The World We Live In

Here is a song by the Killers that I just felt like sharing. Thanks to luisinhan on youtube.

How Addictive is the “Twilight” Saga?

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I didn’t see “Twilight” when it first came out. I was browsing the dvd rack at Blockbuster and came across it. I like vampire movies so I figured it would be worth a shot, although I wasn’t sure if it would be just another teeny bopper movie.

The movie was great. I loved the story of Bella and Edward. I loved watching Edward’s struggle between loving and killing Bella. It was such a bizarre twist to a romance story.

I didn’t really get into the books at first. I was in Walmart and came across the first book in the series and decided that it might be worth the $8 it cost me. The book made me fall in love with the series. I haven’t been able to put them down. Right now I’m on “New Moon” but almost finished. I’ll be reading “Eclipse” shortly after that since I bought it as a Christmas present for myself.

It is hard to compare a book to a movie. The book is always more detailed, and you can use your imagination more. But the actors become the characters to you. I still imagine Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart when I read the books.

I do have a few quams with the story. Bella needs to man up, atleast in the books. She acts and is treated like a paper doll. Her character is tougher in the movies. She also needs some self esteem. Yes he’s the love of her life, but she’s only 17. There will be others, atleast in reality there would be. Men come and go.

I hope that the teenage audience can tell the difference between reality and fantasy and realize that life doesn’t have to revolve around a boy. But we are human and sometimes we do just what these characters do. We metaphorically jump off cliffs for the ones we love. We stare down danger to save them if we must.

“Breaking Dawn” seems like a daunting task as the book is over 700 pages. But I’m not there yet. For now I’m going to enjoy the fantasy that Stephanie Meyers has created and see where it goes.

Single 20 Something in a Retirement Town

I have an opportunity to apply for a scholarship that would guarantee me employment after graduation. My first choice was Maine. I wanted to go to Bangor. But I found out yesterday that the first place available in Maine to work and get the scholarship is a retirement town called Farmington. I’m sure it’s a pretty town. But I’m a 20 something girl looking to settle down, and I don’t mean with a rich 80 year old man either.

So I’m looking into moving to DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Hopefully the singles scenes there are more techno and less Sinatra.

“Tweet for Cash” is a Scam

These type of sites irritate me. One more get rich quick scheme that is really a pyramid scheme. “Tweet for Cash” claims that you can pay $1.95 for all the information you need to become rich overnight. It doesn’t tell you that you will pay nearly $50 a month after a 7 day free trail. You make money by scamming others the same way you’ve been scammed. Just type in “Tweet for Cash scam” and you will see what a crock it is.

Warning: Work at home jobs are rare. They only exist in certain areas such as medical coding and billing, freelance writing, and a few others. But these opportunities require actual work and skill. Don’t fall for anything that asks you to pay for information that you can find online for free yourself. Be wary of anything stating “work at home”.

The Killers on the Johnathan Ross Show

Great interview with the lead singer of the Killers, Brandon Flowers. He talks about being a mormom, growing up in utah, and the band’s collaborative elements that are put into each song. He also talks about the difference between how the Killers music is received in the USA verses Europe and why he wears feathers. Plus he’s just so darn cute!

 

Link to Youtube interview here.

“A Dustland Fairytale” – The Killers

The music video for “A Dustland Fairytale” is a mixture of the movie Grease and  Barry Manilow’s Copacabana.   Brandon Flowers has very short appearances in the video.  The band is seen together in a few short shots as well. As with most Killers videos, they take place in the dusty southwest, where they come from. 

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The video is about an older man reflecting on the biggest mistake of his life – the night he killed a man.  He is returning home after decades away from home and his sweetheart.

The editing is dead on.  It flips back and forth in time so fast that you aren’t sure which era you were looking at.  I thought the beginning exposition and the “fairytale” ending could have been left out.  I would have preferred the video end at him looking in the window and his old flame is about to open the door.  But I’d rather not see the embrace.  Leave it to the imagination. 

Maybe Flowers isn’t much of an actor and that is why he usually doesn’t play major parts in the videos.  The only one that he played a major role in is “Mr. Brightside.”   Even though he is the focus on many other Killers videos, he plays a performer, not a character in the video. I think this video would have been better if he played the young man who was sent to jail.

