Tom Cruise is SUCH a baby...

As per a new story on cnn.com today, Tom Cruise has threatened to stop publicizing his new film, Mission Impossible 3, unless the South Park rerun about scientology was pulled. I hate Tom Cruise. He is such a baby (and, baby sized at a mere 4' 9"). South Park is known for poking fun at religions. It pokes fun at ALL religions. Jesus Christ has a talk show in South Park, and fights with Satan and Santa Claus, Mormons are the only people to occupy heaven, and Kyle is a Jew. Tom Cruise either needs to learn to take a joke, or realize that his joke of religion isn't even a religion anyways. He's not only a baby, but a crazy psycho lunatic.

Might I put forth a theory about the actual reasons behind the pulling of this harmless South Park episode? One of the major subplots of the episode consists of Tom Cruise locking himself in Stan's closet, and Stan proclaiming "Tom Cruise won't come out of the closet!" Maybe this joke hit just a little too close to home. Perhaps, the engagement to Katie Holmes (whom my opinion of sinks ever lower and lower) is a sham to cover up his own homosexuality. Maybe, just maybe, this episode of South Park was a call to Cruise to deal with his sexuality and live a life of honest sexual freedom. Perhaps Tommy boy became scared when he heard Matt and Trey's welcoming message of peace, beckoning him out of the closet. Don't be scared, Tommy. You're gay, and that's ok! I'm gay too, maybe we could fuck? Don't worry about Katie, Tom. You haven't hurt her. She's used to dating fags, in case you haven't ever watched Dawson's Creek, she dated the Creek homo in season 2. And, I'm sure her pregnancy is a shameless scam as well. Come out of the closet, Tom. Don't get mad, get gay.

Wow, I hate Tom Cruise.

On a related Tom Cruise note, my students in Taiwan in 2002 told me that Tom Cruise came to Taipei to promote his then film "Minority Report". They were very excited and went to meet him at a press event, where he reportedly shunned them and refused to give any autographs. My students said he was not nice and "very very short, like an Asian."

So, gay, short, scientologist, and might I go so far as to suggest tiny penis?

Only time will tell.

Peons

As my first post, I would like to tell you a little bit about myself. Even though I got straight A's all through high school, was an All-State clarinetist, went to a prestigious private college, and did a year of AmeriCorps service, I am a 25 year-old peon. For the past two years or so, I have not been able to find a job, a real job, for the life of me. I have worked in retail and as a waiter at such prestigious jobs as Target, Chili's, Spaghetti Works, and Dillard's, where I was a perfume boy. I have made at least $2.13/hour (plus tips) and at most $9.00/hour. I have not had health insurance since my college graduation. I live from paycheck to paycheck, day to day, month to month. I know millions of Americans do this everyday, but sometimes (here is where you will see how I'm a little arrogant), i feel like the most highly educated peon on the face of the planet.

Have you ever had a manager, who was just a freakin' moron, who was uneducated completely, who was on a power trip from hell? An untrained monkey could do their job? And you are stuck as their lackey? Stuck as the object of their power trip? Stuck. I think this is my biggest pet peeve.

At least in college I was surrounded by intelligent, educated people. But out here, in the real world where I pay bills and work at any job I can find to do that, I am surrounded by mental invalids and borderline schizophrenics. It is seriously about enough to make me want to slit my wrists and buy a one-way ticket to Hell (unless I'm already there...).

Anyways, I think that may be enough of a jaunt into my current career situation. Next time: my online graduate school...what the fuck am I doing?