There is a certain story making its way around the Internet/blog-o-sphere/digg/slashdot that has made me think a little more before writing some things. If you follow the news like I do and know where I work, you know the story I refer to.
That said, I am not going to comment on it.
This gives me hope:
Students walk 7 miles to vote.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Public Service Announcement
In a previous post, I mentioned bacterial vaginosis, and that I would touch upon it at a later date. Today is that date.
I am going to try to keep this simple and to the point.
I did not know what bacterial vaginosis (hereafter to be called BV) was until I was lamenting to a friend about some recent sexual (or non-sexual, to be more precise) relations I had. You see, I was all set to (insert title of famous Petula Clark song here), when BAM! my nose was knocked backwards by, well, pretty much the worst thing I've ever sniffed. I lost all desire to have sex right then and there. I had to make up some lame excuse and we didn't do anything. It was TERRIBLE! The entire night I was mad that she was getting her stink all over my clean sheets. That's how bad it was.
Buuuuuut I thought maybe it was a one-time thing, and so she came over again a couple weeks later. Still.the.same.
It was like a carton of rotten milk combined with one of those smells-like-smoke scratch 'n sniff stickers you get on fire safety day in second grade.
So again, there was no sex. At this point I look:
a. impotent
b. gay
c. all of the above
ANYWAY, when I complained to two lesbian friends about this (that's how I roll), one mentioned that it was probably BV, which I had never heard of. And after learning what it was, I determined this is what the girl had.
I don't know if my diagnosis is correct, but I did not have the heart to tell her she should get it checked out. I'm sorry. There are just some things I can't do. Telling a girl to get her BV checked is one of them.
So ladies, the moral of the story is this: If your fella is completely put-off by your clamshell, you might wanna think about polishing that pearl.
I am going to try to keep this simple and to the point.
I did not know what bacterial vaginosis (hereafter to be called BV) was until I was lamenting to a friend about some recent sexual (or non-sexual, to be more precise) relations I had. You see, I was all set to (insert title of famous Petula Clark song here), when BAM! my nose was knocked backwards by, well, pretty much the worst thing I've ever sniffed. I lost all desire to have sex right then and there. I had to make up some lame excuse and we didn't do anything. It was TERRIBLE! The entire night I was mad that she was getting her stink all over my clean sheets. That's how bad it was.
Buuuuuut I thought maybe it was a one-time thing, and so she came over again a couple weeks later. Still.the.same.
It was like a carton of rotten milk combined with one of those smells-like-smoke scratch 'n sniff stickers you get on fire safety day in second grade.
So again, there was no sex. At this point I look:
a. impotent
b. gay
c. all of the above
ANYWAY, when I complained to two lesbian friends about this (that's how I roll), one mentioned that it was probably BV, which I had never heard of. And after learning what it was, I determined this is what the girl had.
I don't know if my diagnosis is correct, but I did not have the heart to tell her she should get it checked out. I'm sorry. There are just some things I can't do. Telling a girl to get her BV checked is one of them.
So ladies, the moral of the story is this: If your fella is completely put-off by your clamshell, you might wanna think about polishing that pearl.
News Views Use
While this blog is merely months old, I have been blogging since August of 2001. That blog exists as a livejournal that is never updated, and never updated is how it shall remain. I think 6+ years of the same journal is enough. That one contains 3/4 of my collegiate career, and the years that came after. This one is much less personal (read: no teenage angst).
I'm starting to realize I pay too much attention to the news. I almost never watch it, but I am constantly reading it online. My homepage on Firefox consists of RSS feeds from NYTimes, Time, Newsweek, Salon, Alternet, The Economist, Slashdot, NPR, Reuters, Wired, Digg, and CNN. And I check it all.the.time. I can't watch the news on tv because it does not show the stories I want to know about when I want to know about them.
TV news is just not for me. I don't care what Pundit X thinks, and I know for a fact Analyst Y is an idiot.
Anyway, my obsession with the news can lead to some social problems (as if I didn't have enough already). I can make for REALLY boring dinner conversation, especially if the person(s) has/have no knowledge whatsoever of the world outside their window. Which does not happen often with the people I choose to spend my spare time with, but it did happen recently to the point that I was flabbergasted when I had to explain the presidential primary process to someone.
A person who was born and raised here has no idea how our electoral process works. That's terrible!! I know I love to rip on this country and the state it has gotten itself into, but I LOVE the idea of America. The one in the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is still the single greatest work of non-fiction ever written (the Bible does not count because, like I said, non-fiction).
I don't understand how an educated person can live here and not know how their leaders are elected or the goverment process works. Which explains a lot about how the current administration came to be.
I do not know what my liberties are; therefore, I will not notice when they are taken away.
I'm starting to realize I pay too much attention to the news. I almost never watch it, but I am constantly reading it online. My homepage on Firefox consists of RSS feeds from NYTimes, Time, Newsweek, Salon, Alternet, The Economist, Slashdot, NPR, Reuters, Wired, Digg, and CNN. And I check it all.the.time. I can't watch the news on tv because it does not show the stories I want to know about when I want to know about them.
