Seriously? at Toys-R-Us?

Seriously... What has the world come to when you can't even be safe at Toys-r-us anymore? This is absolutely ridiculous ...No wonder they call it black Friday...



(CBS/AP) Two people are dead in a Black Friday shooting at a crowded Toys "R" Us in Palm Desert, Calif.

City Councilman Jim Ferguson says police have told him that the victims were two men with handguns who shot each other.

The councilman says his question is: who takes a loaded gun into a toy store. And his answer is: "I doubt it was the casual holiday shopper." Authorities are still investigating but indicate the shooting may have been gang related.

One woman says she was in the store looking at coloring books with her two young boys when there was a commotion in the next aisle. She thought it was a scramble for a sale, then heard gunshots. She says her four-year-old grabbed her leg and said he didn't want to die.

The violence erupted on the traditional post-Thanksgiving start of the holiday shopping surge, but accounts of what occurred inside the store were fragmentary or second hand and it was not clear whether it involved any shopping frenzy.

The Palm Desert Police Department received calls of shots fired around 11:35 a.m., Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Dennis Gutierrez said. He said officers were still investigating what prompted the gunshots.

Immediately after the shooting, about 20 people rushed into the World Gym across the street from Toys "R" Us, the gym's assistant manager Glenn Splain told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.

"They were crying, tearing and shaking," Splain said, adding that one woman came in cradling a baby.

"Some people got into a fight," said Splain, who spoke with some of the customers. "One of the guys here thought it was over a toy, but it got louder and louder and then there were gunshots."

Sarah Pacia of Cathedral City told The Desert Sun newspaper she was in the store with her two boys, ages 4 and 6, looking at coloring books when she heard a commotion in the next aisle. She thought it was people rushing to get a sale item. Then she heard three or four shots.

She said she froze, and store employees calmly escorted her out of the store.

"This is Toys "R" Us. There are kids shopping in there," Pacia said. Her son Jayden, 4, was clinging to her leg. He told her he didn't want to die, she said.

Toys "R" Us officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment.

Palm Desert is about 120 miles east of Los Angeles.

source:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/28/national/main4637468.shtml

Believe in your imagination

When the advertising group told us to make our own signs I was really excited. I believe now a days adults minds are so flooded with there everyday life stress that they forget to let their imaginations run free and to believe in fairy tales and happy endings. Sometimes its nice just to forget about our bills and mortgages and sit back and watch a Disney movie and actually believe it could happen...

The meaning of singing...

From Wikipedia......Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. A person who is singing is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can either be sung a cappella (without accompaniment) or accompanied by musicians and instruments. Singing is often done in a group, such as a choir. Nearly anyone who can speak can sing, since in many respects singing is merely a form of sustained speech. It can be informal and just for pleasure, for example, singing in the shower or karaoke; or it can be very formal, such as singing done professionally as a performance or in a recording studio. Singing at a high amateur or professional level usually requires a certain amount of innate talent and a great deal of regular practice, and/or instruction. [1] Professional singers usually build their careers around one specific musical genre and undergo voice training, provided by a voice teacher or coach throughout a career.

From the mind of Sarina.....
Singing to me is like the air I breath and the blood that runs through my veins. Singing can be a way of crying or a way of showing happiness. Music is a way to express things that happen in your everyday life. I believe now a days people are only in music for fame and not for the love a music. The radio stations play crap, music is not what it used to be although there are a few artist that stay original. I gave up on my dreams to become a singer to do something more realistic like school.. oh what a shame. I do love still expressing the way I feel through song.. like when im doing the dishes or just everyday activities.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving...isn't thanksgiving supposed to be a day for thanks and rest? When you have a big family like me its so hard to get to every ones house and make everyone happy. I have divorced parents and if I go to one of there houses first the other one gets upset.. why does a day that's supposed to be about giving thanks a family have to be so stressful? not to mention going to my boyfriends family as well. I used to love thanksgiving when I was younger just sitting around watching football and eating. Now, its just a huge stressful weekend of driving everywhere and hearing poeple say "what took you so long to get here?" ugh!

McCain gets schooled

I love this!!!

Fish and pedicure?

