la la la la la la i can't hear you!
i am scared spitless about little z. or maybe that's scared shitless, since i have the stress-induced spastic squirts. i don't have a good feeling, but who knows what that means. so i'm trying to ignore the doubting voices in my head (in between runs to the ladies' room) by thinking about other things. like:
- jessica simpson has asked the court not to grant spousal support to nick lachey. not that i give a damn about either of them, but i care for him even less than for her, and i found myself giving a little cheer for jess. like she needs my support. and what's up with her freaky sister? we all deserve a little therapy, but none of us deserves it more than her. justin has a great story about her. okay, it's not a great story. but it's typical. he hasn't posted in OVER A MONTH, so maybe he could grace us with a few words on ashlee, if he can't write about himself these days.
- comments on rach's blog have me pondering the execution of tookie williams. someone (maybe her husband) pointed out that by killing other people he was committing long, slow suicide, starting at that moment. this will surprise many people, but i am against capital punishment. okay, it probably surprises no one. if you were surprised, where have you been? someone else (i'm sure well-meaning) dragged a woman's choice into the debate, too, saying a woman gets to make her choice when she "opens her legs" (don't get me started on that one). but what all this really has me thinking about is how evangelical christianity, which used to be the leading anti-capital punishment force in this country - and still is in other parts of the world - is now so fully in support of it. it sickens me and saddens me. jesus preached that the days of "an eye for an eye" were over, now that he was the new sherriff in town. he preached "turn the other cheek". he offered redemption. he said each life meant something to him, that his father had his eye on each of us. if jesus is who he says he is, i am absolutely certain he is anti-capital punishment. i have my doubts about the whole jesus-and-god thing, anyway, but at least there's something of value in jesus's teachings - something that many of his self-proclaimed followers seem to ignore. what a fucked-up mess. and anyway, about tookie, yeah, he did the worst thing a human being can do to another. but he also regretted it, turned his life around, caused positive change in the world. why would the political right want to use him as an example? not that i condone it, but use someone evil and unrepentant, why don't you? it wasn't just morally reprehensible, it was politically dumb.
- why did bush bother to give a speech last night? he said nothing new. what a waste of time. plus, he caused "grey's anatomy" to be delayed. it's my guilty pleasure, and i don't like it when people interfere with things i already feel guilty about anyway. like i didn't despise bush enough already. and remember when patrick dempsey's hair was kind of geeky? when did it become a beacon of sex? i think he's about to go on my list.
- speaking of "the list" - gael garcia bernal would have to be on the top of it. you know, like i'm ever going to be in the running to sleep with him.
how about distracting me? it's the least you could do, in my time of distress. tell me who's on your list!
posted by laura at 5:28 PM
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I know he's waaay old now, but I still have Sam Elliot of the late 80's early 90's stuck on my list. Not only would I need the okie dokie from Jim to make that one happen, but I'd also need a free ticket in the "way back" machine.
George Clooney is slwoly earning a spot, but I've never been one to like the "it" guy, so I'll have to consider it further.
Russell Crowe, Russell Crowe, Russell Crowe. Yum!
Unfortunately for ya'll, I don't have a list. My list used to consist of one person and that once Prince but now he's a Jehovah's Witness and that freaks my shit. The only person on dbp's list is Angelina Jolie and I have no problem with that from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, but really she does strike me as a wee bit nuts. Of course before my sane self (ha!) he did go for wack jobs, and obviously I've never dated anyone the least bit weird.
Catherine - I've seen Russell Crowe in person and he looks kind of bloated and over-tired, do you go for hung-over chic? If so he's your man!
Speaking of celebrities I saw two this weekend, but they are both Canadian. I had coffee in the same trendy Yorkville coffee as David Rocco, and I walked by Ken Finkleman on King Street. He appeared to be Christmas shopping, although I'd hazzard a guess it might have been Hannukah rather than Christmas.
"was Prince" not "once Prince" - duh, sorry
my list:
pierogies
some of those nice tamales
soup packets for work
dulce de leche icecream
aa batteries
Alton Brown. Yeah, I know, I know.
i get these choices - alton brown's a little, you know, different, but i can see it - but either i'm married to to a closet american pie fetishist or justin didn't understand the question.
oh, that sort of list. i though we were making grocery lists.
i'm sort of embarassed about my real list... ya know, blink 182 are sort of cheesy. but those geeky guys really do it for me.
Bono. Don't know why. I kind of liked U2 in high school, but I was in college and saw him on a magazine cover and it took my breath away and hasn't given it back since. Listening to him in my car presents a dangerous road situation, too.
