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It's called learning from your mistakes... (a funny)

syako — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:00:12 -0800

Lindsay Lohan Used Coke, Alcohol to 'Mask Her Problems'

kty — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:39:46 -0800

By Tim Nudd
In a new interview, Lindsay Lohan admits she feared for her life while abusing substances including cocaine to deal with family problems – but has learned to embrace life instead of drugs since her hellish days in 2007. "I tried to mask my problems with alcohol, cocaine and mind-altering substances," the actress, 23, tells the British newspaper The Sun. "Now I'm in a place where I don't need to use anything and I can feel emotions because I choose to." Lohan gives a blow-by-blow account of 2007, her annus horribilis, when she was arrested for drunk driving twice and cocaine possession and went to rehab three times. The underlying cause of her erratic behavior, she says now, was her father Michael's airing the family's dirty laundry in public. "That's when I hit rock bottom," she says. "I abused substances too much, and it wasn't the answer to my problems. People need to know that."

Tub Overflowed

Lohan first checked into rehab in January 2007, after taking the sleeping pill Ambien and passing out while running a bath at a hotel. She woke up to find the tub overflowing on her. "I was so scared," she says. "I called my therapist and said, 'Can I just go somewhere for a month? I'm around bad people and I need to take care of myself.' " She was arrested that May for drunk driving in an incident she now calls "stupid and childish," and again in July, when police discovered cocaine in her purse. "I was only aware of cocaine because of my dad," Lohan says. "I was terrified of it. But I tried it because I was stubborn, stupid, and wanted to see what it was like." After each of those incidents, she did another stint in rehab.

Therapist Twice a Week

These days, she says she sees a therapist every two week and attends weekly alcohol education lessons. "I'm allowed to drink now but I know my limits," she maintains. She hopes her story will resonate with other young people. "I learned from my mistakes, and I'm now healthy and happier," she says. "I've made some dreadful mistakes but learned from them – that has probably saved my life."

Lindsay Lohan Says Her Love of Women Surprised Her

kty — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:32:14 -0800

By Simon Perry
Lindsay Lohan says Samantha Ronson is the only woman for her – and if she doesn't reunite with the celebrity deejay, the young actress would date men. Lohan, 23, says she still "loves" Ronson – from whom she split in April 2009 – and, because they live in the same Los Angeles apartment building, they see each other regularly. But the relationship with Ronson, 32, developed out of the blue. "I never really thought about women before, it kind of just happened with Samantha. It surprised me," Lohan tells the U.K. Sun tabloid. She adds, "If I wasn't with Samantha, I would probably be with a boy next. She's the only woman I've been attracted to. We love each other. We might reconcile the relationship, maybe."
The pair had a tempestuous affair that regularly landed them in the tabloids. Lohan blames the storminess as having root in the meddling of others. "Her family is very involved in her relationships and that was difficult … All the fighting stuff was just because all her friends had got involved and made me an outcast, which wasn't fair to Samantha. I think it was a jealousy thing in terms of her becoming more famous than the rest of them." Lohan's personal revelations were part of a second installment of an interview with the paper. In Monday's first part, she admitted she used drugs, including cocaine, to hide her problems. She says she is learning from her mistakes.
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Jimmy Carter's "Malaise" Speech

Yogaforlife — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:40:46 -0800

Good evening.

This is a special night for me. Exactly 3 years ago, on July 15, 1976, I accepted the nomination of my party to run for President of the United States. I promised you a President who is not isolated from the people, who feels your pain, and who shares your dreams and who draws his strength and his wisdom from you.

During the past 3 years I've spoken to you on many occasions about national concerns, the energy crisis, reorganizing the Government, our Nation's economy, and issues of war and especially peace. But over those years the subjects of the speeches, the talks, and the press conferences have become increasingly narrow, focused more and more on what the isolated world of Washington thinks is important. Gradually, you've heard more and more about what the Government thinks or what the Government should be doing and less and less about our Nation's hopes, our dreams, and our vision of the future.

Ten days ago I had planned to speak to you again about a very important subject -- energy. For the fifth time I would have described the urgency of the problem and laid out a series of legislative recommendations to the Congress. But as I was preparing to speak, I began to ask myself the same question that I now know has been troubling many of you. Why have we not been able to get together as a nation to resolve our serious energy problem?

It's clear that the true problems of our Nation are much deeper -- deeper than gasoline lines of energy shortages, deeper even than inflation or recession. And I realize more than ever that as President I need your help. So, I decided to reach out and listen to the voices of America.

