Electric Lib

Giving Thanks

I woke up too late for the Macy's Day Parade, so instead, I'm giving thanks for this episode of "Tyra" featuring Beyonce. Because I'm just that superficial. Now I must go watch this show and eat my chocolate chip pancakes. Yum!

HOME

Alas, I am home! I said farethewell to (quoth Josh) "the happiest place on earth" and arrived via Steve Sease's car to the other happiest place on earth. Hooray. Now I'm preparing to relax for the evening and then do a whole lot of work, and then relax some more. And then have Thanksgiving!.... Tomorrow, on Saturday. Because that is how we do it in the Daghlian/Ripley household. I know, you're jealous. Anyhoo, I must go fold my college student laundry.

One For Now, One For Later

A friend came over today with a box of cupcakes that she had been given as a surprise. She gave me two and I decided I would have one at that moment, and one I would save for later. So I ate the first one.... And I put the second one in the top drawer of my desk.... That's weird isn't it? Feels very Napolean Dynamite to me. Saving cupcakes in your desk. Hm. Oh well!

Two biggest problems in the world: global warming and corporate america. I just read an article regarding the latter. In this case, I am referring specifically to corporate america in terms of consumption and media influence. To summarize the article, advertisers are beginning to make actual full length television shows (and some even movies, like Burger King.. idiots) featuring their products. Very clever from a business point of view. But what does it mean for the general public? It means we will be further brainwashed to accept whatever crap they throw at us without any regard to the consequences of that companies actions. And what can we do if we do care? Nothing, because the stores that can offer us products at reasonable prices get their merchandise from those companies, because that is what they can afford.

One way that I think we could combat the issue of corporate control over the media is to increase the amount of money we give to the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) so that the broadcasting programs don't need to rely on the advertisers as much. Because, according to my theater class, the US gives the LEAST amount of money to the NEA compared to the rest of the developed nations. They give significantly less. That is because the people in office don't care about art and its impact on society and its current relationship to corporate america.

Lastly, to bring in the other biggest problem in the world, global warming, basically we're screwed. Because it is these corporations that are contributing to the problem and preventing the government from taking more action (obviously there is a lot more to it than that, but that is a factor). So, pretty much, we're all gonna die and our funerals will be paid for by Pepsi. But just kidding, like dad says, people are like rats, it's pretty hard to wipe us out.... Hmm, now that I've ended on a really morbid and depressing note, it is time to go out and party!

Three Things

These are the three actions I will take shoudl these three events occur during my college career as a result of three issues:

Number One: Should I fail out of college, I will sue facebook for its endless distractions and appeal.

Number Two: Should I get fat, I will sue my professors for assigning papers that take hours and many, many snacks and candies to complete.

Number Three: umm.. Unfortunately, half way through my entry, my memory has failed me as to what the third thing is... Maybe I will have to sue the university for being so much work and so much fun as to result in sleep deprivation and ultimately, memory loss.

So concludes my unfinished list of things I will do, should certain events occur. If people can sue McDonalds for making them fat after they voluntarily bought the food, apparently without the common sense that it has no nutritional value and should not be eaten everyday, and are therefore taking lawyers away from real violations of the law... Then I think I can make my case(s). And if these events never occur, I will just have to buy some hot coffee, spill it on myself and sue for a nice little sum.

In conclusion (part two), I must once again praise the lord, for I have finished another super long, super awesome and super dry economics paper... I was telling Tyler that I get a real sense of satisfaction in knowing that I wrote something so incredibly dry and dense and torturous, the kind of paper that students dread reading beacuse you can't maintain focus. It's payback I guess, for all the dry papers I am assigned. And so, may I keep the cycle going!

Wicker Baskets

Although Josh's post about the Onion's article on NASA's straw space ship is a few days old, it's still bringing me endless laughter. Basically, it's the greatest article ever, and I would like to share three ways in which it changed my life forever:

1) I learned that Tyler doesn't pay attention when I tell him to read funny things, because he got half way through the article and wasn't laughing.... Because he conveniently skipped the part about the spaceship being made out of straw.

2) It is distracting me from important an important economics paper that I must write. But I can't blame the article, I love it too much.

3) It made me realize that all I want for Christmas is a wicker basket full of molton sun lava that was scooped by a straw robotic arm.

If you have no idea what that entry was about, you'd better go track down the article on Josh's site. You'll be glad you did.

Straw Space Shuttle

Well Josh, you really outdid yourself this time, with the posting of the NASA straw space ship article. Hilarious.

In other news, I'm home for the night, to enjoy some home cooked food, some free laundry and the wonderful company of mis padres. Although I will once again be faced with the dilemma of where to sleep now that my bed has been moved into my sister's room. What to do? My room or my bed? Life is so hard...