backbone and morals...

...are apparently two unrelated things. New York Times reporter Judith Miller is finally out of jail after 85 days. Although the matter does regard national security, she was inevitably caught in the middle. I do believe in these 85 days her stock as a reporter has gone up. Without people like her, that would keep sources confidential, there would simply be no news. On the other hand, now I am really interested in who the source is. Who would let a woman sit in jail for 85 days for keeping his identity secret.

to strike a balance....

So former Reagan Secretary of Education Bill Bennett thinks that if we "abort every black baby in this country" the crime rate would go down. What a radical idea! That got me thinking. What else can we abort to raise the collective IQ in this country? I think a very late term abortion for brain-dead radio personalities is called for.... I'm going to need Ms Cartman's help with this one.

homework

I finally got some homework done.... that is just a weird concept for me, doing homework on the first week. I guess it couldn't be helped, I'm a changed person I guess... lol. The more interesting point is that I got up at 7 am on my day with late class to do the homework. I have no idea why I can not sleep well at night.

I did have another interesting dream last night though. But this time it involved a couple of actors. I can't say I'm not dissapointed. Last night I described my previous dreams to a friend as in the episode of Friends where Rachel woke up in the morning realizing she had just had a dream about Joey. I believe what Rachel said was "Well that was new...." Well if that's the case, I'll probably end up with my Ross. Doesn't hurt to dream though... lol.

Oh I lost another 3 pounds as of this morning if anybody was interested.

he's dead!

I taped Alias last night and watched it right after work. I almost cried. Eh, I'm sure he'll be back later though.

get your act together....

yeah... come on.... stop getting distracted and buy so much stuff... just go and crack open those damn books.... *bleh*.... I think I'll finally get a good nights sleep though.

geez

what is up with these comment spamz? I think I have only gotten 1 real comment out of the last 10

today was like christmas... only better

I almost feel asleep in class today... all three of them. So I decided to treat myself a bit since I managed to stay awake. I got myself a haircut, and a nice wash too ^_^. I proceeded to close my BofA account, and got a couple of hair products. I'm also sipping on a good cup of coffee. I found another song on the Foo Fighters CD I really like, I've been listening to DOA all morning. And the best of all.... I got my shades!!!! wooooo! So happie....

What can Brown do for you?

From the if I only had a brain department:
(WSJ, 9/28/2005, A3 column 4)

Aaaahhh.... the great Mike Brown was grilled in congress the other day for FEMA's response to Katrina, and of course he shifted all the blame to local officials. He did have the balls to say this:

"I predicted privately for several years that we were going to reach this point [of crisis] because of lack of resources and the lack of attention being paid to what was [once] ... a very robust organization"

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that the HEAD of FEMA was in charge of securing resources, screaming at people, and building a strong organization. What I'm curious about is, what in sam's hell has he been doing since 2001? It feels like he is stepping aside and critiquing his own work... um... non-work. Oh I see, he's trying to confuse me.

A week before Katrina, he did have half a mind to tell Andy Card that "this is going to be a bad one". Now, I'm sure that he did indeed do a fine job in overseeing over 150 presidentialy declared disasters. You would have thought that he would have learned something about it. Especially because is was "going to be a bad one". Seriously, if it was going to be as "bad" as he predicted, he couldn't have expected the local officials to be a least bit organized, right? If this was going to be a "bad" one, wouldn't' he have asked about the evacuation plans? Even when he doesn't talk to his own people, wouldn't he have watched any of the news networks? How can he tell people that he didn't' know about the Superdome for days? Do they even have a TV set at FEMA.

I don't think any of his responses will ever be enough. That's pretty scary. I think we have a better chance of surviving disasters with a whiny little girl in charge.... at least she'd flag down some attention to the shortfalls of the agency.

get your own damn cart... jackass....

i rang up these two guys for a gateway package... and they expected me to wheel their stuff to the door? wtf.... what happened to common decency? come on guys... prove me wrong.

ah, the wonders of school

first day of class... what can i say? there's going to be soooooo much work for me to do from now.... i'll have to set up my class folders and such tonight before i go to bed. did i mention i'm working till 10 tonight? i've been up since 7.... what a fun day. my only saving grace is i bought the books already... *phew*

busted

i let slip to one of you my crush.... i'll never hear the end of it

it's not that late yet!

it's only 11:40! wooo! i even got to watch desperate housewives and gray's anatomy... so awsome..... tomorrow is gonna be totally hellish.... 8:30 till 10... gotta get up early too... sheesh

work induced coma

I crashed at like 10 last night and didn't regain consciousness until around 9:30. I don't think I've had that much rest in a while. School starts tomorrow, but in the mean time, I'll have to go run with my well rested legs and worry about work later this afternoon. I hope today will be a lot better then yesterday. I learned a lot from all the "situations" that araised. Hopefully I'll be a while lot more efficient today. I'm getting sick of being dragged down by some asshole. It was only the second day.



