healthcare, fundies, and me

to steal what my good friend Matt Clayton started over on face book: (paraphrased and expanded upon of course)

say your pro-life and you stop a mother from having an abortion through whatever means. if for some reason you happen to keep up with/stalk the mother/child and that child later turns out to be gay, will you fight for its rights as a human being or will you try to keep it from being happy? i’m thinking the latter because, well, it is not in your nature to do something that doesn’t benefit you.

what people must realize is that:

A) homosexuality is NOT a choice. period.
why would 10% of the population choose to be treated like less than their heterosexual counterparts? we are not be affronted the same rights, privileges, etc... that heterosexuals are. It is difficult (in most states) for partnered peoples to get health coverage for their partner in most states.

also don't even think about both partners adopting a child and expect it not to be an huge uphill battle. possible, yes. without hell, no.


B) the bible is a work of fiction
it is a compilation of different books written by different authors that were used to help the peoples to the times through problems. the problems, and there are more than one, with the bible are: i) it’s been picked over and parts have left out to suit the needs of the religion it’s being created for, ii) no one can even settle on one bible, even within the same religion there are multiple versions, and the list goes on and on

C) religious people are hypocrites
any religion which uses the bible as its text is full of hypocrites. i can go into specifics, but i’d rather not, though i suppose one couldn’t hurt.
Leviticus 11:12 - Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you.

"Ha! Silly Bible-man. Your Bible says that shellfish are an abomination! What do you think of that?"



D) Socialism ≠ communism


Catch a summery of the health care reform bill at Bull and Bear

learn to fucking speak, please.

so people need to fucking learn to speak.. Diction, people. DICTION!!!

please pronounce things correctly. i’m going to become a diction nazi if people don't learn to speak correctly and enunciate. all. the. syllables. and. consonants.

the worst offenders are, in no particular order of course:

(un)sweet tea
t’
priddy
axe(d)
warsh

people! people!!! they are pronounced (and spelled):

(un)sweetened iced tea
to
pretty
ask(ed)
wa<s>r</s>sh

i just want to rip people’s heads off when they say things incorrectly... granted, unsweetened iced tea is a mouth full when you pronounce all of the of -ed’s and and the -en, but it sounds correct and more formal and you sound as though you have been educated.

also, we have a huge habit of “duh”ing our “t”s, mostly i believe it is from either talking to quickly/fast and/or just laziness... i do it out of talking too fast because i have to get rid of my southern indiana drawlish/bumpkinish accent.

weekend crap

i don’t know why i didn’t do anything this weekend... well, actually, i did things, and most of them were not too fantastic..

friday was a bust, but i’ve blogged that...

saturday started with visitation for a friend's father and then the memorial.. then today went to anouther visitation today for my best friend's grandmother and will try to make the funeral tomorrow... death sucks

last night was fun though.. went to the connection with kim and friends. lots of fun! i got to see my favourite queens and symone was there! special guest, but still amazing!

kinda meh now that i’m at work... tired too... want to go support at the funeral but i’m not gonna be able to stay up that long...

nothing really great to report today

random rant...

i know people have fears. we all do. death, snakes, rejection (my personal biggie), etc... but apparently the COO of Churchill Downs in louisville, ky. (yes, for those of you not from these parts, is where the ky. derby is run on the 1st saturday in may and has been some 130ish years) is afraid of horses... i cannot, cannot, cannot, understand how you can work in a venue that is famous for it’s horse racing and be afraid of horses.. srsly, grow a pair, grasp them in your hand so they can’t retreat inside your body, and suck it up.. ffscoacomgroflcoper

why the fuck don't i get off my ass and do something?

so i’m at work.. not something i get to say too often, but have been saying it a lot this week because the person who usually works nights is sick.. ok, sucks to be her, but it's money for me.

that is the excuse i use for not doing anything during the day.. i mean i did what needed to be done around the house (shaking rugs, sweeping, and laundry) but other than that, i didn’t do shit.. my fat, lazy arse didn’t do a fucking thing that benefited me in any way today until i left for work...

this phenomonon needs to stop right now.. i have things i actually need to get done and haven’t gotten to any of it because, well, i don't feel like gettin out of bed because i know i will be bored doing whatever it is and just go smoke because i'm so bored... not good, not good at all...

i’ve cut back a lot compared to what i was smoking, but after i’m done, i don’t want to do anything at all... i watch stuff on hulu or netflix or from what i've downloaded, but i'm still bored... even WoW hasn't quenched the boredom...

i have a visitation to go to after work this morning(sat) and one again tomorrow...

later today should be fun though.. i’m going to the local gay bar with the SIL and some of the girls that were going to go during the bachelorette party, but we got sidelined by the youngin we brought :( stupid, näive, blond 20 yr olds... oy vey... we do loose an hour though because of the time change... oh well... i'm not driving so it's all good :)

tonight i’m gonna knit on a baby sock for someone at work because she's gonna pay me for knitting a pair of socks/booties and a hat.. and she gave me the yarn.. dumb broad... you bought the yarn, why are you offering to pay me when i'm only gonna knit them at work anyway and get paid 11$/hr to sit on my ass...

no real pluses for today 'cause i didn't do shite...

so today has been hell...

so i don’t know how my life has gotten to this point... (or should that be ???)

it’s just been one fucking thing after anouther today... nothing’s going right.... had to work 12 hrs instead of my 8 because either someone is sick or had kid issues or what not.. i don't really give a flying monkey fuck what the situation is... and it doesn't really matter to me other than the fact that you fucked up my whole day and because of you i couldn't make it into the studio or get any sleep... you just fucked up my whole day... i wish i could say that i could fuck up your day, but most likely it already is anyway, so how could i make it worse..

so on after i finally get to leave work and head home, i stopped for gas... stopping was my big mistake.. apparently the battery gave it's all starting up the car to get me the hell away from work and wouldn't start back up after i had filled my car.. "wonderfuckinful just what i need" were the first things in my head as i tried everything i could i think to do to remedy the situation but to no avail of course.. the day has already gone to shite, why doesn’t the car as well.. i mean, could life hate me any more right now??!?!?!

well thankfully the person getting fuel was pulled in facing my car and was nice enough to give me a jump (and not in the way that i wanted or need either) and i drove the car home. but of course, the battery decided that it was just going to be totally dead and not take any charge... just what i needed after the day i’ve had..

thankfully my father is wonderful even when i’m being a bitchy queen and decided that he could miss a day of work for me, so we went to auto zone and got the battery checked and there wasn't even enough power to properly run the test.. he bought the battery for me, so i can't complain about him at all..

we get home, put the battery in and all is right with the world for 3 seconds until i notice that i have a crack in my windshield... the neighbours i'm sure wanted to know what the fuck was going on with me as there was a very loud and angry "FUCK" resounding from the driver's seat of my car...

can we all say it with me FML

but to review the bright spots, because those are important and make you appreciate the little things in life:

4 extra hours of pay (even getting fucked over by your employer has it’s perks)
a nice fellow that jumped my car (but i would have let him just me too)
dad took off a day of work to help my queeny ass (see, at least one parent loves me)
and he bought the battery for my car :)