CNN has these "story highlights" (for people who find Internet news isn't convenient enough and need their news written in 3 bullet points) and for that story the highlights are as follows:
• Hilary Duff says she feels pressure to be thin
• 19-year-old says media can be "judgmental and mean"
• Duff has sold 13 million albums worldwide
Are you fucking kidding me? Sure it is the last item in the list of "top stories" on the CNN home page but who the hell gives a rat's ass that Hilary fucking Duff "feels the pressure to be thin?" Go whine to your Hollywood therapist you spoiled little brat. There are unreported cases of genocide taking place all over the world, the country is still at war, there are random hate crimes happening all the time, children are being sold into slavery, global warming is going to render us extinct soon, and the CNN home page has a story about Hilary Duff's emotional insecurities and her concerns that the media can be "judgmental and mean." Fuck that.
Anyways what I was going to write about is the fact that ever since I started going to the UW, there have been shootings like crazy, mostly in the U District by the frat houses on weekends. Today though at 9:30am an admin in the architecture building was shot by her ex who had been stalking her for months. He shot her, then turned the gun on himself. I find this out 20 minutes before it's time to go teach. Horrible way to start a week and it totally threw off my concentration. This woman had a restraining order (which is basicaly meaningless) on the guy and had even sent out emails with the man's photo to her co-workers because she suspected he might come and harrass her at work. But emailing photos is no good when dude arrives with a gun. People like this should skip the first step in their mission (shooting other people) and just start with step 2 (shooting themselves).
3 comments:
You have to admit, "Mass genocide" isn't nearly as attention grabbing as "Pressured to be thin" though!
I'm with ya re: shooting. If it gets to that point, just kill yourself and save everybody else the hassle of having to deal with your fuck-uppedness. Bastards.
Holy Shit! I didn't even know about the shooting. That is fucking crazy! Gosh there are a lot of fucked up people out there. And clearly restraining orders are useful.
As for Duff, this was my fav part of the article...
"Several of the songs are about her relationship with her now ex-boyfriend, Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, but she denies that she slammed his new newest flame, Nicole Richie, in her tune 'Gypsy Woman.'
And anyway, she told People she doesn't like to discuss relationships.
'It's not my job to talk about my relationship," she said. " ... But the more you try to keep it quiet, the more people want to know about it.'
ummm, huh? You're not gonna talk about it but you're gonna write songs about it? Nice job crackhead.
Sarah
yeah, what is up with seattle? it seems like i always see fucked up stuff about it in the news... and yeah i hear a TRO is mostly helpful so that they can get the guy after he kills you. *sigh*
as for CNN, i like the bullets since their stories, as you've pointed out, are mostly a waste of time.
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