People Stink

A couple of nights ago, I went to a club to see a band. I haven't been to a club in a while. I've been to outside concerts and festivals, but I got tired of the smaller clubs and stopped going. About a half-hour after I got there, I realized something - people stink.

It hadn't been a hot day, and I'm not talking B.O. stink. There was a strong smell of some who hadn't washed their hair in a while - and it couldn't have all been coming from the guy with the dreds to his waist. It was a fair day and it was early in the evening. I wouldn't think their daily shampoo would wear off so quickly(?) Many, many people smelled like garlic.

It's odd, garlic smells so good raw or in food, but once someone eats it they smell horrible. It's like if you ate a rose and smelled like mold after. Every day I talk to at least one person who smells like garlic - or 'after-garlic'. I'm sure they had a delicious lunch, but must we all suffer for their stomach? There are thousands of mints on the market - pick one up, already!

One guy smelled like smoke, another like good cologne. A large woman standing next to me smelled like some old, inexpensive, men's cologne - I think it was Old Spice. It was a cornucopia of scents and the majority were not pleasing.

I don't have that sensitive a nose. I used to frequent a club that smelled like Oil of Olay and Dr. Pepper. It was a strange mix, but I liked it. I don't mind the smell of smoke. I like the smell of algae. But, I don't like the smell of dirty hair. That seemed the most prevalent scent.



If it was a metal band, or a reggae band, I might understand that particular smell, but this was They Might Be Giants! A geek band. Geeks are supposed to be squeaky clean. Maybe, they were all up for days writing code?

As the night played out, the passing strangers started to smell more like beer. Sadly, it was a welcome change.

Girl, We Need to Talk

I've only once watched Katie Couric on CBS's Evening News. From the ratings, not many are watching her. But, I know how she could bust up the all-boys-club for good. Her ratings would go up. The mere controversy of her newscasts would bring in more viewers, feedback - she could rule the airwaves. Honestly, this would work.
The only problem is, she would have to make a very difficult decision - would she be willing to report the news accurately and without bias? Would she be willing to tell all the news, instead of only the parts she and her producers want the audience to know? Could she do it, without gritting her teeth or rolling her eyes through the entire broadcast?
People throughout history have sold their souls for money and fame. Couric, as the first woman of network news, owes the women of this country. She's making a mess of things and it's reflecting badly on all of us. It's time for her to sell her soul, or at least put in on the shelf during the newscast and take a stand for all women.
It's really quite simple. All Katie Couric would have to do is report actual news - news that's overlooked by the rest of the broadcasts, because it doesn't fit their world view.

"What news?" You may be thinking...

I found a site a few weeks ago, and I am addicted. It's called NewsBusters. I thought I was hearing all the news, turns out I was getting select news stories or sometimes only some of the story!
Did you know a British court said a disclaimer must go with any school viewing of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, because there are at least nine factual inaccuracies? I didn't hear that on the nightly news. Did you know Rush Limbaugh sold a libelous letter, written by Harry Reid, on eBay for a historic amount to go to charity - and Limbaugh is matching the funds himself? Not only that, he asked the representatives who signed the Reid letter to do that same, and they didn't even acknowledge it? How about the Hillary Clinton campaign and questionable Chinese immigrant funds? These aren't rumours, gossip or innuendo. These are actual news stories that aren't being reported on the network news!

If Katie Couric reported half of things I've read in the last few weeks, I'd watch. Others would watch as well. Especially, those who aren't use to these stories getting out. Those who like to spoon-feed us what they want us to hear. They'd probably try to drum her from the airwaves to stop her. They would cause a controversy that would make everyone tune in to see what she was saying that they so opposed, and you know what that would do?

That, girl friend, would guarantee her success!

Tired of the Same Old Thing?

Ladies, are you tired of the same old monthly routine?

Bored by a regular cycle and consistency for years on end?

Like a wonderful surprise ending, sometime between 35 and 50, you too will know the joys of perimenopause!

