Below are excerpts of today's morning conversations.
Both of us at the bathroom sink getting ready in the morning.
The Mrs.: I am throwing this Carol's Daughter cream out because it smells funny.
Me: Okay, why are you telling me?
(Pause followed by the Mrs. giving me the 'Oh you know' look)
Me: Oh, I know. That is so I do not go into the trash, like I normally do, and put your discards in my hair product drawer.
The Mrs.: Thank you. Looking at me like you didn't know what I talking about knowing full well you do your hair product shopping from the stuff I throw away.
Fade to black.
Still getting ready in the bathroom.
Me: (Standing in the bathroom looking at hair care product) Do you think my naturally curly hair could be brittle?
The Mrs.: (No response, just smiles, shakes her, and continues getting dressed).
Me: Hmm. I guess not.
Fade to black
In the kitchen before we leave the house.
Me: You know this Badger cuticle cream is better than the Burt's Bees stuff.
(I proceed to apply the cuticle cream to my cuticles.)
I look at her with the 'I am serious, want some?' look.
The Mrs. stretches out her hand.
Me: (As I am applying the cuticle cream to her cuticles). See what I mean? Feel that, isn't it nice?
The END.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Oh my god, I cannot believe it is you!!
This past Sunday, I attempted to join the bike ride to the Cider Mill in Dexter, Michigan. From last week's escapade, I knew where to meet people and when to meet people. I arrived at the specified location at the specified time and...no one was there. The announcement did not say one had to RSVP or let them know I was coming but I think next week, if I do it, I will call the bike shop on Saturday.
Anyway, I decided I was already dressed in my finest body lump revealing biking clothes so I went for a ride. My goal was to ride to the furthest away of three Metro Parks which would have covered a little under 26 miles in total. I started on my way, after calling the Mrs. and letting her know my goal destination. [One thing I have learned is that I can be stubborn and assert my independence and 'I am a grown ass man I do not need to tell anybody my whereabouts' or... I can have a nice tranquil day (the whole day) and let her know where I am. It seems so simple now but that was a hard lesson. I digress.]
Note(s) to any cyclists out there...:
As I was loading up my bike, we engaged in delightful cycling banter and she told me about the time she was doing an Ironman event and was in the last leg, the run. She was running neck and neck with another woman for first. One would pull slightly ahead and then the other one would pull slightly ahead. Well, the finish line was in sight and they were giving their all, when the woman I was talking to said she fell. She fell four feet from the finish line, not four yards, not four meters, four feet from the finish line. She told me this story in response to my query about whether or not she was one of those people I see on the cover of Triathlon magazine. She said 'no' but she was in the paper for her falling four feet from the finish line.
Anyway, I decided I was already dressed in my finest body lump revealing biking clothes so I went for a ride. My goal was to ride to the furthest away of three Metro Parks which would have covered a little under 26 miles in total. I started on my way, after calling the Mrs. and letting her know my goal destination. [One thing I have learned is that I can be stubborn and assert my independence and 'I am a grown ass man I do not need to tell anybody my whereabouts' or... I can have a nice tranquil day (the whole day) and let her know where I am. It seems so simple now but that was a hard lesson. I digress.]
Note(s) to any cyclists out there...:
- leg warmers are funny looking in the store but wonderful during the ride. They allow you to wear your padded cycling shorts through three seasons and stay warm.
- gravel on the side of the road is not your friend. I swerved to avoid probably a slight bump in the road and almost ended up splayed out on the road (in a curve not very visible to cars despite my stylish orange biking jacket). My tires are at best 1.5 inches thick they are not made for gravel or potholes.
- if you do triathlons or duathlons, your friends will not understand your excitement when you see someone you think was on the cover of Triathlon magazine. (A) People who do triathlons or duathlons must be 'touched'. (B) They did not know there was a triathlon magazine. (C) Who in the world would read a whole magazine about triathlons? (D) The only people crazier than triathletes and duathletes are triathletes and duathletes who read about other triathletes and duathletes.
- accept the fact that you will never, I mean never, look cool to your non-cycling friends when you are in your cycling attire. Remember, though, to politely ask them to keep their eyes above your waist and for them to consider that it was kind of cold that day (think George Constanza).
