no chance for divorce

so i was one of those pathetic people that watched married by america tonight. sick. sick. sick. nobody even got married. what the hell is the point of that? but i guess thats what makes it reality television.

got class

i had my perl/cgi scripting class tonight and we started going over forms. i have to admit that i thought that this class was going to be a lot easier than it is. i know that one of the 'issues' that im having is that the class in taught entirely based on a windows system and i dont own a pc. i love my mac. i wouldnt trade it for a pc even if i thought that it would be easier for me to learn. but at the same time, this has presented more of a challenge than i was expecting. its a damn good thing that i got all of those mac osx books for christmas because i have been doing a lot of cross-referencing to see how to do things that i learn in class.

this or that

The Who Is Edition
Who is:
1. Sexier (female)...Pamela Anderson or Jennifer Garner? Pamela Anderson
2. Sexier (male)...Ben Affleck or Matt Damon? Matt Damon
3. The better piano player...Billy Joel or Elton John? Billy Joel
4. Funnier...David Letterman or Craig Kilborn? Craig Kilborn
5. The dumber cartoon cat...Stimpy (of *Ren & Stimpy*) or Tom (of *Tom & Jerry*)? Stimpy
6. A better news anchor...Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather? Dan Rather
7. A better TV chef...Emeril Lagasse or Jacques Pepin? Emeril
8. The trashier talk show host...Maury Povich or Jerry Springer? JERRY! JERRY!
9. The worse fast food burger joint...McDonald's or Burger King? McDonalds
10. Thought-provoking question of the week: Only a handful of U.S. Presidents have been considered to be *great* Of the following two, which one do you consider to be greater...Franklin D. Roosevelt or Abraham Lincoln? Why?
Roosevelt because he was in Annie

ms walk

well both my parents and my aunts did the ms walk this morning. their combined totals exceeded $2,000 easily. i have to come up with some kind of thank you note for the people that donated money. i think that its the least that i can do. especially considering that my parents would have never done the walk if it wasnt for me. i guess that it was a little chilly down by the beach walking the 2.5-5 miles but there were around 1,000 people walking and that was just at the one site. its weird how things like this can make you feel a little better about humanity.

ho hum

the last few days feel like they have been the equivalent of a drunken stupor. i've been living off of nicotine, chocolate milk and tylenol pm. not that i'm complaining. i do like my chocolate milk and i honestly think that tylenol pm is one of the greatest inventions of our time. but i also know that none of these are very good for me. i was going to watch a movie tonight with my dad because we both thought that there was nothing on television. so we rented the bourne identity and knockaround guys. when we got home, he remembered that the yankees were playing in tampa bay so we watched that instead. at least i will have something to watch tomorrow.

My Boyfriend Goes into Space

I know that there is a definitate appeal to wanting to pretend that you're an astraunaut. And I understand that if you're a billionaire that $20 million would be a small dent in your pocket. And I can see how making a documentary while in space might serve some education purpose. I think that might be a documentary that I would actually watch. And I think after growing up in a generation who had grown up watching Space Camp we have all, at one point wished that we could go into space. And I do think that Lance is the cutest member of boy band nsync (yes I think that he is WAY cuter than Justin). And maybe $20 million might help out the space program in Russia. But I have to wonder if using the Russian Aerospace Agency so that tourists can go into outer space is the best use of our resources that we have available. It seems as though we are just promoting the idea that 'If you have enough money...you can do whatever you want.' I always had a lot of respect for astraunaughts. Not only were they a few chosen to make an incredible journey, but they were also in great physical shape and incredibly intelligent. Thay had 'earned' their trip. And not to say that these people haven't but it seems to take away from all those little kids who wanted to be so smart so that they could go to Space Camp (myself included). That was one (of my many) dreams as a child. I wanted to go to Space Camp in the hopes that I might someday get to be like Sally Ride. And if we allow this trip to become a tourist event for anyone who can fork over that kind of dough, what happens to all those kids who thought you had to be smart to achieve your goals?

