Updates

05.28.04

I actually added to the content tonight. Ta da.

I've added opinions for the three books I've read this summer so far:
Haunted Ground by Erin Hart
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton

They were all really good, and I'm very glad I haven't had to sit through rubbish yet.

I also have eight more books from the library to read, and I have a four day weekend, so expect something new again soon.

12:35 AM [link]

Dirty car

05.27.04

Can I just say I'm getting really sick of it raining and storming every time I decide I have time to wash my car? If I wanted this much rain, I'd live in Seattle.

06:03 PM [link]

Stupid defense attorneys

05.22.04

This quote in an article about Michael Jackson's indictment really had me scratching my head:

"The defense attorneys decried the "media frenzy" that has surrounded the case and said that the grand jury indictment reflects a "one-sided, prosecution theory" of the proceedings."

Are they complaining, or are they stating that they're afraid the normal public doesn't know that? Because that's all a grand jury hearing is, is the prosecution presenting all the evidence to determine if it's enough to go to trial with. Being indicted isn't that big of a deal at all; most people who go before a grand jury are indicted. It's just a checkpoint weeding out cases where there isn't enough evidence to go to trial. That's why the defense doesn't get to present a side, it's not a sign of guilt or innocence if you're indicted.

12:04 PM [link]

Tanning booths are the devil

05.21.04

So apparently California lawmakers are trying to pass a law that would ban teengers from tanning booths. All the power to them, I saw. Apparently they're one of 26 states that already require parental permission for teenagers to use them. As cited by the article I read on CNN.com, "Backers of the bill, including the California Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, blame tanning salons for part of 1 million new cases of skin cancer diagnosed every year in the United States. The group cited 7,400 deaths annually from melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer."

I swear, every time I start wishing that I wasn't so damn pale, I hear statistics like that and immediately shut up. A few years ago, I signed up for a tanning package and used it once, since it made me feel dirty. The whole time I was laying in the tanning bed, a voice in my head was saying, "You're going to ruin your skin. You're going to get wrinkles. You're going to look 50 when you're 30."

From my understanding, all a tan is is damaged skin. Yeah, I REALLY want THAT. Ever since I was 14, I've worn an SPF on my face every day and have never laid out without being slathered in sunscreen, and whenever I go to get a facial, I get praised over and over about how nice my skin is and how I'm keeping it in such good condition.

I mean, really, we only get the body that we came with. What makes it worth giving yourself wrinkles, leathery skin, and possibly cancer in ten years just so it can be a different color now? People my age might think "It'll never happen to me" or "I only go once a week, it's not that often", but give me a break. That's called d-e-n-i-a-l. Or stupidity. One paradox I've always wondered about is how society has traditionally looked down at non-white ethnicities, but white people are doing everything they can to make their skin bronzer. Whatever, it's your perogative.

12:51 PM [link]

Last Angel episode

05.18.04

This week is the last Angel episode ever. *sob* It's so awful that the WB has chosen now, of all times, to cancel it. It might not have bothered me as much last season, when the show was good, but not great. Now, however, they've hid this great stride with almost every episode being the high quality that you just don't see on reality-show-infested television anymore. Ironically, the WB makes more money off of reality shows than Angel, therefore, the axe.

My average reader might not care, but I do know that my wonderful hostess Kristy gives a damn. It's a sad, sad world without a Joss Whedon show on the airwaves.

For once, I wish I was back in Bowling Green where Angel airs on the normal Wednesday night. For some reason, my town's WB affiliate doesn't show it until Thursday. It's okay, I don't want it to end. We can drag it out.

11:49 PM [link]

Hamster body parts

05.17.04

I seem to have a problem with hamsters keeping all their body parts. One of them is missing an eye due to what I think was a cold or infection (He's a pirate now, I talk to him with one eye closed so he doesn't feel unusual), and now sometime in the last 24 hours, the one-eyed one bit the other one in the nose and a small chunk of Murray's nose is hanging off. His nose is still wiggling ten miles a minute, so it doesn't seem to have affected him too much, and I'm reluctant to put Neosporin or the like on it in case he eats it off (likely) and it ends up being toxic (not sure how likely, but I'm not willing to risk it).

Working for the immoral defense attorneys (my boyfriend's words, not mine) has been fascinating so far, it's so cool seeing everything I learned about in class at work in the real world.

Off to play hamster doctor now.

08:58 PM [link]

Big boobs

05.09.04

I have decided I want to lose weight. However, the only place that I want to lose weight from is my boobs. I've decided they're too cumbersome and have this annoying habit of rendering perfectly darling tank tops unwearable because they just won't fit in. However, they're a perfect excuse for not getting pregnant; my cousin's boobs went up two sizes when she had her baby. If mine went up two sizes, I'd be in trouble. Big trouble.

I know I said a few entries ago that I'm not boob-obsessed like Janet Jackson is. This was momentarily changed by my finding the gorgeous Forever 21 tank top in my closet that I have tried multiple times to wear and have each time decided I need a breast reduction in order to do so. Things like that can make a girl bitter.

05:13 PM [link]

Season finale

05.07.04

YOU CAN'T LEAVE IT OFF THERE AND MAKE ME WAIT UNTIL THE FALL TO FIND OUT IF ANYONE GETS SHOT.

Season finale cliffhangers are EVIL. And my boyfriend is EVIL for getting me hooked on Third Watch. I could be evil and call him and tell him what happened, since he's taping it and won't see it for a bit.

Moving is also evil. Especially when I leave a sack of stuff, including medication, in my boyfriend's room and don't expect to see him for a week.

At least my last term of classes is over, and the next time I pack stuff and move, it'll be into my own place. Now that's exciting.

11:12 PM [link]

The end

05.06.04

Today I took the last exam I'll ever take at BG. It was my criminal investigations class. It's very amusing seriously studying notes titled "Fire and human bodies." Sometimes I forget that people come here to study something other than crime.

09:37 PM [link]

Big surprise?

05.05.04

So as of today, five porn stars have tested positive for HIV. Does this really surprise anyone? I don't get why they're making such a big deal out of it. These people have unprotected sex for a living. I sure hope these "actors" aren't sitting around saying "Why me? Poor me!"

The thing that gets me is that these porn stars mention their spouses in the articles I've been reading. People marry porn stars? How does that work? Is that considered adultery, or is that just what you get when you're desperate enough to marry someone who probably lost all feeling down there years ago from overuse? I can't imagine sex with your spouse is any fun when you're a porn star. You work all day and you come home and your husband or wife wants you to work more. Or maybe these people have unusually large sex drives. Who knows.

Speaking of porn stars, remember that show Family Matters that was on years ago? The younger daughter on that show is a porn star now. I guess having Steve Urkle as a reference on your resume makes getting normal jobs difficult.

10:48 PM [link]