Monthly Archives: May 2006

more tales from Sir Paul & the peg-leg

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So, Heather Mills & Paul McCartney have split up, huh? Who would’ve thought? Well, besides Paul’s kids, who’ve known their dad all their lives.

If a rocker can’t keep a marriage going with an ex-model* who is 25 years younger than him, what hope is there for the rest of us? I mean, normally, relationships like that thrive, don’t they? Why wouldn’t a marriage where the woman is hunting down J-Lo to chastise her, while her husband is out & about, touring the world & putting on rock-shows, work?**

And what!?! He wouldn’t let her sign a prenup, even though she wanted to! Sir Paul’s worth over 1.5 bill. Yes, folks, that’s a lot of purses & shoes & fun electronic equipment! I don’t get this last part, b/c I know he loved her, & she loved him. But the thing is, I always thought that Linda was like “the” love of his life. When she died, he said one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard from a man who’s been married as long as they were. He had said that he just lost his girlfriend. I thought that was so touching; b/c once ppl get married, they no longer act as they did when they were dating, they change. Oftentimes, for the lamer. Anyway, so I figured that Paul had found a woman with whom (who/whom?) he wanted to share the rest of his days. He didn’t feel about her as he did Linda, but she was gone now, & he should have a companion to spend the remainder of life with. That’s just my view, from the outside lookin in.

*I used the term model very loosely. I am a fashion buff, I read fashion mags & watch the new lines come out, & look through vintage stuff (from all countries, not just the US). And yet, I never heard of Heather Mills or her fake leg before she hooked up w/ Sir Paul.
**I know what you’re thinking here: “Holy run-on sentence, batman!” Well, that’s nothing compared to how I talk in real life!

On a related note, I was wondering why they call Swedish meatballs “Swedish meatballs”? Is this like “French toast” or “French fries” or “German Chocolate Cake”? Is there a real reason they’re refered to as Swedish? What makes them different? mmmm, cake.

Yale admits just about anyone

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Whaaa!?!

You know how schools are always looking to diversify their student body? Well, they are. I just read that Yale enrolled a former Taliban official in to a non-degree program. That’s not even all of it. This person only had a 4th grade education!

Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, a former ambassador-at-large of the Taliban, was admitted as a “special student”.

Related articles:
Opinion Journal (from the Wall Street Journal)
NY Times article
Polly Awards (handed out by CampusMagazine)
Article from Gujarat paper

Moses, Clay, & hygiene

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Why do ppl name their kids “Clay”? I think even “Moses” is a better name than “Clay” for a boy. It’s distinguished & is a “man’s name” definitely. Clay is smooshy stuff on the ground & synonymous w/ dirt. It’s their call what they want to name their kids, but I would def prefer Moses over Clay as a boy’s name. This came up today, b/c I actually dealt w/ a real live young boy (not man) by the name of Clay. And a few weeks ago, I know a lot of ppl were worked up cause Gwynie named her boy Moses. I’m cool w/ it, I think Moses is a grand name for a young man. I wouldn’t want it to become one of the popular boy’s names, but few & far between, it’s ok.

This whole thing reminded me of last year around this same time, when I got on a rant about ppl naming their kid “Jeanne”. If you name a baby “Jeanne”, then as that baby grows up, and ppl talk to her, they will be saying “Hi Jeanne” but it will come out “hygiene”. Why do that to your kid? Don’t you love your baby?! I thought ppl were supposed to love their kids & be totally in love/smitten/ all that good-stuff w/ their children.

things change

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I haven’t been posting for a while. I wasn’t planning on updating either. It is now officially less than 2 weeks until I turn xx years old. I’ve spent so many years (24 to 27) lying about my age. I finally started letting ppl know my real age around 28. But, in b/t bouts of “freaking out” about turning xx, I’ve also been stressed by life-stuff. You know, the stuff life hands you b/c you’re “supposedly strong enough to take it”? W/ that whole “whatever doesn’t kill you, blah, blah, blah”?

And in b/t those moments, I’ve had some really strange thoughts. Really random thoughts. So, for a little while at least, I’ll just post these random thoughts in little mini-posts as they come up. You know, like those little miniature versions of candy-bars that Hershey’s makes? The “bite-size” versions of Mr. Goodbar? mmmm, I do enjoy Mr. Goodbar. Bite-size or full size. Although, I’ve only had the full-size version of the candy-bar once, & I had to share it w/ someone cause it was too big.

Also, can I ask that no one comment on my turning xx? I know for ppl who know me, this is strange. My birthdays have all come w/ fun parties or nights out, & have been titled. The titles usually have words like “extravaganza” or “super” or “celebration” or “jubilee” or something w/ a combination of words like that. There would be dress/attire requirements (when I was younger, glitter requirements).

But I don’t want to make a big (or any) deal of it this year. I would actually prefer it didn’t happen at all. But I’ve talked to a lot of my friends, & apparently, this is not an option. For my girls who are older than me, they don’t understand what my glitch is.

“But you look young” “you’re only as old as you feel” “stop making a big deal, 30’s NOT old” that sort of thing.

Well, I know it’s not that old (or old at all). I know that w/ age comes wisdom. I know my experiences (& I’ve had a few), have taught me well, & have made me who I am. I don’t want to be 25 again. Btw, I freaked out when I turned 25 too; but that’s a whole ‘nother story.

Please no one comment on this. In fact, I’ll prob delete it one day. It’ll have a slow disappearance, kinda like Nikon’s “film cameras” or telegrams from Western Union. And nobody (but me) noticed that they no longer exist.

Nikon decided not to make any more “non-digital” cameras. I know ppl who are probably more traditionalists or sentimentalists than I would care. But I don’t. And those ppl are prob not even going to buy a cam that needs film anyway. I don’t care that Ford no longer makes cars that need to be hand-cranked to start up. I say, bring on the new technology! We’ll put the old ones in a museum & document how wonderful they were back then. B/c they were, I’m not arguing w/ that.

My youth & naïveté was wonderful back then, but I don’t want to go back to that either.

So, at least Nikon did put out a press statement saying that they were halting production of those cams. But Western Union just one day stopped offering telegrams one day. They used to have a link to it on their website. And they didn’t tell anyone, they just got rid of it. They were pretty sneaky about it too (I have to say, I’m kinda proud of them). They just “undid” the link itself. And then eventually, they got rid of the text altogether.

Ok, that’s it for now.