What's Going on New Year's

A new year and hopefully new and better things on the horizon. I've got some high-ish hope for 2009. Hopefully my family will do okay this year, maybe Obama will keep his promises for things he's going to get done on day one, school for me, career happiness for Rob, a better economy would be nice. Lot's of things I'm hoping for though I'm feeling a bit cynical about the economy and the world around me.
Making no resolutions because making resolutions is a waste of goddam time.
Whoever reads this blog, I hope you have a good New Year's! Now I'm off to wear a cute dress, freeze my arse off and have a nice date with my hubby.

Yes We Can

And we did. Obama is now president! I'm over the fucking moon. Last night when it was announced you could hear shouts and hollers all around. I've never felt so proud of my country.
This is so huge. I wonder if this is similar to how people felt when JFK won the election.
No Obama isn't going to be able to fix all this mess, at least not anytime soon. But he will improve things and lay down the frame work for the future. I'm so happy to because maybe this will help race relations in our country and the way the world sees us. My children won't think about race or things like that. They will see a Black president and they will know that anybody, no matter what, can achieve their dreams and goals. Obama, I am so proud of you.

Keep Your Seat Belts On. We're Almost There Kids

My stomachs in knots over this whole election thing. It's been going on forever and I'm happy it's almost over. The main thing that's got me nervous is that whilst I'm pretty damn sure Obama's got it in the bag there's that part of me that thinks he still is going to lose it. Yeah, the 2000 election kinda bittered me.
Got a bottle the whiskey, beer, wine, and voddy on hand....
See y'all Wednesday!

Bye Paul :(

Paul Newman died yesterday at 83 years old. He'd been suffering cancer.
Dammit I need a Newman-O. Sad.

The Newman Foundation issued this statement:

"Paul Newman's craft was acting. His passion was racing. His love was his family and friends. And his heart and soul were dedicated to helping make the world a better place for all. Paul had an abiding belief in the role that luck plays in one's life, and its randomness. He was quick to acknowledge the good fortune he had in his own life, beginning with being born in America, and was acutely aware of how unlucky so many others were. True to his character, he quietly devoted himself to helping offset this imbalance. An exceptional example is the legacy of Newman's Own. What started as something of a joke in the basement of his home, turned into a highly-respected, multi-million dollar a year food company. And true to form, he shared this good fortune by donating all the profits and royalties he earned to thousands of charities around the world, a total which now exceeds $250 million. While his philanthropic interests and donations were wide-ranging, he was especially committed to the thousands of children with life-threatening conditions served by the Hole in the Wall Camps, which he helped start over 20 years ago. He saw the Camps as places where kids could escape the fear, pain and isolation of their conditions, kick back, and raise a little hell. Today, there are 11 Camps around the world, with additional programs in Africa and Vietnam. Through the Camps, well over 135,000 children have had the chance to experience what childhood was meant to be.
"We will miss our friend Paul Newman, but are lucky ourselves to have known such a remarkable person."

He was a pretty awesome guy and the world is a bit sadder and less tasty without him.

Hmmm...

How come Conservatives are against abortion (or the Pill for that matter) but see no problem with sending 20 year-olds to their sad desert death? 'Cos they're not zygotes? No-one Conservative or Liberal has ever been able to answer that paradox satisfactorily for me. Against birth control and abortion=pro-death penalty? Ahhhh yes...Teh Old Testament... Do the words "Conservative" and "Liberal" need to be capitalised or am I being all Euro-trash? Would a dessert death as opposed to a desert death be slightly radder? Wouldn't we be better off if Dubya wasn't an Evangelical twat who believed that this war might be the beginning of Armageddon leading to The Rapture and Heaven and la-di-da? Have I had one too many glasses of wine? Yes. I have.

Oh Piss Off Tom McClusky

If this goes into effect, I might just move to Canada.
Go ahead, read it. I'll wait here.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121745387879898315.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Yep, they're trying to say the Pill, IUD, etc. is abortion. Last I checked, Roe v. Wade hadn't been overturned. It's barely hanging' on a string but it's still there. I wish someone would tell these fucktards over at the Family Research Council that a single-cell fertilised egg isn't a child or as they call it "the tiniest boys and girls". Give me a fucking break. Let's look at it for a sec from their point of view. When two people have sex without any form a birth control chances are they will conceive. There's also a huge chance that the woman's body will flush out that teeny tiny single cell and she won't ever know she had been "pregnant". Does that make god an abortionist? Uh, yeah, if he existed, but that's a rant for another day.

That's what makes me so mad though. These people and this administration is trying to legislate their religion. Not everyone is an Evangelical. I'd reckon they're in the minority yet these assholes scream so fucking loud until they get their religious beliefs into law. WTF?

I don't get why the more mainstream and moderate Christians aren't pissed off by these people. If I was a Christian I'd be pissed at the religious right for making a bad name for all of us. I think it would be grand if the moderate Christians, Jews, Agnostics and Atheists could band together to take down the religious right. Just put all philosophical squabbles aside for a bit and, I dunno, have like a Super Friends type thing to get rid of these jerks. I'm afraid if we can't work together on this that it's going to get out of control. They don't call them slippery slopes for nothin'.

Right Now....

I hate the world. I'm such a cranky pants. The new job I'm on is a bit stingy with the breaks and I'm dying for a fag now. I'm trying to think of a diplomatic and non-whiny way to request a transfer.

At least the fountain isn't on today.