touch them) I tell her that I have to do that and grandma proceeds to tell me that the baby always stays still if no one messes with her (yeah bull shit.. no baby stays still unless they are asleep.. and since we are wanting a picture with her eyes open...what ever grandma) Then grandma says how she's "taken 10 rolls of film already and the baby has cooperated for her" (the baby isn't being uncooperative... mom and grandma are just making this hard). I almost turned and said "Oh? would you like to do this since your such a skilled photographer?" Mom snaps at grandma to be quiet, I know what I'm doing. Well I stop touching the baby all together. I'm ready to fucking leave. Mom won't stop touching the baby, grandma is criticizing every picture (and they looked really good...she was just pissed I wasn't listening to her). Mom starts sticking a bottle in the babies mouth while she is in the cart.. to calm her down.. eyes rolling up in head (baby wasn't upset) I finally tell mom to move so I can take the last pictures. She pulls the bottle out, I snap the picture, mom starts messing with the baby again for another picture and I tell her I'm done. Grandma keeps criticizing the pictures (saying that some other pictures came out better because they KNOW the baby better) while I show them to mom, so I just print out the proofs and tell her that someone will come by tomorrow for re-takes. And I head for the door while mom is thanking me. shit what for? thanks for taking our abuse. whatever. I get outside, the head nurse is getting ready to head in. I turn to her and say "have fun" and give her a look of sympathy. she looks amused. People say to me all the time "Oh it must be hard to take baby pictures." I always reply "The babies are easy, it's the parents that are hard." This is why. But I have to wonder about this mom, this is her first baby, what is she going to do the first time that kid has a crying fit and she can't calm her down, what about the first night the baby won't sleep and mom is tired and irritable? If she gets so wound up over the baby crying now, she's going to need valium by the time this kid is rolling over!
OK, I've purged the negative experience.. I feel better.
Tonight I was discussing literature with my husband... I really need to find The Hunchback of Noterdame... I am curious about it now. I don't want to tell you why I am curious.. you would think I was stupid.. hehehe...
OK, about the BITCH today. I was having a pretty damn good day, despite having 21 babies on the list to photograph. (eyes rolling up in head) the weekday person really had got to stop leaving C-sections until the last damn day. I had 2 NICU babies that had perfect pictures - I love doing the NICU babies because they are little miracles and I get to hold them for a few minutes. One baby was born on August 12 at just over a pound and was getting to go home today. He took great pictures. Odd thing about NICU pictures at that hospital, if the parents are there, they always look like shit. Not sure why.. just always works out like that. So ANYWAY... I'm down to the second to last person on my list and I go in, the mom is not sure she wants to get the picture today, because according to her the nurse that was in there earlier had upset the baby and made her break out in a rash *note - I was looking at a baby with out even a mark on her... a tiny little red spot that was fading was near her eyebrow. I tell the mom we can take the pictures and if she doesn't like them the sat photographer can do retakes (I'm trying to get credit on this picture.. this is before I realized she was the Bitch Queen's Daughter, Princess Bitchalot). She agrees. I get the cart and bring it in. then nurse sticks her head in the room and tells mom that the head nurse is here to talk to her (mom had complained about the nurse who upset her little pumpkin) mom is very abrupt with the nurse and tells her that the baby pictures are being done now, and she will talk to the head nurse in 30 minutes, I tell her it won't take but 15 to 20 minutes.. she tells the nurse she will see the head nurse in 15 minutes then. OK.... They dress the baby (grandma and mom) then I'm holding the baby and grandma starts criticizing me because I have her up on my shoulder and I'm trying to wake her up (mom wants her awake), grandma is criticizing because the baby's face is touching my sweater and she says that the baby does much better if she's not messed with (OK, what the fuck, the baby is 2 days old! I've had 2 kids, I know for a fact you don't know EVERYTHING about a child at 2 days - even if you gave birth to it!). I put the baby in the cart and start taking pictures. Grandma is across the room steadily criticizing me even touching the baby (pretty fucking hard to line up their faces if you don't touch them) I tell her that I have to do that and grandma proceeds to tell me that the baby always stays still if no one messes with her (yeah bull shit.. no baby stays still unless they are asleep.. and since we are wanting a picture with her eyes open...what ever grandma) Then grandma says how she's "taken 10 rolls of film already and the baby has cooperated for her" (the baby isn't being uncooperative... mom and grandma are just making this hard). I almost turned and said "Oh? would you like to do this since your such a skilled photographer?" Mom snaps at grandma to be quiet, I know what I'm doing. Well I stop touching the baby all together. I'm ready to fucking leave. Mom won't stop touching the baby, grandma is criticizing every picture (and they looked really good...she was just pissed I wasn't listening to her). Mom starts sticking a bottle in the babies mouth while she is in the cart.. to calm her down.. eyes rolling up in head (baby wasn't upset) I finally tell mom to move so I can take the last pictures. She pulls the bottle out, I snap the picture, mom starts messing with the baby again for another picture and I tell her I'm done. Grandma keeps criticizing the pictures (saying that some other pictures came out better because they KNOW the baby better) while I show them to mom, so I just print out the proofs and tell her that someone will come by tomorrow for re-takes. And I head for the door while mom is thanking me. shit what for? thanks for taking our abuse. whatever. I get outside, the head nurse is getting ready to head in. I turn to her and say "have fun" and give her a look of sympathy. she looks amused. People say to me all the time "Oh it must be hard to take baby pictures." I always reply "The babies are easy, it's the parents that are hard." This is why. But I have to wonder about this mom, this is her first baby, what is she going to do the first time that kid has a crying fit and she can't calm her down, what about the first night the baby won't sleep and mom is tired and irritable? If she gets so wound up over the baby crying now, she's going to need valium by the time this kid is rolling over!
OK, I've purged the negative experience.. I feel better.
Tonight I was discussing literature with my husband... I really need to find The Hunchback of Noterdame... I am curious about it now. I don't want to tell you why I am curious.. you would think I was stupid.. hehehe...
Friday, October 25, 2002
A - "The little orange and white something corn candies"... that would be candy corn.. *snicker* You need some sleep... drug that child!
L - the third place on your list sounds like the one you want - take it if they offer it! I did the same thing when looking for my town house I live in now. I fell in love with the one I live in now, even though it was about $100 more than the other's I had looked at.... but I'm thrilled I took this one. I love it.
Shit.. I'm tired... had chili last night... The Chili Of The Living Dead.. it came back later. Uggh... after many many antiacids.. I did get back to sleep. And... I had a crappy person at work.. bitchy, bitchy, bitchy.. I'll tell about it later.. not that you want to hear it, I just need to vent. Need a short nap before I have to head out again.
L - the third place on your list sounds like the one you want - take it if they offer it! I did the same thing when looking for my town house I live in now. I fell in love with the one I live in now, even though it was about $100 more than the other's I had looked at.... but I'm thrilled I took this one. I love it.
Shit.. I'm tired... had chili last night... The Chili Of The Living Dead.. it came back later. Uggh... after many many antiacids.. I did get back to sleep. And... I had a crappy person at work.. bitchy, bitchy, bitchy.. I'll tell about it later.. not that you want to hear it, I just need to vent. Need a short nap before I have to head out again.
Before I leave for work I'll give you Halloween Friday Five... (I wasn't going to do this one.. since we just did a Halloween pool... but, what the hell, Jake did it.)
1. What is your favorite scary movie?
Nightmare on Elmstreet. I loved most of those movies.
2. What is your favorite Halloween treat?
hmmmm... tiny little chocolate bars...
3. Do you dress up for Halloween? If so, describe your best Halloween costume.
sometimes. I like to, but usually don't for lack of time. Best costume was when I was 3 and mom made me a butterfly costume. I also enjoyed going as a Cereal Killer about 6 years ago and a penguin about 5 years ago.
4. Do you enjoy going to haunted houses or other spooky events?
I love them. haven't been to one in years though.
5. Will you dress up for Halloween this year?
Not sure. I'd like to dress up as something cool, but I can't think of a damn thing.
Now it's your turn... answer these and post them for me. ;o)
I have got to get ready for work.
1. What is your favorite scary movie?
Nightmare on Elmstreet. I loved most of those movies.
2. What is your favorite Halloween treat?
hmmmm... tiny little chocolate bars...
3. Do you dress up for Halloween? If so, describe your best Halloween costume.
sometimes. I like to, but usually don't for lack of time. Best costume was when I was 3 and mom made me a butterfly costume. I also enjoyed going as a Cereal Killer about 6 years ago and a penguin about 5 years ago.
