Happy Friday everyone. I hope you all have fun and exciting plans for the weekend. We're going to an Anaheim Ducks game and anytime I can see a professional hockey game live, I'm happy. It will be fun but not as exciting as last weekend when KirkX5m came out to my neck of the woods. We met up at, um, Super Wal-Mart. Please, don't ask. He was passing through and I had to get him his raffle prize from WestFest IV. Kirk was rolling in a brand new E92 328i that was just beautiful: Titanium Silver, black interior, sport package, OEM CSL style wheels, and dark tints. Could it be a first? A X5world mini-meet at Super Wal-Mart? If it is the first I hope it's also the last.

Last Friday I moaned about my shoulder getting stabbed with Cortisone. Well this past week I had a nerve conduction study done with an electromyogram. If you ever get the chance to have this procedure, run and run fast. It's not the most painful thing I have experienced but it was up there. They were testing the nerves from my neck down to my fingertips. The first part wasn't that bad. They put electrodes on my fingers and zapped the hell out of them. My hand was jerking like a fish out of water. That was unpleasant but the next part was not so good. The next had to test the muscles for responses and to do this, I was poked with sharp little needles in about 8 different places, each time felt like a hot poker was being shoved in. The needles were small but they shot electricity into the muscle. It felt like the needles were being ground into me as they searched around. The needles were bad enough but the electrical current was just aces. It felt especially cruel in spots where there isn't much muscle to work with. Places like the top of my hand and the back of my neck. Yeah, lovely. (No, my shoulder problem has nothing to do with my excessive Wii sports playing. )

So here I am bitching and complaining about my little shoulder problem while there are so many people in the world truly hurting. Shame on me! :sad: There is much physical pain in the world but there is also so much emotional pain and we need to remember that. Put aside your petty problems and think of those who are suffering. Please remember the celebrities who are suffering. RIGHT!

There have been several events in the media lately involving celebrities doing inappropriate things. Mel Gibson ranted anti-Semetic, Michael Richards said a bad word, Miss USA was partying up a storm and acting like a floosie, and Lindsey Lohan hit rock bottom for the umpteenth time. So what do they all do? They go into rehab. Yeah, that's the ticket! Rehab! Now comes Isaiah Washington from "Grey's Anatomy" who checked himself in to rehab. Is rehab the new exclusive thing to do in Hollywood? What happened to adopting African babies?

The controversy with Washington started with some stupid argument he had on-set with a co-star where he called another cast member a "faggot". So the media spun it up and it was a big deal. On the Golden Globes the other night, Washington, in an awkwardly out-of-the-blue moment during a group interview, leaned into the mic and denied calling the other guy a "faggot". So the inevitable controversy ensued. The oohs, ahhs, and gasps were resounding all over town. "Isaiah Washington is a homophobe." :eek: What to do, what to do? I know! Isaiah goes to rehab!

Pardon me but what kind of frickin' rehab does one go to for using the word "faggot"??? How much time does it take to tell him "it's bad to use that word and discriminate against homosexuals". Perhaps it might even be telling him that it's okay to feel that way but just keep it to yourdamnself! He'd be just as well served to go over to see Lucy from the "Peanuts", given her a nickel and been done with it. I do not think there is any rehab of a problem other than the problem of Washington's image. It's pure PR in typical Hollywood fashion. You get caught saying something politically incorrect? Go to rehab. You have a negative image as a party girl out of control? Go to rehab. You lost your cool and flamed out in a tirade? Go to rehab. Hell, we might as well all go to rehab to address our "problem" being addicted to X5world. It just disgusts me that these people use rehab as an image tool. It's become almost comical. It not only demeans the nature of rehabilitation but it creates the idea that you can be "cured" of whatever personality defect or character flaw you might have. It's a fallacy. Some people will just be racist and some will just be homophobes. There is no "curing" them of it and no changing their ways. It's a cynical but sad reality. So I hope poor Isaiah can be "cured" of being an A-hole but somehow I think it's a terminal case.

Does something like this call for rehab? Another Darwin Award nominee. Definition of "lucky bastard": this dude. :p Lucky bastard? How about a lucky duck? Okay, so I'm into definitions right now so here's one for ??? You think Tom Hanks' character in "Cast Away" was lost for a long time? How about 18 years? Then there is this poor schlub lost in NYC. Baby's birth or watch a football game? I'm sure that Fox will soon be airing an American version of this show. Sadly enough, I'm sure plenty of people would tune it. Finally, I would like all the men here to pray for Mozart the Iguana. I hurts me to even think about it. Maybe they should spare Mozart and fix this guy.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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