Apparently two men wrote this list. Hmmmm.....now did they ask women or did they just decide they thought these men weren't sexy? Because I disagree with several of their choices, but then we've already established that I have slightly weird taste in men.
I actually had to look up several of the men on the list, most of them sports related...or politically affiliated. And I have to admit, I agree with the whole Brad Pitt thing. I really don't find him all that attractive. (Please reference weird taste in men comment)
Here's the list, see if you agree with it:(wuth occassional commentary by yours truly)
Complete List
001. Gilbert Gottfried (Come on, I think he's kind of cute...seriously)
002. Randy Johnson
003. Roger Ebert
004. Dr. Phil McGraw (Not what I would call *sexy* but not *unsexy* either)
005. Alan Colmes
006. Chad Kroeger (Sooooo do not agree with this one!!)
007. Mike Mills
008. Osama Bin Laden (Unsexy? How about Fucking EVIL???)
009. Jay Leno ( A sense of humor and great hair....)
010. Don Imus
011. Michael Jackson (Shivers...)
012. Wallace Shawn
013. Mike D. of the Beastie Boys
014. Richard Simmons (One of the gayest gay men ever)
015. Jon Lovitz ( Again, I think he's got something kind of cute goin on)
016. Carrot Top ( Two words Ick Y)
017. Jerry Seinfeld
018. Malcolm Gladwell (WHO?)
019. Chevy Chase (Totally shouldn't be on the list)
020. Raffi
021. Ron Howard (not really unsexy, just hard to get past the whole Richie Cunningham thing)
022. Clint Howard (Horror movie level not sexy)
023. Bill Gates ( There is a difference between seriously nerdy and not sexy...although Bill has BOTH)
024. Paul Shaffer
025. Axl Rose (Drugs will do that to you)
026. Tim Burton (Wierd, but kind of hot)
027. Edward James Olmos
028. Gerard Way
029. Don Zimmer
030. Tony Kornheiser
031. Chris Kattan
032. Otis Nixon
033. Julian Tavarez
034. Christopher Lloyd ( LOVE HIM)
035. Willie McGee
036. Pat Cummings
037. Scottie Pippen
038. Larry David
039. Michael Moore
040. Al Franken
041. Paris Latsis
042. Rush Limbaugh (Any one that finds this man sexy should seek immediate professional help)
043. David Gest
044. Gary Busey
045. Nick Nolte ( Have you seen the mugshot????)
046. Leif Garrett (One of my first loves, but honestly has gotten crusty in the old age)
047. Andy Dick (Just creepy)
048. Scott Stapp
049. Lyle Lovett
050. Ric Ocasek
051. Bill Wyman
052. Danny DeVito
053. Peter Jackson
054. Drew Carey ( Now this man is an example of Nerdy SEXY....)
055. Newt Gingrich
056. Rob Schneider
057. Ed O'Neil
058. Bill O'Reilly
059. Clay Aiken ( Santa's elf unsexy)
060. Joe Lieberman
061. Jim Gaffigan
062. Bill Maher
063. John Popper
064. Dennis Miller
065. John Madden
066. Robert Englund
067. Robert Patrick (Disagree...I'd do him)
068. John Ashcroft
069. Joe Gannascolli
070. Kevin James
071. George Steinbrenner
072. Grady Little
073. Harvey Pekar
074. DJ Qualls
075. Joey Buttafuoco
076. Garry Shandling
077. Meat Loaf Aday
078. Joe Walsh
079. Tom from Myspace
080. Art Garfunkel
081. Brian Posehn
082. Howie Mandel ( Definatly sexy since he went bald)
083. Barry Bonds
084. Dick Vitale
085. Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg
086. Jeff Van Gundy
087. Jimmy Johnson
088. John Clayton
089. Don Vito
090. Lemmy Kilmister
091. Jose Canseco
092. Bill Parcells
093. Ric Flair
094. Ralph Nader
095. Dennis Kacinich
096. Horatio Sanz
097. Dom DeLuise
098. Emeril Lagasse
099. Kevin Federline (white trash nasty unsexy)
100. Brad Pitt ( had his moments, but not sexy....Fight Club, I could see it...but not on my top ten list)
4.18.2006
The Boobie Fairy
The Boobie Fairy arrived sometime last night. I was hoping to avoid that particular side effect of pregnancy this time, I'm not sure why I was deliusional, but there you have it. Now I have boobs twice their normal size and I get to milk myself like a cow every day for the next week or so.
To much information???? *shrug* Ahh well, as uncomfortable as I am right now, I feel the need to spread it around, even if it is only intellectually in the form of unsettling images. HonestlY? If it wouldn't border on pornographic I would probably post before and after images. *laughs* (Those of you who know me know I'm kidding now)
I called the local gym today to find out if they have a trainer on staff who can keep me from killing myself when I start working out to lose the MASSIVE amount of weight I gained....I am going to post before and after shots of that, because it will be worth it. I mean for the love of Bob...I have FAT FEET!!!!!! Do you know how depressing that is? Fat feet, I never even knew my feet could gain weight. I'm a little disgusted and at the same time fascinated.
