I seriously need to look for a new umbrella, a sturdy traditional one that can double as a walking stick, and one that is wiiide. Said need was deeply felt today when much of me got wet because my umbrella is too small, also, some creep might have been following me on the subway, and I felt better with the solid type of umbrella...cause one time, ( Read more... )

http://jezebel.com/5392582/why-did-no-one-stop-the-richmond-gang-rapeRead more... )

I was six and that was back in Hong Kong (and before I got my glasses which according to my parents, disqualified me at the time). I really want to 'walk the beat'. There was traffic cops, there were the detectives, and 'flying tiger team'...the super cool squad that bust in movie style. I wanted to be the street cop, the ones that patrols...it' ( Read more... )

Natalie Portman, who I used to like, is on the list that supports Polanski, ah, one more celeb who I shall consider Dead To Me, this is at least not as painful as the Whoopi Goldberg thing (I've only seen Portman in Star Wars, but I've seen Goldberg in Ghost, The Colour Purple, Star Trek TNG, Sister Act...and I sometimes watch The View for her, no ( Read more... )

First, there was a brief brown out around dawn so my radio clock respawned with the wrong settings, and then, while I was watching The View while gobbling down lunch, Whoopi Goldberg, who I still have a crush on from the time she brightened the otherwise LIFELESS Star Trek TNG by doing a much better job than Counselor Obvious in counseling people ( Read more... )

I finally tracked down Fritz Lang 1931 film, M...and I suppose it was, "well put-together", but it left me profoundly shaken and unsatisfied, because I did not get to see what I thought I would get to see, the whole reason I tracked it down in the first place, and I definitely disagree with the director's point of view, regarding the sympathy that ( Read more... )

The moment I heard the detail that Annie Le was strangled, I guessed "attempt rape", and that was already something I've been guessing the moment she went missing.

Raymond Clark is only a suspect now, but;
a) In 2003, Clark's high school girlfriend told police she wanted to break up with him but was scared of what he might do., ""She stated that ( Read more... )

When I was in high school, I read this collection of true crime stories that leaves me justifiably paranoid, the worse of which is one titled "Company Slave", I couldn't remember anything other than the details and that title, which is very hard to track down on google since the stuff comes up is usually relating to the North American slave trade ( Read more... )

1. Cleaning Day: It's Cleaning Day in the Chinese Calendar, so I cleaned, I dusted my bookcase which through a miracle paralleling immaculate birth, has collected DUST BUNNIES since I've cleaned it last month. A thin layer is understandable, but DUST BUNNIES? In a month? Somehow dust got into my hair even though I'm a head taller than my ( Read more... )

gekked from liliaeth

On September 1st, blacksquirrel's underage brother was arrested for the high crime of walking back to his car after a concert in the general vicinity of the Republic National Convention.

In the Update(September 2nd):
He still had not been given a phone call. 8 other minors had been arrested with him and of them only one other was released because ( Read more... )