Me: why does she have a white person's face?
Me: it's like barbie in japanese drag.
Jon: well it is...





That is all.

Well, actually, it didn't. In fact, I didn't realize that a car had almost hit me until Marcia said something, and I saw the brown-mobile changing course. Even so, it has made me realize something very important about Americans, Gahannians in particular-AMERICANS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE IN SHOPPING CENTERS/PARKING LOTS.

Now, how could one incident lead me to believe this? That's just it! There've been so many incidents, especially at the car accident magnet Stoneridge. Everytime I go to Stoneridge, I see people just cruising through the parking lot through the spaces (think the Kroger lot, Gahannians) instead of getting on the main road that connects everything in the shopping plaza, simply TRYING to t-bone somebody's car. Then, they just kinda ignore the signs like "STOP" and all rules of the road including "If one driver does not have a stop sign and YOU do, that means to yield to him and his car" (once again, think the road coming in from Hamilton near the Wendy's that looks like it should be a 4-way stop, but it's not as traffic from and going to Hamilton has no stop sign).

But, no, people can't obey simple common sense/road rules like that. And apparently, they can't walk on the side of the road, either.

*FLASHBACK to this afternoon*
Why is this woman walking in front of my car?! Does she want to get hit? Apparently.

 

*End FLASHBACK*

It truly is an act of God that I don't get hit/hit anyone else while I'm out there. It's such a jungle! Then again, sometimes I think I'd rather take my chances with some tigers and malaria than deal with an entire area that acts like they never took Driver's Ed.

PS- Marcia, let's not MEET at Stoneridge anymore. The Joy Food One parking lot was much better. ^^

Prepare yourselves for the political onslaught because I really have a bone to pick with the Senate because of this basic question: WHY ARE YOU ALL BRINGING UP SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AGAIN?!

With all of the other pressing issues in America right now, I don't even know how same-sex marriage made the cut. Indeed, marriage is a basic institution in society and I agree that it's important that we consider it. But honestly, marriage does not trump my ass not having social security when I'm old, the bubonic plague in America, the War in Iraq, Iran's daily nuclear shenanigans, the trade deficit with China (China in general for that matter), oil, the Middle East, or America's unpreparedness to handle the bird flu or too many illegal immigrants. Anyhow, didn't we settle on letting states handle this issue already? 11 states already say that marriage is between a man and a woman, so what's the point of trying to bring it up in the the United States Senate and wasting MY tax dollars when in many states the issue is moot?

Oh, that's right. Desperation.

No, really. As much as I hate to criticize...sometimes...I must say that this really seems to come at a far too convenient time for the Republican party and frankly, I think it's a bad move. I could even go so far as to say that it's repulsive. Most mainstream Americans are not really thinking about the same-sex marriage ban at this point. My own parents, who are about as Pentecostal and anti-same-sex marriage as one gets, are not even that interested. Right now, they're more worried about the upcoming hurricane season than anything regarding same-sex marriage.

Yet, there needs to be a rallying point for the Republican party and same-sex marriage seems to be what they're trying to work with since the whole thing with the War on Terror has fallen through, President Bush's approval ratings are hovering around 30-40% and mid-term elections are coming soon. But I can't say that I approve as it seems an unnecessary move at such a crucial time.

Honestly, I'm really getting pissed off when it comes to the media coverage of the Duke lacrosse case, as the media is swarming the alleged rape like flies do carion. Which is what the media does in any time of scandal, but this time, just like with the Kobe Bryant rape case, conclusions are already being drawn even though all the media outlets freely admit that they don't have all the facts.

On MSNBC today, for example, they are already talking about blowing the case wide open in one of these "expose-the-truth" news talkshows that they have. How do they expect to do that when the prosecution isn't even ready to bring the case to trial?

Oh, that's right. The media is already putting this girl and the boys on trial in the public imagination with their painted descriptions of both. But, as always, they are starting to take sides and now are painting the girl as a whore and a liar when it's clear that she very well may be telling the truth. Just as the boys may be telling the truth. Or maybe both sides are lying in some parts and telling the truth in others. Regardless, it's a rape case and those are hard to prove EVEN when there was a rape.

All I can say is that the media is RUINING the images of both the boys and the girl with their ravenous coverage. They should let the details come out as they may, and then roll with it once the trial, or whatever, comes to pass. But that's too much to ask, isn't it.

Balanced coverage, my ass.

~Sayounara

This is the last Spring Break that I shall enjoy before that wonderful day called Graduation and my 18th birthday. But that doesn't mean that I'm mourning the last dregs of my childhood. In fact, I'm celebrating and looking back on the wonderful lessons I've learned in these last moments of leisure, lounging, and luxury...

Please notice and love the alliteration that just flowed from these fingertips.

Lessons

1. Laziness is not a bad thing.
2. NEVER dance with the music so high that you can't hear people sneak behind you...especially scantily clad.
3. Eating vast quantities of food at 3 in the morning does not necessarily mean that you smoke weed.
4. Getting free food is the best...especially drinkable...beverages.
5. Guys hitting on you at the BMV is uncomfortable...
6. The BMV must have the most waspish individuals working the licensing department.
7. The freedom of having a car quickly wares off once you realize that you have to pay for the gas in it.
8. All good things REALLY DO come to an end.
9. I need a significant other...BADLY.
10. Life is too short to not be fabulous.