*NSYNC member cleared for space trip

MOSCOW (May 31, 2002 10:49 p.m. EDT) - The world's next would-be space tourist, Lance Bass of boy band *NSYNC, said Friday that Russian space doctors have cleared him for a flight to the international space station aboard a Russian rocket, a journey he hopes to make this fall. Bass, 23, shrugged off questions about the dangers of space flight. "I like to be positive, I'm an optimist," he told reporters in Moscow. "I know physically I can do it, I know mentally I can do it." The Russian Aerospace Agency said earlier this week that it hadn't yet received commercial proposals from Bass or his representatives and warned that there is little chance he can complete training in time for the next Soyuz rocket launch in October. Bass did not comment on financial details of his bid. The world's second space tourist, South African Mark Shuttleworth, returned to Earth this month after a weeklong trip that cost him $20 million - the same sum the world's first space tourist, Dennis Tito, paid last year. Bass said Friday he still hopes to go to space in the fall. He said the October flight would ideally suit his band's busy schedule, and added that other band members were "very supportive" of his adventure. Bass said he and another would-be space tourist, former NASA official Lori Garver, spent weeks passing grueling tests to qualify for the mission, with 48 doctors certifying their fitness at Russia's premier space medicine center, the Institute for Medical and Biological Problems. Bass was found to have an irregular heartbeat, and although it was not necessarily a hindrance to a space mission, he had it corrected by a medical procedure back in the United States. Bass said he had long dreamed of going to space and hoped his mission would serve educational purposes through a documentary he would make in space. "We're doing final negotiations right now with a major network to air this," he said. "It makes me feel like a great spokesperson for these space programs." Bass said he loved Russia and was looking forward to studying Russian - a requirement for landing a seat on a Soyuz. "It's going to be very difficult but something I'm looking forward to," he said. Fort Worth, Texas-based RadioShack Corp. financed Bass' medical screening and also provided support to Garver, who hopes to make her space flight next April. "I'm more patient," Garver joked, saying she would be training alongside Bass as his backup at the Russian Star City cosmonaut training center outside Moscow while working to gather financial support for her own mission. Bass hailed Garver as a great expert and excellent companion. "She's so brilliant and so dedicated to this project ... She is like a human encyclopedia when it comes to space," he said. Both Bass and Garver are in discussions with additional sponsors and television networks to expand their financial support beyond RadioShack. Jeffrey Manber, president of the Amsterdam-based MirCorp company that is helping Bass and Garver, said he was conducting talks with Russian space officials. The Interfax news agency quoted Aerospace Agency spokesman Sergei Gorbunov as saying Bass should take "extremely energetic measures" to quickly wrap up commercial talks and start training. But Gorbunov voiced doubts the singer would manage to secure a seat on October's flight.

my dream

I have been looking for a new VWBeetle convertible since I saw Austin Powers driving one around. Let's just say that I have been to the VW dealership my fair share of times asking when they are coming out with them in America. And every time that I ask, I get the same answer, 'Miss we know that they are going to come out with them, we just don't know when.' And even though I do not speak Deutch?, I think that a very sweet boy may have sent me on the correct path. I swore to myself that once I saw the opportunity for this car, that I would own it. It's been something that I have really wanted. And I know that certain car dealerships in America 'modify' the new Beetles into the Cab's but I also know that 'modifications such as these will void my warranty.'

Beetles Revival

There is a rumor going around about a small company, nestled in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany, which not only produces the classical beetle convertible and the new beetle convertible, but we also restore all volkswagen automobiles to their original mint condition.
We, at Beetles Revival, try to maintain excellent customer service by not only giving you a quality product, but by keeping a good solid customer relationship with our experienced service and parts department.
We produce from your New Beetle...the New Beetle Convertible.
Beetles Revival High Lights
New Beetle Convertible as a new car
Refine your New Beetle to a New Beetle Convertible
Beetles Revival Show Rooms
aautomobile dealer Kamps in Witten
VW-Center in Leipzig
autobobile dealer Jacobs in Aachen
New Beetle Cabriolet
On that IAA in Frankfurt am Main, we for the first time presented the New Beetle convertible the public in September 1999.
Approximately 20 vehicles produced individually left our workshop since then, among other things, a Show-Car for the motion picture film "Austin Powers" as well as the "Beetster" in Co-Produktion with Kamei.
They can command your dream convertible with us as a producing vehicle or you deliver your New Beetle as a basic vehicle.Ihre individual wishes in equipment can let us flowing completely into our small production!
Design your dream convertible. Choose between the different engines, color coatings, tires or add one or more of our special options for your own New Beetle Convertible.