4. Do you enjoy going to haunted houses or other spooky events?
I love them. haven't been to one in years though.
5. Will you dress up for Halloween this year?
Not sure. I'd like to dress up as something cool, but I can't think of a damn thing.
Now it's your turn... answer these and post them for me. ;o)
I have got to get ready for work.
whew.. Judy's tired tonight. There will be no great social commentary tonight.. No words of wisdom.. No enlightenment... ok, who am I kidding! It's not like that was in great abundance on here anyway! HAHAHAHAHA!
So I go to the Dr. today, she offers me a new form of birth control because I didn't like the pills she gave me last time. I got the patch.. Birthcontrol in a patch (you change it once a week.. I think I can manage to remember it once a week...) It looks cool. I'm sure I could have done the shot.. but I hate needles, or the implant thing... but.. that involves needles... sometimes getting cut and stiched up! or some other method.. I think this is going to work though. I had this crazy thought tonight... what if I were using the patch to try to quit smoking... and the patch to prevent pregnancy... and got them mixed up... could end up wearing the same nicotine patch for a week and end up pregnant... not a pretty thought.
I had to run back out to the store this eveing, to get tomatoes for the chili and pick up some videos. I had 45 mins until my husband got home, so I headed to hastings, took way too long to find anything watchable... then stood in line. This particular clerk is named Princess.. and I've been through her line several times. Everytime I go I tell her to look up my husbands card so I can rent the videos. She always acts like I'm asking her to cut off her damn arm. I tell her that I've rented videos like this several times before. she asks for my last name I give it to her, and I watch her grossly misspell it (*note - I have a very easy last name to spell - 5 little letters... and it's a common common name), so I spell it back to her, she misspells it again. I spell it out again... same reaction from her. She's adding letters to my name. Again I spell it - a little less friendly this time, she looks hard at the screen for the misspelling and I point out the extra letter. Sheesh. She get's the file up and tells me that I'm not listed on there as being able to rent videos on the account. I tell her that I am and I HAVE done it before. The line is getting longer be hind me, I guess she notices and relents to rent me 4 videos. Then off to the store for a few things, and I get back an hour later. An hour to go 5 minutes down the block to rent 4 videos and get a bag of groceries. What a world, what a world...
So I go to the Dr. today, she offers me a new form of birth control because I didn't like the pills she gave me last time. I got the patch.. Birthcontrol in a patch (you change it once a week.. I think I can manage to remember it once a week...) It looks cool. I'm sure I could have done the shot.. but I hate needles, or the implant thing... but.. that involves needles... sometimes getting cut and stiched up! or some other method.. I think this is going to work though. I had this crazy thought tonight... what if I were using the patch to try to quit smoking... and the patch to prevent pregnancy... and got them mixed up... could end up wearing the same nicotine patch for a week and end up pregnant... not a pretty thought.
I had to run back out to the store this eveing, to get tomatoes for the chili and pick up some videos. I had 45 mins until my husband got home, so I headed to hastings, took way too long to find anything watchable... then stood in line. This particular clerk is named Princess.. and I've been through her line several times. Everytime I go I tell her to look up my husbands card so I can rent the videos. She always acts like I'm asking her to cut off her damn arm. I tell her that I've rented videos like this several times before. she asks for my last name I give it to her, and I watch her grossly misspell it (*note - I have a very easy last name to spell - 5 little letters... and it's a common common name), so I spell it back to her, she misspells it again. I spell it out again... same reaction from her. She's adding letters to my name. Again I spell it - a little less friendly this time, she looks hard at the screen for the misspelling and I point out the extra letter. Sheesh. She get's the file up and tells me that I'm not listed on there as being able to rent videos on the account. I tell her that I am and I HAVE done it before. The line is getting longer be hind me, I guess she notices and relents to rent me 4 videos. Then off to the store for a few things, and I get back an hour later. An hour to go 5 minutes down the block to rent 4 videos and get a bag of groceries. What a world, what a world...
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Wow.. I'm really surprised that no one had a comment on my death penalty post. I can only assume that everyone who read my rant agreed with me. I did hear from one person and he did agree with me. But the rest of you are silent and as I said, I will take your silence as agreement.
A - did you read my special post just for you? if not, go down and read it.. then plot to kill me for being a bitch. lol
AND.. again.. no one has left comments... am I unworthy of your thoughts? Am I not thought provoking? Do I speak for everyone? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Well I have got to get going, gotta get gas in the car, return movies and head off to the Dr. I'll be back..... and I expect some comments... *giving you stern look*
A - did you read my special post just for you? if not, go down and read it.. then plot to kill me for being a bitch. lol
AND.. again.. no one has left comments... am I unworthy of your thoughts? Am I not thought provoking? Do I speak for everyone? HAHAHAHAHAHA! Well I have got to get going, gotta get gas in the car, return movies and head off to the Dr. I'll be back..... and I expect some comments... *giving you stern look*
hehehehe.. I just found this.. It's relevant (sort of)... This is about my nephew "He is a carnivore. He hates veggies of all kinds. He has a t-shirt that says "How many vegetables died for your stupid salad?"
Gotta love that boy. I'm sure he's a member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) like me...
Gotta love that boy. I'm sure he's a member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals) like me...
Gosh I'm am such the comicbook geek. I just found (via Promoguy's site) a link to Neil Gaiman's Journal. For those who don't know who he is - he's an immensly talented writer and comicbook creator. I discovered him (rather reluctantly) about 10 years ago while my husband and I were dating. As I've mentioned before hubby is a comicbook geek... Anyway.. he got me hooked by giving me some of the Sandman comics by Gaiman. I was hooked...like an addict. I must have read his entire collection of Sandman comics in 3 weekends. I loved them... The stories were fabulous and intellegent and lacked all the testosterone laden, spandex wearing superheros in most comics (that said, I do read some of thoes comics also... damn that husband of mine... but I tend to prefer the comics with storylines that are more thought provoking... Legion has had some of the best writing in the past 2 years of all of the comics I currently read... which is a suprise since it is a testosterone laden, spandex wearing superhero comic).
Anyway.. I'm such a geek.. this excites the hell out of me...
Anyway.. I'm such a geek.. this excites the hell out of me...
No A - Free Silken Secret is not an offense against God.. it's a little piece of heaven (if use right ;o)
Thanks to Jake for 3X Thursday 10/24/2k2 Eat Your Veggies
1.Have you ever thought about being vegetarian? If you have not then why? If you are vegetarian then why?
Fleetingly I have, but that usually lasted until my next dead animal filled meal. I like meat. All kinds of meat. If it's in the meat section somewhere, chances are I'll eat it. Nothing compairs to the real thing.
2.So do you like to eat your veggies? What fruit and vegetables do you like to eat?
I love veggies. I eat most veggies except onions and bell pepper (except in cajun food.. then I'll eat them). I don't really like a lot of fruit. I like berries... the occasional apple or orange... maybe a bananna. When I was pregnant with my first child fruits and veggies made me throw up. I could not even walk through the produce isle at the store without feeling sick... And just the sight.. no just the smell of a bananna made rush to the toilet.. I've never really gotten back to where I like fruit all that much.
3.What vegetarian food do you like? It can be made with dairy just not meat. Pick one non-meat food or drink that you think is groovy.
Well.. that's a misleading question... since I like most foods. I think you mean "What vegetarian dish do you like?" I mean I could just say strawberries. But I love a good spicy vegetable stir fry any day. Bean and cheese burritos - YUM! Pan roasted veggitables over pasta - to die for. Veggetable lasagna (the stuff I make) rocks. I do like the veggie burgers - the black bean ones are my favorite. I like the ones that aren't supposed to taste like meat... those are vile.
Bonus Question for the Comments: What is the tastiest beverage ever? Bailey's Irish Cream - it's even good on cereal ;o) or a good ice cold root beer in a frosty glass (A&W)
OK - I have to make a few comments - maybe in appropriate... but I'm still going to spout off. I've known (still know) lots of vegetarians. And I have no problem with the non-meat or meat product eating populace. I don't like the one's who try to make me feel guilty for eating a hamburger though. I do have a question for those who abstain from the tasty flesh, if you don't like meat, why do you make fake meat products? Like fake meat hot dogs (as if they aren't artificial enough!)? Fake meat chicken nuggets? Is someone going to come out with a fake meat SPAM sometime soon? Ya know, when I have a meatless meal, I don't even want it to hint of dead animal, I like to enjoy the flavors of the veggies. Alright, I'm done now.
AND on that note... This Little Piggy Was Used For Xenotransplantation Research. Yeah that will make you think twice on that pork chop... ;o)
1.Have you ever thought about being vegetarian? If you have not then why? If you are vegetarian then why?
