BLOOD!!!

Funny kid

HA HA HA HA HA. Gets me every time.

What the fuck?

What do these two have in common?

They were both on Larry King Live this week.

Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum.

Am I, like, 3 steps below "pretty cool"?

Sometimes I wonder where I fit on the amazing people scale.

Am I unwittingly close to the top? Or am I sinking toward the bottom as people pretend to be interested in me and what I have to say? Or am I, as the title suggests, 3 steps below cool?

I am surrounded by AMAZINGLY wonderful people. All the time. I find that rarely am I in the company of socially inept, unmotivated, boring individuals. I find things in everyone that I admire and appreciate.

I suppose my hope is that I offer them qualities that they enjoy and appreciate in return.

Either way, I'm quite lucky. :)

Leavenworth RULES!

I love prisons.

That's probably not the most appropriate way to state that. I really do not support the structure of the incarceration component of our penal system, nor do I think that the methods by which our government regulates punishment are conducive to progress (the lack of rehabilitation, the high propensity for recidivism, the entire prison-industrial complex, etc.).

However, I find prison culture FASCINATING. The History Channel is airing a documentary on the Aryan Brotherhood and its influence in maximum security penitentiaries. The fact that they refer to the brotherhood as "the brand" is awesome.

I think that Prison culture offers a lot of insight into human behavior. An entire industry of prison sociology, psychology, and anthropology exists for a reason. How does the environment created in prisons contribute to violent/further criminal behavior? What compels the prisoners to collude and create intricate and effective networks across prison complexes? What factors provide the space for these networks to thrive and influence the prison scene?

I LOVE THIS SHIT!

On top of all the educational angles of approach to the study of the prison system, I find it incredibly entertaining that these people are bat-shit crazy. How did they get this way? And are they honestly all that different than the rest of us?

Oh, and by the way: anyone that will hide a ten-inch blade up their ass = A-OK in my book. :P

EDIT (9:46pm): The just showed a segment on communication between the prisoners. The Aryan Brotherhood utilized a code system based on the work of Sir Francis Bacon which relies on dual alphabets. THEY WROTE IN CODE FROM A 16TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHER! What sophistication! I'm quite certain that several of the people that lead this country (Bush included) wouldn't even recognize the name Francis Bacon. If that doesn't say something, I don't know what does.

December 24 to June 24

What happened with Collin hurt.

6 months later, it still kinda hurts. I have no idea what role he played in my life (in the grand scheme of things, that is). I don't know what I'm supposed to get out of that interaction. And I don't know why it still occupies my thoughts.

I guess the lesson to learn from the Collin experience is run the other way when I meet a guy who is recently out of a relationship. Because they always go back; and I'm the one who ends up hurt in the end.

*sigh*

Reason to be ELATED

Three words:

Aly

and

AJ.

They are going to be at Verizon Amphitheater! If I had no shame (believe me, I'm about as close to having none as one can get) I would totally be looking for tickets right now to go see them.

I'm practically a prepubescent girl. And you know you love it.

I don't want to touch the bush

This is me. Today. With my mop-hair.

Look at that shit-eating grin. Who knew I could look so happy and childlike?

I like this picture. I don't know why. Probably because I was laughing when it was taken. I appreciate the genuine quality of my expression.

My blog title actually fits right now...

I am unsettled. And I don't know why.

Perhaps "June Gloom" is infiltrating my pores and finding its way to my brain.

I don't want to be at work. I don't want to be at home. I don't really want to be anywhere.

The last time I cried was 3 years ago. I think I'm in dire need of a breakdown. Just to get the water out. It's building up behind my eyes and the pressure is causing headaches. :P

Damn.

STUPID

Websites should screen members for stupidity.

Why is it that so many people continue to forward and post chain messages as if they are valid? Even the "I don't necessarily believe that they are true, but I'll forward them just in case" excuse is not acceptaple.

Stop the hate. Stop the madness: don't forward chain messages.

Thank you.

Wilhelmina!

Okay, Vanessa Williams is GORGEOUS.

She looks absolutely stunning. Better than women half her age. She is rocking the sequins like there is no tomorrow.

I promise I'll write something a little less superficial soon. My brain is anything but functional right now.

DEUCES!

The best show on television, without hesitation, is Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School.

A house full of crazy, sloppy, crude girls and a plus-size sassy diva?

QUALITY PROGRAMMING.

Whenever I watch this show, I scream at the tv. I laugh harder than I laugh most days. I even cried once.

Thank you, VH1, for bringing class back to reality television.

I'm SO going to slap you!

Moments like this make me worried.

These men are members of the Turkish Parliament (picture from BBC News). While they are not members of our congress, I operate without any delusion that our representatives are "above" this behavior. It's fascinating how men can be reduced to idiotic physical altercation so easily. Our leaders should be working toward creating a better world. They should represent our intellectual elite; the people with the capacity to make the best possible decisions for us as a people. Instead, they act like baboons.

Debating the salient points of an issue? NO.

Hitting each other and screaming? YES!

I worry for the world. Constantly. I tell myself I should be reading the news more often. I have no clue why I want to be well-versed in world news and politics; the second I read the news and see the pictures, I get so angry/exasperated that I can barely function.

I don't stay up on politics because I am trying to prevent an aneurysm.

So with that, I go back to Mean Girls. To calm my brain from the trauma of news.bbc.co.uk.

LEAVE LINDSAY A-LOHAN!