ZOMG! Where's Vivian?

Hey guys, sorry I didn't quite finish up the Sunday Special on a Stick features, it's been a pretty busy week...and I'll probably be busy for the next couple of weeks. So this brings me to the shocking news...I am going on hiatus. Just until after school is over, then I'll be back, better than before. The reason behind my decision is that I've realized I need to get my priorities straight and ironically enough, writing a blog won't bring up my English grade. So till I'm back, you'll only be hearing from Cathleen. I have entrusted her with all the responsibilities of running Thelma and Louise by herself. I know, scary right? Can she do it without Vivian the amazing blogger? Well I'll be back in no time so I doubt in that short period that Thelma and Louise will be left in shambles at the hands of Cathleen. I may be posting a top 20 indie artists list with Cathleen as my last post but that is tentative for now. So this may be the last time you hear from me for a couple weeks. I shall now exit in a kickass manner like they do in those movies where you turn around, your back is facing the audience, you sling your uber cool leather jacket over your shoulder, old school guitar in the other hand, you slowly start walking away and the most ridiculously amazing music starts playing, then roll credits. Here's my parting song:

This isn't goodbye, but see ya later!

-Vivian

The Real Life Popularity Contest

This post was actually done on the 20th, but due to Vivian not finishing her portion of the post, it's pretty late. But I'm posting it anyway.

Class elections are in the air. Let's take a look at the ballot now, shall we? Popular girl. Popular girl. Popular girl. Popular girl. Popular...GUY (oh hey a change for once). Popular girl. Popular guy. You should get the pattern by now, all these popular people. As you can see by now, this whole fiasco is just one giant popularity contest. I mean I guess what they say about those high schools is true, that popular people do exist and they top at somewhat important stuff. Now I'm not bashing all of them, there are some pretty decent people on the ballot list, but DAMN there is not a SINGLE person on there that isn't up there in their little social circle; or one person IMO that would actually make a worthy change in our school. Honestly, this thing is a total piece of shit. Where were those speeches they were supposed to make about why people should vote for them? They just expect us to vote for their asses because they have that little bit of fame around school, and sadly everyone is under their influence and complies. Plus there's also the fact that they're the only ones on the ballot. I guess the importance of a high school election isn't all that high, but damn this is just one giant analogy for the real world. Obviously the popular ones in the real world wouldn't be up there because of their clothes or something stupid like that, but it just works that way. Although, in a way, this would eventually disappear and people do start caring less for materialistic things as they age, except for the fact that people still grade popularity among different things.

But an example of this grading criteria for popularity would be the real life 2008 presidential election. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the two social minorities of the election. Maybe that's why they're getting all their fame, because of their gender and skin color. This is so powerful that it just blows all of the other candidates out of the water, even if in fact they are better than those two. I'm not saying they're not good, but they do have that little advantage. Although, many would disagree and say that their status is a disadvantage instead. It depends on the person whether or not they believe this to be true. You still have to admit that this factor is one that puts these candidates into the forefront and makes them more "noticeable". It can be a good or bad thing.

Anyway, back to the class election. So I don't think anybody would succeed if they didn't have at least one bit of popularity. Even the petition for candidates is a really stupid process. Anybody could run if they get enough signatures. They run upon intimidation. Everyone's just dumb not to question what these people will do to help our school. I'll admit it, I was one of them. But I won't make that mistake again.

Now onto the posters. Our only bit of voting criteria is the posters. We will vote according to how pretty each candidate's poster is. All these bright colors omg! Let's go vote for the one with the pink and spray painted letters. Oh wait, they all have spray painted letters. I mean wtf, you can't even be original in the way that everybody used fucking spray paint to make their posters. Vivian will cover later on how she noticed a little detail on a poster that pissed her off.

I really don't think I'm going to vote. Let everyone else be a swarm of followers, I'll just watch. Doesn't anybody see how sad this whole thing is? I would vote if there was a reason to, or if they told us what they could provide for our campus. But none of them did, leaving the image of them all as carbon copies of each other. You know what, someone else should just run. Someone out of their social circle. I mean seriously, that's the only reason why nobody else is up there. But a lot of other people don't have the time to sacrifice a period for leadership. Maybe this isn't such a giant issue, but it's still injustice! As small as it is, it can grow and turn into something big. People can learn a lesson from this, a lesson reflecting the real world. We need to take charge to get what we want, and we can't have leaders that will not actually help us in any way. Question everything.

