Nope not a post about Britney...yet!

Oh, It's coming.... because you know me and the Britster...

First Thursday's soundtrack:

1. Wild, Wild, West ---Escape Club
This song kicks so much ass. It makes no sense, but I love it anyway. Australians love a good rock song with dumb lyrics.

2. Autobiography--- Ashlee Simpson
Don't judge me! She's a hell of a lot better than her sister. And say what you want, this is a great song.

3. Queer--- Garbage
1998 Anyone? Great "vamp" song. You can totally get your supermodel walk on to this.

4. Hazy Shade of Winter---Bangles
A good song because it's chicks rocking without that Susanna Hoffs singing.

5. She's Electric---Oasis
In my opinion, their best song. It's got their own sound and great lyrics. Nt that Beatles wannabe crap they tried to sell america 10 years ago.

Ok, I already posted this on CafeMom. If you've read it there just back-click and wait for the post on Britney.


Below I have posted an article that just about made me hurl my waffles. I don't tend to get on my hi-horse about much, because I'm relatively shallow, but this just makes my blood boil.
Dare I say, it even makes me feel like a feminist. My decision to become a lawyer is rooted in situations like this one. I can't speak for your community,but here in Dupage County, IL if a woman needs to get away from an abusive spouse or situation, the resources are next to nil. We have a service that will help you obtain a restraining order, and give you a list of shelters and lawyers. That's about it.
While some would argue that at least it's something, I think there is a huge demographic missing a helping hand. Personified by the disappearance of both Stacy Pertson and Lisa Stebic. In my opinion the middle class are desperately under-served socially. Long story short, because I could go on for days about this, women in the income bracket of 50K-75K are most at risk of dying by the hands of their spouse.
Why? Because in these households, a compelling percentage of them are one income, multi children ones. Women abused in this dynamic are not employed and probably have not been employed for at least 2 years, have 2 children under the age of 5, have no control over the finances, and have been isolated to the point that their support system is rather small. Combine that with the shame and secrecy domestic abuse brings along with it.
Most women would not want to subject their small children for a stint in a shelter, homelessness, and poverty. They feel their priority is to meet the needs of their children. It would be selfish to subject them to any hardship to benefit them. I don't think in these circumstances anybody could fault a woman that feels that way. Is it right? no. But only a mother would understand the turmoil.
I have to say, I became passionate about this cause about a year ago with the disappearance of Lisa Stebic. All of a sudden I became angry and sick of seeing mothers and women meeting their demise at the hands of someone who would rather "win" than seek a divorce. When did child support and alimony become so unbearable that murder was the only option?
So my life's mission had become to start a REAL foundation to get these victims the help they need. Housing, childcare, jobs, legal help, counseling, protection, etc. Not a piece of paper with names and numbers, but actual help. They can show up on the doorstep and we will take them in as sort of a "witness protection" program. Make life bearable and successful enough that they never feel that returning back to a bad situation is ever an option.
OK, Soapbox over. Read the article below and see if it insights a riot within you as well.



Former Illinois Sgt. Drew Peterson wants to divorce his wife who vanished more than three months ago, The Herald News reported on Thursday.
“Yeah, but I don’t think I can for a year or so,” Peterson told the newspaper about his divorce plans.
Stacy Peterson disappeared in October and is believed to be dead. Peterson is a prime suspect but insists he is innocent.
“She ran off with another guy,” Peterson said, according to the newspaper. “It’s that simple.”
“First we have to see if she shows up,” he told The Herald News. “Then I think we have to wait for a year.”
The ex-cop told the newspaper he would not mind getting legal advice from Chicago attorney Corri Fetman, who is expected to appear in Playboy magazine and has promoted her practice in racy billboard ads, according to the paper.
“If she wants to go out for drinks, give me a call,” he told The Herald News.
Peterson’s third wife, Kathleen Savio, died under mysterious circumstances in 2004, when she was found in a bathtub. Her body was exhumed for further forensic analysis, and officials have reclassified her death as a “homicide staged to look like an accident.”

More Scientology Madness

are you KIDDING me with this stuff???

Bart Simpson just gave $10 million to the "church" of Scientology.

Bart a.k.a Nancy Cartwright donated the money to fuel the campaign agaist the "evils" of our society...i.e. Psychology, Rehab, etc.

That's a lot of Dianetics and Vitamin Water. Which according to L.Ron will heal all of our ills.

To put this in perspective Nancy's donation paled to the measily $5mil Tom Cruise gave, and the $1 mil Travolta gave too.

