Oi

Oi veh! Well its 4:37 am day 4 of the smoke free holliday experiment. Besides drinking exorbonent amounts of green tea, I've been fighting the cravings by being 'useful' (i.e. today I baked mannicotti for lunch, cleaned out my car and stayed up all night scanning family photos from our upstairs hallway). I'm not really sure how useful these things actually are but it kinda helps (not nearly as much as inhaling carcenogens but it works a little). The big plan for tomarrow is to groom and bathe my cat, Tabbikins and follow that up with a bath of strong tea. (Its supposed to help people who are allergic to cats) Apparantly, if you brew really strong black tea and wash your cat with it, it does something to the dander. Not sure what exactly, but I figure it won't hurt anything.
I was also amused today when I heard about the Fox network cancelling the "If I Did It..." interview with O.J. Simpson. As someone who STILL thinks that O.J. is innocent, I would have been interested to see the interview. The reporter scheduled to question O.J. apparantly justified the show by saying that she had been in an abusive relationship. (I'm bad with links but I'm sure you can find it) Now, despite not knowing how the reporter's past history has ANY relavance on this topic, I really don't blame Fox for initially approving this interview. Granted its tasteless, yes, it would allow O.J. to potentially profit from a heinous crime (if you think he did it) but most of America would have watched. I know I would have. The Simpson trial was one of the first trials to be shown daily from beginning to end. It created what many called "The 13th Juror" in that the public was able to see the evidence (more than the actual Jurors) and make up their mind as to whether or not O.J. committed the crime. Many thought he did but we can never know.... unless he tells us. In the United States, you can't be tried for the same crime twice (unless you count civil suits). If O.J. did it, it could be a valuable lesson to the law enforcement and detectives involved in the case. How often does a police force get a "key" to a test they failed? For those who say this interview would have been disrespectful to the families of the deceased; remember that O.J. was found responsible in the civil suit. He owes the families more money than he can repay, any money that he could have made in this venture would probably have to go directly to the families (I don't know this for sure but its the only thing that makes sense). Feel free to debate me on this one. As it is nearly 5am and I haven't slept yet it is very possible that there have been holes in my reasoning. <3 katie