What's on TV

Ami called a minute ago to turn my TV on the news because they were going to execute some guy called the "gainesville ripper." That was at 11:15. The Gainesville Ripper killed 5 university students in Gainesville, Florida. Gainesville is where the University of Florida is located. Now, when asked if he was sorry, the guy said that he had regrets and lucifer made him do it. He kills five people and says lucifer made himdo it! maybe he IS lucifer! He not only killed them but he mutilated them. Ami just called to say that they postponed the execution 'til tomorrow at 6. According to Ami, he should be prosecuted to the highest extent of the law and Florida's law does include executions. My views on capital punishment is a bit differnent and varying. I will not say that I always support it but for child molestors/child killers and serial killers/mass murderers, I tend to take an extremely rightist side. Otherwise, I will consider. I do not really think about the psychological aspects when children and many people are involved.
There is a very very well made movie that kind of makes one consider capital punishment. Sean Penn is an excellent actor. Actually, he is one of my favorites. "Dead Man Walking" is the film. Actually, it is a novel that was made into a movie. In the film, Susan Sarandon plays a nun who is acting as Penn's spiritual advisor. Penn is on death row and he wants to live. The thing about the movie is that it makes you want to take Penn's side. It makes the viewer want Penn to live even though we find out that he is actually guilty of the crime he committed. Well, it made me want to see him living and for me, that in itself is excellent acting.
I really do not watch the news anyway and when i do, i get it from Jon Stewart on his "Daily Show" or Colbert. They actually report accurate news. Today I watched another movie that I thought was a good movie. "Sisterhood of the travelling pants." It is not one of those really senseless movies. I found that I could relate to the movie. It's amazing how much just believing in something can change one's view on things. The pair of blue jeans was supposed to bring luck to the wearer and these four friends (Lena, Tibby, Bridget, and Carmen) took turns wearing the jeans for a week out of the summer. Their summer was 8 weeks long so it meant that they each had the jeans twice during the summer. At first, they had seemingly bad luck but the second time, their luck changed. The best part of the movie is with Tibby and her friend. I will not say where in the movie but i think anyone who has seen the movie will know where i am speaking of. It's where the belief of the jeans bringing luck comes out.
Watching that movie made me remember a tape that my friends and I had made the week we were graduating from high school. I forgot I had the tape and after the movie, I decided to watch it. It was just a girl meeting and it was taped at one of the girls' house. There were 9 of us there and we still pretty much keep in touch. I don't think we changed very much after high school except that most of us gained weight, one girl moved back to Germany and we don't hear from her anymore(she was a foreign exchange student) then there is one who became a little distant, and one of us lost weight. In most parts, we all stayed close. One girl, I remained very close friends with and every time she is in town, I speak with her or I meet her for lunch or coffee and we talk for hours upon hours. This time, when we meet, there will definitely be a lot to talk about.

Okay...this is actually 2 days later and the Gainesville Ripper was executed. he is dead but i will not bring back those lives he took. Hopefully, the families will have some closure at least. I am not sure how but hopefully.