So here it is. New. Spiffy. Not finished. But it’ll get finished eventually… there are a few more tweaks that we’re going to move in. (We = my brother… really.) …But by the end of the week, it should be all finished!

Facebook tells me when everyone’s birthday is so I’m not an asshole and forget - turns out today is Jerome Armstrong, of MyDD,’s birthday. So happy birthday jerome…I’ve almost finished reading your book. (That I started last summer - but its been a busy semester! Its good!)

Also - Jessica lets us know that you can support the girls that Ann linked to, who were unfairly treated in a sorority by joining their facebook group. Just another reason why I hate sororities and everything they stand for. My university doesn’t have any, but Guelph did and Western is like frat capital… I don’t know if its like this everywhere, but I got at least 8 or 9 offers to join sororities in Ontario… I just couldn’t see why I would want to pay $100 to try to be accepted. …Weird.

I was perusing facebook (aka "creeping" as the kids have deemed it) and I found a few groups devoted to the freemasons. I got reading about them, because I heard that some people aren’t too fond of them. My dad was a mason, as was my favorite high school teacher. So obviously I don’t hold any sort of grudge towards men of the masonry. It is sort of sad that they don’t really let women in… but really, it just seems like a boys club for grown up men. Anyway, I get a scholarship because my dad was a mason. Wicked.

The country is not all that appealing.

Cooler than that "country"? Pictures of Mars. …Less cooler than mars? Jesus’ house. And somewhere in the middle of all the cool - Columbus’ death? Case closed.

Good night.

Expect some blog updates this week. Not just the little ones that no one notices. Biggies.

Oscars
The Oscars were tonight. Little Miss Sunshine only one two awards, but Pan’s Labyrinth won 3; cinematography, makeup and art direction. I sort of expected that, the movie is quite good. Babel won for the best music, I haven’t actually been able to get past the first 20 minutes because of Brad Pitt. But if the music is really supposed to be that good, perhaps I’ll push on.

What I wasn’t so happy about was Gore winning for best documentary. It figures, really, considering the hype surrounding the movie and the nature of the issue. But in all reality, Jesus Camp was extremely well done portrayed a much more thought provoking subject. Grist has Gore’s acceptance speech - he’s actually quite funny.

Non-Gay
Republic of T has a clip of some ex-ex gays. It’s nice to see the "ex" before the first "ex" because really - there is very little that pisses me off more than foundations and people who attempt to change the sexual orientation of a person. (On that particular site, they don’t even call it being "gay" they refer to it as "SSA" - same sex attraction.)

For a lighter take on the subject, I suggest watching But I’m a Cheerleader.

Funny stuff. The main character goes to "True Directions" where "straight is great!"

Boobs
Bitch Phd links to an absolutely fantastic story. …100 years of tracking breasts. I think my favorite section of it is the 50’s. I’m pretty sure I was born in the wrong era.

Religion
I have a few pretty interesting - aka hilarious - religion stories that should be checked out by all.

• A call for a required bible study maybe that’s not all that crazy - err, wait, read the article - having a required religion course. Now that’s not all that crazy. But a required class strictly for the bible would just be… boring and pointless.
• Homeschooling is sort of ridiculous, it can be alright - when the parents are teaching their children exactly what they would be learning in school - not indoctrinating them with religious rhetoric and beliefs. When ever I watch documentaries on scary catholic universities or children that are really christian - they have always been home schooled. And it’s for that reason, that I think home schooling shouldn’t happen.
• …Sometimes, things make me dizzy… a little sick feeling… light headed… things like this…

  But wise old heads believe that we are going through normal cycles of
  heating and cooling that we have seen over hundreds of millions of
  years as the earth heats and cools when the activity of the sun
  changes. The earth is heated by the sun. The sun is impacted by
  magnetic forces creating outbursts called sunspots, which increase the
  heat it imparts. During the coldest period in the Little Ice Age, which
  ended near the end of the 19th century, sunspots almost completely
  disappeared for 70 years. The earth cooled. Sunspot activity has been
  declining for a number of years and is expected decline by 40 percent
  over the next decade. The world is about to enter a cooling period. Be
  prepared to change your lifestyle.
  
  …Dizzy… sick… light headed… … … …so dizzy and light headed I can’t even begin to describe the stupidity of it all — must go pass out now.

In case you needed to confirm any doubts… it sucks.

The second one sucked too - but I’d shrug and say "meh, watch it" but Saw 3…? Just don’t.