Blog Reflections, Grave Danger, Tarantino, and CSI Opinions

I often question whether I should attach a link to my blog onto various social networking websites.  On the upside, it shows that I can string multiple words together into cohesive sentences.  Having a blog also shows that I practice writing a great deal and am likely to have heightened communication skills for writing more than others.  

However, I often believe that the nature of my blog is too informal to share on professional networking websites.  If my blog was on something specific like a skill or recipes, maybe I'd see it as a showcase of educational enrichment.  Instead, it is more of a grab bag of journal entries, book reviews, life philosophy, and whatever I happen to feel like writing at the time it is written.  

I also have a few short stories and essays on here.  I still keep trying to submit them to writing contests (because I have always wanted to be a writer), but I don't really know what genres to categorize them in because I often feel that they could fall under multiple genres or would require a new one.  Sci-Fy Feminism, Political Humor, Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Fantasy Drama are some of the genres I have considered for my stories.  I'm not an expert, though.

Speaking of artists who like to think outside the box like me, I was watching the BEST CSI-two part episode Grave Danger that was directed by Quentin Tarantino (a genius).  After watching the additional content about the episodes, I was really excited to find out that he was a hardcore fan of CSI like I have been since the show first aired on CBS.  Having something in common with a well-known filmmaker is awesome!! :D 

It was so cool to see how much Tarantino respected the actors on CSI to know how their characters would react in given situations and how Tarantino incorporated the CSI writing staff in his two-part episode. Respecting others and allowing others to incorporate their talents into an endeavor always makes for a better process and ultimately final product.

CSI has always utilized dry intelligent humor, which has always been my cup of tea.  Hence, I have been an avid fan throughout the seasons.  I was disappointed when Grissom left and they brought in Morpheus from the Matrix to run the lab (at least, run the lab thought process-wise).  It seemed like there were more people issues incorporated into the show in those seasons.  I always appreciated CSI for the science part more than for the social drama part.  

I liked when Ted Danson (D.B.) started heading up the lab, though.  It seemed like the show went back to pushing boundaries and exploring new worlds (like in the first D.B. episode about the octopus).  

It was better to have Ted Danson head up the team for a few reasons.  I felt that as an audience, we knew what Dr. Langsten's (Morpheus') history was from the beginning.  He was a doctor and a professor.  This kind of took the mystery out of the new team addition.  With D.B., the mystery is still very much intact.  Hence, the mysterious supervisor keeps us intrigued.  D.B. is also a fun person because he can talk to kids and his manner on the show suggests that he has a positive attitude.  Langston had more of a dreary attitude and a fear of losing control hanging about him while he was on CSI.  It just did not feel right to have that atmosphere on the show.  Lastly, Dr. Robbins has a very strong fanbase.  Therefore, it wasn't enjoyable to have another doctor (Dr. Langston) on the show infringing on Dr. Robbins' territory.  We love our coroners!! New actors need not apply.

In any case, I'm glad that the show has changed its cast.  I felt that the Alice in Wonderland wedding episode really brought CSI back to life.  Also, I feel that they did a wonderful tribute to Willows on the two-part episode when she was shot.  It was awesome that they did an allusion back to her first episode on CSI to send her on her way.  The description of the feeling from solving a case as "feeling like King Kong on cocaine" was priceless.  Hence, I am looking forward to the new season!! :D

I'm kind of hoping that Nick will be promoted to supervisor and Greg will be incorporated more into the forensic fieldwork.  I'd like my veteran CSI's to have more air-time.  It is kind of getting down to slim-pickings on veterans.  I still appreciate it when Mandy, the lab tech that has been around a long time, gets air-time as well.  Lab technicians really deserve more credit than they are given.

In any case, I love my CSI, Tarantino, and my crazy blog.  It is fun to have opinions and write about what I'm thinking at any given time.  It keeps me from living on a Tibetan mountainside in a monastery.  

Lost Dreams, Inner Judgments, Summer Happens While I Made Other Plans (That Failed)

I keep dreaming that I'm lost.  I dream that I'm attending high school again after I've already graduated.  I feel awkward and ashamed that I'm back in high school, when I've already been to college in real life.  I keep thinking that I should not be moving backwards.  Sometimes, I dream that I am back in Colorguard, doing routines for current football seasons.  It feels so surreal, but there is truth in what it is referring to in real life. 

I reflect on how my life has gone up to this point.  I kind of feel ashamed of having taken general education classes, when I found out afterwards that I could have waived them with a form at my second college two years ago.  I like to believe it was partly my adviser's fault, since she didn't realize that such a form existed and it was the reason why I was submitting 140 credits worth of transfer credit forms.

