We are the people our parents warned us about
I know I've been incognito again lately. I'm not at a loss for post-worthy thoughts, but I just haven't taken the time to post them. So much to do before the end of summer. At any rate, here are a few things that have been bumping around in my head:
* That John Mark Karr dude that confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey is completely creepy weird. For the record from this wanna-be-homicide-detective, I am guessing that his confession is false. I also never bought that the parents were involved. Also completely creepy weird is the fact that the murder was nearly ten years ago, and it seems like yesterday to me. And one last thing that is creepy weird: The American obsession with this case and the press's obsession with showing those beauty pageant clips over and over and over.
* In other national news/gossip, I found it note-worthy that Mel Gibson's blood alcohol content was only .12% and he's a self-admitted alcoholic. Being wasted is never an acceptable excuse for being an asshole, but if he's going to use that excuse for making such deplorable anti-semitic remarks, I would have thought the BAC would have been a lot higher. Give me a break, Mel. You're a dick.
* The Jimmy Buffett concert a couple of weeks ago was absolutely fantastic. AJ and I hooked up with some fun, grass-skirt-wearing neighbors in the parking lot and drank a lot of Coronas. The summer's worst pick-up lines also came out at Buffett, including: "Six weeks does not constitute a committed relationship, so let's make out." and "You look exactly like my ex-husband, only you're more tall and less drunk."
* I saw a report the other day that more Americans can identify Taylor Hicks than Samuel Alito, and more people can name the Seven Dwarfs (Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, Happy, Doc and Dopey) than the Supreme Court Justices (Roberts, Breyer, Ginsburg, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Souter, Alito). This is so pathetic, really. Please people - get to know your Supremes. They make decisions that affect your lives.
* I went to the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard a couple of weeks ago with Kelly P. and her entourage. I like NASCAR generally; I loved going to the race. So much fun. But apparently calling people on my cell phone and telling them to listen to the cars as they come around the track is slightly annoying and doesn't have the same effect as being there.
* In other fun girlfriend news, I'm going to Florida for Labor Day weekend to visit a childhood girlfriend, and I'm totally jazzed to get out of the office and onto the beach for three days. And then TR comes back to visit me (the biznatch moved to Kansas City a couple of months ago) the following weekend, and I'm totally jazzed to get out of the office and onto the patio at M&J's and drink Blue Moons. Tonight I'm going over to Kelly's to eat enchiladas and reinforce to T that teenage boys are, in fact, the worst. And AJ and Mel and I have a spa day coming up in the near future that should be absolutely ripping. Anyone else seeing a trend here??
* That John Mark Karr dude that confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey is completely creepy weird. For the record from this wanna-be-homicide-detective, I am guessing that his confession is false. I also never bought that the parents were involved. Also completely creepy weird is the fact that the murder was nearly ten years ago, and it seems like yesterday to me. And one last thing that is creepy weird: The American obsession with this case and the press's obsession with showing those beauty pageant clips over and over and over.
* In other national news/gossip, I found it note-worthy that Mel Gibson's blood alcohol content was only .12% and he's a self-admitted alcoholic. Being wasted is never an acceptable excuse for being an asshole, but if he's going to use that excuse for making such deplorable anti-semitic remarks, I would have thought the BAC would have been a lot higher. Give me a break, Mel. You're a dick.
* The Jimmy Buffett concert a couple of weeks ago was absolutely fantastic. AJ and I hooked up with some fun, grass-skirt-wearing neighbors in the parking lot and drank a lot of Coronas. The summer's worst pick-up lines also came out at Buffett, including: "Six weeks does not constitute a committed relationship, so let's make out." and "You look exactly like my ex-husband, only you're more tall and less drunk."
* I saw a report the other day that more Americans can identify Taylor Hicks than Samuel Alito, and more people can name the Seven Dwarfs (Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Bashful, Happy, Doc and Dopey) than the Supreme Court Justices (Roberts, Breyer, Ginsburg, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Souter, Alito). This is so pathetic, really. Please people - get to know your Supremes. They make decisions that affect your lives.
* I went to the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard a couple of weeks ago with Kelly P. and her entourage. I like NASCAR generally; I loved going to the race. So much fun. But apparently calling people on my cell phone and telling them to listen to the cars as they come around the track is slightly annoying and doesn't have the same effect as being there.
* In other fun girlfriend news, I'm going to Florida for Labor Day weekend to visit a childhood girlfriend, and I'm totally jazzed to get out of the office and onto the beach for three days. And then TR comes back to visit me (the biznatch moved to Kansas City a couple of months ago) the following weekend, and I'm totally jazzed to get out of the office and onto the patio at M&J's and drink Blue Moons. Tonight I'm going over to Kelly's to eat enchiladas and reinforce to T that teenage boys are, in fact, the worst. And AJ and Mel and I have a spa day coming up in the near future that should be absolutely ripping. Anyone else seeing a trend here??
posted by Amanda at 12:54 PM
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