In a French film that I watched a minor character, an Italian named Marcello, said that the sun was invented by an Italian.
Well, che cazzo?! There hasn't been much sun in Portland. The rain is basically normal but the cool temperature isn't.
23 April 2008
olive garden
The way the food looks in commercials for the Olive Garden restaurant makes me not want to go there. Even more than I already didn't because of past experiences. I especially am not into that place but it isn't the only chain of Italian food restaurants I would prefer not to dine in. There aren't many that are authentic enough to make you appreciate eating out. A place like the Spaghetti Factory on the waterfront is acceptable once in a while, only due to its traditional feeling and spumoni icecream.
Channel 49
It's always been Warner Bros. on 32. Channel 49 on regular TV in Portland used to be Fox, and i think UPN was Channel 12. Now it's UPN's PDX 49. There is this guy who sings little jingles about the TV station, and the shows it has. I really hope they get rid of this guy because listening to him is awful and it makes me change the channel. For the well-being of their network, they should replace his act.
22 April 2008
Play while you eat!
Laughing Planet opened another location at SE 41st and Woodstock and are probably now catering to all the Reedies. While you wait for your food or while you eat, you can play with dinosaurs!
16 April 2008
It's all on the Internet
I don't understand why so many girls resort to violence to deal with the problems they have with other girls!
Like seriously, sisters. Not to sound man-hating because I am not, but y'all! We're in this together... We all go through what no man does and there is no sense fighting over one man because there are plenty to go around. And you do not strike your sister with your hands or any other weapon because of some drama!
We watched this video in my Sociology class and talked a little about how these kids were all upset about stuff that was on the girl's Myspace I guess and how the website is just way too big a part of their lives.
For the most part it seems like people that have known about and used Myspace since it was still a very new site are just about burnt out on it. More and more people sign up though. And young people join it, even younger than the Florida teens in the YouTube video. Anyone--especially parents--who has watched Dateline's To Catch a Predator knows how bad that can be.
In the case of To Catch a Predator boys need help too of course. (In one episode I watched, a man came to meet a boy and even brought lube with him and when he was leaving Chris Hansen told him, "take your jelly." ...While it's not funny that the predator came to see the boy it is funny that Chris said that!)
Do women not do these sort of things? I have yet to see a woman on the show. The only woman I can think of off the top of my head is that school teacher who had two babies by this young boy. Insanely young, like he was twelve when she got pregnant the first time if I remember correctly.
Wow... The Internet. For many people it has become a part of our daily lives and it brings us joy (like finding a cheap textbook) and pain (i.e. the girl who got beat up on in Florida). People break up over the Internet, hook up over the Internet, make wonderful things happen, share things they think are beautiful, and... do things no one wants to know about.
Like seriously, sisters. Not to sound man-hating because I am not, but y'all! We're in this together... We all go through what no man does and there is no sense fighting over one man because there are plenty to go around. And you do not strike your sister with your hands or any other weapon because of some drama!
We watched this video in my Sociology class and talked a little about how these kids were all upset about stuff that was on the girl's Myspace I guess and how the website is just way too big a part of their lives.
For the most part it seems like people that have known about and used Myspace since it was still a very new site are just about burnt out on it. More and more people sign up though. And young people join it, even younger than the Florida teens in the YouTube video. Anyone--especially parents--who has watched Dateline's To Catch a Predator knows how bad that can be.
In the case of To Catch a Predator boys need help too of course. (In one episode I watched, a man came to meet a boy and even brought lube with him and when he was leaving Chris Hansen told him, "take your jelly." ...While it's not funny that the predator came to see the boy it is funny that Chris said that!)
Do women not do these sort of things? I have yet to see a woman on the show. The only woman I can think of off the top of my head is that school teacher who had two babies by this young boy. Insanely young, like he was twelve when she got pregnant the first time if I remember correctly.
Wow... The Internet. For many people it has become a part of our daily lives and it brings us joy (like finding a cheap textbook) and pain (i.e. the girl who got beat up on in Florida). People break up over the Internet, hook up over the Internet, make wonderful things happen, share things they think are beautiful, and... do things no one wants to know about.
15 April 2008
I'm so glad I don't live with a weirdo anymore...
I wrote this after dealing with an awful roommate, around this time last year, and just found it today. I'm not dwelling on what happened anymore since even worse things have happened since (though I never thought that would be possible!), but I do not mind sharing my thoughts about my experience living with a horrible person...
I have recently been called names such as "slag" and "heifer" by an at least slightly misogynistic 24-year-old male who is in denial of his sexist behaviors. The fact that those are the kind of words that he uses against me just confirms that he has a problem and obviously a lower level of respect for women.
I don't dislike him purely because of the interactions just between the two of us--he exhibited behaviors toward individuals who are my friends and expressed unwelcome judgments about them when I had done nothing like that to any of his people. He argued with females on at least two occasions about subjects that are pretty much not that important and not worth arguing about, or they are a matter of opinion anyway, but he had to be right. And I did not see the behavior directed towards males.
When I got really upset one day and yelled at him that he is a sexist bastard when he said he wouldn't listen to me, he said it had nothing to do with being a woman; it was because I am a stupid ----.
. . . . He continued to perpetuate himself.
And so that was my first experience living with a male stranger—who didn't clean like he said he would and became quite verbally abusive.
I have recently been called names such as "slag" and "heifer" by an at least slightly misogynistic 24-year-old male who is in denial of his sexist behaviors. The fact that those are the kind of words that he uses against me just confirms that he has a problem and obviously a lower level of respect for women.
I don't dislike him purely because of the interactions just between the two of us--he exhibited behaviors toward individuals who are my friends and expressed unwelcome judgments about them when I had done nothing like that to any of his people. He argued with females on at least two occasions about subjects that are pretty much not that important and not worth arguing about, or they are a matter of opinion anyway, but he had to be right. And I did not see the behavior directed towards males.
When I got really upset one day and yelled at him that he is a sexist bastard when he said he wouldn't listen to me, he said it had nothing to do with being a woman; it was because I am a stupid ----.
. . . . He continued to perpetuate himself.
And so that was my first experience living with a male stranger—who didn't clean like he said he would and became quite verbally abusive.
Update on "There, or not"
The God is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything turned out to be an audio book, read by the author. I imported all the discs into my iTunes (!! ssshh) and sometimes random tracks will play when I have my Library on Party Shuffle, but for the most part I haven't actually listened to it--I'm not usually in a frame of mind where I can just sit and listen to a book. The concept itself is kind of odd to me. If I have my sight, why am I not reading the book?
And as well I have not continued reading Blue Like Jazz. I'm still drawn to reading it, but as soon as school started, recreational reading ceased pretty much immediately. Over Spring Break I re-read one of my favorite books, Rule of the Bone and started to read the Godfather again but have kind of abandoned it.
I have a long list of books I'd like to read, someday....
And as well I have not continued reading Blue Like Jazz. I'm still drawn to reading it, but as soon as school started, recreational reading ceased pretty much immediately. Over Spring Break I re-read one of my favorite books, Rule of the Bone and started to read the Godfather again but have kind of abandoned it.
I have a long list of books I'd like to read, someday....
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