I have a feeling that a lot of time will be devoted to talking about my body and it's radical and sometimes disgusting shifts over the next months.....look away now if you have a weak stomach.
Fair warning has been given.
To much information???? *shrug* Ahh well, as uncomfortable as I am right now, I feel the need to spread it around, even if it is only intellectually in the form of unsettling images. HonestlY? If it wouldn't border on pornographic I would probably post before and after images. *laughs* (Those of you who know me know I'm kidding now)
I called the local gym today to find out if they have a trainer on staff who can keep me from killing myself when I start working out to lose the MASSIVE amount of weight I gained....I am going to post before and after shots of that, because it will be worth it. I mean for the love of Bob...I have FAT FEET!!!!!! Do you know how depressing that is? Fat feet, I never even knew my feet could gain weight. I'm a little disgusted and at the same time fascinated.
I have a feeling that a lot of time will be devoted to talking about my body and it's radical and sometimes disgusting shifts over the next months.....look away now if you have a weak stomach.
Fair warning has been given.
4.17.2006
New Baby!
I had the baby on Friday, April 14th, at 3:09 p.m. I tried to post pictures to this posting, but for some reason, they wouldn't come up. Sooooo, I have linked this post to the post on Stephanie's Blog that contains pictures of Genevive, James and Judy.
Genevive weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She's got beautiful, alert blue eyes and a full head of soft brown hair. In short, she's perfect. James and Judy are the picture of new parents, always watching her, checking her toes and looking at her fingers, it's very sweet.
Judy is going to be THE mom. You know the one. She was the ultimate...you would go over to that particular friends house for sleepover and there was always something cool to do...a craft project, cookies to bake, a new game they had invented...something GREAT!!! Yeah, that will sooo be Judy!
And James...well, James is going to be that dad we all envied our friends for having. The one they all pretended to be embarrassed about, but you knew they were proud to have them. The dad that chaperones the dances, but manages not to get in the way. The dad that takes time out of his Saturday to drive his preteen daughter and five of her giggly friends to the mall...all by himself. The dad that threatens to break the legs of the first boyfriend that makes her cry...he never really does it, but just knowing he would makes her feel better. Yeah, that's James.
Genevive is one very lucky little girl. Her life will be filled with art and color and love and she will grow up knowing that the world can be a special wonderful place.
Russ and I will miss her each day, but knowing where she is and all that she is blessed with, we will smile everytime we think of her and her family.
Genevive weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She's got beautiful, alert blue eyes and a full head of soft brown hair. In short, she's perfect. James and Judy are the picture of new parents, always watching her, checking her toes and looking at her fingers, it's very sweet.
Judy is going to be THE mom. You know the one. She was the ultimate...you would go over to that particular friends house for sleepover and there was always something cool to do...a craft project, cookies to bake, a new game they had invented...something GREAT!!! Yeah, that will sooo be Judy!
And James...well, James is going to be that dad we all envied our friends for having. The one they all pretended to be embarrassed about, but you knew they were proud to have them. The dad that chaperones the dances, but manages not to get in the way. The dad that takes time out of his Saturday to drive his preteen daughter and five of her giggly friends to the mall...all by himself. The dad that threatens to break the legs of the first boyfriend that makes her cry...he never really does it, but just knowing he would makes her feel better. Yeah, that's James.
Genevive is one very lucky little girl. Her life will be filled with art and color and love and she will grow up knowing that the world can be a special wonderful place.
Russ and I will miss her each day, but knowing where she is and all that she is blessed with, we will smile everytime we think of her and her family.
4.04.2006
My son had a nightmare tonight. He woke up crying and scared and he wanted me to snuggle him. I can't even explain what that feeling is like, to have this tiny, precious little person look at me with such trust and love.
It's humbling.
So I snuggled him. We sat in the Big Comfy Chair and watched a movie until he fell asleep, and then I just watched him sleep for a little while.
When I was young I thought the world was about getting a job that paid a lot, about having tons of people like you....and then I had children. Now I know that life is about making sure the people you love are safe and secure. God entrusted me with these two precious lives, made them mine to care for and I couldn't have asked for a better job.
I'm a mommy. No matter what else I accomplish in my life time, nothing will ever match the importance or the accomplishment of that.
If you have children, and you read this...take time tonight to just watch them sleep, it's a miracle right there in your own home.
It's humbling.
So I snuggled him. We sat in the Big Comfy Chair and watched a movie until he fell asleep, and then I just watched him sleep for a little while.
When I was young I thought the world was about getting a job that paid a lot, about having tons of people like you....and then I had children. Now I know that life is about making sure the people you love are safe and secure. God entrusted me with these two precious lives, made them mine to care for and I couldn't have asked for a better job.
I'm a mommy. No matter what else I accomplish in my life time, nothing will ever match the importance or the accomplishment of that.
If you have children, and you read this...take time tonight to just watch them sleep, it's a miracle right there in your own home.
