Jul. 25 Fame: I was thinking about how Britney Spears chooses to be famous. I remember on The Simpsons where Homer becomes friends with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger and he later harasses them.
Homer: If you guys never wanted to be famous, then you should have never expressed yourselves creatively.
As for Prince William and Prince Harry they don't get to choose to be famous. They are born into it and have to deal with people and the paparazzi harassing them.
Infamous: I was thinking about this MADTv sketch about OJ Simpson's book If I Did It. A news reporter interviewed him as they were walking the street. It was a special on him. As they're walking this man stops them.
Man: Murderer! Murderer!
For argument's sake, let's assume that OJ Simpson isn't a murderer. He doesn't get to live a normal life and get's harassed for walking down the street. He doesn't get to choose on how people treat him.
That brings me to Karla Homolka. When she was released from jail, my friend Meghan at Roots said: "How will she get a job?" I was thinking that KM should stay in jail. If she goes out, she will always be harassed, and spit on. You know for sure, she is a murderer because there's evidence and she did commit the crime.
People may throw eggs at her home and damage it. They will be charged for vandalism, but some may say: "It was totally worth it."
The past: That brings me to that girl who's in a religion that doesn't allow her to talk to boys. If people find out who she is, the most they will do is harass her for being different. At the least, people will just look at her differently.
She could choose to not to do the religion, and she will be kicked out of her house. She will live in foster care which isn't a really stable environment. She might as well stay with her family and deal with being in a religion that doesn't allow her to talk to boys.
I Write Like: I found this through the Edmonton Journal. You go to the website I Write Like and put up some of your writing. They will tell you which author you write like. I put up my latest blog post and got David Foster Wallace.
http://iwl.me
News: I read in The Globe and Mail that the teen clothing store Forever 21 has a maternity line. I hope that doesn't encourage teens to get pregnant. I hope it's moms wanting to buy cool and affordable clothes.
I was reading the new Seventeen magazine. There was a letter from this girl who read the article "Are you being tricked into getting pregnant?" She says: "My friends and I joke around about how it's 'in' to be pregnant, but reading your article was real eye opener."
Jul. 26 Brain Boosters: I read this on Yahoo. This how to improve your brain:
1. Exercise
2. Attend to your relationships
3. Work on your wiring. Every brain is different, so "pay attention to the differences if you want to connect with the people."
4. Focus on one thing at a time. Don't multi-task. You're not as productive.
5. Repeat to remember. Repeating information imprints it in your mind.
6. Remember to repeat. It's like rereading something an hr later to remember it.
7. Get a good night's sleep.
8. Reduce stress.
9. Stimulate your senses. We learn better in multi-sensory environments.
10. Use visuals more effectively. If we see a picture while listening to information, we will remember it more.
11. Team up the gender differences. In stressful situations, men look at the gist of things, and women look at the details.
12. Take time to explore. Try new things to expand your mind.
Job search: I picked up the Job Classifieds and there wasn't anything. I picked up the Edmonton Examiner, and I researched the positions, but there wasn't anything I qualified for. I checked the Edmonton Journal classifieds yesterday and today.
I got a call back from this company and I got rejected. That's fine. I wasn't a good fit for it because I didn't have any telecommunications experience or worked in commissions based environment. I'll delete their number off my phone.
Wes Brown: I finally found a site where I can watch full- length True Blood episodes. I was watching season 2 for this actor Wes Brown. He was on an ep of Criminal Minds. He's got range playing a romantic guy who can turn scary and violent in that episode. I've seen him on CSI: Miami on Youtube and his character dies at the beginning.
Jul. 27 Job rant: Here's a moderate rant. I got a job at this place and worked for 2 weeks last month and was dismissed. Then I went and applied at another location and did an interview. There were 3 other applicants. I got a call this morning and the manager said that he hired someone else who has experience and worked there before.
Damn it, I should have mentioned that I had experience. Well I talked it out with my dad. If I mentioned that I worked there before and was dismissed, then I wouldn't have gotten the job. In the interview I mentioned how I did work at a restaurant for 2 yrs until I was laid off.
All I can hope for is that my interview today at another restaurant goes well. I did get a call from another store and I will call them back tomorrow. The manager is in tomorrow.
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