Another Rant Sesh... How Fitting....

Dear Reader,

There are a few things that I would like to talk about. I will give each it's own sub-heading so that no one, including me, gets lost.

GREATEST AMERICAN DOG

This show airs on Wednesday nights at 8 pm on CBS. I love this show because it puts dogs and owners to the test in a variety of areas. Tonight though, I was not so impressed. The tasks were related to courage but I thought that they were completely unreasonable. The first task, for the dog bone suite, was to have an elephant walk towards the dog and not have it move. The elephant would then shake it's head at 20 ft away and then progress forwards to get a banana which was lying infront of the dog. There were only 2 dogs that completed the challenge, Laurie/Andrew and Travis/Pressly. For a tie breaker the dogs had to sit and the elephant would charge the handler while they had their back towards the pachyderm and the dog would have to remain in a sit-stay position. The first dog to remove their hind quarters from the ground loses. Laurie/Andrew won the challenge and the dog bone suite which was a nice win for her since she had not won a challenge before. The problem I have with this is that even though there was a trainer with the elephant in the best of times elephants are not predictable so why would the show want to endanger the competitors and their dogs...just for ratings...that's pretty bad. The final challenge did not sit well with me either. Towards the end each dog had to jump off a platform and zipline down to their handler. This was unsafe to me as well because the dogs would flail in their harnesses and how realistic is it that the dog will have to do that in life. One dog, Galaxy/Jd's, got hurt during the exercise and is now at risk for having to bow out of the competition because she is hurt. Why give a challenge that the dogs, which are the main focus of the show, may get hurt while performing...to me that sounds uber silly. I also am upset because my favourite team Bill/Star were eliminated for no reason tonight. The judges were unable to give fit reasoning and they made quite the performance when they started tearing up as they called Bill and Star's name for elimination. Bill and Star should have stayed tonight because they acted in an appropriate manner throughout the filming of the show and they were a well working and loving team. My heart goes out to Bill and Star, the fact that they were cut makes me so upset that I do not want to continue watching the show but I will on the fact that I want to see who wins. That does not mean that I am promoting the show, so I thought I would rant to you dear reader.

Bill and his 'kid', Star

THE HILLS

This season so far has not turned out to be as steamy and drama-packed as last season. I know there are only 2 episodes that have been aired but they weren't the greatest, and we all know that I am a devoted Hills fan. Spencer has cut more people off, no surprise, Heidi is starting to wonder about Lauren, Audrina and Lo hate each other, Whitney got promoted and Doug seems hot but there's something funky junky about him. Not so impressed about this either.

THE RANT SESH

I have come to a point in my life where I have stopped caring what the people in the small town that I live in think about me. I was at a favourite restaurant picking up some take out and I knew that some men were clearly whispering and laughing at me, they weren't discrete at all. So that's when I started my FUCK UXBRIDGE rampage. Well the rampage has clearly progressed into a full out battle with everyone on the planet, minus the few that I hold dear. FUCK THE PLANET is what I am naming my new rampage. I am tired of people being dickheads, thinking they are entitled to things they are not, and just being plain greedy. In Uxbridge, just because you have money or a certain last name, you're going to get guaranteed special treatment. I think this is complete and utter bunk. What happened to people working and earning trust and standing on their own without the aid of a couple bucks here and there. Some people that I consider friends, well they aren't too friendly anymore so guess what, they're cut too with a big FUCK YOU! I am beginning to notice that the world is a shitty place and people will do whatever they have to get ahead, step on others, commit crimes, even purger themselves. What kind of pathetic place do we live in if that's what you have to do to get ahead. I want no part of it. I will keep going by the old way of things, the way I was taught to be honest and have morals. I will get screwed by people time and again and that will just prove my rampage and it's theory is correct. It's a new day and meaning in the land of Sarah.....that's for sure.

The Hills: Are Alive With The Sound of Bickering and Drama!

