Harry Potter 7

I think I am finally able to read Harry Potter 7. I have put it off for about a year because I didn't want to accept that it is finally OVER. But I think I can live. Plus, I need to read it before school starts up again or I know I probably really won't read it.

So I've been reading vampire books, notably the Twilight series and it has got me thinking. Even though there arent really vampires, is it possible to be sooooo drawn to someone because of their inner essence?

This is a really serious question. I'm not talking about physical attraction. I am talking about someone's essence. Their inner being. Just something to ponder.

What Happened Guys?

I'm just saying. So I'm listening to music right now and I came across some Maxwell. Oh my goodness... ya'll better be glad this fool wasn't sexy when I was of age. Now he looks like some regular Joe Blow on the stage. But in his good years... there was no end to his sexy AND he could sing like no other. OH OH!

I'm tryna figure out what happened to D'Angelo too. He turned into a fat crackhead (I thought those two terms were mutually exclusive by the way). There is noone who can harmonize with themselves like D'Angelo could. Seriously, listen to his harmonies on Brown Sugar. It'll make you fall out.

I think both of them are coming out with a comeback album... I wonder how they will do know that neither of them are no longer "the sexyness". We'll I know I'd probably buy them... on Rhapsody at least.

Not Really Feeling Bella Anymore

So I am more than halfway through "New Moon" and I'm getting kinda angry. Mostly because Bella is soooooo dependant. Like for real. You're all up on Edward and ish and then you get all up on Jacob. Hella co-dependant and ish. Imma need you to get a backbone. Yes, I know that when you break up with someone you feel this hole with burning festering sores and ish...but imma need you to not be so dependant.

I know they are trying to make Bella be, "Bella EveryGirl" but there is a limit. I can't wait till Edward comes back so she'll stop being so GD annoying.

GA DAMN! And don't hate because I'm irritated with Bella.

Twilight

So yes, like I thought, I have rave reviews for "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyers. Grrrrreat book. Now which one is better? The Sookie books or the Bella books? I actually don't think they can be compared. Charlaine Harris writes her books for adults so sometimes there are gratuitous relations scenes and it is written in a bit more of a comical twist. I mean she is no Anita Blake with the nastyness, but there is some. Now Stephanie Meyers is written toward the young adult audience so there are no serious relations scenes or anything like that.

But the main difference is the straight up emotion. I'm talking you actually feel for these characters. You feel how much Bella needs Edward and you can feel the pull and push factors that Edward has toward Bella. Seriously though, it is almost heartwrenching.

For instance, I started on "New Moon" last night (actually, Im around 1/3 done with the book in a sitting)... and the the third chapter had me kind of upset. When he left her, I was kinda upset, and then when they had the 4 pages with the months and nothing on it... I just got kinda sad. LOL. I mean that was genius right there.

I also think part of the difference between the two books is that nature of the vampires in the two books. In the Sookie books, the vamps are out and everyone knows about them. In the Bella books, they are not out and only a few select people, including Bella and the weres know about them. Also, the vamps in the Bella books seem to be a bit more ravenous too. Any trace of blood sets them off.

Anyway, if you like vampire books like the Sookie books, then the Bella books would be a good choice. But if you read vampire books for the carnal relations, don't read it... this is nothing like Anita Blake (or so I hear cuz I refuse to read her)

No Words Son...

Um seriously... a couple of months ago I said the picture of just Michelle and Obama was the hoteness. If that was the hotness, I have no idea what this is....

The Felony Murder Rule is CRAP

Yeah, the felony murder rule might seem like such a good idea in your crim. law text book, but when it is put into action...it kinda sucks. Sucks balls actually.

There are two cases RIGHT NOW that are being deliberated by juries in Contra Costa County and San Francisco County Superior Courts that deal with the felony murder rule. They are both heartwrenchingly sad.

Case one. The Defendant is charged under the CA Provocation Act with the murder of his TWO BEST FRIENDS. The defendant and his two best friends (3 African Americans) broke into a man's house, none of them had guns or anything btw. So the owner, an white man shot and killed two of the boys and the defendant is getting charged with it. Dude ain't even have a GUN and he is charged with the murder of his two best friends. I just cannot handle that. He has to be reminded every day that he goes to court of what happened, and then get BLAMED for their death? Just because the shooter has an "affirmative defense" doesn't mean ole boy that never even had a gun at that time should take the fall. That is straight up TRASH.

Case two. The defendant is charged with murder under the felony murder rule. Last year in 2007, he was on trial simply for murder, which was declared a mistrial (7 non guilty, 5 guilty). The DA's office totally revamped their plan and decided to go for the felony murder route. Basically, it was a drug deal gone bad, one person was killed and some weed came up missing. Perfect circumstance for felony murder. There is NO DNA linking him to the crime, there is nothing. Nothing but some phone records that he talked to the drug dealers. I mean there is absolutely NO PROOF of anything. BUT they believe that he was part of the "robbery" that resulted in a death. Biggest crock of shit I have ever heard.

