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My webpage is also "a catastrophic success"
D | Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Not that I want this blog to turn entirely political in nature, but how could I not comment on today's shenanigans?
Bush says the invasion of Iraq was "a catastrophic success." Ok, come on. You can't do that to the English language. If you can't get behind me on "which child to pick up," surely you have to agree the President misspoke this time. Ugh, Pres. Bush: Downgrade.
Then the President goes on The Today Show and says the war on terror cannot be won. Everyone sees this as an embarrassing mistake and the Democrats are pouncing, but I think he finally is making sense. Of course we are working to fight known terrorists cells, and install friendly accountable democratic governments, and eliminate mysterious weapons of mass destruction, but never will we be able to stamp out all hatred or end all violence or stop one random guy who wants to strap a bomb to his chest. It is quite literally, impossible. So, Pres. Bush: Upgrade.
Today's rant concludes with my observations of the RNC. McCain's speech was solid and Guiliani's was impassioned. Guiliani is always an excellent communicator but he said, "we will see an end to global terrorism" when earlier the same day the President said... Oh just forget it. Guiliani: Downgrade.
And damn it, Angie Harmon is too hot to be a Republican. Angie Harmon: Damn it! Downgrade.
D | 8/31/2004 03:00:50 AM
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Parentals decipher Bush Ad
D | Sunday, August 29, 2004
After consuming 8 cups of coffee this morning at breakfast, my mother decided to help educate me as to the meaning of our President's political ad, Solemn Duty. Earlier, I had posted a cry for help seeking an explanation for this phrase: "I can't imagine the great agony of a mom or a dad having the decision about which child to pick up first on September the 11th." -George W. Bush
Taking up the call to arms as a fellow educator, my mother carefully described the decision of Superintendent of Manhattan Public Schools to order teachers and elementary school children to abandon their classrooms and run down the city's streets, only to be engulfed in a could of dust and debris as the towers collapsed. "Right," I said, "but the President didn't say that."
This type of back and forth discussion went on for the majority of breakfast, but I'll cut to the chase. He meant New York parents picking up their children from school. But here's the important part. I don't understand this ad (and I'll go so far as to say this set of words put together in this sentence) because 1) I'm a bed-wetting liberal anti-Bush Democrat *Thanks Dad*, but more importantly, 2) I don't have children. I am not the target demographic. This ad is not for me and my friends (who, by the way, also do not understand it). It is for parents with kids. I cannot relate to the feelings the President is trying to evoke and as such, miss the message the ad is trying to convey. True, true, and true. I may not be the target demographic, and I may not be a parent, and I may not have two conservative thoughts in my head, but those things can change. THIS WILL ALWAYS BE A BAD SENTENCE.
D | 8/29/2004 10:16:55 PM
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Everyone has lost their mind
D | Saturday, August 28, 2004
OK, everyone (I know) has gone crazy. Here is my proof:
Pat: (my brother): Called me at 3:30 in the morning and told me he loved me. I think he was drunk, but still, that was unexpected. Probably to much "palatizing" at work. I don't think that is a real word but he says it all the time.
Alex: Is already in "law school hell" and has suffered so greatly he went to see Aliens v. Predator this weekend. Alex, I'm a pro when it comes to law school hell, call me for some re-hab.
Brad: Is starting a movement to have the weeked begin on Tuesday. Not that this is a terrible idea in itself, but his post about the new weekend plan (One more week down) was far too educational (Judo-Christian blah-blah, FDR's new blah, Phi Alpha Blah). Stop making me learn damn it.
Kate: Is convinced working on a cruise ship will be more fun than working for two (terrible) Republican Senators. She wants to be a deck-hand. Ahoy mates, Kate of the starboard bow. I can just see her now drunk as a skunk singing "a pirate's life for me." Arrr.
Beth: Has started online dating (not that I have anything against online dating). BUT, if a woman whose nickname is "Hot Beth" has to find dates online, what does that say about the rest of us?
Missy (not that one Brad or Alex, the other one): Thinks she can work 161 hours a week, sleep 7 hours a week, and use the remaining time to start a new relationship. Now, I'm not very good at math, but I do know sleep...
NYLS: has shut down for three days during the convention for fear of "compassionate conservatism" invading its holy walls. And who made the choice for the RNC to be in New York City ("where Democrats outnumber Republicans more than 5 to 1")???
