Which cartoon character will be on the Most Wanted list next?

By now everyone must have heard about the ridiculous claims by some conservative group that the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants teaches kids about homosexuality because Spongebob happened to hold hands with one of the other characters when out on the trail of adventure. I thought this claim was insane enough but apparently it was only the beginning. While I was getting ready this morning I happened to turn on the tv while I was sitting down to eat my bagel (both of which happen very rarely as I'm usually in a rush each morning). The channel that turned on was playing some talk show where women were discussing the implications of cartoon characters depictions on children's minds and the first example I heard was the fact that Donald Duck doesn't wear any clothing on his bottom half. Are these people INSANE? Last time I checked I grew up watching every cartoon from Looney Tunes to Beavis and Butthead and I'm pretty sure I've turned out just fine. It's funny how all these ultra-conservatives (the religious right) want to spread "freedom" abroad, yet at the same time try to find any reason they can to censor every source of media out there. Why don't these lunatics all just go buy some island, as I'm sure they have the money anyway, name it Freedom Island, and live there together as one big cult-like family happily ever after.

What a great way to start out a Monday. I usually am not one to come down with a "case of the Mondays" but since I woke up feeling even more shitty from a cold than the day before, it directly transformed me into a state crankiness. Hearing crazy conservative talk during this type of state is certainly not the best thing for it.

On another note, it was great to see the Vikings ship off Randy Moss last week. One side of me was sad to see him go because I love to see his dejection whenever the Vikes lose to the Packers, yet on the other side it's great to not have to worry about the threat of him scoring on our lackluster defensive backs when he's playing at 75% health. That's about all that's been interesting to me on the football front lately. Favre hasn't made his announcement yet (which I hope means he's moving closer to coming back) and the draft is still a month and a half away. It's too long 'til football season...

Luckily, March brings college basketball excitement and for the first time in a long time my beloved Gophers may be in the tourney. After suffering through two disheartening NIT-bound seasons as a basketball season ticket-holder, I didn't get tickets the last two years. This year I was expecting absolutely nothing out of the team (as many probably were), due to the fact that they seemed to have no real impact players on the team. But alas, some Juco transfers played much bigger than expected and the Gophers proved the value of having a real TEAM. Though they've been a bit inconsistent, the Gophs can explode at any time as they did Saturday against Purdue and earlier this season against Wisconsin - an amazing game which I attended - and proved that they can run with some good teams. Let's hope they continue to play strong in the Big Ten Tourney and DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!

Back on the personal route, my job/internship search continues. I'm getting a bit frustrated by the fact that Minneapolis is such a great city for advertising, yet I haven't seen one copywriting/creative internship at an agency (even more thin are the chances of getting in as a junior creative). It really sucks hearing of your other graduating friends interviewing and/or getting real jobs before they graduate and then having to explain to people how difficult it is to get into the ad industry as a creative. Most people don't have a clue how much reality there is to that statement so I figure I should just start telling everyone that I've decided to take a year off after college to travel the country in an old conversion van and explore the meaning of life. "Let's keep in touch!"

If you've actually read I'll this, thanks for tuning in. I'll try to make the next update sooner than a month from now.

CURRENT LISTENING: Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak