Good for them!
The sun came out for most of today, in a gloriously blue sky. I felt irrationally joyful for most of the day, in spite of all the everything. I figured I might as well enjoy it, since tamping it down wasn’t going to help anything.
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel ,'Not Fade Away'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Feb 21, 2025 5:47:52 pm PST #5667 of 5680
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Laura - Feb 21, 2025 6:44:36 pm PST #5668 of 5680
Our wings are not tired.
Good news and bad news on the HD basketball front in DH's world today. The good news is that the girls varsity team is going to state. He and many of the boys try and make a practice of going to the girls games to cheer them on. It was a wonderful game tonight. He filmed it to have reel footage for the girls.
The horrible news is that I had to try to find some comforting words as he is not doing well with the latest decrees from TFG. Over 500,000 Haitians will have their work permits revoked and are supposed to be deported by August as their protective status has been revoked. Because obviously, Haiti is a super safe place to return to now. We have a huge Haitian population here. Maybe 75% of his basketball players are Haitian. They work incredibly hard on both their studies and athletics to get scholarships and a chance at a better life. We don't know what is going to happen to them and the feeling of helplessness is overwhelming. They are his children. Other locals not involved with high schools are in a panic about what is going to happen to our healthcare system. A huge percentage of our healthcare workers are Haitian here. It is just such a mess.
eta: I asked Brendon how many of the boys came to the girls' game and he said ALL of them. I am so proud of them supporting their fellow student athletes.
JenP - Feb 22, 2025 5:23:01 am PST #5669 of 5680
Oh, Laura, that's so awful. The pain, fear, upheaval and just plain cruelty of every damn thing they are doing, top to bottom, is so fucking contemptible.
JenP - Feb 22, 2025 5:28:13 am PST #5670 of 5680
On an utterly separate note...
Happy Birthday, Laura! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead, and I hope you enjoy the day today.
Laura - Feb 22, 2025 6:21:26 am PST #5671 of 5680
Our wings are not tired.
Thank you, Jen! It's lovely so far. My first morning texts were from old friends I haven't seen in years.
Laura - Feb 22, 2025 6:24:01 am PST #5672 of 5680
Our wings are not tired.
On a more amusing note for being 71 my first few birthday emails were from Silver Sneakers, XL Physical Therapy, and 2 dermatology offices. Better was Broward County Library's greeting. I didn't know they knew my birthday.
msbelle - Feb 22, 2025 6:40:52 am PST #5673 of 5680
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Happy birthday Laura.
lisah - Feb 22, 2025 6:41:48 am PST #5674 of 5680
Punishingly Intricate
Happy birthday, Laura!
-t - Feb 22, 2025 6:46:03 am PST #5675 of 5680
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Happy birthday Laura!
Calli - Feb 22, 2025 6:47:03 am PST #5676 of 5680
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The status changes for Haitians in the US are horrible. And you know they wouldn’t be doing this if they were refugees from, say, Sweden.
Even with all that, I hope you have a happy birthday, Laura.
Today I’m getting ready to drive back to NC for a work thing this coming week. As I have a new cat sitter from my sister’s soon-to-be former conservative church, I’ve de-paganed and de-porned things a bit. My previous cat sitters did not care. Some of them asked for recommendations. But needs must.
Tomorrow I’ll be going with my sister to check out New Baltimore. It’s not on a Great Lake, but it’s on a reasonably good lake, so I’m going to give it a shot. The surprisingly high geek quotient in Port Huron gives it an edge, though. (Plus, Lake Huron’s right there. It’s in the name and everything.)