Julie's Journal

For some reason getting these new shoes made me feel better about myself today.

How stupid is that? Do my shoes really define myself as a person? I’m pissed off at myself for thinking new shoes would make me feel better.

I really like them, and they look adorable on my feet, but I feel stupid and superficial for getting them.

Is that strange? Do I need a therapist?

[tags]shoes, self image, therapist, retail therapy[/tags]

Hey! Look what we just ordered! A set of four each. Do you want to come to our BBQ’s this summer?

You can order your own set on this eBay auction

[tags]eBay, funny auction, funny eBay auctions[/tags]

Oh what bad news I just received reading through my feeds. Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a Manhattan apartment today CNN is reporting. The NY Fire Department responded to a “cardiac arrest” call from Ledger’s housekeeper.

This just puts the hugest knot in my stomach. He was a well loved actor by all.

You can read more about his career on his Wiki entry. Someone already hacked into it, and in it’s place was a giant erect penis.

I took a screen shot here if you really want to see it. Nice….some people are idiots, and have no class, or respect! Thankfully the wiki entry has been locked for vandalism since then.

Rest In Peace Heath!

UPDATED NEWS EDIT: In Mary-Kate Olsen’s apartment? Things point to suicide???

UPDATED NEWS EDIT: They have removed the reference to Mary-Kate Olsen’s apartment in the article I linked to above.

UPDATED NEWS EDIT: And now I am hearing that his character The Joker in the new Batman The Dark Knight got into his mind so badly, that he had to take Ambien to sleep at night.

This is getting sadder and sadder by the minute

[tags]Heath Ledger, Heath Ledger Wiki, Wiki[/tags]

If you’re a parent of children who go online daily, this is one show you are not going to want to miss. It’s called Growing Up Online and you can see it tomorrow night, Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS

It touches on the tweens and teens that have spent almost their entire lives on the internet. Some have created new identities that even their friends don’t know about, not to mention their parents. I think I’m on the ball when it comes to my teenage sons and their online world. Maybe this show will open my eyes to things I don’t even know about.

At school, teachers are trying to figure out how to reach a generation that no longer reads books or newspapers. “We can’t possibly expect the learner of today to be engrossed by someone who speaks in a monotone voice with a piece of chalk in their hand,” one school principal says. “We almost have to be entertainers,” a longtime history teacher tells FRONTLINE. “If you look at the advertising world and the media world that they live in, they consume so much media. We have to cut through that cloud of information around them, cut through that media and capture their attention.”

[tags]Growing Up Online, PBS, FRONTLINE, Rachel Dretzin, John Maggio[/tags]

Not really, that would be sad

I’m still feeling crappy, but I love my Roomba. I can lie here and die on the couch, while my carpets are getting cleaned. The cats on the other hand, don’t think it’s that cool. They like to watch it run from a safe distance above the floor.

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[tags]Roomba, iRobot, sick[/tags]