Saturday, March 31, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Dumbest Thing I've Seen in Weeks.
The sheer stupidity and sad attempts at scare tactics really make this video painful to watch.
1) "In a land where Obama is reelected..." there will apparently be children missing a Chuck and the streets will be a ghost town.
2) "Small businesses are struggling..." Yep, that would happen no matter who was in office at this point. Decades of an economy on the verge of breakdown will do that, you know.
3) "Families are worried about their jobs..." Yep, because Obama is the cause of the shitty economic state, high unemployment rates, and factory/corporate outsourcing.
4) "The wait to see a doctor is ever-increasing..." Well when such a mass amount of people can't afford health insurance and the population is both aging and growing at the same time, that's going to happen. Obama didn't cause our grandparents to fuck so much that they had too many kids. And I couldn't afford insurance before he even ran for office...
5) "Gas prices will be through the roof..." Did ya'll not notice the climb started (this time) during the Bush Administration?
6) "Freedom of religion under attack..." How is promoting religious freedom for other groups attacking the freedom for Christians to practice? As a Catholic, I'm not threatened by Amad down the street going to mosque or Hershel going to synagogue. If a person is that shaken by other faiths, maybe they need to do some soul searching to see if their own faith is weak. This nation is not "a Christian nation"...our founding fathers and people of the American Revolution were from all walks. We had atheists, agnostics, Christians, Jews...it goes on and on. The idea of "In God We Trust" being on coins and such is NOT a defense for the idea of "the nation was founded on [blank] faith", because those coins were minted that way LONG after the country was founded.
7) "And every day, the residents of this town worry about a sworn American enemy having nuclear arms..." Yep...because if Iran chooses to attack the States, all the old, scared white folks in East Bumblefuck are the FIRST to go. Anyway, there's a lot of debate on whether or not that threat is even valid to the States. It's a bigger deal for Israel than it is for us...and we are not Israel. (Somebody should tell D.C. that at some point but that's another story.)
I really hope Rick Santorum doesn't get elected, because it would prove the point that Americans have gotten dumber as of late. Stereotypes! Based on fact?!
1) "In a land where Obama is reelected..." there will apparently be children missing a Chuck and the streets will be a ghost town.
2) "Small businesses are struggling..." Yep, that would happen no matter who was in office at this point. Decades of an economy on the verge of breakdown will do that, you know.
3) "Families are worried about their jobs..." Yep, because Obama is the cause of the shitty economic state, high unemployment rates, and factory/corporate outsourcing.
4) "The wait to see a doctor is ever-increasing..." Well when such a mass amount of people can't afford health insurance and the population is both aging and growing at the same time, that's going to happen. Obama didn't cause our grandparents to fuck so much that they had too many kids. And I couldn't afford insurance before he even ran for office...
5) "Gas prices will be through the roof..." Did ya'll not notice the climb started (this time) during the Bush Administration?
6) "Freedom of religion under attack..." How is promoting religious freedom for other groups attacking the freedom for Christians to practice? As a Catholic, I'm not threatened by Amad down the street going to mosque or Hershel going to synagogue. If a person is that shaken by other faiths, maybe they need to do some soul searching to see if their own faith is weak. This nation is not "a Christian nation"...our founding fathers and people of the American Revolution were from all walks. We had atheists, agnostics, Christians, Jews...it goes on and on. The idea of "In God We Trust" being on coins and such is NOT a defense for the idea of "the nation was founded on [blank] faith", because those coins were minted that way LONG after the country was founded.
7) "And every day, the residents of this town worry about a sworn American enemy having nuclear arms..." Yep...because if Iran chooses to attack the States, all the old, scared white folks in East Bumblefuck are the FIRST to go. Anyway, there's a lot of debate on whether or not that threat is even valid to the States. It's a bigger deal for Israel than it is for us...and we are not Israel. (Somebody should tell D.C. that at some point but that's another story.)
I really hope Rick Santorum doesn't get elected, because it would prove the point that Americans have gotten dumber as of late. Stereotypes! Based on fact?!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Starbucks versus NOM...you've got to be kidding me.
Good Morning people!
