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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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Wishing you all lots of love!! Hope EVERY day is filled with loving thoughts, unexpected gifts and beautiful sights!!
Monday, February 12, 2007
Radio Jnet: Upper Trash
Ok, I cannot let last weeks completely bizarro events go without some comment - what the heck is wrong with people!?! Last weeks news and tabloids were full of baby mama dramas, family fun with a fireplace poker and gun, and a new spin on wearing diapers that has apparently riveted the whole country...
What, was it national celebrity breakdown week or something?
And what ever happened to journalism? Them facts is whack.
So, I will begin with the death of Anna Nicole Smith (plus 50 surnames) - rest in peace. Clearly this is a woman with a life full of issues, she is a proverbial train wreck and many have stopped to watch the fiery crash. Yet, all I feel is sad when I think of it, the whole entire thing is just sad. I hope for that little babies sake, that Stern really is the father - that it is proven immediately, that he really did love her mother and that he will step up to take good care of her as she grows up - because no matter how many millions she does or doesn't end up with, it can't possibly make up for the history she has inherited through no fault of her own. The media and the world has chewed joyfully on Anna's every heartache since her son passed away, I find it atrocious, petty, one of the ugliest sides of our culture. I am not even going to start on the wanna be daddies in this story, except to say that unless each of them truly has reason to suspect the right to claim this child, they really are low-life's, regardless of money, title or stature.
Next, I move on the O'Neils - ummmm they have to be like the scary neighbors of mailbu at this point right? Is there anyone who doesn't know that this whole family has issues? Is there anyone who doesn't know that every family has issues, some uglier and more violent than others? Why would anyone care? Wish them all some counseling and move on. The one thing I will say about it, is that for all the smut they are peddling out there about this, I have yet to see anyone note the thing I found the most disconcerting about all of this - how Griffens pregnant girlfriend is not only 20 years his junior which is bordering on creepy enough for me personally BUT that she looks so disturbingly like his sister Tatum, at least in every picture I have seen of her so far.
And last but not least, that poor astronaut. The sensationalism and highlighting of the most trivial but gossip worthy facts of this story are truly appalling. Here is a woman who has dedicated her life to the military and our national space program. She suffered a traumatic loss of 3 of her classmates in a shuttle explosion, she has been going through a divorce and oh hey by the way, she is human, she might have made a few mistakes too. Again, who cares, why are they crucifying this woman in the media? Wait, because she wore diapers so she wouldn't have to stop her halfway across country journey to either talk to, kidnap or kill a rival for the affections of a man she was in love with? Yup, sounds a bit goofy, but slightly less so when you consider astronauts wear diapers on missions, so its fairly standard for them - not out of the realm of normalcy...a lot of men I know pee in bottles on road trips so they don't have to stop, kind of gross, but no ones freaking out about them...Office romances, love triangles, breakdowns of professionals in high stress jobs - pretty common stuff...
If they can make all this so exciting and profitable, too bad they can't do the same for things we can actually do something about, that are urgently important...you know, things like global warming - avoiding drought, famine and unrecoverable natural disasters; or genocide, or here's a worthy one - the over 3000 soldiers who have died Iraq;n or maybe homeless and starving children...just a thought....
What, was it national celebrity breakdown week or something?
And what ever happened to journalism? Them facts is whack.
So, I will begin with the death of Anna Nicole Smith (plus 50 surnames) - rest in peace. Clearly this is a woman with a life full of issues, she is a proverbial train wreck and many have stopped to watch the fiery crash. Yet, all I feel is sad when I think of it, the whole entire thing is just sad. I hope for that little babies sake, that Stern really is the father - that it is proven immediately, that he really did love her mother and that he will step up to take good care of her as she grows up - because no matter how many millions she does or doesn't end up with, it can't possibly make up for the history she has inherited through no fault of her own. The media and the world has chewed joyfully on Anna's every heartache since her son passed away, I find it atrocious, petty, one of the ugliest sides of our culture. I am not even going to start on the wanna be daddies in this story, except to say that unless each of them truly has reason to suspect the right to claim this child, they really are low-life's, regardless of money, title or stature.
