Lucky

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Putting the “Lad” in “Ladylike”

To say that I have never been very feminine is a bit of an understatement. Yeah, I had some Barbies and a lot of stuffed animals, but I also had more dinosaurs, Legos, and basketballs than any other girl I knew. I didn’t have a female best friend until high school; before that I preferred to play basketball, tackle football, wallball, or wrestle 2-on-1 (with me being the one) with the boys on my block. I was always one of the first ones picked for sports teams at recess and PE, and in the fourth grade I was universally recognized as the best wallball player to walk the blacktop. In other words, I was (and am) one of the world’s biggest tomboys. Continue reading →

FBI Report Shows Violent Crime Down, War on Drugs Still Alive in 2010

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program released their annual report on Monday. The 2010 data shows a continuing downward trend in violent crimes while drug arrests remain high despite the Obama administration’s previously stated wish to change the nation’s drug enforcement policies.

Drug offenses made up the majority of arrests nationwide, with a total of about 1.6 million. A whopping 81.9% of those were for possession, rather than sale or manufacturing. Marijuana offenses led the pack with 45.8% of all drug arrests being for marijuana possession. Continue reading →

Wednesday Daytime Open Thread

What’s this? Lucky’s in charge of Wednesday’s Open Threads? Ha, you all thought Botswana’s were scary. Nobody is making it out of this one alive.

Kidding. I’ll be nice and let 1/3 of you live, but you have to beg.

It’s Wednesday folks, so get on over to the Hump Day post and make your contributions. For all three of you who are not perverts, today’s theme is ducks. Continue reading →

Things to do while procrastinating at 3:40 AM

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I returned to my apartment home roughly 4.5 hours ago following a car trip from Texas back to home sweet California.  I’ve been up since 5 AM PST, and am too tired to think straight, let alone write a paper.  So here are things you can do, should you ever find yourself in just this situation.

1.Write a totally useless blog post

2. Play this game.

3. Have you ever heard of grooveshark?  Well, now you have.

4. Do you know what StumbleUpon is?  Well, now you do!

5. Did you know that it’s Cyber Monday, the online shopping companion to Black Friday? Well, now you do!  So, go to Amazon and get some cheap(ish) DVDs.

6. Facebook stalk your cute TA from freshman year.

7. Have a good cry.

8. Stand in front of your oven to warm up a bit.

9.  Maybe tomorrow.