I just watched “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” for the first time and it kicked my ass. It was a pleasant ass-kicking however. It left a very unique taste in my brain; a flavor kind of like the way a city smells after rain, that earthy, cold, wet-cement smell that's neither good nor bad. F.Y.I., that was me blatantly trying to be poetic. I promise I'll limit myself to doing that once per post. I knew it wasn’t going to be Ace Ventura Pet Detective, but I really didn’t expect to be mentally schooled by a movie starring Jim Carey. Anyhoo, you can imagine after playing a few rounds of Madden 2011 and eating a nice, humble mexican meal how sobering that movie can be (given you’ve seen it). If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend it. It’s kind of funny how I inadvertently pulled an emotional 180 on myself.
Anyways, speaking of Mexican meals, that reminds about a yahoo home page story about the new chief of police in Guadalupe, Mexico a town near drug cartel capital Juarez. After a series of murders and assassinations of police officials and mayors in recent years, the town had only one applicant for the job: Marisol Valles Garcia. She is a 20 year old criminology major still in college. Wow.
First of all, to have applied as chief of police in a town where the Mexican drug cartel openly admits to “tightening their grasp on the country” is the most gangster thing I have ever heard of. Secondly, to be a female college student and undertake this responsibility is amazing. Deeming it “admirable” would be an insult to her. This is like the ultimate act of standing up to a bully. Except in this case, the bully is a well organized, well funded, and vicious international drug operation. Good luck Marisol, we’re rooting for you.
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