Never a dull moment, perimenopause will give you the change and excitement you desire!

Always had a friend with incapacitating cramps? Never knew why she was such a baby about it? No worries - one month you'll feel for yourself.
Heard of those who breakout the week before their period, but you were spared? I know you've always felt left out. Now, you'll get to experience it yourself!
Long periods, short periods, flooding, all this will be yours for an unknowable length of years! Every month you''ll get to experience symptoms you've only read about.
Never experienced bloating? No worries! You find out why other women keep pants, two sizes bigger than their normal size!
Heard rumours of breast tenderness? One month you'll resort to putting cotton balls in your bra, just to spare yourself from the pain!
Each month will be a different set of symptoms, so there's never a dull moment. Check it out, sooner than you think!

It's Perimenopause!

[note: not for those under 35 without special circumstances]

Twilight the movie - casting

I checked out Stephenie Meyer's page about the casting of the Twilight movie. I am sooo disappointed. I could not disagree more on the casting of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan. The actor Meyer would like for Edward looks like he would smack his girlfriend around, something Edward would never do.
The actress for Bella... argh! She looks pouty and arrogant - is that Bella in your mind?

Much better for Edward Cullen is Meyer's choice for Carlise - Charlie Hunnam. Here are my personal casting preferences:
Edward Cullen: Charlie Hunnam
Handsome, vunerable, the perfect Edward Cullen.












Bella Swan: Alexis Bledel

Okay, so she might have to wear brown contacts, but this is Bella Swan! She's even a year older than the Edward I like.

She's perfect.















Alice Cullen: Jena Malone

I've heard a lot of talk about Jena Malone playing evil characters. What better way to break out of type-casting than to play Alice?
She has the pixie face, she's not too tall, and I just saw her in an interview with an Alice Cullen haircut!













Victoria: Avril Lavigne

Look at that image. Tell me that isn't Victoria? She even has those teeth! Meyer's said no one who isn't an actor, but Victoria doesn't really say much.
Tiny Avril dancing about with an evil look is frightening. This is Victoria!

Vampire Romance?

I am not a reader of Vampire stories. I am not a reader of Romance stories. I would rather poke my eyes out with a very, very pointy stick, than to go anywhere near either genre.

However, someone begged me to read a book - Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer - and, reluctantly, I did. More than read, I devoured it. After finishing it, I read New Moon. Then, I waited patiently for the library to have a copy of Eclipse available. Not only did I survive reading a series of Vampire Romance stories, I absolutely loved them.

These stories were not written for me. They are Young Adult novels. I am not a 'young' adult. My Edward Cullen is not the Edward Cullen of young girls dreams. Oddly enough, he's not even the Edward Cullen that I would imagine for myself.
That isn't to say that Edward Cullen, in his character, is different in my mind. Stephenie Meyer has made a character that is the ultimate man. The man women, young and old alike, wish existed. Okay, maybe not undead and all, but certainly the most sincere, respectful, passionate, realistic (in his thinking) man I've ever come across in fiction. There is no denying this character is fictional.

It is how Edward Cullen looks that is different to me, because I'm not the market for this book. Perhaps, the advertising for the tv show Journeyman was overboard while I read the first novel, but Edward in my mind looks like this picture. The actor is Kevin McKidd, and that is not the usual way he looks. Yes, I doctored the image a bit to give him more of an Edward Cullen look.
Now, if you do a search of images of Kevin McKidd, you will find many, many pictures of him that don't look like my Edward. He doesn't look like him all the time - maybe one out of a hundred images. The best example is a photo in the current TV Guide, but I couldn't find it on their website.

It had to be excessive advertising which set that man as my Edward. For the record, I don't like blondes, red heads, or light eyes, yet here we have it. Because I am not the target audience for this book, my Edward is a little closer to my age, rather than a teenager as he was in the book. That would be gross. My Edward Cullen is a light-haired, light-eyed, mid-thirties man. Deal with it girlies.