Disagreement with Dad and Geraldo Rivera

I just talked to both of my parents, one after the other. Our conversations remind me of how different they are.

Conversation with Mom: the awesome new pizza restaurant she went to with her boyfriend and my sister, recent movies, how our dog is getting better, my sister coming to Austin, me getting a job, me traveling to Waco, what I want to get my sister for her birthday, where I am going to live after July, when I'm coming home again, the grocery store

Conversation with Dad: me getting a job, me staying in Austin ("Where are you going to live?"), me not being aggressive enough, me not networking enough, me networking with people who are too young, health insurance, when I am coming home again, me getting a job, me getting a job, me getting a job, me NEEDING a job

Someone seems to think I'm failing.

My mom is pretty easy on me. She knows I worry a lot and try to work hard. However, my dad seems to pick up on (and pick at) my problems...maybe a little too much. It's true I'm not aggressive enough. Other things I will defend. I've got an ace up my sleeve. He doesn't know everything.

This past weekend was low key. I've been riding my bike around, swimming, sitting around outside. Friday night I tried to learn to drive a stick. Andrew was teaching me on his car. I started to get a hang of it after some coaching, but I am definitely not ready to be out on the roads. I can make the car move, stop the car and switch from first to second gear. Saturday we took a trip to the large Asian market in Austin. About 75% of the food there--I would have no idea what to do with it. I bought a couple of curry items and some Pocky. Sunday morning Andrew awoke with a rotten illness. I tried to help his condition with a ginger ale and ginger concoction. He suspects the dense Indian rice dish he cooked at 3AM. Luckily I didn't get the sickness, but I felt so bad for him I would've done almost anything to make it stop.

So...over the weekend this model apparently committed suicide by jumping off her NYC apartment building. Then Fox News aired footage of her dead body. Specifically on Geraldo's show. Because I'm sometimes morbid and wanted to see how bad what they showed was I found the video and watched it. It clearly shows the model's face with blood on it. Fox News says it was a "producer error". I kept that in mind when watching the video of Geraldo's show and find that VERY hard to believe. They showed the same *zooming* shot of this dead model with her face peeking out of a plastic cover more than FIVE times. That's no error. If it was shown once for a few seconds...maybe, but they definitely did it on purpose and I don't like that they lied. Personally, I don't think the video was really disturbing or anything. It wasn't especially gory. However, I think Fox News should not have put that on air because it's disrespectful. If I were her sister or cousin or friend, I wouldn't want people seeing her dead, bloody face on TV.

And on a happier note: I finished my summer school class today. I am OFFICIALLY done with school forever. And I can tell you a little bit about human evolution.