I need to find my book bag... I have no idea where I threw it. I'm going to be at work until 9 tonight, and I have class at 8:30 in the morning.... this is going to be fun.... not.

and one day i realized i was in love with a man who could never love me back....

I was living in a fairy tale. People aren’t like they are in stories. They hurt each other without meaning to. They are kind and unbelievably cruel at the same moment. Like me, now.



-- Big Fish



I cry every time I watch that movie. Sometimes I feel like I have too much feeling balled up inside of me and I just needed an outlet. I don't think I have ever loved the way I wanted to, or be loved the way I deserve. I have always found people I feel comfortable with, but it would always bring a proportionate amount of frustration. I utter the phrase 'i love you' too easily. I often question myself if I really do mean it.

lessons

1) there are lot of assholes out there

2) there is a word call "NO"

3) it could have been worse

4) having a good group of people to back you up is the best feeling in the world

5) what ever it was, it wasn't worth it

6) take initiative

7) if it's going to happen, it's going to happen



that's about all i remember from today

first real day

I finally got some time to slow down.... I didn't get off work until about 11... it got pretty insane out there. I learned today that having a great smile and a friendly attitude can cut you a whole lot of slack.

of red bull, new jeans and sport bras

i've really got nothing, but I did acquire these items this morning. I got myself a couple of jeans that I don't fit in at all. They'll become my markers... they'll look really good when I get into them.



I got a whole case of sugar free red bull, I'm going to be on crack for the rest of the day.



Got a couple of new sports bras... I think I'll need a couple new pairs of shorts too some time.



I'm thinking about getting a new laptop... the small sony one.... it'll be so easy to carry around. Save up... save up....



Went to see the doctor this morning, apparently I'm doing quite fine. I'm really losing weight.... not just water weight... so that's pretty good news. So yeah.... gotta try to fit into those jeans ^_^

G. O. Time!

oooooohhhh yeah..... we G.O. today!!!! It's gonna be so different from now on. Running on 5 hours of sleep until 11 tonight... better go get myself a couple of rockstars... lol

what makes a man sexy

The correct answer would be chivalry.

I watched an episode of primtime live tonight. The topic was, what would you do when you are presented with a difficult situation. They set up three seperate situations, and tried to find out what people would do:
1) the asshole boyfriend is shoving the girl and is about to hit her
2) a pretty girl is blatantly stealing from the corner store
3) the crazy baby sitter is verbally abusing the kid

In the first situation, 5/100 men stopped and said something and/or called the police, whereas 13/100 women did. In the second situation, only two women managed to flag down the owner and told her what's going on. In the third situation, there was almost always moms involved while the golfers watched.

There's is something wrong with our collective mentality.

Although there was this one guy that really stood up for the girl in the first part. He parked his bike, took off his backpack and shades, and stood up to the guy. Turns out he's a pacifist karate instructor. He looked so cute when he was mad. He was about to put up his dukes too. That was really sexy. I hope he got laid tonight because of the show.

stupidity

1) govt of LA said the people who refuses to leave may as well write their social security number on their arm with a sharpie. is that something a person in that position should say, all pouty, in her situation? i personally don't see any leadership at all. haven't we all been through this three weeks ago? all those guys in charge there are clowns.



2) has nobody learned anything about O-ring? or are the people designing airplanes too young to remember that problem. appparently the flaming emergency landing at LAX yesterday was caused by leaking fluids on the deteriorating O-ring. Anyone who has seen a history book should have seen the problem in that.



3) i watched the season premier of the apprentice tonight. before you judge me, I usually just watch the first ep and quit. most of the people on there are cocky idiots, enough said.



4) ... so arnold's camp say warren beatty is a crackpot. in all truthness, do they actually have the grounds to say that? i'm actually kind of curious as to what mr. freeze has on bulworth.....

Goblet of Fire

I just saw the new trailer for it.... omfg..... that's going to be soooo awsome...... *drool*

disappointment

I only got around to run like 1 1/2 miles today, I don't know what's wrong with my leg, it just hurts like a bi-atch. Good thing I have another checkup tomorrow. I'm hoping this is something I can fix with a brace or something. In the mean time I guess I'll be doing uber crunches instead with my time.

late starts

I've switched my sleep schedule again... not goot.... Sleep doesn't seem all that important at 2:30 in the morning, then I totally regret it when I don't have enough time to run in the morning. Stupid computer.... Everything I do nowadays is such a mind drain. bleh, better go change and get my 4 miles done.

things starts anew.....

There's always a beginning to everything. I often wonder if it would be too late for me to start all over again, but from the looks of it, it's all in my head. There's just so much out there I have not experienced. I feel like I've just taken off my blinders and finally took a good look at what has become of me.