Fleetingly I have, but that usually lasted until my next dead animal filled meal. I like meat. All kinds of meat. If it's in the meat section somewhere, chances are I'll eat it. Nothing compairs to the real thing.
2.So do you like to eat your veggies? What fruit and vegetables do you like to eat?
I love veggies. I eat most veggies except onions and bell pepper (except in cajun food.. then I'll eat them). I don't really like a lot of fruit. I like berries... the occasional apple or orange... maybe a bananna. When I was pregnant with my first child fruits and veggies made me throw up. I could not even walk through the produce isle at the store without feeling sick... And just the sight.. no just the smell of a bananna made rush to the toilet.. I've never really gotten back to where I like fruit all that much.
3.What vegetarian food do you like? It can be made with dairy just not meat. Pick one non-meat food or drink that you think is groovy.
Well.. that's a misleading question... since I like most foods. I think you mean "What vegetarian dish do you like?" I mean I could just say strawberries. But I love a good spicy vegetable stir fry any day. Bean and cheese burritos - YUM! Pan roasted veggitables over pasta - to die for. Veggetable lasagna (the stuff I make) rocks. I do like the veggie burgers - the black bean ones are my favorite. I like the ones that aren't supposed to taste like meat... those are vile.
Bonus Question for the Comments: What is the tastiest beverage ever? Bailey's Irish Cream - it's even good on cereal ;o) or a good ice cold root beer in a frosty glass (A&W)
OK - I have to make a few comments - maybe in appropriate... but I'm still going to spout off. I've known (still know) lots of vegetarians. And I have no problem with the non-meat or meat product eating populace. I don't like the one's who try to make me feel guilty for eating a hamburger though. I do have a question for those who abstain from the tasty flesh, if you don't like meat, why do you make fake meat products? Like fake meat hot dogs (as if they aren't artificial enough!)? Fake meat chicken nuggets? Is someone going to come out with a fake meat SPAM sometime soon? Ya know, when I have a meatless meal, I don't even want it to hint of dead animal, I like to enjoy the flavors of the veggies. Alright, I'm done now.
AND on that note... This Little Piggy Was Used For Xenotransplantation Research. Yeah that will make you think twice on that pork chop... ;o)
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
WARNING! POLITICALLY QUESTIONALABLE POST BELOW!
Read at your own risk. You may not like my views on this… And that’s cool, feel free to flame me, but do it in a thoughtful, intelligent way or I will just delete your comment and ban you from making comments. Thanks!
In yesterday’s paper, there is an article titled "Justices decline to review 2 capital murder cases". I’m going to summarize it here.
"One for a man given the death penalty for a killing committed when he was 17 and the other for a man who has spent nearly three decades waiting to die."
The court was split on executing juvenile killers. "Four said it was "shameful" to execute juvenile killers."
"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society." Wrote Justice John Paul Steven’s, who was joined by Justices David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.
Justice Clarence Thomas expressed outrage at the thought of overturning death-penalty convictions for longtime death-row inmates.
The juvenile case rejected by the court Monday involved a Kentucky man sentenced to death for abducting, sodomizing and killing a gas station attendant when he was 17. Kevin Stanford, now 39 has been on death row since 1982. In 1989, the high court used Mr. Stanford’s case to uphold juvenile executions.
Mr. Stanford’s lawyers argued that such executions violate not only the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment but an international treaty signed by the US. Like the question of mental retardation, the issue of juvenile killer turns on the defendant’s capacity to understand the situation and level of culpability.
Dianne Clements of the victims’ rights group Justice For All said the dissenting justices appear to be trying to draw public support with the strongly worded opinion.
"When you say juvenile, your mind’s eye paints a picture of a cherubic child," she said. "It’s not a fair fight."
Justice Breyer also filled a separate opinion to say the court should consider whether it is unconstitutional to leave inmates on death row for extended time.
He said FL inmate Charles Foster has spent more than 27 years in prison and "if executed, Foster, now 55, will have been punished both by death and also by more than a generation spent in death row’s twilight. It is fairly asked whether such punishment is both unusual and cruel."
In response, Justice Thomas said Mr. Foster wouldn’t be in his situation if he hadn’t slit a man’s throat and then cut his spine when he realized the man was still breathing.
The end..
*note - this article was taken from the Tuesday Dallas Morning News… I tried to find this online, but they have a shitty, shitty site that is hard to navigate…
Now here is my opinion on all of this.
Why should a murderer who has been convicted by a jury and sentenced to death by said jury be spared because he was 17 at the time of the crime? The opponents of this say "the issue of juvenile killer turns on the defendant’s capacity to understand the situation and level of culpability." So am I to believe that a 17 year old is to young and naïve to realize that committing a particularly heinous murder is wrong? And that doing so could land them in prison and very possibly on death row? I find that hard to believe.. Am I to believe that at age 18 a person is considered an adult and can do everything but drink and would not longer be considered a juvenile by the state, but at 17 one would still be sketchy on this right/wrong thing, legal/illegal, go to jail/get a slap on the wrist thing. They aren’t talking about a 10 year old, but a 17 year old. I don’t know about you, but I recall being 17. I don’t remember being so stupid and unable to understand the ramifications of my actions or the level of my responsibility. Sounds like a bunch of slick lawyer lingo meant to cloud the real facts (that this person is GUILTY) and get someone a lighter sentence or out of prison.
About a death row inmate waiting for execution for 27 years. That is deplorable. His sentence should have been carried out years ago. And Justice Breyer asking whether it’s cruel and unusual… well yes and no.. yes it’s cruel.. to the victims family to have to wait so long to get closure, unusual.. not really. Many, many convicted murders on death row spend years and years and hundreds of thousands in tax payer dollars appealing their conviction and execution. In this country it is extremely rare that an execution is carried out in a timely manner. That is a crying shame, especially when the innocent victim was brutally murdered in a timely manner.
That’s it.. that’s all… I’m done for now. I have a few other articles that got me riled up that I’ll write about tomorrow, I think this is more than enough for one post. Go ahead and flame me if you like - I've got my asbestos undies on.
Read at your own risk. You may not like my views on this… And that’s cool, feel free to flame me, but do it in a thoughtful, intelligent way or I will just delete your comment and ban you from making comments. Thanks!
In yesterday’s paper, there is an article titled "Justices decline to review 2 capital murder cases". I’m going to summarize it here.
"One for a man given the death penalty for a killing committed when he was 17 and the other for a man who has spent nearly three decades waiting to die."
The court was split on executing juvenile killers. "Four said it was "shameful" to execute juvenile killers."
"The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society." Wrote Justice John Paul Steven’s, who was joined by Justices David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer.
Justice Clarence Thomas expressed outrage at the thought of overturning death-penalty convictions for longtime death-row inmates.
The juvenile case rejected by the court Monday involved a Kentucky man sentenced to death for abducting, sodomizing and killing a gas station attendant when he was 17. Kevin Stanford, now 39 has been on death row since 1982. In 1989, the high court used Mr. Stanford’s case to uphold juvenile executions.
Mr. Stanford’s lawyers argued that such executions violate not only the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment but an international treaty signed by the US. Like the question of mental retardation, the issue of juvenile killer turns on the defendant’s capacity to understand the situation and level of culpability.
Dianne Clements of the victims’ rights group Justice For All said the dissenting justices appear to be trying to draw public support with the strongly worded opinion.
"When you say juvenile, your mind’s eye paints a picture of a cherubic child," she said. "It’s not a fair fight."
Justice Breyer also filled a separate opinion to say the court should consider whether it is unconstitutional to leave inmates on death row for extended time.
He said FL inmate Charles Foster has spent more than 27 years in prison and "if executed, Foster, now 55, will have been punished both by death and also by more than a generation spent in death row’s twilight. It is fairly asked whether such punishment is both unusual and cruel."
In response, Justice Thomas said Mr. Foster wouldn’t be in his situation if he hadn’t slit a man’s throat and then cut his spine when he realized the man was still breathing.
The end..
*note - this article was taken from the Tuesday Dallas Morning News… I tried to find this online, but they have a shitty, shitty site that is hard to navigate…
Now here is my opinion on all of this.
