what have we become?

Poetry, apparently, is dangerous.

It's sad that the first conclusion we come to is the worst-case scenario. It's sad that we automatically assume that a person is up to no good, based on what they look like, not who they are. It's sad that we make such awful first impressions.

Anyway, I was talking with my friends about colorblindness. If a child can't recognize colors, the first assumption that a teacher reaches is that "the child is retarded." Colorblindness usually doesn't even enter into the picture. Perhaps we're as ignorant about children as we are about adults. Perhaps we need to slow down and think it through before we make accusations.

Just my little rant for now.

bigger than any of us

buona pasqua

Happy Easter, all! I know, I really should spend time on the Christian aspect of this holiday, but I am just amused by chocolate bunnies.

So, my mother gave me a Chocolate Easter Bunny to bring down. I get to unwrap him today, and I figured I'd take some pictures and give him the all-around inspection. What I found was intriguing.


He looks like your ordinary, run of the mill bunny.


The nutritional facts state that he is one to be divided into thirds. What can I say? I have a hard time imagining a third of a bunny.

And if you still want more fun:

I got this from Cara, so go visit her!

generation next

We're a strange folk, the teens and twentysomethings of today. Our lives are on display on the internet for all to see, and we are frankly unabashed about it. Personal information floats around like it means nothing, and we share a lot about ourselves with people who we don't know. Such is the fearlessness of this generation. At the same time, it makes us rather predictable, and when we reach middle age, perhaps there will be nothing left to tell. I would say more about this, but I find that two articles I've come across say it better than I could.

• Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy: The Greatest Generation Gap Since Rock and Roll -- New York Magazine
• I'm Drunk And Naked On MySpace! /Plus, more great reasons you can never run for office. Also: Are teens insanely boring?

Wow ... it's ironic that I post it here. And ... perhaps we are just the generation of excess. Maybe I'll feel compelled to take on this topic at another time.

no shame

CELEBRITIES I WOULD SLEEP WITH...

The directions are simple:
1. Bold anyone you would shag voluntarily.
2. Italics anyone you’d shag after a few drinks.
3. If you wouldn’t shag ‘em at all, leave them alone.

1. Stephen Dorff
2. Wesley Snipes
3. Denzel Washington
4. Samuel L Jackson
5. Hayden Christensen
6. Ian Somerdaler
7. James Van Der Beek
8. Ashton Kutcher
9. Sean William Scott
10. The Rock
11. Brendan Fraser
12. Oded Fehr
13. John Hannah
14. Hugh Grant
15. Colin Firth
16. Liam Neeson
17. Daniel Day-Lewis
18. Leonardo DiCaprio
19. Billy Zane
20. Harry Connick Jr
21. Sean Astin
22. Dominic Monaghan
23. Karl Urban
24. Vin Diesel
25. Paul Walker
26. Joshua Jackson
27. James Marsden
28. Shawn Ashmore
29. Hugh Jackman
30. Will Kemp
31. David Wenham
32. Viggo Mortensen
33. Elijah Wood
34. Tobey Maguire
35. James Franco
36. Alfred Molina
37. Harrison Ford
38. Sean Connery
39. Shane West
40. Stuart Townsend
41. Richard Roxburg
42. Ewan McGregor
43. Jonathan Rhys Meyers
44. Christian Bale
45. Jared Leto
46. Colin Farrell
47. Ben Affleck
48. Josh Hartnett
49. Bruce Willis
50. Billy Bob Thornton
51. Dennis Quaid
52. Jake Gyllenhaal
53. Patrick Swayze
54. Keanu Reeves
55. Gary Oldman
56. Tim Roth
57. Steve Buscemi
58. Michael Madsen
59. Rick Yune
60. Pierce Brosnan
61. Robert Carlyle
62. Jonny Lee Miller
63. Jude Law
64. Matt Damon
65. Clive Owen
66. Ryan Phillippe
67. Benicio Del Toro
68. Johnny Depp
69. Orlando Bloom
70. Sean Bean
71. Eric Bana
72. Brad Pitt
73. George Clooney
74. Mark Wahlberg
75. Jason Statham
76. Edward Norton
77. Ben Stiller
78. Owen Wilson
79. Vince Vaughn
80. Joaquin Phoenix
81. Russell Crowe
82. Billy Boyd
83. Paul Bettany
84. Heath Ledger
85. Mel Gibson
86. Jason Isaacs
87. Alan Rickman
88. Kevin Costner
89. Christian Slater
90. Antonio Banderas
91. Tom Cruise
92. Ving Rhames
93. John Cusack
94. John Malkovich
95. Charlie Sheen
96. Kiefer Sutherland
97. Emilio Estevez
98. Rob Lowe
99. Matt Dillon
100. Kevin Bacon

photoshoot

So, last quarter, my friend Lauren did a photoshoot, and she invited a bunch of her friends to model. I agreed, and this is how it turned out.







I rather like it.

the daily grind

Well, I'm back at college. It turns out that my grades for last quarter are better than I could have hoped for. Two A's and a B+. I can easily live with that. In other news, socks are happening at my knitting blog. Other things really should be happening in general, like photographs, job searches, grad school searching and other cool things, but I am a bit of a slacker, and I still need to clean my room tonight. That'll be a nice start. And maybe bleach the kitchen sink.

I was excited that Roomie A had cleaned the apartment. It was so shiny! Now we just need to keep it that shiny. Also, I really need to stay awake for my upcoming class. Oh, who's thrilled about 5-8 PM? We'll see. But hopefully tonight I'll pick up my ballroom shoes, which came in the mail! (Hooray!) Then, I'll try to be productive.