Below are the most recent 5 friends' journal entries.

Monday, November 9th, 2009
woofiegrrl	1:45a	Chief of Craziness I just heard of Jonathan Lee Riches. This man cracks me up. I heard about him from his lawsuit against the Gosselins and Octomom, but I also discovered a partial (?) listing of his lawsuits which include the following gems: Against Starbucks: "Plaintiff also alleges that Defendant Schultz is friends with Michael Vick, and that Defendants want to burn him with hot coffee." Against the IOC: "Plaintiff further alleges that he ran 26.2 miles in 1 hour 58 minutes , but the defendants won't allow him to join the Olympics because he is White. Plaintiff also alleges that defendants forbade him from racing at Churchill Downs and sent Tonya Harding to break his knee caps." Against Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber: "Plaintiff also alleges that defendant is rounding up all the Teds in the world to hurt him, including Ted Kennedy, Ted Bundy, Ted Turner, Bill and Ted, Ted Nugent, Teddy Bears, and Teddy Rumpskin." Against Barry Bonds: "Plaintiff also claims that Barry Bonds sold steroids to nuns and gave mustard gas to Saddam Hussein as part of the oil-for-food scandal." That's just a sampling. The guy seems to really have it in for OJ Simpson, BTW. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
woofiegrrl	8:17p	Voting Complaint I submitted the following to the Virginia Board of Elections, because it seemed like a fun thing to do, rather than letting it slide. While waiting to receive my voting card, I saw many people getting paper ballots. I asked if electronic voting was available. I was told that it was "strongly recommended" that I use a paper ballot. I said I preferred to use electronic voting and my voting card was returned to me. I brought it to the poll worker managing electronic voting machines, and when he escorted me to them he said "you know this is old technology, right?" He then took my voting card and left me to vote. I feel it is inappropriate for poll workers to recommend, suggest, or choose by default a particular method for voters when more than one method is available. If one method is preferred by the state, that method should be the only one available. If multiple methods MUST be offered, but one is still preferred, then a sign stating "Electronic Voting Available" or "Paper Ballots Available" should be displayed, and voters should not be steered toward a standard method if they request an alternative method. It was a little better worded when I wrote it the first time, but they require under 1000 characters...so this is 996. Added: My friend Ryan had this to say: "Pollworkers are NOT supposed to suggest ANYTHING. Big no-no." (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
woofiegrrl	4:58p	I Can't Go to France Malheureusement je pense que je dois quitter l'idée d'aller au France pour une mois l'été prochaine. Je pourrais y aller avec une programme de Gallaudet mais le voyage coûte plus que $5000 et aussi si je quitte l'Amérique pour si longtemps qu'un mois, je manquerai plus que $4000 du travail et j'ai besoin du cet argent pour la reste de ma diplome. C'était vraiment une super chance et j'aimerais bien y aller mais les coûtes sont trop haut pour mois. Je dois me rester avec la satisfaction que la France ne peut pas disparait et peut-être un jour je peux y aller. J'ecris tout cela avec mon français inutilisé depuis plus que dix ans alors si je me trompe et quelque chose ne marche pas en Google Translate, je suis desolée et excusez-moi. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 30th, 2009
woofiegrrl	5:09p	Potential Credit Classes I can complete all of my required courses for graduation by the end of Spring 2010, graduating a year earlier than expected, except for one hitch: you need 120 credits to graduate, and I will only have 95.5 at the end of Spring 2010. I e-mailed my academic advisor and asked if I could graduate anyway, and she said "nice try, but you still need 120 credits." She suggested either a paid internship or taking some classes at a community college over the summer...so here's some fun stuff at NoVA. ADJ 164 - Case Studies in Murder/Violent Crimes ADJ 186 - Forensic Psychology ENG 256 - Literature of Science Fiction HIS 281 - History of Virginia I TRV 100 - Introduction to the Travel Industry (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, October 26th, 2009
woofiegrrl	8:05p	Choosing to be Gay I just watched an episode of Supernanny featuring the Prescott family, Kadi and Daniel and their seven kids. One theme throughout the episode was that Kadi's father had come out as gay when she was 13 and left the family, leaving her with feelings of abandonment; her husband Daniel didn't approve of homosexuality and as a result there was virtually no relationship between Kadi and her father. Jo, the nanny on the show, got Kadi's dad on the phone. (I've noticed she does as much for parents as she does for kids.) She did a little small talk, and then asked, "so can you tell us about the choice you made?" The father proceeded to explain that he'd always had those feelings, he tried to deny them, he got married, that didn't fix them, and he finally felt free when he came out. I was so surprised. Did he really think that's what Jo meant? I'm quite sure she meant "the choice to leave your family behind" and not the choice to become gay. What a surprise for me to hear that's not how he interpreted it at all. He's been coached to believe that his gayness is wrong, poor guy. He thinks it was a choice he made. (6 Comments |Comment on this)