Good Grief. Some People's Children....

What is wrong with people? Some days, I'm ashamed to be part of the human race.

Masturbating Canadian wins Court Challenge


OTTAWA (Reuters) - A Canadian who masturbated at a window in his house has won his appeal against a conviction for indecency after Canada's top court ruled there was no evidence of intent to commit an indecent act, and a home was not a public place.

The Supreme Court of Canada noted that British Columbian, Daryl Clark, had agreed it was an indecent act to have masturbated "in an illuminated room near an uncovered window visible to neighbours."

But Justice Morris Fish, writing the 9-0 decision, said such acts have to be done in public places to be a crime -- and a home was not a public place. The law also says indecent acts are only crimes in every location if the person intends to give offence.

Clark was convicted of an indecent act in a public place and given a four-month sentence after a prosecution that followed complaints from his neighbour, named in court documents only as Mrs. S.

The woman said she spotted Clark while she was watching television with her two young daughters in their family room.

She alerted her husband, and the couple observed Clark from their darkened bedroom for 10 or 15 minutes -- also using binoculars and a telescope -- before summoning the police, who said the upper part of Clark's body was visible from just below the navel.

"In my respectful view, the trial judge ... erred in concluding that the appellant's living room had been converted by him into a public place simply because he could be seen through his living room window and, though he did not know this, was being watched by Mr. and Mrs. S. from the privacy of their own bedroom 90 to 150 feet away," Fish wrote.

The supreme court ordered that Clark be acquitted.

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How much do you want to bet Mr. and Mrs. S put the kids to bed early and had a fun filled evening themselves?

Sundance

While those around me have celebrity-ridden stories to tell, I, alas, have none. There may have been a cast of some Sundance movie sitting at the table next to us, but it was no one we recognized. People kept stopping by to talk to them though. On the way back to the car, we overheard a man on a cell saying, "Yeah, I just got to Park City....no, the fans haven't been bad yet, I hope they don't." We all turned and looked...yeah. He was no one famous. Doofus! The pizza we had for dinner was good, as was the fudge we bought at the Rocky Mountain Candy Company after, so I'm not complaining.

After, Jen, Hiba, Adela, Irma and I went to Coffee Break for a few hours. It was fun, I guess. I didn't really want to go there, I just wanted to go home, but...I can't say no to friends who actually want my company.

Kristy, when you come out here, we will totally have to get together with the Utah grobanites.

So my phone rang after dinner tonight. Not odd sounding right? Other than the fact that it was my land line, not the cell, it WAS normal. Including the part where it was obviously was a wrong number. What kept me listening though, was that it was a collect call from a man named Justin. The prerecorded voice came on, and told me that it would cost so much to accept, but then, it said, because it was a call from a correctional institution it would be recorded! If I didn't want to accept, to hang up now. Needless to say, I hung up the phone as if the prisoner was outside the door!!

I saw The Aviator this afternoon. Much better movie than Birth. Hell of a long one though! Nearly 3 hours!!! I can see now why Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for best actor. He gets naked in this one...a few years too late for my teenage crush though.

What is the deal with the gas company? My winter bills are usually about $39, so you can imagine my squak of outrage when I opened it and saw it at $89! Jason's went up too, as did my boss's. She called and complained and they tried to bully her into paying it, before finally admitting that they had read the meter wrong. I called today and the girl said she would send someone out to re read it. They had better find a mistake. I was gone for 10 days, so I didn't use the water, and I turned the thermostat down to 60; there is no reason whatsoever for my bill to jump $51. Bastards.

Lots of friends this week! I feel so popular! I saw Jason four times, and Jeannie twice, Emily once...yay me! I have got to stop eating out though. Jeannie and I ate at Barbacoa and Wendy's, and I swear, I've gained four pounds just from that. Well, that and the loaf of banana bread that I made and ate.

Last night, Jeannie and I went to see Birth with Nicole Kidman. There are only two words that perfectly describe this movie...fucked up! Nicole Kidman's character Anna falls in love with a 10 year old who claims he is the reincarnation of her dead husband. She kisses him, bathes with him, and tucks him into her bed. Then there was like 3 straight minutes where the camera focused on her face and her expressions as she sat at the symphony. And of course, can't forget the random, semi graphic sex scene with her fiancee, that really had no part in the movie.

Kristy, I want a purple bracelet, but you knew that already. I can't comment on your blog, for some reason it takes a month and a half to load. I not that patient!

Thanks to Jessie Hackford for this...

