College Happenings

Gotta luv those dumb Texans. 

Sadly, a woman in Montana was just sent to prison for coaxing her 2 year old to smoke out of a bong.

What is wrong with people?

Smoking pot is one thing, but giving it to children, come one.

 Check out the story below from the AP.

WATAUGA, Texas, Mar. 5, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. – She was the Robochick. He was Billy-O. According to police, her obsession with him led her to drive 900 miles from Houston to Orlando, bringing with her a trenchcoat and wig, armed with a BB gun and pepper spray, and wearing a diaper to avoid bathroom breaks on the arduous drive.

Once in Florida, Lisa “Robochick” Nowak apparently confronted the woman she believed was her rival for the affections of William “Billy-O” Oefelein. And this tawdry love triangle has one more twist — it involves two astronauts.

Nowak, 43, a married mother of three who flew on a space shuttle in July, was charged with attempted murder, accused of hatching an extraordinary plot to kidnap Colleen Shipman, who she believed was romantically involved with Oefelein, a space shuttle pilot. click here to continue story.

Crazy.

Working at NASA, the lady must be smart.  So what the heck is she thinking?

One of my friends told me that Drummond’s are hard to deal with, we’re lucky to have friends.  She said you have to have a backbone to be able to hang out with us.

Maybe she’s right.   

I am so thankful for my man.  I think I am lucky to have someone so perfect for me.  I am glad that he loves me just as I am.  He lets me speak from my mind and my heart openly.  He knows who I am.  He knows who I am and he loves me for it.

He understands me like few people do.

Why is it so hard to understand other people.  To be empathetic? 

I guess, I don’t ever really try to be empathetic, but I also don’t try to deliberately hurt peoples feelings.

I think people think I do.  Maybe it is because I am strong willed, and voice my feelings.  Maybe it is because I have boundaries and don’t like to be walked on.

I don’t know.  It is hard to change peoples perspective of  someone once they have an idea in thier head.

It is even harder to walk around worrying about other peoples ideas about you.

So, I am not going to do that. 

I know the people that matter in my life.  My man and my son, my parents and my brothers and my friends, my true, real you know who you are if you are one of them friends.

Everyone else, if you don’t like what you are watching, change the channel. 

During memorial day weekend my little brother threw a beer at a skateboarder and hit him in the head. I thought it was a bit mean, but now, I realize he knew what he was doing.
From D. Tucker to el hubro…they all suck. If you talk to them they think you are in love and act like dipshits instead of a normal human being. What the F-word is up with that? I know it seems judgemental, and it probably is, but it is pretty much true

I have to say I think that this is a good punishment.

From the Missoulian
By the Associated Press

MISSOULA – A Whitefish man who lied to his probation officer about having served in the military was ordered Thursday to stand outside the courthouse here wearing a sandwich board that says, “I am a liar. I am not a Marine.”

William C. Horvath, 35, pleaded guilty to making false statements, a felony.

U.S District Judge Donald Molloy sentenced him to four months of house arrest and four years of probation. He also ordered him to stand outside the courthouse for 50 hours wearing a sandwich board with large letters on the front that say: “I am a liar. I am not a Marine.”

On the back, it must read: “I have never served my country. I have dishonored veterans of all wars.”

Molloy, a veteran himself, also ordered Horvath to write letters of apology to newspapers, the U.S. Marine Corps, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion in Kalispell. The judge said Horvath must admit in the letters that he lied repeatedly about serving and being wounded.

According to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office, Horvath claimed during an interview with a probation officer on Aug. 9, 2001, that he had served in the Marine Corps. The officer was gathering information on Horvath on a prior charge of being a fugitive in possession of firearms or ammunition.

The probation officer then attempted to verify Horvath’s military service, but was told by the Marine Corps that there was no record of Horvath ever having served.

Horvath then presented the probation officer with evidence of his time in the military, including photographs and decorations. However, Marine Corps representatives told the probation officer that the evidence contained a variety of inconsistencies.

For instance, Horvath was wearing his uniform improperly; he displayed decorations incorrectly; and equipment and uniforms in the photos either didn’t fit the era or were inconsistent with other items in the photos.

This is from The Smoking Gun

MAY 31–A New York woman was arrested today for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old boy whose suspicious mother called cops when he showed up one day driving a Mercedes-Benz that he said was a gift from the woman. According to Nassau County cops, Lisa Frodella, a 39-year-old married mother of two, had “multiple sexual encounters” with the boy, including trysts this year at Long Island hotels. Frodella, pictured below in a Nassau County Police Department mug shot, has been charged with two counts of rape and two counts of criminal sexual act. The Benz, a 2002 model, was subsequently sold by Frodella, though it is unclear whether she took the car back from the boy or whether he returned the vehicle.

I don’t know if it is because I live in the Bitterroot or what, but people can not grasp the concept of closed. At my work, we close at 9:30. The signs will all say closed and part of the lights will be off and people will still come in. Then they get all pissy when I won’t serve them.

Some people came in at 9:45 and I told them we were closed. “Oh well we just want some icecream,” they say. I tell them I can get them some to go, but they acted all butt hurt and crusty. “Nevermind!”

Good nevermind. The kitchen is almost done with everything, and the dining room is nearly clean and these people want me to sit and wait for them to eat thier icecream, for which they would probably tip $.75. No thanks.

Some of you probably think that is bitchy, but how many of you would go into a store after it is closed and hang out.

Last night two people came in after all the signs said closed and the main entry hall way was dark. There were two tables still eating, but we had turned the ovens off and were cleaning up. I find it hard to believe that they didn’t look at the signs.

The other waitress told them they could order a sandwich to go, but they were mad and left.

One time people knew we were closed, but they sent thier daughter in to ask if they could come in and eat anyway. They got to that night. I guess we were feeling generous.

I personally think it is bad manners to go into places after they are closed and expect service.

I am so jaded with the journalism school. Sitting in opinion class listening to the juniors reading their extremely wordy attempts to be witty is going to kill me. I can’t stand that flowery type of writing, the “please look at how smart I am and what big words I can use�? style is so over-done. Who reads shit like that?

Today we talked about our book reviews of the dreadful I Am Charlotte Simmons, by whom else but Tom Wolfe.

Pretty much everyone agreed that they didn’t like it. It is a look at college life through the eyes of an old guy. He apparently thinks a college student can’t carry on a conversation with out using the word “fuck�? at least twice.

The book centers around four main characters. Charlotte a brilliant and beautiful naïve girl from a small town, Jojo white power forward on a mostly black basketball team, Hoyt, your typical frat boy and Adam the nerd who is pissed because he is not cool.

So we’re supposed to write reviews on the book. Did it suck? What was the plot did you like it or not? Those types of questions. It was not supposed to be about how brilliant you think Tom Wolfe is.

The teacher calls on a few juniors to read. They’re papers all start out, “Tom Wolfe has shown his literary genius yet again as well as his sharp journalistic eye.�? They all mention the Bonfire of the Vanities, the Electric Cool-aid Acid test and some of his other works. One gets the feeling that they are well read especially where Wolfe is concerned. Then the teacher asks them, “have you read other stuff by Wolfe?�?

“Well, no, but….�?

Then why go on about him for five paragraphs, talk about the damn book. Gosh!

The book sucked, it was trite and predictable. There’s my review.