straight up chasing paper.

Monday, April 04, 2005

Riding up Manties

So I have a crazy week ahead of me. It's not really my fault (as it usually is with endless procrastination toward essay grading) it's just that the work really starts to pile up in the semester twilight. So a few things while I've got time.

First off, I heard about something on Morning Edition today that while a bit tragic made me smile a bit. It is a little bittersweet when stupid conservative legislation (or in this case, an amendment) backfires. Especially when it is in my "home" state. Apparently because of the very broad language in Ohio's Marriage Amendment it bans legal status not only to gay couples but to ANY unmarried couple, even straight folk. Due to that, prosecuters are having a hard time taking care of some previously prosecutable domestic violence cases. Hear that statesmen? Because of your irrational fear of two guys who kiss eachother sharing health insurance, some idiot "wife" beater in Cleveland is getting a free pass. Read about this idiocy here.

I'm recently obsessed with G4techTV and am strangely enamored by a new talkish type show called "Attack of the Show." A lot of this probably has to do with my recent obsession with owning one of these, but the show is rather geekily entertaining if you care about videogames at all. One of my favorite segments is one called "Gems of the Internet" where they answer questions such as:

Alright. I should do some work.

paul at 4/04/2005

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at 9:30 AM Carrie said...: Oh my god, I'm lauging like an asshole in my office. All too funny!

Ok, so I have multiple questions about the Amish swimwear. 1) Who are the makers of said swimwear really trying to reach with their nicely designed website? Are Amish people now allowed to have internet access? 2) Are Amish women that concerned about their appearance that they require "slimming swimwear"? Doesn't that seem a little against the Amish way of life? 3) Aren't zippers a no-no? Or is this swimwear really geared towards the more progressive Mennonites? 4) What do Amish men wear when swimming? Are they allowed to be shirtless? Where's their modest swimwear?

Oh, and am I creepy for liking the knife holder?
at 10:11 AM cornshake said...: carrie--i know you share my Bo Bice love but what happened to him yesterday? i missed constantine (aka man with the freakiest chin EVER)--did he really do better? say it isn't so!
at 1:42 PM Anonymous said...: I also like the knife holder and...can Amish women use a phone to order this "swimwear" with their credit cards? I don't think your body would even get below the surface in those outfits. The specially designed loose fitting areas would fill up with air and you'd float...silly Mennonites.
at 1:55 PM MB said...: I didn't have time to comment yesterday. This is really funny. I think I liked Paul's list of questions as much as the links. :)

That swimwear haunts/fascinates me. It seems binding and freeing at the same time. It seems oppressive to force women to dress so modestly. Yet, our society pressures women to dress and look a certain way also. These bathing suits do relieve the pressure of having a perfect-bikini-wearing-body.

So, it leads me to ponder how free any of us are.

(Such deep philosophical thoughts from swimwear!)
at 2:46 PM Carrie said...: Don't ask me to fairly assess any of Constantine's performances. He makes me throw up in my mouth a little. I thought Bo wasn't too horrible last night' but given the theme, I can't blame him for being off...

In terms of Amish swimwear, Lisa makes a good point. And it makes me think of all the poor devoutly religious girls out there who won't be able to swim competitively. I guess there's not that much opportunity with the home schooling, but still...