Eye of the Tiger

I was a little blown away when I read the latest Newsweek. Although I highly doubt you would see me chained to a forest in front of a bulldozer to protect a rare spotted owl, I am an animal lover. I was amazed when I read about the waning tiger population in Asia. In 1990, there were 100,000 tigers in the wild. Today there are only 3000. In other words, the population has dropped 97% in twenty years! The reasons have all been explained many times - too much poaching, loss of habitat, pollution, et cetera. The fact that greed and ignorance have caused so much destruction to this beautiful animal is absolutely disgusting.

1. It was a good weekend. The highlight was experiencing St. Patrick's Day in Chicago. Regrettably I slept in and missed the river getting dyed. I still enjoyed the people watching. Basically, people arrive to the city early in the morning and just continue to drink throughout the whole day. I walked around Wrigleyville at 5:45 at night and every single bar had a line.

2. Nimit and I watched the movie Precious last night. Wow! What an incredibly emotionally charged movie. I give it an A. I thought it was harsh, real, and beautifully written. The movie is very sad but is definitely worth renting.

3. I see that the guy who videotaped Erin Andrews received 30 months in jail. Is that a fair sentence? I guess. What is most disturbing is that I guess he videotaped 16 other female sports reporters/"tv personalities". On the one hand, how should he be punished? He doesn't deserve life in prison but he deserves more than just leaving jail after a year with good behavior. If I were a judge, I would do something like 30 months in jail plus 1000 hours of community service at some place like a women's shelter. He obviously has no respect for women. Maybe "volunteering" at a shelter would help.