Behind the Scenes

I don't know if it's the fact that some of these "artists" but the most obscure things that I have ever heard of on their list. I have been hooked on finding out what all these famous musicians have ordered in their riders.

Red Hot Chili Peppers:
Meditation Room: All walls pipe and draped med to dark color please (prefer not blue) per advance.
After ordering all this 'healthy crap like soy yogurt, flavored rice cakes and yogurt and carob covered raisins...they ordered a box of Lucky Charms?
White Socks, Black Socks, Boxers, TShirts (is this the alternative to having your mother buy that stuff for you)


Backstreet Boys:
16 32oz bottles of water for stage NO GAS (what does no gas mean?)

Puffy:
Hennesey, Alize, Milk, Cristal, Dom Perignon

MY PERSONAL FAVORITE: Jennifer Lopez:
White Room, White flowers, White tables and/or tablecloths, White drapes, White candles, White couches
Flowers:
Yellow roses with Red Trim (*$55.00 for 10)
White Lilies (*$45.00 for 6)
White Roses (*$65.00 for 12)
Diptyque Candles: (*sell for $42.00 each)Tuberous, Figure, Heliotrope
Music:About 25 CD's

In summary, can I be a rock star?!?! I mean...their riders have more things on them than my Christmas Lists!!

The Smoking Gun Backstage Pass

Over the past couple of years, The Smoking Gun has published excerpts from the backstage riders of a few dozen performers. But that assemblage has not been extensive enough for demanding TSG visitors, so we've gone out and obtained loads of new riders. So many, in fact, that our backstage collection now covers a whopping 134 acts--everyone from Frank Sinatra and the Rolling Stones to Kenny G and KC & the Sunshine Band. The contract rider includes specifications on stage design, sound systems, lighting rigs, as well as an artist's wish list--from transportation and billing to dressing room accommodations and meals. In some cases, a promoter will refuse a demand (crossing out the request on the document), though stars usually get what they want, whether it's clean boxer shorts (Jane's Addiction), prune juice (Kansas), or an arrangement of tulips, roses, gardenias, and lilies (Janet Jackson). For some groups, TSG has obtained riders from more than one tour, so we've chosen excerpts from the most entertaining document in the lot. In addition, we've used red arrows to point out some interesting sections on individual riders--though we're sure you'll find many other personal favorites. And since we've now built a permanent home for these backstage documents, we'll add riders to this section as we obtain them, so check back to see what's new.

Sorority Bitch

It's not like I'm totally like this all the time ;) And so what if I have a few things in common with a sorority bitch? What-Ever! I still thought that this was funny.

I am a sorority bitch.

THIS IS A FUNNY THING THAT ONE OF MY SORORITY SISTERS E-MAILED US AS A JOKE... I THOUGHT IT WAS HILARIOUS CUZ ITS TOTALLY THE SORORITY GIRL STEREOTYPE. BUT THAT STEREOTYPE IS SO NOT TRUE! (well maybe a few LOL but nothing too bad!)

