Ebola.

I will never forget when a customer tried to tell me that the person who died from Ebola here in the US was from Africa. That he was an African. And I wanted to tell him that not every Black person he sees is from Africa. Just like how not every Korean, Japanese, Chinese or Thai person is from Asia. Just like not every white person is from England.

Maybe, if we taught critical thinking, proper grammar, how to back up what you say with facts and not just have a baseless opinion, etc... Maybe, the world wouldn't be such a mess.

And, no, I don't care that he was a man from Africa. That is completely beside the point. We always say people come from "Somewhere Else," ESPECIALLY if they aren't WHITE. Its the notion that just because someone has dark skin that automatically makes them from "Somewhere Else." That if someone has different characteristics they must be from "Somewhere Else."

I wore Hijab for several months and I was asked all the time "Where are you from?" and was met with "No, I mean, where were you from originally?"

The notion that differences mean "Somewhere Else."

YOU can't be from here, because YOU are different.

And that bothers me.

Sick Nurses

Pretty much everything I'm going to say about this movie is a spoiler, therefore, if you have any interest in watching this Thai horror film you might refrain from reading about it. Unless you really want to see it after reading about it.

This movie was hilarious. Fucked up, but hilarious.
We begin with a not quite thoroughly explained premise. That being that the nurses and doctor are making their living from selling dead bodies on the black market. We only get a hint in that the main character is murdered shortly after threatening to tell the police how they "make their living" from dead bodies.

Each nurse has a vice of some sort. And each vice is used against them in the end.

First we have the murdered girl herself, Tahwaan, who is actually *SPOILER* a homosexual man who fell in love with Doctor Tar (the only other man in this whole film) and had a sex change to be with him. *END SPOILER*

Then we have the murdered girl's sister, Nook, who is *SPOILER* pregnant with the doctor's baby after a sexual rendezvous in a place full of corpses that her brother/sister watched because she was going to surprise the doctor.*END SPOILER*

Next we have Am and Orn who are twins in love with each other. They even have a lamp that has Narcissus written on it. Narcissus is a character from Greek Mythology who fell in love with his own reflection and wasted away because he couldn't bear to leave it. The incestuous feelings the sisters have for each other is very apparent in their scene on a bed.

Next is Yim who is determined to have a perfect Vitruvian based body. She has a projector that she turns on and then uses a marker to mark what needs to be fixed on her body. She is constantly working out trying to be perfect.

Then there is Jo who is bulimic and constantly eating because of it. There is one scene where she is brushing her teeth and there is a half eaten donut on her counter. She can't resist it, so she eats it with all the toothpaste foaming in her mouth. Of course it doesn't matter, she'll throw it up and then weigh it later. Bulimia is terrifying enough without weighing your own vomit to see how much you threw up compared to how much you ate.

Lastly there is Aeh. Ah, Aeh. She is obsessed with beautiful material goods. So much so that one of her punishments is having her beautiful handbag sewn to her head and neck.

Oh and how could I forget good Doctor Tar? The master of mayhem in this movie all because he didn't keep his promise to Tahwaan and slept with every single nurse. Feeding their various addictions and obsessions. Well, and in the case of Jo, literally feeding her.

Best Scene
Nook is standing on a long square spiral staircase and suddenly all these faceless people with gas masks made of hair flood the stair case on either side so that she can't escape. And what does she do? What does our brave heroine do to escape this clearly inescapable situation?

She whips out a used pregnancy test and starts kicking ass.
That's right ladies and gentleman, she whips out that pregnancy test and begins fighting off this horde with it like its a fucking knife. Seriously, I've never seen such a hilarious scene in a movie, my entire life! Who uses a fucking pregnancy test (a USED pregnancy test no less) to defend against a zombie like horde?

Second Best Scene
Am and Orn's arms are being controlled by Tahwaan so that they are sawing off all of Orn's limbs in a lovely tub filling with blood. The look on Orn's face is as if she had just won a trip to DisneyLand. And right after I made that joke we all noticed that Am was wearing sparkly Mickey Mouse earrings.

And that look doesn't leave Orn's face until she is completely dismembered and drowning in a pool of her own blood.

