Sister Italy 2008

So I just got home from a wonderful evening filled with food, friends, and fun and I turned my computer on (as is my routine when I get home) and I check out the headlines on the handy "Windows Sidebar"--a new feature on the Vista operating system. First headline I see: "Priest Organizes Beauty Pageant for Nuns."

So in stunned disbelief I click on the link to find out more information and apparently it was an academic "Priest-type" guy that wanted to establish this thing to show the fine people of Italy and the world "the interior beauty of nun" "because they are not sufficiently appreciated by society."

Seriously? On a postive note, the pageant was cancelled and their was a lot outrage from various members of the community regarding the pageant. Even the nuns themseelves weren't too pleased with the idea (surprise!). The guy also said that he thought the pageant might bring more people in the Catholic realm, being that their numbers are dwindling each year and there aren't many nuns at the convent(?).

Wow, that's all I can say about that. Nothing sickens me more than the Catholic Church and it's insanely sick ways of doing things. I mean, seriously, was the sex abuse not enough??? Now we have to exploit women who decided to be nuns in order to be the exact opposite of what the rest of the world views women as...Seriously? Sorry if I offend any Catholics out there, but the Catholic Church is the biggest fucking joke ever and there is nothing that it has done to better mankind in any way. From the wars and the blessing of evil men, to the sex abuse, and now this, it is evident to me why the numbers are dwindling worldwide, not just in Italy.

So next time you meet up with a nun, thank God that she isn't in the bikini competition, not for your sake, but for hers.

What Does College Accomplish?!

Sitting here in class reminds me of something that I heard the other day.

On myspace, one of my "friends" made a bulletin post that said she was taking one year off and not going to college now that she has graduated high school. Her argument was that she didn't need to do what society says should be done right after high school. Her intention was to go to school but she was the typical "I need a year off" type of high school grad.

The interesting thing to me is that she is absolutely right. Society says college is necessary, but in reality, sitting here in class as we speak, I can realize why people would not see the value in college. I am in a systems class that I should've taken my sophomore year and the information is so ridiculous that I can't even stomach it. That's why I am writing this.

So what's the point? Well, college is supposed to be about learning and applying the "knowledge" that you gain from what is taught by these really smart individuals who have devoted the majority of their lives into the subject that they are teaching. But is really beneficial?

This being my fifth year, I have the luxury of taking upper division classes that are practical to what I want to do. But the shit that you get at the beginning is simple, crappy shit that doesn't matter in the long run. Most college dropouts dropout in the first two years of the game, and I can totally see why. This shit is boring, ugly, and very impersonal. Not a good thing for early college careers.

So kids, let me tell you the key to college. HAVE A PLAN! Sure, the plan can always get jacked up, but when I say plan I mean plan out exactly what you want to do and make sure it is practical. Don't be a philosophy major unless you are going to law school after because there are no jobs for philosophers these days. So many people fuck up their lives when choosing the wrong major, wrong career, and wrong path in life. Then they work at shitty jobs and bitch about how much they hate it.

So keep that in mind kids. College is a choice, but make sure that when you go, it's the right choice.

Welcome Back...The DNC in Denver and My Last Year of School at CU

So I began this blog way back in 2007. Needless to say, there have been so many things that have happened in my personal life and in the world since then. First, I fell in love about the time I posted my last post (date 12/31/07 and deleted by me recently). I enjoyed my time with her and still love her and would do anything for her, but the honest truth is that she hates my guts and could give a shit less about me. Oh well, she just verified what I already knew, that I suck at relationships.

Then there was this whole internship thing. Yeah, it was crazy. Got the job offer and was pretty stoked. I am going to Miami in two years and eventually to Spain to pursue the latter part of my career so I can come back to the states and get a position in the corporate setting.

I saw in concert: Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, George Lopez, Chris Rock, the Opera w/Nicole, Kanye "muthafuckin'" West, Erykah Badu and the Roots, and soon to be Alicia Keys and Common (again).

So there was a shit ton that happened over the year and it has been bittersweet. To be quite blunt, I have had a very time with my breakup with Nicole because I knew that it would end badly and it did. I knew going into it that I wasn't ready for a relationship and that much of what I was insecure about made its way into the relationship. I miss her badly, but like she told me "I get over things quickly." Bizarre from someone who less than three months ago said she loved me and would marry me if we were older.

Today, there were some things that happened that made me miss everything about the girl. First of all, there's this girl that I really likes last semester but I was with Nicole and I loved her. Today i saw this young woman and she was even fifty times hotter than what I remembered. She has a boyfriend and all, but I can still work it and hopefully give in to her "pushiness."

And Obama...wow, what a sad story. The media influences Presidential candidates and which ones are thrown into the fire. The media has made a mess of this. Why? Obama is not the answer to the problem. Obama is a rookie, and the selection of Joe Biden as VP was the smartest move Obama has made. I still wouldn't trust that he is the right guy.

Just some thoughts on this lovely first day of school. Now I have to go read (wow, that sounds depressing and ugly, so I might not read). haha.