Just Another Reason I LOVE Ellen DeGeneres!!!

Evening Laddies,

So, I was watching Ellen today and she started off the show with a little "awareness" speech, with the murder of 15 year old Larry King in Oxnard, California.

This made me sad, like, really really sad. The moment Ellen mentioned that Larry was gay and was the victim of a hate crime, I immediately thought Matthew Shepard's murder in 1998 and The Laramie Project...which sadden me even more.

This is not right. It never was right. I agree with Ellen 100%! Just because a person's homosexual doesn't mean they're any different from the rest of us.  Most of my close friends are either homosexual or bisexual, and guess what? I love them so much and I would never want them to change into a lesser version of themselves to conform to the public's eye. I know it might seem as if society is more accepting towards homosexuals now then they were years before, but the truth is, this is just the beginning. Obviously there are still people out there who morally believe homosexuality is wrong and succumb to hate crimes such as this one. I know. Sometimes when I'm meeting somebody new and mention one of my friend's who's gay, that person would be a complete homophobe about it. I know this, cause it has happened before. I mean, it's one thing to have morals, but even if you think homosexuality is wrong, there is no reason to be cruel to a person just because they're homosexual!

This came at a weird time for me. Tomorrow, March 1st, I'm going to my cousin's commitment ceremony. She "getting married" to my old boss, who is completely and awesomely cool, and who I love to pieces. The both of them are lesbians. Now, both of my parents aren't going, my mother because she's a Jehovah's Witness and my father because "my cousin is making the biggest mistake of her life marrying some gay chick." Yes, my father is that much of an inconsiderate ass. My aunt and uncle aren't going either, because my aunt is uber psycho Christian and believes homosexuality is wrong. Yet unlike my mother, who respectfully declined the invite (with a 3 hour phone call), my aunt and uncle decided to plan their son's 16th Birthday party on the same freaking day as the commitment ceremony. I guess my father isn't the only inconsiderate ass in my family.

I found this ironic.

Anyway, we should all keep Larry in our thoughts, and ultimately be aware of what's happening around us. Discrimination cannot be tolerated; it shouldn't and it won't...

Eventually...

Hopefully.

Something to put on Ellen....

So laddies, it looks like an abandoned US spy satellite is going to crash into Earth in late February or early March. Stupid people of the National Security Council just released this report and people at NASA have no idea where on the Earth the satellite will crash land.

The satellite, which no longer can be controlled, could contain hazardous materials, and it is unknown where on the planet it might come down, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is classified as secret. It was not clear how long ago the satellite lost power, or under what circumstances.

And...

The spacecraft contains hydrazine — which is rocket fuel — according to a government official who was not authorized to speak publicly but spoke on condition of anonymity. Hydrazine, a colorless liquid with an ammonia-like odor, is a toxic chemical and can cause harm to anyone who contacts it.

Though one of my favorite parts of this article was:

Pike, director of the defense research group GlobalSecurity.org, estimated that the spacecraft weighs about 20,000 pounds and is the size of a small bus. He said the satellite would create 10 times less debris than the Columbia space shuttle crash in 2003. Satellites have natural decay periods, and it's possible this one died as long as a year ago and is just now getting ready to re-enter the atmosphere, he said.

A small bus? And, oh yeah, of course it's good that it will create 10 times less debris than the Columbia space shuttle, but aren't we forgetting that the satellite contains hydrazine that toxic chemical mentioned above? Well laddies, I guess we'll have to keep an eye out for falling spy satellites and rain showers of toxic chemicals (like acid rain wasn't bad enough).

Elephants on Ellen

Hello laddies!

So today, Ellen had an elephant on her show. I thought that was pretty amazing. She was throwing honeydew melons at it.

Anyway, my life seems less eventful now that I'm back at skool. Ha ha ha! But alas, it does. It's a very sad thing. I feel a wave of dread when I step one toe into the campus; it's horrible. In other news...People are weird.

One More Reason To LOVE Ellen DeGeneres

If you know me at all, you know that I absolutely LOVE Ellen DeGeneres. She is amazing and is one of the reasons I survived my first term of college. I have tons of reasons why I love Ellen. She played the voice of Dory in one of my favorite Disney/Pixar movies, Finding Nemo, and she beat Oprah (who I hate, by the way) at being the #1 Favorite TV Personality in this new poll, AND she plays Guitar Hero (even on her show!), but I love her EVEN MORE because of what she did on today's show.

Ellen had the Jonas Brothers (who I think need haircuts. Nick is starting to look like Hair Bear and Joe almost resembles Captain Caveman.) on her show today and I was all "Oh boy," and "Please don't perform SOS again." Anyway, Ellen tried to bring up the apparent "break-up" of Nick and Miley, but was thwarted by Joe. But then Ellen (ah, I love her for it) says "What's with falling down all the time? Who keeps falling down?" bring up the subject of Joe falling during the AMAs as well as his head injury from when he ran into that wall. She then makes the boys watch the AMAs moment over again and then she presented Joe with a present. It was a baby blue football helmet with a microphone attached to it that had Ellen written in white across it. I died in hysterics.

This is definitely another reason why I love Ellen.