Ugh. I hate that nauseating macro that goes "Remember when we had a system that treated the mentally ill like people until Ronald Reagan blah blah..."(fear not, I still loathe the Gipper) but it always makes me go "Pray tell, which ten seconds was that?!" Just goes to prove that some of Ours love their bullshit as much as Theirs, imo, cause if you ask me, locking people away forever? Not really a humane solution, even if it's not really a human tragedy seen and smelled by Joan Public on the street.
Two by two, hands of blue. Two by two, hands of blue.
River ,'Ariel'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2014 5:59:18 pm PST #14969 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Trudy Booth - Dec 11, 2014 8:00:20 pm PST #14970 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Yeah... wearhousing people forever in squalor was no great shakes.
Not funding the group homes that were supposed to replace that, however, does fall squarely on Ronnie and the boys.
erikaj - Dec 12, 2014 7:27:29 am PST #14971 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Of course it does. I'm just saying we've never really had a good mental health system. Just like with Social Security. I need the program, and in some ways, it works well(Which is really what haters hate the most)But it's not enough to say that...people say it provides dignity and independence(More than begging, less than about anything else.)
Trudy Booth - Dec 12, 2014 1:55:47 pm PST #14972 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Agreed
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2014 2:20:27 pm PST #14973 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Trudy, do you know yet when your episode of Elementary airs? I keep watching intently...but then I get distracted by Clyde, or Joan's shoes, or Kitty's hair.
Tom Scola - Dec 12, 2014 2:25:46 pm PST #14974 of 30002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Trudy said it was episode 11. Last night's was episode 7.
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2014 2:26:37 pm PST #14975 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Man, I blew right past that! Thanks, Tom!
Hil R. - Dec 12, 2014 5:07:19 pm PST #14976 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Last day of classes! Only one more set of scantrons to deal with this semester!
askye - Dec 12, 2014 5:31:50 pm PST #14977 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
YAY last day of class.
So Territory people came yesterday and were checking out, I'm not sure what. I got to see the trainer from NH , she seemed impressed I was on the sales floor. Talked to two others who seemed interested in what I said.
Then today I checked my work email and there was a certificate/award for top performer. I asked about it and the territory people (or one of them) asked the store manager to make a list of people who he thought should be recognized. And I was one of them. Also they apparently liked my enthusasim.
And I came up with presents for my nephew. I kinda want to get him a book still but I'm not sure which one and I dont' want to duplicate anything. Right now my brother is reading him Harry Potter. He's 6 1/2 and I'm not sure what he has in terms of books he can read on his own. Any suggestions on that?
He loves science and mom suggested this science thing so I got him that and a kit to make a robot out of a soda can. And he and my brother's GF (who by all rights I should just start refering to her as E's stepmom) garden together so I got a bunch of seeds off of Etsy. Purple pole beans, black tomatoes, lemon cucumbers, a melon, blue corn, purple okra and a few other things.
PArt of me feels like I should get him more and that it's a bad idea to get him something he has to wait to plant but I know he loves to be in the garden and it's kind of a gift for my brother's GF as well.
Maria - Dec 12, 2014 5:39:25 pm PST #14978 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Bad day/night. Body image demons are really getting to me. I've put on weight. I'm feel huge and fat and ugly. The new job, the move, and some other things conspired to keep me out of the gym for basically a year. I've lost all my progress and I feel like a failure.
Clothes don't fit right anymore, and I got rid of all of the larger ones. And I'm not going to buy new ones.
Just needed to brain dump.