java, bless you to pieces. I've been flailing all week about Trayvon Martin and the agony his family is enduring and the unmitigated bullshitfulness of the man who killed him still walking around free as the air; it's just been making me sick with rage, in a completely stupid and unproductive way. I signed the Change.org petition, but I've got no money to spare, and do the chief of police or the FL atty general's office give one shit on earth what some white chick in San Francisco thinks?
But, God damnit I want to do
something.
I just keep looking at the pictures of him, only about a year and a half older than Emmett, who's also a hoodie-wearing teen who likes to take commercial-break runs to the corner store for random treats, and whose risk of the same horrible, stupid death Trayvon died is zero, for such stupid bullshit reasons. That boy was someone's Emmett, and to some wannabe-cop total stranger he was less than shit. And the wannabe-cop went home that very night and went to sleep in his own bed under his own roof. How is that even fucking possible?
I really want to buy some Girl Scout cookies, but I haven't found anyone selling the vegan kind anywhere except eBay, and I'm not sure I want to buy six boxes, which is what most of the eBay sellers require as a minimum.
Cookie finder: [link]
There are no cookie sales within 50 miles of my zip code? How can that be?
Dammit, I didn't even really want GS cookies until I found I couldn't get any.
There are no cookie sales within 50 miles of my zip code? How can that be?
That cookie finder is just for Little Brownie Bakers. The Girl Scouts near you might sell from ABC Bakers. (There are two different companies that make Girl Scout cookies, and each council decides which one to sell from.)
(I happen to know the names of the Girl Scout cookie companies off the top of my head because I've been trying to find someone selling from ABC Bakers, which have some vegan ones, and I've only found Little Brownie Bakers.)
Hil, I found locations in my area using [link] so it must include ABC bakies.
Ok, laundry is in, dog is brushed, kindling is gathered, birdfeeder snow shield is improvised, chargers are charging, shovel & scraper and broom are in the airlock, fire is built, and I am tired.
I am ready for this snowstorm, bring it.
Which means it'll all be rain or it'll skirt us.
I hadn't heard of the Trayvon Martin case until it was mentioned here. When I found out what the fuss was about, I just cried. Sign online petition, retweet, share on Facebook - and feeling inadequate because it feels like just a drop in the bucket compared to what needs to be done. May there be enough drops together to flood that young man's family with support and break the dam holding back justice.
Oh, productivity-wise - I did work on everything on my list, even if I didn't finish everything, and using a generous definition of "work on" for the laundry, since I got no forwarder than bringing the intended load down one flight of stairs. Still, the bathroom floor looks tons better.
