Author: lekiare

It’s taboo to bring up politics in my household. The parents and one brother lean one way, and my younger brother and I lean the other way. And as viewpoints go, we all think we’re right. I guess that’s what happens when you grow up in a family with very, very stubborn genetics.
By Tuesday night the election will be over, and saying that I will be overjoyed is an overstatement. Almost every phone call home has some subtle comment from the parent about my affiliation. How could I vote for that person? Why did S. vote for X? Are we nuts? Did we know that X supports murdering children?
Oh my goodness I had no clue that murdering living, breathing children was legal in the United States of America. Then again illegal wiretapping is legal now as well as the temporary cancellation of habeas corpus for would be terrorists who may or may not be Americans.
Hmm.
I haven’t decided who to vote for yet. I’m more worried about being able to vote than actually having to make that choice. I don’t want a repeat of last time.

Hay veces donde realmente me pregunto ¿porqué cometí este estupidez? Metí la pata. En serio. Entre más grande, más estupida. Y aparte todas mis amigas se están burlando de mí. Ya verán.

I have yet to see the documentary, "Murderball," but apparently it’s done wonders for the sport called quad rugby. It’s catching on, and now more men and women want to participate. I guess it comes with the thrill of crashing their wheelchairs into each other! What is even funnier is reading that the women are meaner than the men. Nah, really?

I narrowly escaped the spoilers today, and I’m very glad I did. OH FRAK! Just when I think this show has finished with the surprises it moves forward with an other one. There are still ten minutes left, but what I love so far is the Cylon point of view. The way the music changes into a more classical theme to better illustrate Baltar’s predicament and the Cylon’s distress. I’m wondering if they’re using Phillip Glass again.
One thing is certain, the woman in me was quite happy to see a muscular Lee. Yum.

For the last few years it’s been almost impossible to enjoy October. Normally I spend the entire month in a growing panic. After all a few short days after my favorite month in the entire world bar results are released, and the last time I put myself through that agony I ended up in the ER with a very. very bad headache.
Migraines are bad.
This time I just felt apathetic. My best friend kept trying to convince me to have a party, and the only thing I could picture was our resulting disappointment of no one showing up and the mess in the end. Not that it would happen, but that it could. It was unshakable, and I’m realizing now that this October was making up for all the last few. It was a breather. Maybe it was giving me a chance to find it again, so that next year I might enjoy it again.
So what did I do? I laid out a bowl full of candy in front of my door, watched scary movies all day, and I ate plenty of Tootsie Rolls. The bowl was still full when I rescued it later that night. No surprise there. I had no clue that the killer in Friday the 13th was that person! How did they come up with the hockey mask? Granted I was switching back and forth between that and Halloween 4.
Next year I think I need to dress up and throw a party.

Bill Piatt will no longer be the Dean of St. Mary’s University Law School. Despite having increased the bar passage rate for the university, the school decided not to renew his contract over growing concern in the declining enrollment of minority students and faculty:

Eight years ago, Piatt took the helm of a law school struggling with a spotty reputation for producing graduates who couldn’t pass their Texas Bar exams on their first try with promises that pass rates would be a top priority.
To Mynor "Eddie" Rodríguez — a 2002 grad who passed the bar exam on his first try — that commitment rang hollow.
"When we (as a class) didn’t do too well, he disowned us, which I found offensive because had we done better, I’m sure he would have taken credit," Rodríguez said.
Over his eight-year tenure, Piatt also acquired a reputation — deserved or not — for heavy-handedness and declines in the percentages of minority students and faculty members at the school.

As a proud member of the class of 2003 I can only hope that the new dean will work to strengthen the reputation of the university. Professor Cantu is standing in right now, and he was a wonderful instructor when it came to Torts. He’s very smart too. Hopefully they’ll let him keep it.

USC lost to Oregon State. Sweet…
Any bets on who is going to be ahead in the polls, ahead of the Trojans?

Two words: too short!
The episode deserves another viewing before I start raving about it, but I’m glad Roslin and Zarek did not perish. I didn’t expect Ellen to be discovered so soon, and I certainly didn’t think they’d have Sharon Agathon doubting the death of her daughter. That was brilliant. Of course now it really will bring up whether she can be trusted, and if Helo is brought into the loop, he’s going to have trouble with this detail as well. This isn’t a question about Cylons versus humans. It’s parents dealing with the kidnapping of their child at the hands of people they’ve come to trust, and this is the ultimate betrayal.
I love it.
Bloody hell, do I really have to wait an entire week for part 2? So not cool.

It’s ‘new student’ day. He sounds so excited to start, and I’m petrified. I come across as assertive and outgoing, but on the inside I’m painfully aware of every word I’m saying no matter what language I’m using. Beginners are so difficult to impress. Then again it’s worse when I feel as if I have to make this huge and wonderful impression.
I really do enjoy teaching Spanish. Even more so when I feel like my language isn’t being lost to this melting pot called San Antonio, and where the majority of the Latinos feel perfectly justified in mixing things up with English.
Damn. I didn’t tell him I was ‘special.’ He’s going to like me!

Family members of three murder victims are sueing the makers of "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" claiming that a fourteen year-old, Corey Posey, would never had killed their relatives had he not played that game.

Posey had told police he shot his family after his father, the ranch foreman, slapped him for not cleaning horse stalls fast enough. Prosecutors described Posey as a ruthless killer, but his lawyers claimed his father had abused him for years.

So, Posey is completely ok with being abused, and his family is worth $600 million. Of course the game did it, in the closet with the remote control.
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