This morning is one of those mornings where I feel like I'm going to need a lot of coffee. Last night, I ended up hanging out after work and it kind of turned into a long night, so by the end of the day today, you'll probably be able to tap my blood and drink it with cream.
Speaking of coffee, I came across an interesting piece on Yahoo! Pride this morning about a completely moronic attack by NOM on a very popular and slightly overpriced coffee chain. Starbucks coffee (as a corporation) has had a very long history of supporting employment and benefits coverage-equality for LGBT people. They've also had a lot of presence at kiosks and such for pride events in virtually every major city in the US. National Organization for Marriage (which is already disreputable on its own) is claiming that those statements made for the gay community by Starbucks are wrong and that the company supports the "gay agenda", so they're screaming boycott. They've also went ahead and gave a list of other places that supporters of their cause can go to get coffee with a side of homophobia. The only problem is...quite a few "alternative options" on the list are also LGBT-inclusive and include gay corporate members.
All aboard the Fail Boat, NOM!
Not to perpetuate stereotypes, but come on...gays have been running, owning, and operating coffee shops for decades. There's almost always a wealth of various rainbow flyers in places like Starbucks.
I think this lovely clip from True Blood explains the idea behind why ridiculous boycotts like these are completely pointless:
This morning is one of those mornings where I feel like I'm going to need a lot of coffee. Last night, I ended up hanging out after work and it kind of turned into a long night, so by the end of the day today, you'll probably be able to tap my blood and drink it with cream.
Speaking of coffee, I came across an interesting piece on Yahoo! Pride this morning about a completely moronic attack by NOM on a very popular and slightly overpriced coffee chain. Starbucks coffee (as a corporation) has had a very long history of supporting employment and benefits coverage-equality for LGBT people. They've also had a lot of presence at kiosks and such for pride events in virtually every major city in the US. National Organization for Marriage (which is already disreputable on its own) is claiming that those statements made for the gay community by Starbucks are wrong and that the company supports the "gay agenda", so they're screaming boycott. They've also went ahead and gave a list of other places that supporters of their cause can go to get coffee with a side of homophobia. The only problem is...quite a few "alternative options" on the list are also LGBT-inclusive and include gay corporate members.
All aboard the Fail Boat, NOM!
Not to perpetuate stereotypes, but come on...gays have been running, owning, and operating coffee shops for decades. There's almost always a wealth of various rainbow flyers in places like Starbucks.
I think this lovely clip from True Blood explains the idea behind why ridiculous boycotts like these are completely pointless:
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Cherry Pie.
Today is going to be a long day. It's three in the morning, and I'm wide awake. Edgy, because of a death in my immediate family last night. It wasn't an unexpected death, but it's a jarring one for me. My grandfather was 89 years old, and physically he just gave out. He'd been fighting the inevitable for almost a year, it'd been a slow decline up until last week or so.
Yesterday I was walking down South Street when I got the feeling like something wasn't right. It bugged me all through class, and sure enough, when I left CCP there was a message from my aunt. I went from class right up into Bustleton to go see my aunts and my grandmother, who's still very much in shock. She spent 54 years with this man, and now he's gone.
I have a real issue when it comes to people I'm close to passing because although I have emotional ties to those people, I also have a very serious clinical phobia of cadavers/dead folks. It's been that way since I was a little kid. I can't deal with hospitals or funeral homes because of it, and when someone in my life passes, that phobic reaction is still intact. It's hard enough for me to be in the same building as the body, let alone see it. I also would really rather not have the memory of that sight. You don't gain anything by seeing a corpse, except maybe mental scarring. I chose not to see that because there's other things I'd really rather remember than someone being at their worst.
I just saw this man up and talking two weeks ago. He asked me how I was doing with speaking/writing in German, and if I still had his Schiller book and his dictionary. (I do, but for the life of me can't remember where they are right now.) He told me stories about when he was working, working with people who didn't speak English. After he'd retreated back to his bedroom, he continued to listen to the conversations taking place in the dining room. I was talking to my aunt and grandmother about how my loan money is being divided and what I intend to do to get out of my rut. He told my aunt to tell me that he thought my idea was pretty sound and that I "have a good head on my shoulders".
