T-giving

hoohah. oh yeah. i dont' really have time to be doing this, but Cat's in the shower, and she can't call her mom till she's done anyway, plus, i'm enjoying not using my mouse at all, and just using hotkeys, like i do at work. yes? yes.

So i had some big dinner today. .. but my stomach was displeased that i chose to drink this pear-flavored stuff.. because i've had it before, and it does me noooo good. by about 20 minutes after i resigned my dinner, i took my place on the corner of the couch and held my stomach. no wait, i think i was huddled on the floor for that part. then came the movement. that made things better. but still. unacceptable. this is the holiday of binging, and i didn't get to binge. i had a stinking fudge shoppe cookieye instead of breakfast because i was in such a damned hurry this morning, then i went to my G-ma's house way way way early. because mom had the pan to roast the turkey business, and it couldn't start cooking until they got there, and cat went to work with the trust-worthy car. so i had to go with the 'rents and that meant leaving at 10 am. plops.

so then i get there and there really wasn't much to eat, if anything, because it was all in process, or being ferried to the house by it's creators.

but all is well for me now. i am home, it is 8 p.m. and i feel way good. so i'll just enjoy it. and get off the damned computer before my arms hurt and legs and neck andback all hurt. because htey will. damned machine.. now watch, it'll punish me somehow.. plop. ok. goodnight everyone. i hope you had the happiest of uneventful holidays.. as they all should be.

another today

that title almost implies it will be as boring and worthless to read as the last one. i have to say, it's entirely possible. but then again. i might have something worth listening to.. i doubt it though. i think this week is my favorite holiday.. i like thanksgiving. it's better than xmas for me. i think. less stress.. and who could beat 4 days off in a row? who? i do like the xmas to new years thing. new years eve is a really good holiday. that's why we got married right between the two.. just add another holiday in there for us.. we have summer birthdays so we've got a nice concentration of holiday things in the middle of our non-birthday season.. i guess technically we both have spring birthdays.. that's weird. but really. it's the last month of spring. so it feels like the good part of summer anyway. not too disgustingly hot yet. so.. it looks like i've succeeded in wasting your time again.. who really won though.. i mean, i had to write it.. ok. good good. i'll go to bed.. as is appropriate. ... i wish i could stick needles in my own neck.. oh yeah.. good news. my space will be occupied by me as of the first of the month! so mark december as the month you get a cold and try chinese medicine to get rid of it.. Do it....

today

it is november the nineteenth and that means our kittens are one year old. so we had a special trip to the store of cat treats. we got them some new toys. it was fun. we played withthem when we got home, and gave them some special food that the store gave us to try out for free. to see if we like it. we'll see i think. and now, PPG is on the tv. how excellent is that? i've never even seen this one. it's been years since i've seen it.. it's a caveman version of mojo jojo. he sure has evolved. this counts as phoning it in.. i would say. like the last post. no wait.. i like that one, but the one before that perhaps. regardless. there are certain cubist looking influences on PPG. very likely.

thought i had

how about this. is there already a word for this thing i'm going to describe. if not, i have one in mind.

When someone takes a prescription for something which has both physiological AND habit-related/personal lifestyle type components to it, and the drug fixes the physiological component to a point where they neglect the personal choices they typically make because they're usually in pain or what have you, they get secondary symptoms from the neglect of the personal care. so what would happen is, you'd get new symptoms, and get medication for those, and they would not realy be necessary, since they were not true side effects from the first drug, but they'd appear to be.

so i want to call this phenomenon secondary side-effects, because they're not side effects of the action of the drug, but of the behavior you begin/lapse when the drug solves your primary complaint. . .. any thoughts? anyone?

what what

i'm disappointed in thatlink not working. perhaps you'll all never know the glory of the post that was all about people who hate claiming to have found religion.. so anyway. i don't have anything really to write about tonight. i learned that linus pauling was from oregon yesterday, it was fascinating. and continues to be. how about this... no.. i dont' have anything at all... does anyone out there have something? i watched Gigantic: a tale of two Johns again.. it was really good. again. anYthing else?

leviticans

i just found this thing:

http://www.georgewbush.org/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t7339.html

i found it remarkably articulate..

for those of you who might not read it.. um.. it's about leviticans.. which is a name given to those people who call themselves Christian but can't seem to get over using the rules (in leviticus and elsewhere in the hateful old testament) to hate people. which distances them from Christians folks who are attempting to live a Jesusy life.. involving love and forgiveness and whatnot. this guy is more articulate.

