music: Prince - Batdance
mood: full
1. First kiss?
The second time Dan and I dated. It was nighttime. The moon was out. We were sitting on a park bench looking at Sunset Lake. Aww.
2. Underwater swimming or skydiving?
Underwater swimming with scuba gear, preferably. A snorkle is good too.
3. Careful as you cross the street or never look both ways?
Extremely careful.
4. Ketchup: a vegetable?
No.
5. Underwear - optional?
Depends on what you're wearing. I have a pair of jeans that I cannot wear unless I go commando. Take a lesson from Britney Spears, folks. Skirt + no undies = horrifying.
PikaPikaChick on 12.15.06 @ 01:02 PM CST [Friday Fiver">link]
Rosie O'Donnell: barometer for the rest of the country?
music: George Michael
mood: Disappointed
Rosie O'Donnell "ching chongs" herself into a pickle
This is the first I've heard of this. It should probably be getting more press. Anyway, here's the offending quote...
"You know, you can imagine in China it's like `ching chong, ching chong chong, Danny DeVito, ching chong chong chong, drunk, "The View," ching chong,'"
This bothers me. It bothers me as much as people using the term "oriental" to describe Asians. Yes Rosie, I was in fact teased on the playground by white kids slanting their eyes with their fingers and sing-songing "ching chong!" at me. And I'm only half Korean. The full Asian kids probably got it worse.
That was only about 20 years ago. I wonder how much people have changed. It's absolutely unacceptable to use the "n-word" but it just doesn't seem quite as bad as "g**k," "ch*nk," "sp*c," or even "cracker" for that matter. What goes on in people's heads unspoken? How much is actually spoken these days? I try not to notice.
I actually had to tell a co-worker that "oriental" isn't acceptable anymore. It made me second-guess myself. I'm not second-guessing anymore.
PikaPikaChick on 12.15.06 @ 10:22 AM CST [
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Thursday, December 14th
Religion, the saving of
music: various
mood: headachey
Good editorial by Jay Bakker and Marc Brown over at CNN:
What The Hell Happened To Christianity?
I agree 100% with these guys. This is the side of Christianity that seems to have been shoved into a dirty little corner. Why? Money and politics, I suppose.
I don't have a problem with Christianity on a grand scale. Jesus had some pretty great ideas about how to live your life. Christians who want to try to emulate him are fantastic people.
It's the Christians who try to emulate the Church (that cold, hateful institution) that I have a problem with. I still don't think that large groups of people being forced to obey a small group of people is ever a good idea -- in religion or politics. Just a few silver-tongued backwards people can somehow convince a mob of thousands that hate and discrimination is, in fact, an OK thing to do. Obviously, this goes for any organized religion.
I'd like to think that there are more Christians like Jay Bakker and Marc Brown out there. I wish you folks would stand up to the closed-minded conservatives once and for all before something really stupid happens in this country.
Might I offer some suggestions to conservatives with time on their hands and hate on their brains?
Instead of picketing your local abortion or family planning clinic, why not organize a community program to benefit a local orphanage?
Instead of protesting at a gay rights event, why not volunteer at a soup kitchen or homeless shelter?
Instead of bible thumping atop a milk crate on a street corner, why not become a Big Brother or Big Sister to an at-risk youth?
Instead of writing hateful letters to the editor, why not learn to knit or crochet and use your free time making scarves, hats, and mittens for low income immigrant children?
Instead of generally being a dick to your fellow human beings, why not volunteer at a woman's shelter? Community center? Red Cross? Donate blood? Organize a fundraiser to help the thousands of Katrina victims who are still displaced and struggling?
PikaPikaChick on 12.14.06 @ 11:44 AM CST [link]
Happy Holidays!
music: Brother Ali - Room With A View
mood: amused
Consider this my Christmas card to all of you.
PikaPikaChick on 12.14.06 @ 09:00 AM CST [link]
Friday, December 8th
I'm no math whiz, but...
mood: astonished
Verizon Doesn't Know Difference Between Dollars And Cents
My brain bleeds.
Go here and Digg that shit. Someone needs to take Verizon to task on this one.
PikaPikaChick on 12.08.06 @ 12:45 PM CST [link]
Wednesday, December 6th
Movies
music: Elton John - Rocket Man
mood: sick
Saw a couple of movies recently:
2001: A Space Odyssey
I listened to the audiobook a few months ago and I've been salivating over the chance to see this movie since then. Maybe, just maybe, it would make the book's ending make more sense. Uhh, no.
Mirrormask
OH DUDE. This is a FANTASTIC movie. Yeah, the plot's a bit thin. But it completely doesn't matter because the visuals are like crack. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I just kept waiting for my next fix... and I kept getting it. LOVED the ending. Hee hee... "What?" HA! GO SEE THIS MOVIE NOW.
PikaPikaChick on 12.06.06 @ 11:27 AM CST [link]