I know I haven't been in the over 21 world for very long, but I'm already pretty disgusted by some of the things I have had to encounter so far.
Last night I was out with and under 21 friend and just walking down the street downtown back to our parking spot, it's pretty much impossible to avoid annoying people, who approach you and say things like, "Hey can I ask you ladies what you think about head?" Yes, this happened. And I quickly responded, "It's attached to your body... what kinda fucked up thing is that to just walk up to someone and say?!" And I added something like "You're disgusting" and we kept walking. I mean give me a break. Like if somebody walks up to me and says that I'm just gonna be like "Oh I love giving head!" and just get right down on my knees. Yea fuckin right. Derelicts, is what my sister called them when I told her about it. She said I handled the scenario well, and if she was there it probably wouldn't have been pretty, haha.
Today was crazy, we went to a wedding where the ceremony in the Oaks Pioneer Church in Sellwood literally lasted only like 10 minutes. There was eating and drinking afterward of course, and quite a few entertaining personalities there. The Italians. This one older dude showed up, oh my gawd I swear, he looked like he was off the Sopranos or something! He came from Rhode Island. He definitely has that East Coast accent we love hearing. Sometimes I catch myself talkin' like all, you know uh, kinda slow, keepin it discreet. Capisce? Haha.
Hey, you know what I just thought of? School! I don't really do much homework. I think I talk about going to school more than I actually do anything outside of class. Eh- whatever. What am I doing anyway?
Well, the most important thing I wanted to say is, I love you.
I wasn't just going to write that because I thought it might be kind of weird, but I thought, You know, if you don't, someone who just needed to see that some random person cares will just be all sad still. So okay. Maybe that's looking into everything a little too much. But like earlier today, I was feeling all horrible for some reason, like I just felt so depressed and didn't want to do anything (it was crazy really!) and I was thinking about things that were sad and I even cried a little, which I know is good to just get it out, but then I was crying and I thought of how I have SUCH a good life in comparison to others on this planet and I can complain about what I don't have and cry about things, but at least I have the situation that I do. I am at least that fortunate.
And then the overwhelming feeling of sadness that so many, many, people are having to deal with some strife in their lives, and for some, it's because of the country I live in! I don't know what to do though. Other than keep my thinking progressive, for the time being. I guess that the hope that there can be positive change keeps me going and doesn't let me stay depressed, but even as I type this I think about all the awful things out there and it makes me start to get teary-eyed. I read in the Riverbend book (riverbendblog.blogspot.com) about a shelter in Iraq that was bombed in 1991 and the horrible and painful ways that the women and children died. The men were not in there... They let the women stay in the shelter where they should have been more safe! Human beings were trapped in there after being bombed.
And I really need to stop talkin about that now. But I wonder how many years it would take until I might feel okay going to really anywhere in the Middle East. I mean... I'm nervous really about going anywhere.... "Oh, you're American?" is something I'm a little afraid of!!! In some European countries they probably dig us especially since we DO have some fantastic music in America, but I'm not sure about elsewhere. Mexico fo sho. Ok, time to stop talkin in general!
21 May 2007
13 May 2007
kinda stupid boring entry
Last night was funny--we tried to go to a show and we were a week early. I don't know why I was under the impression that it was supposed to be last night. So we went back to Nopo and got some Popeye's, which made me think of the hilarious blog entry, "Jesus went to Popeye's" from http://jesuschristscoolblog.blogspot.com/
My friend put the entry on his Myspace blog and I was practically shitting myself laughing. I used to be religious, Catholic to be specific, and having gone through all that I can really appreciate some humor about religion. And I don't think of anything as sac religious because I don't even participate in the whole charade anymore. It's amazing how many years I did!
Got the Popeye's, stopped by the crackhead sketchy Chevron at Fremont & MLK to get somethin to drink, left in one piece from there and headed back to my place. We started to watch this Cold Feet show, which I think my previous roommate put on my Netflix queue, but I found it funny anyway. Probably won't get really into it, but still, the British sure have a way of making domestic home life hilarious. Maybe I still just laugh because of their accents. But I really like some British shows... Like Keeping Up Appearances =]
My new roomie and friend got home with our other friend from grocery shoppin' so I turned off the show cuz we weren't paying attention anyway. You should see my living room now, it definitely looks better than it used to. It just has more cute things. I may put an ad on Craigslist pretty soon here to sell my couch and coffee table, because the homie has better furniture. And I feel like we will be staying here for a minute, probably longer than I'd originally hoped, but oh well. It's so cheap to live here.