I am a sorority bitch. I wear gucci sunglasses. I have a Kate Spade Purse. I fake bake. I binge drink. I don't go to class. I shack. I have lots of different guys' boxers because I shack. I drink lots of hard alcohol I spend hours doing my hair before I go to class so I can get that "messy" look. I go to the gym with makeup on. My hair looks perfect when I am at the gym. I go to the gym in pure spandex. I act like I'm working out really hard when I am at the gym, but really I am only checking out frat boys. I have a frat boy boyfriend. I only associatewith frat boys. I shack at frat houses. You will see me walking down fraternity row in my black platforms and a tube top and capri pants at 11 am on Sunday morning because I just woke up. I diet. I eat salads and lots of chocolate cake. I don't know all of my professors names, but I know all the names of famous designers. I wear calvin clein underwear.. at least it will look good when it's on the floor. I have a cell phone. I talk on my cell phone on the way to class. My cell phone often rings in class. People know I am popular because my cell phone rings so much. My cell phone has many different colored fronts to match all of my outfits. I throw up in Frat bathrooms. I drink jungle juice. I take shots. I sleep in class. I watch 90210. I go out every night. I complain about Monday night meetings. I talk about everyone. I gossip about my sisters. I drink too much. I want daddy to send me more money. I shop at Nordstroms. My liscence plate says Princess. I drive a cool sports car. I have a prada bag. I spend more money on my purses than you did on your computer. You wish you were like me. I know if you were really cool you would rush. If you did rush and dropped, we didn't want you anyway. I wear cute clothes to go get my mail. I wear sorority tee-shirts everywhere, but especially to the gym. I know where the mall is but I don't know where to register for classes. I have sex with frat boys. I talk about how wasted I was last night really loud in class. I was really wasted last night. I always know what's going on. And if it's going on and I don't know about it, it must not be cool. I will ask you what house you're in and I will try not to laugh if your house sucks... or if your not in a house at all, wow, I'm really sorry. What do you do if you're not in a house? Do you go out if you're not in a house? Do you have any friends? Where on earth do you go to drink? I get my hair highlighted. I have a Tiffany's bracelet with my name engraved on it. I only use my computer to email people. I only get good grades on papers because there are copies of them in my house. I am on academic probation. I have lots of frat guys phone numbers on my tack board. I cherish the greek pages. I talk about my house in class. I will ask you about your house in class. I will let everyone know what sorority I'm in. I make out with fraternity boys at frat parties. I can be found at a frat house on any given night at 1:30 am. Late night, duh. I have the perfect outfit for every date dash. At pimps and hoes I don't even have to dress up. I am a jammavibrator, a dick grabber, a chi hoe, a Dog Pound, a dirty girl, a Tri- Dump, a Visa Visa Master Card. I smoke on the front porch of my sorority house. I have a cigarette case to make all of my kenneth cole shoes. I have MAC make up. I have thousands of photographs. I am kissing a frat boy or drinking alcohol in 80 percent of the photos. In the other 20 percent I am too drunk to hold a beer any more or I just got finished kissing a frat boy. If you have a frat boy boyfriend and you're not in a house he's probably getting on me when you're not around. I like getting on other people's boyfriends. It makes me feel really good about myself. Because I am prettier than you, I sure as hell dress better than you, and dammit, I'm cooler than you. I’m a sorority bitch.

Stem cells

Stem cells technique offers MS hope

Stem cell research has led to a possible treatment for multiple sclerosis. The new technique involves taking stem cells from the patient's blood, killing the ones working against the immune system and returning the healthy ones to the body.
Scientists say 26 people with severe MS have undergone the treatment, which is called autologous stem cell transplantation. Within 14 months, 20 had their conditions stablised and six showed some mild improvement. Conventional treatments had previously failed for all of the patients. However, three of the patients died during the study due to complications following the procedure. The treatment is now being tested on more patients to confirm its effectiveness and study its long-term effect. The research was presented during the American Academy of Neurology's 54th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Dr George Kraft, of the University of Washington Medical Centre in Seattle, led the study. He said: "This is good news. These patients had all been rapidly deteriorating over the past year, so to get them to a point where they are stabilised is great progress." Dr Kraft added: "The hope is that these stem cells will eventually reconstitute into healthy immune system cells and the disease process can be stopped."Stem cells can develop into any of the body's other cells and may one day be used to cure a variety of illnesses.