but i wnana talk more about this, but i won't yet. i was so mad today about this kinsey movie getting publicity via some idiot organizations.. i can't even talk about it yet.. i'm too mad still. maybe sometime when i'm less gurgling with indignation i'll write something about that.

courtesy of Shannonononon

There was a post the other day on Shannonononon's blog about the project of some 7th grade Baptist kid.. he's got some misdirected talents methinks.. or are they? maybe he will write the next generation of revisionist history books for our kids' generation or something far more offensive. the outline includes four of his arguments that women are really *intended* for nothing more than housework and child-rearing.

personally, i heartily disagree, feeling more along the lines of chairman mao who famously said "a woman holds up half the sky".. of course he said it in Chinese, which wouldn't have distinguished between singular "a or the woman" and plural "women" but what he was saying was, if this world is gonna move ahead, or even move anything but backward into imperialism and tyranny, women have an equal responsibility to participate in mankind's welfare. so i don't know. but to me, that cannot limit women to any particular activities...

this kid included a rather circular justification for women being incompetent at working (whatever that means). he said that women make less money on average than "normal workers" (which means workers who have a penis) and that average means that women are not as good at work.... [silence]... has that sunk in? that's like saying that because someone who is um.. Hispanic and makes less than a white worker at the same job it is because the white one is better at the job?... that is not an argument. it is illumination of a grave injustice. i cannot think of a greater haven of racism sexism and bigotry of all kinds than the widespread judeochristian organized religions around this country. the abominations of thought which are spread thereby are so dangerous to peace and harmony between people that i cannot see how so many people consider them good. these are the people who showed in force at the election to vote for bush, and frankly, one of these people is too many. again. 'radical' ideas presented in the new testament have some value, but i don't think anyone who calls themselves christian is actually paying attention to how those should be applied today. they merely consider anyone preaching tolerance and love a liberal wacko who is "ignoring parts of the bible" which in my opinion if taken in its entirety is consummately worthless. and the great irony is this: the one they pretend to worship so interminably, would have been a liberal wacko if he were here today. totally freaky. which is why i proposed to my cousin she produce a compilation of mentally scattered letters or essays on spirituality which have little to no consistency and seem about as crazy as the people who follow the tour of the phantom of the opera around. i think it would be excellent, and a prominent, possibly world-changing piece of art.

and another thing... when did jesus say organized labor was wrong? is it in there somewhere? did he say women have no business attempting anything but childrearing.. isn't it funny when the people here think they're less repressionist than certain other religions who shall remain nameless? yes.. but when i laugh at them, i cry on the inside.... but just a little.. because i want their powerful hypocrisy to take them down.

how's that for bombastic.. i could be a preacher, if i didn't find that reprehensible... wait.. i was preaching.. well shit... then don't believe me. please. don't.. think for yourself. make your own arguments, draw your own conclusions.. but if you can find a compelling reason to defend this [organized religion].. which has something directly to do with what i've been talking about.. i want to hear it. or see it in the comments.. a challenge! good day sirs and madams!

mwabwetunde

i was just informed that blogs are boring. especially when people just write about their dumb day. and how they feel about that dumb day and all the dumb things that happened to them.. so i don't think i've written enough of that..

I woke up really easily this morning, despite my not having slept as much as i would have liked. i harbored little resentment to not finding clothes.. shorter than normal shower, it was a surprise.. then i went to work with cat.. but first i burned a cd to listen to at work.. i found out later it didn't work right..

long story short, i dropped off cat, went to work, stayed at work, ate lunch at work, went to a class at work, picked up cat from work, came home from cat's work, and ate sushi in teh car on the way. now i'm here and i'm expecting little to no further excitement for the day.. .. that would be good.

that would definitely be the shortest version o fthe story. i made a good case today that catholics who attempt to not get pregnant using the rhythm method are defying the will of god, and should be punished accordingly. i recommend that they sacrifice two doves at the temple, lest they be unclean until evening (pepe, that one is for you...).

i think i am done. so that's what you get. my humdrum dumb day. so there. eat that. and if you got this far, you wasted some of your day.. that you'll never get back. it's mine now, and always will be.. how doy ou like them apples.. ?? WHAT!?!

