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News: I was reading the Globe and Mail today, and in the Northern Caucasus, a lot of bride abductions occur. A group of men kidnap a woman, and if the woman doesn't escape by morning, she will have to be the guy's wife. It also occurs in China, Ethiopia, and Rwanda because it is a tradition. Sometimes the woman's family can negotiate and she can be returned to the family. Other times, the woman decides to willingly get married to the guy who kidnapped her. In other news, I read how adults are still like children. There is this article about how we want to take the easy way like do online degrees that take a yr to do instead of 4 yrs. Go to movies like Shrek to watch a fun and light movie without really challenging ourselves. It was interesting that yesterday my sister discussed the article without arguing. S: There is a fallacy in that. Are you going to let a 5yr old watch a movie alone in the theatre? Instead, an adult would have to take them. Me: Also R- Rated movies don't make a lot of money like American Pie because only people 18 and over can watch it. As for Shrek, it's rated G so anyone can watch it and it gets more money. There are a lot of R-Rated movies that don't challenge people like American Pie. Movies are supposed to be fun, and I can't really be challenged by movies. I do like movies that make you think like The Matrix with all their philosophy like "To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human." Writing: I went to the Stanley A. Milner library today and checked out a book about being a freelance writer. I thought my library card expired, but it turns out it will on June 14. I checked the book out and didn't have to spend money renewing it. Yay. I was inspired and submitted my charity speech from my Writing for the Ear class to Seventeen and Cosmogirl magazine by emailing it to them. Sure, that's pretty ambitious, but I still want to give it a shot. I then emailed the article and pitch to the editor who's in charge of the LifeStyle section in the Journal. I emailed the pitch of my The Fighter script again to this guy at the Canadian Film Centre. I was reading the paper today and it turns out there is a movie called Fighting coming out in Aug. starring Channing Tatum (Step Up). It's about underground fighting and it's culture. I was like "Not again!" There was already Never Back Down about fighting and that's like my idea. Apr. 27 Rock the Cradle: I'm watching the show Rock the Cradle where it's kind of like American Idol. The contestants are kids from big music artists like MC Hammer and they sing in front of live audience and judges, the audience gets to vote for who wins. What's interesting was that Ryan Devlin is the host. He's plays Mercer on Veronica Mars.