Dec 11th

- Finals are finally here! Woot.

- Since it took me so long to be able to get in and speak with my advisor, I wasn't able to sign up for classes, and now I have to wait even longer, and I probably won't get what I need anyway. I feel like I'm in a one of Scott Adams' strips.

- I haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. In fact, I have procrastinated on just about everything this semester. I think all of my papers were finished the day they were due at the earliest.... It's a good thing my parents don't read this....

- Well, Christmas is right around the corner, so we get to see all the Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch, and Claymation movies you can handle. And then some more. But are the networks content? Nooooo. They feel the need to drop utter crap on us with the inventions of Frosty Returns and Jim Carrey's Grinch. Frosty Returns is just bad televison. It's bad. There's really nothing else to say about it.

The live-action Grinch facade is in a different category. It's part of the "Rip-off the Name, and Screw Up the Story" genre. That's like making a Robin Hood where the Sheriff of Nottingham has a voodoo-practicing mother, and Robin Hood actually went on the crusades. Oh, wait, they did that too.

- Risk: It's All In The Wrist.

- PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals. On that note, we here in Michigan recently voted to not allow the shooting of doves. I was in favor of NOT shooting doves. Just because there was no reason to, and doves aren't hurting anybody. There are plenty of things to kill out there that need killing (read: Spiders).

- Follow-up: I like animals. I think animals were created by God both to comfort and provide resources for man. Killing animals with a purpose is not a bad thing (i.e. the entire Old Testament system of animal sacrifices, and as for food, etc.) Killing animals for other reasons is generally not good (except Spiders. Kill them all). In other words, I'm about like 80% of michigan's population. Use them as a resource, but don't be malicious about it.

The problem comes when people (read: Peta) start claiming animals are somehow on par with people. My dad almost voted for shooting doves just to shove it in the face of people who call it murder. Equalizing hunting with murder is trivializing both human life and the taking of it. It's also a pretty hefty accusation against God.

I don't hunt. It's not because I'm against it, but because it doesn't interest me enough. I'm not against people killing deer, because I'd rather they did than I hit one with my car. I know a lot of people who don't hunt, and who don't like the practice. I'm okay with that too. The people who I have a problem with are the ones who think animals are people too, and the ones who think animals are here for humans to take out their frustrations upon.

- I'm off to my Women's History (And Why Men Are Stupid!) class.