My parents sometimes freak out about us kids, or act like they had a hard time with us, and I remind them that we all graduated college and are supporting ourselves, no one got arrested or has a drug habit...what more do they want??
Alas, my parents must go uncomforted. Speaking of which, I saw my dad on the news the other night. A rather awful case, a woman was charged with murder, she claimed self defence and that the guy was raping her. My dad found the evidence supported her statement and acquitted her; the news article was mostly about the difficulties she had in trying to get legal representation. (The lawyer who finally took on her case, pro bono I believe, is very well known in the ACT. Bec once applied for a job with him. My stepmother did work for him some time back.)
I really fucking hate that. Don't undercut me!
Yeah, usually that. In this case, mostly I felt bad about saying no, because I like the people and wish I could say yes! But no.
ita, I deleted your Good Stuff submission because we already had it the other day.
Okay, thanks. I didn't notice it then.
Timelies all!
Ah, another reminder why I don't read George Will's columns.
I should have saved it for the workweek.
If the gov't shuts down, my project has funds to run (and pay people) for several weeks. But not months. And of course there is the weird case of subcontractors. Cause I'm pretty sure they've already paid for our contracts, since they're on a different fiscal year. I don't know.
Last major shutdown (fuck you, Newt, even your kid hated you) the gov't held my passport hostage as I was preparing to leave the country. This time? My job and my tax return.
The Sheen Random quote generator:
God damn, I love the internet.
Well, that buys 2 weeks.
Looks like I'm having a girls' night with Taylor Saturday. She's had a rough couple of weeks (friend drama and she got herself in big trouble with her dad) and sounds like she just needs a bit of perspective.
