bank robber

People are getting smarter and smarter these days. Well at least he saved himself a little time, and the enviromentalist in me is glad that he recycled!

A man robbing a bank demanded the money by writing a note on one of his own checks, authorities say.
Not surprisingly, he was caught soon afterward.
Forest Kelly Bissonnette, 27, apparently tried to cover his name on the check, then handed the note to a teller Sept. 5 at the Bank of the West in Englewood, according to authorities.

Hey at least the police were done in time for another round of coffee and donuts before they went home for the night.

bras

Is this news? I could have told you this around age 15!

Whether women are said to be flat-chested or big-busted, ordinary bras fall short when it comes to supporting bouncing breasts, a new study claims.

And during exercise, women's breasts bounce more than previously estimated, moving a vertical distance of up to around eight inches compared with a past maximum measurement of six inches.

The bouncing, in some cases with breasts weighing 20 pounds or more, can prove painful and damaging to the limited natural support system.

Now this part I both believe, and am frightened by:

A pair of D-cup breasts weighs about 15 to 23 pounds.

Well alert the media, boobs are big and bounce when you run ... I think about half the population didn't need a study to tell them that.
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Arranged Marriages

The internet has many many weird things on it. Including this crazy website all about arranging marriages and making the men pay a pretty penny!

Marry Our Daughter is an introduction service assisting those following the Biblical tradition of arranging marriages for their Daughters.
We charge a variable fee per listing, depending on the bride price requested and other factors. Potential grooms are not charged. We do not assist in negotiations, we only provide introductions

The girls ranged from 13-17.5 and priced at 3,995 all the way up to 99,995 for a girl who had been on "local billboards" apparently thats something you look for in a child bride. My favorite blurb on the site for the girl pictured above, is here:

Kimberly was raised from birth knowing that her place in life was to be a good wife and mother and she might as well get started on that now. She knows God put her on Earth to serve her husband like it says in the Bible and we’ve made sure she knows exactly how to do that.

She will cost you 20,995. I wonder how parents decide how much to sell their children for?
Children Sales

Police Dog

This just makes me sad, both as an animal lover, and as someone who studies and works with police officers:

A suburban police officer is accused of leaving a police dog in a patrol car for more than 12 hours on a 109-degree day, killing the animal.

The sheriff’s investigation showed Bandit was in Lovejoy’s patrol car from about 9 a.m. to shortly after 10 p.m. Aug. 11. During that time, the investigation found, the officer ran errands, napped and ate out with his wife. Lovejoy later found the dog dead in the car.

It's really kind of disgusting, it's just like the article about the child I posted a while ago!

Note: The dog pictured is not the actual dog 'Bandit'

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the concert

My Goodness. I'll say it again, my goodness. This show was a-mazing. Now I'm a tiny bit in love with Spoon to begin with, so to see them live in an intimate venue was great.

The unfortunate part was that we somehow got surrounded with really tall boys and I had to jockey around all night to see the band. So worth it. We got there a little after the doors opened, got a drink and scoped out a place to stand for the remainder. Their opener was really good, it was kinda of a soul/funk/rock band out of Texas, the winning part of their set ... horns. Yes they had a trumpet, alto and tenor sax and I loved every second of it. My heart skipped a beat as I fantasized that "maybe if I just stayed with jazz I could play in a band like this ... and meet Spoon". Now clearly a female Trombone player didn't really fit into their whole scheme, but that is besides the point. After their set (of greatness) we stood around for a while longer and eventually Spoon came out.

They played a really good set. A really good, LONG set. It was a 20 song set with a 4 song encore (more on that later). They played through several excellent tracks from their current album (Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga) and then several more from my personal favorite album Gimme Fiction. Now, I'm in love with watching guitar players. I love watching how they convulse on stage in fits of musicality. It's good convulsion though, it's like the musical equivalent of when you eat too much Chinese food and then 8 shots of tequila and go puke in a club bathroom. It feels good, and makes other people feel good too. This was far better than that. Far better. Not to mention the fact that I am IN LOVE with the leader singer. I would mother his children today if he asked me too. And it's not the type of love like I've read his favorite movies and think that we are soul mates, it's strictly based on watching and listening to him play, and thinking he's dreamy. I think when he sings he sounds like a brit, and he LOOKS like a brit I think, and after further investigation, increasing my obsession, I found out that he is named Britt. This just makes me giggle. So after watching him convulse (in a good way) on stage, and watching him giggle with his bass player, and bring the horn section from the opener on stage, the set ended. There is always an encore, always at shows. So we sat there, the patient, pumped up, tired and sweaty audience waiting. And waiting. And after what seemed like hours, probably closer to two minutes (a very long time in waiting for the encore time) they came out and played a 4 song encore. Excellent! 24 songs of Spoon loveliness. It was an amazing concert and I'm glad I went.

I'm a little dead today, I got home at around 1:45 and now am at work at 7:30, but I'm ok. I'm still very excited about the whole thing. OH pictured here: my boyfriend, Britt Daniel, close enough to stalk in Portland Oregon.

police

Man alive, I-5 was littered today with police pulling people over. That means that everyone went 3 mph instead of 70 and it took that much longer to get where I was going. I always forget that over holiday weekend the po po comes out in full force trying to pull everyone over. You will be glad to know that I was not one of their victims.

In any case it was a dandy visit with my Grandpa and Mom for the day. Lots of my Grandpa calling everyone fat, taking naps and then eating dinner at 4:00, always good. He did however give me awesome tomatoes from his garden AND my Steve Miller tickets. So I guess I'll let it slide this time. He is one silly old man.

Spoon

Today Rachel called me. Shortly after the "hey what's up", "what are you doing", "i haven't been outside all day today" conversation was over, she invited me to go see Spoon on Wednesday. Spoon the band. Now Spoon was pretty much the biggest draw for me when we went to Sasquatch, and when I missed most of their set I was pretty bummed, so I'm really excited for this. I only discovered them a year or so ago (and by discovered I mean a burned copy of two of their CD's was placed in my hands) and I adore them, especially their album "Gimme Fiction", it's excellent. It it at the Showbox in Seattle which I have never been to, and even with all the taxes and stuff it's only like 22 bucks. I am always surprised when bands that I've heard of and really like either play small venues or have cheap tickets. I guess I always just assume that if I've heard of them they must be a pretty big name, apparently I know more obscure bands than I thought!

In other music related news, AS pop music is ALREADY lining up incredible shows for this year and the school year has not even started. So far on the list that I'm incredibly excited for:
Jimmy Eat World (perhaps my favorite band while in high school)
Presidents of the United States of America (another fave in high school, I was one of about three people who even knew they had more songs than Peaches)
Iron and Wine (a new favorite)
Minus the Bear (they were here last year also, I don't think I'll go again, I have bad associations with them, I was dumped the night of their show! haha)

Kudos to Hunter and Victor, such incredible music these last couple years!