-Cathleen

Cathleen covered most of it so I'll focus most of my post on how these elections are a pathetic mockery of democracy and the posters.

I guess I'll just come out and say it...THOSE POSTERS ARE WACK!!! I'm sure many of you have noticed the posters of two particular candidates, I won't name names, but basically the only thing on their posters is their names and a bunch of Air Jordan logos. So what am I supposed to take away from this? Do I vote for you because you wear Jordans? Do I vote for you because you're too lazy to do your own poster and just mooched off the other person? (I think you know who mooched off of who) A truly legitamate election is where people vote for the person that they feel has the best leadership skills, is responsible and mature, etc. Where in the world did these people get the idea that we should vote based on how expensive the shit they wear on their feet is? It's not just the fault of the teens who campaign with this mechanism and those who vote for it, I think it is the fault of the school administration, or more specifically the leadership teacher (not naming names but that one's a no brainer). What the hell are you teaching them? That being a leader is about flashy posters and who has more friends on MySpace? While it is true that they gave speeches during lunch on Tuesday, those speeches were less than a few minutes and only about 20% of the students spend their lunch in Colt Court, and even less are outside listening to those speeches. Now this brings me to my next point, why don't teenagers care? It's not just these elections where we see teens making grossly uninformed decisions, it's with real elections too. Why is it that teens are more concerned with who will win American Idol than who will be the leader of the free world for the next four years? And here's where ask I don't know about the rest of you but I really don't give a shit if you wear some ridiculously expensive shoes that were originally intended for basketball but now anyone wears them thinking they look cool.

- Vivian

Sunday Special on a Stick: Reviews of Season Finales, Part 1 Continued Again: Grey's Anatomy

Warning: Contains Spoilers

Grey's Anatomy
The Grey's Anatomy season finale was just. Wow, amazing. It was kinda bad due to the hiatus of the writers strike and all the mini hiatuses in between new episodes, I forgot a lot of this season's major story lines. But this episode was really good. So to sum it up, two major medical cases are featured in this episode (3 if you count the tumor patients separately): the ones I mentioned before, the tumor teens, and the guy who was stuck in cement. And remember how George failed his exam? Well he demanded a retake this time, and got what he wanted. There were two teens who had brain tumors and were from the same support group. It seems that they were lovers as well, but the girl's parents did not approve since they knew that he might die soon. There was one scene that was both heartwarming and amusing at the same time. So Beth, the brain tumor girl, wanted to see Jeremy, her lover, but was unable to walk to him. She ended up trying to anyway and Meredith and Derek saw her struggling and listened to her about wanting to have sex with him. Meredith rolls her into a room and beautifies her and she and Derek guard the door while Jeremy and Beth share this beautiful thing before his surgery. But it was horrible because Jeremy ended up dying. That scene where Beth found out about his death was just so emotional.

Then there is cement boy, Andrew. Four "friends" had dared him to jump into a pool of cement. The dumbasses took about an hour to call after he had been stuck, and it took 3 hours for them to cut the portion of cement around him to deliver him to the hospital. So damn, that guy was in the cement for like 4 hours before he got help. Those fuckin asshole friends of his were laughing too when he was in pain. There was Lola too, the girl he liked, who IMO might have had a little bit of feelings for him in return but was too scared of her friends' reactions if they were to find out. These guys probably didn't give a shit about the fact that Andrew was fighting for his life in that hospital bed. Ugh I just hated them. But Andrew ended up surviving.

Ava's little realization last episode that she was not pregnant really hit her hard. Underlying borderline personality disorder was something she developed after her accident. She ended up cutting herself and Alex had to bring her to the hospital. It is revealed that Alex had done this before; he had to take care of his mother the same way.