This is all Stephanie's fault...I just want everyone to know that.*smile*
All right, I'm posting this here so that maybe, just maybe one or two of you, and I think that's all there are, will answer it....just so I don't feel like more of a geek than I already am.
********************************
Okay, seriously, I'm only doing this because I can't sleep.
Two Names You Go by
1. Serena
2. Mommy
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Greek
2. Norwegian (don't even ask)
Two Things That Scare You
1. My children being hurt
2. My house catching on fire.
Two Fears You Overcame
1.Being alone
2. Trusting a person I didn't give birth too.
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. Diet Soda
2. BOOKS
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Underwear
2. t-shirt
Two Things You Wore Too Much This Year
1. track pants ( give me a break, I'm pregnant)
2. white tshirts (see above)
This Year's Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. Beth Hart
2. Sarah McLachlan
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. DURAN DURAN
2. Counting Crows
Two Things You Want in a Relationship
1. Honesty
2. Communication
Two Physical Things That Appeal To You
1. strong hands
2. Smile
Two of Your Favorite Movies of the Year
1.A History of Violence
2. Walk the Line
Best Movies of All Time
1. The Road Home ( Chinese)
2. Star Wars
Two Things You Hate
1. Lying
2.fake concern
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. writing
2. reading
Two Things You Learned Last Year
1. I can let go of the past
2. Money really isn't that important
Two Accomplishments You Are Proud Of
1. My children
2. Not hiding my mental illness
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. To take my daughter on vacation
2. To finish my college degree
Two Places You Went Last Year
1. Wendover ( with Steph)
2. North Dakota
Two Places You Want to Go on Vacation
1. China
2. New York
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Sky Dive
2. visit the Smitsonian
Two Ways That You Are a Stereotypical Example of Your Gender
1. I get angry at stupid crap
2. I think men are pigs
Two Things That Make You Stand Out
1. My breasts
2. My laugh
Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit
1. I actually like one Brittany Spears song
2. I have worn pink in public before.
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. Finishing the paper work for the adoption
2. How to finish the poem I started last night
Two Favorite Web Sites
1.jorgelives.blogspot.com (nepotism lives!!! I have to admit, I'm biased)
2. Barnes and Noble.com
Two Favorite Sports (to watch and/or play)
1. Sports??? What?? Ughhh
2.
Two People Who Will Fill This Out
1. If I post it? Russ and ummm...maybe Matt
2.
Two Things You Did Last Night
1.Worked on homework
2. stayed up to damn late
Two Shows You Like To Watch
1. Numbers
2. House.
Two Places You Like To Go To
1.The Bookstore
2. Amywhere with Steph
Two Favorite Subjects In School
1. English
2. History
Two Favorite Places To Eat
1. Truckstops
2. anywhere else I can get good fries ( I'm easy to please)
Two Things You Like About Yourself (physically)
1. lips
2. skin
Two Things You Ate Today
1. Stouffer's French Bread Pizza
2. Shredded Wheat
Two People You Last Talked To
1. My attorney
2. Russ
Two Things You're Doing Tomorrow
1. Getting Jareth's Picture taken
2. Maling paperwork
Two Goals for the New Year
1. lose the baby weight
2. Start school again
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Okay, seriously, I'm only doing this because I can't sleep.
Two Names You Go by
1. Serena
2. Mommy
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Greek
2. Norwegian (don't even ask)
Two Things That Scare You
1. My children being hurt
2. My house catching on fire.
Two Fears You Overcame
1.Being alone
2. Trusting a person I didn't give birth too.
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. Diet Soda
2. BOOKS
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Underwear
2. t-shirt
Two Things You Wore Too Much This Year
1. track pants ( give me a break, I'm pregnant)
2. white tshirts (see above)
This Year's Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. Beth Hart
2. Sarah McLachlan
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
1. DURAN DURAN
2. Counting Crows
Two Things You Want in a Relationship
1. Honesty
2. Communication
Two Physical Things That Appeal To You
1. strong hands
2. Smile
Two of Your Favorite Movies of the Year
1.A History of Violence
2. Walk the Line
Best Movies of All Time
1. The Road Home ( Chinese)
2. Star Wars
Two Things You Hate
1. Lying
2.fake concern
Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. writing
2. reading
Two Things You Learned Last Year
1. I can let go of the past
2. Money really isn't that important
Two Accomplishments You Are Proud Of
1. My children
2. Not hiding my mental illness
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. To take my daughter on vacation
2. To finish my college degree
Two Places You Went Last Year
1. Wendover ( with Steph)
2. North Dakota
Two Places You Want to Go on Vacation
1. China
2. New York
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Sky Dive
2. visit the Smitsonian
Two Ways That You Are a Stereotypical Example of Your Gender
1. I get angry at stupid crap
2. I think men are pigs
Two Things That Make You Stand Out
1. My breasts
2. My laugh
Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit
1. I actually like one Brittany Spears song
2. I have worn pink in public before.
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. Finishing the paper work for the adoption
2. How to finish the poem I started last night
Two Favorite Web Sites
1.jorgelives.blogspot.com (nepotism lives!!! I have to admit, I'm biased)
2. Barnes and Noble.com
Two Favorite Sports (to watch and/or play)
1. Sports??? What?? Ughhh
2.
