Yeah. Those are this lady’s FINGERNAILS. I can’t decide what is worse–her disgustingly long fingernails (how do you function on a daily basis with those things?), or her big, white, scary forehead.

I think I’ll go with the forehead.

I’m sure by now that most of you have heard of the Colorado school shootings. If not, here’s a link to catch you up with things.

This sort of stuff just makes me sick though. First of all, because schools are supposed to be a safe place to go to to learn. I don’t remember ever feeling unsafe when I went to school. I saw a few fights, but in a public school of 2000 students, I can’t imagine that is that uncommon. But it didn’t make me fear for my life. Nowadays, so many students have to go through metal detectors or get frisked when going to school. Has society really come to that? Obviously so when you see events like this Colorado shooting, but still. It’s sad.

The details of this latest shooting though just make my heart churn. What kind of grown man goes into a school picks out teenage girls to sexually assult them and traumatize them with who knows what? Then uses one as a human shield when police decide to put a stop to things. These poor, poor kids in this school. I would never wish this on anyone. And what a coward to kill himself afterwards.

Does anyone else have thoughts on this?

UPDATE: Turns out this is hitting close to home too:

FRIDAY, Sept. 29, 2006, 9:41 a.m.
By Associated Press

Principal shot at Cazenovia school
Cazenovia - The principal at Weston School was shot this morning by a former student who entered the school armed with multiple weapons, WKOW-TV reported.

The district told WKOW that Principal John Klang was shot, but would not confirm his condition. The station reported that the school is in lockdown.

Richland County Sheriff Chief Deputy Tom Hougan was at the scene outside the school.

“The students are safe,” Hougan said. “The scene is secure.”

Richland County is in southwest Wisconsin.

Now, Neill tells me that if you’re a spotter in javelin, you have to “stand out there” when someone is throwing the thing. But even so, wouldn’t you see this coming? (And by the way, I think I have those same shoes she is wearing!)

As you’ve probably seen from past posts, I have a slight obsession with bathroom etiquette, mainly in the workplace.

Anyway, for some reason, I was looking up bathroom etiquette online AGAIN the other day and found out that there is actually a non-profit website dedicated to this. The International Center for Bathroom Etiquette must be a semi-legit organization, because they have a .org webaddress, and they don’t give those out to just anyone.

They do have some great information on the site though for just about any bathroom circumstance that you can think of. Like men, do you know the proper etiquette when you come across a “Kiddie-Sized Urinal?” Do you check your email while on the toilet? What is an acceptable amount of time to do this? 5 minutes? 1/2 hour?

Anyone have any good bathroom stories from lately?

Don’t worry, Packer fans. I’ve figured out the reason why the Packers suck this year (and last year)… and maybe next year.

What?!?!

As you saw in August, my friend, Mandy, had her baby, Ethan. While Amber has some pictures on her camera that I have yet to see, I do have pictures from the shower that we threw for her a few weeks before she had the baby.

Bonnie, here, wasn’t a fan, obviously.

But, nonetheless, everyone had a good time.

Click here to see the rest of the pictures.

This headline definately caught my eye…

Panda Bites Man, Man Bites Him Back

BEIJING (AP) — A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal’s back, state media said Wednesday.

Zhang Xinyan, from the central province of Henan, drank four jugs of beer at a restaurant near the zoo before visiting Gu Gu the panda on Tuesday, the Beijing Morning Post said.

“He felt a sudden urge to touch the panda with his hand,” and jumped into the enclosure, the newspaper said.

The panda, who was asleep, was startled and bit Zhang, 35, on the right leg, it said. Zhang got angry and kicked the panda, who then bit his other leg. A tussle ensued, the paper said.

“I bit the fellow in the back,” Zhang was quoted as saying in the newspaper. “Its skin was quite thick.”

Other tourists yelled for a zookeeper, who got the panda under control by spraying it with water, reports said. Zhang was hospitalized.

Newspaper photographs showed Zhang lying on a hospital bed with blood-soaked bandages and a seam of stitches running down his leg.

“No one ever said they would bite people,” Zhang said. “I just wanted to touch it. I was so dizzy from the beer. I don’t remember much.”

Ye Mingxia, a spokeswoman for the Beijing Zoo, confirmed the incident happened but would not give any details. She said Gu Gu was “healthy.”

“We’re not considering punishing him now,” Ye said in a telephone interview. “He’s suffered quite a bit of shock.”

Ha! First of all, I should have figured that the second paragraph would tell us that this dude was drunk. Who bites a Panda SOBER? Then again, who bites one drunk?

I do like the Chinese way of dealing with this though and not punishing the guy. Sure, he probably shouldn’t have done it, but I think his punishment of having worldly embarassment AND a Panda bite is probably good enough. Worth a good chuckle, at least…

One good way for me to get some posts in is to tell everyone about all of the pictures that I waited all summer to upload. Today, I’ll feature my friend, Jenny’s bachelorette party.

The challenge that we had while planning Jenny’s party is that we had to outdo the “fake” bachelorette party that we threw for Jenny a few years ago. Basically, we got her all dressed up like it was her REAL bachelorette party and went out on the town. It’s true–we were posers. Anyway, Jenny always talked about how much fun that was, so we tried to beat it. So, we went with the same concept (Booby-ring toss) and added some cowboy hats. I think she had a good time…

Click here to see the rest of the pictures from Jenny’s party…

I wish I had a good excuse to why my website has become a low-priority for me–like I was redesigning it or something (which, I want to try to do!). Maybe it’s because I’m busy. Maybe it’s because I ran out of things to talk about. Either way, it’s been about a month and I’m going to recommit myself to the site. I promise you, my faithful readers, to let you back into my life and into things that make me laugh.

I hope you all forgive me…