Kid Nation & Ponytail

Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007 - 3:28 a.m.

Since returning to San Francisco, I have not begun to unpack and almost all I've done is sleep.

Again, I'm stunned at the effect of what I've started to call 'vertical jet lag'.

But I'm getting back to my SF habits. Sometime over the weekend, I'll throw some duds on and go for a walk through the neighborhood.

This always helps me get my home ground sealegs back after a trip.

I'm also just enjoying sitting here in the living room and being goosebumpy.

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Okay. About this thing called Kid Nation.

Apparently, a bunch of children between the ages of 8 and 15 were handed over to a CBS production company to plonk them down in the middle of New Mexico and make them develop a mini-world.

A small number of these children have been injured in the process.

But it's okay! The parents signed away their rights to sue if their children became broken or dead!

WHAT?.... what kind of parents DO that??....

I'm agog.

There have been reality shows based around children before, such as Brat Camp, where we do see rotten kids grow the hell up and stop being problematic -- but this one has me stymied.

What I'm REALLY interested in is finding out who on earth is going to SPONSOR this show.

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In other news, Google Groups bit it again.

Fuck you, FUCK you and fuck YOU, Google Groups.

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Nicole Richie did eighty-two minutes in jail. I guess we had our backs turned or something.

Lindsay Lohan is going to do a whole day.

And the Amy Winehouse Downward Spiral continues. (Warning: Ick.)

Sigh. Average citizens everywhere must be SO happy for these young ladies.

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I'm still letting my hair grow, and since John and I do not own a midly insane Siamese Cat, most days I do wear my hair in a ponytail.

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Not a substantial post today, dears. But I guess that's what Saturdays are for.

Have a good one.

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