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There are people on the net that
have nothing better to do with their time then be nasty to other
people online. They post rude comments, spend hours a day talking
about sites they hate so much, that they well, spend hours a day
talking about them. (lame) They mock the owners and posters for
their opinions and their right to free speech. They expect everyone
to fit into their narrow-minded little world view or else they throw
a temper tantrum.
To these people I say
grow up.
Here's a bit of info people...the
web is a HUGE place. If you don't like what I say here, or who I am,
or what I do, or talk about, or what I look like, or the color of my
hair, or whatever asinine thing you dwell on, go somewhere else.
It's really, really easy. Honest. You just click the little "x" in
the corner of your browser and *poof* the offending, big, mean and
nasty site has disappeared.
I pay for this site. It's mine.
That means I can use it for whatever the hell I want to. Don't like
it if I'm bitching about something in my life? Oh fucking well. Go
somewhere else. Think I'm stupid for expressing my thoughts? Too
fucking bad, don't read them. Somewhere along the line, someone
forgot this simple fact: Live and let live Don't like me,
cool, fine, whatever, I don't care. This journal is NOT for
you. It's for me. I'm not in it for popularity or fame or anything
stupid like that. I write it because I need to write and express
myself and get things out of my head sometimes. So read or don't, it
doesn't matter, but don't waste my time (or yours) bitching about
it.
*gets off soapbox*
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Saturday, November 18, 2006
New Snowman Earrings! Ok, these are the cutest things. And they're already my hot item of the season - and they're not even live on PhoenixFire Designs yet!
These are genuine Swarovski crystal snowman earrings. Your choice of red or green. They're here on preview first and they'll be up on the site tomorrow.
Filler Post - Kitty Cuteness Yes, this is merely a filler post. But it features my darling, small, grey kitty named Gracie being her adorable self. So at least for a filler, I give you something cute to look at, yes?
Want To Buy A Soul? So I was watching Heroes and Studio 60 last night and during the commercials, the local news was showing the quick tease ads with topics coming up at 11pm. One of them was about a guy who's planning on selling his soul. I admit, I was curious to see what it was all about. You can watch the video here as well.
Turns out, it's a local guy. Right near me in fact, who's put up a website called winmysoul.com. The premise is pretty simple. He's offering a chance to enter into a legal, binding contract which entitles you to certain rights over him for the rest of his life. It's a raffle, not an auction, so $1 gets you an entry. Some of the things he'll include is right to name his future kids, right to plan his wedding, percentage of taxable income every single year of his life, rights to a percentage of his intellectual property, right to a portion of his estate upon death and right to put a message on his tombstone. Other things include specific community service and volunteering requirements he will have to perform like donating blood and planting trees. My favorite though is that he will send you a card and present every year on his birthday as owner of his soul. Can't say he doesn't have a sense of humor. He also reserves the right to buy back his soul for the sum of $1 million dollars.
It's quite odd to say the least. He says it's merely a unique business proposal. And I suppose in some ways it is. If you gave $1 and won, you'd get a minimum of at least $500 a year in income. (The minimum he guarantees you for your share of his income.) And should he make a mint off of this idea, you'll make a million for him to void the contract.
Still, there's something disturbing about the whole thing. Not to mention a vague sense of distaste at the concept of "buying" another person's soul and the implications therein. I guess I just value the notion of one's spirit/soul/animating force/Self far too much to propose such an offer. Even if it becomes merely a legal contract. I exchanged a couple emails with him last night after seeing the report out of absolute curiosity. The guy seems normal enough when you converse with him, and yet...this is such a strange way of changing one's life. (Which is, he claims, the reason he's doing this.) I felt the need to warn him, however, that offering up so much to another. Perhaps it's because of my personal spirituality and experiences in the realm of the world's Mysteries, but, the Bard had it right when he said, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
I'm sure you'll be hearing about this in the coming weeks and months as it filters out into the net. But I just felt it was a unique subject to mention and that I'd throw the concept out there for discussion.