Dear Reader,
If you didn't know, the Hills, one of my fav shows that I write about all the time when the season is airing, premiered last night. The previews of Season 4 looked really juicy. Lauren dates someone from her past, Spencer ditches his sister Stephanie because she is friends with Lauren, Spencer and Heidi are living together, Stephanie goes on a date with the guy Lauren is seeing, the tension in the house between Audrina and Lo gets worse, things heat up between Justin Bobby and Audrina again, and there's so much more.
Thoughts of Last Night
I really was looking forward to the show last night and I was able to watch it with two of my closest friends, Becs and Nathan. They do not like the Hills but they said they would watch it with me, (Thanks guys, I really do appreciate it!). I was glad to see the start of a show that is a regular program for me. I usually don't watch any tv while at home but at least I can watch the Hills now! Back to the premiere.... Lauren thinks it's about time she get back into the dating game and she does have a point. The guy she starts to date, Doug, is a guy she went to his prom with when she was in her Laguna Beach days. I thought Doug was very attractive, which is always nice to see another hot male body added to the cast of the show. I must say upfront though, for all the clips of Season 4 that were shown I truly thought that the premiere was not as good as it could have been. There was drama between Spencer and Heidi, and then also with Audrina and Lo, but what else is new. You expect that if you watched the 3rd Season. Justin Bobby made an appearance, but you also expect that because Audrina really didn't break up with him in the 3rd Season either. Another new character appeared though which was a nice addition of drama to an already simmering pot in the Montag/Pratt household, Heidi's sister, Holly came for a visit. Now Holly was very nice and friendly and all but Spencer was NOT impressed, heck I don't even think that begins to describe what he was thinking. I think the show was a catch up episode rather then a juicy premiere, so I am hoping that next week will make up for it.
Stay tuned ladies and gents!

Congrats and Tribute to My Dear Friend Becs

Dear Reader,

The days are going by so fast. My dear friend, Becs, is leaving for the Cayman Islands on Sat. Aug 23. I'm not going to lie, this is starting to affect me. Becs and I have been friends on and off for quite sometime but we still keep coming back to each other for a greater friendship then the previous one. I have been really positive in Becs moving and her decisions to move and I will continue to do so, that's what any good friend should and would do. When Becs posted an online album of her last week in Canada that made it even more real, also I have a mental day count down which keeps haunting me of the day of the beginning of her new journey. Us becoming friends this time has made our friendship stronger than ever. We talk all the time, or message each other all the time, when we go days without talking because of our busy lives it just feels weird. I have said that I will go down to the Cayman Islands and visit Becs because I would love to see her in her element and how she's doing. We've even gone so far as to plan some of the things we would like to do, ie. Go to stingray bay, visit the sea turtle farm, and so much more.

Although Becs is leaving I have some great memories already that are filed close in my mind and in my heart. One that I know Becs truly enjoys is the art of cow wrangling which my dad and I have taught her. Becs enjoys working with the babies everytime she gets the chance and she has formed some close working relationships with them! Recently Dad has been inviting Becs and Nathan, her significant other, over for dinner on Sunday night. We have a variety of conversation, get in some cow wrangling, have a good meal and also get a mini Scrabble tourney going on. Becs came up to my mum's boyfriend's cottage with me and was able to yet again whoop my ass at Scrabble consistently, while having an enjoyable time with my mum and her boyfriend. Becs has pretty much been inducted to the Gall family with open arms and she loves it...or at least she says she does.... I tell her to get out asap because look how I turned out, and that gives us plenty of laughs. Many a dinner we have shared trying a new restaurant or food. Without Becs I would have no idea how great Bubbletea or Korean BBQ is, and this I thank her for muchly.

Becs is a beautiful, charming and posh woman that is moving to the Cayman Islands to excel in her career as a law clerk. I'm very proud of her for making such a move even though it would take her away from the family and friends she holds dear to her heart. There will be tonnes of emails and care packages sent to Becs from me, that's a guarantee because I enjoy doing that. Becs, you will be missed, your adventurous attitude, your posh style, and babe-licious looks, but you are only a phone call or email away.

Love, as always
Sarah

Should I or Shouldn't I Donate? That's the Question

Dear Reader,

I often turn down stores when they ask if I would like to make a charitable donation. I get tired of it, I'm not a money pit and I certainly can't afford to provide for others when providing for myself can be tough. Today was different though. As I was cashing out at the local Walmart, I was asked if I wanted to donate a $1 to the Red Cross. I thought for a minute, maybe one day I will need the help of the Red Cross. If I donate a buck now maybe that will help me later in life. So I looked at the cashier and said sure. I wasn`t positive at the moment about doing so but I did it anyway and now, after some time has passed I`m glad I did cause that dollar could help me one day in the future. Then as I was walking out I was asked by a lady for a donation for missing children in Canada. I was in a charitable mood so I gave $2 and then was told that there are 66,000 missing kids in Canada. I was shocked to hear that, and even worse was that I had no idea the number was that large. I was given a little sheet that gave me some factoids and stuff regarding missing children and children that are exploited. Some things I already knew, ex. Most kids that are abducted are taken by somebody they know, like a relative or family member, OR internet abductions are increasing at an alarming rate.