As I was loading up my bike, we engaged in delightful cycling banter and she told me about the time she was doing an Ironman event and was in the last leg, the run. She was running neck and neck with another woman for first. One would pull slightly ahead and then the other one would pull slightly ahead. Well, the finish line was in sight and they were giving their all, when the woman I was talking to said she fell. She fell four feet from the finish line, not four yards, not four meters, four feet from the finish line. She told me this story in response to my query about whether or not she was one of those people I see on the cover of Triathlon magazine. She said 'no' but she was in the paper for her falling four feet from the finish line.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Brothels, good work if you can get it?--Uh...no
Last night I went to the bar with some co-workers (read people whose timesheets I sign). At some point, the discussion turned to the Bunny Ranch in Nevada and the show that is on HBO about the Bunny Ranch. For those who do not know, the Bunny Ranch is a legal brothel run by a man that looks like Mr. Carlson of WKRP (aka the Maytag Man of the 2000's) trying to channel the mind of Hugh Hefner.
I recounted an episode that I remembered where a husband and wife made a decision that the best option to earn extra money was for the wife to work at the Bunny Ranch. The husband had a full-time job but with the kids and rising costs, money was not stretching as far as it used to. From a purely economic standpoint, I guess their decision made sense. She could work during the day and still be back home before the kids get home or maybe she was working nights when the kids were in bed. I would think daytime sex work might be in less demand. Anyway, it is a legal profession and she admitted that she dropped out of high school and did not do any apprenticeships or anything. According to her, she was unskilled and working at the brothel was more lucrative than waitressing and with less standing. The less standing makes me chuckle but I have the maturity of a twelve-year-old, at times. I stated that in order for a couple to make that decision, they must have been in dire straits.
I have been thinking about what would lead a couple to that decision and what about that decision did I object to. What really are spousal rights as far as the other spouse's activities? Spouses do not own each other. On top of that, the difference between spouses and friends with privileges is the emotional commitment and shared life, so how important is physical sexual exclusivity? If the couple can deal with any jealousy issues that may arise, many couples have when it comes to looking the other way as far as flings and dalliances, then why not?
For me, this is an intellectual exercise because I could neither be in the wife's nor the husband's position. However, I am really trying to pin down my objection. I have to have a better reason than 'it is just wrong'.
I recounted an episode that I remembered where a husband and wife made a decision that the best option to earn extra money was for the wife to work at the Bunny Ranch. The husband had a full-time job but with the kids and rising costs, money was not stretching as far as it used to. From a purely economic standpoint, I guess their decision made sense. She could work during the day and still be back home before the kids get home or maybe she was working nights when the kids were in bed. I would think daytime sex work might be in less demand. Anyway, it is a legal profession and she admitted that she dropped out of high school and did not do any apprenticeships or anything. According to her, she was unskilled and working at the brothel was more lucrative than waitressing and with less standing. The less standing makes me chuckle but I have the maturity of a twelve-year-old, at times. I stated that in order for a couple to make that decision, they must have been in dire straits.
I have been thinking about what would lead a couple to that decision and what about that decision did I object to. What really are spousal rights as far as the other spouse's activities? Spouses do not own each other. On top of that, the difference between spouses and friends with privileges is the emotional commitment and shared life, so how important is physical sexual exclusivity? If the couple can deal with any jealousy issues that may arise, many couples have when it comes to looking the other way as far as flings and dalliances, then why not?
For me, this is an intellectual exercise because I could neither be in the wife's nor the husband's position. However, I am really trying to pin down my objection. I have to have a better reason than 'it is just wrong'.
Monday, October 20, 2008
More sadness about the election.
Before I talk about my riding, something I love. I want to talk about something I loathe. Last week, CNN ran a story about a California Republican group whose president sent out a newsletter depicting Barack Obama on a food stamp with fried chicken, watermelon, and Kool-Aid. She found the image on the internet. If you go to the link below, you will see she plans to apologize to her own group and she says that it was supposed to be a parody about a statement Senator Obama made about not looking like the presidents on US dollar bills. I like the fact that she stepped up and apologized. When this initially broke, her and her family denied both that the statement was racist and the images were associated with African-American stereotypes.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2008/10gop_mailing_is_mouth_watering.html?ft=1
1) Where has her family been for the last 100 years?