Why should a murderer who has been convicted by a jury and sentenced to death by said jury be spared because he was 17 at the time of the crime? The opponents of this say "the issue of juvenile killer turns on the defendant’s capacity to understand the situation and level of culpability." So am I to believe that a 17 year old is to young and naïve to realize that committing a particularly heinous murder is wrong? And that doing so could land them in prison and very possibly on death row? I find that hard to believe.. Am I to believe that at age 18 a person is considered an adult and can do everything but drink and would not longer be considered a juvenile by the state, but at 17 one would still be sketchy on this right/wrong thing, legal/illegal, go to jail/get a slap on the wrist thing. They aren’t talking about a 10 year old, but a 17 year old. I don’t know about you, but I recall being 17. I don’t remember being so stupid and unable to understand the ramifications of my actions or the level of my responsibility. Sounds like a bunch of slick lawyer lingo meant to cloud the real facts (that this person is GUILTY) and get someone a lighter sentence or out of prison.
About a death row inmate waiting for execution for 27 years. That is deplorable. His sentence should have been carried out years ago. And Justice Breyer asking whether it’s cruel and unusual… well yes and no.. yes it’s cruel.. to the victims family to have to wait so long to get closure, unusual.. not really. Many, many convicted murders on death row spend years and years and hundreds of thousands in tax payer dollars appealing their conviction and execution. In this country it is extremely rare that an execution is carried out in a timely manner. That is a crying shame, especially when the innocent victim was brutally murdered in a timely manner.
That’s it.. that’s all… I’m done for now. I have a few other articles that got me riled up that I’ll write about tomorrow, I think this is more than enough for one post. Go ahead and flame me if you like - I've got my asbestos undies on.
OK, this poll is from L.. and I think it merits deep thought...
What is your definition of betrayal?
Hmmm that's a really good one.. but I guess it's doing something to someone to hurt them intentionally.. stabbing someone in the back.. being a false friend... being disloyal..
Has a friend ever betrayed you? If so, was it in a big way or a little way?
well I've had it happen in small ways and in big ways. Small ways as in a friend who I told something to in confidence telling someone else the information I didn't want them to know, in big ways... someone I thought was a friend screwed (literally) me out of a job. And there have been others...
Were you able to forgive that person? If so, why? If not, why not?
The person who betrayed my confidenced? Yeah, mostly.. because I know she was just doing it because of her own insecurities and want for popularity. The bigger ones... hmmm... maybe.. it's hard to say, sometimes I'm still hurt by all of that. I try. I don't want to be a hate filled person and I know it's the right thing to do... forgive them. Even if I still don't like them, or want shit to do with them anymore, it's right to forgive them.
Have you ever betrayed a friend? If so, why?
I have, I admit with much shame. I talked about some women I worked with to gain favor with someone. It was wrong and this person is a really evil person who doesn't deserve anyone's time or attention. I appologized to one of the women, she accepted... she actually never was angry with me for it.. she's a much better person than I am and that made me feel like a real shit for having talked about her like I did. The other woman would not talk to me after, and I can't blame her. I was a real shit to her.
If someone attaches himself or herself to you with no encouragement, and you go along with the friendship, but eventually break off contact because you really don't like the person, is that betrayal? If not, how would you define the behavior?
No it's not betrayal. It's just a friendship (or whatever) running it's course. There are several people I have been friendly with at different places of work, or church or where ever, but when the convenience of the friendship ran out of us.. it just ended.. no hard feelings. No one should feel guilty for not wanting to be around someone you don't really like.
Someone courts your friendship until you eventually begin to depend on the relationship, but when the purpose of the courtship has been achieved, he or she becomes distant and unresponsive. Is this betrayal? If not, how would you define this behavior?
Hmmmm... Not necessarily betrayal. Sounds like boredom.
What is your definition of betrayal?
Hmmm that's a really good one.. but I guess it's doing something to someone to hurt them intentionally.. stabbing someone in the back.. being a false friend... being disloyal..
Has a friend ever betrayed you? If so, was it in a big way or a little way?
well I've had it happen in small ways and in big ways. Small ways as in a friend who I told something to in confidence telling someone else the information I didn't want them to know, in big ways... someone I thought was a friend screwed (literally) me out of a job. And there have been others...
Were you able to forgive that person? If so, why? If not, why not?
The person who betrayed my confidenced? Yeah, mostly.. because I know she was just doing it because of her own insecurities and want for popularity. The bigger ones... hmmm... maybe.. it's hard to say, sometimes I'm still hurt by all of that. I try. I don't want to be a hate filled person and I know it's the right thing to do... forgive them. Even if I still don't like them, or want shit to do with them anymore, it's right to forgive them.
Have you ever betrayed a friend? If so, why?
I have, I admit with much shame. I talked about some women I worked with to gain favor with someone. It was wrong and this person is a really evil person who doesn't deserve anyone's time or attention. I appologized to one of the women, she accepted... she actually never was angry with me for it.. she's a much better person than I am and that made me feel like a real shit for having talked about her like I did. The other woman would not talk to me after, and I can't blame her. I was a real shit to her.
If someone attaches himself or herself to you with no encouragement, and you go along with the friendship, but eventually break off contact because you really don't like the person, is that betrayal? If not, how would you define the behavior?
No it's not betrayal. It's just a friendship (or whatever) running it's course. There are several people I have been friendly with at different places of work, or church or where ever, but when the convenience of the friendship ran out of us.. it just ended.. no hard feelings. No one should feel guilty for not wanting to be around someone you don't really like.
Someone courts your friendship until you eventually begin to depend on the relationship, but when the purpose of the courtship has been achieved, he or she becomes distant and unresponsive. Is this betrayal? If not, how would you define this behavior?
Hmmmm... Not necessarily betrayal. Sounds like boredom.
OK, A (and I don't mean Astroglide) - I'll stop talking about 'the stubstance' (*read Astroglide). I actually was way beyond (Astroglide) in subject matter. In fact (Astroglide), I hadn't even thought about (Astroglide) since reading L's (Astroglide) blog. I mean I'm on to (Astroglide) politics and gramerical (Astroglide) incorrectness. 'The substance' (Astroglide) was completly out of my (Astroglide) mind... that is until you mentioned (Astroglide) it.
In fact I've been here at the library contemplating (Astroglide) this Steven King book 'The (Astroglide) Regulators'. And belive me there's no room in my injured psychie for any thoughts other than fear of (Astroglide) monsters. I mean I could just lock myself in my closet with my (Astroglide) teddy bear and stay there for a while.. if, deep down I wasn't truly afraid of (Astroglide) monsters in the closet!
Anyway the subject had completly 'slipped' my (Astroglide) mind.
*note* if you feel like smacking me now, that's totally acceptable. ;o)
In fact I've been here at the library contemplating (Astroglide) this Steven King book 'The (Astroglide) Regulators'. And belive me there's no room in my injured psychie for any thoughts other than fear of (Astroglide) monsters. I mean I could just lock myself in my closet with my (Astroglide) teddy bear and stay there for a while.. if, deep down I wasn't truly afraid of (Astroglide) monsters in the closet!
Anyway the subject had completly 'slipped' my (Astroglide) mind.
*note* if you feel like smacking me now, that's totally acceptable. ;o)
Ahhh a little something for self improvement...
The Word of the Day for October 23 is:
tousle • \TOW-zul ("OW" as in "cow")\ • (verb)
: dishevel, rumple
Example sentence:
Vic stood in front of the mirror and tousled his hair, trying to master the cool, disheveled look.
Did you know?
"Tousle" is a word that has been through what linguists call a "functional shift." That's a fancy way of saying it was originally one part of speech, then gradually came to have a different function. "Tousle" started out as a verb back in the 15th century. By the late 19th century, "tousle" was also being used as a noun meaning "a tangled mass (as of hair)." Etymologists connect the word to an Old High German word meaning "to pull to pieces."
I found that on Merriam-Webster OnLine after reading an article about bad grammar TALK GOOD . I realized that I really do need to work on my grammar and spelling... that's a bit of a lie. I've known for a long time that I needed to work on it. I appologize to all of you who read my ramblings and have to suffer through my awful grammar and deplorable spelling. I'll try to work on that.. *gotta find a way to do spell check on these posts*....
Anyway, off to my scary novel.
The Word of the Day for October 23 is:
tousle • \TOW-zul ("OW" as in "cow")\ • (verb)
: dishevel, rumple
Example sentence:
Vic stood in front of the mirror and tousled his hair, trying to master the cool, disheveled look.
Did you know?
"Tousle" is a word that has been through what linguists call a "functional shift." That's a fancy way of saying it was originally one part of speech, then gradually came to have a different function. "Tousle" started out as a verb back in the 15th century. By the late 19th century, "tousle" was also being used as a noun meaning "a tangled mass (as of hair)." Etymologists connect the word to an Old High German word meaning "to pull to pieces."
