The House Bunny Scandal

My rant for the day…

When I was watching the preview of The House Bunny, I noticed some familiar rose colored Greek letters: Phi Iota Mu...very similar to my own Greek affiliation, Phi Mu. In researching online, I found that the Phi Iota Mu sisters are portrayed as the villains of the plot. There is another sorority who has denounced the movie: Zeta Tau Alpha. ZTA is blatantly referenced throughout the movie. The main reference evident in the preview is that the sorority house has the turquoise letters ZTA hung above the door frame (the “E” is missing to spell out "Zeta" for the Zeta Alpha Zeta sorority).

You will see the ZTA letters on the house around 50 second mark. Check out the preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVL5Mfgw7Pw

I believe that we should be able to have a sense of humor about Greek life, and I admit that I do enjoy fictional Greek themed movies and TV shows because they are sometimes accurate but often over the top and mostly exaggerated. However, having sorority and fraternity names that are directly linked to those that truly exist is taking it a bit too far. With the movie The House Bunny, Sony Pictures is making a direct attack on specific sororities and not making a joke of Greek life in general. The Greek letters, colors, and common titles of these sororities were chosen purposefully. These allusions are intentional, and that is the main issue. While The House Bunny looks like it could be a funny movie, I will not spend my money to support a movie that would purposefully defame the names of two wonderful Fraternities for women. I hope that you will do the same.

Just a little bit of car trouble

Today my engine coolant warning light came on for about a minute. It had come on briefly a few days ago, but I didn't worry about it. When it lit up again today, I called my mom (since I know nothing about cars and with her age comes car wisdom, right???). She told me to wait until she got off of work and she would fix it. I asked her if I should take it to a shop, and she said "no, I can fix it." My mom gets home around 9, and I go outside to get schooled on engine coolant car repair. She gathers a few flash lights and a pitcher of water, opens the engine door, twists open a lid and begins pouring the water in. She says "you see, it isn't that hard." Then she tells me to go inside to get some more water. I come out and she says "I don't need that water. I think I did something bad." I said "what do you mean???" She points to the lid of the compartment that she poured the water in.

FYI: DO NOT add water to compartments whose lids look like this:




Yep, that is the oil compartment...greaaaaat. So, needless to say, my car will be towed in the morning to have this little problem fixed. Thanks for the help, Mom. I learned a lot!

UPDATE:
We have another genuis on our hands. Early this morning, AAA sent a tow truck to come get my car. I explained the situation to the man and told him not to start the car. I stood outside for a few minutes and asked him if he needed any help b/c i figured we would have to put it in neutral and push it. He said no, he did not need any help. I went inside the house and back to bed for a quick nap before I had to get up to get ready for my job interview.

I called the Saturn dealership (which was where we had it shipped to) to check on the status of the repairs this afternoon. They said that the car had been STARTED and the oil/water mixture had passed through the entire engine (or wherever oil goes). Excellent. They have been flushing the lines all day and still cannot get it completely clean. So, this repair is going to cost a pretty penny and I sure hope that there is no permanent damage to my car. My mom called and filed a complaint against the tow truck driver. I doubt anything will come of that. UGH! Why why why?? Like i need this stress in my life!

Also today, my phone decided to die, so I had to go buy a new one. Yeah. Like I have money for that...whatev.