The Soup

A couple of days ago, I was watching Joel McHale's The Soup. At the end of his usual banter of celebrity gossip, McHale paid a short tribute to Heath Leger and told people to stop trying to dig up dirt after his death. I thought that it was a very good statement, and I appreciated it.

Job Search

After having my third job interview this week, I got an email back that said they had chosen someone else. So, out of all three jobs I've applied for, no one hired me. Yes, it has been a very busy and interesting week.

SAG awards

I noticed that none of the female actors in the Screen Actor Guild Awards were wearing necklaces. Has this commonplace piece of jewelry instantaneously found its way out of the wardrobe? The most-sported look was a strapless gown with earrings and a bare upper-chest with no necklace at all. The men sported moppy hair with shaggy beards. You think that because all they have to worry about is a suit, they would at least shave.

President Gordon B. Hinckley

Yesterday, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints died 7 p.m. in his home. I had never met the man, but he has taught me wonderful things about how to manage my life through correct, smart choices and taking the time to listen to intuition. My personal life has been continually blessed by the man who simply told me to pray and listen to my Heavenly Father. My heart goes out to his family; he was a great man.

Jobs

I just got two job offers in the same week! (Two companies contacted me back after seeing my resume.) I also had a call for papers in one of my classes to be considered for publication. Other than my monstrous load of homework, this weekend should be fun. (And I hope I hear back from some people.)

Plasma Misconception

I was donating plasma and thinking about when I first heard about plasma donation. I was about ten and heard about someone who was donating plasma. Immediately interested in the topic, I asked what plasma was. The adult who explained it to me asked if I had ever gotten a rug burn, and I said yes. She said that the clear or yellowish fluid that comes to the top of a rug burn is plasma.

I pondered this for a moment, and wondered how plasma would be extracted from the donor. I figured that there would be a sand-paper person to rub the donor down with sandpaper until their was a rug-burn-type injury, then scrape off the plasma that collected at the top of the wound and collect it in a small dish.

Luckily, this is not the process that I have to go through to donate plasma. I leave the donation center with only a small puncture in one arm. Besides that, I get $30, juice, and crackers. Life is good.

Feminism

I was thinking about something I heard in a feminist seminar: "Women will not truly become women as their own entity unless they cease to be women of men." In the dating world, women are dependent on men for compliments and reassurances about their appearence, their decisions, et cetera. It is almost as if a women needs a man to wave his magic wand and say "I noticed that you were pretty, now you are pretty." A woman who has a sparkle in her eyes does not notice her radiance until a man points it out. It is almost as if the sparkle wasn't there until he came along.

But what about the women who do not date? Are they simply not pretty, smart, or funny? Are they destined to be the duds until a man comes along and declairs them the fairest in the land? I know many such women that are beautiful, radiant, and smart who go unoticed by men. I believe that personal qualities are arbitrary to whether anyone notices them or not.