Today Marks 5 Years...

that we've been fighting the war in Iraq.

I'll be thinking of all the soldiers who have lost their lives defending our country.
And the ones still serving.

Even though I don't agree that we should be fighting there in the first place.

But regardless of where you stand, let's all hope for an ending in the near future.
The hippie in me wants peace.

And I Thought Apple Was Bad

I know this is my journal and I should be talking about me, but I had to share this story that I read on Yahoo! yesterday. A Chinese couple announced that they want to name their son the @ symbol! At. And I was giving Katie Holmes and Gwyneth Paltrow shit for their weird baby names. This tops the list by far! I guess the name supposedly means "love him" in Chinese, but when have you ever seen a Chinese symbol that looks like that!?! Right, never.

In the same article they were talking about the U.S. couple that wanted to name their son 4Real (yes with the NUMBER four), but they were officially denied that right by the U.S. government. On the birth certificate there can only be characters - no symbols, numbers, etc. So they went with Superman instead, but will still call him 4Real. Maybe he'll grow up to be a rapper...

This of course got me thinking about what I will name my own children some day. Hopefully the names I choose will spare them from lifelong humiliation. How does Fo' Shizzle sound?

Anybody have any weird baby names to share?

In Case You Were Wondering, They Nicknamed Him Spirit

Since 9/11, this country has been under so many security alerts. It seemed like every day we were told that YES the terrorist threat level was still RED, same as the past 365 days. There have been news stories upon news stories about how it will take you longer to board airplanes now because they'll be screening everything. Then there was the shoe bomb scare. And wait - that mom carrying an infant on her hip - she's carrying a container with an unknown white liquid substance. We mustn't let her on the plane! Well National Security officials, how do you explain how a MONKEY BOARDED AN AIRPLANE INTO THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT ANYONE KNOWING!!

No, this is not a joke. A man boarded a plane in Peru, then Florida, and ultimately landed in LaGuardia airport with a freakin monkey under his hat. How in the world did you not notice a MONKEY. UNDER. HIS. HAT?

Next time you're worried about airport security rummaging through your bags and finding that oh-so-embarrassing item, just remember to throw on your favorite ball cap.

You Sure Have a Lot of Class

Britney Spears. Paris Hilton. Lindsey Lohan. Yes, I am so sick of hearing celebrity gossip and who got caught drunk driving this week or who snorted coke last week. Trust me, if I have to hear one more wild guess on who's Britney's new "baby daddy" I'm going to vomit.

Now after all of that bitchin' I'm going to spill some celebrity gossip. Such a hypocrite, aren't I? For real though, once in awhile you'll hear a story about someone famous that makes you realize - wow they really are human.

As my fellow country music fans know, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw are currently out on tour (and currently married - for those of you who are a little behind the times). I had the pleasure of listening to an audio clip this morning of Faith Hill yelling at a girl in the audience who basically sexually assaulted her husband. I won't spill all the hoarish details, but basically the slut grabbed his junk. Faith kept her cool, but still was able to mutter something into the mic - something along the lines of "you sure have a lot of class" - without missing a dancing beat. And on top of that when they were shaking the hands of some of the crowd, another girl took his wedding band off. They were able to call security and get it back, but come on!

I just can't believe the lack of respect that was shown to them and their relationship. I know he's a sexy music star and all but he's MARRIED and his wife is TWO FEET AWAY. Sure they're famous, but they're still human beings. Faith is still going to get mad, upset, and want to rip the redneck right off of your body for touching her man - especially if he wasn't asking for it (then she'd be after Tim)! Moral of the story is, be respectful of people in relationships. Don't fawn all over your friend's husband or the hot guy in accounting you know is taken. Damn you deviant women - don't let the rest of us go down for that! Some of us still have our self respect (and would like to keep our significant others to ourselves), thank you very much.