I invited to Camp David people from almost every segment of our society business and labor, teachers and preachers, Governors, mayors, and private citizens. And then I left Camp David to listen to other Americans, men and women like you. It has been an extraordinary 10 days, and I want to share with you what I've heard. First of all, I got a lot of personal advice. Let me quote a few of the typical comments that I wrote down.

This from a southern Governor: "Mr. President, you are not leading this Nation -- you're just managing the Government."

"You don't see the people enough any more."

"Some of your Cabinet members don't seem loyal. There is not enough discipline among your disciples."

"Don't talk to us about politics or the mechanics of government, but about an understanding of our common good."

"Mr. President, we're in trouble. Talk to us about blood and sweat and tears."

"If you lead, Mr. President, we will follow."

Many people talked about themselves and about the condition of our Nation. This from a young woman in Pennsylvania: "I feel so far from government. I feel like ordinary people are excluded from political power."

And this from a young Chicano: "Some of us have suffered from recession all our lives."

"Some people have wasted energy, but others haven't had anything to waste."

And this from a religious leader: "No material shortage can touch the important things like God's love for us or our love for one another."

And I like this one particularly from a black woman who happens to be the mayor of a small Mississippi town: "The big-shots are not the only ones who are important. Remember, you can't sell anything on Wall Street unless someone digs it up somewhere else first."

This kind of summarized a lot of other statements: "Mr. President, we are confronted with a moral and a spiritual crisis."

Several of our discussions were on energy, and I have a notebook full of comments and advice. I'll read just a few.

"We can't go on consuming 40 percent more energy than we produce. When we import oil we are also importing inflation plus unemployment."

"We've got to use what we have. The Middle East has only 5 percent of the world's energy, but the United States has 24 percent."

And this is one of the most vivid statements: "Our neck is stretched over the fence and OPEC has a knife."

"There will be other cartels and other shortages. American wisdom and courage right now can set a path to follow in the future."

This was a good one: "Be bold, Mr. President. We may make mistakes, but we are ready to experiment."

And this one from a labor leader got to the heart of it: "The real issue is freedom. We must deal with the energy problem on a war footing."

And the last that I'll read: "When we enter the moral equivalent of war, Mr. President, don't issue us BB guns."

These 10 days confirmed my belief in the decency and the strength and the wisdom of the American people, but it also bore out some of my longstanding concerns about our Nation's underlying problems.

I know, of course, being President, that government actions and legislation can be very important. That's why I've worked hard to put my campaign promises into law -- and I have to admit, with just mixed success. But after listening to the American people I have been reminded again that all the legislation in the world can't fix what's wrong with America. So, I want to speak to you first tonight about a subject even more serious than energy or inflation. I want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to American democracy.

I do not mean our political and civil liberties. They will endure. And I do not refer to the outward strength of America, a nation that is at peace tonight everywhere in the world, with unmatched economic power and military might.

The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our Nation.

The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America.

The confidence that we have always had as a people is not simply some romantic dream or a proverb in a dusty book that we read just on the Fourth of July. It is the idea which founded our Nation and has guided our development as a people. Confidence in the future has supported everything else -- public institutions and private enterprise, our own families, and the very Constitution of the United States. Confidence has defined our course and has served as a link between generations. We've always believed in something called progress. We've always had a faith that the days of our children would be better than our own.

Our people are losing that faith, not only in government itself but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shapers of our democracy. As a people we know our past and we are proud of it. Our progress has been part of the living history of America, even the world. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself called democracy, involved in the search for freedom, and that belief has always strengthened us in our purpose. But just as we are losing our confidence in the future, we are also beginning to close the door on our past.

In a nation that was proud of hard work, strong families, close-knit communities, and our faith in God, too many of us now tend to worship self-indulgence and consumption. Human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns. But we've discovered that owning things and consuming things does not satisfy our longing for meaning. We've learned that piling up material goods cannot fill the emptiness of lives which have no confidence or purpose.

The symptoms of this crisis of the American spirit are all around us. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next 5 years will be worse than the past 5 years. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote. The productivity of American workers is actually dropping, and the willingness of Americans to save for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the Western world.

As you know, there is a growing disrespect for government and for churches and for schools, the news media, and other institutions. This is not a message of happiness or reassurance, but it is the truth and it is a warning.

These changes did not happen overnight. They've come upon us gradually over the last generation, years that were filled with shocks and tragedy.

