Wednesday, February 02, 2005
Don't Delay
If you haven't already, please sign Common Cause's petition asking Tom DeLay to step down as Majority Leader for ethics violations.
Once Called "The Best Butt in the Biz"
Nina Hartley refutes an anti-porn article by Professor Chyng Sun.
Conniption likes Nina's butt trick.
Conniption likes Nina's butt trick.
I'm soooooo bored
Sometimes my library gig is uncomfortably similiar to a real job. I'm looking at budgets and ordering product and keeping spreadsheets and reconciling a credit card before a budget meeting; after, I'll spend another hour or two snaking the Bound Journals again before hanging out at the info desk the rest of the night.
At least: no cubicle, no tie. AND I can listen to Slayer and the Beastie Boys and Bob Dylan and Gillian Welch while surfing the web between tasks.
Fell asleep on the couch last night after talking to BroJ for 3 hours on the phone and woke at 6am to Sponge Bob and his gay agenda on the TV. I don't remember sitting on the couch and turning on the TV last night. Climbed into bed just as Cha was getting up to go to work and slept until 11:30--I am firmly back in 2nd shift sleep mode.
Thinking about Spring Break travel possibilities--Pork Heaven wants to go to Amsterdam for four days, and Yahtzee is interested in tagging along, but I'm thinking more along the lines of the Yucatan Peninsula or Barcelona or Florence.
Of course I wouldn't go anywhere new without Cha and she has spring break a week after I do.
Has Ferocity had her baby? The staff keeps asking if I've heard anything.
At least: no cubicle, no tie. AND I can listen to Slayer and the Beastie Boys and Bob Dylan and Gillian Welch while surfing the web between tasks.
Fell asleep on the couch last night after talking to BroJ for 3 hours on the phone and woke at 6am to Sponge Bob and his gay agenda on the TV. I don't remember sitting on the couch and turning on the TV last night. Climbed into bed just as Cha was getting up to go to work and slept until 11:30--I am firmly back in 2nd shift sleep mode.
Thinking about Spring Break travel possibilities--Pork Heaven wants to go to Amsterdam for four days, and Yahtzee is interested in tagging along, but I'm thinking more along the lines of the Yucatan Peninsula or Barcelona or Florence.
Of course I wouldn't go anywhere new without Cha and she has spring break a week after I do.
Has Ferocity had her baby? The staff keeps asking if I've heard anything.
Christ
I got home from work at 10:05 pm and Cha said: "I just got off the phone with BroJ. He wants you to call him as soon as you get in."
Me: Oh, God.
She: I told him you'd call as soon as you got in.
It's now 1:00 am, and I just hung up the phone, which is why I said "Oh, God." Now, don't get me wrong--I love my stepbrother, and would do anything in my power to help him, but to get the question "What should I be doing with my life?" from your 42-year old stepbrother, living in his Mom's basement with no job, at 10:15 pm on a Wednesday--that ain't right!
I drank 750ml of expensive merlot, and then two bourbons straight up, and I still had no answer for him. I was out of booze before I was out of phone time.
I wanted to say: "Look, I leave work at 10pm. Cha leaves work at 5pm. She goes to work at 8am, I go to work at 1pm. This leaves us scant opportunity on weeknights to, you know--well, actually, I guess you DON'T, given the fact that you're single and haven't been in a relationship for 10 years," but that would have been cruel and insensitive, so instead I stayed on the phone, growing more and more incoherent as the conversation continued; I had this same conversation with Pork Heaven two weeks ago--and I'm in no position to give advice, given that I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up; BTW, the quickest way to get on my bad side is to ask for advice.
And now it's time for bed.
Me: Oh, God.
She: I told him you'd call as soon as you got in.
It's now 1:00 am, and I just hung up the phone, which is why I said "Oh, God." Now, don't get me wrong--I love my stepbrother, and would do anything in my power to help him, but to get the question "What should I be doing with my life?" from your 42-year old stepbrother, living in his Mom's basement with no job, at 10:15 pm on a Wednesday--that ain't right!
I drank 750ml of expensive merlot, and then two bourbons straight up, and I still had no answer for him. I was out of booze before I was out of phone time.
I wanted to say: "Look, I leave work at 10pm. Cha leaves work at 5pm. She goes to work at 8am, I go to work at 1pm. This leaves us scant opportunity on weeknights to, you know--well, actually, I guess you DON'T, given the fact that you're single and haven't been in a relationship for 10 years," but that would have been cruel and insensitive, so instead I stayed on the phone, growing more and more incoherent as the conversation continued; I had this same conversation with Pork Heaven two weeks ago--and I'm in no position to give advice, given that I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up; BTW, the quickest way to get on my bad side is to ask for advice.
And now it's time for bed.
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Land Lines
We're considering disabling our land line and switching to all cell phones (one for her, one for me).
Disadvantages: I hate cell phones, and have no interest in carrying one. Our internet access is over the land line as well.
Advantages: I pay Verizon $50 a month for what? For a bunch of fees and taxes, that's what--not sending them money would make me happy. We NEVER use the phone except to call Bubba's or Pizza Palace, and we get our long distance and Cha's current cell through Working Assets, so I think if we got two cell phones via Working Assets that it would be cheaper than what we're paying right now to Verizon alone. I could use the extra money to buy cable TV and cable internet, thus eliminating all need for a land line in the house and seriously speeding up my PORN downloads.
I'm seriously considering this, though switching all my stuff from Earthlink to Comcast would suck a bit, it might be well worth the effort.
Disadvantages: I hate cell phones, and have no interest in carrying one. Our internet access is over the land line as well.
Advantages: I pay Verizon $50 a month for what? For a bunch of fees and taxes, that's what--not sending them money would make me happy. We NEVER use the phone except to call Bubba's or Pizza Palace, and we get our long distance and Cha's current cell through Working Assets, so I think if we got two cell phones via Working Assets that it would be cheaper than what we're paying right now to Verizon alone. I could use the extra money to buy cable TV and cable internet, thus eliminating all need for a land line in the house and seriously speeding up my PORN downloads.
I'm seriously considering this, though switching all my stuff from Earthlink to Comcast would suck a bit, it might be well worth the effort.
PC blather
You know, for a crusty old lefty, I really hate a lot of lefties--particularly those who want to censor movies, music, and books because of some perceived lack of "sensitivity." The latest target is Million Dollar Baby, made by the 21st century's cinematic answer to Kant and Schopenhauer, Clint Eastwood.
WARNING: This controversy gives away essential plot points, so don't read it if you ain't seen it
Um, if you think Million Dollar Baby is insensitive to the plight of the disabled, that's fine, and I support your right to express your POV and to criticize the film--I may disagree, and think you're misinterpreting the film, but I still say "more power to ya." When you want the film pulled or changed to suit your agenda, however, I have to say fuck you! You may as well join Reverend Dobson in condemning PBS cartoon shows for daring to suggest not everyone is married and Christian.
WARNING: This controversy gives away essential plot points, so don't read it if you ain't seen it
Um, if you think Million Dollar Baby is insensitive to the plight of the disabled, that's fine, and I support your right to express your POV and to criticize the film--I may disagree, and think you're misinterpreting the film, but I still say "more power to ya." When you want the film pulled or changed to suit your agenda, however, I have to say fuck you! You may as well join Reverend Dobson in condemning PBS cartoon shows for daring to suggest not everyone is married and Christian.
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