I found that on Merriam-Webster OnLine after reading an article about bad grammar TALK GOOD . I realized that I really do need to work on my grammar and spelling... that's a bit of a lie. I've known for a long time that I needed to work on it. I appologize to all of you who read my ramblings and have to suffer through my awful grammar and deplorable spelling. I'll try to work on that.. *gotta find a way to do spell check on these posts*....
Anyway, off to my scary novel.
All right I'm here a bit early... some of my stuff got canceled. I did get a chance to have lunch at la Madeleine. ahhhh... that was heaven on earth. I love the tomato basil soup. I had a chicken sandwich but should have gotten them to put it on softer bread - hard bread and braces are a BAD BAD combination. I kept having to stop eating to dab up blood on my lips. Ouch. It was worth the injuries though. I have not eaten there in a long long time.
This morning I was reading the news paper (a real news paper, not online or anything) and gosh, I'm going to have to break my rule of not discussing political things in my blog. There was an article on Martha Stupid.. I mean Stewart... SEC is coming down on her. Good. Then there was an article on the death penalty... ohhhh... something I have strong opinions about... I will discuss this further when I get home this evening.. I have quite a rant building up in me on this one. Then there's the governors race here... sheesh... that's just stupid... not to mention the other political places being voted on... BUT... not right now... I'm at the library. Ya know.. I haven't even finished the front page of the paper either!
I'm a news junkie. I love to get the news. Relivant news that is. I hate when news stories get repeated ad nauseam (sp?). I've always like the news... I used to watch the news when I was little. I remember hopeing to get home from college by 10 pm (night classes) so I could see the last news cast. I know.. it's sick, but I do love the news...
Oh to other things... the most rediculous thing of today (so far)
I'm driving around here, and the road I was on went from 3 lanes on the side I was driving to just one - really abruptly - right after a light. I had been driving in the middle lane, and saw at the light that it squeezed down to just one lane, so I pushed my way in the line (thats just the way you have to drive around here). The guy driving the car I squeezed in front of was not happy about that, he was bound and determined to not let me in, but I did it anyway. So we are driving, and it's going not all that fast because of the construction on the right and everyone being in one lane. We get to a stop light, as soon as the light turned green and the truck in front of me started moving, the asshole behind me started honking (*note* that really pisses me off when I get honked at for no freaking reason). The next light he does the same damn thing, so I pull away kind of slow... knowing he's gotta be loving that. The next light he does the same damn thing.. and we are almost to the end of the construction.. I was so irritated with that prick, I just barely touched the gas. He's honking like crazy. As soon as we were past the construction, I speed up to the speed limit, look in my rear view mirror.. this idiot is going about 10 miles under the speed limit! WTF was he in such a hurry for? *sheesh* some people just have their heads up their asses.
Well.. that's about all for now.. gotta go find The Regulators and read some more in that disturbing novel. Although I haven't needed anything like that to help me have disturbing dreams.. no talking butts last night, but still whacked out dreams.
This morning I was reading the news paper (a real news paper, not online or anything) and gosh, I'm going to have to break my rule of not discussing political things in my blog. There was an article on Martha Stupid.. I mean Stewart... SEC is coming down on her. Good. Then there was an article on the death penalty... ohhhh... something I have strong opinions about... I will discuss this further when I get home this evening.. I have quite a rant building up in me on this one. Then there's the governors race here... sheesh... that's just stupid... not to mention the other political places being voted on... BUT... not right now... I'm at the library. Ya know.. I haven't even finished the front page of the paper either!
I'm a news junkie. I love to get the news. Relivant news that is. I hate when news stories get repeated ad nauseam (sp?). I've always like the news... I used to watch the news when I was little. I remember hopeing to get home from college by 10 pm (night classes) so I could see the last news cast. I know.. it's sick, but I do love the news...
Oh to other things... the most rediculous thing of today (so far)
I'm driving around here, and the road I was on went from 3 lanes on the side I was driving to just one - really abruptly - right after a light. I had been driving in the middle lane, and saw at the light that it squeezed down to just one lane, so I pushed my way in the line (thats just the way you have to drive around here). The guy driving the car I squeezed in front of was not happy about that, he was bound and determined to not let me in, but I did it anyway. So we are driving, and it's going not all that fast because of the construction on the right and everyone being in one lane. We get to a stop light, as soon as the light turned green and the truck in front of me started moving, the asshole behind me started honking (*note* that really pisses me off when I get honked at for no freaking reason). The next light he does the same damn thing, so I pull away kind of slow... knowing he's gotta be loving that. The next light he does the same damn thing.. and we are almost to the end of the construction.. I was so irritated with that prick, I just barely touched the gas. He's honking like crazy. As soon as we were past the construction, I speed up to the speed limit, look in my rear view mirror.. this idiot is going about 10 miles under the speed limit! WTF was he in such a hurry for? *sheesh* some people just have their heads up their asses.
Well.. that's about all for now.. gotta go find The Regulators and read some more in that disturbing novel. Although I haven't needed anything like that to help me have disturbing dreams.. no talking butts last night, but still whacked out dreams.
Well I just finished my morning ritual... cleaning the SPAM out of my mail box. Shit.. I get a lot of that. For the past few days I've been agressively doing something to stop all that crap (i.e. unsubscribing and blocking). Seems to be working some... we'll see. The days I have to work and can't get to the computer (like today) will be the real test to my anti-spaming powers.
Anyway- must finish my breakfast and get dressed... Hope you don't miss me too much today!
Anyway- must finish my breakfast and get dressed... Hope you don't miss me too much today!
Well here I am screwing with my template again.. I was completly bored with the last one... This is a little better. At least it looks different... I've already screwed up the side menu so that one section looks different.. and I can't figure what the hell I did. Oh well. it's late.
Let me know what you think of this template...
Let me know what you think of this template...
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
hmmm.. I think I'm being stalked! Just kidding... No one would stalk me.. I'm FAR to neurotic for that... (oh... a new subject to write about... give me just a minute to finish this lame thought before I go on to that!) There are these two guys who are ALWAYS at the gym when I go work out. I sometimes get lazy and don't go on M-W-F so I'll go the next day to make up for it, then get right back on schedule (at least I try)... anyway.. these two are always there. I call them Dumb and Dumber. They truly are. Once they were talking with another hot bodied moron, compairing at what grade each of them had been held back in school! Shit, that is not something I'd be bonding over. It was so stupid, they were talking about it like it was something to be proud of. Another time they were discussing trucks... most of the rest of their conversations are so moronic that I can't bring myself to recall the subject matter. It's really a shame... such incredible bodies and no place for a brain. Today they finished up their work outs near me, which is a rareity since they generally stick with the free weights and I am a weenier and stick with the machines (less chance for me to fuck it up somehow), and they were oddly quiet today... that made them somewhat more attractive.
OK, back to the other subject... stalkers... I've never had an ex-boyfriend stalk me... I've known plenty of people who have, but I haven't. I don't know why that is.. and I don't know if I should be insulted or not. I've even had a psychotic boyfriend (really, he was... certifiable.. been diagnosed..) but even he didn't stalk me. I've had the occasional pissy ex who decided to diss me but that's about it. One person I know had an ex who she had to get a restraining order for, moved so he would not know where she lives, he called her all the time at work... she was on the brink of a nervous break down... (actually ALL of this person's ex's were like that...) another person's ex decided to go to the bar she would go to every week, then confront her and tell HER to stop hanging out there... she also seemed to attract the psycho type. And YET another person had an ex who told her he would cut her up and throw her body parts on the side of the road... hmmm.... again this was NOT her first psycho stalker ex boyfriend... I could go on and on about one of her's in particular, but I don't want to think of him anymore than I have to... ick. And me.. I've never had a stalker boyfriend, never had a bad break up (granted most of my break ups just involved me not calling them anymore or taking their phone calls), heck I've even still be friends with some of my ex-boyfriends... *sigh* Oh well... I guess I just don't rate as being so unforgetable that someone just could not let me go. *pout* *pout*
Anyway.. about stalkers (yeah I am just getting all distracted here), why is it that neurotic whackos are never stalked? It's always a normal person being stalked by a whacko.. never a whacko stalking a whacko... why is that? *sigh* I guess the world will never know...
