No Means No

Today, I was accused of stealing someone's phone.

It was just before my club event that I decided to get a little snack. I headed towards the Timmies in the SLC to grab a doughnut and an apple cider. Seeing as I had roughly half an hour to kill before the meet up time, I grabbed a paper and walked over to a free couch. I started to settle down when a student walked up to me asking if I've seen a phone. I replied with a polite no and kindly allowed him to check the crevices of the seat and surrounding area. He asked me again, this time with a little more force, if I had seen his phone. I looked him in the eye and gave him the same reply. After a few seconds of uncomfortable eye contact, as he was trying to dig a hole into my soul, I resumed my crossword. He left soon after only to come back with some friends. I overheard him and his peers talking about me and how he left his phone there. They immediately made me out to be culprit. Walking over for the third time, he actually accused me of putting his phone into my bag. I told him that it was getting ridiculous and emptied the contents of my bag in front of his eyes. Still unbelieving, he went on to question if I really had it. His reasoning was that in the time he left his phone on the couch to grab a coffee, walk back to the area, see me sit down and get my stuff out, that there was time in that short millisecond that I could have pocketed his phone.

He went to campus police soon after and they came over to inspect the area. I kindly allowed to ruffle around. They found nothing and thanked me for my time. At this point, I was rather annoyed as the surrounding students must have thought I was some sort of criminal. The most incredulous thing was he came back for his final attempt offering me a unlocked blackberry if I would return his phone. Exasperated, I looked him straight in the eye and told him that I honestly did not know where his phone was or where it could be and I'm incredibly sorry for his loss, but there was nothing that I could do. He had the police come over and search the area and frankly, his accusations were getting a little irritating.

I guess some guys don't understand that no means no.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

You hear it playing all around; From grocery stores to shopping malls. The sounds of Christmas music fills the air.

Personally, I love Christmas. It has to be my favourite holiday and I always get super excited months before December actually arrives. This year, I noticed that the Christmas decorations were going up rather early. In fact, the local mall set up their Santa Claus photo booth at the beginning of this month.

It got me wondering, how soon is too soon to start up the Christmas cheer? Many of my housemates and schoolmates agree that the first snow or beginning of December is appropriate. I honestly can't decide when is too early as I get eager for Christmas to come in October.

What do you guys out there in the bloggersphere think? When is it appropriate to set up for Christmas?

California Gurls (Say No to Prop 19)

Tuesday.

Tonight my house would go out for a GreenGiant's birthday dinner. He had a rather difficult time choosing where to go, but in the end, it was Swiss Chalet.

While there, we all ordered our meals until the conversation suddenly took a turn to Prop. 19, the legalization of marijuana. Jolin and PadFeet both were against it, although their arguments were rather vanilla. As you may have guessed, I am for the legalization of marijuana. Now, I know you must be thinking that I have to be a recreational user of this drug and haven't really thought out the legal grounds. You would be wrong on BOTH accounts.

Personally, I believe marijuana should be legalized not for the monetary aspect the government receives--this of course may lead to better funding for education and poverty--but because the relatively harmless effects of it. Looking at it from this perspective, marijuana isn't more harmful than nicotine or alcohol and morally, allowing a "drug" to be legalized isn't a fundamental argument as alcohol and nicotine have been already been legalized. You can see that my argument revolves around alcohol and nicotine because these drugs have been proven to be relatively harmless and by reference, marijuana poses the same risks. There are supporting arguments, but I'd rather not get into them now.

I realize that my opinion is not likely to change your view on the topic, but I thought I'd throw it up onto the interwebs. I mean, that is the point of a blog, right?

In any case, I'd love to hear your opinions on Prop 19. Should marijuana be legalized? California says no...

How about you?