Jagged Little.....

Here are a few reasons that I feel anger pills should be available over-the-counter:

1. According to Media reports, Michael Jackson's family (which I assume includes the King himself) is shopping a reality series to networks. Apparently, they feel that America would like to see how they dealt with his Royal Highness' trial...and acquittal. I would guess that this would not be on our fall schedule if the jury had seen beyond the sleazy mother and the celebrity witnesses.
I wonder how the accuser- and the many many other children whose lives he has, ahem, touched, will feel about a feel-good primetime family show.
Yeah- that's their hook: Look at how wonderful our family is and how we rallied around our poor misunderstood brother.

In fact, some of the show is already shot and ready to go. Now we know why they all dressed in matching clothes and nose jobs: they were actually performing for the cameras...oh, wait, I guess we did know that.

I won't be watching.


2. The Orange County Catholic Diocese has allowed a grammar school to issue a new rule which states that the parents of two kindergartners cannot be at school functions as a couple. These boys are baptized Catholic, and according to other parents whose children are in the same class, the parents are very involved, responsible people.
But they are 2 gay men.

The principal enrolled the boys last August, and for this past school year, has said and done nothing to imply that there was anything different or morally wrong with their family. By all acounts, she has been very supportive of the family involved.
But some parents were offended by the idea that gay parents would be welcome in a Catholic school, and they went to the diocese.
Now the principal has been told she is not coming back next year (after 20-some years of service, btw), and the new administration sent home an addendum to the normal school enrollment papers:
No baptized child will be turned away, but parental involvement or display of family alliance will not be tolerated in the case of gay or otherwise " unacceptable " parents .
what does that mean? they can be there at the same time, as long as they don't acknowledge eachother?

Hey, I was raised Catholic. I totally get that there are certain rules and doctrines that are sacrosanct and part of the package deal. If these dads were french kissing in the hallway after school, or wearing mauve "Go GAY" tanktops, I'd say they were asking for trouble. But by all accounts, even the parents who believe they should be ousted from the community have said they are non-offensive in their actions.
It's just the fact of them, I guess.
power combined with ignorance is scary.

So my question is, who are they punishing? And why? What are the fears? And if they are so outraged, why allow the children of homosexuals into their private school at all?
basically, their tuition will be accepted, but their family won't.

God...


3. Paris Hilton's Carl's Jr Commercial.

Okey dokey, I really don't need to say much here. You're either with me, or agin' me.
Actually, most of the Carl's Jr ads have grossed me out over the past few years. I really don't like watching (ew- and hearing) people sloppily and orgasmically biting into a messy burger. Granted, I'm a bit of a germaphobe, and in real life, I couldn't handle it either. But come on.... burgers are just not sexy.


Which brings me to la Hilton. Who is also not sexy. Can we admit that the whole point of this ad is to titillate teenage boys (even the 50 year old ones), who might then go get a burger to....what?.....screw???

Ok, I'm on my way to Burger King- where at least they have to decency to clog your arteries and give your kids a paper crown at the same time.


That's all for now!
Feel free to send me your anger management tactics.
I need them.