OK, back to the other subject... stalkers... I've never had an ex-boyfriend stalk me... I've known plenty of people who have, but I haven't. I don't know why that is.. and I don't know if I should be insulted or not. I've even had a psychotic boyfriend (really, he was... certifiable.. been diagnosed..) but even he didn't stalk me. I've had the occasional pissy ex who decided to diss me but that's about it. One person I know had an ex who she had to get a restraining order for, moved so he would not know where she lives, he called her all the time at work... she was on the brink of a nervous break down... (actually ALL of this person's ex's were like that...) another person's ex decided to go to the bar she would go to every week, then confront her and tell HER to stop hanging out there... she also seemed to attract the psycho type. And YET another person had an ex who told her he would cut her up and throw her body parts on the side of the road... hmmm.... again this was NOT her first psycho stalker ex boyfriend... I could go on and on about one of her's in particular, but I don't want to think of him anymore than I have to... ick. And me.. I've never had a stalker boyfriend, never had a bad break up (granted most of my break ups just involved me not calling them anymore or taking their phone calls), heck I've even still be friends with some of my ex-boyfriends... *sigh* Oh well... I guess I just don't rate as being so unforgetable that someone just could not let me go. *pout* *pout*
Anyway.. about stalkers (yeah I am just getting all distracted here), why is it that neurotic whackos are never stalked? It's always a normal person being stalked by a whacko.. never a whacko stalking a whacko... why is that? *sigh* I guess the world will never know...
L said "I once had a very bad experience due to lack of Astroglide (the horror...the horror).
The importance of Astroglide cannot be overemphasized."
I sat here laughing for so hard I could not keep reading. I just had to copy that and put it here.. it made me laugh so hard.
*sigh* I've been wasting time today... my place is all clean so I have been getting on the computer every so often... Looking at other people's blogs... I have a crappy blog.. L has a cool blog... A - has a cool blog... Jake has a bad ass blog... I need a kick-ass blog... who will help me? who will help poor Judy to achieve coolness in the blogging? Yes yes I am shamelessly begging for help... I really an not sure what to do... I do need help don't I? Hmmm...
*sigh* I've just looked at everyone's blog... no one has written anything recently... WRITE SOMETHING DAMN IT! I'M BORED!!! Hell if nothing else... make a witty comment or something...
The importance of Astroglide cannot be overemphasized."
I sat here laughing for so hard I could not keep reading. I just had to copy that and put it here.. it made me laugh so hard.
*sigh* I've been wasting time today... my place is all clean so I have been getting on the computer every so often... Looking at other people's blogs... I have a crappy blog.. L has a cool blog... A - has a cool blog... Jake has a bad ass blog... I need a kick-ass blog... who will help me? who will help poor Judy to achieve coolness in the blogging? Yes yes I am shamelessly begging for help... I really an not sure what to do... I do need help don't I? Hmmm...
*sigh* I've just looked at everyone's blog... no one has written anything recently... WRITE SOMETHING DAMN IT! I'M BORED!!! Hell if nothing else... make a witty comment or something...
Oh gosh this is damn funny! I was checking my sitemeter and this is the latest search that brought someone to my site
mental challenged people pictures
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Hell I know I'm challenged, and even mentally from time to time but I don't think I qualify! HAHAHAHAHA!
hey.... what a strange thing to look for...
mental challenged people pictures
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Hell I know I'm challenged, and even mentally from time to time but I don't think I qualify! HAHAHAHAHA!
hey.... what a strange thing to look for...
L - Astroglide! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You are sooo damn funny. But the question was "Perfect Lazy Day" not "Favorite Erotic Fantasy" HAHAHAHA! Anything that involves Astroglide is not going to fit the definition of lazy! HAHAHAHAHA!!!
A - Private school might be a good thing for the kids. I went to Catholic school twice when I was growing up and I honestly don't remember any particularly negative moments... actually I don't remember it being much different from public school except for the religion and the uniforms. But I was young.
OK, I'm having a pretty damn good day... ask me why.. go ahead.. ask... OK! I'll tell you! NOTHING boosts a woman's ego like a hot 21 year old hitting on you... yeah sure he was trying to make a sale, but he did say I had nice boobs! (and that was AFTER I told him I didn't want any.... of.. what he.. was.. selling that is)
All right... back to your usual programing of my bitching (what else?)
Everytime I go to the gym I end up on the treadmill infront of the damn television. There's no choice... the televisions are right in front of the treadmils. There are 4 of them and they are all set to different stations - right below each television it shows what station to set your radio to so you can hear it. One of them is always set to watch some brainless crap like The Bachlor. I watched part of it sans the sound (I think I would have spontanously vomited if I had been able to hear it). I'm looking at the television and I see this incredibly hot guy who is 'The Bachlor'... wait a minute.. your telling me that HE can't find a date? As if! Then of course all the girls are all hot and perfect. So... let me see if I have this right... Some network went out and found this really really hot bachlor and ask him if they could set him up with a bunch of really hot girls to date for 6 or 8 weeks (or whenever they've milked this cash cow dry) and he has to eliminate one each week, then at the end he'll be left with the girl of his dreams? Yeah... that makes so damn much sense to me. Let's take this hot guy... who needs no help getting a date... and set him up with a bunch of club bunnies... who also need no help getting dates... Now I can see why a guy would agree to this - what the hell, take the chance to get hooked up with a bunch of hot girls - you bet. But the girls? What the hell are they thinking? Why would anyone put themselves in the position of being publicly humiliated and rejected? I mean 15 minutes of fame is great and all but is it worth being publicly rejected on television? And I'm soooooo sure this guy is REALLY looking at the person beneath that pretty package... that he isn't making his decision solely based on who has the best tits. *eyes rolling up in head* ... Pardon me why I vomit...
I am so sick of all the 'Reality' shows. I thought the networks had reached their all time low with "Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire" - that was a phenominal mistake on their part... but apparently that wasn't a mistake to them. Since then they have had so many 'Reality' shows I can not even keep up with them.. but the sleaziest of them are the ones that really piss me off 'Temptation Island'.. now what couple in their right mind would subject their relationship to that kind of crap? I mean 50% of all marriages end in divorce these days as it is, why intentionally put yourself in a position like that? Sheesh...
I know that these programs are popular (all the more disgust from me) but damn... when will this trend end? when will these types of programs only be airing on MTV or some other vapid cable network? When can we go back to the normal brainless drivel of network television? I think a REAL 'Reality' program would kill this trend... Maybe 'Who Wants To Date A Computer Geek' where they find the most pathetic computer geek and try to fix him up with some hot girl, or maybe 'Who's My Daddy?' where they try to pin down the paternity of some ho's baby .. oh wait... that would be Jerry Springer wouldn't it?...
*sigh* TV sucks...
A - Private school might be a good thing for the kids. I went to Catholic school twice when I was growing up and I honestly don't remember any particularly negative moments... actually I don't remember it being much different from public school except for the religion and the uniforms. But I was young.
OK, I'm having a pretty damn good day... ask me why.. go ahead.. ask... OK! I'll tell you! NOTHING boosts a woman's ego like a hot 21 year old hitting on you... yeah sure he was trying to make a sale, but he did say I had nice boobs! (and that was AFTER I told him I didn't want any.... of.. what he.. was.. selling that is)
All right... back to your usual programing of my bitching (what else?)
Everytime I go to the gym I end up on the treadmill infront of the damn television. There's no choice... the televisions are right in front of the treadmils. There are 4 of them and they are all set to different stations - right below each television it shows what station to set your radio to so you can hear it. One of them is always set to watch some brainless crap like The Bachlor. I watched part of it sans the sound (I think I would have spontanously vomited if I had been able to hear it). I'm looking at the television and I see this incredibly hot guy who is 'The Bachlor'... wait a minute.. your telling me that HE can't find a date? As if! Then of course all the girls are all hot and perfect. So... let me see if I have this right... Some network went out and found this really really hot bachlor and ask him if they could set him up with a bunch of really hot girls to date for 6 or 8 weeks (or whenever they've milked this cash cow dry) and he has to eliminate one each week, then at the end he'll be left with the girl of his dreams? Yeah... that makes so damn much sense to me. Let's take this hot guy... who needs no help getting a date... and set him up with a bunch of club bunnies... who also need no help getting dates... Now I can see why a guy would agree to this - what the hell, take the chance to get hooked up with a bunch of hot girls - you bet. But the girls? What the hell are they thinking? Why would anyone put themselves in the position of being publicly humiliated and rejected? I mean 15 minutes of fame is great and all but is it worth being publicly rejected on television? And I'm soooooo sure this guy is REALLY looking at the person beneath that pretty package... that he isn't making his decision solely based on who has the best tits. *eyes rolling up in head* ... Pardon me why I vomit...
I am so sick of all the 'Reality' shows. I thought the networks had reached their all time low with "Who Wants To Marry A Millionaire" - that was a phenominal mistake on their part... but apparently that wasn't a mistake to them. Since then they have had so many 'Reality' shows I can not even keep up with them.. but the sleaziest of them are the ones that really piss me off 'Temptation Island'.. now what couple in their right mind would subject their relationship to that kind of crap? I mean 50% of all marriages end in divorce these days as it is, why intentionally put yourself in a position like that? Sheesh...
