vrrrrrrooom

i wrote a letter to mike last night and decribed this weekend as:

"so beautifully melodramatic and emotional, it was like i was living in a made-for-tv flick on the vision network starring patty duke and della reese from douched by an angel."

yeah. i said it. douched. compliments to the goofy brain who thought that one up.

so i've got this post-hurricane, jelloey relief, clobberage out of my system. sort of. i'll always be relieved. but the sound of rushing adrenaliney-blood through my veins and my head and my heart has subsided just enough for me to hear the little motor in my gut that makes me think about all those people imprisoned and tortured all over the world.

anyway, nonsensical-chordo-spew aside, it's time to get dirty again, kids.

in the news today...

killers would rather die than face life in prison

set to be executed on Nov. 4, the pardons board said steckel has shown no real remorse or made efforts to rehabilitate himself.

*baffled, aquafina flavored water spraying out nose cough attack thingamajig*

why the fuck would he bother to rehabilitate himself? to please Jesus? to get a gold fucking star beside his name when they scratch it off the list of dudes on death row?? how often do people actually decide, facing imminent death & caged 23 hours per day in an 8 x 5 ft cell, "oh, hey, shit, maybe i should focus on my self-fucking-esteem and set some goddamned goals!"

*shakes head, wipes water off chin*

the 27-year-old traveled last week to the nation's capital of capital punishment in the hopes that her voice would help shame the unforgiving system that silenced her father in 1999, executing him for the murder nearly two decades earlier of an elderly woman. - yeah, even killers have families that love them.

someone sent me this: free john forte - 14 yrs in prison for something he didn't do... very interesting.

canadian time magazine this week did a story on canadians imprisoned outside of canada and they interviewed this one dude who did a bit in saudi arabia and was tortured. he wrote this book:

Confessions of an Innocent Man : Torture and Survival In a Saudi Prison

from what i know his story sounds almost as interesting as warren fellows' story, which is a great read:

4,000 Days : My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison

and i was just adding some shizz to my wish list, and it turns out, not at all surprisingly, that i really am obsessed... my wishlist

Currently listening: Live It Out By Metric

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posted by Courtney at 10:26 a.m.

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