Could this week be over yet?? God, it is just dragging. And this time change deal? Really sucks.
Mr. Mickey McPoop, also known as Little Bear, is being a pain in the butt. I can walk him for a half an hour and he won�t go. I cannot get that dog on a schedule and it�s driving me nuts. Of course, he didn�t have an accident last night..so I took him out right away this morning at o� dark thirty. He peed on every tree but didn�t poop. So now I know when I get home today, there will be a special present for me on the dining room floor, because no dog can hold it for 24 hours. I will have my very own, �My Little Rony�.
Awww, I feel special. Maybe I�ll get Jackie to pick it up for me. Bribery works sometimes.
Pain in the butt.
American Idol sucked last night. �Show Tunes� as a theme should be eliminated. I don�t know anybody that I like to listen to, except for the cast of �Annie�. I didn�t hear anyone singing anything like, �Hard Knock Life�. Durn. That would�ve been entertaining.
The following contestants should die already: Anthony Federov, Constantine and Scott the Stay-Puff-Marshmallow-Man. Constantine, quit making eyes at the camera. It used to be sort of cute, but now it�s sort of creepy. You remind me of the Hillside Strangler.
Scott, nothing against fat people because after all, I�m fat. But you just don�t have the �it� factor. And the fact that you battered your baby mama makes you a scum in my book. Go away.
Anwar, what�s with the crappy song selection? I don�t think he�s found a range he�s comfortable with yet.
I missed Carrie and Vonzell singing. Were they good?
Bo Bice..ah, I�m lukewarm. He would be great singing classic rock. I�d listen to him, I might even pay to see him. Reminds me of some of the music I grew up with: Kansas, Bad Company, Boston, etc.
My pick: Nicco Smith or Nadia. Love Nadia. However, don�t think she will win.
�Medium� was not on Monday night. I was sad. Patricia Arquette is my �Go-Gay-Girl�. She is beautiful, smart, and soulful. Love her. Loved her in �Stigmata� too.
Stupid Final Four crap was on TV. I�ll be glad when that�s over.
I am really excited about Sunday.
Lisa, I wanted to invite you to come too. I�d love for you to be there but I would understand if you couldn�t. If you don�t have Jake there would be room for you to ride with me and Rene� and Jackie.
At 11:00 on Sunday, at St. Louis University, I am going to be speaking at The National Crime Victims Week Rally. I feel honored to be among the 8 people to be asked to speak.
I was asked to prepare a five-minute speech. Man, it took me a long time to come up with this. Here it is:
The dictionary�s definition of justice is: The upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standard or law.
To me, justice is being allowed to speak openly about what happened to my family and me. It is the ability to take the stigma away from being a victim of crime. It is the option I have to stand up and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves, who are silenced by sadness, depression, fear or death.
In my pursuit of justice, I choose to share my pain with others so that people may put a face with a crime that they hear about on the news. I desire to educate people that we are still human beings that function on a daily basis as part of the community and deserve to live our lives with dignity.
My own personal justice is that I lived to speak about my experiences. No matter what or who tries to oppress me, I speak. I speak until I am heard, no matter what it takes.
In 1982, my mother was murdered by an acquaintance. So that there would be no witnesses, this man attempted to murder my four-year-old sister and me. I was 7 years old when I almost died.
I am now engaged in what I call, the fight of my life. Today, 23 years later, I am dealing with the M*dwest Inn*cence Pr*ject. They have taken my attacker�s case. It is of no consequence that my family has been through much pain because of this case. I think it�s sad that families of crime victims become collateral damage when these organizations take an open and shut case like mine.
The Mizz*u School of Journalism has also taken my case as a class project. I did some digging and found out that the professor does a lot of work on wrongful convictions. He�s written books and editorials. So, I found out that yet another person thinks Rodney is innocent and he chooses to put my family on another roller coaster of emotion for his cause.
Sometimes I am tired of doing this. Yet I know I have too, because who else will speak up for my sister, my mother and me?
It is my fight.
However, I shall not waver. I will be strong.
Like the old gospel song, �I shall not be moved�.
9:42 am - April 06, 2005
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