Before My Time...

Last week an employee of mine was reading a note written by a fellow employee. She read the following:

What would you do if sang out of tune

would you stand up and walk out on me

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song

I will try not sing out of key

at that point she stopped and looked around the room to the other twenty-two people in the room and asked, "is this a song?"

I erupted, "are you kidding me, please tell me your kidding me." Then another supervisor looked at me and said, "relax. It was before her time." That is really a horrible excuse. Forget the fact that I Get By With a Little Helpful From My Friends is a classic. The excuse is just horrible. According to that argument Harry Potter is what should be read in literature classes, to hell with that old fart Shakespeare. World War II? That was so yesterday. I just wish young people (who have history at their fingertips I might add) had a little appreciation for the past.

Twilight is Like Diet Coke...

Twilight and Harry Potter are books in the same way Diet Coke is "healthy". Both statements are true but only based on a technicality. Diet Coke is healthier than regular Coke (I guess). Twilight and Harry Potter are books in that they are written down narratives but come on is this really literature.

Diet Coke is supposed to be a healthy alternative but its still filled with tons of calories and aspartame which has been linked to some serious health issues. Plus people that drink Diet Coke become obsessed with it. I have never seen people drink one diet coke - they drink it all day! You know what I am talking about, the Diet Coke lovers who you see chugging it down all day starting with their obligatory 9am bottle or can. These folks think they are avoiding type two diabetes but instead they are just filling their bodies with horrible sugar replacements and empty calories.

Its the same with Twilight. People think they are doing something good for themselves but instead they are just becoming addicted to to a crap disguised as a book. Seriously? teenage vampires and werewolves? Don't even get me started again on how played out this whole plot is. If you are interested please feel free to read my rant on how big a rip off Twilight is here.

Twilight is just so damn awful. Its hacky, it uninspired, and its really geared toward 13 year old Goth girls. Is Diet Coke healthier than regular Coke? Maybe. Is it still bad for you? Definitely. Does Twilight have compelling characters? Yes, it has compelling characters who were created hundreds of years ago by other authors. Is Twilight a book? Yes. Is it a good one? Time will probably tell but I am betting that Twilight will not be remembered fondly.

Under the Weather...

Feeling a little sick - but I am coming out of it.

While my head is clear let me say the following:

1. Happy Birthday to Sesame Street. It's their 40th birthday. Kermit, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, the Count, Snuffie, Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch. All of them are amazing and a big part of my childhood.

2. Game 6 of the World Series tonight is going to be great. If the Phillies force a game 7 it will make this an unbelievably great series (regardless of the outcome). Plus, it will give Pedro Martinez one more chance to horrify Yankee fans. If the Yankees win it was an OK series. But it will be remembered because it will mean the Yankees will have won their 27th world title in the first year of New Yankee Stadium. Plus, they get to do it by beating arch nemesis Pedro Martinez. MVP honors should go to Chase Utley or Mariano Rivera - anyone else would be ridiculous.

3. Stop it facebook!!! Since the redesign of the site (and i feel like facebook changes its layout as often as my mother moves her living room furniture - which is to say every two weeks) I keep getting "suggestions" of people I should talk to. Hey! Listen up facebook, stop bothering me. I will write on someone's wall when I have something to say to them. Don't suggest anything to me. Maybe there is a reason why I don't talk to some of my online "friends". Which, by the way, is the reason I like Twitter's classification of "followers". Half the people on facebook are not my actual "friends" they are people I felt obliged to add or am stalking. "Followers" is a more accurate description of what i do through social networking sites. I follow people. Some may say "stalk" but "following" is nicer because it doest have any of those creepy/illegal connotations. :)