2) Her daughter, who is an adult, said that her mother could not be a racist because her father is Mexican. Unfortunately, people still think that minorities (now underrepresented populations) can be as racist as everyone and anyone. Please see my consternation with the response to the Black McCain supporter.
3) Why would she even go there? If her group did not contain African-Americans this may not have come to light. I am perplexed how at this point anyone could think that would be cool. Why not just argue on the issues or make fun of his ears or something? This is offensive to Republicans, Democrats, Independents, etc. I have wasted a blog post on this.
One thing this is showing us is that racial, ideological, and sexual (more gender than sexuality, prejudices about sexuality are not news) prejudices and divisions still exists. I think the country will take a while to recover from this.
For the record, I actually think John McCain really abhors this. If you look, you can see it in his eyes and face. He knows how much this hurt because the Bush campaign used similar tactics against him in 2000 regarding his wife and his adopted Bangladeshi child.
I wonder if when people see themselves on television or go to work after their co-workers have seen them on television they feel remorse for what they say or if they even own and acknowledge what they say.
This reminds me of something I said in high school in a history or politics class. I said the biggest difference between the North and the South is that Southerners let you know, not rudely actually very politely, that you are not welcome. As said as that is, it is refreshing to know what you are dealing with as opposed to veiled prejudices or prejudices explained by some unrelated fact.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2008/10gop_mailing_is_mouth_watering.html?ft=1
1) Where has her family been for the last 100 years?
2) Her daughter, who is an adult, said that her mother could not be a racist because her father is Mexican. Unfortunately, people still think that minorities (now underrepresented populations) can be as racist as everyone and anyone. Please see my consternation with the response to the Black McCain supporter.
3) Why would she even go there? If her group did not contain African-Americans this may not have come to light. I am perplexed how at this point anyone could think that would be cool. Why not just argue on the issues or make fun of his ears or something? This is offensive to Republicans, Democrats, Independents, etc. I have wasted a blog post on this.
One thing this is showing us is that racial, ideological, and sexual (more gender than sexuality, prejudices about sexuality are not news) prejudices and divisions still exists. I think the country will take a while to recover from this.
For the record, I actually think John McCain really abhors this. If you look, you can see it in his eyes and face. He knows how much this hurt because the Bush campaign used similar tactics against him in 2000 regarding his wife and his adopted Bangladeshi child.
I wonder if when people see themselves on television or go to work after their co-workers have seen them on television they feel remorse for what they say or if they even own and acknowledge what they say.
This reminds me of something I said in high school in a history or politics class. I said the biggest difference between the North and the South is that Southerners let you know, not rudely actually very politely, that you are not welcome. As said as that is, it is refreshing to know what you are dealing with as opposed to veiled prejudices or prejudices explained by some unrelated fact.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Chocolate Turtles
Before I forget, my bike and I fell today. Please note the previous sentence. I did not say that I that I fell off of my bike. I did fall down, however. I was on my bike and stopped at a stop sign. I leaned my bike to the right like I normally do at a stop. I must have been thinking about where I was going to go next because unfortunately, unlike normal, I did not clip my right foot out so I just fell over. I was so preoccupied I did not try to brace myself. Luckily the ground was soft (and wet) and my biker shorts did not have any holes in them because somehow I ended up on the ground with my feet straight up in the air and my arms splayed out. I think it must have looked pretty funny. To me the humor was bolstered by the fact that there were turtle crossing signs on the road.
Warning: Dark chocolate turtle with orange shell falling off the side of the road.
Warning: Dark chocolate turtle with orange shell falling off the side of the road.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Waiting for the post mortem
I apologize to those waiting for my Spooky Sprint Duathlon post-mortem but I have been side-tracked by recent events.
During the second debate or during a town hall, an African-American gentleman asked Senator McCain when he was going to 'take it' to Senator Obama. I might have the quote wrong but you get the point. This man received hate mail that was unfathomable. He was a called a 'House Ni**er', a sell-out, and other racially specific insults. I was really saddened by this because for years people have been saying that African-Americans are not a monolith. Somehow, people forgot this and just insulted this man. I think it is fine to disagree with someone vigorously but anytime you personally insult someone you do not know, then you have driven a motorcycle off a ramp over the line.