Lisa & Brianna(maybe only one 'n') : Besides starting online journals (basically written to each other), Lisa is coaching girls volleyball which I don't believe she has ever played (there's a high probability I am wrong about that) and Brianna is dying to get laid by (Boy). Seriously her journal is hysterical; she wrote an ode to making out.
Guys of 182: are so starved for college football that NCAA 2005 is played constantly 24 hrs a day. Ross lives for trick plays like the halfback pass and Carbone(sp) thinks recruiting is the best part of the game, so he simulates 4 of 5 season games just to finnish the season and recruit. Red hasn't taken off his fishing hat in a week now, I think he showers with it on. Also no one lives in the right room, so they have begun moving into each others rooms.
So yeah, everyone has lost their mind or collective minds. I, on the other hand, am fine. Oh wait...
D | 8/28/2004 08:08:24 PM
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The downfall of the WC
D | Friday, August 27, 2004
West Chester has gone yuppie. Upper middle class people who have money and want all their other upper middle class friends to know about it, go to a fake little shopping "community" with designer clothing "boutiques" and trendy "eateries." Think Easton and Les Wexner....everything is written in French or Italian, an ice-cream costs $6.75, you pay $5.00 to valet your car 12 feet away, a dinner for two costs $60.00, a cup of coffee is a latte, and don't even bother buying a pair of shoes unless you're ready to cash in the mortgage on your third house. This makes me crazy. Crazy, I tell you. My dad and I sat on a designer bench and kept saying, "Do you remember when this or that was (fill-in-the-blank with something it was 5 years ago)?" Now don't get me wrong, I love eating at P.F. Chang's as much as the next middle class-er, but don't bring it to West Chester. Leave all your young, hip, new places in the city and leave our old farmland alone. Oh my god, I've turned into a Republican...
Perhaps because you don't live in West Chester, Ohio, you think this doesn't apply to you, and in all honesty you are correct. The specific things happening in West Chester don't apply to you, but I get the feeling that this is happening in a lot of places and that really frightens me. Seriously, it makes me sad. Because I can remember how it was before, and I liked that better.
D | 8/27/2004 05:07:08 AM
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Mature relationship my ass
D | Wednesday, August 25, 2004
This is something I told myself I wanted to try. And so I have. And so it blows.
You know what I'm talking about. A relationship where you act like a grown-up, don't flip out over the little things, never see each other on a daily basis, don't need to call every day, and make plans for the weekends by blocking off time in your day planner. Something casual, relaxed, and stress-free. Something that resembles a relationship in name only.
So answer me this: If this person is someone I enjoy having conversations with, why I don't want to talk to this person every day? If this person is someone who I find attractive enough to kiss, why don't I want to see them every day? If this person is someone who I have decided to let into my life, why wouldn't I want to purposefully limit my interaction with this person?
I feel like now is time for this classic line. Maybe I'm just not built for a mature relationship. Yet.
Oh BTW: Krispy Kreme Donuts is giving away donuts to children with good grades. Not kidding.
D | 8/25/2004 05:09:21 PM
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Jump on the bandwagon
D
Everyone is coming to the internet and I think its great. But since I started this website I've constantly wondered how I can write in a public forum where everyone, including those written about, can read my thoughts. This problem was accurately described here: How do I talk about all of my different boy problems (which, of course, I'll do aaaall the time) when all of my boys read my journal? Help! Do I assign them each numbers? Initials? Code names? Boo...***
***Editor's Note: Mine aren't boy problems.
My answer so far: Un-cleverly veil any comments about others or just don't write what I want. Well no more. To quote the newest internet journalist: WAIT! Its gone. You took it down. How can I champion your excellent ideas when you retract them??? FINE! Well, I still think you are right and I'm adopting your philosophy. Then to paraphrase from recollection the newest internet journalist: Sometimes I'm gonna write things about you, and sometimes you’re gonna like it, and other times your not, and to put it bluntly: I don't care, get over it.
I run my unit how I run my unit. You wanna investigate me, roll the dice and take your chances. I eat breakfast three hundred yards from 4,000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think for one second you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous. -Col. Jessup, AFGM
Some entertaining journal reading:
http://www.geocities.com/lxraptor/
http://www.livejournal.com/users/lisasullivan/
http://www.livejournal.com/users/boober1350/
http://www.livejournal.com/users/suzyinla/
Bradley: Where you at...? Come on man!
D | 8/25/2004 03:55:32 AM
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Harry Potter II
Harry Potter I
Easy Rider
