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School should die. It is not fair that I am here and everybody else in the world is not. Bugger. Anyhoodles, so much to talk about today!!!

First, I finally read To Kill a Mockingbird. I cannot believe I've gotten this far in life without reading it. It was unbelievably good. Not only does it completely change your life and the way you look at and respond to people, but it completely draws you in and is so enjoyable. I was actually a little bit peeved that my mom's chemo was finished and I had to drive home instead of read more. (Not really, rockford...)

And so moving! I know that books make me cry more than most people. I cried at the end of Gone with the Wind, I cried towards the end of Les Miserables, when Jean takes out the little dress that Cosette was wearing the first night he took her in, and Of Mice and Men screwed me up for a week. (Really. Has anybody else read that? I think John Steinbeck had some depression issues. I watched the movie a couple of months after I read it, and thought I'd be okay with it. Not so. Somehow Mac from CSI:NY executing his best friend is still pretty damn depressing.) But when Atticus thanks Boo for his children- oh!

And then I watched the movie yesterday, which was completely awesome and now I need to go buy. Did you know that the character Dill was based on Truman Capote, Harper Lee's childhood friend??? How sweet!!!

Yeah, what else is happening??? Not a whole lot. Ooh, watched some British House of Commons while I was doing my three miles this morning. Because at six o'clock in the morning, there's not a whole lot of stuff to watch other than live from London and VH1 constantly replaying My Humps. And when it comes to a decision between funny Brits screaming at a bewildered Tony Blair or Fergie's "lovely lady lumps", guess what's gonna win? That is some crazy stuff right there. Both the song and the legislature, actually...

And in celebrity news, well, we have an embarrasment of riches. First and formost, TomKat has given birth (silently and without medication presumably) to a TomKitten, and you can read my take on that here and here. Or just scroll down. Whatever. And Brooke Shields gave birth to another presumably preternaturally pretty baby, who maybe with the held of antidepressents she won't want to kill (better hope Katie doesn't have those feelings!!!). As if the juicy reproductions weren't enough, we have divorces aplenty. Eddie Murphy's divorce is finalized and Brian Grazer is apparently dumping his wife. Yeah, you're probably saying, "What? Who is Brian Grazer?" Well, he's Ron Howard's producing buddy and his wife did a really funny thing for people a couple of years ago. I feel badly for her. BOOOO Brian Grazer. No one else will love your spiky hair. Finally, Nick Lachey was apparently Jessica's bitch and was told when his marriage was over. Oh sadness. I'm totally on Team Nick. Did you know that Team Nick t-shirts are outselling Team Jessica t-shirts twenty to one? That's a bigger margin that last years's Team Pitt vs. Team Aniston. Wow, I really need to talk to real people more often.

Have to go to class, but awesome TV tonight. Well, except no Lost. Booo!!! But Alias finally comes back, and CSI:NY is new! YAY!!!