If I may...

[wednes]

Here's some things in brief:

1. If you think it's okay for rentacops to repeatedly use a taser on an already incapacitated student (I really don't care how mouthy he was) you're a fucking idiot and should be repeatedly tazed.

2. While it's always sad when someone dies, Bo Shembeckler was a football coach, not Jesus.
Let's all just calm down, shall we?

3. My birthday party is in one week.

4. Weddings are expensive, as are honeymoons. Fie!

5. The OJ show on FOX is reprehensible. As if that wasn't bad enough, it's already been done in real life. Here's Bill O'Reilly being a dick about the whole thing.

6. My sister-in-law is awesome. But a week is a long time for a visit in an apartment.

7. No one REALLY wants to see the Steve Irwin death footage. Stop saying you do.

8. The horrorfest is sold out. God Fucking Dammit!

9. That will not stop me from watching horror tonight.

10. I will not be able to invite everyone I want to the wedding. Unless I don't serve dinner.


Only one word kids, I'm serious!

1. Yourself?
unique

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife?
awesome

3. Your hair?
greying

4. Your mother?
pathetic

5. Your father?
distant

6. Your Favorite Item?
computer

7. Your dream last night?
zombies

8. Your Favorite drink?
lemonsoda (ha! i cheated)

9. Your Dream Car/truck?
beetle

10. The Room You Are In?
comfy

11. Your Ex?
drunk

12. Your fear?
failure

13. What you want to be in 10 years?
successful

14. Who you hung out with last night?
Steve

15. What You're Not?
deceitful

16. Muffins?
okay

17. One of Your Wish List Items?
gargoyle

19. The Last Thing You Did?
excersize

20. What You Are Wearing?
dress

21. Your Favorite Weather?
chilly

22. Your Favorite Book?
murderers

23. The Last Thing You Ate?
granola

24. Your Life?
accelerating

25. Your Mood?
high

26. Your body?
improving

27. What are you thinking about right now?
handfasting

28. Your truck/car:
none

29. What are you doing at the moment?
procrastinating

30. Your summer?
jobless

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

My comment about Bo is this: Do you remember how you felt when you heard the same sentiments concerning the Steve Irwin?

-Todd

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Steve Irwin saved animals. Bo coached football.
I guess I just view one as infinitely more important than the other.

[(Anonymous)]

Football isn't an empty entity - it consists of human beings. Despite the associations often made with football players, football and football coaches can be a benevolent factor in many lives; they have given many students opportunity that might not otherwise be available.

I'm not sure if you actually watched any of the shows about Bo Schembechler, but I think his contributions should not be underestimated.

It's also clear that I fully understand the importance of saving animals.

(frozen comment)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

This has already gone from a friendly chat to something divisive.

I'm out.

[(Anonymous)]

Really?

OK, sorry you feel that way.

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

There was nothing nasty about what you said at all.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I didn't say it was nasty. I said it was divisive. I wasn't in the mood to have someone try to convince me of something when the issue at hand is obviously opinion based.

I'm trying to limit the amount of stupid, time wasting arguments I have with the same three people on the internet.

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

Who are these other two people???? You need to have all your stupid time wasting arguments with me!!!

Seriously though, Steve Irwin was cool and everything, but he's no Bo Shembeckler. ;-)

Actually I'm with cmdavi_70, I barely knew who he was.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Be you not jealous, Nate.
I'll still have plenty of time to infuriate myself dealing with the likes of you...

How're you holding up, BTW?
Wait, let me guess...fine?

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

Wait, let me guess...fine?
How did you know?

I am running low on Tequila though. By the way, did you need any pizza? Call me.

[cmdavi-70.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I had to look up Bo Shembeckler to find out who he is. At any rate, I see that he was an old man who died of natural causes; whereas, Steve Irwin died a highly unusual death while in his prime. Hmm, one seems a lot more tragic than the other.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Indeed.

Ultimately though, I don't think it's a question of compare and contrast. In Ann Arbor, people are acting like it's the saddest thing that ever happened. It's not. Admittedly though, I have a long standing tradition of not giving a shit about sports--and especially college football.

[groovesinorbit]

#1--what was that about?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

That thing at UCLA where campus cops tazered that Iranian kid who didn't have his ID.

It was all over my flist.

[groovesinorbit]

Huh. First I've heard of it. Campus cops can be special, but then so can LA cops in general. I think it's something in the water out that way.