One day Mrs. Jones went to have a talk with the minister at the local church. "Reverend," she said, "I have a problem, my husband keeps falling asleep during your sermons. It's very embarrassing. What should I do?"

"I have an idea," said the minister. "Take this hatpin with you. I will be able to tell when Mr. Jones is sleeping, and I will motion to you at specific times. When I motion, you give him a good poke in the leg."

In church the following Sunday, Mr. Jones dozed off. Noticing this, the preacher put his plan to work.

"And who made the ultimate sacrifice for you?" he said, nodding to Mrs. Jones.

"Jesus!", Jones cried as his wife jabbed him the leg with the hatpin.

"Yes, you are right, Mr. Jones," said the minister.

Soon, Mr.Jones nodded off again. Again, the minister noticed. "Who is your redeemer?" he asked the congregation, motioning towards Mrs. Jones.

"God!" Mr. Jones cried out as he was stuck again with the hatpin.

"Right again," said the minister, smiling.

Before long, Mr.Jones again winked off. However, this time the minister did not notice. As he picked up the tempo of his sermon, he made a few motions that Mrs. Jones mistook as signals to bayonet her husband with the hatpin again.

The minister asked, "And what did Eve say to Adam after she bore him his 99th son?"

Mrs. Jones poked her husband, who yelled, "You stick thatgoddamned thing in me one more time and I'll break it in half and shove it up your ass!"

"Amen," replied the congregation.

Anorak Caption Contest

I love Britain. Big shock to you all right? Anorak is a tabloid that can be seen online. This caption contest from last week really made me laugh.



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Winner: That bastard Harry got the last Nazi outfit" - John McIrvine

Special mention: "If you really want someone who will make a difference, pick me!" - John

George Bush infiltrates North Korea. - Jeb Jenkins

"I know I should have picked that Nazi costume!" - A. Johnson

"C'mon Jackie, we can still tell it's you...put your make up on and get back in the house" - Boycie

The organisers of Pop Idol in China misunderstood the need to have a 'funny' one in a boy band - Frankie

Tsunami Aid

I don't think I could have lived with myself if I didn't donate. I can't afford it, but when I think that as little as I have, they now have nothing. Nothing. That really pulls at the heartstrings.

Prezdent Whistle-ass

Tiffiny had a movie showing again at the arts center last night. I was totally late because the parents of the kid I was babysitting came home half an hour late. It's all good though...three hours with her, I got 50 bucks. Anyway, some of the movies there were like last time; making me glad I'm not prone to seizures. Other than Tiff's, there were two I really liked. One was a documentary about the controversy over Michael Moore's visit, and the other a black and white cartoon about the failure of the economy while Bush's voice over the radio spewed crap about it never being higher. As he said this, the cartoon man and his family sat listening, as he held a layoff notice in his hand. The story progressed to where his house was foreclosed and a truck came down the street with Bush's voice over the loud speaker, with a sign on the side of the truck that said "Re-Elect Prezdent Whistle-ass." I thought it was funny.

Afterward, we convened at Village Inn for pie, which took over 45 minutes for the waitress to bring, and another 30 for her to bring the bills. Truth be told, I think she only brought them because after Brook said she now understood Dine 'n' Ditching, we all stood and put on our coats. Penny left her a quarter for a tip.

Tiffiny is interviewing Billy Boyd at Sundance next week; we're all planning to go up there for lunch on the 27th. Of the confirmed list of celebrites to be up there...Laura Linney and Ralph Finnes. Voldemort will be at Sundance! (insert happy dance, though that seems to be a little odd...happy dance for the "dark lord"?)

And now, I'm off to Barnes and Noble. I think I'll stop by and see if Jason wants to go, though I think he and Jeannie are mad at me or something. Whatever. The problem lies with them if they are. How can I be responsible for something I know nothing about?

edit: I'm back from B&N now. I got 3 books, Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, and Maeve Binchy's Circle of Friends, and the DVD Girl with a Pearl Earring. I didn't realise until I hit the checkout that all are Colin Firth related...ah the power of a sexy brit...

I swear, you can't make this stuff up.

I babysat Landis and Lela tonight. Though I wish I didn't have to spend my evenings watching the same kids I watch all DAY, it IS extra money with no taxes taken out. Anyway...we were having lasagna for dinner tonight. Lela picked at it, ate a little salad, looked up with her nose all scrunched up, pointed at her lasagna and said, "I don't like this vagina." I couldn't be positive of what she said, so I said, "What?" and she repeated it. Definitely vagina, not lasagna. I need to start collecting these anecdotes. I should write a book.