And another thing...

i was just thinking about this today.. Cat sent me an email abouthow sad she was that people associate 'the red states' with jesus.. [we usually say jebus].. anyway.. it was sad because she thinks they're really missing the whole point of jesus. with all their hating and spiting.

so it made me think... yeah.. they are hypocritically full of hate, but they have justifications, not apologies, not remorse, but justifications... "i can take away your rights or refuse to grant them to you on these grounds...:" see? it's not "oh, i wish i could endorse that.. " or "um.. i'm sorry you feel that way.. but___" morelike "you're wrong/heretical/blashphemous/hell-bound because... " i think this is missing the point. well, the point may have been to give people an institution that could be hidden behind when they need a reason to commit atrocities against mankind.. like slavery.. yeah, i think that's the point. so my newest opinion on the organized religions in this country is that they have fallen into a dogma that ignores [or merely pays false lip-service to] messages of peace and *universal* love, and are tools of those who know how to manipulate this dogma. it is not a good thing. it is not a pure thing, and it is not a genuine thing. it is not valuable for spiritual growth. any belief system that requires deliberation on the words of men posing as god/s cannot be taken as a basis for public governance. it's that simple. just that simple. not if we want to evolve out of the horrors of our past. we're not growing from them, we're reliving them. because of this. someone is perpetuating the hold of this system against us. throw off your chains of chosen ignorance. there are other choices. like thinking for yourself. you can come up with your own reasons to not like people. just so long as you don't share them. because i don't want anymore than i've already accumulated ... because i'm tired of hating the people in the red states*.. it makes me feel as bad as i want them to feel, and they don't even know. or understand.

*note: please, those of you in those states. i dont' hate you, and i didn't hate you. i know about half of you (give or take) feel simliarly to me.. and i don't mean to imply i'm judging you based on where you live. i judge people on what they do and say.. not where they are, or who they talk to.. just ask Cat. .. i also judge people based on how they smell. because sometimes people pretty much stink. although, stinkiness doesn't guarantee i won't like someone.. and smelling nice doesn't promise i'll like you either.. but this note has become it's own topic. so know that i won't make up my mind about you until i see you standing outside with a sign that says something like "all unbabtised people go to hell" .. because that's a good way to tell me who you are.. and who you are is Wrong.

Forsurance

I made up a word today. i've run it by several people. i was told if i had it added to a dictionary we could use it at work for the word of the day. so the word is forsurance... it means this:
noun. confidence in the truth of a statment you've made. offering the truth of the statement; verification with strong confidence.

usage: I need some forsurance on this fact-finding mission you've done.

or... Despite Fwah's interminable forsurance, many of us found her story rather apocryphal.

i am convinced it's not a word yet. which makes me happy... anyway. if you take the word apart "for-sur[e]-ance.. youknow. so if you like it, use it. and keep in mind, the first thing i said about it was that it sounded a little like a bush-ism. on the other hand, it's still cool. not like common-sensical.. or misunderestimate.. anyway. cool..

huh..

cat and i had a very sad exchange.. i thought it was worth posting because it was um.. relevant..

Cat: I'm very blue...
Brett: I know, me too.. ..Last time i felt blue this way i spent every night looking at real estate ads for houses in BC.
Cat: I don't want to abandon my country...
Brett: Neither did I, but it kind of feels this time like our country abandoned us...


To have that many people just be so grossly bigoted and motivated by fear to the abandonment of reason hurt us both. to read reports of the most important issue being "morals" (translation: stop gay marriage and abortion and the separation of church and state [already partially abandoned in the mccarthy era]) even more important than jobs, the economy, and the unconstitutional war in iraq... well.. frankly, it feels like my country in large part abandoned their sense. abandoned their minds. so be it. i'll watch it happen. surrounded by like-minded compatriots, i am not afraid of your laws today. i will disparage the president and his lunatic policies until you make it illegal (or did you already?? patriot act, i'm looking in your direction...)

i have a feeling that most people outside this country realizes how divided we are, and are as astounded as me by the questionable sanity of 52-some-odd-% of us.. .. but that doesn't really make me feel safe.

well.. i won't continue. you can tell i've calmed down quite a bit. and you just wait till i get started on about how retarded the government is ... because i have a feeling there will be alot of that to come. i'm confident they won't have the intelligence of a mossy stone... given the history


oh yeah, one more thing. now that those people have control of (or soon to) every branch of government, everything they promised should happen right? and if it doesn't, you people who endorsed what they want to do will be forced to fault them for not doing it. wont' you?