Wait! There's more! So in the previous trial, dudes co-defendant admitted that he shot the person that got shock HOWEVER it was deemed inadmissible in court. Basically, that information could not go to the jury because of the way it was presented. Which is boo-boo. And the co-defendant is a career criminal who is currently in jail RIGHT DAMN NOW for torturing a mother and a daughter. WTF?

Yeah, I know the felony murder rule is supposed to serve as a deterrent to criminal activity... but most of the time, as is illustrated by these two cases its used as something when you can't find anyone else to charge and you are trying to charge someone. So unfair and sad. Are they trying to make an example? What the hell is going on?

And let me say, putting either of these two young men is NOT going to bring back the deceased people. It simply is not. I know they want to put someone in jail, but is it really fair to put someone who is soooo removed from the actual killing in jail? I don't think so.

And I do not cry much, but if either of these two are found guilty, Imma flip out. These dudes are around my age and their lives are OVER because of something they didn't do. Something that happened 3 years ago, and because of a poor choice in judgment, they are suffering for the rest of their lives.

So I REALLY know now that criminal law is not for me. I get way to emotional. I mean, I don't know either of these young men, but I feel for them and will be personally hurt, and maybe even a little distraught if either one is convicted. I'm so upsettable right now...

SYTYCD

Just so you know... SYTYCD is kinda stupid. I think they should switch the voting. They should let the people choose at the beginning and then the judges should chose at the end. Like seriously, it is kinda ridiculous...Will was by far the best dancer this season and the second best dancer on the program ever (Danny was the best, you know he was).

Will so shoulda been gone, but I mean I can even understand why he is gone. Its not that he didn't have personality, its just that people didn't like him. Why? Because he was good and he wasn't overly goofy. The same reason Danny didn't win. He was quite and let his dancing speak for him, which unfortunatly is not enough in this competition.

Um, why am I just realizing how hot Mark is? I'm just saying. He is really kinda getting it in the wierdest of ways.

And did Twitch make the best transformation ever? When they were showing the personal interest clips and they showed old pics of him... he was straight up UUUUGLY. But now, that fool gets it on 72 levels. I mean, I look at that screen and want to jump though every time. Do not LET me be in the same room with that fool. Ga DAMN!

And sorry to say it, I'm glad "comfit" is finally gone. For real for real.

Isabella Swan v. Sookie Stackhouse?

Now I'm just saying....

So, for about a year now, I have been in love with the Sookie Stackhouse Novels by Charlaine Harris. Basically, the books are about this cocktail waitress from a small Louisiana town who can read minds. Oh yeah, at this point, vampires have been exposed and live together with humans, although most humans dont like them all that much. Anyhoo, so Sookie meets a vampire named Bill and her world gets turned upside down. She basically gets in thralled in the vampire/supernatural world. She relates 2 vampires and were (who are like enemies BTW), her brother marries a were, she finds out she has part fairy... just a whole bunch of ish. Pretty good books in my opinion. So Charlaine Harris has written like 7 of these books and I just finished the last one like 2 weeks ago. I kinda refuse to buy the 8th book from amazon as it as not been in any Barnes and Nobles that I have visited.

Long story short, I heard about the Twilight series from Stephanie Meyers. Yes yes, I know the vampire thing has been played out and Charlaine Harris was def not the first to think of the idea. But for some reason, I kinda feel like Stephanie Meyers read some of Sookie Stackhouse and went from there. Like for real. This is not to say I don't think the book is good. I just got the book yesterday and I'm already around page 200...very good book. But I do think that in my preliminary stages of reading...there are serious similarities (and let me say that I do not mind...did I not say I liked the Sookie book? Why would I not want to read more of it?)

First, Bella is like Sookie...just not dumb and a mindreader. They are both some what outcasts, but for some reason, dudes just seem to love them. But no, they arent interested in these dudes, they are only interested in weird dudes. Oh yeah and they are both insanely clumsy and drawn to accident. Now, I don't really see Edward Cullen as Bill... I see Edward more like Eric. No?

Second, they are both set in little nowhere ass towns where the vamps are like outcasted and are the biggest talk of the town.

Third, this has not been confirmed, but it seems as though Jacob is a were. Bella dreamed he was a were and I think that he is. Now for Sookie, she had so many weres in her life I can't even explain.

And why is there always someone trying to kill these fools? I'm just saying.

Well, I am sure I will have great raves on this when I finish the book, which will prolly be 3 days. (I have to finish 4 books by the third week of August, as I will be forced to put leisure reading off for another 9 months).