Potpourri

So I talked to Neil for over an hour again tonight. It seems so streang that I hadn't seen him in 3 years, spent a week hanging out with him and now it's like nothing ever changed in the first place. Of course his mom and my dad still think we're going to end up together, despite our adament protests. If he weren't the most egotistical man on earth, and a had voracious (not the right word, but you get the point) player past, who knows?

I got the car title today. It's officially mine now. Guess I'd better take care of it, there's no way in hell I'll be able to afford another one!

I spent all of Papa's Christmas gift yesterday. I got one of those step machine thingys from Wal-mart, and it seems to work. My thighs are what I'm aiming to get rid of by summer, but it's my calves that are hurting today. Meh...they could do with a little defining anyway!

My hours are changing at work next week; from 8:00 to 3:30. I'm so diggin' this get-out-early-and-be-done-for-the-day thing. Being graduated is great!

Grrr...

I cannot post a picture to same my life...so here's the link. It's cute.

Tortoise adopts stray hippo...

I'm such a NERD!

So we know that our beloved JKR visited the mugglenet chatroom on a few occasions, but after reading this (http://www.livejournal.com/community/hptheories/190970.html), I now believe that Lupin may be the HBP. Of course, the person spewing all this info could be full of it.

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore as a massive anagram. I suck with those...anyone want to figure this one out??

Run, He's Coming!

I found this on Hiba's LJ, Kristy, you should get a kick out of this!

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34 Things To Do Before the Inauguration

1. Get that abortion you've always wanted.
2. Drink a nice clean glass of water.
3. Cash your social security check.
4. See a doctor of your own choosing.
5. Spend quality time with your draft age child/grandchild.
6. Visit Syria, or any foreign country for that matter.
7. Get that gas mask you've been putting off buying.
8. Hoard gasoline.
10. Borrow books from library before they're banned - Constitutional lawbooks, Catcher in the Rye, Harry Potter, Tropic of Cancer, etc.
11. If you have an idea for an art piece involving a crucifix - do it now.
12. Come out - then go back in - HURRY!
13. Jam in all the Alzheimer's stem cell research you can.
14. Stay out late before the curfews start.
16. Go see Bruce Springsteen before he has his "accident."
17. Go see Mount Rushmore before the Reagan addition.
18. Use the phrase - "you can't do that - this is America."
19. If you're white - marry a black person, if you're black - marry a white person.
21. Take a walk in Yosemite, without being hit by a snowmobile or abase-jumper.
22. Enroll your kid in an accelerated art or music class.
23. Start your school day without a prayer.
24. Pass on the secrets of evolution to future generations.
26. Learn French.
28. Attend a commitment ceremony with your gay friends.
29. Take a factory tour anywhere in the U.S.
30. Try to take photographs of animals on the endangered species list.
31. Visit Florida before the polar ice caps melt.
32. Visit Nevada before it becomes radioactive.
33. Visit Alaska before "The Big Spill."
34. Visit Massachusetts while it is still a state

I guess 9, 15, 20, 25 and 17 weren't necessary; lol

Back to the Hard Rock

Last night was so fun. Tiffiny, Jen, Hiba and I met for dinner at 6:30. Nothing really noteworthy happened, but we didn't leave the restaurant until 9:15....only to move to a coffeehouse until 11:00. The girls all agreed with me; waiter George is hot. As the place wasn't really busy, he watched the videos and played air instruments several times. He looked in our direction quite often, but then again, how could he not? We were loud, laughing almost constantly, crude, and Jen kept belching. Tiffiny even caught his attention under the guise that she "recognized" him from High School. Hiba brought a friend with her, Adele or Adela, can't remember which, but she was great. She was telling us how she's had her fill of meeting people online that turn out to be freaks in person, and that she'll never meet anyone off the internet again, we all started laughing. Not one of the four of us met in person first.

In other news, my kids are great. Four year old David is obsessed with cleaning...that's fine with me, anything that I don't have to do...!

Two year old Sebastian wouldn't take a nap today, so finally when he had enough of me telling him not to move, to go to sleep, he looks up at me and says, "You make me angry!" Later he sat up, reached out his hand, took hold of my chin and said, "You're not listening to me. You can't come to my house anymore!" Nevermind that I have never been to his house, I found it funny as I always tell him he's not listening to me. That and he said it in the calmest voice I have ever heard from the kid.