Eat my shorts...

Dont we have like starving people and children that need access to education that oculd use this money so much better than XENU???

Wonder what Krusty thinks of that.

Happy humper y'all!

What up mon homies? Before I begin with the day's news let me give you today's soundtrack...

1. Gone 'till November--Wyclef Jean feat. R. Kelly
Such a pretty song about being a drug dealer.
2. I'm Real-- J.Lo feat. Ja Rule
Everyone knows I'm mad for the girl. And really this is the only song that I can tolerate with Ja Rule in it.
3. Rock DJ-- Robbie Williams
I'll never understand why Robbie isn't a bigger deal here in the states. Song and lyrics are brillz in this.
4. Fast as You Can-- Fiona Apple
Again the madness that was my music taste in the 90's. She just sounds so pretentious to me now.
5. Maneater-- Nelly Furtado
The song that just makes me want to be vamp. Work it. Walk. Pose.

Weather report:
Colder than shit. Chicago weather sucks donkey balls. I am getting so serious about the move to O.C. that I have even started looking for jobs just to see what the market will be like when I'm done with school. At this point I'll divorce Fugs and move out there myself since I don't see him wanting to go anywhere. He keeps throwing down Florida, but I want an upgrade. I'm not interested in MORE hillbillies and swamps in my life. I am not at all surprised that more people kill themselves in January than in any other month.

Political News:
So Edwards and Guiliani are out. I like John Edwards, except for the fact he parades his dying wife around the country. She looks awful. I feel terrible for her, I really do. That's love. I wouldn't campaign for Fugs with a hangnail.
And after that Guiliani article I read in Vanity Fair last month, I could not be happier that he is out of the picture. I encourage you to read it www.vanityfair.com . I can't imagine the masses were privvy to the info in this article, but we do not need a man like that in office. Let him keep waving his 9/11 flag as high as he can charging 200K for speaking engagements around the country.
This leaves me with McCain and Obama. Go ahead and disagree with me, because quite frankly, I disagree with myself. Hilary Clinton frightens me. There is just something so abrasive and scary about her but I can only back it up with feeling. I can't say that any of her politics particularly offend me, but my gut says, yikes! I respect the hell out of John McCain. I appreciate his honesty, even if it shoots him in the foot sometimes. And really, who IS an expert on the economy?? That's what you hire experts for.
Obama is just inspirational. I think this country really needs a rally. Let's believe in something. I want to be inspired, I want to see the youth inspired I want this country to have a new energy.
So I'm torn. Let's see how Super Tuesday shakes out. By then I hopefully will have my mind made up. But in Chicago you can vote as much as you want, right???

Sports
Superbowl Sunday: I'll be working, so who cares? Really I want Dopey to beat Bad Babydaddy SO BAD!!! I despise Tom Brady. Ickity Ick Ick Ick.

"Commit to the Indian" uhhh....no. As 1/16 Blackfoot with 1/24 Blackfoot --Cherokee Children (Control your laughter people) I find that slogan offensive. People want to adopt THAT but demand that U of I get rid of the Illini logo and Chief Illiniwek??? Lame.

oooh! Shane Keough is coming to play for the Kane County Cougars! I am so going to heckle him.

The Bulls still suck.

Celebrity News:
Britney-- Intervention! Not going to happen. No Way. I still can't figure this girl out. I think that's why I'm SO fascinated by her. It's hard to know which way is up when you're circling the drain. Whatever you think of her, she's someones mom, sister, and daughter.

I am so sick of Paris Hilton being famous. People forget she is famous for letting a guy pee on her. And now Macy's is going to peddle her ugly ass shoes! Get real!

Superior Mother Goddess Gwen Stefani is preggers! Yay! She is SO fierce.

Tom Cruise is still bat-shit crazazy. I'm all for passion in what you believe, but wasn't Scientology started on a bet? I heard Ol' L. Ron bet his other writing buddy that he could start a religion and get people to follow it.

On the homefront:
I've been neglecting blogger lately. I'm all caught up with the Moms over at Cafe Mom...I know that is SO cool! Nerdy McNerdnerd right here folks. f you want to catch up on my life over there past 6 weeks please by all means go there and ead THAT hot mess of a blog. You'll laugh your heinie off.
Itty Bitty's birthday was yesterday. We're gonna do the whole party thing on Friday. Then The three of them are going to Farton for the weekend, and I'll get to be home alone!!! Woo-hoo! Ice Cream, bad reality TV and alcohol!

Well peeps, that's enough for right now...