The Odd Update

This is another random-type entry... not with funny quotes or anything (^^;) but stuff.

SirCam Virus-- like you haven't heard of it. It spreads to computers using emails found in cached (visited) webpages in your Temporary Internet Files/History, and contacts in your Address Book. The email is from someone who has you in your address book, or from someone *else* they have in their address book... it's all a bunch of confusion, and hundreds of thousands of emails have been sent out with people freaking over what to do. Someone basically says "Hey, how are you? I send this file to you for your advice..." blah, blah blah. Don't open the attachment. I've gotten 20+ emails of this... even in Spanish, and made the mistake of trusting the sender, even if I didn't know them. Heck, the fact that some of the attached files were Sailormoon images threw me off! McAfee, Symantec, and Kapersky all have nifty removers for the worm, so if you got it, go to one of their sites and get rid of it-- it can either fill up your hard drive with copies of itself, or delete everything on the C:\ drive. So take your pick-- trashed computer, or clean computer. =)

First Time Job-- I've never had a job before. Thanks to one of my friends, I landed one where I come in when I want, leave when I want, etc. All I do is type and scan. I sit in a crowded little office, and I get free lunch from the Chinese restaurant nearby. But I'm on a commission. 15%, which is pretty damn good, in terms of commission. I'm doing my job, promoting the site (www.musicboxsf.com) ^_^; and scanning, etc. But I haven't gotten paid, and the closer we get to school starting, the more freaked out I am about cash. I need supplies, I need to redecorate my room, pay off bills... only in my junior year, and I'm practically off the deep end! What'll I do come college?!

Everything... reminds me of that guy I was crushing on back in freshman year. I've seen him all of TWO times (maybe three) since he graduated, and it's annoying me! I'd rather think about my dog (who is supposedly on a ranch in Orgeon!) or my late sister (whose voice I cannot even remember, damn me!) or where I plan to go for college (I think somewhere with a good Journalism major and Creative Writing course) or what I'm going to do for this damned Leadership Conference in August, or... or... $%^$^! AUGH!
Writer's Block for one of my prized fanfictions... and no response from my MLs. Geh. Where does inspiration come from, anyway?

Banana Yoshimoto and Amy Tan are my favorite authors. Am I weird for liking the writings of Asian women more than "classics" and heavy romance novels? Oh, and everyone and their sister's telling me to read the Virgin Suicides, but what is it about??

... sigh... that's it, I guess... *wanders and sees if any _nice_ people left her notes*
Bai bai!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

This topic I could rant about for hours...

Yes, respect. A big deal. Elders wants respect from the youth of today. Kids want respect from adults. Teens want respect from each other.

Yet as I walk down the street, in the school's halls, or am sitting on the bus going somewhere, I hear people calling their friends "Nigga" or "Gay-ass".

The majority of this rant is focused on the latter-- actually, it was started by some folks at one of my newsgroups, alt.binaries.pictures.sailor-moon. Very intelligent people there.

Here's the deal-- someone at Amazon.com said the following:
Reviewer: A viewer
"I love Sailor Moon as well. My young daughters love it as well. The Sailor Moon S series is a very good series. The only reason I have given this 4 stars instead of 5 is because personally I like the earlier Sailor Moon episodes better. I am mainly writing this to respond to all those "fans" who are upset that they leave out the fact that Amara and Michelle are lesbians. HELLO! Cartoon Network aims its programs at young children. Most parents of young children prefer NOT to have homosexuality thrown at their young children. It is something that parents prefer to discuss with their children when they are old enough. So please stop dissing the TV versions of Sailor Moon simply because they leave out the lesbian factor. It is hardly the most important part of the series. It adds nothing to the show to have it in there. Remember these are CHILDREN for the most part watching!!! The Sailor Moon S series is still quite good without the extras. I applaud Cartoon Network for not wanting to rub an issue in the faces of young children that they are not ready or prepared to understand yet."


Ahem. WHAT THE HECK!? I mean, if you aren't an avid Sailormoon fan like I am, this will make no sense to you whatsoever, but the gist of it is, this company trashed a storyline, and the romances within it. Why is it that the United States (and I'm guessing Canada as well) have to have butchered versions of TV shows just because they feature lesbians or gays? Are other country's children more "mature" and "accepting" of this issue about sexuality? I can tell people who don't know that SM is not a kiddie show, and is NOT a cartoon. I could go in-depth about the religious factors, the messages being sent... but this is about relationships.

I'm in a city where lesbians and gays are run-of-the-mill, and nobody could care less. Yet in this state, same sex marriages are illegal. Hah, talk about hypocrisy. Even my school has gay-straight alliances, and clubs to help people better understand the whole sexuality issue. But it's not such a bad, or weird thing. Why do people have such a hard time accepting differences and preferences in sexuality, but not in race? Or gender?
Several of the people on ABPSM thought this person was more than a few light bulbs short of a chandelier-- the lesbians weren't extras... neither were the homosexual men in the first season. But the lesbians were made into cousins (which kind of screws up the whole sacrifice for each other thing) and one of the homosexual males was made into a very annoying, flat-chested female.

Cartoon Network does NOT aim their shows at kids. If they did, then why would they have Sailormoon backed by shows with war, love affairs, and blood, guts, and gore in them? Shows like Gundam (even dubbed, still pretty controversial to some) and Tenchi... welcome to the 21st century, people!!

Gays, and lesbians are people too, and, I will admit, I am guilty of using derogatory terms like 'gay-ass' but I never, ever meant it in the sense of a person being homosexual as a bad thing. I rarely say it anymore. I wish people would just grow up, and realize that religion, or fear of something or someone isn't a fallback, scapegoat excuse for immature behavior like the person's above.