I know that these programs are popular (all the more disgust from me) but damn... when will this trend end? when will these types of programs only be airing on MTV or some other vapid cable network? When can we go back to the normal brainless drivel of network television? I think a REAL 'Reality' program would kill this trend... Maybe 'Who Wants To Date A Computer Geek' where they find the most pathetic computer geek and try to fix him up with some hot girl, or maybe 'Who's My Daddy?' where they try to pin down the paternity of some ho's baby .. oh wait... that would be Jerry Springer wouldn't it?...
*sigh* TV sucks...
Two For Tuesday
1. Tell us about your first time you ever kissed someone. Now please, you don't have to limit yourself, we wanna hear allllll about it. You know you want to tell everyone.
Yikes! I can NOT remember! I can remember one of the first times... but for the life of me I can not remember that first kiss. Hmmm...
2. This one was sort of a toss up. So we'll leave it to your first job. (I'll leave the scandalous questions for later) We have all had those first jobs that we're not proud of, so it's time for everyone to fess up!
First real job... a file clerk. I've never worked fast food and only worked in retail once. I've been sheltered in corporate America. HAHAHAHAHA!
1. Tell us about your first time you ever kissed someone. Now please, you don't have to limit yourself, we wanna hear allllll about it. You know you want to tell everyone.
Yikes! I can NOT remember! I can remember one of the first times... but for the life of me I can not remember that first kiss. Hmmm...
2. This one was sort of a toss up. So we'll leave it to your first job. (I'll leave the scandalous questions for later) We have all had those first jobs that we're not proud of, so it's time for everyone to fess up!
First real job... a file clerk. I've never worked fast food and only worked in retail once. I've been sheltered in corporate America. HAHAHAHAHA!
Monday, October 21, 2002
OK, this is irritating.. and it's stupid too. But this happens about 3 or 4 times a year. People sign up for AOL Instant Messenger using my e-mail account. It completly pisses me off. Someone did it just a few minutes ago. These people are stupid. All I have to do is go to the site and request the password, then go sign on and change it. I always change it to something like 'dumbass' or 'buttface'. Tonight this 'bright' person was on AIM when I signed on so it bumped them off, they imediately signed back on - which bumped me, but I had already had enough time to click on change password and changed it successfully. Why would you sign up using an unknown person's e-mail address? they might be just like me and want nothing more than to just fuck with someone who does this. Now I just change the password, I used to get on their account and harrass people on their buddy list and change the profile to something offensive. I just don't like people using my e-mail for this. I get MORE than enough SPAM in my mail box, I don't need more. Anyway.. this stupid moment brought to you by AIM.
A - a movie sounds awsome! Just let me know when you can escape the hubby and kids and we'll be OFF!
Yes there are health benefits to eating jalapenos and other peppers... I think the stuff is called capsisin (sp?) and it has a lot of health benefits. I'll look up some links and post them here for you.
As far as black pepper, I don't know.. I've never heard of any advise to NOT eat black pepper. And the advice about sodium I think really only applies to people who are sodium sensitive. I read something once about how for years Dr.s had advised that sodium contributed to high blood pressure, but that it wasn't exactly the truth and in most people sodium does not cause a change in blood pressure. Although there are other more important reasons to steer clear of excess sodium - water retention (which sucks so much), sodium interfers with the absorption of calcium and can actually cause calcium loss from your bones (as does phosphoric acid... something that is in cokes and diet cokes *note to all non southers reading this.. we southerners mean all carbonated beverages when we say coke...*)... I know there are lots of other medical reasons to limit sodium but I can't think of them right now.. and since I'm not a Dr. (I just play one on TV) I could be inaccurate on some of these tidbits. Anyway.. I'll look for a few links for you.
Yes there are health benefits to eating jalapenos and other peppers... I think the stuff is called capsisin (sp?) and it has a lot of health benefits. I'll look up some links and post them here for you.
As far as black pepper, I don't know.. I've never heard of any advise to NOT eat black pepper. And the advice about sodium I think really only applies to people who are sodium sensitive. I read something once about how for years Dr.s had advised that sodium contributed to high blood pressure, but that it wasn't exactly the truth and in most people sodium does not cause a change in blood pressure. Although there are other more important reasons to steer clear of excess sodium - water retention (which sucks so much), sodium interfers with the absorption of calcium and can actually cause calcium loss from your bones (as does phosphoric acid... something that is in cokes and diet cokes *note to all non southers reading this.. we southerners mean all carbonated beverages when we say coke...*)... I know there are lots of other medical reasons to limit sodium but I can't think of them right now.. and since I'm not a Dr. (I just play one on TV) I could be inaccurate on some of these tidbits. Anyway.. I'll look for a few links for you.
Shoot.. I talk to much don't I? I was just looking at other people's answers to the questions, and no one else has paragraphs for answers.. sheesh.. not that any of you really give that much of a crap about my answers. *sigh* I guess I need to learn how to be consise in an answer.
Anyway... I have something else to ramble on about for a bit.. I had considered breaking my rule about discussing politics as there are so many topics in that arena that I could spout off about, but I decided to step away from the computer and have a 'cooling off period' so to speak, and came to the conclusion that politics are best left to others to discuss on their blogs. But! I do have a good topic to discuss.. It could sort of be considered political in a way.. probably just rediculous though.. and that's RIGHT UP MY ALLEY! ALIENS!
OK, watching Star Trek (Don't laugh at me! I know I'm a geek!) and I started thinking of a friend of mine (who will remain nameless on here so as not to be guilty of slander or just posting about what a dork he really is) who is into this SETTI thing (don't ask what that means, it's something about aliens and listening to space...) then I started thinking about some other alien movies, like "Invasion of The Body Snatchers", "Invasion from Mars", "Mars Attacks", etc. (yeah I know, I've seen way to many bad movies...). Most of the Star Trek movies make the aliens something worth knowing and being allies with... then there are the other movies that make the aliens out like monsters and all... Me personally, I have NO clue if there are aliens out there or not, and if there are, I'm not so sure I would want them here on Earth... but I'm also not sure I wouldn't want them either. (how's that for stradling the fence!) I mean if they were cool like the Star Trek aliens or even the ones of 'V' then sure I'd like them to be neighbors and all but if they were creepy and evil like.. all the rest of the movies.. fuck them. Although.. if they are smart aliens, they'd probably just detour past Earth - we humans have done plenty to this planet to fuck it up, I doubt they'd want to make it their next vacation spot.
hmmm... maybe I should stop.. I had this thought in mind a few days ago, and I wrote it down.. now here I am trying to write about it.. and it's totally not what I had intended.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Insanity...
Anyway... I have something else to ramble on about for a bit.. I had considered breaking my rule about discussing politics as there are so many topics in that arena that I could spout off about, but I decided to step away from the computer and have a 'cooling off period' so to speak, and came to the conclusion that politics are best left to others to discuss on their blogs. But! I do have a good topic to discuss.. It could sort of be considered political in a way.. probably just rediculous though.. and that's RIGHT UP MY ALLEY! ALIENS!
OK, watching Star Trek (Don't laugh at me! I know I'm a geek!) and I started thinking of a friend of mine (who will remain nameless on here so as not to be guilty of slander or just posting about what a dork he really is) who is into this SETTI thing (don't ask what that means, it's something about aliens and listening to space...) then I started thinking about some other alien movies, like "Invasion of The Body Snatchers", "Invasion from Mars", "Mars Attacks", etc. (yeah I know, I've seen way to many bad movies...). Most of the Star Trek movies make the aliens something worth knowing and being allies with... then there are the other movies that make the aliens out like monsters and all... Me personally, I have NO clue if there are aliens out there or not, and if there are, I'm not so sure I would want them here on Earth... but I'm also not sure I wouldn't want them either. (how's that for stradling the fence!) I mean if they were cool like the Star Trek aliens or even the ones of 'V' then sure I'd like them to be neighbors and all but if they were creepy and evil like.. all the rest of the movies.. fuck them. Although.. if they are smart aliens, they'd probably just detour past Earth - we humans have done plenty to this planet to fuck it up, I doubt they'd want to make it their next vacation spot.
hmmm... maybe I should stop.. I had this thought in mind a few days ago, and I wrote it down.. now here I am trying to write about it.. and it's totally not what I had intended.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Insanity...