Now the very last ten minutes of the finale were the hookups. You got MerDer, Callie and Erica, Adele and Richard, and the really odd one between Izzie and Alex. Now we are lead on to believe that Lexie likes George after her whole little "weak-in-the-knees" thing when George kissed her and thanked her for motivating him to talk to the chief. The Callie and Erica thing was expected, and we got a new couple on the show! Whoo! MerDer doing their on and off thing again. Oh that little speech that Meredith had about trust was BOOM interrupted by one of those "I'm going to kiss you and you can't stop me" type deals. So they're back together and Derek has to break it off with Rose. But this one, oh my the Izzie and Alex "hookup" if you can even call it that was really out of the blue. We now see the not so crappy side of Alex, a more human side of him where he actually stops being an ass. He cries. Yes, the machoman cries. I genuinely felt bad for Alex and I can see how Ava brought back those horrible memories of his mother. So he cries and I guess tries to have sex with Izzie to somewhat make himself feel less crappy. But of course he just ends up sobbing away.

This episode was really good in general. I felt it was satisfying and the medical cases were pretty interesting. Christina is BACK! She got her groove back and totally kicked Erica's ass in the operating room. It's good to see her back on track and out of her little emo state. There wasn't much of a cliffhanger though except for the hookups. I guess I am a bit curious about Alex's situation and Lexie; but those aren't major. So this was a 3.5/5 star episode because of the lack of cliffhanger. The whole season was not as memorable as the past seasons.

- Cathleen

Sunday Special on a Stick: Reviews of Season Finales, Part 1 Continued Again: One Tree Hill

Due to Vivian's crappy grammar/no caps, I've decided to edit it so people can read it without dying.

- Cathleen

So I'll just start with what pissed me off because I'm pretty heated right now.

Warning: Anger may cause excessive typos...screw it, i'm typing w/o caps, and crappy grammar; spoilers too (don't worry if you've already seen it)

WTF!!!!!! (only caps, lol) you know what, I take back what I said about the Brothers and Sisters thing not having cliffhangers. Cliffhangers suck ass! Those bitches left the show like that?! Like wtf! Gosh damn it Lucas, choose a girl but don't fucking ask her to marry you out of the blue. I just wanna like go over to Mark Schwann's house and replace all his milk with like sour milk that expired two years ago and then stuff his fridge full of stinky ass brie cheese and hope it's so bad that he'll become lactose intolerant from the smell alone. In case you guys don't know already, I am a major Brucas shipper. Peyton is an ugly, emo-ass-freaky-Lucas-I'll-cut-myself-if-you-don't-love-me psychotic blonde bitch. Get the fuck over it. You said no to his proposal, that shit was a gagillion years ago and that ship has come and passed. You said it yourself, it's just a dream and it will never be a reality. It should stay in the depth of your imagination and eventually out of sight so you can move the fuck on. I hope you guys also noticed how in episode 15 I think, Haley asked Peyton if she was actually in love with Lucas or just the idea of him. And she said a little bit of both. Well guess what bitches, that's not true love. You're in love with idealized version of who Lucas was or who you thought he was and what you thought you guys could be but clearly none of those idealized notions of panned out. So do you know what you do when things don't turn out the way you imagine them? You have to move on and imagine a different future for yourself. Don't get caught up on shit that never was because it will tear you apart, actually it already has. So here's a spoiler, Lindsey couldn't have gotten the phone call because the season finale was her last episode. Now I'm kinda scared because chances are, Peyton got the call since Brooke was expecting a call about Angie whereas Peyton wasn't expecting one from anyone. But you know what Lucas? You'd be a dumbass to marry Peyton instead of Brooke. She has more facets to her than just being an emo ass punk.