About two weeks before that, I'd had dinner with him at the house. He was tearing up a cheesesteak and telling me about how milk is gross so he ate his cereal with fruit juice. I laughed at that because I also find milk to be disgusting on most occasions. (Weirdly enough, it's one of those things that went from my grandfather to my father to me.) We had a laugh over the idea that we both hate ketchup once it's been in the fridge, too.
Right after my birthday back in January, I went to go visit him. We all ended up at the table, eating cherry pie and talking about Johnny Cash. Apparently he was the original monster-movie fan too. He saw Dracula and Frankenstein in theaters during his day, and showed them to my dad when my father was a kid. My father showed them to me...and a new generation of dork was born.
For all it's worth, he lived a long and full life. He was almost 90 years old, a World War 2 veteran, seven kids, and countless grandchildren. It still sucks, because now that house is going to feel immensely empty to me and everyone else, but when it's time it's just time. And it was obvious that the time was coming up on him. If there was one thing I could say, and I'm sure he knows it, it's "thank you". This is the man that gave me my culture, and so many of my weird quirks. I'm going to miss him.
Taken just a month and a half ago.
Yesterday I was walking down South Street when I got the feeling like something wasn't right. It bugged me all through class, and sure enough, when I left CCP there was a message from my aunt. I went from class right up into Bustleton to go see my aunts and my grandmother, who's still very much in shock. She spent 54 years with this man, and now he's gone.
I have a real issue when it comes to people I'm close to passing because although I have emotional ties to those people, I also have a very serious clinical phobia of cadavers/dead folks. It's been that way since I was a little kid. I can't deal with hospitals or funeral homes because of it, and when someone in my life passes, that phobic reaction is still intact. It's hard enough for me to be in the same building as the body, let alone see it. I also would really rather not have the memory of that sight. You don't gain anything by seeing a corpse, except maybe mental scarring. I chose not to see that because there's other things I'd really rather remember than someone being at their worst.
I just saw this man up and talking two weeks ago. He asked me how I was doing with speaking/writing in German, and if I still had his Schiller book and his dictionary. (I do, but for the life of me can't remember where they are right now.) He told me stories about when he was working, working with people who didn't speak English. After he'd retreated back to his bedroom, he continued to listen to the conversations taking place in the dining room. I was talking to my aunt and grandmother about how my loan money is being divided and what I intend to do to get out of my rut. He told my aunt to tell me that he thought my idea was pretty sound and that I "have a good head on my shoulders".
About two weeks before that, I'd had dinner with him at the house. He was tearing up a cheesesteak and telling me about how milk is gross so he ate his cereal with fruit juice. I laughed at that because I also find milk to be disgusting on most occasions. (Weirdly enough, it's one of those things that went from my grandfather to my father to me.) We had a laugh over the idea that we both hate ketchup once it's been in the fridge, too.
Right after my birthday back in January, I went to go visit him. We all ended up at the table, eating cherry pie and talking about Johnny Cash. Apparently he was the original monster-movie fan too. He saw Dracula and Frankenstein in theaters during his day, and showed them to my dad when my father was a kid. My father showed them to me...and a new generation of dork was born.
For all it's worth, he lived a long and full life. He was almost 90 years old, a World War 2 veteran, seven kids, and countless grandchildren. It still sucks, because now that house is going to feel immensely empty to me and everyone else, but when it's time it's just time. And it was obvious that the time was coming up on him. If there was one thing I could say, and I'm sure he knows it, it's "thank you". This is the man that gave me my culture, and so many of my weird quirks. I'm going to miss him.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Men versus Women, from the Middle of the Road.
I just do not understand women sometimes.
They always seem to straddle the line between unreadable and intimidating. Rare is it that you ever find a girl who actually says what she means and means what she says. When it comes to relationships, I swear there should be some sort of key to how to read their crap. I hate how, as a potential mate, you're just supposed to be a damn mind reader and pick up on their ridiculously subtle hints and mind games to make a move. Then there's always the thought of "Is she into me or is she just being nice"? It's really frustrating and confusing! If she's not digging you, and you take a shot, you look creepy. But if she IS into and you do nothing, she'll hate your guts. Where is the sanity in that?
