scholarships is good

fark, bless their souls, has once again provided me with entertainment for the week.

this high school kid, willie williams, is being heavily recruited by a number of colleges. the miami herald is covering his trips to FSU, UM, Auburn, and U of F. sorry, willie, but you're a poster-child for idiot jocks.

while i suggest you read each of the articles, i have to share these nuggets:

Williams ran out of the tunnel through a giant-sized UM helmet and the infamous smoke. The music playing over the loudspeakers was Bone Crusher's rap hit Never Scared. Oddly, though, Williams kind of was.
''I was running like a blind man,'' Williams said. 'I had my eyes closed cause I didn't want none of that smoke to get in my eyes. Coach was like, `It's OK, Willie. It isn't going to hurt you.' Now, I know. Running through that smoke was awesome.''

''Auburn opened my eyes a little bit,'' Williams said. ``But they closed them, too.''

"The girls at the party were much better than the farmer girls we'd see all day around campus,'' Williams said. ``I was kind of worried all Auburn had to offer was those farmer girls that talked funny. But the girls at the party weren't farmer girls at all. I thought they must have bused them in from Miami.''

and he's gonna go to college. and graduate. and make a *lot* of money.

willie williams, i salute you...

and in other good news

colorado is rockin' for working on new legislation that would strip companies of their state contracts for sending jobs overseas.

Dem. senators Hanna and Phillips weigh in:
Hanna said she was shocked when workers for EDS, a Texas-based company that has a contract for computers for the state human services programs, recently told lawmakers it was sending technical support jobs to workers in India and Pakistan.

Hanna said her measure (Senate Bill 170) would require companies to keep workers assigned to state contracts in the United States.

"I know profits are important to companies, but we in Colorado need to do all we can to make sure people have jobs," Hanna said.

Phillips said IBM recently announced it was moving 900 jobs out of Louisville. His measure (Senate Bill 169) would bar companies that relocate 100 jobs or more outside the United States from doing business with the state for seven years.

wouldn't it be nice to have a thriving economy again? available jobs? customer service representatives who understand english, speak it fluently, and can be understood?

i'm all for keeping american jobs in america. worry about the local economy before you worry about the global one, please.

ooh! job!

haha - trust fark to help me find the perfect 'at home' job...

i often wonder how much money i can make by just selling all of the random crap i've collected.

speaking of at home, here's a great article. i like this quote:
"Let's be realistic about this," Casady said. "When have you ever seen anyone smoking tobacco in a hash pipe or a bong?"

dude - i've seen ppl do some very strange things when they're stoned...

last cool link of the post:
if you die young, blame your mom.

“We have shown that minor manipulation of maternal diet can increase life expectancy in mice by more than 50 per cent, a discovery that calls for attention to this in humans,” the researchers wrote in the journal Nature.

cool. and then they point out that "There is, after all, a significant difference between living to be 50 and reaching 75.”

well, damn, smokey - see how much they learn 'em good in them there science skool?

patience, my dear

i'm the most jittery, impatient, annoying person who has ever tried to sit still. when i'm excited i bounce, when i have a secret i want to burst... when i sit for too long, i jiggle - my feet, my hand, sometimes my head.

so it amazes me that i kept quiet abuot my boyfriend for so long. as you may have noticed, i'm blogging pretty rarely these days. it's not that i hve less time, or less to say, it's that i want to share every thought, every everything, and i know i can't, so i share nothing instead. annoying, i miss blogging, and .

so... i called someone a prude the other day on protocols. i felt bad about how harsh i was, but the thing is, the guy really pissed me off. it's ok to not like a link someone posts, and to comment to that end. even to say "i found it offensive" or "i think it's detrimental to your readership". but to use that dislike to launch a personal attack? the way it was framed made it seem that posting that link was a motivating factor in the commenter's opinion of the person.

which is when the prude thing popped into my head. it made me think of those people who see someone do somehting hey wouldn't do, and then judge that person as bad. not cool! and so not the place to air personal issues.

i'm not sure if i have a point here. i believe i'm rambling, and i've lost myself in the middle. again. dammit.

i'm not the only one!

i was sent this link by a friend, and i have to tell you, it made me quite happy to learn that someone else goes through this with my name:
So meeting someone new was often a mini-ordeal:

"Hi, I'm Dani."

"Oh, nice to meet you Danny/Dana/Donna/Dina."

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!
oh, do i feel her pain.

she makes the same point i've made from time to time - we have this idea that names are important, and having mine messed up so often by so many people is beyond aggravating. so, take heed, pronounce carefully, and
FEMALE DANIS OF THE WORLD - UNITE!

wandering down the street
my destination known
steps directed by the wind
freezing tear embedded in my cheek
to never hear your voice again

baruch dayan ha'emet

i didn't think i'd be doing this for many many years, but today is it.  Mikey Butler, a highly cherished friend of mine as well as many others, was niftar this morning.  to anyone who knew him, you know how special he was.  and to anyone who didn't have the honor of his friendship - and to know him was to be friends with him - my words can never give you a sense of who he was.

The funeral will be tomorrow @ 12:30 in Pittsburgh.  Driving directions are here.

ps - mikey's tradition of talking online to help others and himself started early.  funny how he never told me he met clinton.  or spielberg.