Happy birthday, meara and Jen K!
Glad NOLAistas and family of 'istas are all okay.
>it is a bit weird to be "the person I know in NOLA." ...It isn't bad, and I'm not judging, just an odd feeling.
smonster, that sort of thing is like an existential shock for me. It's a weird feeling. Other people are thinking and talking about me! It's proof that other people exist separate from me, and I exist in other people's minds even when I'm not with them.
I watched the RNC on msnbc and muted everyone who wasn't Maddow, McDonnell, and their cronies. It was entertaining that way. Maddow is just so damned cheerful. It's like she's at the circus. McDonnell was funny as hell, comparing Romney to Prince Charles dropped into New Guinea and trying to comprehend the natives.
Man, it would be cool if this civil union gets to remain in effect.
Yes, it would. I'd like to be able to follow that story, but I'm afraid it'll slip past me.
The whole US political theme has moved me beyond outrage to a sincere desire for separatism. Unfortunately I and most people I care about are deep within the swirling mass of lying crazy. If it were geographically possible, I'd love to say to the Republicans, "You want to get on without any government? Awesome. You take those 25 states and enjoy your delightful tax-free existence. We'll take these, tax appropriately, and provide health care, education, and government services at levels similar to those of other industrialized nations. And in 30 years we can compare notes, if there's anyone left in your pseudo-feudal hell hole that can still read."
Sadly, I'm with you, Calli. Can we put up a big fence between America and Uhmurikah? I am reminded of Jefferson saying something like Democracy is legalized mob rule; the majority imposes their desires on the minority, whether they agree or not. These days, it's not the majority; it's the loudest liars and most brazen lawbreakers.
My office building had its "ice cream social" this afternoon, including the suggestively named Magnum ice cream bars (which I had, because they are YUM).
I also had a cheeseburger at lunch.
I think I need to lie down so I can have my heart attack in a comfortable position.
I had a cheeseburger at lunch too! But no ice cream. (And I still don't think I've had the Magnum bar! WTF.) But someone left a bowl of candy outside my office, so.
You only need forgiveness if you left that as a comment.
That sounds about right. One time, at my parents' big Christmas party, one of my friends was all, "Who is THAT guy?????" Yeah, the one I used to babysit for? I don't think so. Edit: Actually, I think I said she could go for it, but to be aware that he's like 9 years younger...
Mm, heart attack food.
You only need forgiveness if you left that as a comment.
Hah! Yes. Also, go look at some pictures of hot older men to balance it out. There, don't you feel better?
My internet was gone, and they couldn't fix it online...and I had to wait around for the tech...except suddenly the internet is back! I'm not feeling this new cable company. Grr. I thought the LAST one was bad (they got taken over by this one) but geez! Three times now they've done something on their end that messes up my internet/cable/phone. They send a tech out (or in this case were going to) he looks at everything, calls them up, and they realize they need to flip a switch or click a box that magically became unclicked or whatever. Oy.
Now to go do some errands. I want to feel productive today, and tomorrow and Friday while I"m on vacation!!
Magnum bars have been very common in the Mediterranean for the past 20 years (like, when I went there all the time), and the ads there are RIDIC. "Io, e il mio Magnum" [me and my Magnum] the tagline, with a close-up photo of a woman's lipsticked mouth and the phallic ice cream bar about to enter it...
hey my local teavana is hiring.
Okay, I am ready for my new bank's site visit. It will be the first time I have had someone in my office as an office, ever.
There are boxes of unsorted paperwork stashed in the guest bedroom, but it is presentable in the office. And I slipshod cleaned the house, so they will not recoil in horror as they have to walk through to get to the office. I still have no idea at all what they are looking for, but I hope at the end of the visit, I have an application in for the remote deposit thingy.
hey my local teavana is hiring
That's the Platonic Buffista's nightmare job.
I have missed every ice cream social my job has ever thrown. At least 4 to date. Never sure why.
"Io, e il mio Magnum" [me and my Magnum] the tagline, with a close-up photo of a woman's lipsticked mouth and the phallic ice cream bar about to enter it...
That...sounds about right.
It will be the first time I have had someone in my office as an office, ever.
Exciting!
I am actually doing some work, and solving problems left and right today.
