February 11, 2004

• I got to sit down and eat dinner with lola again.  Talked a little bit.  She's a tattle tale.  My uncle is a tattle tale.  They tell me things to get me mad at either one of them.  It's just all frustrating to me.

  
  

  I gained a little insight into my manager yesterday at work.  It adjusted my view of her a little bit.  I still think she is pretentions and pontificates a lot, but she said she always looks for people to give suggestions on making things more efficient.  In her words, "We've always done it that way is not a good enough reason to do something.  There has to be a more definitive reason why."  I like that.

  
  

  I was able to watch a little bit of the phenomenon that is known as "American Idol" and part of their success is that they are giving "average" people the opportunity to become stars.  I put average in parentheses because the people on there are obviously better than average singers.  For example, I'd never go on that show. 

  
  

  The other part of the show's success is that they are interactive with the viewing audience.  They let home viewers vote on who they think should advance to the next round.  That's interactive.  In a way, the contestants fates are in the viewer's hands.  I'd like to see the numbers of voters for American Idol voting compared to election voting.  It would probably be very interesting.

  
  

  A lot of people are having thoughts for Valentine's Day or as some people call it, Single Awareness Day (SAD).  It seems narrow-minded to me to think that Valentine's Day is a more romantic day than any other day.  I get like this around Christmas too, where everyone is spreading the Christmas cheer.  That should be the case every day.  Maybe it's special because there are a lot of people celebrating it at the same time.  The thing is, anniversaries are special, and they are unique to each couple, aside for the rare exceptions where you know someone that has the same anniversary date.  Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to say that Valentine's Day shouldn't be special.  Every day is special.  Maybe I'm just thinking this way because I'm still single and still hoping that what Vangie said will come true about me and her.  That was seven years ago.  Oh well.

  
  

  No response yet as far as formal.

  
  

  Watching the news, I saw a report about students that were planning to stage a "Columbine-style" attack on Laguna High School.  The students accused were 15 years old.  Two students were arrested.  What in the world is going on?  This is a serious issue.  The reports say that the plan was racially motivated.  Even worse. 

  
  

  Of course, one could argue that they didn't do anything.  They thought it.  Who hasn't thought of doing something illegal without carrying it out?  Is there a difference between thinking and doing?  There are some fine lines that are going on in this sort of situation.  To top it all off, the Columbine killers committed suicide.  They knew it was wrong.  They paid the ultimate consequence.  It's a crazy mixed up world.

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