All in all I'm happy so far. So nice to have someone livin with me that will be into aesthetics. It looks like 400% more girly in the apartment, haha.
Today's Mother's Day... I got her a nice bar of dark chocolate, a bottle of wine, and some pepper, all from down the street. Only $31 total spent I think. I really like supporting local businesses. The only thing I didn't like was at the nursery down the street, I wanted to buy a few things and the lady was totally talking to me and then these other people from Canada came up and were asking about camellias or something and paying ahead of time, and they got into this convo about getting plants across the Canadian border and I was just kinda like, Um, she was already helping me, eh? But it's not the people's fault, the woman who worked there should've just taken care of me real quick and then helped them.
Most of the time I am really outspoken but when I go to places of business I'm hesitant to speak up and be a slightly angry, demanding customer because I don't want people to cringe when I come back... I dunno, it's kinda ridiculous to settle for poor service though. It's just so hard to speak up! I don't know how people will react.
Well I'll finish up with something to be excited about, and that is the presence of Slightly Stoopid in Oregon on August 8, I think. At McMenamin's Edgefield. I'm pretty sure I will get to go, but I haven't bought tickets yet because I want to make sure we can get there and back! It is, after all, in Troutdale, and I don't have a car.
In case you're a random person reading this, I really like this band, hence the name of the blog. I'd consider myself a "stoopidhead."
My friend put the entry on his Myspace blog and I was practically shitting myself laughing. I used to be religious, Catholic to be specific, and having gone through all that I can really appreciate some humor about religion. And I don't think of anything as sac religious because I don't even participate in the whole charade anymore. It's amazing how many years I did!
Got the Popeye's, stopped by the crackhead sketchy Chevron at Fremont & MLK to get somethin to drink, left in one piece from there and headed back to my place. We started to watch this Cold Feet show, which I think my previous roommate put on my Netflix queue, but I found it funny anyway. Probably won't get really into it, but still, the British sure have a way of making domestic home life hilarious. Maybe I still just laugh because of their accents. But I really like some British shows... Like Keeping Up Appearances =]
My new roomie and friend got home with our other friend from grocery shoppin' so I turned off the show cuz we weren't paying attention anyway. You should see my living room now, it definitely looks better than it used to. It just has more cute things. I may put an ad on Craigslist pretty soon here to sell my couch and coffee table, because the homie has better furniture. And I feel like we will be staying here for a minute, probably longer than I'd originally hoped, but oh well. It's so cheap to live here.
All in all I'm happy so far. So nice to have someone livin with me that will be into aesthetics. It looks like 400% more girly in the apartment, haha.
Today's Mother's Day... I got her a nice bar of dark chocolate, a bottle of wine, and some pepper, all from down the street. Only $31 total spent I think. I really like supporting local businesses. The only thing I didn't like was at the nursery down the street, I wanted to buy a few things and the lady was totally talking to me and then these other people from Canada came up and were asking about camellias or something and paying ahead of time, and they got into this convo about getting plants across the Canadian border and I was just kinda like, Um, she was already helping me, eh? But it's not the people's fault, the woman who worked there should've just taken care of me real quick and then helped them.
Most of the time I am really outspoken but when I go to places of business I'm hesitant to speak up and be a slightly angry, demanding customer because I don't want people to cringe when I come back... I dunno, it's kinda ridiculous to settle for poor service though. It's just so hard to speak up! I don't know how people will react.
Well I'll finish up with something to be excited about, and that is the presence of Slightly Stoopid in Oregon on August 8, I think. At McMenamin's Edgefield. I'm pretty sure I will get to go, but I haven't bought tickets yet because I want to make sure we can get there and back! It is, after all, in Troutdale, and I don't have a car.
In case you're a random person reading this, I really like this band, hence the name of the blog. I'd consider myself a "stoopidhead."
09 May 2007
What does $456 billion buy?
Someone posted this as a bulletin on Myspace, and I didn't check out the source but since there is one I decided to post it here...
While there is some disagreement on the idea of troop deadlines for US soldiers in Iraq, all sides seem to be on board with the amount included in the bill to fund the war.
Including the $124.2 billion bill, the total cost of the Iraq war may reach $456 billion in September, according to the National Priorities Project, an organization that tracks public spending.
