Oh. My. God. This is Disturbing

Well like most people, I am TERRIFIED of AIDS. Who isn't? I constantly think that I'll get AIDS by laying in the tanning bed, or walking barefoot. What? It could happen? This story is actually ridiculous, and I'm never going out again.

2 Dutch men guilty of injecting 14 with HIV
All victims tested positive after being drugged, assaulted at a sex party.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch court convicted two men Wednesday for attempting to infect 14 victims with HIV in a bizarre sex case.
The Groningen District Court found the two guilty of severe assault for injecting semiconscious men with HIV-infected blood at sex parties between January 2006 and May 2007.
Peter M., 49, who was also convicted of rape, was sentenced to nine years in prison and Hans J., 39, received a five-year sentence.

Prosecutors said they would appeal for higher sentences. (Uhhm REALLY? only 9 years?!?)

"By committing these acts, (Peter M.) has shown himself to have a serious lack of respect for the rights of others," the three-judge panel's written ruling said. "While he knew from his own experience what far-reaching consequences are tied to an infection with HIV, he repeatedly attempted to bring this same hurt to others."

Prosecutors had argued that the two men, along with a third who was acquitted of major charges, had drugged the 14 victims and intentionally infected them.
But in Wednesday's ruling, judges said while the victims all had HIV, it could not be proven that they were infected by the injections because they willingly took part in orgies where gay men had unprotected sex.

The judges also said allegations the victims were given GHB, known as a "date rape" drug, were also unproven.

The suspects were not charged with attempted murder since Dutch courts have held that HIV is a chronic illness rather than an inevitably fatal one.

WOW.

Gem Sweater!

A little video me and Michael like to watch on rainy days:

GEEEEEEEMMMMMMM SWEATER!

Real Housewives of Trash

Well it happened again. I swore up and down that I was not going to get into the Real Housewives of Atlanta...and yet here I am googling Kim and her "Big Poppa". So Real Housewives of Atlanta follows five ladies in Atlanta and their "glamorous" lifestyles. Basically, there is one NFL wife (Lisa), one NBA wife (DeShawn), one divorced tranny wannabe fashion designer (Sheree), one finger waving drama starter (Nene), and one gold digging wannabe country music star (Kim). So we have all the key elements of a fantastic show!

There is of course a lot of drama, and they are all awful. The only one that I sometimes enjoy is Kim. Kim just turned "30" although she looks and sounds like a 55 year old. Kim is an aspiring country singer... And I can't find a clip of her in the studio singing. Its priceless! She is dating a "celebrity" who wishes to remain anonymous so they call him "Big Poppa." So of course, I need to know who this lucky man is. Sources are saying that it is Quincy Jones...who I'm pretty sure is maybe 95 years old.

A vision in pink.

Overall, the show is definitely not as good as Orange County or New York. However, I will still watch it when I have nothing better to do.

Wedding

So this past weekend I headed back to the homeland for my cousin Yola's wedding. We flew in Friday and immediately went for dinner at Swiss Chalet. Swiss Chalet is basically a casual family dining restaurant that specializes in roasted chicken. I go for the gravy. Yes that's right- more fries and gravy.

Saturday morning my Dad and I ran a couple errands and then got food at San Franos. Now, San Franos is a little hole in the wall that my Dad loves, but his cholesterol doesn't need. I decided to go the healty route and have more poutine. Then it was off to the wedding!

The wedding took place in Hamilton at a Polish Catholic church. It was a really cute church and the ceremony wasn't too long (you know those Catholics!) Afterwards we went to a classy bar called the Honest Lawyer to kill time before the reception. The reception took place at a renovated train station and was awesome. There was another (larger) wedding going on in another room. So, in true K fashion we ended up trying to sabotage them by the end of the night. And by sabotage I mean we wrote in their guest book and drank from their open bar. What? We're rebels! The speeches were great and my cousin's band played. I colored with my little cousin Evan (he did not like my artistic talent).

Twilight

Well I caved. After months of hearing about Twilight and Robert Pattinson's magical hair, I finally read the damn book. Now, in my defense the airport bookstore didn't have a great selection so it was either Nights in Rodanthe or this. I try to resist reading books that have become too popular, which is why I have yet to read any of the Harry Potters.

Anyway if you are just as in the dark as I was- Twilight is basically a love story between a teenage girl and a hot vampire. The whole vampire thing isn't portrayed as dumb and cheesy like I had thought it would be. Well much to my dismay... I am now OBSESSED. GREAT. Now I have to walk my fat ass all the way to Borders at lunch to buy the second book in the series. I literally read Twilight within a couple of hours while travelling this weekend. And now I need to find a couple other losers like me to go see the movie coming out the 21st.