Two People Who Will Fill This Out
1. If I post it? Russ and ummm...maybe Matt
2.
Two Things You Did Last Night
1.Worked on homework
2. stayed up to damn late
Two Shows You Like To Watch
1. Numbers
2. House.
Two Places You Like To Go To
1.The Bookstore
2. Amywhere with Steph
Two Favorite Subjects In School
1. English
2. History
Two Favorite Places To Eat
1. Truckstops
2. anywhere else I can get good fries ( I'm easy to please)
Two Things You Like About Yourself (physically)
1. lips
2. skin
Two Things You Ate Today
1. Stouffer's French Bread Pizza
2. Shredded Wheat
Two People You Last Talked To
1. My attorney
2. Russ
Two Things You're Doing Tomorrow
1. Getting Jareth's Picture taken
2. Maling paperwork
Two Goals for the New Year
1. lose the baby weight
2. Start school again
Work in Progress
i am the silence in the hallway
that thing you whisper to yourself
promises you never kept
i know you
i am your guilty secret
slick like rain water on a greasy drive
dirty and polluted
i am every angry moment
all the shivers in your spine
i am the judgement that waits for you
every blow you landed
every ugly word you threw
i caught them
tight inside my skin
Started working on this the other night....inside my head....wanted to get it written out and see how it felt. Comments appreciated.
that thing you whisper to yourself
promises you never kept
i know you
i am your guilty secret
slick like rain water on a greasy drive
dirty and polluted
i am every angry moment
all the shivers in your spine
i am the judgement that waits for you
every blow you landed
every ugly word you threw
i caught them
tight inside my skin
Started working on this the other night....inside my head....wanted to get it written out and see how it felt. Comments appreciated.
4.02.2006
Let's Not Forget
While we in this country sit and scream at each other about whether people who enter our borders illegally should be given special treatment, let's not forget that the world continues to go on.
Let's remember a few things that might put what we are squabbling over in perspective:
People are dying of starvation in all parts of the world, including the United States. Statistics from a recent article:
"Food has never before existed in such abundance. The U.S. alone produces enough to feed half the world—even though one in eight Americans suffers from hunger. In Brazil, one in five people in cities is overweight, while 40 percent can’t afford to buy quality food. India, nearly self-sufficient in food production, has twice the number of underweight children as sub-Saharan Africa. If there’s plenty to eat, why are 852 million people around the world—mainly women and children—on the verge of starvation?"
"Why?" is a good question, don't you think?
Wars in the third world and the middle east continue to tear families apart and kill innocent men, women and children. Imagine having to worry about sending your child to school in the morning because you are afraid they might not make it home alive, or worse still, having no school to send your child to. Imagine living somewhere like Afghanistan where when winter comes you have no means to build adequate shelter or provide adequate food and you know that by the end, you will have seen one or more of your children die of cold or starvation.
The next time you prepare to open your mouth to begina diatribe about how horrible things are here, about how the government isn't doing what it needs to do, look around. Do you have a roof over your head? Did your children go to bed with full stomaches last night? If the answer is yes, I would suggest you take ten seconds and think about what it would be like to have to answer no.....kind of places things in a different light, doesn't it?
Let's remember a few things that might put what we are squabbling over in perspective:
People are dying of starvation in all parts of the world, including the United States. Statistics from a recent article:
"Food has never before existed in such abundance. The U.S. alone produces enough to feed half the world—even though one in eight Americans suffers from hunger. In Brazil, one in five people in cities is overweight, while 40 percent can’t afford to buy quality food. India, nearly self-sufficient in food production, has twice the number of underweight children as sub-Saharan Africa. If there’s plenty to eat, why are 852 million people around the world—mainly women and children—on the verge of starvation?"
"Why?" is a good question, don't you think?
Wars in the third world and the middle east continue to tear families apart and kill innocent men, women and children. Imagine having to worry about sending your child to school in the morning because you are afraid they might not make it home alive, or worse still, having no school to send your child to. Imagine living somewhere like Afghanistan where when winter comes you have no means to build adequate shelter or provide adequate food and you know that by the end, you will have seen one or more of your children die of cold or starvation.
The next time you prepare to open your mouth to begina diatribe about how horrible things are here, about how the government isn't doing what it needs to do, look around. Do you have a roof over your head? Did your children go to bed with full stomaches last night? If the answer is yes, I would suggest you take ten seconds and think about what it would be like to have to answer no.....kind of places things in a different light, doesn't it?
4.01.2006
Where there's smoke, there's fire.....somewhere
Getting ready for bed last night and all of a sudden the entire back half of my house smells like something is burning.
Okay...breathe deep, don't panic. RIGHT!
I promptly begin to freak out, because dear reader, I am scared to damn death of having my house catch on fire.
