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Soap Box Thursday, April 27, 2006 Random Stuff Today was the first morning I didn't have to get up in about 10 days and I woke up with a fricken leg cramp at 8:30am. OUCH! Sooooo cruel! Last week, Mexico claimed Cancun was completely rebuilt after the hurricanes hit the resort region last year. Meanwhile, the US Senate claims FEMA should be completely dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up. What's the message here? A country considered by some to be part of the third world can rebuild in a matter of months and the worlds last superpower has their thumbs up their asses? The other day I said something was "an embarrassment of riches" to a friend of mine and she just looked at me and said, 'it's what?" She claimed the only reason I used that term which she had never heard before was because I'm old! Wahhhhh! Who else has heard the phrase? I'm wondering if maybe it has to do with growing up on the east coast? I dunno. I can't figure it out. I only know that when I was growing up, it was not an unusual phrase to use. Not that I typically follow country music but...guess who is on the top of the country chart? Bon Jovi! No kidding! WTF is up with that? I thought Bon Jovi jumped the shark some time ago but if you ever had any doubt, this is proof. Have you heard that oil companies made record profits in the first quarter? Amazing that in these times of worry regarding the oil reserves and certain countries cutting off the flow of the dark stuff that they can still squeeze out BILLIONS of dollars in profits. They are better magicians than David Blaine! Speaking of David Blaine, he's going to live underwater for like 9 days then hold his breath of 9 minutes. Man, if I have trouble falling asleep, maybe I'll tune into that! Is it summer yet? I need a vacation. Monday, April 24, 2006 Quiz Time I'm too tired to blog about anything of significance so I made up this Futurama quiz. (Can you guess what I'm watching right now?) All you have to do is name which character said each quote! Each quote comes from a character who's been in more than one episode and has a name. The winner will get something...gratitude, praise...something tangible like that...
Friday, April 21, 2006
Phew! Now I can relax until Sunday, when I start a 2 day training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Wednesday, April 19, 2006 United 93 The movie regarding the possible last moments of the doomed flight on 9/11/01 that crashed into a Pennsylvania field is released this Friday. I for one will not be going to see it. It does not interest me in the least. Partly because it's speculation and partly because I don't need to relive 9/11...ever. It hasn't even been 5 years but to me it feels like even less time has passed. Why would I want to relive such horrific events on a huge movie screen? No thanks. You know, another thing I wonder about is who is going to make a profit off of this (assuming it makes a profit). NO ONE should profit off of this tragedy. Does anyone know if any profits would be donated to the families of the victims? Wouldn't that be a nice gesture? Something tells me Hollywood is not that generous. Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Strange Coincidence Both Katie Holmes and Brooke Shields gave birth today. Why is this a strange coincidence? Well, if you remember about a year back, Tom Cruise blasted Brooke for taking anti-depressants after she was diagnosed with postpartum depression. I believe Tom said all Brooke needed was exercise and vitamins because, you know, he has medical training and knows for a fact that there is no such thing as hormone fluctuations that could create depression. In fact, Mr. Cruise has been a woman and knows first hand about such things. Right? I mean, how else is he such an expert? Good luck Katie. I seriously hope you do not develop depression and that you and your daughter, Suri, are happy and healthy. Sunday, April 16, 2006 Is That A Bunny?