Things I didn`t Know (some are quite disturbing.... but we need to know):

-More than 2300 children are reported missing daily in North America

-74% of children abducted by a stranger, who are murdered, are dead within the first three hours of their abduction

-Most child abductions occur within a ¼ mile of the child's home

-1 in 3 boys and 1 in 2 girls are victims of unwanted sexual advances before they reach the age of 18

-While surfing the internet, more than 1 in 5 children between the ages of 10 and 17 are victims of sexual advances by sexual predators

So when you are thinking of turning down certain charities ponder how this may affect you. I don't have kid(s) now but I may in the future and I would want to know that they could receive help from an organization that is designated to do so. I would want my kid(s) protected and implement things that would help in case they did get lost, such as Child ID/DNA Clinics, Investigative Services, Child ID kits, etc. Like I said before, we can't afford to support every charity because we all aren't millionaires but when you hear shocking information such as what I have shared above with you, then maybe when certain charities tug at your heart strings we need to consider possible future uses.

Education Investigation!!!!

Dear Reader,

I was reading the Sunday Star Paper and in the 10 Things I Learned This Week there was some very educational information. ENJOY!

-The wind speed of the average sneeze is tornado force – 200 km/h.

-Suppressing a sneeze can (but usually doesn't) cause nosebleed, a burst eardrum, nasal cartilage fracture, a detached retina and, in extremely rare cases, stroke or aneurysm.

-Buddy Ebsen, best known as Jed Clampett in tv's Beverly Hillbillies, had to drop the role of Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz because of a severe allergice reaction to the aluminum powder makeup.

-Terry, the cairn terrier that played Toto in The Wizard of Oz, made $125 a week – more than many of the actors earned.

-Swimming's front crawl, also known as the Australian crawl, is an adaptation of the stroke used by natives of the Solomon Islands, and was first unveiled in 1902 during a championship in England.

-The first swim fins were invented by U.S. Founding father Benjamin Franklin, who created ones shaped like lily pads, which he wore on his hands.

-The sardine, named after the island of Sardinia, is not a species of fish but rather a group of small, oily, saltwater fish including sprat and young herring.

-Up until the mid-1600s, French wine producers used oil-soaked rags, not corks, as stoppers.

-Malaysia's pen-tailed tree shrews are alcoholics, regularly consuming naturally fermented palm nectar “beer”, their primary food source.

-Cenosillicaphobia is the term for fear of an empty glass.

MY THOUGHTS......(the most important part of this entry!)

If we are having a tornado size amount of air riled up when we have one sneeze, what is it called when we have a sneeze attack... a monson..... a typhoon.....gale force winds? From this picture I gather that sneezing can be quite dangerous!

I have to say that quite frequently I suppress my sneezes because if I don't it sprays everywhere (yeah I know, it's gross). So there was no mention that you are killing brain cells like I was told all my life by my parents... does that mean that it was a myth to scare me into not holding my sneezes in, or in the really high risk situations it does kill brain cells because that's what happens when you have a stroke or an aneurysm. Might as well include some proper etiquette!


Who knew that the Tin Man's make up was actually Aluminum Powder. I wonder if that had any lasting side effects ......because you would be applying a metallic powder to your skin, sounds like a bad combo to me..... EtchaSketch used Aluminum powder but that was why it was in a plastic casing I guess.

Toto was one rich son of a bitch... literally. Just think of how he could use the money today, going to the doggy cares that are top of the notch, spa treatments, nails painted, a little bow made of major bling bling attached to his collar... This isn't a picture of Toto but I'm sure he has this shirt already!

I have to say that Ben Franklin's swim fins remind me of the Frog guy from the Xmen. His hands were really weird and I think they used Ben's idea, .....is that Copyright/ Patent infringement? This is the modern day version...

They say that sardines are not a type of fish but then they say in the exact same sentence that they belong to group of small, oily, saltwater fish. Doesn't that still make them a fish....

The French already had the idea for Molotov Cocktails before they even were used as weapons... The major difference is they didn't light the other end of the rag!

So there are mammals that are allowed to be chronic alcoholics, they just don't have to go anywhere. But maybe on the other hand we should have a beer for the poor tree shrew because it's not the cutest animal on the planet and blurred vision may help it to look cuter!

Fear of an empty glass... damn, that describes a lot of people I know, and that's not just people that drink either. I think I prefer a full glass over an empty one too, what about you?! I wonder what the term for a fear of an empty plate is.... I think I may suffer from that one.