It's midnight, it's cold outside, the wind is blowing and we have no flashlight...but I make Russ go outside and check under the trailer (yes, I live in a little redneck box)I want to know if there is a reason for me to continue to panic or not.
Russ, being a man, doesn't think before he answers the following question, " Do you see anything under there?"
He answers, " Yeah, I see something." He doesn't bother to eleaborate.
This answer sends me scurrying into the house to grab the phone and begin the frantic dialing of 911. Luckily he catches me in time and adds this, " I don't think it's fire though." My heart rate goes down a bit.
After about ten minutes, we locate the source of the smell. Our neighbors are burning some particuallarly nasty smelling wood and because of the wind and lack of proper insulation at my home, the smoke is getting blown inside.
I don't sleep well all night....and I've had enough excitement to last me all weekend, thank you very much.
Okay...breathe deep, don't panic. RIGHT!
I promptly begin to freak out, because dear reader, I am scared to damn death of having my house catch on fire.
It's midnight, it's cold outside, the wind is blowing and we have no flashlight...but I make Russ go outside and check under the trailer (yes, I live in a little redneck box)I want to know if there is a reason for me to continue to panic or not.
Russ, being a man, doesn't think before he answers the following question, " Do you see anything under there?"
He answers, " Yeah, I see something." He doesn't bother to eleaborate.
This answer sends me scurrying into the house to grab the phone and begin the frantic dialing of 911. Luckily he catches me in time and adds this, " I don't think it's fire though." My heart rate goes down a bit.
After about ten minutes, we locate the source of the smell. Our neighbors are burning some particuallarly nasty smelling wood and because of the wind and lack of proper insulation at my home, the smoke is getting blown inside.
I don't sleep well all night....and I've had enough excitement to last me all weekend, thank you very much.
3.30.2006
I'd like to kill Murphey, whoever he was....
You know that whole Murphy's law thing? Well I would love to go back in time and kill whoever "Murphey" was.
We just get caught up enough to have some room and Russ loses his job due to a "slow down"....I have three weeks left until the baby is born, so no one is going to hire me right now....Murphey's law, you see?
"If anything can go wrong it will, and at the worst possible moment."
*dramatic sigh* Seriously, just felt the need to bitch for a brief moment. I'm seriously thinking about building a time machine and returning to the glory of being twelve....school, sleepovers and the occasionall babysitting job. Anyone want to join me?
We just get caught up enough to have some room and Russ loses his job due to a "slow down"....I have three weeks left until the baby is born, so no one is going to hire me right now....Murphey's law, you see?
"If anything can go wrong it will, and at the worst possible moment."
*dramatic sigh* Seriously, just felt the need to bitch for a brief moment. I'm seriously thinking about building a time machine and returning to the glory of being twelve....school, sleepovers and the occasionall babysitting job. Anyone want to join me?
3.29.2006
3.28.2006
Got a new computer!!
My new computer arrived this evening, all bright and shiny and full of promise.
And then....
There was so much CRAP already installed!!! It took me the better part of an hour to clean it up. I'm still rearranging the settings so IE isn't screwing with me everytime I turn around.
Tomorrow I get to network my two hard drives together...that should be fun!
Still...I got a new computer!!!
And then....
There was so much CRAP already installed!!! It took me the better part of an hour to clean it up. I'm still rearranging the settings so IE isn't screwing with me everytime I turn around.
Tomorrow I get to network my two hard drives together...that should be fun!
Still...I got a new computer!!!
3.27.2006
WARNING: This post will probably offend most everyone that reads it!!!!!!!
I have had enough !! Have you been reading or watching the news lately? This whole thing about immigration laws? Are they serious? I mean the people standing out in the street yelling that their rights are being infringed upon, screaming, " I'm an American, too!"
No, you are not an American. Unless you have entered this country legally, pay taxes and have begun the naturalization process, you are NOT an American. You are an illegal immigrant.
Scream all you want to about how this country was founded by immigrants. The fact is that that was over 100 years ago and the immigration laws, if there were any were different. We are talking about NOW...Today....not "was" or "back then". If you come into this country illegally, I don't care what you're intentions were, I don't care why...you are here against the law and it should be treated as such. I don't even care what country you come from, Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Finland....makes no difference. Here illegally is here illegally.
If I were to slip unnoticed into another country and try to set up residence and I got caught, I would be treated as a criminal, deported...etc...why should it be any different here.
I'm all for people having the ability to make their lives and the lives of their families better, but come ON....it should be done properly. I'm sorry if people feel that this is the place to come to fix everything, but if we, as a nation, don't start fixing the things that are wrong with US we're doomed to continue to decline.
What about the welfare system? Overburdened and severly outdated? What about the lack of support medically and mentally for the poor and the needy that were BORN in this country?
When somone that was born here...no matter what their ethnic background gets turned away when they need assistance, but someone that is here illegally can get assistance, doesn't that sound wrong?
Don't get in my face and scream at me that they have rights, too. I know that, but it should have to be done according to the LAW. I have to live by them, I have to follow them...if people want to live here and be "Americans" then they should have to do the same?
Why is it that in this country we either swing all the way to the left, or allll the way to the right?
