well, the media industry is a-buzz with great news. cnn is trying to get trashier headlines and news stories to boost ratings and compete with fox. the wsj has color pics and a new format, while nyt has added a new section – both papers borrowing from the other’s style. the weather channel is looking to get anchors with no weather experience, just lots of “personality”. and now kelly ripa, of regis and kelly, has begun her own book club in the wake of oprah’s book club disappearance, and the huge, gaping, money-making market that is just waiting to be filled. o dear. here is what she said about the club’s format and book choice:

”I hate books that make me feel stupid, which I guess knocks off 50% of all books out there,” Ripa quipped after her show Monday. ”People like escapist programming and escapist works of literature. There’s too much reality in the world today. If I want to read something with meaning, I’ll read a newspaper. But when I read a book, I want it to be fun, meaning I don’t want it to better me in some way…I always judge a book by its cover, and with this one, I thought, ‘This looks interesting.”

Johnson, Peter. USA Today. Week of 4/28/02. 3D.

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my froat hurts. whenever i feel a little sick i turn into a big baby. ow. i think it’s just allergies, but i am going to get it checked out just in case. i don’t want to get sick during the 3-day this weekend. the whole walk is making me nervous already, a little. i’m not sure why. i think it’s because it came up suddenly – which of course, in reality, it did not, but in my skewed way of thinking, it did. i always am looking forward to The Next Thing, the most upcoming event. for the last little bit it’s been prom. and now that it’s over, the walk is next, but only 3 days away! slight panic. i have no doubt that i can do the 60 miles, but i think it’s the new experience itself that makes me apprehensive. i’m such a weirdo sometimes. i freak out at doing things i haven’t before (no snide comments please) and going places i have not been. at the same time, i think of myself as a very spontaneous person, so i’m not sure how it all works out. i wonder a lot about social anxiety disorder, which is one of the things that paxil is used to treat, but wonder how that works with an extrovert like me. also, how can i be an extrovert when sometimes i watch the phone ring and just can’t handle the idea of picking it up? maybe that mental disorders quiz was accurate. i certainly sound like a head case.

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Did I say heaven? I mint Golden Corral.

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people who shirk their duties annoy me to no end. i had a psych test today. our last test was over a month ago. this one was supposed to be last week but was postponed because we’d fallen behind schedule because we’d been shown a video one day instead of being given a lecture and the lectures had just moved slowly. my prof told us a week ago that she would do her best to get us the old test back by that wednesday, but that she’d just started grading them. she didn’t hand them back until today after we took the test. fucking lot of good that did. i almost always give professors the benefit of the doubt. i’ve never given a really bad teacher evaluation in my life. i find myself hoping that we’ll be asked to evaluate her so i can write a scathing review. missing over a month of classes total and not handing anything back in a timely fashion seems deserving. also, she’s visiting at pitzer. her full time position is at scripps as the head of the psychology department, so i’m not going to be jeopordizing her job.

for a person who doesn’t usually have much pent up rage, i’m doing a good job of losing my cool today. i tutored today. the girl i was tutoring is a first grader. she’s not smart. i’m of the belief that all kids have the potential to vastly improve their intellect, but right now this girl doesn’t have much going for her. i take the responsibility of helping and not solving problems for the kids very seriously. in a cse like this the point is more to get them to somewhere where they can do the work on their own than to just get the homework done. the first three problems took a good 20 minutes. it moved a little faster from then on thank goodness. toward the end of the session, we about matched on exhaustion level. my attempt to get up at 6 to study was not doing good things for my demeanor. i didn’t yell or even snap, but i caught myself saying such insensitive things as ‘no, you’re doing it wrong.’ and having to quickly jump in to correct myself with ‘you did that problem well. do the same thing you did there again’. i’m never going to be a teacher, at least of fundamental concepts, unless i have control over or a connection to the kids i’m teaching.

i’m working on editing a paper down. it was a little over eight pages and there’s a four page limit. unfortunately, none of the points i make are irrelevant or unimportant. it is so tempting to leave it all until morning but i know that is not the best strategy.

life is stressful. i’m not getting enough sleep and i want everything through this summer to be planned out already.

streaker’s mom, brother, and aunt were visiting over the weekend. i went over to the g house with them on saturday despite of my paper. we played beyond balderdash with the guys. i was on a team with streaker’s mom. we worked really well together which surprised me. i just didn’t figure we would be on the same wavelength at all and we kind of were. after everyone went to dinner. i talked to trevor most of the time, reminiscing about the great northwest and all nighters. to me he seems like more of a real person than the other people annalily has been interested in. a good improvement.

last night i went to uncle tom’s for a birthday dinner for my grandpa and sister. it was just close family and was really nice and laid back. i feel lucky to have a family who i like who cares about me.

back to work….

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suggeasted track: “in my van” by the descendents

if you send mike 50 dollars you won’t get into heaven. my first clue as to his fraudulent claim: he misspelled guaranteed. for shame michael.

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“Resurrection Financial Ministries”

Using the power of God to earn $$$. Corner of Allen & Park.

Also: prove your faith in God by sending fifty (50) dollars to mike c/o madeofglass.com/mike You will get into heaven: gauranteed!!!

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animation 5 done. 2 more to go. this week is going to be draining. but itll all be over soon. ill have the big 1 day of no class before i start back at work full-time.

i know i bitch a lot about goose. or have. but i think im really over living with him. its nothing personal, im just tired of his laziness. hes a really nice guy. but the fact that i actually have to ask him to do his own dishes or basic apartment stuff sucks. now that his computer is broken and he is too lazy to get it fixed, he is back in the den playing videogames all the time.

maybe im just old and cranky.

since being down at w&m on fri, ive been seeing tons of people. except none of them have been who i thought they were.

damn. i had a bunch to say; stuff that made sense and was somewhat interesting. now all youve gotten is a late night ramble cause im sleepy.

ah well. its exam time. im allowed to be burned out.

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