mouth full of sunflower seeds, sun shining, i wish i was still playing baseball
Im sorry to do this too you, but i'm writing two updates in a row, concerning Everyone's favorite Sports Programming Network,

I found it appalling that yesterday, ESPN, a sports network, could openly discuss the details of the Kobe Bryant pre-trial hearing, graphically citing the details of the accuser's testimony...Not once, not a few times, but at least 10 times, in an hour bewteen 3 and 4 pm, prime afterschool television time for countless children...ESPN is usually considered safe to plop the kids down in front of, without having to worry about them hearing dialogue, more graphic than what cable channels edit out of movies shown in prime time...


Bob Ley, sat at his desk talking via satellite to a team of 3 or 4 correspondents and ESPN's lawyer, who were live in Eagle County, Colorado...Each correspondent went over the lurid sexual accounts provided by the police officer who first took the victim's statement...


phrases like "he grabbed her around the neck, bent her over a chair, pulled down her panties and forcibly penetrated her" and others like "he blocked the door, and told her she couldn't leave until she kissed his penis, and she was afraid of what he might do, so she did it" were thrown about like everyone watching was prepared for them. After most, not all, commercial breaks, Ley would offer a short verbal warning, "parents you might want to get small children out of the room," but it was greatly understated, and no sooner had he said it, than they were already discussing some of the seedier topics without much time to remove your children...


there was no written warning, and most of all, ESPN had just run a special report earlier that day and the day before about how to talk to your kids about Kobe, how to deal with this situation by being as honest as possible without giving away too much to kids who are still too young for this type of information, I felt that the piece was a good one, and dealt with the issue perfectly, however, it was a stark contrast to the tone of the live Kobe coverage..


i know ESPN has a journalistic repsonsibility to relay information and they were not the only source for this disturbing and graphic news, but i feel it may have been able to have been handled differently



Totally unrelated, whats going on with shows that change their names, like ABC's newest take on the Dragnet franchise which debuted last year under the name simply, Dragnet but has been changed to L.A. Dragnet this season. this incarnation still stars Ed O'neil but Ethan Embry, you may remember him from Empire Records, Vegas Vacation and Can't Hardly Wait, is gone, which is a shame, despite the fact that i never watched the show and have no plans to watch this newly named version. All else i can think of is, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, also an ABC show, was changed to Two Guys and Girl but thats ok, the name was really long, they stopped working in the pizza place and the show was funny enough to sustain the change...



One of the first signs of a problem is denial, and on that note, I am not failing out of school again..a cry for help which i wouldnt dare accept..hahahah, i have a higher memory retention than most people, i know this is true, and you'd think that might serve me better to remember what happened last year...u stupid fool.



And i added a few new links,

-Madpony, because once i started reading, despite attempts to physically distract myself i was enthralled with both Lauren and Kristin's writing talents, and had to read on and on...simply gorgeous too...the layout and the girls.


-Kzug, because i should have linked it when she came to visit angel here at JMU, long overdue, she has already linked me, and i'm just a jerk, but she's not, read her good stuff


-Beejmeister, because he linked me and aside from the feeling of obligation, i have enjoyed what i've read of his, even if i've only read like 10 updates, but he's on my list of everydays now


"united and lighted we stand, inebriated we fall" -ludacris