Whoo! Got that outta my system, can't say there won't be aftershocks though. So on to the stuff that did please me, not very much but here it is (also the stuff that I didn't like but didn't piss me off to the extent that the cliffhanger did). So jamie, omg, cutest kid ever. I've said this to Cathleen and I'll say it again, I've seen better acting coming out of that little kid in less than one season than I've seen from James Lafferty this entire show. Although I do think he's been doing kinda better, but the dad role is just so easy to pull off. I mean look who you have to compare him to; Homer, Peter Griffin, sperm bank dudes, not much to live up to if ya know what I mean. Speaking of Nathan, what was that shit when he dunked the ball. Him and Quentin and Jamie were all like wtf what did you just do. That was totally like that scene in spiderman where Peter realizes he has all these powers and he's like wow, cool and starts climbing walls. Dude, you dunked a ball, you didn't end world hunger, get the fuck over yourself. The pool scene was cute but Nathan was throwing that kid like a boomerang or some shit. I was totally rooting for mouth. Go on with your bad self! But if he's moving to Omaha, does that mean no more Mouth for One Tree Hill? =( And omg, Dan! First time I've ever felt sorry for him and felt that maybe he was a good guy. Pity that it had to come at the cost of a life, oh wait two lives because he only got half way there after Keith. But he seemed like he really was trying to make amends. And then the car! Dude, who the fuck teaches people how to drive these days?! Tweety bird or some shit! Oh wait, another spoiler. Apparently the driver of the car as one of the main characters, so attemped homicide by chance? Or was it successful?! Oh no! You may not agree with me but it was just heartbreaking to see him laying there with the beeper going off. Oh, and that beeper! That was the shit. Forget Sidekicks and Razrs and all these other fancy but unecessary phones. That beeper is what's up. With the arrows and the flashing lights (what up Kanye) and it was like vibrating almost dancing. I have to tell you though, I'm getting tired of the annual car accident. One Tree Hill needs to reinvent that shit or abandon the death possibility all together. Back to Peyton real quick, this should probably go up in the pissed off section but not that majorly piss offy. Dude, stop with your balloons! Grow the fuck up! Do you know how grown ups deal with their shit? Exactly how Luke did, you head straight for the bottle. actually, what the hell am I saying? At least balloons will keep you outta the AA meetings, point is, water balloons are just so overrated. Back to Jamie, loved the faux hawk. I was kinda liking Lucas' mohawk but got tired of it easily. Good move shaving it off Haley. Guess I'm done with my rant, please comment with your reacton about the episode because know i'm not alone. Oh yea, uh...1.5 stars. Very interesting episode, kept me on my toes but that cliffhanger just killed it for me. Oh yea, the music was spectacular. If you think this show is complete garbage, check it out just for the music because it not only captures the mood of the scene but gives indie artists a chance to strut their stuff. You can probably find it online, type in music heard on One Tree Hill.

-Vivian

Happy Birthday Ashley! (We keep our promises)

Sunday Special on a Stick: Reviews of Season Finales, Part 1 Continued: Gossip Girl

Warning: Contains Spoilers

Gossip Girl
As you all may have known, the season finale of Gossip Girl was on tonight. This was the episode wrapping up all those loose ends with the whole Georgina situation...and then some. If you haven't been watching the last few episodes, then you might need to because this wouldn't make sense to you if you didn't watch it. I'll give you a little bit of what's been happening. Georgina was blackmailing Serena with this little tape of her heavily making out with some guy, but in the very end was this bit where the guy dies from a drug overdose. Serena carried that little secret with her for such a long time, and now it has come back to haunt her. She really believed that she had killed him because she was dragged out of the room and was unable to call the ambulance in time. But really it was just Georgina's doing and she was the one who pulled Serena out. Why was she blackmailing her? Well she was just a weird, little, obsessive girl who couldn't handle the fact that old Serena (aka crazy, drunk, party girl Serena) was gone, and she wanted her back so they could all get boozed up and end up in a stranger's bed the next morning - because well, that I guess is her idea of fun. Like talk about crazy, Georgina's ex-Buffy's sister face should be in the dictionary next to the word. So the Georgina situation was solved within the first 20 minutes of the episode. Can you believe it? This little multi-episode plotline was resolved within the first 20 minutes of the episode. I mean you just screwed yourself over by giving the audience what it wanted in the first half of the show. It doesn't matter afterwards because nobody even gives a shit anymore. But I have to admit, that little Georgina confrontation was pretty amusing. It was too damn short though!

The middle bit of the episode was a really big letdown because it was just so bad. It was boring. That was it. I can barely remember what even happened. What was the significance of Lily and Rufus sleeping together if she wasn't going to leave Bart?

