While I was making my tuna salad sandwhich today I looked at the back of my tuna package and noticed that it said, "Product of Ecuador." Wait-what?!?!? Maybe I'm missing something but I didn't know tuna came from ecuador. I mean it's a tiny country the size of Nevada, in South America with only 1,390 miles of coastline, that doesn't scream TUNA to me. I checked out the CIA World Factbook and it does show that fish is one of Ecuador's agricultural products, but it is second to last on the list. Tapioca, pigs, and sheep beat out tuna on the list. I have nothing against Ecuador its self I just don't know if I am comfortable with my tuna coming from there, it just confuses me.
-Tink
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Friday, April 28, 2006
Happy Birthday to Me!
So Monday, May 1st is my birthday and I am sooo excited! I love birthdays, they are the best. I am claiming this whole weekend as my birthday weekend. To be devoted to fun and birthday festivities. I can't wait, in an hour after class the fun begins!!
_TINK
_TINK
Monday, April 24, 2006
Group Projects Suck
They really do. Especially when you have what seems like the world's stupidest group. Seriously, how hard is it to just send someone your information? It's not like you really have to do any work. You just email it to them so they can do it. Of course, my group, being the geniuses they are, decided to send me everything at the end of spring break so I had no way to work on it until I got back. Now that I've finished it, it's too late for us to have someone's mom do it because she left for San Diego. If people had just sent me their stuff earlier it would have been done and we would have the copies done by now but no. Now we're scrambling trying to figure out who can take it to kinko's but it seems like everyone else can't do it. I really don't have time to do it because I was working on trying to do the pamphlet instead of practicing my speech but now everyone else will have their oral presentations done and my whole part will be screwed up. I really do hate them right now. I don't have time to go to Kinko's tonight. I need to work on my own assignments. Arg.
-nutmeg
-nutmeg
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Love Monkey
I have fallen "in like" with this tv show called Love Monkey. Its about a record executive named Tom Farrell who is fired from his corporate job and goes to work for an independent label. The writing is awesome, very witty and funny. The sad part is that it is already cancelled and will never come back. It was created by CBS but failed for some reason. It is a really good show with a great cast (like the guy from Ed, the friend in 13 Going On 30, and that other guy from 90210).
Personally, I think the name is what killed it. I mean if you flip through your tv guide to see what is on and you see "love monkey" its not exactly something you think you need to check out. However, even though it was cancelled the fans lobbyed for it to come back. Sadly it won't be coming back, EVER, but Vh1 has chosen to show the episodes that were made. Last tuesday they showed the first three episodes marathon style, and now they are going to show the next five never before aired episodes every tuesday. So I will at least get to see those, but this still makes me sad. Well I hope that whatever Tom Cavanaugh is in next will be just as good. So everyone watch the remaining shows and give support!
-Tink
Personally, I think the name is what killed it. I mean if you flip through your tv guide to see what is on and you see "love monkey" its not exactly something you think you need to check out. However, even though it was cancelled the fans lobbyed for it to come back. Sadly it won't be coming back, EVER, but Vh1 has chosen to show the episodes that were made. Last tuesday they showed the first three episodes marathon style, and now they are going to show the next five never before aired episodes every tuesday. So I will at least get to see those, but this still makes me sad. Well I hope that whatever Tom Cavanaugh is in next will be just as good. So everyone watch the remaining shows and give support!
-Tink
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Ode to Sea Monkies
Now that my sea monkies are officially dead I feel that I should make them a small tribute. They were good pets, quiet, low maintenance. I looked forward to taking care of them and watching them grow from a speck of dust to the size of a crumb. I know George also enjoyed the time he spent babysitting them for me over break. Sorry I killed you sea monkies, I shouldn't have stopped feeding you. This is why we are not allowed to have pets in the dorms...or maybe this is why I should not be allowed to have pets. I know you all aready think I am sadistic for ending their innocent lives, but let's put it this way, better luck next time to my next pet.
-Tink
-Tink
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Blondes Going Into Extinction!?!?!?
The other day I was watching the Colbert Report (oh how I love that show, I think I would marry Steven Colbert if I could) and he began talking about a report put out by the World Health Organization that blondes will be extinct in the next 200 years! So as a blonde myself I started to freak out. Would my kind one day be extinct? I mean this is the WHO saying this, not some tabloid, AND it was published in the New York Times, a reputible newspaper. So of course I did a little investigative reporting into the matter and found out that the story was a hoax. However, I still found this idea interesting. So I decided to read the articles and reports and this is what I found out:
According to a study done by experts in Germany all blondes will be extinct by the year 2202. find it ironic that the study was done by Germans, lovers of all things aryan, even though in reality most of the aryan race was brunette, but whatever. The BBC News article also states these experts "predict the last truly natural blonde will be born in Finland - the country with the highest proportion of blondes." They say that there are simply not enough blondes left in the world to perpetuate the gene past another two centuries. They even go on to blame women who dye their hair blonde, so called "bottle blondes," for stealing away the men that natural blonde women need to continue the race, lol.
