Mondaze Report: Nail Polish 'n Poetry (it's da bomb)
Sometimes you da man, sometimes you da Speedo. I'm just sayin'.Another week, and a fresh grind of Kirkland Signature Fair Trade cuppa joe sitting pretty beside my laptop's got me outta my Monday morning funk. Time to start snickering over today's headlines...
My first stop is the front page of MSNBC, where the news du jour is more Clinton-Obama smackage offset by an utterly unworthy story about crow-eating docs streaming from boring old lifesaving medicine to the more lucrative plastic surgery OR. The article goes on to talk about the repackaging of the anti-aging industry to make it sound more legit and less like a snake-oil infomercial. Now, being a woman over 21, I spend a certain amount of time every morning staring in consternation at the inevitable creep of age spreading across my face. Does this mean I'm gonna start smearing the next trendy goo on my face and popping hormone pills every day? Not bloody likely. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, and I'm thinkin' those docs should keep themselves busy with cancer research, 'cuz we're gonna need it in a few years when these fountain-of-youth remedies backfire.
In search of more stimulating news, I head over to CBC's main site. This is what I get for my efforts:
This must be the slowest news day in the history of the world. I'm liking the hockey bit (which, by the way, didn't even make the top section of MSNBC this a.m.), since as a Canadian living abroad I have to at least demonstrate a general knowledge of such critical developments in Canadian doings like the Stanley Cup playoffs to impress my Nascar-fan friends (something about the sport's tendency to randomly start punching each other I think. Must appeal to the southern rednecks). But then you have on the left a blatant Bush-luvin' P.R. gig and to the right... a Poetry Face-off? The 7th annual? Wow. I'm thinkin' that is waaaaay less cooler than it sounds.
My search for greener pastures takes me to CNN. Finally, a page that is juicy enough to deserve procrastination on other pressing job and personal duties. At this moment, the lead story follows DNA testing on the 400 kids 'rescued' from the polygamist FLDS ranch last week. If there is one take-home message from the Iraq war, it's that you can't talk sense to a fundamentalist. This wunderland is supposed to be their Mecca, residency strictly on an invitation-only basis. I'm conflicted between feeling very sorry for those kids separated from (presumably) loving parents, and rolling my eyes at the sect's leadership who are so surprised that they would not be left alone indefinitely. America may be the land of opportunity but we don't care for those who refuse to fit the mold, especially when their tenets move beyond eyebrow-raising to outright criminal actions.
On a completely unrelated note, the fifth entry on CNN's page under 'Latest News' is titled Nail polish color may tip off politics. Ouch. That is a slow news day.
Keep it real, y'all. This is as exciting as it gets!
My first stop is the front page of MSNBC, where the news du jour is more Clinton-Obama smackage offset by an utterly unworthy story about crow-eating docs streaming from boring old lifesaving medicine to the more lucrative plastic surgery OR. The article goes on to talk about the repackaging of the anti-aging industry to make it sound more legit and less like a snake-oil infomercial. Now, being a woman over 21, I spend a certain amount of time every morning staring in consternation at the inevitable creep of age spreading across my face. Does this mean I'm gonna start smearing the next trendy goo on my face and popping hormone pills every day? Not bloody likely. There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, and I'm thinkin' those docs should keep themselves busy with cancer research, 'cuz we're gonna need it in a few years when these fountain-of-youth remedies backfire.
In search of more stimulating news, I head over to CBC's main site. This is what I get for my efforts:
This must be the slowest news day in the history of the world. I'm liking the hockey bit (which, by the way, didn't even make the top section of MSNBC this a.m.), since as a Canadian living abroad I have to at least demonstrate a general knowledge of such critical developments in Canadian doings like the Stanley Cup playoffs to impress my Nascar-fan friends (something about the sport's tendency to randomly start punching each other I think. Must appeal to the southern rednecks). But then you have on the left a blatant Bush-luvin' P.R. gig and to the right... a Poetry Face-off? The 7th annual? Wow. I'm thinkin' that is waaaaay less cooler than it sounds.
My search for greener pastures takes me to CNN. Finally, a page that is juicy enough to deserve procrastination on other pressing job and personal duties. At this moment, the lead story follows DNA testing on the 400 kids 'rescued' from the polygamist FLDS ranch last week. If there is one take-home message from the Iraq war, it's that you can't talk sense to a fundamentalist. This wunderland is supposed to be their Mecca, residency strictly on an invitation-only basis. I'm conflicted between feeling very sorry for those kids separated from (presumably) loving parents, and rolling my eyes at the sect's leadership who are so surprised that they would not be left alone indefinitely. America may be the land of opportunity but we don't care for those who refuse to fit the mold, especially when their tenets move beyond eyebrow-raising to outright criminal actions.
On a completely unrelated note, the fifth entry on CNN's page under 'Latest News' is titled Nail polish color may tip off politics. Ouch. That is a slow news day.
Keep it real, y'all. This is as exciting as it gets!
Related Articles
Previous Articles