And the last half of the finale, my god that was horrible. All that build up from the previous episodes was wasted on this boring and UNNECESSARY breakup. Dan was an ass. I mean I seriously thought that Dan would have been the one asking for Serena's forgiveness instead of the other way around for being such an ignorant dick. The only reason she lied to you was because she wanted to protect you from being an accessory or hurting you even more. So gosh, she's the bigger person. You don't get to say things like "Oh I might as well should have slept with Georgina." What are you trying to pull here? Man, she was going through a hard time and you're just going to crush her. You're just confused. You know what, actually I can't even tell because this finale was so unclear. Chuck was an ass. All the men on that show were asses, well except for Nate. And the ending! Talk about not giving the audience what they want or fulfilling them in any way. I mean are you serious, you fucked up with Dan and Serena and now you're going to go for Chuck and Blair? I really thought Chuck wasn't that much of a whore anymore. But noOoOo, you just had to go on and screw up a relationship that probably would have been good for you. You really can't love anyone on the show anymore.

I hated the whole pairing of people during the last parts of the episode. Nate and Serena, Dan and Vanessa, Blair and that new guy. I mean that whole Nate and Vanessa storyline went NOWHERE. I really wanted something to happen. Gosh! You could have dragged it on for a little while longer. But you just let it die with no explanation whatsoever. Everybody just moved on so quickly, like nothing even happened. This season is a waste because of the season finale. And there is no cliffhanger! Nothing. At. All. There isn't anything to pull us in for the next season. This damn episode was one giant WTF. My disappointment just cannot be expressed because of how underwhelming it was. Ugh, 1 star out of 5.

- Cathleen

Sunday Special on a Stick: Reviews of Season Finales, Part 1 (Part 2 will be this Sunday): Brothers and Sisters

Warning: Contains spoilers, and kind of crappy review because I saw like two weeks ago

Brothers and Sisters
For those of you unfamiliar with the show (probably most of you, not all that popular among teens) the premise of the show revolves around the Walker family. They're all grown up so none of that 7th Heaven crap. Definitely not Emmy material but still decent and enough to soften the blows of the shocking happenings of the Desperate Houeswives episode right before it.

So for a quick prologue before I dive into the finale (skip this if you've been keeping up with the show); the main character Kitty (Calista Flockhart, dating Harrison Ford, shocking I know) is married to this politician dude (Rob Lowe) who lost the nomination for the Republican presidentail candidate. She's been wanting to have a kid having difficult time; she's not sterile but I don't know, not very clear about that. Well she's been taking hormone supplements, she uses and ovulation stick, etc. Kevin, the gay brother, is dating this Scotty guy who is from a much different social circle than him and is having medical troubles because he doesn't have health insurance (see what you do, you bitch ass Republicans against universal health care!) Sarah is the oldest sibling and former president of her deceased father's fruit or something company, Ojai. Ojai recently went under because of a bad deal that Sal, the maternal uncle, made so a merger is under way between Ojai and the father's other company, Walker Landing. Justin, the youngest sibling, is struggling with the romantic feelings he harbors for Rebecca, his father's illegit daughter (not incest persay because they met so late in life).

So diving in now! Like I said, not Emmy material so no exciting, wtf cliffhanger moments. But still some omg, I waited a whole season for that to happen moments. Kevin proposed to Scotty, for the second time! First time was influenced by the insurance thing (damn you Republicans!) and the second time, he told Scotty that he was his soulmate. I was like awww. Very cute. So they had a little commitment ceremony at Kevin's mom's house (would've been a wedding had this episode taken place just a few weeks later). Scotty's parents didn't make it out to the ceremony though. This was the confusing part for me. At first I thought it was because the parents didn't agree with their son's lifestyle but then later they were like we love our son, we've accepted his "choice" but we won't come to this sham of a wedding. So are you guys anti-gay or anti-the fact that gays can't marry?

You guys can breathe now, because Rebecca is not a Walker, she was fathered by some random director dude. So her and Justin end up making out at the end, still pretty gross though. Kitty and Robert have been trying the old fashioned way but to no avail. Then Kitty has a revelation at the commitment ceremony, things aren't always the way you imagine it, but it doesn't mean it isn't just as good. She always had this idea of her being pregnant and raising her biological child. But she realizes she'd be just as happy adopting. Just hope she doesn't pull and Angelina and adopt a whole Asian country thinking she's saved the world.

