seven things i thought about today

1. the jury finally returned its verdict today. for both women the jury agreed that the lapd did have a practice of discriminating against women, but only for one woman did the jury feel that the discrimination was the proximate cause of the woman's injuries/suffering. so one woman was awarded $1,000,000, and the other was awarded $0! which is so sad because it was a surefire case. the plaintiff's attorney was so incompetent. it would have been so easy to prove damages but he just failed to do so. the jury even admitted that they were pretty much positive that both women were injured, but the attorney just didnt provide any sort of evidence and they found themselves inferring facts. the one woman should sue the attorney for malpractice. seriously. he blew it.

2. my sister lindsey has a blog. here is the address: lindseysommer.blogspot.com i have other faithful readers that have blogs and once i figure out how to put links on my page ill be sure to post them for all to enjoy. lindsey talks about the reality tv girls she lived with. they sound like gems. great reality tv characters.

3. speaking of reality tv girls. i realized that yesterday i ripped on most all reality tv characters, which was the same day that i found out that my friend jessica bowlin is getting baptized. jessica bowlin was the girl that was selected in one of the 'bachelor' seasons. she is best friends with my good friend diana day, who also introduced her to the church. jessica is graduating from chapman law school this year and is actually very bright and one of the top people in her class. she is also going to work for the orange county district attorney's office after graduation, which is not an easy job to get. so i cant rip on all reality people and call them lame and ridiculous, since she disproves that. (she is taken by the way. just thought i should say it in advance before the dating suggestions start coming in.)

4. today i once again heard van halen's 'right now' on the radio while driving home. thats 3 times in the past week. im pretty sure that makes me the luckiest man east of hawaii. its amazing how a song can instantly make you happy and improve your whole day.

5. here is a completely random video my friend sent me the other day called 'charlie the unicorn.' i must warn that the video is strange and sort of sick and twisted. but ive thought about it a few times since ive watched it and everytime i think about the ending i laugh. after you watch it im sure you'll think im sick and twisted. oh well.

6. this one girl on one of those lds 'friends sites' sent me a random email and asked me if i wanted to be her friend. she is 21. the email was filled with misspelled words and on her profile as an occupation she says she is a 'cosmotologist/massage therapist/counsilour.' i have a personal rule in which i dont date cosmotologists or massage therapists. not that there is anything wrong with people that do these professions. i just have developed a stereotype with people pursuing these careers, and i dont really mesh with that stereotype, and i have yet to meet someone that doesnt fit the stereotype and would change my opinion. by principle im against anyone that declares themself a 'counsilour.' that is really how she spelled it on her profile. how could i ever take any sort of advice from her seriously when she says she is a counsilour. maybe she is british. anyways, do i need to be this girl's friend? is it too early to cast her off and out of my life? im already pretty positive she and i could barely maintain a friendship, let alone anything more than that, must i even be cordial and respond to her? is it even worth any sort of effort?

7. finally, my sister paige is having a baby and if its a boy, she wants to name it massimo, which means 'the best' in italian. i am completely in favor of this name. i think its a great name. plus, with that sort of name, he is destined for greatness (i refrained from saying being the best). but there really is so much to a name. people with certain names can only do certain things. thats why actors change their names, without an actor's name, most of them wouldnt be able to act. just imagine how bad a keanu reeves movie would be if he used his real name. good thing he changed it. now he can act. some names are universal, like brian or mike, if you have one of those names you can be anything from a plummer to a president. my friend met this guy named franchesco. he is a bell hop at a hotel. of course he is. when he was born and his parents gave him that name he was destined to be a bell hop or a chef. he could possibly peak as a cake builder or dress maker, but thats it. his parents set the ceiling there by giving him that name. but massimo. he is destined to be in some sort of profession where a stadium is chanting is name. like a gladiator or soccer player. both equally good employment. the sky is the limit with that name.