DAMMIT! MSG I Hate You! I just found out that Chik-fil-A used fucking monosodium glutamate in all it's chicken products.
Chick-fil-Aź Chicken Sandwich Ingredients: 100% natural whole breast filet, seasoning (salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, spices, paprika), seasoned coater (enriched bleached flour [bleached flour malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, nonfat milk, leavening [baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate], spice, soybean oil, color [paprika]), milk wash (water, whole powdered egg and nonfat milk solids), peanut oil (fully refined peanut oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness and dimethylpolysiloxane an anti-foaming agent added), pickles (cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, contains less than 1% of the following: calcium chloride, alum, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [preservatives], natural flavors, polysorbate 80, Yellow #5, blue 1), butter-flavored vegetable oil (soybean oil, palm kernel oil, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, TBHQ and citric acid added as preservatives, and artificial color).
DAMMIT! Why does everyone have to use this shit?? It's TOXIC. There are concrete studies done as far back as the 1950's through the 1970's that conclusively show MSG causes brain lesions as well as selectively kills brain cells. It is an absolute known migraine trigger and is even linked to neurological damage such as Alzheimer's disease. MSG is not found naturally in food or in the human body. MSG is not identical to free glutamic acid that has not been manufactured. The glutamic acid found naturally in human beings and other higher organisms (before food fed to plants, animals, and humans became loaded with MSG) is L-glutamic acid, only. MSG is an addictive substance and literally millions of people encounter MSG related adverse reaction on a daily basis.
I work VERY hard to avoid MSG in my diet. But it's hard because there's no standards for labeling. It gets hidden under things like "seasoning" or "natural flavors." It's also hidden under "hydrolyzed soy protein" and related vague terms. It's entirely up to the food manufacturer to disclose the MSG and there's a bunch of bullshit loopholes in which they don't have to list it. It's one of the reasons I'm so happy that organic items are making strides in mainstream food offerings - it means I have more food choices then I used to. (Because it is in everything from snacks, to soups, to seasoning, to side dishes, boxed pastas and rices and more.) Now there's one more damned thing I have to add to the list of inedible food.
I wrote them a letter through the contact form. I mentioned it's hard to justify the use of MSG when their entire sales-pitch is centered on the use of 100% natural white meat chicken. Toxic food additives and natural just don't go together very well.
So this is a warning for everyone else. Chik-fil-A contains MSG. You should contact them as well, explaining the displeasure of this usage, and informing them you will boycott their products until this dangerous chemical is removed from their food.
Weekend Ways Yesterday, Love, our friend Rand and I decided to hop over to Orlando. They had a big art show called "Festival of the Masters" going on at Downtown Disney and we decided to check it out. On the way there, I was able to hook up briefly with a friend from LJ, foxmagic. He had been so kind as to pick up a now-discontinued Happiest Celebration on Earth edition Pal Mickey for me. He's wearing a little tux and had updated content from the original one I got back in 2004. I wanted to buy a Pirate outfit they have for him, but I looked all over Downtown Disney and they were sold out.
We headed over to Magic Kingdom in the evening and couldn't find it there either. Apparently, it's been hard to keep it in stock. (The other new outfit, Santa, was everywhere but I just felt it's still too early for him to be in Holiday gear. Maybe towards December I'll get that outfit.) Bummer!
Anyway, we stayed and watched Wishes, rode Pirates, Haunted Mansion and Carousel of Progress before heading home. It was a nice day and the weather was good. Today we need to run some errands - poor girls are out of food and reminding loudly us they don't just want dry kibble! - so I better get ready.
Thanks again to Brian for the Pal Mickey hook-up! I love him and he works perfectly!
Can't say he doesn't have a sense of humor. He also reserves the right to buy back his soul for the sum of $1 million dollars.
they have for him, but I looked all over Downtown Disney and they were sold out. 