Where in the BLUE HELL did all of the common sense in the world go? If anyone has seen it, please pack it up and ship it back, because I'm about to scream.
No, you are not an American. Unless you have entered this country legally, pay taxes and have begun the naturalization process, you are NOT an American. You are an illegal immigrant.
Scream all you want to about how this country was founded by immigrants. The fact is that that was over 100 years ago and the immigration laws, if there were any were different. We are talking about NOW...Today....not "was" or "back then". If you come into this country illegally, I don't care what you're intentions were, I don't care why...you are here against the law and it should be treated as such. I don't even care what country you come from, Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Finland....makes no difference. Here illegally is here illegally.
If I were to slip unnoticed into another country and try to set up residence and I got caught, I would be treated as a criminal, deported...etc...why should it be any different here.
I'm all for people having the ability to make their lives and the lives of their families better, but come ON....it should be done properly. I'm sorry if people feel that this is the place to come to fix everything, but if we, as a nation, don't start fixing the things that are wrong with US we're doomed to continue to decline.
What about the welfare system? Overburdened and severly outdated? What about the lack of support medically and mentally for the poor and the needy that were BORN in this country?
When somone that was born here...no matter what their ethnic background gets turned away when they need assistance, but someone that is here illegally can get assistance, doesn't that sound wrong?
Don't get in my face and scream at me that they have rights, too. I know that, but it should have to be done according to the LAW. I have to live by them, I have to follow them...if people want to live here and be "Americans" then they should have to do the same?
Why is it that in this country we either swing all the way to the left, or allll the way to the right?
Where in the BLUE HELL did all of the common sense in the world go? If anyone has seen it, please pack it up and ship it back, because I'm about to scream.
A Moment of Silence
The man responsible for inventing the chicken nugget has died.
I was browsing through the news on MSNBC and came across an article talking about Robert Baker, who, at the age of 84, passed away this month. Apparently Mr. Baker was the man responible for the invention of the chicken nugget.
Anyone reading this not remember the first time they had chicken nuggets? It's practically a staple of most American toddlers diets between the ages of 2 and 4. They serve them in all varities in all kinds of restaurants.
I used to have Chicken Nugget toys from McDonald's, back when Happy Meals came in little boxes you could never close and the nuggets were packaged in a styrofoam container.
Let's face it folks.....even if we would like to think that we are of higher sensabilities and like to hear only "important" news, doesn't it make you a little sad to know that the man who invented such a great comfort food has left us?
Makes me a little sad.
I was browsing through the news on MSNBC and came across an article talking about Robert Baker, who, at the age of 84, passed away this month. Apparently Mr. Baker was the man responible for the invention of the chicken nugget.
Anyone reading this not remember the first time they had chicken nuggets? It's practically a staple of most American toddlers diets between the ages of 2 and 4. They serve them in all varities in all kinds of restaurants.
I used to have Chicken Nugget toys from McDonald's, back when Happy Meals came in little boxes you could never close and the nuggets were packaged in a styrofoam container.
Let's face it folks.....even if we would like to think that we are of higher sensabilities and like to hear only "important" news, doesn't it make you a little sad to know that the man who invented such a great comfort food has left us?
Makes me a little sad.
3.26.2006
Sick Baby
My son has been sick all weekend. I feel so bad for him because I can't fix it and he just doesn't understand why. It's the part of being a parent that I hate the most. The part where your child looks at you and is hurt and crying and all you can do is pick them up and snuggle them.
He had a fever most of the weekend and didn't want to eat. We spent most of our time sitting on the couch with me rubbing his little feet and whispering to him to get him to try and sleep.
When the fever finally broke, he sat up and smiled a tired smile and blew me a little kiss.....and I swear to God, it made my eyes tear up. He is the sweetest little thing.
This is the first time he's actually been sick..you know, something more than the sniffles, so it was hard on me....even harder on his daddy.
Russ had to work on Friday and so he wasn't able to stay home and do the snuggle kiss thing. Poor man looked like he was going to the gallows when he walked out of this house on Friday morning, his son laying in my arms behind him crying for daddy.
He made it home in record time that night, and spent the rest of the weekend fetching juice, playing cars and rubbing Jareth's back. It was cute and sweet and warmed my heart.
We may not have money, we may live in a ratty ass little trailer, we may not even always like each other...but there is a lot of love in this house. It just takes something like a sweet, exhausted, sick little boy to bring it to the front of our minds. Thank god for children....God couldn't have given me a better gift.
He had a fever most of the weekend and didn't want to eat. We spent most of our time sitting on the couch with me rubbing his little feet and whispering to him to get him to try and sleep.
When the fever finally broke, he sat up and smiled a tired smile and blew me a little kiss.....and I swear to God, it made my eyes tear up. He is the sweetest little thing.
This is the first time he's actually been sick..you know, something more than the sniffles, so it was hard on me....even harder on his daddy.
Russ had to work on Friday and so he wasn't able to stay home and do the snuggle kiss thing. Poor man looked like he was going to the gallows when he walked out of this house on Friday morning, his son laying in my arms behind him crying for daddy.