OK, here are my answers:
Monday Mission 2.42
1. Have you ever felt like you were expected to set a good example for others?
oh yeah, especially when I was a Sunday school teacher.
2. What keeps you on the right path? For example, why do you think you turned out the way you did as opposed to the nut ball sniper out there?
Hmmm... I'm not sure. Maybe that my parents were strict about some things, and they really stressed that if I screwed up I'd have to be responsible for it. Also, they were not in the habit of bailing me out of my mistakes... We never really discussed a lot of morals and ethics.. but they did stress that if you were expecting to be treated as an adult you were expected to be responsible for your own actions, that lieing was unacceptable and that disagreeing was ok, but being disrespectful was not.
3. Sometimes things seem different than they really are. When was the last time you believed something to be one way only to learn you had it all wrong?
hmmm.. that actually has happened a lot. I care not to get into that on here...
4. Can you recall a time when being alert and observant kept you safe?
Let's see... that would be anytime I have to drive to or from work! Or anywere in this crazy city!
5. Who in your personal circle of relationships do you think is smarter than you? Are they smarter in just one area, or overall? How do you feel about that? How do they interact with you?
Well actually a lot of the people in my circle of friends are smarter than me in a lot of areas. I know a lot of people with multiple degrees, etc. No I don't think they are smarter overall.. I don't think anyone is smarter than me overall (or anyone for that matter)... maybe in a lot of areas, but not overall... there's always going to be someone who is smarter in someway, but there will always be areas that I am much smarter in than they are. Eh, it's just life, doesn't bother me. My friends and I are all on equal footing socially - I have one who I am extremely competitive with as far as games are concerned - he's one of the multiple degree people - I beat him in just about every game we play and that just chaps his ass. Occasionally I thow him a bone and let him win a game but that just makes him paranoid. HAHAHAHAHA! Yeah I like fucking with him like that.
6. Let's daydream a little: Describe in detail the most perfect lazy day, start to finish.
OK, this is just how I feel about this today.. tomorrow I might have a different answer... but right now in this time it would be to sleep late, then get up and have a breakfast of chocolate covered donuts (Krispy Kreme only please) with chocolate milk, then go back to bed to read until I fall asleep again (which would not be long with a carb overload like that) then get up sometime later to recline on the couch and watch cartoons for a while, takeing time to play computer games as well.. and having someone bring me lunch of Taco Bell... Watch more cartoons, maybe some brit comedies, South Park or Farscape, have someone else make and serve me dinner, then watch a movie that's so funny milk comes out my nose (even if I'm not drinking it) and my sides hurt, then sit and solve the world problems and discuss politics until I'm sleepy and head off to bed.
I'm feeling severly lazy today.
7. Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what as? If not, how come? What is the most favorite costume you ever had?
Probably not, no real reason to dress up. Hmmm.. probably the butterfly costume my mom made me when I was 3. I've never had a cool costume as an adult *sigh* I always spend so much time getting everyone else's costume made and ready that I NEVER give myself enough time to make one for myself.
BONUS: Come on baby tell me what's the word? KFC gravy
Today's Comment Question: What gives you the creeps? Spiders! Big nasty spiders! EEEKKK!
Monday Mission 2.42
1. Have you ever felt like you were expected to set a good example for others?
oh yeah, especially when I was a Sunday school teacher.
2. What keeps you on the right path? For example, why do you think you turned out the way you did as opposed to the nut ball sniper out there?
Hmmm... I'm not sure. Maybe that my parents were strict about some things, and they really stressed that if I screwed up I'd have to be responsible for it. Also, they were not in the habit of bailing me out of my mistakes... We never really discussed a lot of morals and ethics.. but they did stress that if you were expecting to be treated as an adult you were expected to be responsible for your own actions, that lieing was unacceptable and that disagreeing was ok, but being disrespectful was not.
3. Sometimes things seem different than they really are. When was the last time you believed something to be one way only to learn you had it all wrong?
hmmm.. that actually has happened a lot. I care not to get into that on here...
4. Can you recall a time when being alert and observant kept you safe?
Let's see... that would be anytime I have to drive to or from work! Or anywere in this crazy city!
5. Who in your personal circle of relationships do you think is smarter than you? Are they smarter in just one area, or overall? How do you feel about that? How do they interact with you?
Well actually a lot of the people in my circle of friends are smarter than me in a lot of areas. I know a lot of people with multiple degrees, etc. No I don't think they are smarter overall.. I don't think anyone is smarter than me overall (or anyone for that matter)... maybe in a lot of areas, but not overall... there's always going to be someone who is smarter in someway, but there will always be areas that I am much smarter in than they are. Eh, it's just life, doesn't bother me. My friends and I are all on equal footing socially - I have one who I am extremely competitive with as far as games are concerned - he's one of the multiple degree people - I beat him in just about every game we play and that just chaps his ass. Occasionally I thow him a bone and let him win a game but that just makes him paranoid. HAHAHAHAHA! Yeah I like fucking with him like that.
6. Let's daydream a little: Describe in detail the most perfect lazy day, start to finish.
OK, this is just how I feel about this today.. tomorrow I might have a different answer... but right now in this time it would be to sleep late, then get up and have a breakfast of chocolate covered donuts (Krispy Kreme only please) with chocolate milk, then go back to bed to read until I fall asleep again (which would not be long with a carb overload like that) then get up sometime later to recline on the couch and watch cartoons for a while, takeing time to play computer games as well.. and having someone bring me lunch of Taco Bell... Watch more cartoons, maybe some brit comedies, South Park or Farscape, have someone else make and serve me dinner, then watch a movie that's so funny milk comes out my nose (even if I'm not drinking it) and my sides hurt, then sit and solve the world problems and discuss politics until I'm sleepy and head off to bed.
I'm feeling severly lazy today.
7. Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what as? If not, how come? What is the most favorite costume you ever had?
Probably not, no real reason to dress up. Hmmm.. probably the butterfly costume my mom made me when I was 3. I've never had a cool costume as an adult *sigh* I always spend so much time getting everyone else's costume made and ready that I NEVER give myself enough time to make one for myself.
BONUS: Come on baby tell me what's the word? KFC gravy
Today's Comment Question: What gives you the creeps? Spiders! Big nasty spiders! EEEKKK!
Woooo hoo! It's MONDAY! time for the *drum roll please*
Monday Mission 2.42
1. Have you ever felt like you were expected to set a good example for others?
2. What keeps you on the right path? For example, why do you think you turned out the way you did as opposed to the nut ball sniper out there?
3. Sometimes things seem different than they really are. When was the last time you believed something to be one way only to learn you had it all wrong?
4. Can you recall a time when being alert and observant kept you safe?
5. Who in your personal circle of relationships do you think is smarter than you? Are they smarter in just one area, or overall? How do you feel about that? How do they interact with you?
6. Let's daydream a little: Describe in detail the most perfect lazy day, start to finish.
7. Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what as? If not, how come? What is the most favorite costume you ever had?
BONUS: Come on baby tell me what?s the word?
Today's Comment Question: What gives you the creeps?
Thanks to Promoguy
Please answer these and post your answers for my amusement. hehehe..
Monday Mission 2.42
1. Have you ever felt like you were expected to set a good example for others?
2. What keeps you on the right path? For example, why do you think you turned out the way you did as opposed to the nut ball sniper out there?
3. Sometimes things seem different than they really are. When was the last time you believed something to be one way only to learn you had it all wrong?
4. Can you recall a time when being alert and observant kept you safe?
5. Who in your personal circle of relationships do you think is smarter than you? Are they smarter in just one area, or overall? How do you feel about that? How do they interact with you?
6. Let's daydream a little: Describe in detail the most perfect lazy day, start to finish.
7. Are you dressing up for Halloween? If so, what as? If not, how come? What is the most favorite costume you ever had?
BONUS: Come on baby tell me what?s the word?
Today's Comment Question: What gives you the creeps?
Thanks to Promoguy
Please answer these and post your answers for my amusement. hehehe..
Sunday, October 20, 2002
Wow.... L - that is quite traumatic with your landlord. I don't blame you for wanting to move. I sure as hell would not feel safe either. Your landlord sounds like a world class pervert now. If not that, then he's got some real boundry issues. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Big HUGS! I do feel sorry for you... that's so awful to have your safety, security and privacy violated like that.
A - I can't wait to see the pictures of the little ones! Call me some time.... *You never write... you never call... I might as well be dead over here... *
Big HUGS! I do feel sorry for you... that's so awful to have your safety, security and privacy violated like that.
A - I can't wait to see the pictures of the little ones! Call me some time.... *You never write... you never call... I might as well be dead over here... *
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