I hope the guy's going to recover and commence suing.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he will. The ACLU already said the onlooking students who were threatened (the "cops" threatened to taze them when they asked for names and badge numbers) had a case. So the poor kid who got tazed will certainly sue...he was handcuffed for the last taze.

[groovesinorbit]

Jesus. It sounds like the latest crap the LA cops got videotaped doing. Ridiculous.

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

In all fairness, Bo was the winningest coach in football history. He made U of M the popular school it is today. He brought tons of publicity and recognition to the U and as a result, it is recognized as the acedemic university it is today. Not that it wasn't already a great academic school, but no one may have ever known if it wasn't for Bo coaching the wolverines for all those years.

He may be just a football coach, but whenever we get upset that an actor dies, we can always say that they were just an actor, or we can remember that an individual like this brought millions of people thrills, happiness and excitement for 26 years, and then continued to make huge contributions to the University, and the surrounding community, literally up until the day he died.

[katie-can-draw.livejournal.com]

I wanted to add that Bo was not only a football coach. he was a staple in the community i grew up in. He was THE most motivating people i've ever met... and the man that taught me that ambition was NOT bad. My parents may have taught me to always do my best, but it was ONE speech from bo that told me to not just expect things to come to me JUST because i do things well... he taught me that you HAVE to go one further, take your talent in any given field and chase it and make thing happen yourself. because of that one damn 45 minute speech, i changed the way a approached my life for the better. and it's damned insulting for you to say he's just a football coach when you know nothing about him.

also, the man's legacy of buildings at u of m, scholarships in BOTH academics and sports... he left behind many a foundation that people pour money into every year because of what he did for u of m... not just the football team, but the school.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

It is true. I never met the man, nor do I know anything about his non-football related activities. I don't think it's particularly insulting though, to say that he's not Jesus. It's clear that you were inspired by him, and that's awesome. I certainly wasn't trying to besmirch that.

As I said above, he's an old man who died after a long successful life. Sad? Sure. But far from the greatest tragedy of our time. People are freaking out about it wherever I go, even on the writing boards. As someone who didn't grow up with U of M football, it seems a little over-the-top to me.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I thought U of M was popular because of it's amazing academics. I just think college football is stupid and takes recourses and funds that could be used by much smarter and more committed students. Granted, that is something of a generalization and based on the school I went to, rather than a major university.

The fact remains though, he's an old man who died after a long, successful life. And that sports are stupid. ;-]

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

For the life of me I just can't imagine how having a winning team can improve academics.

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

Not to be harsh, but you're joking right??

How about the hundreds of millions (in U of M's case, probably billions) of dollars payed by the football program that goes into the university. How about students who live in Calafornia and are looking for a great school for something like public health, and they read, "Hmmm, says here that Ann Arbor has a good program in public health, and that was the team that goes to the rosebowl all those times. Sounds cool there, I think I'll look ito it."

If no one has heard of U of M then they're not as likely to look into the programs they have. But those who have heard of it and are fans of sports (which many are), they may be more likely to bring themselves and their money here rather than go anywhere else. Strong atheletic programs also brings in faculty who love sports and donators with money. This is how it helps acedemics. By bringing it to the limelight in populatiry, it makes the U memoriable and then when people who have millions are looking to spend their money they may wish to spend it on the winning team.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

As much as I hate to say anything pro=football, I have to agree with Ryan here. The football team gets a lot of money because they make it all back. An award winning debate team will never make what U of M football does in one game.

[nate101000.livejournal.com]

I just don't see how someone looking for a particular academic field would consider the sports team. I have never in my life known anyone to consider the quality of the sports program to be a consideration except for when they were planning on playing. Not even in high school when people were talking daily about where they wanted to go.

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

That's not true, I did it. Not because I was a huge athelete, but because I knew the reputation the school had, not from academics, but through their sports program. As a kid, I wanted to go to U of M because I knew who they were because of their football team. That was it. I had no idea of what I wanted to study or anything like that. Knew nothing of the academics at all. As one gets older and starts looking for a place to go to school they look for what they know. Well, I considered U of M before I knew about price or their film video program. I considered UCONN because of their soccer team (but I was thinking of playing there), and they had a pretty good video production program.

The whole reason you can mention either Ann Arbor or U of M to anyone in the country and they know what you are talking about is almost solely because of it's football and basketball program. After looking only slightly deeper you can learn that it's one of the top rated schools in the country for everything, but if you don't know about a school from the get go, you won't apply there.

Did you know that ALL of U of M's programs were in the top 25 in the country? I didn't, but I bet you knew they have a successful football team.