Damien sez, "I've got it all over that dumb Easter bunny!" Saturday, April 15, 2006 I've Got It ALLLLL Figured Out I just figured out how I'm going to learn Spanish. Apparently there is a tv channel called mun2 which is "the first national cable network to target young, u.s. latinos (12-34) with lifestyle-driven programming" They are showing Futurama dubbed in Spanish! I'm going to watch Futurama dubbed in Spanish to teach myself the language since I know the dialog from every show by heart (and yes, I know I'm painting a big ol' letter L on my forehead when I admit that), I'll know exactly what they are saying. Just think! I'll know how to say "Bite my shiney metal ass" in Spanish after one episode! Boy, I hope that phrase comes in handy when I'm seeing Spanish speaking clients! Update So, Thursday I go to school to propose my thesis...which I've been working on for a year...just the proposal part...and the meeting is cancelled after I get there because one of my committee members had to go take care of a sick family member at the last moment. Damn! While I hope the person in question is doing much better, I was VERY disappointed. So I go back to my car and someone has stolen my "Please Spay & Neuter" magnetic ribbon off the back of my car. Bastards! I went out around 9pm to get gas and this guy on my right was getting ready to make a right hand turn and in the process started to drift into my lane. I honk my horn and start to break so he doesn't hit me ad the guy behind me rams into my car! He then drives around me, yells, "Idiot" at me and takes off! A hit and run! What's up with that? I had to wait an hour and a half for the police to arrive. It was terrible. Gawd, what a truly sucky day. Wednesday, April 12, 2006 I've Said It Before, I'll Say It Again... MS products suck monkey balls. Tuesday, April 11, 2006 So Gay The hot issue at the Psychology Department at the University of New Mexico is not immigration reform or even the new tuition increase. It's the fact that the department appears to be homophobic. A couple of weeks ago we had a lunchtime talk about the creation of safe zones in the department. I mean, it is a psychology department. Shouldn't we have safe zones? Well, the day before the talk, several people in the department got ruffled feathers about the issue of homosexuality/bisexuality/transgenderism (is that last one a word?). I don't know who had the bug up their ass about the issue but the whole thing got pretty heated. During the talk, the two people who dared speak up against it were from conservative Christian sects. One was concerned what it meant if he chose not to have a safe zone sticker and how that would be perceived in the department (It would be perceived that he didn't get the proper training to become a safe zone, nothing more) and the other person actually said, "Does everyone really have the right to feel safe?" HELLO??? What he meant is "Do gays really have the right not to be harassed?" to which I replied, "EVERYONE has the right to feel safe in a classroom." Gawd, he pissed me off. I had NO idea the homophobia ran so rampant in my department and it makes me sick and ashamed. We are training to be psychologists. Aren't we supposed to understand better than most people the issues involved with homosexuality? Aren't we supposed to be compassionate and empathetic? Aren't we the ones doing research proving that certain people are born homosexuals and don't choose to be that way? OMG, the ignorance in all this is astounding. Then last week in my Ethics class, no one but me thought that we should be trained in how to deal effectively with homosexuals just like we are supposed to get trained in dealing with Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans, and any other cultural group we might run into. No one in my class seemed to realize that the GLBT community has their own culture, language and traditions. I honestly do not know all the issues that are involved with someone coming out and think I should before I am faced with such a client. I'm obviously not going to get this training in a class. If I want to be able to work with a GLBT client in a competent manner, I'm obviously going to have to get the training on my own. Sunday, April 9, 2006 Welcome to My Life In case you've been wondering what I've been up to, I'm crazy/busy with school. I am proposing my master's thesis on Thursday and on Wednesday I have to give a 30-45 minute presentation, pass in a 10 page paper and an annotated bibliography. So that's about 28 pages of writing and a 45 slide Powerpoint presentation. I am living amongst a pile of journal articles, empty cups and my iBook. Oh, and a cat or two...all of which are on my dining room table...except for the piles and piles of articles, which ring my chair on the floor. For proof see below:
I hid the pizza boxes. Friday, April 7, 2006 WTF Is This All About? This is an actual post on Apple's discussion page: HELP!!! Mystery - iBook is haunted, won't
start some times, only in my room This post just raises so many questions for me like:
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Quote of the Day "Tonight, let your girlfriend fuck you for a change" - Anthony Keidis from the DVD Off The Map Attention TAR Fans CBS is trying to cut into NBC's Deal or No Deal audience by moving The Amazing Race to tonight at 8ET/PT and 7 Central and Mountain. Just wanted to let you know... (Erica, I *SO* wish you had gotten on. Then I'd have someone to cheer for.) Saturday, April 1, 2006 Looks Like I Need to Travel More
(feefed from Erica) Things I can Do Without
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