So we were watching the Hitler Channel last night...

And apparently Hitler was plum insane.

Huh.

I wonder how many documentaries they can make about all the facets of his insanity? Also, I wonder if the people who watch endless footage of Hitler and WW2 for editing purposes ever eventually lose their minds at the horror of it all? Does Hitler's impassioned speeches and carefully rehearsed words ever sink into their subconscious and haunt them? Do they dream in black and white?

This kind of bothers me. I mean, I doubt the editors and researchers for History Channel documentaries make a lot of money, or have a lot of other options. I mean, what? You're going to quit your relatively cushy job in hopes of working for A&E?

Which leads me to my other point. Do the people who produce, edit, write, research shows like American Justice, Cold Case Files, City Confidential, Investigative Reports, and First 48 ever just turn into gibbering nutballs? How many kidnappings, murders, and rapes can you look at before something inside of you snaps? The viewers get the heavily edited and nearly palatable version of events...how many dead, bloody, broken, rotting corpses do they look at every day?

Incidently, the writers of City Confidential really messed up with the Park City story. They said something to the effect of "The rest of the state is appalled by the demon rum and rebellious rock and roll." Um...dude. What? I never, ever heard anybody ever complain about Park City or what goes on there. In fact, their view of Utah makes me wonder if that's how the rest of the country sees it. I mean, it must be, but it's like this alternate dimension Utah that bears no resemblence to the place where I grew up. Yes, Park City is outside the norm for the state, but at the same time, it's so completely Utah that it doesn't seem to me at all out of place.

I don't know. I didn't watch the whole thing, I was having a hard time stomaching it. What happened to the poor man is awful and what happened to the guy who murdered him is infuriating--the judge only gave him six years because the victim was homosexual. Now, I wish I could say this part was unfair to Utah as well, but I cannot. Especially ten years ago. That makes me sad. But the rest of the crap they were spewing? I mean demon rum? WTF? Guess what folks, people in Utah get drunk every weekend just like people anywhere else. And nobody, and I mean nobody, ever questioned my taste in music or my enjoyment of rebellious rock and roll.

Heads are going to roll.

In Dec '03, Sallie Mae was notified by the Registar's office that I was no longer enrolled at our Glorious Institution. I learned of this sometime in Jan or Feb of '04. Concerned, I went to the Registar's office and requested that they notify Sallie Mae I was indeed enrolled, full time, and my loans could be deferred.

Content, I went on my merry way. Until late Spring, when I was again notified that I would have to start paying for my loans. So again, I went to the Registar's office and informed them that I am still here and could they tell Sallie Mae?

Sure.

In September, I was notifed that not only did I owe Sallie Mae money I was late and owed fees. Now I'm starting to get angry, so I go there again and BEG them to let Sallie Mae know that I'm currently enrolled full time.

Yesterday I learned, quite by accident, that I'm now 80 days deliquent on my student loan and they're coming for my first born.

Now I'm fucking furious. I printed out a deferrment request, I called Sallie Mae, and I called the registar's office. The nice man at Sallie Mae informed me that this will not show up on my credit report until 90 days has passed, so if I overnight my request today, things should be ok. It's ready to go. However, I still have not made contact with the Registar's office.

When I do, I'm going to make it very, very clear that I am very, very much not amused by this FUCK UP, and I expect that not only will this be cleared up, but I will be compensated in some way. And by that I mean a written apology, because words cannot express how furious I am.

Incidently, I finally got my DL, so I'm legal to drive again. That's a relief. I can get my passport now. Also, I'm bidding on not one but two things on ebay. It's very bad. I should stop, but I need these things. No really, I do. Absolutely.

I'm such a loser...

Look What I Got Into a bidding war over...and I won.

Beginning my 4th week...

Well, this is the beginning of my 4th week of Atkins. I'm still basically doing Induction because all in all, it's a pretty comfortable amount of food for me. Probably I'll move on next week, because honestly, the lack of variety in starting to grate on both of us.

I've introduced fruit to my diet. 3 frozen strawberries every morning, to be precise. I make a shake with 3 oz of soy milk, 3 oz of cream, 3 frozen strawberries, 3 ice cubes, and about a 1/4 can of diet rite Tangerine. It tastes passingly like a strawberry orange julius and it only has 4 carbs.

I didn't weigh myself this week because I didn't know if having my period and starting a new pack of pills would have any effect on my weight. As of last week I've lost 4 pounds. Hopefully it'll be at least six by the end of week 4.