We’ve had a week of bricks going through windows, lawmakers being spit on and cursed at, personal threats, and vandalism of a private citizens home by mucking around with the propane tank. (And I don’t give a crap what your political views are, you don’t muck with a man’s BBQ equipment.)
To whatever nutbag did this: Do you even understand what his job is????? He advises on the rules of the Senate & parliamentary procedure. HE READS AND EXPLAINS THE RULEBOOK! He doesn’t make policy! He doesn’t write legislation! He doesn’t vote on legislation!
I understand that there are people that are unhappy about the health care legislation, but for god’s sake at least get angry at people who actually have something to do with the legislation, write them letters and explain why you’re not happy. Then go volunteer for the campaign of whomever is running against them next time around. That’s how we do it in this country. We don’t go chucking bricks through the windows of people we disagree with or try to intimidate them into following our views.
I feel so bad when I read status updates on Facebook about people still shoveling snow. This spring is very, VERY welcomed. It’s so nice to have the back door open and the dog can come and go as he pleases during the day. (Though he is having a bit of trouble remembering that he doesn’t have to ask every time he wants to go out.) So far the cats have shown no interest in the dog door other than sniffing at it, and don’t seem to understand that the dog can’t actually walk through walls. Lily has figured out that if she sits in front of the dog door, Moxley will just stand on the other side and not try to come in until I intervene and move her. (Yes, she is a bit of a brat.)
HR 4872 may or may not happen today, aka health care. This should be interesting. I just hope that perhaps this can stop some of the nastiness going about. (Last I heard, Gerry Connolly was on board, deem and pass had gone out the window, and the fence-sitters were finding themselves in quite the spotlight.)
In other news, I am an Avon rep!! (Been dying to try the Anew line, didn’t know a rep and decided I would just be my own rep.) Thank you Melissa for being my awesome first customer! To that end, I have a meeting with my District Sales Manager tomorrow, a “Division Rally” next week and a sales meeting the week after that. Basically, more meetings in the next 3 weeks than I’ve been to in the last 4 years. At the risk of sounding like a sales pitch, I will say the online ordering and direct delivery they have now is pretty spiffy.
Now I am going to figure out what I am going to do with the rest of this absolutely gorgeous day. Well, after lunch.
I will fully admit that I am unabashedly in love with Jeremy Clarkson, James May, Kevin McKidd, and Craig Ferguson. Looking at that sentence, it may just be that I have a thing for guys from the UK, but whatever. Hell, it’s not exactly a secret that my list of issues could keep a therapist in business until his kids graduated college.
But I ADORE Craig Ferguson. And on 4/20/09 he did an absolutely hysterical opening to his show. After watching it repeatedly (it makes me giggle like a maniac every swinging time) I finally had to ask my brother, “Was it just aired on 4/20 and they didn’t care, or is there some pot reference I am missing?” The answer was, “Stoners really like the puppets.” Well, I am not a stoner (despite my unemployed slacker status) but the puppets do slay me every single time. So, whenever I’m feeling a bit low, or extra silly, this is my go-to video on YouTube. (And really, the puppets had the easy lines – this took some work for everyone to know the song.)
Seriously, if you’re in need of some giggles, this should do it for you:
Wow – sorry to my fellow residents for seriously dragging down the average. I’ve lived and worked here for longer than I care to admit, and not even on my BEST year did I have a household income even within spitting distance of $106K.
Now, maybe it’s high because it’s a per household number and not per capita, and we have a lot of dual income families in the county. Or, it could just be that I am a total slacker to never really aspired to much of anything. :)
The original came out in 1982, we got a (likely pirated) copy on VHS when we were overseas – I cannot tell you how many times we watched that movie, and this one looks FREAKING AWESOME. I didn’t realize they were actually going to extend off the original – I cannot tell you how completely geeked out I am that this isn’t just another remake.
If my Dad were still around, he’d be in line at 12:01AM on December 17th to see it. Hell, *I* may be in line at 12:01 AM.
Lohan’s lawyer claims that she has the “same single-name recognition as Oprah or Madonna” and somehow she should get 100 million dollars for this. E*Trade says they “just used a popular baby name that happened to be the name of someone on the account team.”
Look you insane trainwreck of a woman, you DON’T have single-name status, and not everything is about YOU. Of course, now that you’re making a stink about it, anyone that hadn’t made any connection to your name certainly will now.
If this bothers you that much, maybe it’s time to get yourself off the front page of TMZ every week.
