The Hospitality Law-Little Mermaid Conjecture

So, this semester, i'm taking eighteen credits. Which, when they're all upper-level courses, is a lot. There's my food production lab with a rather incredibly, uniquely, eccentric chef from South America/France/England. Following him I have a lovely Italian/Brazilian mixture of a professor that reminds me strongly of a certain friend of mine. I also have Purchasing, Mechanical, Law, and Speaker's. I actually find most of them to be extremely enjoyable. Well, except for one, Mechanical, which i only plan on passing because my goal of the semester is a 4.0.

But, in all of my classes thus far this semester, I have yet to have an epiphany such as this:

We were talking about contract law. And, one of the fundamental rules of a contract is that, if a contract is struck between two parties, and one of them is either a) under the age of eighteen; b) mentally incompetent; or c) drunk; the contract is void.

So, that got me thinking...well, actually, I don't know how i got on the subject. But, apparently, the first thing that contract law made me think of was apparently The Little Mermaid. Now, I have a huge, raving vendetta against The Little Mermaid. I actually hate The Little Mermaid for several reasons.

1. Its a violent stereotype on redheads. I mean seriously; the Ginger doesn't even get to be a full human.
2. She has a blatant disregard of respect of her father.
3. Her main sources of counsel are a crustacean and an incorrectly identified fish. He's not a flounder. His eyes aren't on the same side of his body. Come on. Get real.
4. Ok, so the sea witch took away her powers of speech. Has she seriously never heard of, oh, i don't know, WRITING!? I mean how hard is it to write, "Hi Eric. My name is Ariel. I'm the one who rescued you and sang you back to consciousness on the shore after that violent storm that should have killed you. Sorry, my dad sometimes has a temper. His name is Triton, god of the sea. Which would explain why you haven't seen me around -I'm a mermaid. So look, here's the thing - I'm human now because i paid the sea witch Ursula to turn me into a human. In return, she took my voice. Woo! I get to run around on legs like a human! Here's the glitch; I need you to kiss me or else Ursula's magic is undone and I turn back into the chick with a seashell bra and fishy fins. So lay one on me, my good sir, and we can totally get on with this whole relationship/wedding thing. The only downside is that we'll have to cut a totally awesome musical number."

But now, I have a new reason to hate The Little Mermaid. When Ariel signs the contract; she is sixteen years old. Therefore, the contract is voided because she is not a legal adult and cannot make competent decisions. Take that Walt Disney [not really; i have great respect for Walt Disney. i was speaking more to the writers there]

What can i say? Its just the continual ramblings from a Peculiar Heart.

Ginger Weasley

The Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theory

So I realize I jumped on this boat wicked late...like between nine and sixteen years late...but I have a new-found fascination with the show because:

A) I've been into Joss Whedon since the first time I saw Firefly, Serenity, and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Neil Patrick Harris FTW).

B) unlike Twilight, the vampires in Buffy the Vampire Slayer are actual vampires; not sparkly little faeries.

When I first started watching Buffy (like 18 months ago) I got to the part where Angel turned evil and gave up cuz, lets face it, even with a penchant for bad guys (Snape, Dexter, Loki...), I couldn't do the whole "Angel is evil and trying to destroy everything" thing. But, I decided to give it the O'College try.

As I came to the tantamount episode in which Angel reverts back to his old ways, I came upon a grand realization:

Angel turned evil because, after spending the night with Buffy, he experienced a moment of true happiness, thereby breaking the curse set upon him and removing his humanity. Therefore, I have drawn this conclusion:

Don't have pre-marital sex with your boyfriend [girlfriend]. He [she] may turn into a certifiable whack-a-doo maniac bent on his [her] sick and violently twisted, albeit extremely creative revenge.

As I wrap this up, I realize it sounds uber-nerdy on about seven different levels, but hey, that's why I called it a Peculiar Heart.

Ginger Weasley