Then there's the catty b/s. I do not understand what this chick-on-chick irrational hate is about. The guys here won't get this- but the women know exactly what I mean. So many times, a girl will walk into a situation that's mostly full of other women, and immediately- the judgment starts. Then these other chicks are speaking to the new girl with *that* tone, and looking like dog shit's just crawled up their nostrils. It's amazingly angering and intimidating at once. It's so high school. It's amazing how many women never grow out of that mindset.
Some days I swear, I thank God that men are still an option for me.
I'm not saying that the males of our species are easy to read, because they're not. More than enough times I've been typical enough to try and figure out what's going on with exes, friends, or whatever else. I don't always get what goes on in their heads. But the thing that makes them easier to deal with than women is that they're easy enough to get a straight answer from. Or, if they actually mean something, they'll just come out and say it in their own way. I love that.
I wish they could have the listening range that women do, but some days...boring hetero relationships are just easier and cozy compared to the insane world of women.
IN OTHER NEWS!
Another gay day for the NHL! I'm going to ignore the fact that one of these women is a Maple queefs fan so that I can get the warm fuzzies.
They always seem to straddle the line between unreadable and intimidating. Rare is it that you ever find a girl who actually says what she means and means what she says. When it comes to relationships, I swear there should be some sort of key to how to read their crap. I hate how, as a potential mate, you're just supposed to be a damn mind reader and pick up on their ridiculously subtle hints and mind games to make a move. Then there's always the thought of "Is she into me or is she just being nice"? It's really frustrating and confusing! If she's not digging you, and you take a shot, you look creepy. But if she IS into and you do nothing, she'll hate your guts. Where is the sanity in that?
Then there's the catty b/s. I do not understand what this chick-on-chick irrational hate is about. The guys here won't get this- but the women know exactly what I mean. So many times, a girl will walk into a situation that's mostly full of other women, and immediately- the judgment starts. Then these other chicks are speaking to the new girl with *that* tone, and looking like dog shit's just crawled up their nostrils. It's amazingly angering and intimidating at once. It's so high school. It's amazing how many women never grow out of that mindset.
Some days I swear, I thank God that men are still an option for me.
I'm not saying that the males of our species are easy to read, because they're not. More than enough times I've been typical enough to try and figure out what's going on with exes, friends, or whatever else. I don't always get what goes on in their heads. But the thing that makes them easier to deal with than women is that they're easy enough to get a straight answer from. Or, if they actually mean something, they'll just come out and say it in their own way. I love that.
I wish they could have the listening range that women do, but some days...boring hetero relationships are just easier and cozy compared to the insane world of women.
IN OTHER NEWS!
Another gay day for the NHL! I'm going to ignore the fact that one of these women is a Maple queefs fan so that I can get the warm fuzzies.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
emotional vomit season is here yet again.
you know what i really want right now?
a really good listener who could go drink for drink with me.
yeah.
that sounds about right.
a really good listener who could go drink for drink with me.
yeah.
that sounds about right.
Friday, March 16, 2012
Email Response! :)
Another crazy week has gone by, and for once, I'm in a "good riddance" kind of mood about it. Most of the time, the week containing March 13th is always a bad week for me anyway. I usually start getting emotional and having flashbacks about my mother's passing around that time, so I get a little edgy and scatterbrained. The one thing about experiencing that kind of loss in life is that it's not something you ever really get over. You just sort of learn how to deal with it, or how to ignore it until you can't anymore. Not easy, but functioning never really is, now is it?
I'm not having the best time on earth in class either and I'm getting that mid-way through the semester need to say damn it all to hell. I'm pretty sure this paper is sucking the joy out of writing for me.
I will say though that one of the neat things about writing this is the emails I get from it. The private messages have been really cool so far, so if you're one of those people: thank you! In one of those emails I got a request to do a "20 Things", and I realized I haven't written one of those in almost two years. So much has changed that I think my reader may be right about it being high time for a new one!
Baring my soul here...
1) I was born near the Juniata section of Philadelphia, and I've lived in the city most of my life.
2) I have very vivid dreams and nightmares. Sometimes I dissect them for meaning.
3) The first crush I ever remember having was Bruce Wayne from Batman. (Stop laughing!)
4) I think salmon pink is the second ugliest color on earth, next to mustard yellow.
