More True Blood goodness!  If you're not watching this, you should be.  HBO rocks with the supernatural series.  I loved Carnivale and I love me some Sookie Stackhouse.  It's more campy than Carnivale (in a good way, not campy stupid,) but yeah . . . give me some blood-sucking goodness.  Mmmm hmmm!

Season 1 Trailer

Season 2 Trailer

Another Season 2 Trailer

What is it with that creepy chocolate-dude in the men's cologne-spray ad?  That is just plain wrong. 

I'm totally hooked on this show now.  Awesome vampy, supernatural goodness.  I love me some Sookie Stackhouse.  It sure beats the tweenie Twilight stuff.  Lots of gratuitous sex, blood-sucking.  Yeahhhh!

So, with the economy being what it is, I've made another decision about my education and career goals.  All of this with 40 breathing down my neck, I know, but hey . . . it's never too late.

When I finish my MFA, I'll be able to teach at the college level (creative writing courses, probably some literature and composition as well.)  The thing is, the job market isn't really all that great now.  Employment in higher education is difficult to break into at a full-time level. 

So, I've decided to pursue my secondary-level teaching certificate simultaneously.  It's a total of 10 classes that I will have to complete.  I can complete them w/o problem by the time I graduate with my MFA in 2011. 

This will make me far more marketable once I get out of college.  Furthermore, if I enter into the Federal Loan Forgiveness Program and teach in an appointed area (grades 9-12) the government will forgive all of my student loans.  I would have to teach where they want me to teach for 5 years (and still receive a salary,) but considering that I may have nearly 75k in student loan debt, seems like a great payoff to me. 

I think I've gotten a bit disillusioned by the MFA program to be honest.  It's not exactly what I thought it would be.  I love writing and love the writing classes, but there is so much that is ruled and run by these unspoken/unknown politics.  It's frustrating.  I guess I feel if I'm going to join the rat race, I may as well go all the way in, feet first. 

The last thing I ever wanted to do was teach high school kids, but if it gets me out of student loan debt, why the heck not?  No student loan payments.  Ever.  Can you imagine?  Clear and clean after 5 years.  (And I imagine, once I'm in the program I won't have to make payments on those loans for 5 years.) 

So, there you have it.  Big decisions.  I think this is right.  It feels right.  Now, I just have to get into the program.  Cross your fingers!

This show is awesome.  It's on CMT.  It makes Supernanny look lame and tired.  I love when bratty teens get the verbal smack-down on national television.

Every time I sit down to write something on Xanga, I just come up blank.  Life is just going along.  I've decided that when I'm done with my MFA, I may pursue an MH in religious studies and literature (easy, 12 credit program, provided I can get some of my current literature courses transferred.)  You can never have too many degrees, right?

In order to qualify for the MH, I need a few core religious studies classes, so I'm taking World Mythology and Eastern Religions.  Both are very interesting!  I love me some religion and myth. 

E is growing SO friggin fast.  She will be two in July.  She's already into size 3T because she's so tall. 

We have a neighborhood pool that just opened up.  It's free because our realty rental company pays HOA dues.  Yes!  E loves going and splashing in the kiddie pool. 

I'm off to dabble in some more homework.  Mythology this week is The Goddess traditions.  For Eastern Religions it's Hinduism.  Nice!  I love me some Hinduism. 

Later all!

Even though Shia LeDouche is kind of a wanker, that movie Holes is actually really good! 

Check it out sometime if you see it on cable.....

I watched the season finales for Supernatural and Lost tonight.  Both ended with a huge whammy.  Spoilers Below.

LOST

My questions: where is Claire in all of this?  What's her role?  What happened to her?  Was she the one to break the line around Jacob's house? 

My concerns: Ben killing Jacob.  I can't buy it outright.  I personally think Ben was working with Jacob all along and played a part in order to move things ahead.  Ben suddenly losing it and reaming Jacob out (and Jacob's reaction,) just felt too shallow to me.  Ben is far more complicated than that, and I can never believe that he honestly showed us (the viewer) all his cards in one fail swoop.  There is something more there.

My likes: Two annoying Dharma Initiative people getting offed.  Creepy looking security dude, and stupid-annoying glasses-scientist-swan dude.  Good riddance.

My dislikes: Kate/Sawyer/Jack triangle again?  Really?  Seriously? 