Bucket Lists

So I was reading a blog that got me thinking about Bucket Lists. I am one of those people that would rather do things like ASAP rather than "before I die." I do not want to be travelling around the world when I'm too damn old to enjoy anything. And if I sit down and think about it, I have actually done a lot for a 24 year old.

Things I have done:

1) Gone skydiving (over the Swiss Alps- it doesn't get much better)
2) Got PADI certified (In Turks and Caicos)
3) Backpacked around most of Europe
4) Saw the paleolithic cave drawings in Lascaux
5) Lived in a foreign country
6) Learned another language
7) Crawled up the "Holy Stairs" on my knees in Rome
8) Been inside some of the most famous cathedrals in the world
9) Posed in a phone booth in London
10) Went white water rafting
11) Skied in Colorado
12) Been horseback riding
13) Seen a space shuttle take off
14) Been to Disneyland, Disney World and Euro Disney
15) Taken a train ride to the East coast (never again)
16) Overcome fears (heights would have been one of those)
17) Bottled Holy Water in Lourdes
18) Eaten at the Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower
19) Waited 3 hours to see Pope John Paul's tomb in the Vatican
20) Taken pictures of The David, the Creation of Adam and many other things that you weren't supposed to take pictures of.
21) Celebrated my 21st bday in Nice
22) Went through the catacombs in Paris
23) Been to a strip club in Cedar Rapids (classy)
24) Spent $31 on 2 coca colas in Paris
25) Saw a naked old man in Ibiza
26) Worked with kids with disabilities
27) Got a puppy!

Ok of course I've done a million more things, I just can't think of them right now. It doesn't hurt to remember what you have done while always planning what you will do.

Things I HAVE to do:

1) Backpack through Thailand (I'm obsessed)
2) Train through India
3) Pay my parents back for everything they've given me (see, I'm not entirely evil)
4) Learn how to snowboard (I have a snowboard and boots- just haven't gone yet)
5) Learn more languages
6) Get actively involved in a philanthropy
7) Go mountain climbing
8) Volunteer at an AIDS clinic in Africa
9) Oktoberfest in Germany
10) Do something completely different for New Years (Note: I HATE New Years and can't wait until I can avoid paying $100 to go to an annoying club)
11) Lose weight
12) I would like to try fasting for 48 hours (there is NO way I could make it)
13) See the pyramids
14) Be able to meditate
15) Meditate in the Taj Mahal
16) Ride an elephant (ever since I saw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
17) Go to Tibet
18) Machu Picchu
19) Live with barely any possessions for as long as I can (I give it an hour)
20) Go to NYC
21) Get a job at a pub in Ireland or Scotland
22) Learn how to surf (I would be terrible)
23) Save someones life
24) Run a half marathon
25) Be in a movie (And no, this doesn't count)
26) Meet someone new each day
27) Get a tattoo in Thailand (I know, I'm weird)
28) Have kids (eventually)
29) Be him
30) Eat something bizarre in Marrakesh
31) Help the environment

Ok, I could go on for days, but I have a wedding to get to in Canada this weekend!

Whats on your bucket list?

Facebook TMI

I. LOVE. FACEBOOK. It is hilarious. My favorite thing is seeing how much information people put up about themselves. I'm all for sharing WAY too much info, but it'll eventually bite you in the ass. Although, with the recent election I almost couldn't handle everyone's annoying status updates. Even if I could vote, but didn't want to- you telling me via Facebook status to vote wouldn't exactly motivate me to do it.

The real exciting updates is the "relationship status." God forbid you have a breakup, the entire world knows ASAP. And you can totally tell who changed their Facebook relationship status first. And then there are those people (my favorite) who give you their whole breakup story in their "about me" section. I LIVE for this stuff, not only do I now know that you broke up, but I get the details as well. I guess the story gets to a wider audience so you don't have to re tell the story a million times, but then random people like me get all the gory deets.

However, my big pet peeve about Facebook are those stupid applications. Michael (because he's elderly and has no life) is usually sending me something about keeping the environment green. I will not add those to my profile, they make my immaculate and witty profile look cheap. And I'm not the only one who hates them. There are multiple groups dedicated to hating these applications.

There is a Facebook group titled "No, I'm not going to accept your Application invitation. Fuck you." They have a list of reasons why not to accept application invites which I find thoroughly amusing!