5) On average, I hate bands that begin with the letter "p".
6) There are only two ways to sincerely piss me off: ignore me or talk down to me. God help you if you do these things. Because...
7) ...I have a temper issue and can turn from being very nice to you to being a nightmare real quick.
8) I have two really dreadful habits: I drink way too much coffee and cuss like a sailor.
9) I was raised mostly by my mother and my maternal grandparents. My father was around, I guess.
10) I am dreadfully allergic to tree pollen, especially right after it rains.
11) My favorite movie is Dracula (1931, Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi).
12) I love bats, and have always wanted to swim with Great White sharks.
13) My goal in life is to channel Lily Munster. (Seriously...it's sad.)
14) I have wanted a Doberman Pinscher since I was about six, and I will have one at some point.
15) When I was a little kid, I had a teddy bear...and a crow named "Crow". I still have him!
16) I have always loved Halloween- it's what drove me to both of my current employers.
17) I collect venetian masks. Right now I have six or so of them hanging up.
18) My favorite color is not black, as many assume it is. It's actually purple.
19) I love pickles. I have a pickle snack that grosses everyone out, but I crave: pickles and frosting!
20) My toenails are always painted, as are my other nails.
I'm not having the best time on earth in class either and I'm getting that mid-way through the semester need to say damn it all to hell. I'm pretty sure this paper is sucking the joy out of writing for me.
I will say though that one of the neat things about writing this is the emails I get from it. The private messages have been really cool so far, so if you're one of those people: thank you! In one of those emails I got a request to do a "20 Things", and I realized I haven't written one of those in almost two years. So much has changed that I think my reader may be right about it being high time for a new one!
Baring my soul here...
1) I was born near the Juniata section of Philadelphia, and I've lived in the city most of my life.
2) I have very vivid dreams and nightmares. Sometimes I dissect them for meaning.
3) The first crush I ever remember having was Bruce Wayne from Batman. (Stop laughing!)
4) I think salmon pink is the second ugliest color on earth, next to mustard yellow.
5) On average, I hate bands that begin with the letter "p".
6) There are only two ways to sincerely piss me off: ignore me or talk down to me. God help you if you do these things. Because...
7) ...I have a temper issue and can turn from being very nice to you to being a nightmare real quick.
8) I have two really dreadful habits: I drink way too much coffee and cuss like a sailor.
9) I was raised mostly by my mother and my maternal grandparents. My father was around, I guess.
10) I am dreadfully allergic to tree pollen, especially right after it rains.
11) My favorite movie is Dracula (1931, Tod Browning/Bela Lugosi).
12) I love bats, and have always wanted to swim with Great White sharks.
13) My goal in life is to channel Lily Munster. (Seriously...it's sad.)
14) I have wanted a Doberman Pinscher since I was about six, and I will have one at some point.
15) When I was a little kid, I had a teddy bear...and a crow named "Crow". I still have him!
16) I have always loved Halloween- it's what drove me to both of my current employers.
17) I collect venetian masks. Right now I have six or so of them hanging up.
18) My favorite color is not black, as many assume it is. It's actually purple.
19) I love pickles. I have a pickle snack that grosses everyone out, but I crave: pickles and frosting!
20) My toenails are always painted, as are my other nails.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
60% and 15%? These numbers aren't the ones lying around here...
I've been told by a lot of my friends over time that on the butch-femme spectrum, I fall someplace in the middle. That is, not frilly and overly feminine, but not short haired and masculine either. Soft butch, futch, hard femme, whatever...there are way too many lesbian slang terms.
Anyway.
When I'm being particularly girly, waiting for my conditioner to finish doing its thing or whatever, I'll usually flip through something to pass the time. A couple days ago, my periodical of choice was this month's issue of Women's Health. In a tiny little clip, there was a really interesting statistic about women and bisexuality. Of the people used in the poll, 60% of the women admitted to being bicurious or acting on a female crush at some point in their lives. 15% of the men answered the same way.
That's a pretty drastic difference when it comes to percentages. The poll gave a perspective that women are usually more inclined to act on lesbian thoughts because of the way we're socially programmed from a young age. Women are raised with the idea that it's alright to be physically affectionate with friends, and in many cases Katy Perry-esque girl kisses are brushed off as a rite or passage or attention-seeking tactic that many young women use to gain male attention. This attitude is a pretty blatant hint to the idea that is repeated a lot in the gay community regarding prejudice: it is easier for women to be gay than it is for men.