And omg Sal! Bout damn time you came out of the closet. You were in there so long I'm surprised it didn't turn into Narnia. Actually, I think this happened the episode before the finale, but whatever. So overall, I give this season finale 2.5 stars, due to the lack of cliffhangers, the oddity of the fact that Kevin and Scotty's life kinda suck because of Republicans yet Kitty and the rest of the family are Republicans and the almost incest thing, just can't get over it. I did like the cute gay couple factor though and I am so glad we finally see somewhat of a happy ending for gay folks.

A new Thelma and Louise feature coming to a blog near you!

Me and Cathleen have developed a new feature for our blog. It was actually more me but I'm feeling generous so I shall share the credit. The feature will be known as Sunday Special on a Stick. As the name indicates, it will be posted every Sunday morning. Don't take this as some legally binding contract because we are busy people...at least I am. Think like the Sunday edition of the newspaper. It's thicker, more comics, better crossword, etc. The Sunday Special on a Stick will include reviews. These reviews can be a critique of anything from movies, tv, books and even food. It may vary from a couple reviews to maybe even 5. A featured song(s) of the week will also come with the Sunday specials and will show up on our playlist and will be replaced by a different song every week. There will also be a YouTube video(s) of the week. To cap it all off, a quote of the week, a deep and profound one most likely (funny quotes get old after an hour or so). Seems like it should be called weekly specials huh? Well since all of those things will be posted on Sunday and as you may know, I love alliteration so it's Sunday Special on a Stick, take it or leave it. Suggestions are welcome for all categories or you can even suggest a new category. Most likely we won't listen to any suggestion about having a music video for the featured YouTube video unless it's like cinematic gold. We will be starting it today. I know, it's Monday but I can't wait until Sunday!

-Vivian...and Cathleen

P.S.- We will provide commentary explaining why each item is being featured.

California Saga

I’ve been really late to cover the legalization of gay marriage thing. Many days late actually. But that’s okay. So anyway, I just cannot express my joy in knowing that the gay rights movement is doing its thing and getting good outcomes. Before, it was one state. Now it’s two. TWO! Massachusetts and California are such beautiful states. This girl is proud to live in one of them. And here is a good article to fill you in if you’ve been living under a rock:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJAdjmJtqDzHG1370Shyd2_mMw4w

I just hope that this new decision will not be revoked and they’ll allow it to stay in the law books. This isn't a permanent decision and it would be horrible to see it be erased just like that. I predicted the conservatives would jump all over this, and they did. Everybody is so outraged that the court in California would pass such a ruling. I honestly don’t see why gay marriage is such a “threat” to these people. It’s not like you’re going to be married to someone of the same sex; why not allow others to express themselves? There have been many cases of heterosexual couples abusing the power of marriage that it’s disgusting to not permit homosexual couples to have a lick of that right. A heterosexual marriage of a few hours is outrageous and is completely insulting to lifetime of unhappiness and repression that homosexuals experience. Don’t pull a Britney on us and expect us to listen to you when you denounce gay marriage. Why can’t people just let go of their idealism and let others be happy? This is a great step forward for the battle for gay rights. Let’s keep it that way.

But then there is also the 2008 Presidential Election. John McCain is one who does not support the legalization of gay marriage. As bad as that sounds, at least he’s being upfront about it, so we’ll know who not to vote for as the leader of our freaking country. Oh darn, I forgot I’m not 18 yet. Anyway, here’s what ole Johnny had to say:

He "supports the right of the people of California to recognize marriage as a unique institution sanctioning the union between a man and a woman, just as he did in his home state of Arizona," his campaign said in response.

Tsk tsk. I’ll bet you he’s totally being hit-listed in the gay community.

Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isMtlWp0V29_IA4Ubxt4s0w5kWZAD90MBSCG0

- Cathleen

I have neglected to adress this as well. Thanks for bringing it up Cathleen. What I really just get teed off about are the reasons conservatives give for denying gays the right to marriage. They always give their little spiel about how in the bible it says that marriage is between a man and a woman and how heterosexual marriage is tradition. Well guess what motha fucka? The bible also tried to justify slavery and tradition is bullshit, just because it's old, doesn't mean it's right. People change, the world changes and with those changes, humanity should seek to enlighten themselves, not continue to get caught up in narrow ass mindsets that were developed like a gagillion years ago. And a lot of conservatives express how they think homosexuality is immoral and how it is a choice. Motha fucka, did you choose to be straight? Do you choose to fall in love with the person that you do? That shit is not something that one has a control over but what you can choose to do is allow gays to share their lives with whomever they please and have access to all the same benefits of marriage that you do. Because maybe you bitches forgot, but marriage is a right, not a privelage. It is just ridiculous that our country allows people like Anna Nicole Smith and that old dude, Britney Spears and both her weirdo ass exes, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon (you and I both know that shit ain't gonna last), Wendi Deng (gold diggin bitch) and Rupert Murdoch to get married when it is so apparent that there isn't an ounce of real love there, when there are thousands of homosexual couples out there who have an endless supply of love for each other. So to those conservative assholes seeking to cause the most fucked up upheaval of the fight for gay rights, pull your head outta your tight homophobic ass and open your eyes! Maybe you're the ones who don't deserve to get married.

-Vivian

What does your inner dragon look like?

Some cool shit happened yesterday other than my pinky incident. In Ms. Viray's Asian Am class, we got to meet a spoken word artist by the name of Adriel Luis. Some of you may be familiar with "Slip of the Tongue". It was a really interesting experience because the shit he talked about were things that I could really relate to because he graduated from Logan and is full Chinese and I came to a lot of realizations after hearing him talk to us. (He was in forensics too =)

Realization 1, Ethnic Confusion: The thing that was really trippin me out was that he looks Filipino and he told us how everyone asks if he's Filipino. And then I was thinking in my head damn that's me! If you know me you probably know that people often make the mistake of thinking I am Filipino, Vietnamese, or half White and/or you've thought I was one of those ethnicities yourself. So I was like wow, I'm not alone in my identity crisis! Actually, other people's crisis as they can't figure out what I am. I know what I am. (Kinda sounds like an affirmation doesn't it?)

Realization 2, Asian Representation: He had us do this activity where a volunteer went up and drew a dragon on the white board and we were all so supposed to tell him what physical traits we thought it should have. And when he was doing drawing it, Adriel talked about how we all had different ideas of how a dragon should look and what the final drawing was, probably turned out a lot different than how we imagined. And he said it was because none of us had seen a dragon face to face since they don't exist.

He connected this to people's perception of what an Asian is. He told us how while he was on tour he stopped by this place called Doylestown, Pennsylvania and when him and his group got there, they asked the people there what there town was known for and they said they had the largest KKK chapter in all of Pennsylvania. The connection he made was how people in places like Doylestown really don't know what an Asian is like because all they have to go off of is what they see on TV and in movies. And then he brought up a question; how can we make sure that all Americans know what being Asian means? And the whole class was kind of speechless. (I'll get back to this question later).

He also explained how Asian stereotypes are created because of people's lack of interaction with Asians so they can only judge based on how they are portrayed in the media. He told us how a bunch of times on tour, people thought they were the Jabbawockeez. And also how at one hotel, they were in the fitness room watching CNN with a white guy in the room and it was this breaking news story about a Virginia Tech like guy and the white guy just bolted out of there. The realization, and also my answer to his question, came when he gave his opinion about the Harold and Kumar movies. He was saying how some organizations were asking him to boycott the movie because it portrays Asians as being stoners. He said he liked the movies and didn't think they were offensive to Asians because white people have their movies, whether they're murderers, complete dumbasses, or strippers in those movies and they're not offended. And he said that even if Harold and Kumar was a sucky movie, as Asian Americans, we want society to get to a point where even we can have bad movies. Harold and Kumar is the only movie out with an all Asian main cast that doesn't know a lick of kung fu. Afterwards he performed another one of his poems and there this one really funny line. It went kind of like this: "You know boba? Well fuck that shit. My people didn't fight opression and fight for their rights to only be known for sucking balls through a straw." And what he was saying really made sense to me. And how I would answer his question is like this: In order to show people that Asians are more than just kung fu masters and employees at laundromats, we have to make sure that our voices are heard. Whether it be in a movie, or on TV, or through spoken word, or even blogging; our generation has a duty to show people that Asians come in all shapes and sizes. We can be stoners, athletes, chefs, and even sex therapists and definitely more than boba drinking, karate chopping orientals.