I was so very disappointed. Please read the Essence article below. This man has not betrayed the race, he was not saying 'massa', or anything close to that. Good and reasonable people can disagree, even good and reasonable African-Americans. I do not agree with some of sentiments but I am sure we have similar goals but disagree with how to attain those goals. I think African-Americans have diverse views and beliefs. Some will vote for Senator Obama and some will vote for Senator McCain.
http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/news/articles/mccainsupporterclearsair
I am so fit to be tied by this that I do not know what to do.
During the second debate or during a town hall, an African-American gentleman asked Senator McCain when he was going to 'take it' to Senator Obama. I might have the quote wrong but you get the point. This man received hate mail that was unfathomable. He was a called a 'House Ni**er', a sell-out, and other racially specific insults. I was really saddened by this because for years people have been saying that African-Americans are not a monolith. Somehow, people forgot this and just insulted this man. I think it is fine to disagree with someone vigorously but anytime you personally insult someone you do not know, then you have driven a motorcycle off a ramp over the line.
I was so very disappointed. Please read the Essence article below. This man has not betrayed the race, he was not saying 'massa', or anything close to that. Good and reasonable people can disagree, even good and reasonable African-Americans. I do not agree with some of sentiments but I am sure we have similar goals but disagree with how to attain those goals. I think African-Americans have diverse views and beliefs. Some will vote for Senator Obama and some will vote for Senator McCain.
http://www.essence.com/news_entertainment/news/articles/mccainsupporterclearsair
I am so fit to be tied by this that I do not know what to do.
Gold Plated David
Hi,
I am David Thomas. I have gold-plated insurance. Whoo!
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My goodness I cannot take debates. I do not like contentiousness and personal attacks. It makes me uneasy.
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I am David Thomas. I have gold-plated insurance. Whoo!
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My goodness I cannot take debates. I do not like contentiousness and personal attacks. It makes me uneasy.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Memorable debates: Barry v. Kelly
Below is an excerpt from the 1994 Democratic Primary Washington, DC Mayoral debate between Marion Barry and the incumbent Sharon Pratt Kelly. Chris Rock put this in his book Rock This! (p. 159-160).
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Moderator: Ladies and gentleman, welcome to Constitution Hall for the first in a series of mayoral debates leading up to the election. Tonight we have the Democratic candidates.
To my right, we have Sharon Pratt Kelly, the current mayor of the District of Columbia. And to my left, Marion Barry, the former mayor and current mayoral hopeful.
I must caution you. There will be NO VIDEOTAPING! The first questions will be posed by Richard Bates of the George Washington Journal.
RB: Thank you. My question is for Mr. Barry, how do you propose to make the school system better?
MB: Well, um, that's a good question. I intend to create and finance programs that increase community and parent involvement. I think teachers, parents, and the PTA must work together to give children the support they need.
RB: And Ms. Kelly?
SPK: Well, the first thing I'm going to do is discourage kids from smoking crack. Unlike my opponent here, Count Cracula, when I raise the money for after-school programs, you can believe it's not going to end up in a glass pipe.
MODERATOR: The next question is from Ella Rodriguez of the Arlington Record.
ER: Mr. Barry, how do you propose to bring down the spiraling crime rate?
MB: First thing I'm going to do is have a curfew, requiring all minors to be indoors by eleven p.m. In terms of criminal offenses, I'll institute stricter penalties for repeat offenders.
EB: Ms. Kelly?
SPK: Stricter penalties? What are you going to do, handcuff yourself? If we had stricter penalties, you wouldn't even be here right now.
Can somebody tell me why I'm losing to this crackhead? I work hard, lead a good life, I'm educated, I play by the rules, and what happens? The race is between me and a crackhead.
And you know what? I'm not standing for it. I refuse to stand up here with a damn crackhead. You want to vote for him, vote for him. But turn your back and he'll be selling the Washington Monument for ten dollars, I'm getting out of here.
Good-bye.
MB: Now as you see, Ms. Kelly just left. That's one thing I can say to the good people of Washington. I'll never leave you. Now, if we're finished here. I'd like to invite everybody out for a drink.
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This was the actual transcript from the debate. I cannot make this up.
