I've had a couple of things kind of buzzing around my brain, but not enough to make one cohesive, entertaining entry. Here are a few things I've been thinking about:

You know that 11 year-old girl, Carlie? The one whose abduction was caught on a video surveilance camera? They found her body. I was just thinking that losing a child is horrific enough, but to have her abduction captured on video somehow makes it even worse. I can imagine wanting to reach through the camera and grab her, shake her, warn her somehow. I suppose some people might argue that it's better to know exactly how it happened, because anything you might imagine is much more horrible than the truth. I don't know. To me, somehow seeing it on tape is more heartbreaking.

Next topic: I've been a huge fan of The Real World for a long time, and now I'm even more into the The Real World/Road Rules challenges. These shows are addictive. You've seen them, right? The show involves cast members from all different seasons competing in physical challenges for money. It's really entertaining if you've watched every season, like I have.

Anyway, as if I needed something else to make me feel old, on the current show, Syrus (from Real World Boston) is one of the competitors. Everyone turns on him because they think he might be too old to do the challenges. "Syrus is getting up there," one cast member said. "He's not as fast as the rest of us. He could slow us down in future challenges." Even Syrus referred to himself as "the old man of the group." Syrus's age was the major theme of the episode.

Dude. Syrus is 32. 32! That's NOT "old," no matter how you cut it. I admit that the fact that I'm approaching 30 makes me extra sensitive, but DUDE. 32 is NOT old. My point is this: the whole youth culture thing is out of control. WAY out of control.

OK, two more things I've been thinking about:

Adults who collect dolls are creepy. I'm sorry if you know and love someone who collects dolls. I'm sorry if you collect dolls yourself. Sorry, but you're CREEPY.

Dutch food is boring.

I'll explain why I feel strongly about these things in my next couple of entries.