Two year old Jack cracked me up today. He's finally figured out to pee standing up, and today, he kept saying he wanted to "pee through the hole." He won't go to the bathroom without me, so I walked him in there, and left him after he pulled his pants off. A few minutes later, I hear him yelling in the bathroom, so I went to see what was wrong. There he was standing at the toilet, groping around inside his underwear. "I can't find my penis!" he yells. It was hilarious. I held open the "hole" so he could fish himself out...only to have him overshoot and pee on the wall. He looks at me with a delighted look and said, "It came out sideways!"

Stealing from Heidi...

and omitting those that are N/A.

G E N E R A L«
.01. ] Name: Richelle
02. ] Gender: Female.
03. ] Location: Utah
04. ] Height: 5'3"
05. ] Hair color: blonde
06. ] Eye color: blue
07. ] Is your hair long or short: medium


S C H O O L«. N/A !!!

F A V O U R I T E «.
13. ] Number: 7
14. ] Clothing brand:
15. ] Tv show: Desperate Housewives, Friends, Simpsons.
16. ] Fruit: banana
17. ] Movie: Love Actually
18. ] Scent: freshly washed boy.
19. ] Ice cream flavor: Coffee Heath Bar Crunch
20. ] Color: green
21. ] Season: depends...if it's summer, I want winter, and vice versa.
22. ] Holiday: anything where I don't have to work
23. ] Thing in your room: bed, I guess. There isn't much else in there.
24. ] Books: Harry Potter, The Da Vinci Code, several John Steinbeck...
25. ] TV channel: NBC
26. ] Shape: that thing that has 4 sides, but the top is shorter than the bottom
27. ] Time: whatever time work ends.
28. ] State: Uh....Utah I guess. DC isn't technically a state, but it's the one I had the most fun in.
29. ] Boys name: Matthew
30. ] Girls name: Kate, Kaitlynn
31. ] Disney character: Simba


T H I S O R T H A T«
.33. ] Hot or cold: Hot.
34. ] Winter or summer: Summer
.35. ] Spring or fall: fall
36. ] Shakira or Britney: uhh....
37. ] MTV or VH1: VH1.
38. ] Rollarblading or skateboarding: skateboarding
40. ] Orange or red: red
41. ] Yellow or green: green.
42. ] purple or pink: purple
43. ] Cell phone or pager: Cell.
44. ] Powerpuff Girls or Charlie's Angels: Charlie's Angels...I had a male roommate obsessed with the Powerpuff Girls.
45. ] Scooby doo or Dino: Dino

Y E S-O R-N O«.
46. ] Are you a vegetarian: no!
47. ] Do you like cows: totally
48. ] Are you a fun person: I like to think so, others may not agree
49. ] Are you artistic: pfft!
50. ] Do you write poetry: again...pfft!
51. ] Can you ski: nope
52. ] Are you British: anglophile at heart, does that count?
53. ] Are you straight: pretty sure.
54. ] Are you evil: once in a while
55. ] Is Britney a whore: only she knows for certain...
56. ] Are you secretly from another planet: I suppose, most people consider Canada pretty out there.

P E R S O N A L «.
57. ] Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend: nope
58. ] Do you have a crush: see above
59. ] Do you love anyone right now: too many to mention, but I'm sure that's not what it's asking.
60. ] Have you ever been in love: yes
61. ] Do you go by looks or personality: who are we kidding? looks draw you in.
62. ] Do you smoke: second hand.
63. ] Do you smoke weed: unless second hand counts, no. I've smoked a hell of a lot of second hand though.
64. ] Crack, heroin, anything else: no
65. ] Beer good or beer bad: beer GOOD
66. ] Are you the sissy who drinks wine coolers: malt beverages, not wine coolers.

T H E L A S T «.
67. ] Thing you ate: bread
68. ] Thing you drank: juice
69. ] Place you went: shopko
70. ] Thing you got pierced/tattooed: Ear and belly button. I did see a man at Walmart last week with a tattoo on his earlobe. That was wierd.
72. ] Person you instant messaged: it's been so long, I don't remember. Probably Jenn.
73. ] Person you laughed with: Emily

N O W «
.74. ] What are you eating: Nothing,.
75. ] What are you wearing: shorts and sweatshirt.
76. ] Any shoes on: bare feet
77. ] Hair: down, it's been up all damn day
78. ] Listening to: CD made by a friend

O P I N I O N S «
.79. ] Gay Marriage: PRO..
80. ] Abortion: pro choice
81. ] Alcohol & Drugs: alcohol in moderation, drugs never.
82. ] Pre-marital Sex: depends, I suppose

HAPPY NEW YEAR my lovelies!!