Ms. Kelly lost, yes lost, the primary to Mr. Barry and Marion Barry was elected to be the mayor of Washington, DC.
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Moderator: Ladies and gentleman, welcome to Constitution Hall for the first in a series of mayoral debates leading up to the election. Tonight we have the Democratic candidates.
To my right, we have Sharon Pratt Kelly, the current mayor of the District of Columbia. And to my left, Marion Barry, the former mayor and current mayoral hopeful.
I must caution you. There will be NO VIDEOTAPING! The first questions will be posed by Richard Bates of the George Washington Journal.
RB: Thank you. My question is for Mr. Barry, how do you propose to make the school system better?
MB: Well, um, that's a good question. I intend to create and finance programs that increase community and parent involvement. I think teachers, parents, and the PTA must work together to give children the support they need.
RB: And Ms. Kelly?
SPK: Well, the first thing I'm going to do is discourage kids from smoking crack. Unlike my opponent here, Count Cracula, when I raise the money for after-school programs, you can believe it's not going to end up in a glass pipe.
MODERATOR: The next question is from Ella Rodriguez of the Arlington Record.
ER: Mr. Barry, how do you propose to bring down the spiraling crime rate?
MB: First thing I'm going to do is have a curfew, requiring all minors to be indoors by eleven p.m. In terms of criminal offenses, I'll institute stricter penalties for repeat offenders.
EB: Ms. Kelly?
SPK: Stricter penalties? What are you going to do, handcuff yourself? If we had stricter penalties, you wouldn't even be here right now.
Can somebody tell me why I'm losing to this crackhead? I work hard, lead a good life, I'm educated, I play by the rules, and what happens? The race is between me and a crackhead.
And you know what? I'm not standing for it. I refuse to stand up here with a damn crackhead. You want to vote for him, vote for him. But turn your back and he'll be selling the Washington Monument for ten dollars, I'm getting out of here.
Good-bye.
MB: Now as you see, Ms. Kelly just left. That's one thing I can say to the good people of Washington. I'll never leave you. Now, if we're finished here. I'd like to invite everybody out for a drink.
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This was the actual transcript from the debate. I cannot make this up.
Ms. Kelly lost, yes lost, the primary to Mr. Barry and Marion Barry was elected to be the mayor of Washington, DC.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Spooky Sprint Duathlon
Toledo (through first 4 games opponents average 35.8 pts, today Michigan scored 10)
Today, I did the Spooky Sprint Duathlon on Belle Isle. My goal time for the race was 1 hour and 45 minutes. I exceeded my goal time by about 17 minutes. I was driving back home and was a little disappointed in my time, more so immediately after finishing than while driving. While driving it occurred to me that my goal was based on my last duathlon time of 1 hour 40 minutes. The difference between the two events is that my first duathlon was run 2 mi, bike 20k, and run 5k and this duathlon was run 5k, bike 20k, and run 5k. An extra mile was added to the first run but since I run 10 minute miles, at best, and not 5 minutes miles then my goal was ridiculous. I was still slower than I had hoped but I am also shorter than I had hoped, so whatever.
Notes on Belle Isle: Belle Isle is nice enough but MapQuest directed me through what I assume was Detroit after for the last 15 miles or so. On my way home, I realized that if I had stayed on I-94 for about 7 more miles then I could have come off the highway and gone on Jefferson and gone straight on to Belle Isle.
When I get my official splits I will do my post-mortem.
Today, I did the Spooky Sprint Duathlon on Belle Isle. My goal time for the race was 1 hour and 45 minutes. I exceeded my goal time by about 17 minutes. I was driving back home and was a little disappointed in my time, more so immediately after finishing than while driving. While driving it occurred to me that my goal was based on my last duathlon time of 1 hour 40 minutes. The difference between the two events is that my first duathlon was run 2 mi, bike 20k, and run 5k and this duathlon was run 5k, bike 20k, and run 5k. An extra mile was added to the first run but since I run 10 minute miles, at best, and not 5 minutes miles then my goal was ridiculous. I was still slower than I had hoped but I am also shorter than I had hoped, so whatever.
