wow

I am not a Clint Eastwood fan generally but what a great movie (Guy, I think this is one u may wanna go see)... It was really fucking funny believe it or not...not sure how Eastwood pulled that off but he did and I know it want just me cuz the whole theatre was roaring. His language throughout the movie was very reminiscent of my grandfather...the old school racist name calling and stereotypes. I think the absolute ignorance of it made it funnier b/c you could tell the character had no concept of the depth of his ignorance. Yet, he was a good guy...you could tell, even before the determining act. It was a trip listening to someone, even on screen, be so free with racial slurs, being that it is such a taboo thing these days....yes racism still exists, it is alive and well all over but ppl are more private about it I think to appear socially acceptable...unless its against fat ppl, that is still widely accepted and a free for all....ask any fatty...but that's another post entirely and I don't feel like getting into that shit today. SO yeah...good movie, even worth seeing at the theatre...its 2 hours and worth every penny. Now this other mindfuck thing....I get this email from Amanda F passing on this WEIRD product: Dear Jen (rabbithunter AT shaw.ca) Your friend, Amanda F wants you to know about www.Genpets.com - Bioengineered Buddies! Genpets are a new type of pet coming to the market soon from Bio-Genica and are the first bioengineered, prepackaged pets for children! That's right, Genpets are not toys or robots. They are living, breathing animals. Amanda F also added the following comments to this message: OMG!!! This is just creepy enough for you to really enjoy Check out http://www.Genpets.com right away!

So I go to this site b/c the picture in the email is fucked up looking.....and I poke around the site thinking it cant be real....u cant genetically modify and create little creature to sell as pets in plastic packaging....I read on...it is looking to be serious but I just cant accept it so I go to the FAQ's and im reading with my mouth hanging open....thinking "NO FUCKING WAY WILL THIS EVER BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN"...check this statement out:

How are the personalities controlled? The Genpet feeding packs are color coded and specially formulated with a custom drug mixture that can be used to control the Genpet, much like human drugs can such as Ritalin or Lithium and other behaviour modifying drugs. Thus we can calm them, or stimulate them without extra tampering to the DNA structure.

..then I check out www.snopes.com b/c I have gotta know for sure this is BS.......

http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/genpets.asp

thank fuck it is all BS and an experiment to kind of get ppl thinking about where this whole genetics thing could go....worked for me... the give away really is the photos of the little things, they don't look OF THE FLESH, they look plastic or foam BUT the site is convincing enough that I bet some ppl will think its 4 real and be stupid enough to be excited for them to be available for sale in the future.....*shiver*

Anyway...its disturbing nonetheless.