...
What is there really to say. Just when I think that the republicans can not get any worse, they go and pull this kind of rediculous stunt. So now all the women who were gung ho for Hillary are supposed to say "oh she Palin has tits....hillary has tits...lets vote for tits!!!!" Are you kidding me??
I feel nauseous.
- Location:21211
- Mood:
nauseated - Music:msnbc
Finally, someone has come back to reality and reminded us all that us, government CAN and WILL work for the people when it is RUN BY the people and not a bunch of apocoliptic 1 percenters like Bush, Cheaney et al. This exerpt is exactly what I am talking about -
"We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. This, too, is part of America's promise -- the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort."
Of course we are not going to agree on everything. But the idea that we cannot even come together on basic issues of human dignity is insulting. This is the poison that we have been fed over the past 30 years. If this is a democracy which, by definition, is a government For the People BY the PEOPLE, the people have been asleep. Well, if you are not awake yet, wake up! don't let history pass you by.
"We are a BETTER COUNTRY the the past 8 years"
Now we need to prove it. If you are not regestererd to vote, REGESTER! I don't care who you vote for, Obama, McCain, Kermit the Frog; Get up off your butt and make the US a democracy again!!
- Location:21211
- Mood:
optimistic
In the news -
I have moved to Maryland, been staying at my parents house for the mean time trying to find a place to live. I think we may have found the place, just need to get the money together and figure out where we go from here. On the job front. This one is funny. Some of you know more than others, but here is the jist. I was offered a jpb at JHU (SQUEE!) and was to start on May 14. I have not started yet. My date has gotten pushed back several times, right now I do not know when it is. I think it will be next Monday the 9 but who the hell knows. This is a long story that really starts with me being naive and painfully honest, and somewhere in there is a lesson that I was ment to learn. Its kinda funny and if you really want to know you can ask, but I promise that you will not believe it.
Anyway.
Stefan and I are coming up on a year together, and we were going through some kind of growing pains lately. Part of it started when I was moving down here, got wrse when my start date got pushed back, my stubborness and his frustration. Things are good, but there are definatly alot of things that I need to work on within myself that I never really had to confront before because I was single. And really never had to confront even if I was not single because I was dealing with such douchbags that they did not care enough to make sure that I was happy. Thats the real kicker here. God damn I am a lucky woman. I have a man who will say to me Baby, you have some issues, you need to work on that shit, I am here for you, lets work on our issues. WOW! I am still like, wow. In my fucked up little head here is what happens. I have issues, Partmer finds out about said issues, partner leaves. Hmmmm could this be one of my issues?? He is really a great man and I am so excited that we will finally have a place to lay our head together and call our own! ahhh!!! And dont worry bitches, once it is all said and done we will have a party. I hope. Life just does not stop being interesting!!
I need to ask for help!
My Friends....I am moving to Baltimore in a few weeks...actually May 10.
Shit.
I really need help moving.
I know.
This is not fun.
BUT
I am fun
And my Friends are Fun
And so together we will canel out the moving not fun with our own strange new mix of super fun crazy happy time!
And I will buy whatever beer/liquor/candy/sex toy that will motivate you.
And you will have a place to stay and party in Charm City whenever you want.
So what do you say? Please?
If you are interested just let me know...I really could use all the help I can get!!
- Mood:
stressed
But what I did see what really something that made me feel like maybe, just maybe this could be the time that things really really change. There was a group of black students standing outside waiting for Barack, they were all jumping around for a camera and yelling. An older white man walked by and held up his Obama sign and started yelling with them....
Maybe no one else sees the significance in that....but to me it means something big.
- Location:home - 19382
- Mood: hopeful
- Music:Hardball with Chris Matthews
In other news, life is really going well at the moment and when I sit back and really think about it I feel a little overwhelmed. All of a sudden all these things that I had really wanted are coming together. It's like this perfect storm of planning and hard work and good luck and I am really just surprised that this is all happening. I don't want to feel too excited about it because in my crazy world of self doubt and superstition that will mean that I have shifted the balance of the universe in the wrong direction and the gods of fortune will snatch it all away again. Many of you may not understand this thinking, some of you may, but that is irrelevant. Its a feeling of watching your card tower get higher and higher and just hoping against hope that the base you made will be strong enough to hold you up. This time, honestly, I think it is. I have options now that I have not had in the past. I have a support system that was not there in the past. I have confidence in myself and what I can accomplish that I did not have in the past. I can see a beautiful future where I will be fufilled in every way. I have a man who I want to start a life with, someone who I pinch myself about everytime we are together. I still cannot imagine how I managed to find him. I guess sometimes the last thing you are looking for is the first thing you find. I have a child who continues to amaze me and frustrate me with her intellegence and creativity. She is going to be in kindergarten in the fall (!) and she has something new for me to learn everyday. Usually it is something about myself that had long since been hidden. I have a group of friends who fill me with joy, laughter, tears, hope and insanity and who I love more than I have expressed. I will keep you all posted on what transpires. This is going to be exciting and I can not wait to share it with you all!
- Location:starbucks baltimore
- Mood: excited
Ask me any question you would like an answer to. I will do my best to answer you honestly. Or with a great deal of humor.
Come on punk...make my day!
- Location:werk
- Mood:
curious
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marco76 ! - Mood:
cheerful
I know that the last entry I made had a little thing at the end about how the next entry would be my grad school essay so that I could get some feedback. So this is not that essay. I don't have that essay. I bairly even have the first paragraph of that essay. I am stuck. The question that I am to answer with this essay is what I would like to do with my life and how would grad school help me do that. This is an easy answer for me. I want to be a college professor and I can not do that without a graduate degree. All I want is to be in school, around people who want to learn and explore the world of political science. I am not made for the business world, it does not make any sense to me. I feel like a fish out of water here. When I am in school, writting papers, doing research, reading papers - thats when I feel like I am home. I know you are gonna say well there you go...what's the problem you just gave a great answer. Yes. But I don't want to write some sappy story about the first time I saw the ivy covered walls of Harvard and longed to sit out on the lawn discussing Marx on sunny spring afternoons with a professor in a cordaroy blazer, staying up late late at night debating the validity of the neo-liberal economic model (not valid) and spending my days ensconced in the soft embrace of esoteric knowledge. This is where I keep ending up though. I think this is one of those times when I am supposed to be using an outline but really - who the hell has time to deal with something so damn archaic.
I should also mention that the cutoff date to apply is Feb 1st so I am working under just a bit of a time crunch.
- Location:work
- Mood:
distressed
- Location:home
- Mood:
contemplative - Music:news
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.
4. Post the top umpty results.
5. Bold jobs which you've had. Italicize ones that you have envisioned yourself doing.
1. Anthropologist (Ill leave this to
cleanassbrad )2. Historian
3. Sign Maker
4. Plumber (cause i can lay the pipe)
5. Autobody Repairer
6. Professor YES YES YES PLEASE!!!!
7. Writer
8. Furniture Finisher
9. Critic hum....I do this FREE!
10. Print Journalist
11. Picture Framer
12. Communications Specialist
13. Glazier (what is this?)
14. Upholsterer
15. Translator
16. Tilesetter
17. Boilermaker
18. Tailor / Dressmaker
19. Welder
20. Pet Groomer
21. Activist also done this free...can I get paid for it???
22. Bicycle Mechanic
23. Train Operator
24. Public Policy Analyst
25. Musical Instrument Builder and Repairer
- Location:19382 Dub-C
- Mood:
exhausted
We as white americans, regardless of class, take our position for granted far too often. Take some time today and try to imagine life in anothers shoes. Try to imagine what part you have in making that other persons life better. It is time we take responsibility not only for our own lives, but look outside and see ourselves as pieces of the whole. We all need to share the space and time we have here. We all are parts of something bigger than ourselves. Weather you are gay, straight, black, white, young, old, fat, skinny - we can all do something to reach out to someone who is we think is different. At the end of the day, we are really all the same on the inside.
- Mood: contemplative
- Mood: nervous
yes its cheesy...and yes...I am
- Location:home
- Mood:
loved - Music:itunes random
You are Supergirl
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Lean, muscular and feminine. Honest and a defender of the innocent.  |
Click here to take the "Which Superhero am I?" quiz...
- Location:home
- Mood:
content
bored2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Last Saturday
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Honey Smoked Turkey
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? PETS? One kid no pets
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? On most days
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM ALOT? Im sure I dont know what you're talking about
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Hello kitty no
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Hemp Seed Granola
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? No
12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Not really but I have heard that from others
13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Cantaloupe from Four Seas
14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Attitude
15. RED OR PINK? Mauve
16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? the tire around my middle
17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Stef
18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? um DUH why do you think im wasting my time filling it out???
19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? no pants (skirt) black shoes
20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? bagel
21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? office white noise
22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? macaroni and cheese
23. FAVORITE SMELLS? water and Stef
24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Stef
25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes he is my bitch
26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Poker
27. HAIR COLOR? Auburn
28. EYE COLOR? Blue/green
29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? nope
30. FAVORITE FOOD? hum....lobster
31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? documentaries
32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Peter Pan
33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? light Blue
34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter
35. HUGS OR KISSES? KISSES!!!!
36. FAVORITE DESSERT? any cake my mommy makes
37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? hum...
shavedheadpenn?38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
cleanassbrad39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Harry Potter 7
40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? my mouse
41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? I didnt watch tv last night
42. FAVORITE SOUND? spring peepers
43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beetles!
44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Italy
45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? I am a special talent
46. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Tacoma Park MD
47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Every Answer is special!
- Location:verk
- Mood: anxious
Your Score: SurpriseAdoption Cat
42% Affectionate, 69% Excitable, 48% Hungry
Calloused. Heartless. Exuberant. You carry the heavy burden of informing children that they are adopted by jumping out of their birthday cake. A difficult task, but somebody must break the news to children on their only day of happiness.
To see all possible results, checka dis.
| Link: The Which Lolcat Are You? Test written by GumOtaku on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test |
- Location:h-burg
- Mood: content
You're The Guns of August!
by Barbara Tuchman
Though you're interested in war, what you really want to know is what
causes war. You're out to expose imperialism, militarism, and nationalism for what they
really are. Nevertheless, you're always living in the past and have a hard time dealing
with what's going on today. You're also far more focused on Europe than anywhere else in
the world. A fitting motto for you might be "Guns do kill, but so can
diplomats."
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
- Location:work
- Mood:
apathetic - Music:death cab
