On a 15 minute break. Don’t want to go back inside.
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For all the crap I like to give my alma mater, I was really surprised at how disturbed I was at the news of the shooting there this afternoon. It made me… just… sad, to see Charlie Gibson covering NIU on ABC World News.
Watching the press conference now, and holy cow, the NIU police chief guy is HUMONGOUS. And he’s crabby. If that guy got mad at me, I think I would pee my pants.
Reason #5438 I would be a bad journalist: All the stupid questions you have to ask. Sheesh, these people come off as dense. They just ask the same 4 questions over and over again. I mean, basically, they’ll just keep asking the same questions until you cut them off. Don’t they feel a little dumb about that? I understand that they are just trying to get all the information and unearth anything new; I’m just saying I would hate it if that was my job.
Also, interesting that NIU has a “Campus Security Alert” graphic, which appears to have been prepared beforehand. Or, maybe the web designer is stuck in his dorm tonight with nothing better to do?
And finally, I wish they would stop interviewing students – especially the first-years. Not exactly the most eloquent spokespeople for the university… And none of them seem to know anything anyway. “I heard from this guy that he was wearing a ski mask” is not really the best eyewitness testimony. They also seem to laugh at inappropriate times. Not that I know anything about inappropriate reactions to serious situations…
Blech.
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I finally got permission to work one day a week from home, which leaves me with an extra hour this morning, since I don’t have to drive…
So anyway, I was reading back a couple of posts, and I wanted to give an update on the brown boots. I did actually find a pair of brown boots the morning of the thing that I was going to. Jay and I were having lunch with his parents, and on the way home I made him stop at Filene’s Basement because if I didn’t have boots, I would at least need new hose, you know? But while we were there, I just wanted to check their boot selection, and they had the perfect pair. OK, not 100% perfect, since they are technically a size larger than I would normally wear, which means that tripping is a very real possibility and my feet look bigger than they actually are. But. They zip up over my gigantic calves. And they are awesome. They are leather all the way up, not that cheap stretchy vinyl that so many calf-high boots have. The manufacturer’s prices was $300, and the Filene’s Basement prices was $189, but they were on clearance for 75% off, so I paid just FIFTY DOLLARS for them, ohmygodhyperventilating.
This has been 1 Minute in a Woman’s Head.
There was something else that I was going to write here, but now I can’t really remember what it was…
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Republicans who are crazy:
Mike Huckabee
Ron Paul
Republicans who are creepy:
John McCain
Mitt Romney
Also, someone please explain this goddamn delegate/super-delegate garbage for me. I am not a dumb broad, but I just cannot seem to wrap my head around this.
P.S. I left the comments open on the January 28 post for 3 days before getting comment spam. Now I can’t seem to delete the stupid comment. Boo comment spam!
Oooh! Wolf Blitzer just busted out the pie charts. Gotta split!
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Hooray for Obama winning Illinois!
As you may know, Jay is a huge election nerd, stemming from his stint in the newspaper industry. So tonight, he is making me watch the election returns. Unfortunately, he turned on the tv and then headed upstairs to call his Republican friend who voted for a certain Illinois senator today. So that leaves me on the couch here watching Mitt Romney (Mittens!) give a speech to his creepy-ass followers.
Must find remote control before I gouge my eyes out…
I would rather watch Obama eat a cheeseburger than listen to Mittens for one more minute.
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