I will admit that it seems like society, especially conservative society, is much more accepting of little Suzie having two moms than if she had two fathers. I guess that goes in some crazy cycle about the "friendships" of women and our supposed instincts to be nurturing and/or empathetic.
My boyfriend gave some input regarding the way social norms affect the results of this poll, saying that the way male society is, being bisexual would be very stigmatized. Apparently, there's supposed to be gay men and straight men, and that's it.
I've always gotten the feeling like being both male and bisexual must be a rough way to go of it. I would never know, obviously, but from an outside perspective it seems like there really is a lack of grey area for bi guys. It looks like gay men are expected to be gay, and straight men are expected to be hetero. The bisexuals probably get the short end of the stick, because they run the risk of not fitting into the expected ideals that male society has of gay men or the super-masculine image that straight guys usually are given. Not gay enough, not straight, but someplace in a crazy shade of lavender in between the worlds and perspective. Being a bisexual woman is probably more "acceptable" in the eyes of both female and general society, while the bi men disappear.
I have a gut feeling that the 15% of guys who answered that they've been/have had biscurious experiences is majorly understating the amount of fencesitters that probably answered overall. It sounds like such a stereotypically bi thing to say, but more of society in general is bisexual [to some extent] than is ever honestly recorded. Still, I maintain that that percentage given here was way off base from the truth. As usual.
Anyway.
When I'm being particularly girly, waiting for my conditioner to finish doing its thing or whatever, I'll usually flip through something to pass the time. A couple days ago, my periodical of choice was this month's issue of Women's Health. In a tiny little clip, there was a really interesting statistic about women and bisexuality. Of the people used in the poll, 60% of the women admitted to being bicurious or acting on a female crush at some point in their lives. 15% of the men answered the same way.
That's a pretty drastic difference when it comes to percentages. The poll gave a perspective that women are usually more inclined to act on lesbian thoughts because of the way we're socially programmed from a young age. Women are raised with the idea that it's alright to be physically affectionate with friends, and in many cases Katy Perry-esque girl kisses are brushed off as a rite or passage or attention-seeking tactic that many young women use to gain male attention. This attitude is a pretty blatant hint to the idea that is repeated a lot in the gay community regarding prejudice: it is easier for women to be gay than it is for men.
I will admit that it seems like society, especially conservative society, is much more accepting of little Suzie having two moms than if she had two fathers. I guess that goes in some crazy cycle about the "friendships" of women and our supposed instincts to be nurturing and/or empathetic.
My boyfriend gave some input regarding the way social norms affect the results of this poll, saying that the way male society is, being bisexual would be very stigmatized. Apparently, there's supposed to be gay men and straight men, and that's it.
I've always gotten the feeling like being both male and bisexual must be a rough way to go of it. I would never know, obviously, but from an outside perspective it seems like there really is a lack of grey area for bi guys. It looks like gay men are expected to be gay, and straight men are expected to be hetero. The bisexuals probably get the short end of the stick, because they run the risk of not fitting into the expected ideals that male society has of gay men or the super-masculine image that straight guys usually are given. Not gay enough, not straight, but someplace in a crazy shade of lavender in between the worlds and perspective. Being a bisexual woman is probably more "acceptable" in the eyes of both female and general society, while the bi men disappear.
I have a gut feeling that the 15% of guys who answered that they've been/have had biscurious experiences is majorly understating the amount of fencesitters that probably answered overall. It sounds like such a stereotypically bi thing to say, but more of society in general is bisexual [to some extent] than is ever honestly recorded. Still, I maintain that that percentage given here was way off base from the truth. As usual.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Supercreep Music Videos!
Oh dear God.
I don't even know what to say to this.
That's like saying "I'm not racist, I have black friends". Considering that I am a queer Catholic, I can say Rick Santorum should shut it. There's no "gay agenda". That's such a myth.
His squinty eye is also really, really distracting.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Lesbian Cliche Song!
I guess it's time to go back to being queer again!