Next, I move on the O'Neils - ummmm they have to be like the scary neighbors of mailbu at this point right? Is there anyone who doesn't know that this whole family has issues? Is there anyone who doesn't know that every family has issues, some uglier and more violent than others? Why would anyone care? Wish them all some counseling and move on. The one thing I will say about it, is that for all the smut they are peddling out there about this, I have yet to see anyone note the thing I found the most disconcerting about all of this - how Griffens pregnant girlfriend is not only 20 years his junior which is bordering on creepy enough for me personally BUT that she looks so disturbingly like his sister Tatum, at least in every picture I have seen of her so far.
And last but not least, that poor astronaut. The sensationalism and highlighting of the most trivial but gossip worthy facts of this story are truly appalling. Here is a woman who has dedicated her life to the military and our national space program. She suffered a traumatic loss of 3 of her classmates in a shuttle explosion, she has been going through a divorce and oh hey by the way, she is human, she might have made a few mistakes too. Again, who cares, why are they crucifying this woman in the media? Wait, because she wore diapers so she wouldn't have to stop her halfway across country journey to either talk to, kidnap or kill a rival for the affections of a man she was in love with? Yup, sounds a bit goofy, but slightly less so when you consider astronauts wear diapers on missions, so its fairly standard for them - not out of the realm of normalcy...a lot of men I know pee in bottles on road trips so they don't have to stop, kind of gross, but no ones freaking out about them...Office romances, love triangles, breakdowns of professionals in high stress jobs - pretty common stuff...
If they can make all this so exciting and profitable, too bad they can't do the same for things we can actually do something about, that are urgently important...you know, things like global warming - avoiding drought, famine and unrecoverable natural disasters; or genocide, or here's a worthy one - the over 3000 soldiers who have died Iraq;n or maybe homeless and starving children...just a thought....
permission granted: irony at its finest/crime doesn't pay
A friend of mine just recently moved back to this area (her hometown) from the sonoma area. She invited me out for dinner a few weeks ago and said that she had two things to tell me. After requesting and receiving her permission, I simply must share one of them. The first thing was just a general tidbit about an anecdotal coincidence - no big deal, but the second was kind of different and goes a little something like this:
"One of my friends from sonoma decided that she was over paying rent and she was determined to find a way to live rent free..." Apparently this gal then discovered house sitting and moved to SF to do so. She then got a day job to help with general expenses and started house sitting through an agency at night. Early on, she got a great 1 month gig, all she had to do was get the mail, feed the dog and stay over night. The first couple of weeks went great, but then one evening the gal comes home and finds the dog dead on the living room floor. The poor girl is devastated, not only did she grow attached to the dog, but she also assumes the owners will blame her and fire her immediately (important to note: it was not her fault in any way.) She calls the owners, who are vacationing in Sweden and in tears, breaks the news to them.
Amazingly, the owners were very nice about it and very concerned for her. After a long talk and everyone calming down, the gal asks the owners what they would like her to do with the dog, with its body, now that it has passed. The owners tell her not to worry and to just call Animal Control because they will take care of everything. Feeling relieved and tired, as it was quite late at night when she reached the owners, and not sure if animal control is 24 hours, she decided to go to bed and deal with it in the morning.
First thing the next morning, she calls animal control, who politely informs her that they will be happy to dispose of the body when she gets it there, but they do not pick deceased animals up. This presented some dilemma, as the dog was a very large 8 month old St. Bernard, and the gal, not only very very petite but was also without a car. Determined to take care of this somehow, she goes through the house looking for something she can put the dog into and help her to get it out of the house. After some effort, she finally finds a large travel duffel bag, the kind with wheels. She managed to get the dog into the duffel and then proceeded to get it to the street. Once there, she rolled the dog containing duffel bag to the correct bus stop to take them both to the animal control station.
Once the bus came, she tried to get the duffel up the bus stairs, but wheels or not, couldn't. A man, already a passenger on the bus, feeling bad for her, jumped up and helped her load her bag. When she got to the nearest animal control bustop, she again attempted to take the duffel herself, but again required help. The same man, then helped her take the duffel back off the bus. The gal was so grateful, it had been such a bizarre and disconcerting circumstance, she turned to express her deep gratitude to the helpful man. As she turned, she felt a crushing blow as he punched her in the face and then ripped the duffel bag out of her hands and ran off, leaving her on the ground with a bleeding broken nose...