As for young boys (okay, born 1978), Dhani Harrison. I salivate when I look at him. Just beautiful to look at, if not a bit creepy how much he resembles his dad at times.
I also like Kenneth Branagh (also since college - he was hot as Henry V even when terrorizing France), but his portrayals of Nazis have made my blood run kind of cold. I must remember that he's an actor PLAYING Nazis, and then I warm up again. 'Dead Again' is so romantic. I think he makes the top of the intellectual 'list.' We can talk about Shakespeare. Er, he can. I'll just listen...
Ok, the Bible banger checking in here...
oh, and as for the list...VINCE. FREAKING. VAUGHN.
oK, so on the capital punishment thing...I think a big part of why they used Tookie was because, yes, he repented, but where does that fit into society? Meaning, do we let him off the hook just because he says he is sorry? What sorts of implications does that have?
***Warning: Bible verses referenced...warning***
Jesus himself said, "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man” (Genesis 9:6). Jesus also demonstrated grace when capital punishment was due (John 8:1-11). The Apostle Paul definitely recognized the power of the government to institute capital punishment where appropriate (Romans 13:1-5).
That said, As well, Jesus acknowledged the legitimacy of capital punishment before Pilate (John 19:11), as did Paul before the Roman Governor Festus (Acts 25:11).
Would I feel differently about the death penalty if I watched an execution firsthand? Probably. Would I feel the same about it if I witnessed him killing those people? Probably. It is a very sticky subject.
I'm going to research it some more, because that's what I like to do. And I'm bored today.
On the abortion/choice thing, I guess my biggest thing is this - the Bible says "You knit me together in my mother's womb; I am fearfully and wonderfully made." How can I believe that and then allow that same little being to be sucked down a sink? Just doesn't work.
I share your frustration in Christians taking Jesus' words and using them for their own purposes. I have been guilty of that as well, I am afraid. Thank God He gives me grace. Lord knows I am not perfect.
Nick and Jessica: They're both a little slimy. Although hubs and I really enjoyed Newlyweds. LOVED it.
Forgot what else you were writing about. I was just thinking about you going through a 40 week pregnancy this morning and then Hans dying, and it just made me immensely sad.
So I'm sitting here wishing there were something more I could do...
Oh, Ron is my dad. Definitely opinionated, no?
Love your blog. It's like a breath of fresh air in a fart-filled room.
Rach
interesting points, rach, although i interpret jesus's point as being that man will shed man's blood, which i extrapolate as being a knock on our human conventions.
look at me, totally lapsed, arguing the bible. sheesh.
and dude, i so get the vince vaughn thing. don't know why, but i can't help it.
and another thing...
i haven't thought about the knit together wonderfully verse since my adventures in pregnancy, but the tadpole was not perfectly knit together. i loved it, but let's face it - it was a mess. maybe the adult who survived gestation can reflect on the perfection of his composition, but a large percentage of conceptions (40-60% depending on your research) are definitely not wonderfully made. in light of what i know today, i can't see that verse as much of an anti-abortion right defense.
How about the fact that the baby is most definitely alive? I just don't get how that can be ok, to kill a perfectly innocent living human being?
I am sure you are nervous nervous nervous...sending good thoughts and prayers.
Rach
you know, rach, there are a million scenarios i could trot out, but the bottom line is that abortion is never an easy choice. it's a horrible, excruciating choice - as well it should be. but to take the position that it's never right seems to me like the inability to put oneself in another's shoes. there are times when it is horribly, terribly the best choice. no one thinks abortion is a great, happy thing, or that everyone should do it. but i have had to visit that decision, and close friends have, and it's not something anyone takes lightly, and especially because it is so deeply personal a decision, the predominantly-male congress should not be dictating to what extent any of us have that choice.
i'm rambling - what i'm trying to say is that it's not that abortion is not serious - it may be the most serious decision a woman ever has to make, which is only right - but that it shouldn't be decided by 60 year old white men who think women are inferior to them. if you could never choose an abortion, i understand and respect that, but you have that choice - you can choose not to. that right to make that choice is what's at stake.
by the way, i used to be pretty ardently anti-choice. it took a friend's horrible situation to change my position. my pregnancy horrors have only made it more clear for me. no one else should make that decision for me - it's my responsibility.
Um, Lorem, I recall a quiet obsession you had with Kevin Costner before he was really famous.
My list has dwindled, but Billy Zane is still at the top of the list. Maybe it's the eyes, no....it's the lips....um....I can't decide.
As a Christian (though far from evangilist), I have to agree with turning the other cheek. After all, I was taught Christ's purpose was for our forgiveness. It seems hypocritical to me to expect forgiveness, but not to give it.
Thinking of you and your swimming Z.
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