1. No, retard, your "Save Darfur" cause isn't going to do SHIT for that country. Grow up.

2. Bitch, I don't want to know what movies you want to see, I still haven't seen The Departed.

3. Fortune cookie...um,ya...i'm s000 hxc azn.

4. Why the HELL would I want the option for someone to "Spank" me? Like...why?

5. Again, I really don't care what music you like, I already read that in your profile, fuckin' emo.

6. While we're on the subject, why do I want to see which applications ppl uploaded in Newsfeed?!

7. Traxor? Are you kidding me? Like I want ppl to know I've seen their profile, much less the creepers that look at mine 10x a day? Ignorance is bliss.

8. Yes, that's EXACTLY what I want: a Top Friends application. I liked MySpace so much that I wanted to make my facebook exactly the same. Imma change my profile pic to Tom.

9. Food Fight? Spend your daily lunch money to throw food at ur friends? This is like Warcraft for 3 year olds. It's honestly sad, it isn't funny.

10. (fluff)Friends. Seriously. If you really have a Tamagotchi on your fucking facebook, you need to go out and meet people.

11. Last time I checked, I WASN'T bitten by a vampire OR a werewolf OR a zombie. So stop lying to me.

12. Honestly pirates are awesome, but your facebook doesn't make you a pirate, quit being a douche.

13. Greek Family Tree. Because frats and sororities weren't annoying enough, now they invade my happy little facebook world.

14. Poo Fight. Enough said.

15. Are You Normal? Um...are you serious?

16. Date of Death Calculator. Lemme guess, if I don't join some little girl with no eyes will come kill me in my sleep. Well, I got somethin' for her ass...

17. Reputation. Here's a hint: YOU'RE A LOSER!

18. My Music: Fucker, it's called "my" as in YOUR music for a reason. Let's keep it that way.

19. Perfect Match: My perfect match is a chick who swallows and doesn't talk. I don't need this application, thanks.

20. What Color Are You? I'm white, bitch, thanks. Although from time to time I feel very black. Tell me something I don't know.

21. What City Should You Live In? Whatever the capital of Antarctica is, THAT'S where you should go.

22. Sneakers. They aren't even REAL, get a job or something dumbass.

23. How Old Are You? i don't know about you but i dont need a facebook application to tell me how the fuck old i am

24. What Type of Person Do You Attract?: Creepy gay dudes on MySpace that try and convince me that getting dome from a dude is "so much better than a chick", thanks for reminding me.

Ha!

Americadian

I have officially lived in the United States for 12 years now. This means that I spent exactly half my life in Canada, and the other half here in the US. Most people are generally confused when I tell them, and most of my friends actually forget that I am Canadian. I've already received a few people today asking me who I voted for.

Being a Canadian living in the US means that I have a Canadian passport, an American "green card" and I cannot vote in the US. No I am not an "illegal immigrant" but I do have a green card with maybe one of the most hideous pictures of all time. I guess I could vote in the Canadian election, but I really have no idea whats going on politically over there.

The past few elections that I have been here for really didn't interest me. I have only been of age for the last election and this one. And then I look at it in the sense of whats the point? I live in Illinois, the entire state is obsessed with Obama. Pretend for a second that I actually wanted to vote for McCain, it really wouldn't matter.

I try to stay out of all political arguments because I (and most people I think) don't know exactly what the views are and even what their own opinions are. I don't think people educate themselves enough on the subject and make decisions based on the snippets of information they take in. That's just how it is these days.

I let the superficial, and trivial things affect my opinion. For instance, I can't listen to McCain's ideas because I'm too busy staring at his excessive blinking and not being able to lift his arms up. I can't listen to Palin because...I mean that accent is beyond awful. Get rid of that shit! Obama's deep voice usually just calms me into a trance. And I actually have NO idea what Biden even looks like. (What? No one does!)

Anyway today is a very exciting day, expecially around here! I am excited to see what's going to happen and glad that I'm in Chicago for it!

This is AWESOME

Well, tragedy has struck. Deanna Pappas and Jesse Csincsak have broken up. I am devastated. I was hoping they would drag this thing out until they at least got married and then ended it with some scandalous affair. Remember the time she picked Jesse over that cute nugget Jason? And then me and my roommates found his work number and called it? And then I was recruited to apply for The Bachelor starring Jason? And then I didn't apply because I got lazy and wasn't ready to see my bod on TV. Filming for the new season should have already started, can't wait to watch what "could have been". jk. sort of.

PLEASE watch this ultra dramatic You Tube video posted by Jesse discussing the break up. HILARIOUS.

"Shutting it down"

So Halloween, even though I usually hate it was a lot of fun this year! If you haven't figured it out yet, I was Rachel Zoe. And I do think that I somehow managed to pull it off. The pictures will speak for themselves.