TV news is just not for me. I don't care what Pundit X thinks, and I know for a fact Analyst Y is an idiot.
Anyway, my obsession with the news can lead to some social problems (as if I didn't have enough already). I can make for REALLY boring dinner conversation, especially if the person(s) has/have no knowledge whatsoever of the world outside their window. Which does not happen often with the people I choose to spend my spare time with, but it did happen recently to the point that I was flabbergasted when I had to explain the presidential primary process to someone.
A person who was born and raised here has no idea how our electoral process works. That's terrible!! I know I love to rip on this country and the state it has gotten itself into, but I LOVE the idea of America. The one in the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is still the single greatest work of non-fiction ever written (the Bible does not count because, like I said, non-fiction).
I don't understand how an educated person can live here and not know how their leaders are elected or the goverment process works. Which explains a lot about how the current administration came to be.
I do not know what my liberties are; therefore, I will not notice when they are taken away.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
TV is back! TV is back!
Well, not quite yet. But the Writers' Strike looks to be over, so (very) slowly there might be some new writing on the television.
First impacted will be Conan/Daily Show/those shows, then SNL, and then the other comedies/dramas, but since production can take 2-4 months, we might not see new shows until April. Just in time for sweeps in May? A quick 5-episode count to wrap up various seasons?
I think both the studios and writers lost. People realized they have so many more alternatives now than they did during the strike of '88. You know who won? The Internet. iTunes. Netflix. DVR companies.
My Netflix usage tripled during the strike, and I'm still finding more shows and movies to add to my queue. Why bother finding new shows to watch when there are so many old ones to catch up on? The Rock and Roll Grammarian (who I would link to but I don't feel like typing the html, see link on right) introduced me to the wonder that is Battlestar Galactica, and I love it! It appeals so much to my inner/outer geek!
Speaking of geek, I am getting press access for NY Toy Fair AND NY Comic Con!!! It's a dream come true for any 14 year old/me!!
First impacted will be Conan/Daily Show/those shows, then SNL, and then the other comedies/dramas, but since production can take 2-4 months, we might not see new shows until April. Just in time for sweeps in May? A quick 5-episode count to wrap up various seasons?
I think both the studios and writers lost. People realized they have so many more alternatives now than they did during the strike of '88. You know who won? The Internet. iTunes. Netflix. DVR companies.
My Netflix usage tripled during the strike, and I'm still finding more shows and movies to add to my queue. Why bother finding new shows to watch when there are so many old ones to catch up on? The Rock and Roll Grammarian (who I would link to but I don't feel like typing the html, see link on right) introduced me to the wonder that is Battlestar Galactica, and I love it! It appeals so much to my inner/outer geek!
Speaking of geek, I am getting press access for NY Toy Fair AND NY Comic Con!!! It's a dream come true for any 14 year old/me!!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Dear Barack Obama,
While I am still not sure if I want to vote for you, my generation views you as an agent of change. You are not a Clinton, and you have not been in Washington your entire life.
You've managed to take a lot of youth disenfranchised with the electoral process (for many of us, 2000 was the first time we could vote) and made them enthusiastic about choosing a new leader.
That is why you can not listen to Howard Dean and make a Democratic Dynamic Duo of you and Hillary. I beg of you. There's no way they will let you be President, you will have to settle for VP. Please don't tarnish your image like that. Some Republicans actually like you, they all hate her. With her on the ticket those moderates you have won over (you know, the non-super Christian Republicans) will immediately not vote for you. They hate her. To them, she is enemy #1. There is nothing they hate more.
Also, her hair is always unchanged. I am convinced it comes off and is re-applied a la Darth Vader's helmet in Return of the Jedi.
While I am still not sure if I want to vote for you, my generation views you as an agent of change. You are not a Clinton, and you have not been in Washington your entire life.
You've managed to take a lot of youth disenfranchised with the electoral process (for many of us, 2000 was the first time we could vote) and made them enthusiastic about choosing a new leader.
That is why you can not listen to Howard Dean and make a Democratic Dynamic Duo of you and Hillary. I beg of you. There's no way they will let you be President, you will have to settle for VP. Please don't tarnish your image like that. Some Republicans actually like you, they all hate her. With her on the ticket those moderates you have won over (you know, the non-super Christian Republicans) will immediately not vote for you. They hate her. To them, she is enemy #1. There is nothing they hate more.
Also, her hair is always unchanged. I am convinced it comes off and is re-applied a la Darth Vader's helmet in Return of the Jedi.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Super Duper Tuesday!
Here is proof that John McCain is crazy, from his rally in NYC today:
"We're gonna win New York today and we're gonna win New York in the general election and I'm gonna carry New York and we're going to campaign all over this magnificent state and we're not gonna give it up to anybody. I guarantee you as the nominee of my party I can and will carry the city of New York as well as the state!"
"We're gonna win New York today and we're gonna win New York in the general election and I'm gonna carry New York and we're going to campaign all over this magnificent state and we're not gonna give it up to anybody. I guarantee you as the nominee of my party I can and will carry the city of New York as well as the state!"
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