So, you were riding with the world's biggest lightweights? Different topic: To my American friends, I've seeing bits and pieces scattered throughout the media, usually discussed by mouth-breathing morons--- WHY is birth control of all things the biggest hot topic in the USA right now? Why is it even being brought up in any discussion whatsoever? It's not just being discussed, but downright ATTACKED, along with seemingly any woman that defends it. I honestly believe there's a good percentage of your country that believes that everything would just go back to "normal" if everybody would just wise up and start watching Leave It To Beaver reruns. Heresy.
Oh god, one time I was high beyond belief sitting in the backseat as me and a few friends were driving out to the Poconos. It felt like the world was operating like a strobe light. I felt like I was in a video game. So fucking scary. I was just holding on to the seat in front of me to brace myself as it felt like we were going 150 mph. I've driven other times when I was less stoned and it's mostly fine except I just had to keep an eye on the speedometer because I would always end up driving 10 below the speed limit. Also, had to make sure I didn't get too caught up in the music. Definitely not a good idea. As for the birth control control thing, it has suddenly become an issue because some bill began being debated that included a portion about employer provided healthcare insurance including coverage for birth control. Some psycho Republicans got up in arms over it because, to them, this was the government paying for casual sex. They began to argue that the government should not provide public money for casual sex because casual sex is against the christian foundations of the nations. Then ass-hat Rush Limbaugh went on the air and called women who engage in casual sex sluts because "if we are paying for contraceptives, then there are women getting money for sex, which makes them sluts." It got even more press when it was revealed that Republican wouldn't permit a single woman from speaking in the debates. It's absolutely incredible that some people actually rallied behind this notion. Luckily, it seems like reason just might have some hope of prevailing, for once. Just a note, I'm not trying to attack all Republicans. This type of thinking isn't found in the entirety of the party, just in the excessively socially conservative, super religious chunk of it. You know, the crazy ones. Democrats have their own portions that are loony-tunes. It's just that the Republican crazies have quite a bit more support and sway.
See, this is where the Catholic Church missed an opportunity. No one told them what form of birth control to provide. They could have had nuns and priests handing out rhythm method pamphlets and giving out stern talkings-to with threats of eternal damnation that could only be prevented with the purchase of plenary indulgences. They really need to get back to their fundamental value system.
Maybe this is just wishful thinking but I really think this might be the last hurrah of the George W. Bush style, religion based Republicanism. The chances of Rick Santorum being the nominee are extremely slim now, and even if he were to pull it off by some miracle, he has an even smaller chance of beating Obama. For that matter, save the economy suddenly tanking, Romney doesn't have much of a chance either. I think these defeats, which will likely be very sound, will finally make Republicans realize they need to distance themselves from the religious right to capture more swing voters to give themselves a chance in general elections. This means guys like Jon Huntsman and Bobby Jindal getting the chance to become the new leaders of the party. Only the most committed of lunatics see W. Bush's presidency as anything other than a massive failure. I think the coming defeat will be the nail in the coffin for mainstream advocacy of that variety of Republicanism.
About the stoned riding/driving stories: What you people just mentioned is why I don't smoke marijuana anymore. It's too unpredictable. I've driven on alcohol/opiates/cocaine/benzodiazepines, and combinations of all of them, and I always knew what was going on around me. Hell, I've been pulled over while under the influence of the latter three drugs and been let off (not arrested) because they were undetectable in a roadside test. Not with weed though. If I smoke that stuff, I end up staring at my hand all night. As I've mentioned before, I think there are very distinct differences in the personalities of people who prefer marijuana and hallucinogens versus people who prefer alcohol and hard drugs.
I've resolved to never date another girl who wears sweatpants or UGGs outside of her home or the gym. It really cuts down on my options in this part of Oregon.
My wife wears uggz, but she has enough grace to not tuck her pantlegs into them, avoiding that Nanook Of The Trustfund look. Last time I did stand-up I ripped into uggz and it outright offended half the white chicks in the audience. When a table of hens booed me for pointing out paying large coin for winter boots that are in no way winter-proof, I said "I am standing on a stage in a Buffalo Sabres jersey and green Chuck Taylors and I will never even come CLOSE to looking as stupid as you. The microphone: what a marvelous invention.
What is all this political nonsense, you'd all be banned for rule breaking if I were modding. I support women's reproductive organs: NSFW
Isn't it obvious why this is such a critically important issue? "Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate."
Saying that birth control is immoral isn't political, it's just so monumentally stupid that I am still awaiting the punchline to the joke. Seriously, this IS a fucking joke, right? RIGHT???
I currently live in a college town in the southwestern U.S. My brother, who attends a large university in Texas, sees these shorts regularly as well. During my undergrad in Denver, I saw them really start to catch on during the past two years. As soon as the sunny weather started in spring time, the mom shorts would come out. My hope is that they're just a trend with the college/ugg crowd and that my experience is simply not a representative sample size, which could easily be the case, given my peer group for the past 5 years.
So, you think its a joke that the next Einstein, Michael Jordan, Jonas Salk, or Gina Lollobrigida is slowly drying up in that tube sock under your bed? You people sicken me.
I'm in accounting, so for the most part it's the same old office job except my revenue stream analysis involve sex toys and different lines for softcore and hardcore porn. Also I have a dandy chart for our European video licensees that shows how much it is for revenue shares depending on the type of scene and what they are allowed to show (it's funny how some places license content from us and then edit it to the point that it's basically 9 pm weekday Cinemax fare). Oh, and I also have another spreadsheet for expense tracking purposes per movie made that shows escalating costs depending on the type of scene it is and for how famous the "talent" happens to be. So yeah.