Here is the video for“A Dustland Fairytale” by the Killers

Catholic Gasoline

Sister Mary Ann, who worked for a home health agency, was out
making her rounds visiting homebound patients when she ran out of
gas. As luck would have it, a Texaco Gasoline station was just a
block away.
She walked to the station to borrow a gas can and buy some gas. The
attendant told her that the only gas can he owned had been loaned out, but she could wait until it was returned. Since Sister Mary Ann was on the way to see a patient, she decided not to wait and walked back to her car.
She looked for something in her car that she could fill with gas
and spotted the bedpan she was taking to the patient. Always
resourceful, Sister Mary Ann carried the bedpan to the station,
filled it with gasoline, and carried the full bedpan back to her car.

As she was pouring the gas into her tank, two Baptists watched from across the street.
One of them turned to the other and said, ‘If it starts, I’m turning Catholic.’

Mother Superior

A 98-year-old Mother Superior from  Ireland was dying. The nuns
gathered around her bed trying to make her last journey comfortable.
They tried giving her some warm milk to drink but she refused it.  One
of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen and remembering a
bottle of Irish whiskey received as a gift the previous Christmas, she
opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk.
  
Back at Mother Superior's bed, the nun held the glass to her lips.
Mother drank a little, then a little more and before they knew it, she
had drunk the whole glass down to the last drop.
  
"Mother," the nuns asked with earnest, "please give us some
wisdom
before you die."
  
Mother raised herself up in bed and said, "Don't sell that cow."
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The Stimulus Bill Explained

Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics professor and says, “I don’t understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain it to me?”

The professor replied, “I don’t have any time to explain it at my office, but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my weekend project, I’ll be glad to explain it to you.” The student agreed.

At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor’s house. The professor stated that the weekend project involved his backyard pool. They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the student a bucket. Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said, “First, go over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water as you can.” The student did as he was instructed.

The professor then continued, “Follow me over to the shallow end, and then dump all the water from your bucket into it.” The student was naturally confused, but did as he was told.

The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times, and began walking back to the deep end of the pool.

The confused student asked, “Excuse me, but why are we doing this?”

The professor matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make the shallow end much deeper.

The student didn’t think the economics professor was serious, but figured that he would find out the real story soon enough.

However, after the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end, the student began to become worried that his economics professor had gone mad. The student finally replied, “All we’re doing is wasting valuable time and effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when this process is all over, everything will be at the same level it was before, so all you’ll really have accomplished is the destruction of what could have been truly productive action!”

The professor put down his bucket and replied with a smile,

“Congratulations! You now understand the stimulus bill.

 

Author Unknown

Lawyer Jokes

ATTORNEY:
What was the first thing your husband said to you that
morning?
WITNESS: He said , ‘Where am I ,
Cathy?’
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment
of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No , I just lie there.
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ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis , does it
affect your memory at all?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways
 does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I forget..
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an
example of something you forgot?
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ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever
been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes , voodoo.
____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor , isn’t it true that
when a person dies in his sleep , he doesn’t know about
it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
____________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son , the 20-year-old ,
how old is he?
WITNESS: He’s 20 , much like your
 IQ.
___________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture
was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shitting me?
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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the
baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTO RNEY: And what were you doing at that
time?
WITNESS: Getting laid
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ATTORNEY: She had three children , right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
WITNESS: Your Honor , I think I need a
different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
____________________________________________

&n bsp;ATTORNEY:
How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS: Take a guess.
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ATTORNEY:
Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I’m going
with male.
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ATTORNEY: Is
your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
deposition notice which I sent to your
attorney?
WITNESS: No , this is how I dress when I go to
 work.
______________________________________

ATTORNEY:
Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed
on dead people?
WITNESS: All of them.. The live ones put up too much
of a fight.
_________________________________________

ATTORNEY:
ALL your responses MUST be oral , OK? What school did
you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
_________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do
you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: If not , he was by the time I finished.
____________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to
give a urine sample?
WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?
______________________________________

And last:

ATTORNEY:
Doctor , before you performed the autopsy , did you
check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So , then it is possible that the patient
was alive when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure , Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in
a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see , but could the patient have still
been alive ,
 nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes , it is possible that he could have been
alive and practicing law.