Furthermore, perhaps I was supposed to have taken introductory courses in civil engineering, so that I could network into the job opportunity that I had in the summer of 2012.  Maybe, everything was supposed to work out this way.  It seems so weird that I had to go backwards in order to go forward.

This summer has not gone the way I thought it would go.  I had 3 potential job opportunities and they all fell through.  I am afraid of not having enough financial aid to cover next year's tuition and books.  This dreary possibility has upset the very core of my being.  Thus, I am depressed.

I have been filling out scholarship and job applications all summer.  Cleaning my room is still a work-in-progress (WIP).  My inner critic is having a field day with the actuality that is my life this summer.  Yet, I hope that whatever slump I'm in will cease to exist and the summer can be salvaged.  Perhaps, I should try my luck at BINGO sometime this summer because I have won before in the past on rare occasions when I really needed a win.

I shall hope that the financial aid and employment gods smile upon me and the rays of sunshine break through the dark cloudy skies.  I need something to work out, so I can finish the yearly academic plan that I have made for this coming 2013-2014 school year.  If all else fails, BINGO!

Brunettes Who Wear Glasses: Stop Making Us Look Bad!

Let's start with the political favorite: Sarah Palin.  She was John McCain's running mate in the 2008 election.  It is true that she has Governor of Alaska experience and environmental fortitude, but she sounded so ridiculous during the 2008 Presidential debates.  Then, the media decided a more in-depth look into her life was merited and they came out with a TLC show about her.  And given the ridiculous subjects that are featured in the TLC shows of polygamy-rich families, strange addiction-having people, brides who want to win plastic surgery, and toddlers in beauty pageants, it's hardly a compliment.  Sarah Palin, although a very successful woman professionally, was the first stone thrown against the reputation of brainy brunettes (at least, the first one that irritated me).

Then, we had a crazy brunette in the media who didn't wear glasses: Casey Anthony, a mother responsible for the death of her own daughter.  Great! Now the ability of brunettes to nurture children is called into question.  Anthony's trial brought up the issues of a brunette going crazy suddenly, due to past abuse by family members.  Once again, brunettes are looking bad.

Then, we come to Jodi Arias, the murderess who used to be blonde, but changed her hair color to brown to cover her murderous tracks.  Suddenly, the vain murderess took to wearing glasses during her trial duration. Arias showed how a brunette could have a psychological disorder unbeknownst to her and kill a cheating boyfriend in a brutal heinous manner.  To add salt to the wound, she tried to appeal to the predilections of the jury specifically in order to acquire a more lenient sentence than death.  She talked about how she would teach inmates sign language, designed a sad excuse for a tee-shirt (a five-year old could have written "Survivor" on a shirt), and how she would give all her hair to a cancer charity for  the rest of her life.  The worst part about it is that she committed murder, lied a lot throughout the interrogation process, and effectively manipulated a jury enough to keep them from saying "death" unanimously.

Now, the whole premise that brunette bespectacled women are sane productive members of society is called into suspect.  So...Fellow Bespectacled Brunettes, Stop Giving Us A Bad Name!! I don't like resembling criminals or idiots.  Please refrain from saying stupid things on mass-media television.

Furthermore, ALL PEOPLE, stop sporting the brunette bespectacled look JUST to gain justice system leniency.  I don't think it works that way, generally.  Jodi Arias' shallow victory was a testament to her amazing defense attorney.  It wasn't her new makeover.

I'm not saying that bespectacled brunettes do not have some saving graces out there.  Tina Fey is an awesome example of a creative successful bespectacled brunette.  As well, I believe Jodi Arias' attorney spoke well both in the courtroom and on television.  Her oratory skills made bespectacled brunettes look better, despite her client's misdeeds.

Amy Farrah Fowler on Big Bang Theory is also an endearing character representative for brainy bespectacled brunettes, which could help us redeem our stereotype-battered reputation.  In conclusion, I really hope that the reputation of bespectacled brunettes can recover from the continuous blows the media has on the visual connotations associated with our sense of style and natural roots.  Change is not fair, when the action taken does not resonate with the individual having to change.

Poem About Tourists From a Native-Born Las Vegas Dweller

Tourists,

How our economy needs you to survive.

Tourists,

How I hate the way you drive.

Tourists,

How I wish you'd hurry up and go.

Tourists,

How can you afford the money you blow?

Sin City is where you all flock, 

To gamble away your stock, 

While the natives suffer the traffic hell, 

To hate you and need you does not bode well.