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The government wants to regulate the Internet?

The stories are blazing through Twitter that the feds are voting on a bill that’ll let them prevent you from looking at various websites for… I’m not sure how they’ll justify deciding which ones are bad, but it’s probably gonna end up like Justice Clarence Thomas’s opinion about pornography: “I know it when I see it.” Under the circumstances, I think the government should know my opinion this situation as well:

I think Congress is full of Mustuselongerwords tomakeallathisflibbertygibberish lookimpressiver.. They get elected, then sit around and IguessIhavetouse somespacesjust soitallfits intoseparatelinesas opposedtobeinglarge blocksoftextso onlyfiveor sixwords mightbeina lineonthescreen whichisatotalbummer.. I swear, if it weren’t for the democratic system, they’d Mansmooshingstuff togetherlike thisisharderthanIexpected.. To me, Congress is trying to Butaman hastomakesacrifices forhisart all the time and it’s getting Guesswewill seewhatthereadersthink whenthisispostedand itlookslike everythinggot censoredout!! Sorry, I don’t mean to yell, but they just make me so While throwinginsome random sentencesand phraseshereandthere and I wouldn’t want to play Parcheesi against these Timeto giveitashotandsee whathappens.. Hopefully, someone can do something to Andapparently noapostrophesallowedbut IthinkIshouldbeokay…. remember the whole “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” thing? Yeah.

Oh, and one more thing: Thiscouldbealotoffunandindeeditwas.. Thanks for reading.
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ADDENDUM: It looks like the plugin that originally “censored” the gibberish in here may not work with this version of WordPress. Itwasalotoffunbutnolongerisdammit..

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I think Sirius XM is racist

I admit it, sometimes I sing along with the radio while I’m driving. Sometimes it’s been a long time since I’ve heard the song and I get the words wrong. And sometimes the words in the song aren’t the same ones that I remember.

I was listening to the 90s station yesterday and they started playing Everlast’s What It’s Like. They cut out a lot of words. A lot. To the point of silliness. Maybe they’re trying to be overly protective because some of the words aren’t really that offensive. Everlast uses the line “if I find that man, I’m cutting off his ______” and it rhymes with “calls”… is the word “balls” really going to scar anyone for life?

But people might say, “That’s the way the single was released to all the radio stations, of course that’s how it’s going to sound!” If that’s the case, I’d like to present to you Exhibit B: Blessid Union of Souls’ I Believe.

I hadn’t heard that song in ages, so I was happily singing the words I remembered and stumbling through the ones I didn’t. Then it got to the part where the song goes “One day Daddy’s gonna find out she’s in love / with a brother from the streets.” At least those are the words I’d heard on the radio in the past. That’s not what I heard yesterday.

It turns out the phrase they use on the CD is “with a nigger from the streets.” That is what I heard yesterday. So Sirius XM doesn’t like Everlast’s use of the word “balls”, but Blessid Union of Souls singing “nigger” is okay. If you toss out the race card, can anyone else think of a good explanation?

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Censorship Sucks!

Technically, I guess I’m not being censored at this point, but…

Earlier today, a friend from the production company called after she checked out the blog and all the “Beauty & The Geek” entries. She recommended that because they’re casting for the second season, it would probably be safer if I took down the entries explaining how I got onto the show. Some potential contestants might have expectations after what they read, so if something happens or doesn’t happen the way I wrote it, they might get confused and/or pissed off, mention that they heard something different from me and then we’re both screwed, which for me could mean the blog getting shut down.

This is some serious irony, if you ask me:
I wrote a bunch of blog entries about how I got cast on B&tG.
Because it did so well, a lot of people have read this blog.
Also because it did so well, they’re casting for a second season.
If potential contestants for the second season read certain blog entries, I might get in trouble.
Therefore, because the show did so well, I might get in trouble.

It’s possible that nothing would happen, but to avoid incurring the wrath of the bloodthirsty lawyers, I privatized the pre-“in L.A.” entries describing the casting process so no one can read them. In addition: DISCLAIMER: The casting process will be different for each potential contestant, so don’t rely on anything I’ve written previously. If that doesn’t keep me out of trouble… anyone got a spare crucifix?