He made it home in record time that night, and spent the rest of the weekend fetching juice, playing cars and rubbing Jareth's back. It was cute and sweet and warmed my heart.
We may not have money, we may live in a ratty ass little trailer, we may not even always like each other...but there is a lot of love in this house. It just takes something like a sweet, exhausted, sick little boy to bring it to the front of our minds. Thank god for children....God couldn't have given me a better gift.
3.23.2006
Goodbye Bink
Today my son lost his last "bink" ( his pacifier) and instead of tearing the house apart looking for it, I have decided to let it stay lost.
Now comes a week to ten days of constant crying at naptime and bedtime and at other various times during the day.....I am SOOOO looking forward to this. He's laying in bed right now, exhausted and fussy, but refusing to go to sleep. He knows it's gone and he wants me to find it and I feel like a giant heel because I haven't done it yet.
Parental guilt, you know I love it.
Why is it that this tiny little child can look at me with tears in his eyes and I want to move the earth to make it better? Where does that come from? I have never understood how some people can just watch their children cry in pain, or fear, or uncertainty. I just have to pick mine up, snuggle them and try to reassure them that life will continue and that they will be okay. And when I can't..it kills me inside.
Well, wish me luck with the removal of the final bink.....hopefully he'll get used to it before I cave and go buy him a new one.
Any bets???
Now comes a week to ten days of constant crying at naptime and bedtime and at other various times during the day.....I am SOOOO looking forward to this. He's laying in bed right now, exhausted and fussy, but refusing to go to sleep. He knows it's gone and he wants me to find it and I feel like a giant heel because I haven't done it yet.
Parental guilt, you know I love it.
Why is it that this tiny little child can look at me with tears in his eyes and I want to move the earth to make it better? Where does that come from? I have never understood how some people can just watch their children cry in pain, or fear, or uncertainty. I just have to pick mine up, snuggle them and try to reassure them that life will continue and that they will be okay. And when I can't..it kills me inside.
Well, wish me luck with the removal of the final bink.....hopefully he'll get used to it before I cave and go buy him a new one.
Any bets???
3.21.2006
Disgusted.....
So I'm reading the news online today and I come across an article on MSNBC about a teacher in Florida accused of having sex with a fourteen year old boy. The DA decided to drop the charges so the victim wouldn't have to testify. So the woman gets off pretty much unpunished.
Here's the part that disgusted me, as I'm reading I come across this quote fromt eh woman:
At a news conference in Tampa, Lafave said she has bipolar disorder, and her attorney said she is getting treatment.
“I want the world to see that bipolar is real,” Lafave said. “Not one time has the media brought up the subject of my bipolar. I challenge you to read a book or an article on bipolar illness.”
I thought I was going to puke. I happen to be bipolar, and there has not been one time in my life, not medicated or otherwise...not in the middle of my WORST manic episode, that I have EVER felt the urge to have sex with a child.
The fact that this is even being presented as a plausible excuse, " Oh, did I have sex with a child, I'm sorry, I was having an episode, it really wasn't my fault." makes me want to call the State Attorney's office in Florida and yell at someone. This woman is, in my opinion, a glaring example of why mental illness has such a stigma still attached to it.
When we allow people to say, "Yes, I did it, but it really wasn't my fault, I'm sick" we degrade the people who have struggled against their illnesses, fought long and hard to overcome them and learned to take responsibility for their own actions.
It's past time that we stand up and say, "There are reasons and there are excuses, we're tired of excuses."
There may be an undrelying cause to a problem, but that doesn't necessarily excuse the person who did wrong from accepting responsibility and punishment for what they did.
Here's the part that disgusted me, as I'm reading I come across this quote fromt eh woman:
At a news conference in Tampa, Lafave said she has bipolar disorder, and her attorney said she is getting treatment.
“I want the world to see that bipolar is real,” Lafave said. “Not one time has the media brought up the subject of my bipolar. I challenge you to read a book or an article on bipolar illness.”
I thought I was going to puke. I happen to be bipolar, and there has not been one time in my life, not medicated or otherwise...not in the middle of my WORST manic episode, that I have EVER felt the urge to have sex with a child.
The fact that this is even being presented as a plausible excuse, " Oh, did I have sex with a child, I'm sorry, I was having an episode, it really wasn't my fault." makes me want to call the State Attorney's office in Florida and yell at someone. This woman is, in my opinion, a glaring example of why mental illness has such a stigma still attached to it.
When we allow people to say, "Yes, I did it, but it really wasn't my fault, I'm sick" we degrade the people who have struggled against their illnesses, fought long and hard to overcome them and learned to take responsibility for their own actions.
It's past time that we stand up and say, "There are reasons and there are excuses, we're tired of excuses."
There may be an undrelying cause to a problem, but that doesn't necessarily excuse the person who did wrong from accepting responsibility and punishment for what they did.
3.14.2006
Grocery Lists
Do you write a list before you go to the grocery store? What do you do with it when your done? Apparently there is a home for all those abandoned grocery lists.
