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And The Winners Are ...

So here are who I think the winners will be. I want it out there for public records so I can see if I was right or wrong:
Actor: Bill Murray
Actress: (Unfortunately) Charlize Theron
Supporting Actress: (Unfortunately) Renee Zellwager
Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins (which I'm psyched about - he's a favorite of mine)
Film: The Lord of the Rings
Director: Peter Jackson
Screenplay : Lost in Translation
Adapted Screenplay: Mystic River
Documentary: The Fog of War

The Slow Server at The Coffee Place

I have been a mooch! (Is that how you spell it?) I've been using the wireless internet at my local coffee spot and buying a cup of coffee or two, staying an hour or two. I don't think they mind but how do they make their cash? I mean, there are only like one or two of us here. And now I am kind of annoyed because their server is so slow.

Died or Passed Away

My father passed away on Christmas Eve. My mom passed away nine years ago. I feel I have to start this way because I'll probably talk about it a lot and it gives all of my upcoming meditations some context.

I was emailing some one my current situation and I realized that I had no idea what to write. Died means what exactly? And why is passed away the more "sensitive" term? When I look up the verb to die in the dictionary it says, "1 : to pass from physical life : EXPIRE/ 2 a : to pass out of existence : CEASE" However, pass away is an intransitive verb. that is defined as to die or to go out of existence. The funeral director always used the word to pass. One day, I asked him why. He was a bit surprised and said people don't say to die. "Why?" I asked. "Well, pass implies that someone has moved onto somewhere different, implying better." He knew not to go talking all God on me. Not that I'm an atheist but I just havent found something that I can get behind. I looked up to pass and it said: MOVE, PROCEED, GO I kind of like to proceed as if they had some better things to do.

A Morning With Better Coffee

So I think that paying more money for a better cup of coffee is worth it. I have tried to be thrifty. Pick up the 50 cents cup of coffee at the dirty bodega but all it does is make me jittery. And being hit on by the father of three in front of his three year old son does begin to lose its charm. I have to say that WNYC having a fund drive is great for them but sucks for all of us who just want to hear some NPR without twenty thousand interruptions. So, what is up with Bush adding an amendment saying marriage should only be between a man and a woman? God, I am leaving the country.

Guess Who's Black!

I have had a really great breakthrough with typepad. It is really cool. I was about to throw in the towel. What I learned today: I am really not religious. Even a little bit. When Mel Gibson's interview came on TV, I was more intrigued with just how crazy he was than I was with his creative take on history. However, today after talking to to Kirsten, she told me a bit about Ellen G. White who was one of the biggest writers/preachers of The Seven Day Adventist religion. Check out her website. In a quote from her website, Ellen G. White, "Seventh-day Adventists believe that Mrs. White was more than a gifted writer; they believe she was appointed by God as a special messenger to draw the world's attention to the Holy Scriptures and help prepare people for Christ's second advent. " I'm not joining or anything but that chick is black and no one wants to talk about it. People are doing studies. Writing papers. Yet it's still not out there. Why is that? She is the first black graduate from Vassar but yet her religion doesn't want to take it on. Hey, if you know more about this, let me know because I am intrigued. I mean, what is it about her being black that is so scary and/or outrageous to people.

I have to go but I am so determined to figure out this whole typepad thing. God, why am I late for everything. I suck! Isha's going to kill me. I think I am coming down with something and this whole blog thing is kind of overwhelming with my flu from the door opening and closing at Muddy Water (God bless wireless internet!). OK, I am being disciplined and leaving the coffee shop (bar, what do we call these things) and trying to do something with my day.