We were sure that ours was a nation of the ballot, not the bullet, until the murders of John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. We were taught that our armies were always invincible and our causes were always just, only to suffer the agony of Vietnam. We respected the Presidency as a place of honor until the shock of Water gate.

We remember when the phrase "sound as a dollar" was an expression of absolute dependability, until 10 years of inflation began to shrink our dollar and our savings. We believed that our Nation's resources were limitless until 1973, when we had to face a growing dependence on foreign oil.

These wounds are still very deep. They have never been healed.

Looking for a way out of this crisis, our people have turned to the Federal Government and found it isolated from the mainstream of our Nation's life. Washington, D.C., has become an island. The gap between our citizens and our Government has never been so wide. The people are looking for honest answers, not easy answers; clear leadership, not false claims and evasiveness and politics as usual.

What you see too often in Washington and elsewhere around the country is a system of government that seems incapable of action. You see a Congress twisted and pulled in every direction by hundreds of well financed and powerful special interests. You see every extreme position defended to the last vote, almost to the last breath by one unyielding group or another. You often see a balanced and a fair approach that demands sacrifice, a little sacrifice from everyone, abandoned like an orphan without support and without friends.

Often you see paralysis and stagnation and drift. You don't like, and neither do I. What can we do?

First of all, we must face the truth, and then we can change our course. We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face. It is a true challenge of this generation of Americans.

One of the visitors to Camp David last week put it this way: "We've got to stop crying and start sweating, stop talking and start walking, stop cursing and start praying. The strength we need will not come from the White House, but from every house in America."

We know the strength of America. We are strong. We can regain our unity. We can regain our confidence. We are the heirs of generations who survived threats much more powerful and awesome than those that challenge us now. Our fathers and mothers were strong men and women who shaped a new society during the Great Depression, who fought world wars, and who carved out a new charter of peace for the world.

We ourselves and the same Americans who just 10 years ago put a man on the Moon. We are the generation that dedicated our society to the pursuit of human rights and equality. And we are the generation that will win the war on the energy problem and in that process rebuild the unity and confidence of America.

We are at a turning point in our history. There are two paths to choose. One is a path I've warned about tonight, the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility. It is a certain route to failure.

All the traditions of our past, all the lessons of our heritage, all the promises of our future point to another path, the path of common purpose and the restoration of American values. That path leads to true freedom for our Nation and ourselves. We can take the first steps down that path as we begin to solve our energy problem.

Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On the battlefield of energy we can win for our Nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.

In little more than two decades we've gone from a position of energy independence to one in which almost half the oil we use comes from foreign countries, at prices that are going through the roof. Our excessive dependence on OPEC has already taken a tremendous tool on our economy and our people. This is the direct cause of the long lines which have made millions of you spend aggravating hours waiting for gasoline. It's a cause of the increased inflation and unemployment that we now face. This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our Nation.

The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our Nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.

What I have to say to you now about energy is simple and vitally important.

Point one: I am tonight setting a clear goal for the energy policy of the United States. Beginning this moment, this Nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977 -- never. From now on, every new addition to our demand for energy will be met from our own production and our own conservation. The generation-long growth in our dependence on foreign oil will be stopped dead in its tracks right now and then reversed as we move through the 1980's, for I am tonight setting the further goal of cutting our dependence on foreign oil by one-half by the end of the next decade -- a saving of over 4 1/2 million barrels of imported oil per day.

Point two: To ensure that we meet these targets, I will use my Presidential authority to set import quotas. I'm announcing tonight that for 1979 and 1980, I will forbid the entry into this country of one drop of foreign oil more than these goals allow. These quotas will ensure a reduction in imports even below the ambitious levels we set at the recent Tokyo summit.

Point three: To give us energy security, I am asking for the most massive peacetime commitment of funds and resources in our Nation's history to develop America's own alternative sources of fuel -- from coal, from oil shale, from plant products for gasohol, from unconventional gas, from the Sun.

I propose the creation of an energy security corporation to lead this effort to replace 2 1/2 million barrels of imported oil per day by 1990. The corporation will issue up to $5 billion in energy bonds, and I especially want them to be in small denominations so that average Americans can invest directly in America's energy security.

Just as a similar synthetic rubber corporation helped us win World War II, so will we mobilize American determination and ability to win the energy war. Moreover, I will soon submit legislation to Congress calling for the creation of this Nation's first solar bank, which will help us achieve the crucial goal of 20 percent of our energy coming from solar power by the year 2000.