Realization 3, His poetry is the shit: I can't find any of the stuff he performed for us online but he had this one line in one of his poems about how we're still waiting for our Malcolm. And I was like damn straight! And to all of y'all who are reading this, you, you, and even you in the funny hat can be our Malcolm. Together we can change shit and by any means necessary. So back to his poetry, I did find one thing on his blog. I thought it was pretty good and it's a love poem without all the cheesiness. It's none of that "roses are red" shit. It's too long so here's the link: http://www.adrizzle.com/2008/05/robolove-v10-aka-inter-mechanical.html. You can also see some of his stuff on youtube (check out Slip of the Tongue). Now I'm off to smoke some robo-blunts.

-Vivian

Don't tickle my pinky

I might have broken my pinky today during P.E. At first I was pretty pissed because I don’t break bones ever, not even fracture them. In essence, I am an injury virgin. I’m typing one-handed because it still hurts pretty bad. Despite the gross swollenness, there are some positive outcomes of this incident. I got to get a bag of ice which I later drank (it was fucking hot today!), I got out of my piano lesson and I might be able to get out of P.E. for a couple of weeks. But it also provided inspiration for this post.

So back to how my pinky got in its current state; dude threw the football, I tried to catch it, and it smashed against my finger. Now onto the observation and revelation that followed. This is more common in guys, but I’ve noticed that in times of crisis (my finger thing isn’t really a crisis but close enough), people tend to put on a brave face, as if nothing fazes them. I am definitely one of those people. My pinky was in excruciating pain and when the dude asked me if I was ok all I said was, “I can’t catch right now”, rather than tell him the truth, that my finger was hurting like a bitch. And I started to wonder why people assume this tough persona when it is so apparent that they are in pain whether physical or emotional.

For me, I guess it has always been the fear that people would see me as weak. It’s a certain group of people though; I guess the people whom I haven’t deemed would react favorably in light of my state of vulnerability. So then that got me thinking, when and in front of what people is it acceptable for me to let my guard down? And then I ran through this mental list of everyone I know, and other than my immediate family members, I couldn’t think of anyone I’d be completely comfortable with seeing me cry, hurt, etc. And here’s where the revelation comes in. Maybe I need have more faith in people; faith that they are better than just those types who display their less than authentic good Samaritan act and pity me for all the wrong reasons. I think when I can do this, or any of you “tough guys” out there can do this, we will feel sensationally better because we know we are surrounded by those who we can reveal our true selves to, especially the truth that involves snotty tears and fucked up pinkies.

-Vivian

Welcome.

Vivian and I finally made that cooperated blog, so she won't be posting on mine any longer. It was only one post, but I liked it a lot. This new blog is going to be mostly current events in our life, school, and obviously the world. It's not going to be a consistent flow of seriousness, but it will always be amusing. So readers, welcome to our blog!

- Cathleen

Damn you Cathleen, you just commited me to everlasting amusement! Jk, I shall rise to the occasion. You on the other hand, not so sure about. So we will basically keep a close eye on current events and provide commentary about the implcations of this event. Current events will include shit going on at school or just in our personal lives because we are so boss that the occurances of our lives should be considered current events. Think like Carrie's Sex and the City column which she wrote based off of whatever happened in that episode and the revelation that came about as a result of it. I thought a joint blog would be a good idea because I don't have the time to post frequently so I figured two people would yield a better blog. Happy reading!

-Vivian

P.S.- I resent the fact that Cathleen's name comes first so I will ask of readers to think of us as one entity for reasons of fairness. And if you're wonderimg whose Thelma and whose Louise, I'm the one who hooks up with Brad Pitt.

P.P.S - Bitch, no! I'M THELMA. -Cathleen

P. N. S. (say it fast and you'll get it) - Let's not let some gorgeous millionaire ruin our friednship. Not like he's the Lucas to our Brooke and Peyton (I'm Brooke by the way). We can both have him and them kick him to the curb because neither wanna be around when Angelina finds out.