Sunday, February 4, 2007

Friday

Ok, So Friday we headed down to Camden for Penguin day. So the drive down wasn't bad, its pretty much a straight shot down the turnpike. It didn't start raining until after we got down there, so the roads weren't bad, and not too much traffic. So when we go there , we checked in and went to the room. We stayed at a Double Tree Suites, which this was very nice, had a sitting room with a door and a bedroom. very comfortable. So we looked through the "what can you do in the area book, and decided to go to a local mall.
Ok, so the mall pretty much sucked, wasn't that big, and was like any other mall, but it was out, and walking. But it did have one thing that was pretty neat. there was a rink, I guess you'd call it, set up so you could, roller blade/ skate board, and bmx bike, with ramps and stuff in the mall. it was pretty cool looking, made me wish I lived in the area. I miss roller blading, but the roads are too rough here for me, it gives me a headache. So that was pretty neat, though they didn't seem to rent skates, so I didn't get to skate in it.

Then we went back to the hotel, to waste some time before dinner. Andrew ended up putting on Law and Order reruns while I was reading. I'm still stunned by what happened. This was the episode with the gay couple that adopted a baby, and the birth father kidnaps the kid and beats one of the parents to death. So they are going for a bias crime. They put the mother of the child on the stand, and ask her, what did the defendant say when you asked him to stop kicking the victim, and she says "______________________" They censored it. Now, this is a show that plays on Network TV. and they censored a line. I couldn't believe it. I mean where was I the bible belt of the state of NJ? LOL. basically, it really surprised me. And upset me. I don't like censorship. Now, I expect that since it is public TV, that if something that was done, lets say for HBO is picked up, there may be some changes made to words that are said. While I may not personally agree with it, its the law, and there are reasons for it (similar as to why chicks dancing naked aren't allowed to on a street corner, but can inside the building on that street corner. its kinda, people choose to have cable, especially premium channels, its more public having NBC. But the idea that TNT - a cable channel would censor something that was aired on a public channel is scary to me.
Ok, so after the shock wore off, andrew and I went to dinner at Chilli's, where I had a gift card. So that was nice. Then we went back to the B.Dalton, to get coffee and Andrew bought a book. then back to the hotel, and not much else happened.
I'll talk about Penguin day in another post!
Later all.

10 comments:

Anna said...

That's weird, that they censored the line...

wonder why.

But mostly I want to say I am very happy you didn't get shot in Camden!!LOL. I went to that aquiruim once and it is awesome there, it's just the surronding area was alittle scarey!

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