These efforts will cost money, a lot of money, and that is why Congress must enact the windfall profits tax without delay. It will be money well spent. Unlike the billions of dollars that we ship to foreign countries to pay for foreign oil, these funds will be paid by Americans to Americans. These funds will go to fight, not to increase, inflation and unemployment.

Point four: I'm asking Congress to mandate, to require as a matter of law, that our Nation's utility companies cut their massive use of oil by 50 percent within the next decade and switch to other fuels, especially coal, our most abundant energy source.

Point five: To make absolutely certain that nothing stands in the way of achieving these goals, I will urge Congress to create an energy mobilization board which, like the War Production Board in World War II, will have the responsibility and authority to cut through the redtape, the delays, and the endless roadblocks to completing key energy projects.

We will protect our environment. But when this Nation critically needs a refinery or a pipeline, we will build it.

Point six: I'm proposing a bold conservation program to involve every State, county, and city and every average American in our energy battle. This effort will permit you to build conservation into your homes and your lives at a cost you can afford.

I ask Congress to give me authority for mandatory conservation and for standby gasoline rationing. To further conserve energy, I'm proposing tonight an extra $10 billion over the next decade to strengthen our public transportation systems. And I'm asking you for your good and for your Nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. Every act of energy conservation like this is more than just common sense -- I tell you it is an act of patriotism.

Our Nation must be fair to the poorest among us, so we will increase aid to needy Americans to cope with rising energy prices. We often think of conservation only in terms of sacrifice. In fact, it is the most painless and immediate way of rebuilding our Nation's strength. Every gallon of oil each one of us saves is a new form of production. It gives us more freedom, more confidence, that much more control over our own lives.

So, the solution of our energy crisis can also help us to conquer the crisis of the spirit in our country. It can rekindle our sense of unity, our confidence in the future, and give our Nation and all of us individually a new sense of purpose.

You know we can do it. We have the natural resources. We have more oil in our shale alone than several Saudi Arabias. We have more coal than any nation on Earth. We have the world's highest level of technology. We have the most skilled work force, with innovative genius, and I firmly believe that we have the national will to win this war.

I do not promise you that this struggle for freedom will be easy. I do not promise a quick way out of our Nation's problems, when the truth is that the only way out is an all-out effort. What I do promise you is that I will lead our fight, and I will enforce fairness in our struggle, and I will ensure honesty. And above all, I will act.

We can manage the short-term shortages more effectively and we will, but there are no short-term solutions to our long-range problems. There is simply no way to avoid sacrifice.

Twelve hours from now I will speak again in Kansas City, to expand and to explain further our energy program. Just as the search for solutions to our energy shortages has now led us to a new awareness of our Nation's deeper problems, so our willingness to work for those solutions in energy can strengthen us to attack those deeper problems.

I will continue to travel this country, to hear the people of America. You can help me to develop a national agenda for the 1980's. I will listen and I will act. We will act together. These were the promises I made 3 years ago, and I intend to keep them.

Little by little we can and we must rebuild our confidence. We can spend until we empty our treasuries, and we may summon all the wonders of science. But we can succeed only if we tap our greatest resources -- America's people, America's values, and America's confidence.

I have seen the strength of America in the inexhaustible resources of our people. In the days to come, let us renew that strength in the struggle for an energy-secure nation.

In closing, let me say this: I will do my best, but I will not do it alone. Let your voice be heard. Whenever you have a chance, say something good about our country. With God's help and for the sake of our Nation, it is time for us to join hands in America. Let us commit ourselves together to a rebirth of the American spirit. Working together with our common faith we cannot fail.

Thank you and good night.

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http://www.eoearth.org/article/Jimmy_Carter%27s_%22malaise_speech%22

