Can you imagine being stuck in an elevator for three days?

Well that’s what happened to a woman in a suburban Paris housing project last week. The woman, 19 years of age, was found very dehydrated but alive on December 22nd. Newspaper and Television accounts state that the womans father had contacted the building concierge on December 19th when he learned his daughter was missing and suggested that she might be stuck in a broken elevator. However, no alarm had gone off, and they said that a repairman checked the elevators and didn’t find anyone inside.

The repairman began work on the broken elevator the following day, and then returned on the 22nd it was then that he heard a soft cry. On Wednesday, the girl’s father, who had advised police of his daughter’s disappearance, filed a complaint for non-assistance to a person in danger - a crime in France - according to Le Figaro.

Several elevators in the housing project had recently been renovated but not the one in question, according to the news reports. They said that it was unclear why Safiatou did not cry out for help.

I’ve had quite the day! Earlier today we had a cable company technician here for three, yes three hours! We had to call the company the other night because we noticed that some of the shows were were taping or just plain watching were getting digital interference. Sometimes it was so bad that the picture totally pixilated and you couldn’t tell what the actors were saying. It was terrible.

Ever since we moved here we’ve had problems with the signal. Apparently the cabling or equipment in our area is very old and that results in the houses in the area getting poor cable and even internet signals. They’ve known about the problem for several years now. This is not the first time we’ve had a tech here for two, three or even four hours trying to fix the problem or at least manipulate the equipment enough to get a slightly better signal. This is starting to make my stomach Churn, I’m so frustrated.

I swear earlier today we were thinking about switching to satellite TV instead. I figure that’s got it’s own particular set of problems though so I’ll wait a while and see how the work that was done today works out.

If you like drag races - watching, or actually drag racing you should check out Pinks. Pinks is one of the hottest car show on Television, and it has over 2 million visitors each week.

You know in the older movies where the guys are always Drag Racing so that they can get the girl or prove their leadership of the gang? Well, that’s the kind of drag racing that takes place on Pinks, except there’s a twist. You can actually apply to become one of the contestants. Yep. They set up matches between ordinary people. If you like to drag race why don’t you go sign up? Maybe we’ll see you on speedtv. In the meantime, you can watch the PINKS marathon on www.speedtv.com Nov 23, 2006.

Speedtv.com requested that I post a video of my own ride. I had posted one that I did in the dark, which was awful because you couldn’t see anything. Now as I promised I have a video where you can see my ride.

Do you enjoy a good cry every now and then? Or are you an emotional person that ends up crying a lot anyway- even if you don’t really want to? Well if you are Germans have admitted what few may have suspected - 70 percent of people canvassed in a survey published this week said that they have cried in the past year, often while watching sad movies.

The survey also found that eighty-eight percent of women respondents said that they have cried recently, according to the poll conducted by the GfK Marktforschung institute. Almost half of their male counterparts answered in the affirmative.

Asked where and why, most said that they have let tears roll at the movies or while watching television. About one-fifth said that they have cried out of anger or frustration and 8 percent admitted having been driven to tears by their lovers.

What made you cry last?