Mac (my newest blog hostee), pointed this out via Twitter and it’s so incredible I can’t NOT post it.

That video is pretty grainy, but check out the one in the actual article: Alien-like Squid with “Elbows” Filmed at Drilling Site. It DOES look like an alien but it’s also really beautiful in a creepy, elegant sort of way (my descriptions rock). Can you believe these things really exist?

The world is such a strange place.

I have an hour left of work with nothing to do. I’m working on the new alumni brochure for next year’s reunion, but I can’t do anything until I get the files I need from the PR department and they all went home early. So I’m sitting here, twiddling my thumbs, because I’d rather stay here and play on the computer than go home and do it. Get paid to listen to music and blog? Hell, I can do that.

It’s been an eventful day. Ash’s parked car got hit by her co-worker while Ash was working. The estimated damage on it is $1700 and the person who hit it doesn’t have insurance and Ash’s insurance is just liability. We’re not paying for it – no way, so Ash’s co-worker has to figure out a way to pay for it by December 19th (the day we’ve set as D-Day and we leave Ashland, WI). Which means we’re back to sharing one car and Ash’s poor, beautiful car is now sitting in the cold waiting to be repaired. This shouldn’t have happened and it’s really just not fair. We’ve been dealing with so much crap lately, why did this have to happen on top of all of it? We’re still going to my parent’s house for Thanksgiving, only now we’re taking my car and crossing our fingers that it makes it there. Seriously, can’t we catch a break?

So we’re stressing even more over school, work, leaving, packing, and now cars, and the constant lack of funds. I can’t wait to get home tonight and just rest. I know we have to keep packing and go food shopping and stuff, but after that, it’s rest time. Maybe some Charmed. I hope.

We leave tomorrow for Thanksgiving. I hope nothing more happens this weekend, knock on wood. We need a good vacation.

Blah.

Has anyone been keeping up on the Christopher Handley case? You know, the guy with copious amounts of “child pornography” found in his possession. Yeah, that’s the one. Well it’s still going on, with just as much drama as it had when the case was first brought to court.

Now, I think the whole thing is absolutely ridiculous. It’s a comic book, for crying out loud. It’s manga – it’s art. If you’re lazy here’s a summary: Handley was arrested for having in his possession less than 10 yaoi manga which depicted young men in homosexual positions – some consisting of “objectionable panels.” Because it is MANGA and drawn in Japan, it has the usual style; the men look younger than they are with no pubic hair. This, according to the prosecutors, falls under the PROTECT Act, and he is now being charged for having been found with child pornography.

Now I don’t know about you, but I’m sure that for the large number of books and anime and manga that Ash and I own, that we could both be prosecuted for this same “felony” simply because some of the drawn women are in risky situations. Have you seen Asian people? They DO look younger than they are almost 90% of the time! It’s not a stereotype – it’s a fact. They’re lucky. Not to mention the fact that this is also a felony that thousands of people can be charged with. If they’re sticking to this, what is going to come next? They’re going to sue the comic book stores that sell the merchandise? I don’t get it. I don’t understand how this can even really happen. And why did this man, of all the people in the world who read yaoi, get chosen for this media circus?

“They found his manga, and found some objectionable panels,” Gaiman said. “He’s been arrested for having some drawings of rude things in manga. I’m sorry, but if you went through my comic collection, you could arrest me if you’re going to start doing that. It’s just wrong.”

Neil Gaiman obviously agrees with me in this article from MTV. The whole thing is ridiculous. I’m crossing my fingers that the case doesn’t stick and we can all laugh at this in years to come. The fact that it’s already gone on for over a month is just sad and pathetic.

I should get back to work.

Aw, so I got tagged for this meme by Amanda who I recently made friends with through NaBloPoMo. She apparently likes my blog so much she thought I deserved this little badge-thingy. I feel special.

Here are the rules as I see them: Answer the following questions with one word only (I almost forgot that part), then tag five other blogs who you feel are awesome and deserve some form of recognition. Then they post the badge, answer the questions too, and tag the blogs they think are awesome. Easy. So here we go.

The Questions

01. Where is your cell phone? Desk.
02. Where is your significant other? Bathroom.
03. Your hair color? Blonde.
04. Your mother? Bed.
05. Your father? Bed.
06. Your favorite thing? Ash.
07. Your dream last night? Tower.
08. Your dream/goal? Travel.
09. The room you’re in? Den.
10. Your hobby? Dreaming.
11. Your fear? Failure.
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Austin.
13. Where were you last night? Home.
14. What you’re not? Warm.
15. One of your wish-list items? Camera.
16. Where you grew up? Goondocks.
17. The last thing you did? Scratched.
18. What are you wearing? Pants.
19. Your TV? On.
20. Your pet? Sleeping.
21. Your computer? Cricket.
22. Your mood? Content.
23. Missing someone? Yessum.
24. Your car? Littlecar.
25. Something you’re not wearing? Shirt.
26. Favorite store? Michaels.
27. Your summer? Blur.
28. Love someone? Very.
29. Your favorite color? Green.
30. When is the last time you laughed? Now.
31. Last time you cried? Yesterday.

Favorite Blogs

01. Ash Niels
02. Leigh Jaszlics
03. Meg Smitherman
04. Mac Case
05. Jennifer of Tropical Fruit

That was actually kind of hard narrowing it down, but I think I did a good job. If I tagged you, don’t forget to post the “I Love Your Blog” badge in your blog. You deserve it – why? Because I love Your Blog. That’s right.

Ash just wandered out here with no pants on. I gotta go.