I love him so much but my family doesn't

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:50:36 -0800

First I'll give you a little background on me, I'm a 24 year old chinese female youngest and only girl of 5 kids. I come from a very strict traditional family. I love my family, I do admit that they gave me a really good life. They pay for my car, car insurance, health ins, anything I want they got me. I do owe them a lot. But my parents had told me that their happiness is more important then my own happiness. They litterally had told me that I should find someone who makes them happy more than my own. My parents hate that I don't date chinese or any asians for that matter. My parents don't exactly hate other ethnicities but don't want me to have a relationship wih them. They only approved of one boyfriend, which was my last boyfriend who was Italian. they actually wanted us to get married because he fit into their world, and he did whatever they wanted. But I wasnt happy with him anymore, we made each other upset for the most part. Well we broke up and now I have a new boyfriend.
My boyfriend is 1/2 Italian 1/2 Puerto Rican and he's in the Coast Guard. we've been dating for a couple months now and he really means the world to me, but he does come with some baggage. He was married to a girl name Jill. they got married because she got pregnant, and he felt like it was the right thing to do, but then she had a miscarraige. They still tried being together but it wasn't working out so they decided to get a divorce. But she got pregnant again. They are divorced now but she is pregnant with his child, and is due soon. He told me the day I met him, and stuff like that would be to much for me, but we had that connection and I could see myself with him. He was supposed to finish being in the coast guard next year and be transferred to either California, hawaii, or florida. But then he requested to stay with me which signed him up for another 4 years. he was stationed in NY, but now he's gonna being stayin closer to me, which showed his dedication to me, even though he wont know anyone but me here. It's not like he's a bad person either, he's studying to be a doctor.
Well after a couple of months we told my parents together. I knew they weren't going to be happy at all. My parents gave me the decision of breaking up with him or getting kicked out. Right now my parents think we're broken up but I am stilling seeing him, they just dont know. I'm so misserable at home because they keep checking where i am, even when I'm at work. They call my friends constantly to see if we did actually break up, or if I'm still talking to him. Today my mom lectured me on how I've been upset. They said I can't make that decision, that they make my decision and that if their not happy with it, they wont allow it. They said it looks bad on the family for me to be dating him.
I just feel that if it doesn't work i atleast could say I tried. If it didn't work out, it would be a mistake i could learn from.I just feel like if I give up and have other people make my decisions for me, I'm always gonna have the "What if" in the back of my head. Some people say I'm stupid because my parents have taken care of me, some people say I should just choose him and give up my family, but I don't want to give up my family, and I dont want to lose him. I really don't know what to do...

Today's Quote

smryna — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:19:22 -0800

You have to take the good with the bad, smile when you're sad, love what you've got and remember what you had... Always forgive but never forget, learn from your mistakes but never regret, people change, things go wrong, just remember life goes on.

My accidental Gluten Poisoning.... on my birthday, no less.... please learn from my mistake!

tdsollog — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:31:05 -0700

Well, my gluten-free friends..... even though I do my best to read labels, I had a craving for caramels this weekend, and I found a package what I used to enjoy as a little girl:

I bought two packages of these lovely, tasty treats. I ate one package yesterday (5/26), and one package today, as a birthday "treat" for myself. When, to my horror, I felt sick.... (belly pains, headache, SUPER GROUCHY, and very depressed). I know what causes those feelings.... "Gluten Poisoning".... Well, I've been intentionally good.... Why would I intend to poison myself???? So, I went and looked at my "treat", and my heart (along with my stomach) sunk.... Guess what I saw???
"ALLERGEN STATEMENT: CONTAINS WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS."

Guess what's off "the list" now???? So, please, my GF friends, PLEASE take extra care to read what you eat....

Things to think of before getting married or getting serious

Monique Marie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:47:40 -0800

Sadly, I was a bit naive and fell in love with a man who promised to take care of me no matter what, love, honor, cherish, etc. only to be going through a divorce almost 13 years later. Also, I made the mistake of believing him and leaving myself open for a world full or surprises, hurt, and WTF moments. So, here are a few things to think about before you decide that you want to spend the rest of your life with someone because even though you may think nothing will happen, something can and it is best to protect yourself for the "just in case".
1. Have at least 50% of the household bills in your name, mainly the electric and phone bill are the most important ones. Why? Because a lot of times the phone company and electric compnay will charge you a deposit of at least more than $100 if you have to get the bill signed over to you. Also, on ALL the bills that are in his name only, make sure he has authorized you to have COMPLETE access to the bill, meaning you can change information and do wahtever you want with it. I have both of these problems. I cannot afford the deposit for the electric company, so I have to keep it in his name, which means I have to call the electric company every month to find out what the bill is. My Internet bill is also in his name, but I cannot change it over to my name unless I have his permission, I also cannot set up my own account because there can only be one person at one residence. So either I have to get him to call or be without Internet access. So, ladies, it is advisable that you do this just in case, plus it will also help you out just in case you become a widow as well.

2. Divorce papers: Make sure you use your lawyer well. Make sure he has NO accounts such as credit cards in your name out there without your knowledge. It is so easy to get a credit card in another person's name (such as yours) and then you don't even know about it. This can be said also about renting video accounts, online subscriptions, etc. So make sure you have your lawyer check into this.

