3 vs 13

Today was sister Anne and sister Melissa's graduations from Oakland U. (Congrats ladies!) So we loaded up April's Grand Prix and hit the road. My mom had called the night before to let us know that my cousin Emily was going to be visiting and that she really wanted to meet baby O.

Congrats Emily you were the first extended Bier family member to meet and interact with Liv! Don't let it go to your head... :)





fyi- Olivia doesn't seem to be a Cher fan.

Of course by the time we had left "The Hilton" we were late. So I took it upon myself to make up some time by using my handy lead foot. Mid-eighties in a seventy mile per hour expressway isn't too bad, but unfortunately the police officer didn't agree.

-Austin, this is the second time your "magic" sticker has failed us. For shame.-

I can't fault the guy for doing his job. And to be fair I WAS speeding. But it still sucks. Also he was probably the most abrupt police officer April or I had ever dealt with.

No asking if I knew why he was pulling me over.

No asking why I was speeding.

Just, "License. Registration. Proof of insurance. I read you going 84 in a 70." And he walked away.

Boo.

This is my third moving violation in my twelve years of driving. I've got a lot of work to catch up to April's thirteen.

Stone Cold

Saturday night JB and I plopped down on the couch after an exhaustive marathon of yard work. JB is a major patron of the local library system, so he had a pile of free movie rentals for us to choose from. I am a fan of Tom Selleck and small town murder/mysteries, so I picked Stone Cold, which included both of those things.

The movie was fine. Nothing worthy of an award, but watchable. However, I have one major qualm with it.

One of the subplots was about a high school girl getting gang raped in the woods by 3 of her classmates, including the varsity football star. These boys took photos and told the girl that they’d kill her if she ratted them out.

As the move progresses, the boys get found out by the Sheriff (Selleck). He really wishes he could beat them up and makes a comment at one point about castrating them. I think this is a worthy punishment.

But what really happens to the boys? Do they get sentenced to JAIL, where the cronies there will gang rape them back (also a good payback)? Do they get hanged within an inch of their life or shot in the groin (also a good payback, if you ask me)?

No.

They get sentenced to community service with the Sheriff’s department, which they never show played out. The boys still get to go to school with this poor humiliated girl. They never mention the football player’s fate, so we can only assume that he still gets to play football.

Unbelievable!!!

That is SOOOO not an acceptable punishment for those boys! Yet everyone seems fine with it—even the victim!

This really gets under my skin. I am glad that this wasn’t a true story.

American Idol Angst

Though I am not surprised at last night’s American Idol results, I AM miffed.

My three favorite performers from Tuesday night’s broadway theme were Syesha, Carli, and David. Who was in the bottom two last night? Syesha and Carli. Argh! And Carli went home! Those girls really let it out on stage for once and no one appreciated them.

Even the judges said that theirs were the best of the night, but America didn’t care. Or shall I say, teeny-bopper America with their American Idol text messaging didn’t care. The teeny-bopper America who will vote for BORING Jason Castro and David Archuleta despite dreadful performances, etc., just because they’re cute. Newsflash girlies: David’s dad will murder any girl who tries to get in the way of his, er, I mean, his son’s, career. And you think you like those dreadlocks on Jason? Do you really know what dreadlocks are? Dead hair. Dead hair that hasn’t seen shampoo since, well, it died, many, many years ago. No running your fingers through that, kiddos.

I already had to boycott last week’s show after they had kicked off Michael Johns the week before. But I simply cannot boycott next week. Next week the mentor is Neil Diamond!! How cool is that?!??? I don’t care if you think he’s old and corny; I love Neil Diamond! Sister Annie will back me up on that one.