Why do I watch these things?

I am not sure, exactly, except that I relate to the sagas of grueling legal hell.

For some reason, I turned on a documentary of a very famous rapist named Alex kelly not far from my home town who fled the country after two girls accused him of rape. He spent almost a decade on lavish ski vacations, all on his parent's dime. The prosecution knew this, but never prosecuted his parents. Why the fuck not? The "We would do anything for our boy defense" as an excuse would be bullshit in the gospel according to MC.

While he was eventually and rightfully convicted, Perhaps it is the 1 year anniversary of his release that has me raging, but I just don't understand how people continue to defend him.

Some Priests need to keep their God Damn Mouths shut

And no, I don't give a shit how I have just taken my Lord's name in vain on my website and am swearing like a sailor.

On Christmas Eve, I attended evening Mass at my local Parish with my family. I always look forward to this Mass because Jose Feliciano- for those of you who don't know, was the original composer and singer for "Light My Fire". He happens to live in my home town, is a member of my parish, and performs live for us every year. It is a really rare treat, and one I look forward to every Christmas.

The Pastor of the Parish who said the mass has had some major beef with my family, in that he refused to perform a dual wedding ceremony where both the Catholic rite and the Zoroastrian rite- religion of my Indian sister law, could be performed, despite a dispensation from the Arch Diocese of NY saying it was just dandy with them.

Anyways, in his sermon, he went on to express his opinion about (as I have heard him say in the past when I am home for Holidays) his skepticism on the benefits of psychotherapy and use of psychiatric drugs to treat people with serious mental conditions. His suggestion was that if we all just believe in Christ, if we all just pray to Christ, then while everything may not be A-OK 100%, we would be turning towards our savior and if only we did that, how many shrinks would be out of business?

UMMM.... HELLO? I think this Priest is working in the wrong denomination and should consider employment with Tom Cruise in the Church of Scientology. Many, many, mental illnesses such as eating disorders, substance abuse, depression, etc, have been medically proven to be biologically based. I am not talking about people who make excuses for their behavior and use it as an excuse as to why they committed crimes- I am talking about the ones who have not committed crimes and genuinely sought and wanted help, harmed no other individual, and succeeded in professional treatment. What right does a priest who has no degree in science or psychology have to comment on trained professionals or antidepressants that have helped to save the lives of millions in pain and despair?

I'm a chick who goes to church every week... I believe in Christ... but Christ doesn't make my panic attacks and my nightmares and my food phobia go away. And if we all just believed in Christ, turned to Christ, and that was the solution to the world's problems, then maybe he should go preach in prison to all the murderer's and rapists there. Let's see if his words make a difference in stopping them from offending again when they are released too early. I was so seething with anger at his stupid comments, I could barely enjoy Jose. What an ass.

Don't we have bigger fish to fry???

While I am a die hard republican, I think all the hoopla about Obama without his shirt on is asinine. What- President Elects and people who serve in office can't take vacations? The man is in Hawaii for Christ's sake. Dude- leave him alone and let him surf. The economy is fucked beyond imagine and this is what people want to talk about? Earth to America, people!!! Lord Jesus, Mary Joseph and crackers!

And republican or not, he is pretty hot in the Gospel According to MC.

Not so Heelarious in the Gospel according to MC

My friends who know me very well know that I am tied with Carrie Bradshaw when it comes to my shoes. In fact, my shoe shelf takes up more than half my tiny one bedroom on the Upper East Side, which incidentally, is only two blocks from where Carrie's was portrayed in the story line on Sex and the City.

When I used to work for Conde Nast, my shoe obsession was even worse. I'd wear 5 inch OTS's ( my friend Diana's code for Open Toed Shoes) in the rain, snow, and below zero. In fact, this one time, I wore a pair of high heeled sandals to church when I was scheduled to Altar Serve. My priest said Melissa, this is Holy Trinity. Not Vogue. I said Monsignor, sandals were good enough for Christ, they out to be good enough for me. He's never confused me with Melissa again in ten years.

Unfortunately, I have to be a little more careful with the crazy heels on my shoes with my seizure disorder and can't indulge in anything too impractical. But, when I did, I was OF AGE- as in AN ADULT, A GROWN UP. It's one thing to be six or seven playing Cinderella in dress up heels in the privacy of a home on a play date. In my book, towing infants around who can't yet even walk in these things is really wrong, and frankly, a little creepy. See link. http://www.heelarious.com/

Playboy for little girls???

A friend of mine was telling me about this stationary website for children she came across. This is absolutely outrageous and has flipped on my ranting and raving bitch switch like you wouldn't fucking believe. Michele Christine will be typing some serious letters tonight. Paddington Bear, OK... Angelina the ballerina, no objection.

http://www.lovethisshop.com/items/Playboy/list.htm

BUT PLAYBOY LOGO ON PURSES AND STATIONERY BEING MARKETED TO SELL TO LITTLE GIRLS?
Ummm.... HELLO? I am a fan of anything pink- Duh- my blog is pink. 3/4 of my closet is pink and I wear it even in 10 degrees on Christmas freaking eve. My medical alert bracelet is pink.

If women want to strip for playboy then well, that's their prerogative. It's not for me, but I don't think even when Hugh Hefner dies our sex obsessed society will change. But perhaps, not making products with the most famous sexual logo in the world targeted to children may prevent them from ending up like Governor Spitzer's hooker at 22.

Why not just invite some 5 year olds to the Bunny mansion? Sexualize children before they are old enough to know what it means or what it is. And of course Father and daughter see nothing wtong with this. Way to go Hef! Lord almighty!!!!

How can they defend these people?

Watching the interview with Casey Anthony's attorney w/ Matt Lauer utterly disgusted me and made me want to hurl my oatmeal at the TV. He knows she killed her daughter, I know she killed her daughter, the WORLD knows she killed her daughter, and her parents probably know too but are in a serious state of denial. Presumption of innocence until proven guilty may be our country's judicial policy, but in the Gospel according to Michele Christine, it is utter bullshit.

Breaking News- Adam Walsh murder solved

Holy Crap! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_re_us/adam_walsh

Watching the John Walsh interview today with him and his wife, my heart went out to them. I hope they finally feel some relief at having some closure, though I don't think the grief of losing a child ever really leaves you. I love how the wife said that for many years people told her she should just "get over it" and move on. I think traumatic heinous things such as this one you never truly get over. Some people often say to me I should get over what happened to me. The people who say this to me are idiots and have never been through what I have. If I could just "get over it" I wouldn't have had my freak out with the ambulance assholes.

The people who say this stupid shit to me probably sleep at night. I unfortunately do not.