I saw this a million years ago, but just saw it again yesterday and it got stuck in my head. Even though I'm not a lesbian, there are some points to this that are both true and hysterical. "Drinking soymilk out of kegs", "downloadin' some Sara & Tegan", and "watchin' L Word on Showtime" sound like me in a particularly gay mood. I DO own a black dreamcatcher too. I haven't adopted my puppy yet..but I have taken in two foster/stray cats!(My ex girlfriend could be a "fleecey vest with visable seams" and "majoring in Women's Studies" type...*shiver*)
This one's pretty flippin' funny too. I've never really been a U Haul gay chick, but I have friends where I swear their relationships come with a damn rent agreement!
Side note...that blonde with the short hair is cute for a white chick! ;)
Monday, March 5, 2012
If You Can Play...You Can Play.
I am so proud to call myself an NHL fan today.
I love seeing Scott Hartnell and Claude Giroux in this PSA.
I love seeing Scott Hartnell and Claude Giroux in this PSA.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
This weekend...warning-language.
Wow to this weekend. Just wow.
I still feel like I could go on a long string about my priest. But I won't. I've made my opinion well known.
I will say that it's not just the clergy that's royally FUCKED UP in this Church. Some of the people who think they're "good" are really fearmongering, torches-and pitchforks at the ready, pompous, pious assholes who truly believe that their knowledge surpasses common sense and basic psychology.
I visited my grandparents today. I got approval from my grandfather for my financial setup, which was nice. It's good to know at least one person thinks I'm not a complete bimbo. And I found out that my hatred of milk is hereditary. He uses fruit juice on his cereal. I've never seen my father eat cereal. And I use almond milk because cow milk is nasty. I get the ketchup thing from pop too. Haha!
I also got a little slap of disapproval from my grandmother for *thinking about* getting a tattoo. (She doesn't know I have one....muhahahahahaha!)
She also said I was weird. Because...
Jello freaks me out.
I'm scared of roaches.
Centipedes make me nauseous.
Clowns and nutcrackers freak me out.
I can't sleep in rooms that have mirrors in them.
I still feel stuck on this freakin' paper. This weekend has me frazzled and distracted as hell. I'm exhausted. and really not in a good mood, despite three people breaking me out of my rut today.
Calgon, take me away. :/
I will say that it's not just the clergy that's royally
I visited my grandparents today. I got approval from my grandfather for my financial setup, which was nice. It's good to know at least one person thinks I'm not a complete bimbo. And I found out that my hatred of milk is hereditary. He uses fruit juice on his cereal. I've never seen my father eat cereal. And I use almond milk because cow milk is nasty. I get the ketchup thing from pop too. Haha!
I also got a little slap of disapproval from my grandmother for *thinking about* getting a tattoo. (She doesn't know I have one....muhahahahahaha!)
She also said I was weird. Because...
Jello freaks me out.
I'm scared of roaches.
Centipedes make me nauseous.
Clowns and nutcrackers freak me out.
I can't sleep in rooms that have mirrors in them.
I still feel stuck on this freakin' paper. This weekend has me frazzled and distracted as hell. I'm exhausted. and really not in a good mood, despite three people breaking me out of my rut today.
Calgon, take me away. :/
Friday, March 2, 2012
Don't Stand So Close To Me.....
Good Morning Everybody!
So I'm on Spring Break now, but it doesn't really feel like a break because I still have like six trillion things to do. I have this one assignment for my research paper that has had me totally tripped up for about two weeks and I still can't get into the jam of it. Frustrating.
Every morning I have two things that I usually do: go to the Keurig and make myself coffee, and log in to my various homepages so I can read my mail and the morning headlines. I was logging into my work email and saw this curious little article: Teacher, 41, files for divorce and quits his job to be with former student, 18.
This is an odd situation. Basically, this teacher met this student when she was a freshman, and over time they became attracted to each other, now they're together. They say nothing really happened until she turned 18 and he quit his job. Her mother says that she doesn't believe that because she has records of them having around 8,000 text messages and emails. The real kicker in this situation is that this guy taught at the same school his daughter goes to. She's a classmate of his now girlfriend.