DUDE - WHOA...WHAT?!!?
Yes, seriously, this really happened. (also important to note that the gal will be fine)
Ok, I know that parts of this are sad and well probably shouldn't be funny but, c'mon, some of it just is.
a few thoughts:
Ummmm, I am going to guess here that she never mentioned what was in the bag...there had to have been that first moment where she was just reacting and like "hey! stop, don't take my...oh, well...uh, never mind!"...and the look on the guys face as he anticipated his illgotten treasures and found only a large dead dog was probably quite a sight - hell it is a fully twisted amex commercial:
rolling duffel bag: $100
bus fare across town: $2.00
doctor bills: $1000.00
look on creeps face: priceless
and last but not least, even on the tightest budget, that might have been one of those things that justifies a cab ride...
and people wonder why I don't miss living in the city
"One of my friends from sonoma decided that she was over paying rent and she was determined to find a way to live rent free..." Apparently this gal then discovered house sitting and moved to SF to do so. She then got a day job to help with general expenses and started house sitting through an agency at night. Early on, she got a great 1 month gig, all she had to do was get the mail, feed the dog and stay over night. The first couple of weeks went great, but then one evening the gal comes home and finds the dog dead on the living room floor. The poor girl is devastated, not only did she grow attached to the dog, but she also assumes the owners will blame her and fire her immediately (important to note: it was not her fault in any way.) She calls the owners, who are vacationing in Sweden and in tears, breaks the news to them.
Amazingly, the owners were very nice about it and very concerned for her. After a long talk and everyone calming down, the gal asks the owners what they would like her to do with the dog, with its body, now that it has passed. The owners tell her not to worry and to just call Animal Control because they will take care of everything. Feeling relieved and tired, as it was quite late at night when she reached the owners, and not sure if animal control is 24 hours, she decided to go to bed and deal with it in the morning.
First thing the next morning, she calls animal control, who politely informs her that they will be happy to dispose of the body when she gets it there, but they do not pick deceased animals up. This presented some dilemma, as the dog was a very large 8 month old St. Bernard, and the gal, not only very very petite but was also without a car. Determined to take care of this somehow, she goes through the house looking for something she can put the dog into and help her to get it out of the house. After some effort, she finally finds a large travel duffel bag, the kind with wheels. She managed to get the dog into the duffel and then proceeded to get it to the street. Once there, she rolled the dog containing duffel bag to the correct bus stop to take them both to the animal control station.
Once the bus came, she tried to get the duffel up the bus stairs, but wheels or not, couldn't. A man, already a passenger on the bus, feeling bad for her, jumped up and helped her load her bag. When she got to the nearest animal control bustop, she again attempted to take the duffel herself, but again required help. The same man, then helped her take the duffel back off the bus. The gal was so grateful, it had been such a bizarre and disconcerting circumstance, she turned to express her deep gratitude to the helpful man. As she turned, she felt a crushing blow as he punched her in the face and then ripped the duffel bag out of her hands and ran off, leaving her on the ground with a bleeding broken nose...
DUDE - WHOA...WHAT?!!?
Yes, seriously, this really happened. (also important to note that the gal will be fine)
Ok, I know that parts of this are sad and well probably shouldn't be funny but, c'mon, some of it just is.
a few thoughts:
Ummmm, I am going to guess here that she never mentioned what was in the bag...there had to have been that first moment where she was just reacting and like "hey! stop, don't take my...oh, well...uh, never mind!"...and the look on the guys face as he anticipated his illgotten treasures and found only a large dead dog was probably quite a sight - hell it is a fully twisted amex commercial:
rolling duffel bag: $100
bus fare across town: $2.00
doctor bills: $1000.00
look on creeps face: priceless
and last but not least, even on the tightest budget, that might have been one of those things that justifies a cab ride...
and people wonder why I don't miss living in the city
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