3. Think your going to live happily ever after so why not co-sign a car loan. DON'T DO THIS! My ex decides he doesn't want to pay on his truck anymore so he is going to let the bank take it. Well, now you are stuck paying on it and you also don't have the vehicle anymore. Yes, you can put this in the divorce papers but there is NO guarantee that you won't get screwed in the end. Also, if you got the loan from the bank you are currently banking with and he decides that he isn't going to pay on it, guess who's checking account they are going to take it out of? That is right, it is going to be your account and he gets to keep driving around in the vehicle while you are in the hole.

4. If you live in a small town or frequent places together (use to), you might as well cross them off your list. I had to change my grocery store, the place where I got my prescriptions filled (a total of twice now), and now my bank because everyone knows that I am divorcing my ex and apparently he is a Saint because for the last month my bank is screwing me over and my prscription drugs have been wrong. So, yeah they are making my life difficult. In fact, if I had the money I would leave the state because it has become that bad. If I go into a new establishment, that is the first thing I tell them, if you are going to have a problem with me because of my ex let me know now because I don't want to waste my time. It is pretty sad when people purposely try to mess your life up. I even have to go somewhere else for gas now because both the ex and I were regulars and when I stopped in today, I got treated like crap. Oh yeah, good times let me tell you.

5. ALWAYS HAVE A SECRET BANK ACCOUNT. I know that you are suppose to be honest with each other, but ladies, if I have learned anything from this, make sure you keep money back every week or every pay period for yourself and just don't freaking touch it. This is your "crap just hit the fan" fund. When a man decides to divorce you or even if you split on good terms, he will try and find ways to ruin you, even if he isn't acting like it. He will say he wants to still be your friend and blah blah blah. Do not beleive this. When he says he will give you money for something, he will eventually stop. If you were the one who asked for a divorce, no matter how nice he is to you and how understanding he is, he will find a way to make your life hell. So, always have a secret account because more then likely he does already.

That is all I can think of for now, I hope this helps someone out there.

House Rundown, "Remorse"

BuzzSugar — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:33:29 -0800

"Remorse" couldn't have been a more appropriate title for this week's House. Just when you think the doc's therapy didn't have any effect on his cold heart, his conscience pops up in the form of a former med school classmate. But while House experiences pangs of guilt, his new patient Valerie can't feel the slightest tinge of, well, anything. Did I mention she's psycho?

The medical case gave the writers a chance to have some fun as Valerie flips in and out of her faux "good girl" routine, but more so, I'm enjoying the shift that we're seeing in House as he learns from his mistakes and tries to make amends (albeit at a snail's pace). A few questions came to mind as I was watching, so I'm curious to hear your take! Let's break 'em all down and dissect some of the episode's highlights when you read more.

Was anyone else expecting a hair-pulling cat fight between Valerie and Thirteen a la Ali Larter and Beyonce in Obsessed? What did you think about the "psycho" storyline?
We saw completely polarized sides of House this week. First, he's unsympathetic by destroying Cuddy's favorite photo, but then he pays the mortgage for a man he tried to hurt years before in med school. Obviously House is just trying to do penance in one scenario to compensate for the guilt he feels with Cuddy (as Wilson suggests). Do you think he'll ever formally apologize to her?
Favorite line of the night, courtesy of Taub: "Oh, sorry, that was our secret," in response to House requesting that anyone who hadn't slept together leave the room. After which, Taub looks at Thirteen. Nice one, Taub.
Speaking of Thirteen, are they really putting her back with Foreman? Ugh. He finally apologizes for firing her, and I swear by the end, she's giving him a longing look. Would you welcome a reunion, or would you rather see them move on?
What I did like about Thirteen in this episode: she solves the patient's case nearly on her own. Personally, I delighted in watching her prove the boys wrong. I know some of you are mixed on her, but did this episode make you warm up to her a bit more?
Did you freak as much as I did when Thirteen breaks Valerie's arm by accident?
I love how this show always raises questions about what (and who) is morally good. Example No. 1: Valerie may be crazy, but her sister divulges how she protected her from their abusive father. Example No. 2: Valerie tries to compare House to her, even though House is supposedly the show's hero.
Great song for the final scene! Fiona Apple's "Why Try to Change Me Now" seemed like a fitting way to tie up the episode.

Please, share your two cents! I'm especially dying to hear what you make of the new focus on Thirteen and Foreman. Sound off in the comments or head over to the House! group to chat more.

Photos courtesy of Fox

Learning from mistakes Part 2 - and can I say, FINALLY!

syako — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:53:16 -0800