The two things that immediately jumped into my mind here were "mid life crisis", and "wow, did you really have to go about it like THAT?" The girls mother is saying that she thinks her daughter was groomed into this, which is a possibility. If so, that's f***ing sick.
If the two of them are being honest about not acting on anything until she was legal and he was no longer a teacher, then the only thing I can really say about that is that he really should have waited until his daughter graduated.
Whatever this dude is going through is not his kid's problem, but now that girl's life is going to be social hell because of his actions. She's not going to be able to show her face in those halls anymore, who are we kidding? This dude claims that he wants to salvage a relationship with his kids. I really can't see that happening, considering that his daughter's life is going to be all mucked up now and she's probably creeped out. His divorce...well, nobody but the family really knows the state of that marriage. It could have been kaput long before this, who knows? But wow.
I'm pretty leinent about weird situations and age differences, because it doesn't really phase me in my own life. My own partner is fourteen years my senior, actually. I've always been of the school of thought that if you actually do go through a situation like these two did, it would be right to wait it out to eighteen (or preferably a bit later than that). I think it's also really important if you end up falling for somebody who's literally the same age as your kids to keep your family in mind. They came first, and it should be that way. A dude making his daughter alienated as all hell by weirding her out will wreck their relationship completely. I don't think I'd ever get involved with somebody who had kids that were my age for that exact reason. If I really liked whoever it was, I'd stay far away because I didn't want to ruin some other, long standing and really emotional part of their lives. That just isn't worth it. It's just a moral hangup of mine. In my eyes, that's just something I couldn't look myself in the eyes in the mirror for anymore.
I don't know what's up with the couple in question. I will make a prediction though- they'll probably call it quits because of what gets said in the media.
Thoughts?
So I'm on Spring Break now, but it doesn't really feel like a break because I still have like six trillion things to do. I have this one assignment for my research paper that has had me totally tripped up for about two weeks and I still can't get into the jam of it. Frustrating.
Every morning I have two things that I usually do: go to the Keurig and make myself coffee, and log in to my various homepages so I can read my mail and the morning headlines. I was logging into my work email and saw this curious little article: Teacher, 41, files for divorce and quits his job to be with former student, 18.
This is an odd situation. Basically, this teacher met this student when she was a freshman, and over time they became attracted to each other, now they're together. They say nothing really happened until she turned 18 and he quit his job. Her mother says that she doesn't believe that because she has records of them having around 8,000 text messages and emails. The real kicker in this situation is that this guy taught at the same school his daughter goes to. She's a classmate of his now girlfriend.
The two things that immediately jumped into my mind here were "mid life crisis", and "wow, did you really have to go about it like THAT?" The girls mother is saying that she thinks her daughter was groomed into this, which is a possibility. If so, that's f***ing sick.
If the two of them are being honest about not acting on anything until she was legal and he was no longer a teacher, then the only thing I can really say about that is that he really should have waited until his daughter graduated.
Whatever this dude is going through is not his kid's problem, but now that girl's life is going to be social hell because of his actions. She's not going to be able to show her face in those halls anymore, who are we kidding? This dude claims that he wants to salvage a relationship with his kids. I really can't see that happening, considering that his daughter's life is going to be all mucked up now and she's probably creeped out. His divorce...well, nobody but the family really knows the state of that marriage. It could have been kaput long before this, who knows? But wow.
I'm pretty leinent about weird situations and age differences, because it doesn't really phase me in my own life. My own partner is fourteen years my senior, actually. I've always been of the school of thought that if you actually do go through a situation like these two did, it would be right to wait it out to eighteen (or preferably a bit later than that). I think it's also really important if you end up falling for somebody who's literally the same age as your kids to keep your family in mind. They came first, and it should be that way. A dude making his daughter alienated as all hell by weirding her out will wreck their relationship completely. I don't think I'd ever get involved with somebody who had kids that were my age for that exact reason. If I really liked whoever it was, I'd stay far away because I didn't want to ruin some other, long standing and really emotional part of their lives. That just isn't worth it. It's just a moral hangup of mine. In my eyes, that's just something I couldn't look myself in the eyes in the mirror for anymore.
I don't know what's up with the couple in question. I will make a prediction though- they'll probably call it quits because of what gets said in the media.
Thoughts?
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