Is there a new movie-star definition of the term baritone? I ask because Scarlett Johan-a whatever and her people keep calling her singing voice a baritone. I have made it known how much I hate her speaking voice, and I question her acting ability--she always comes across to me as one tone: spaced out. And there is no emotion in her voice. I think you know where I'm headed. Scarlett Johan-a whatever is a robot. I'm a little obsessed with her new album and the one video I have seen--for Falling Down. Normally obsession follows enjoyment or an appreciation for the subject. Not here. I know intuitively that I do not like her music--how could I? She sings with no emotion and I have made loud proclamations about hating her speaking voice. And yet, I am not willing to say outright that I dislike her music. I think she has tricked me by using songs from an artist that I do like. I am not really familiar with the songs she released as I am not a card-carrying member of the Tom Waits fan club. I have one of his crazier albums that makes it difficult to sing along to, but I do like him. I like the idea of Tom Waits--I like him as an actor as seen in Short Cuts and Coffee and Cigarettes. So I think what is happening with her album is she is using her trickery or robot witchcraft to fool me into thinking I like her singing, when in reality I really just like the songs. Scarlett Johan-a whatever is a witch. A witch robot.

The other day I stayed up until 4 am looking at really horrible pictures of autopsies and crime scenes from some of the most famous crimes/criminals. I saw JFK's autopsy photos and pictures from the Tate murder. I looked them up after seeing a short paragraph that one of the female members of the Manson family is dying from a brain tumor/cancer. After looking it up, I found the woman dying was a horrible person--she said she stabbed Ms. Tate because she was tired of hearing her ask for help. And she and a few other of the girls laughed at trial and made a joke out of the whole thing. I'm sure you know the details, or where to find them should you want to know them, so I'll stop there. What I found was a website dedicated to this woman's release, maintained by her husband and another supporter.

Here's where things get interesting. She married this guy while in prison--he is a Harvard grad. I verified this fact on the California Bar website because after reading the website, I was convinced he graduated from some online law school. The website had several spelling errors, and the word effect was used instead of the correct affect. I found a picture of him elsewhere on the web, and he has hair down to his butt. The website contains several pictures of her throughout the years, and I got really pissed at the pictures. It looks like she is wearing makeup and attending dances and other fun functions. I am a firm supporter of the death penalty. She originally was sentenced to death--which made her laugh--but CA did away with the death penalty shortly thereafter, and her sentence was reduced to life in prison. Thus my anger at her having great times in prison.

The plea for her release made me pissed off as well. According to the website, she is the greatest gal in all the land because she is now a Christian and behaves herself in prison, therefore she should be released. They (she and her Harvard educated husband) claim she is a political prisoner. I never did well in criminal law, so I cannot speak with any authority on this, but they (she and her supporters) claim that you cannot keep a person in prison if they would not do any harm to the public-when they are up for parole. Again, I don't know the rules, but I think this is bullshit.

I do remember from the first day of crim law a big discussion on the many theories of the purpose of prison which I am sure you can imagine--corrective, punitive, etc. So, if her supporters think the purpose of jail is to correct behavior, then if the behavior is corrected, then she should be released. However, prison is not really set up to correct behavior. Prisoners don't sit around talking about their feelings with therapists all day. Prison is basically punitive. She was sentenced to death, so how can her supporters really believe she should be released? She is supposed to be dead by now.

This is probably boring, so I will stop discussing it. I will say that I am glad she is dying. I know that is not particularly open-minded of me, but I am really glad her life is ending. I saw what she and her friends did to those people, and she deserves to die.

Side note: I used to support the death penalty for child molesters, but someone made the excellent point that the death penalty will not deter molesters, but instead, create an incentive to kill their victims. But, if one of the victims' parents murdered the molester after discovering their crime, I don't think the parent should be punished.

To take all the crime out of my brain, I spent the next day and night reading my new favorite blog:
http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/