No, Seriously.....check it out. Click on the title of the post and you'll see what I mean. I could hardly believe my eyes....the internet does have a site for everything.
No, Seriously.....check it out. Click on the title of the post and you'll see what I mean. I could hardly believe my eyes....the internet does have a site for everything.
I was just reading an article about a proposed solution to fears of heightened crime in the disater zone in Louisiana, specifically St. Charles Parish.
They are proposal is this: Hire a private security company and deputize them, give them guns and some "supervision" and places like temporary camps and constuction sites.
Now, I think this sounds like a decent plan, on the surface. It would provide much needed relief to a law enforcement agency being spread to thin by lack of trained personell and lack of money to pay them.
However:
Has anyone considered the following?
(1) it will cost the taxpayers of this country nearly $700 dollars a day, totalling billions, over the next three years. Why not recruit actual officers from other areas of the country, and provide the parish with the funds to pay them what they would normally earn?
(2) What happens the first time one of these "deputies" screws up what would be a legitimate arrest because they get hot headed and do not follow proper procedure? Violation of a suspects civil rights would cause the case to be tossed, and let a criminal go free. And if you think that won't happen...wait, it will.
I think that the government has spent to much time putting people up in hotel rooms and talking about how they are going to fix things. They need to just DO IT!!! Give the people who are homeless and out of work, work rebuilding the city. Give them a place to live...but not cruise ships and hotels.
We need to face the facts, Katrina did serious damage, but sitting around and talking about it isn't fixing anything.
They are proposal is this: Hire a private security company and deputize them, give them guns and some "supervision" and places like temporary camps and constuction sites.
Now, I think this sounds like a decent plan, on the surface. It would provide much needed relief to a law enforcement agency being spread to thin by lack of trained personell and lack of money to pay them.
However:
Has anyone considered the following?
(1) it will cost the taxpayers of this country nearly $700 dollars a day, totalling billions, over the next three years. Why not recruit actual officers from other areas of the country, and provide the parish with the funds to pay them what they would normally earn?
(2) What happens the first time one of these "deputies" screws up what would be a legitimate arrest because they get hot headed and do not follow proper procedure? Violation of a suspects civil rights would cause the case to be tossed, and let a criminal go free. And if you think that won't happen...wait, it will.
I think that the government has spent to much time putting people up in hotel rooms and talking about how they are going to fix things. They need to just DO IT!!! Give the people who are homeless and out of work, work rebuilding the city. Give them a place to live...but not cruise ships and hotels.
We need to face the facts, Katrina did serious damage, but sitting around and talking about it isn't fixing anything.
3.09.2006
I Love Toys!!!
They have a new show on VH1 called I Love Toys. They are counting down the top 100 toys and I have been surprised how many of them I actually had as a kid.
1. The Big Wheel: Anyone else have one of these? You'd see all the kids in the commercial zipping down the sidewalk, when in reality, you could barely get it moving without someone shoving you down the sidewalk first.
2. Spirograph: I used to run the pen over and over the pattern until the paper cut, yeah I was a twisted child.
3. Baby Alive: I actually had one of these. It was a baby doll that you fed "real" food to and then she peed or pooped her diaper. Charming, huh?
4. Tinkertoys: Oh yeah....sticks and wheels with holes....I used to make Magic Wands and pretend I was a princess.
5. Tonka Trucks: Back when I was a kid, they were made out of metal, and if you got pissed off at one of your friends it could become a deadly weapon. Now they are made of mostly plastic. That's sad.
6. Fisher Price Little People: Little People were made of wood or plastic and were actually little when I was playing with them. Now they have these cherubic little faces and cute little outfits molded onto them.
Toys are so much fun. I love going into the second hand store and finding old toys from when I was little. I actually found an old He-Man action figure the other day....Wow...talk about a gay icon, huh? He-Man was something else.
Ahhh...nostalgia!!!
1. The Big Wheel: Anyone else have one of these? You'd see all the kids in the commercial zipping down the sidewalk, when in reality, you could barely get it moving without someone shoving you down the sidewalk first.
2. Spirograph: I used to run the pen over and over the pattern until the paper cut, yeah I was a twisted child.
3. Baby Alive: I actually had one of these. It was a baby doll that you fed "real" food to and then she peed or pooped her diaper. Charming, huh?
4. Tinkertoys: Oh yeah....sticks and wheels with holes....I used to make Magic Wands and pretend I was a princess.
5. Tonka Trucks: Back when I was a kid, they were made out of metal, and if you got pissed off at one of your friends it could become a deadly weapon. Now they are made of mostly plastic. That's sad.
6. Fisher Price Little People: Little People were made of wood or plastic and were actually little when I was playing with them. Now they have these cherubic little faces and cute little outfits molded onto them.
Toys are so much fun. I love going into the second hand store and finding old toys from when I was little. I actually found an old He-Man action figure the other day....Wow...talk about a gay icon, huh? He-Man was something else.
Ahhh...nostalgia!!!
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