The Times Online took the story far back in time, to the caveman, with their article "Cavegirls Were First Blondes to Have Fun." In the article they explain that "north European women evolved blonde hair and blue eyes at the end of the Ice Age to make them stand out from their rivals at a time of fierce competition for scarce males" when men were hunter-gatherers and often did not return from long hunting trips. "The increase in competition for males led to rapid change as women struggled to evolve the most alluring qualities......this theory is supported by studies which show blonde hair is an indicator for high oestrogen levels in women." This part is crazy interesting in my opinion, because I would never have thought of that. So thanks to my blonde loving caveman ancestors I am blonde today =)
My other discovery was in regards to how blondes are percieved. As I read about the extinction of blondes I began to wonder, if blondes are going to be extinct, does this also mean that blonde jokes will die off as well? What a tragedy that would be (ahem, sarcasm). Wikipedia suggests that we associate blonde hair with young children, causing us to assume adult blondes are unintelligent (idk if i believe that, but whatever). I think everyone has blonde moments, however, us blondes are just pinned with the stereotype. Some of this stereotype is attributed to "Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow, known as 'the Blond Bombshell' and 'the Original Blond Bombshell', respectively. Both frequently portrayed 'classic' dumb blondes in their films, yet were known privately as intelligent women. Jean Harlow is often credited as being the person who made it acceptable in Western culture for ordinary women to artificially bleach their hair blonde without being perceived as prostitutes." Thank you Jean Harlow for making it acceptable for women to dye their hair and not be considered a prostitute, because without you us natural blondes might be mistaken for those hair dying whores ;)
So I suggest we look into the "selective breeding program to save blondes" suggested by the brilliant and hilarious Steven Colbert. My advice to all you males out there is, if you're blonde, marry a blonde and save the race, and if your brunette, marry a blonde, this may be your only chance. Get one while they last =)-TINK
According to a study done by experts in Germany all blondes will be extinct by the year 2202. find it ironic that the study was done by Germans, lovers of all things aryan, even though in reality most of the aryan race was brunette, but whatever. The BBC News article also states these experts "predict the last truly natural blonde will be born in Finland - the country with the highest proportion of blondes." They say that there are simply not enough blondes left in the world to perpetuate the gene past another two centuries. They even go on to blame women who dye their hair blonde, so called "bottle blondes," for stealing away the men that natural blonde women need to continue the race, lol.
The Times Online took the story far back in time, to the caveman, with their article "Cavegirls Were First Blondes to Have Fun." In the article they explain that "north European women evolved blonde hair and blue eyes at the end of the Ice Age to make them stand out from their rivals at a time of fierce competition for scarce males" when men were hunter-gatherers and often did not return from long hunting trips. "The increase in competition for males led to rapid change as women struggled to evolve the most alluring qualities......this theory is supported by studies which show blonde hair is an indicator for high oestrogen levels in women." This part is crazy interesting in my opinion, because I would never have thought of that. So thanks to my blonde loving caveman ancestors I am blonde today =)
My other discovery was in regards to how blondes are percieved. As I read about the extinction of blondes I began to wonder, if blondes are going to be extinct, does this also mean that blonde jokes will die off as well? What a tragedy that would be (ahem, sarcasm). Wikipedia suggests that we associate blonde hair with young children, causing us to assume adult blondes are unintelligent (idk if i believe that, but whatever). I think everyone has blonde moments, however, us blondes are just pinned with the stereotype. Some of this stereotype is attributed to "Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow, known as 'the Blond Bombshell' and 'the Original Blond Bombshell', respectively. Both frequently portrayed 'classic' dumb blondes in their films, yet were known privately as intelligent women. Jean Harlow is often credited as being the person who made it acceptable in Western culture for ordinary women to artificially bleach their hair blonde without being perceived as prostitutes." Thank you Jean Harlow for making it acceptable for women to dye their hair and not be considered a prostitute, because without you us natural blondes might be mistaken for those hair dying whores ;)
So I suggest we look into the "selective breeding program to save blondes" suggested by the brilliant and hilarious Steven Colbert. My advice to all you males out there is, if you're blonde, marry a blonde and save the race, and if your brunette, marry a blonde, this may be your only chance. Get one while they last =)-TINK
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Cupcakes are Hott ;)
So did you know that Starbucks sells cupcakes now?? Did they always?? Cuz I really doubt that I would have overlooked that fact. As an avid cupcake eater, I would like to think that I would have noticed this right off that bat. Anyway, all I know is that I was really, I mean REALLY excited to discover this today. Not only did I order a fantastically delicious white chocolate hot chocolate but I got a vanilla cupcake with sprinkles. We are talking sprinkles here people! And not just a few sprinkles either, I'm talking the frosting was completely encrusted with them =) it made me happy. I was just this happy seeing the cupcake, I was even more elated to discover upon eating th cupcake that it was amazing! Seriously one of the best cupcake's ever. And did I mention that there was chocolate too, with chocolate frosting and choclate shavings. So of course I must return to Starbucks very very soon (like tomorrow) and test out the chocolate ones. This makes perfect sense right? I hope this makes everyone want to go out and eat a cupcake! Cuz cupcakes are hott!
-Tink
-Tink
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