Notes on Belle Isle: Belle Isle is nice enough but MapQuest directed me through what I assume was Detroit after for the last 15 miles or so. On my way home, I realized that if I had stayed on I-94 for about 7 more miles then I could have come off the highway and gone on Jefferson and gone straight on to Belle Isle.
When I get my official splits I will do my post-mortem.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Sex Education
What is wrong with teaching a child sex education? There was a big brouhaha over some bill Senator Obama signed and/or supported that included sex education for children, particularly against sexual predators. For the record, I am for sex education for children and adults. I think sex education should be taught in elementary school, high school, college, and to adults in their 50's and 60's. The education for the 50's and 60's is necessary in order to deal with the effects of menopause, erectile dysfunction from disease or condition, and anorgasmia. I just like the word anorgasmia, not the symptoms.
Monday, I attended Freedom Files showings of two ACLU produced movies on Women's Rights and Sex Education, respectively. I love the Sex Education movie. It chronicled two locales Brevard County Florida and Pittsburgh, PA. In both places, abstinence-only education was being taught. I love, facetiously, abstinence-only education. The age range to be addressed by abstinence-only is now ages twelve through twenty-nine. Since abstinence-only does not cover the safest sex of all, there would presumably be some really pent up twenty-nine year-olds. While I recognize that learning about sex in a committed relationship can be very fun, it cannot hurt to have some prior book learning. I had to go to class for driver's education so why not for sex education. According to the abstinence-only proponents, sex should only be in the heterosexual marriages. No sex for widows, widowers, homosexuals, divorced folks, and the avowed bachelors and bachelorettes. Oh well, let them eat cake. I for one feel that eating decadent desserts and/or chocolate is the next best thing if sex is 'off the table'. This is going off the rails. I will get back to my point.
If reading about or studying something in class created a desire and ability to execute a certain action then I would be a mathematician, mechanical and electrical engineer, Perl and C++ programmer, bisexual swinger, polyamorist superhero with a doctorate in Psycholinguistics and a specialization in computational linguistics. I am none of those things, although super powers would be cool. So, either I am a terrible student (possible) or the idea of reading about something makes people want to do it is totally false.
I like the Green Lantern. With his power ring and his mind, he could fly or conjure up anything that would help in fighting evil. On top of that, there was a whole club of Green Lanterns called the Green Lantern corps. The corps was comprised of women, men, bouncy ball life forms, white people, black people, green people, presumably not yellow people since Sinestro's ring has a yellow energy that adversely affects a Green Lantern. If you do not know what I am talking about as far as Sinestro, then you probably had dates in junior high and high school. Telekinesis would be cool particularly if I have extreme telekinesis that could manifest itself as teleportation. The down side would be that normal humans would get freaked out and then I would be an outcast and possibly burned at the stake. Sorry off the rails again.
Done.
Monday, I attended Freedom Files showings of two ACLU produced movies on Women's Rights and Sex Education, respectively. I love the Sex Education movie. It chronicled two locales Brevard County Florida and Pittsburgh, PA. In both places, abstinence-only education was being taught. I love, facetiously, abstinence-only education. The age range to be addressed by abstinence-only is now ages twelve through twenty-nine. Since abstinence-only does not cover the safest sex of all, there would presumably be some really pent up twenty-nine year-olds. While I recognize that learning about sex in a committed relationship can be very fun, it cannot hurt to have some prior book learning. I had to go to class for driver's education so why not for sex education. According to the abstinence-only proponents, sex should only be in the heterosexual marriages. No sex for widows, widowers, homosexuals, divorced folks, and the avowed bachelors and bachelorettes. Oh well, let them eat cake. I for one feel that eating decadent desserts and/or chocolate is the next best thing if sex is 'off the table'. This is going off the rails. I will get back to my point.
If reading about or studying something in class created a desire and ability to execute a certain action then I would be a mathematician, mechanical and electrical engineer, Perl and C++ programmer, bisexual swinger, polyamorist superhero with a doctorate in Psycholinguistics and a specialization in computational linguistics. I am none of those things, although super powers would be cool. So, either I am a terrible student (possible) or the idea of reading about something makes people want to do it is totally false.