Third Best Scene
Aeh getting beheaded by her purse. I'm not saying anymore than that.

Worst Scene
Where Jo makes her slop that she uses to make herself vomit (because she is bulimic) and she then throws up in a bag and WEIGHS IT! Not to mention she is starving her cat as well.

Second Worst Scene
Jo's demise. Seriously, aborted babies in formaldehyde flying into the gaping and bloody maw of a jawless woman and kittens eating tongues is the stuff of nightmares. Not mine, of course, but somebody's somewhere.

My Name is NOT Susan

Whitney Houston song for the DAY



This is your news, read and arm yourselves with knowledge

Nujood Ali. She is 10 years old. And she is Divorced.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-15/divorced-at-age-10/

More Howard Stern Controversy. What? You thought he was dead or something? Unfortunately no. He has a few harsh words for Gabourey Sidibe, the star of "Precious".
http://www.bvnewswire.com/2010/03/15/gabourey-sidibe-mom-howard-stern/

The shortest man in the world died at the age of 21.
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/03/15/worlds-shortest-man-dies/19400471/

A wild wolverine, the only known wild one, was found dead in Michigan.
http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=12143672

And for some reason a bunch of Thai people are going to protest by spilling blood. Their own.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/16/2846703.htm?section=world

There is a Vampire in Florida. He wants to be president.
http://www.wtsp.com/news/mostpop/story.aspx?storyid=127365&provider=top

In a "homicidal mood"? Threaten a parent with bone-cutting scissors
http://www.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=127324&catid=58

A Dog swallows a Diamond.
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/pets/2010/03/13/2010-03-13_golden_retriever_swallows_20000_diamond.html


A RECIPE FOR YOU ALL TO TRY!

Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins

2 cups of whole wheat flour
1 cup of all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
10 Tbsp unsalted butter (1 1/4 stick), softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 1/2 cups blueberries
1 Tbsp flour (if using defrosted frozen berries)
1/4 cup of brown sugar


Adjust the oven rack to the middle-lower part of the oven. Preheat oven to 375°F.

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and one cup white sugar together, beating until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated after each one. Beat in the grated lemon peel.


Beat in one half of the dry ingredients until just incorporated. Beat in one third of the yogurt. Beat in half of the remaining dry ingredients. Beat in a second third of the yogurt. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients and then the remaining yogurt. Again be careful to beat until just incorporated. Do not over beat. Fold in the berries. If you are using frozen berries, defrost them first, drain the excess liquid, and then coat them in a light dusting of flour.


Use standard 12-muffin muffin tins. Coat each muffin cup lightly with olive oil or grapeseed oil using a pastry brush, or with a little butter. Or use one of those convenient vegetable oil sprays. Distribute the muffin dough equally among the cups. Bake until muffins are golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle tops with brown sugar. Set on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from the tin and serve slightly warm.

Mommy, I want a Mermaid!

A quote for the day.
"Thy kiss is comfortless as frozen water to a starved snake." Troilus and Cressida by Shakespeare

So, let's start with the news.

Female reporters in foreign countries don't feel like women. They feel like a "third sex". Confusing? A little, but quite understandable none the less
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2010/03/11/female-reporters-cbc.html

In Thailand there are people who believe that tattoos give you super powers. If they are the right tattoo that is.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/thailand.tattoos/index.html

This is hilarious, try it out! http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html

A Senior girl's Senior prom was canceled because she is a Lesbian and wanted to go with her girlfriend wearing a tux. Lawsuit pending.
http://m.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100311/NEWS/100311012/-1/WAP&template=wapart
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_lesbian_prom_date

A man breaks into a church to watch Porn. Don't believe me?
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=10066362

A baby elephant dies during 9 days of traumatic labor, but a live baby elephant is born. Zombie maybe?
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10070163

A young woman gets suspended from school for NOT taking drugs. Yep, the world just got turned upside down.
http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/03/another_dumbass_school_officia.php

And a Piano teacher is being charged with having Child Porn. He was already a sex offender.
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/piano-teacher-faces-child-porn-charges-031010

And now a song. Today's song has nothing to do with my quote or the title of the blog, but I thought that the title was funny. ^^ Anyway, I am slightly addicted to this song right now, don't know why.