This is really strange one of my friends told me about this:

Flesh-eating fish: the daring new pedicure
At a Virginia salon, a type of carp (garra rufa) is used in the prep portion of a pedicure treatment, during which the fish nibble away dead skin cells. (Also called “doctor fish,” these toothless wonders were originally used to treat such conditions as psoriasis and eczema, so there’s no risk that you’ll lose a toe—phew!) According to salon owner John Ho, the nibbling is not painful but does tickle. He says the treatment leaves a smoother, longer-lasting pedicure—we say it sounds a little fishy.
Yvonne’s Ocean Dr. Fish Pedicure™, includes a 20-minute fish soak and spa pedicure, $70. Yvonne Hair and Nails salon, Alexandria, Va.
,and Woodbridge

source:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93209785

puppy purfume (yoko ono poem)

Extract new puppy smell by brushing new puppy, take fur out of brush, put fur into bottle and sale new puppy smell purfume.

capture fairies (yoko ono poem)

Go out and capture four faries, put them in jars (with holes of course) and use as night lights. In the morning release them and capture new ones with fresh pixie dust.

Mr.Obama meets Mr. Bush (novels in three lines)

On Monday Mr. Obama and Mr. Bush will hold their first meeting since the Democrat's election victory.
Mr Obama has said that dealing with the economy is his top priority, and that he will move with "deliberate haste" to choose his cabinet.
One matter he highlighted was the Bush administration's attempts to authorise oil and gas drilling in Utah. (source BBC NEWS.com, October 9,2008)

Honest Abe (novels in three lines)

Cynics points out that Kolbe just happens to hail from a copper state. But, as I get older, Im increasingly reluctant to tamper with the institutions that frame our society. Besides, the history-steeped Lincoln cent deserves our respect. (source: Northwest Prime Time Oct. 2008)

stealing leaves (novels in three lines)

The reason is this season's usually dry and cloudless weather. We typically have,though fewer this year, also steal the leaves from the trees. (source: Seattle weekly, Oct 9, 2008)

"Blue" the break (novels in three lines)

After the victory, and very much the worse for wear, "Blue" is only a small blip in automotive history, The 25-year-old surfed the enormous break at an outdoor reef in the Southern Ocean.(source: Foxnews.com, Oct 9, 2008)

sweet haircuts (novels in three lines)

I love small soft sweet soothing words spoken, if not you could get a haircut you don't like, we know a few companies that can offer the option. (source: Northwest Prime time, Oct, 2008)

grasshopers' shelter (novels in three lines)

To reduce expenses accossiated with shelter, my pressence excited hundreds of grasshoppers, I didnt mind.(Northwest Primetime Oct, 2008)

Seattle Diamond (novels in three lines)

In her first solo Seattle show, local artist, using NASA space photogaraphs as projected backdrops during the interlude, find a diamond in the really rough. (source: Seattle weekly Nov 9, 2008)

On that day...

At 7:50pm Pacific time, 8:50pm Mountain time, 9:50pm Central time and 10:50pm Eastern time, people all over the United States of America waited patiently watching their TVs and checking their computers waiting for the Western states to close their polls and see which states had won which candidate. People may have been pre-pared but the feeling that most Americans had felt at 8:00pm Pacific time, 9:00pm Mountain time, 10:00pm Central time and 11:00pm Eastern time was shock. No matter who you were or who you voted for history was made on that day November Fourth, Two-Thousand and Eight at 8:00pm Pacific time, 9:00pm Mountain time, 10:00pm Central time and 11:00pm Eastern time. It was the best feeling most Americans had ever felt! I was so proud to be a young American on that wonderful day, November Fourth, Two-Thousand and Eight at 8:00pm Pacific time, 9:00pm Mountain time, 10:00pm Central time and 11:00pm Eastern time. What a victory!! YES WE CAN!!!

who will win

What an exciting day...kind of like New Years Eve where we all get to start over new. By the end of tonight we will all know who are next president will be. I can only hope for my canidate to win. The whole US is either watching TV or on the computer waiting for all the votes to tally up. All I know is that a huge change is coming and no matter how the election goes there is going to be alot of angry people. I have faith in my canidate and I feel that he will be the best for the job. He is the change we need. We only have a few more hours to know!!

What it means to be patriotic

In the myst of voting I was just wondering the meaning of patriotic...

Patriotic- Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one's country.

I would of thought it was going to be a longer definition than this.