I like the Green Lantern. With his power ring and his mind, he could fly or conjure up anything that would help in fighting evil. On top of that, there was a whole club of Green Lanterns called the Green Lantern corps. The corps was comprised of women, men, bouncy ball life forms, white people, black people, green people, presumably not yellow people since Sinestro's ring has a yellow energy that adversely affects a Green Lantern. If you do not know what I am talking about as far as Sinestro, then you probably had dates in junior high and high school. Telekinesis would be cool particularly if I have extreme telekinesis that could manifest itself as teleportation. The down side would be that normal humans would get freaked out and then I would be an outcast and possibly burned at the stake. Sorry off the rails again.
Done.
Too Ann Arbor for my own good
Stacy says that we have to move out of Ann Arbor because I have become an Ann Arborite. Evidently, my hat and clothing combination make me look like one of the stereotypical eccentric Ann Arbor residents. Truth be told when I saw myself in a store window I too thought I looked very Ann Arbor. That being said, whenever I can express my eccentricity and uniqueness I will.I love my hat and my vest. I noticed when I was in Whole Foods (another very Ann Arbor and/or privileged locale) that people smiled at me. I thought it was because I too was smiling but I have seen people smile the same way at old men who look happy to be allowed out of the house. I choose the 'glass half full' approach and believe that people were smiling at me because I was smiling and I was giving off positive. happy vibes.
Currently, I am having problems with the above paragraph. I am trying to figure out how to break it up for better reading. I hope my changes worked.
Tonight, we watched Countdown with Keith Olbermann and then Project Runway. I enjoyed Keith Olbermann (I am practicing being more upbeat so I will only talk about the things I enjoyed). Watching Tim Gunn and the judges and designers let me know really how much I do not care about how I look. My goal is that people know I showered and moisturized. I will never come to work naked but other than that I do not have enough energy to go to work and put on a fashion show because it does not come natural.
Speaking of naked, I had a thought today. Philosophically, I realize am very open-minded but pretty cautious or maybe a better word is reserved in my personal life or so I thought. For example, if one of my friends posed nude for a photograph and put it on their wall great, good for them. I find this completely different from going to a friend's house and then that friend walking around nude in front of me is not cool. It is even less cool if a friend walks around my place nude particularly since my couch is cloth upholstered.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
She said, he said, she responded, he rebutted
The vice-presidential debate is tonight. I am not really going to watch intently. Here is why:
1) Good or bad, I know for whom I am going to vote. In national politics, I pretty much vote the party line. I am pretty liberal so many times I think even Democratic policies do not go far enough. That being said, the fact that the Democratic policies do not reach as far as I would like is probably a sign of good government.
2) I have a real problem watching contentious situations. I do not like arguing and people attacking each other. I am not saying that I am better because I am "above the fray". I am saying that I cannot deal with it. Conflict can be good and for those people who are still deciding it is important to hear from the candidates for both offices from each party.
3) Watching politics and politicians bores me because I do not feel that the current process really allows for honest discussion and give and take.
Honest moment: As I write, I am listening to the debate and it is not as contentious or as rote as I believed the debate might be.
I have returned from Atlanta. Atlanta makes me tired. I have been to Atlanta every year around this time since 2004 and I have still have not gone to the famous Atlanta Aquarium. In my defense, I did not even know about it until last year. I guess I was not paying attention. I thought I was going to go this time but we were really busy so I did not. Oh well.
1) Good or bad, I know for whom I am going to vote. In national politics, I pretty much vote the party line. I am pretty liberal so many times I think even Democratic policies do not go far enough. That being said, the fact that the Democratic policies do not reach as far as I would like is probably a sign of good government.
2) I have a real problem watching contentious situations. I do not like arguing and people attacking each other. I am not saying that I am better because I am "above the fray". I am saying that I cannot deal with it. Conflict can be good and for those people who are still deciding it is important to hear from the candidates for both offices from each party.
3) Watching politics and politicians bores me because I do not feel that the current process really allows for honest discussion and give and take.
Honest moment: As I write, I am listening to the debate and it is not as contentious or as rote as I believed the debate might be.
I have returned from Atlanta. Atlanta makes me tired. I have been to Atlanta every year around this time since 2004 and I have still have not gone to the famous Atlanta Aquarium. In my defense, I did not even know about it until last year. I guess I was not paying attention. I thought I was going to go this time but we were really busy so I did not. Oh well.
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