Diatribe for the Unknown

abstain from worldly wonders

I'm enjoying this new governor of ours...

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/04/24/patrick_seeks_to_forgo_grant_end_classes_on_sex_abstinence/

One of his latest projects involves not giving funding to abstinence of sex curriculum. I am not sure what he plans to put in place of it. I'm thinking that it would be fun to give young adults options in terms of what sex is all about. I was actually taught sex education at a basketball camp in 9th grade and as funny as it was, it was definitely good to know. Unfortunately for those camp directors I never did put that learning to work but I do know how to put a condom on a banana.

Anyway it would be good to give each student an option. Tell them about abstinence and tell them about condoms and sex. Let them decide for themselves what they want to do. It is risky putting that kind of choice in their hands as they are still kids but we can't always protect them. They have to protect themselves or else how will they grow up? How will they become responsible if we are always there trying to shield them from pregancy or STDs or enjoyable orgasms? Maybe I'm just being silly because I myself don't have children. But I do have a younger brother and sister. I would want them to know both sides of the story. It can be hard to not be biased in some way but why not show both sides. The good side of sex and the bad side. Then let them decide...

But if we keep treating them like children then they will always be children.

swimming pool on storrow drive

I narrowly missed the largest pothole of my life today on Storrow Drive. Lucky I did because there were FOUR cars pulled over because their front left tires were pretty much dead, it was ridiculous. I just really don’t understand why the Road/Highway/Public Works people can’t put up a cone to let people know that there is a huge hole in the road. Doesn’t that seem like the obvious thing to do especially if they are too lazy to cover the hole up in the first place? I’m not lying when I say that the hole was 3-4 feet in diameter and pretty deep.

Today I tried to find a number that would allow me to report a pothole but the only number I could find was in the bicycle section of the mass.gov website. Does the state of Massachusetts purposefully make it hard for people to find a telephone number to report problems with the roads? Glad to know that my tax dollars are not used here. But I guess I shouldn’t complain because then I feel like I’m back home with all the potholes in the roads, it makes me feel like I’m back home on the washboard dirt roads leaving a dusty mess behind me.

Anyway here is the only number I could find dealing with potholes…617.635.7555

good vs evil

I just found the one present I want and will never request a present again...EVER.

http://www.20ltd.com/pws/Home.ice click 'english', then once it loads click '20'

A Good vs. Evil Foosball Table.

Some of the players featured in the game - God, Mother Teresa, Jekyll/Hyde, Hitler, Lady MacBeth, Mary Poppins & Lucifer. How could you not want a foosball table that featured these lovely characters, though I'm seriously considering just creating my own which featured different characters. A couple ideas come to mind, like 90210 vs the OC foosball table. Or boy teenybopper singers (justin timberlake, nick/aaron carter, nick lachey, donnie wahlberg, joey mcintyre) vs girl teenybopper singers (avril lavigne, kelly clarkson, christina aguliera, jessica simpson, hilary duff, lindsay lohan, debbie gibson) or maybe just my own special good vs. evil foosball table.

I think the lineups would look something like this;
Good Team:
Mother Theresa, Princess Diana, Santa Claus, Ghandi, Big Papi, God, Albert Einstein, Harry Potter, Martin Luther King, Anne Frank, Christopher Robin

Evil Team:
Death, Lucifer, Hitler, Hannibal Lector, Kobe Bryant, Voldemort, Jack the Ripper, Lady MacBeth, my 3rd grade teacher, Gargamel, President Bush

I think I may start saving some money for a table since they are pretty nice. Here is a link to the people who make these tables - http://www.elevenforty.com/

Now that I think of it, I may just have a foosball table full of pretty people that may involve the following - tom brady, rachel mcadams, eliza dushku, ryan gosling, sophia bush - just to name a few. When would I be able to have the chance to play foosball with pretty people? why not in my basement...

Power with steel or words?

Some fun things to read if you are interested. Alternet has a story about Gays with Guns. This seems to be a catch-22 since it's hard to imagine a gun-toting gay person. For me personally, I could not imagine ever carrying a gun but I'm sure if some traumatic experience happened to me that could have been prevented had I been carrying a gun, I would beg to differ. For me there are several things to take into account if I owned a gun. First, I wouldn't want someone's destiny in my hands, no matter how cruel they were to me. This could be my catholic upbringing subconsciously telling me that I shall not kill. Also, what if I were to go into a fit of rage I could not competently comprehend, I would be a danger to any living thing around me. And, what if someone were to steal my gun, I would be morally responsible for what that gun was used for since I was the one who unresponsibly let it be stolen. Don't get me wrong, if you want a gun then by all means own a gun but I don't think it is for me.

On a lighter note, Bill Simmons and wife have some great blogs for your reading pleasure. The first one comes from my man Bill, it is genius as it talks about how basketball has transformed into a ME first sport, http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/blog/index?entryDate=20070329&name=simmons. I love his writing so much. He cracks me up with his use of humor and pop culture references. What cracks me up even more is when people take the stuff he says out of context so then he has to spend another blog entry explaining in laymen's terms what he originally said. Good times.

Also, for the fans of Simmon's wife, she has her own blog now with ABC. There is a link on Bill's ESPN site, but anyway, she is doing play by play's of the show, the Bachelor - http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=bachelor/review1. It's pretty funny, and just reading what she has to say makes me want to watch the Bachelor just so I can see what she is talking about.

Now that my friends, is a power couple.

burden of beastful songs

If there is one person that can make me feel good about myself, it is my hair stylist. She is a mastermind when it comes to cutting my hair. I think she could even cut it with her eyes close but then I don’t think it would be straight. Anyway, yesterday I thought about the idea that one day she could up and leave the area at any point. And if she did, I would seriously cry. We’ve become pretty good friends as we can actually have conversations and remember details about each other that you wouldn’t normally remember with strangers who cut your hair. There are no awkward silences, fake conversations based on the weather or Paris Hilton. Instead I can tell her how crushed I am that there are no Orange Julius’ in the area or that I had a dream about having pieces of pepperoni attached to my body the other night. She knows my hair better than I do. And she is now my friend on myspace. I think that’s pretty funny. What’s pretty funny is now I pay an arm and a leg to get my hair cut and feel fabulous while back in the day I paid $20 to put my hair up in a ponytail everyday.

Also, thanks to a friend (Sara), I was surfing Bricks and Stones a couple days ago…for those of you that don’t know about Bricks and Stones – it’s pretty much a gossip blog that shows pictures of the latest celebs out and about. It is my small smut joy that I indulge in every so often. I like looking at pictures of Scarlett Johansson and the Rachel McAdams/Ryan Gosling pair. So anyway, I was surfing the pictures when all of a sudden I saw a picture of Jenner. Apparently she stars in some E! reality TV show, Paradise City. The girl and I tried to watch an episode of it last night but it was really lame. Sorry Jenner I couldn’t get into it. (Side Note: Jenner and I played basketball together in high school. We were kind of friends as we hung out at school but not really outside of school, she was a year older than me. I thought she was funny and pretty cool but a couple of my friends couldn’t stand her and thought she was bitch...I think this was due to her good looks and their jealousy but hey, maybe she brainwashed me into thinking she was “cool”. Either way I beg to differ because she was always nice to me. Also, I pretty much like anyone as long as they meet the following criteria, a)blond, b)not a boy, and c)is not better than me at basketball. I think this post will now have me labeled as a bigot.)

Maybe one of these days I’ll share my other bigoted views with you. But I'll have you know that I was only somewhat kidding with my criteria and if you didn't know that, then I'm sorry to report that you don't really know me do you? Good day now.