My hates: Juliet died?  Not cool.  I knew she was.  I've known it all season, but I wanted to believe they would see how awesome she is and keep her around.  Instead, they keep whiny-pants mcflakeybutt (aka Kate) to wander around, make eyes at Jack while she leads Sawyer on and tries to be badass.  I'm just over her right now.  I loved her in the beginning, but now she needs to go away. 

I don't have much more to post on Lost.  There was just too much to comment on right now and I'm still mulling things over.  Onto Supernatural.

Ok, guys.  I'm just going to say this one more time.  Why the heck aren't some of you watching this show?  It has to be the most underrated / under-watched show on television.  Each time I think, "they can't outdo themselves" on coolness, they go and outdo themselves.  

And since nobody here watches Supernatural (of my Xanga pals--that I KNOW of) I guess I don't need to go "oooh" and "ahhh" about how badass the finale was, and how screwed the Winchester boys are this season.  "Releasing Satan into the world" kind of screwed up.  Go figure.

Anyway, if you're interested, go look at this promo clip for Supernatural.  It doesn't even begin to cover its coolness.

Preface: I'm probably going to lose some subscribers with this.  And I'll be blunt: I'm ok with that.

I was watching Tyra's talk show tonight.  Yes, I know, it's Tyra.  I usually flick right past her, but tonight she had a show on gay rights and proposition 8.  I have to say that by the end of the show, I was beyond pissed off.

First, the anger.  Two of the panel members who were against gay marriage came across as complete and total idiots.  I try to respect other peoples' opinions, but this really got to me.  One woman actually said that "gay people can choose not to be gay."  And here's the clincher: she said it with a straight face.  If you're going to take the stance that gay marriage is uncool, fine.  But when you make comments like this, you've lost all credibility and sense. 

One of these panel members started spouting off scripture (and Old Testament stuff to boot, which I ALWAYS find interesting with Christians as I thought they believed that Christ created a new covenant here.  Only in some cases, I guess.)  Annnnywayyyy.....

A gay man stood up and said that his father tried to "beat the gay out of him" because of what he believed in the Bible.  And one of the panel members actually tried to tell him that he could choose not to be gay. 

Well, the gay man broke down for a few moments then finally pointed at these two morons and basically said, "how DARE you . . ."  I mean, it was amazing.  I was crying watching this guy.  I was crying because he was beaten, because he took a stand and spoke his mind, because he was hurting from what his family did to him and from what society continues to do to him.  And I was crying because I was in utter shock that people in our society are as stupid, mindless, vapid and vile as these panel members. 

I just don't get how people think the following things:

1. Being gay is a choice.  "Well, today I'm going to wake up and be gay.  I think I'll just decide to be attracted to members of the same sex.  Furthermore, I want to be made fun of by jackholes, rednecks and illiterate assholes because of being gay.  And I want to deal with this my entire life.  Yay!  Yay for me and CHOOSING to be gay." 
2. That you can truly and completely "de-gay" someone.  How about you do this: turn a straight man GAY, then turn him back to a heterosexual.  Hmmm.  How much do you want to bet that you'll fail from the get-go because a straight man will tell you, "go to hell.  I'm not interested in other men and you can't force me to become so."  Hmmmm.  Maybe that's how a gay man/woman feels too?  If you told them to just start liking members of the opposite sex?

I could go on and on.  I have a LOT to rant about, especially given that these panel members likened homosexuality with pedophilia, disease and immorality.  But why bother?  Some folks really think this shit is true.  I don't even want to address those people because once I open that floodgate, it won't stop.  And the sad part is, it won't even make a dent. 

Tyra made a comment at the end that hit home.  And I feel like a total idiot for sitting here typing about her stupid, weirdo, fame-whore ass.  But, she owned it tonight.  She told one of the panel members, "I see when someone is in pain.  This gay man who stood in front of us and told us about his father who beat him is in pain, is hurting, and I don't see any of you show a single ounce of feeling or kindness toward him.  You're devoid of it.  Regardless of what we all believe, when someone is in pain, isn't it the right thing to do to at least acknowledge that?"

I won't repeat what one of the panel members said.  It's not worth repeating. 

Some people suck.  I just can't believe I actually have to co-exist with folks that are this moronic. 

I'm all about the new Star Trek.  ZQ rocked as young Spock.

Can't wait for the next installment.