The amount got us wondering: What would $456 billion buy?
1) 2,949 Newton North High Schools
Tagged as the most expensive high school in Massachusetts, at $154.6 million, Newton North High School could be replicated almost 3,000 times using the money spent on the war.
2) 30 Big Digs
At almost $15 billion, Boston's Central Artery project has been held up as the nation's most expensive public works project. Now multiply that by 30 and you're getting close to US taxpayer’s commitment to democracy in Iraq… so far.
3)Free gas for everybody for 1.2 years
US drivers consume approximately 384.7 million gallons of gasoline a day. Retail prices averaged $2.64 a gallon in 2006. Breaking it down, $456 billion could buy gasoline for everybody in the United States, for about 449 days.
4) Or go green (with ethanol)
With just one-sixth of the US money targeted for the Iraq war, you could convert all cars in America to run on ethanol.
TheBudgetGraph.com estimates that converting the 136,568,083 registered cars in the United States to ethanol (conversion kits at $500) would cost $68.2 billion.
5) 14.5 million years through Harvard (44 million at UMass)
At published rates for next year, $456 billion translates into 14.5 million free rides for a year at Harvard; 44 million at UMass.
6)Medicare benefits for one year
In fiscal 2008, Medicare benefits will total $454 billion, according to a Heritage Foundation summary.
7)A LONG-term contract
The Red Sox and Daisuke Matsuzaka agreed on a six-year, $52 million contract. The war cost could be enough to have Dice-K mania for another 52,615 years at this year's rate.
8) Need more perspective?
According to World Bank estimates, $54 billion a year would eliminate starvation and malnutrition globally by 2015, while $30 billion would provide a year of primary education for every child on earth.
At the upper range of those estimates, the $456 billion cost of the war could have fed and educated the world's poor for five and a half years.
SOURCE:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/gallery/050207_TheCostofWar/
While there is some disagreement on the idea of troop deadlines for US soldiers in Iraq, all sides seem to be on board with the amount included in the bill to fund the war.
Including the $124.2 billion bill, the total cost of the Iraq war may reach $456 billion in September, according to the National Priorities Project, an organization that tracks public spending.
The amount got us wondering: What would $456 billion buy?
1) 2,949 Newton North High Schools
Tagged as the most expensive high school in Massachusetts, at $154.6 million, Newton North High School could be replicated almost 3,000 times using the money spent on the war.
2) 30 Big Digs
At almost $15 billion, Boston's Central Artery project has been held up as the nation's most expensive public works project. Now multiply that by 30 and you're getting close to US taxpayer’s commitment to democracy in Iraq… so far.
3)Free gas for everybody for 1.2 years
US drivers consume approximately 384.7 million gallons of gasoline a day. Retail prices averaged $2.64 a gallon in 2006. Breaking it down, $456 billion could buy gasoline for everybody in the United States, for about 449 days.
4) Or go green (with ethanol)
With just one-sixth of the US money targeted for the Iraq war, you could convert all cars in America to run on ethanol.
TheBudgetGraph.com estimates that converting the 136,568,083 registered cars in the United States to ethanol (conversion kits at $500) would cost $68.2 billion.
5) 14.5 million years through Harvard (44 million at UMass)
At published rates for next year, $456 billion translates into 14.5 million free rides for a year at Harvard; 44 million at UMass.
6)Medicare benefits for one year
In fiscal 2008, Medicare benefits will total $454 billion, according to a Heritage Foundation summary.
7)A LONG-term contract
The Red Sox and Daisuke Matsuzaka agreed on a six-year, $52 million contract. The war cost could be enough to have Dice-K mania for another 52,615 years at this year's rate.
8) Need more perspective?
According to World Bank estimates, $54 billion a year would eliminate starvation and malnutrition globally by 2015, while $30 billion would provide a year of primary education for every child on earth.
At the upper range of those estimates, the $456 billion cost of the war could have fed and educated the world's poor for five and a half years.
SOURCE:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/gallery/050207_TheCostofWar/
First entry
05/09/07
5:41pm
My internet connection is free wireless in my neighborhood and it is not working right now or my computer can’t connect, so I’ll probably be really posting this later tonight. Welcome to reading my thoughts that I share with you on the internet. Haha. Anyone in the world can see this. All around the globe, everyone can make their own assessment about me based on what I write here. They’ll probably all think the same thing… “This girl’s funny!” Just kidding, more like “What a weirdo!”
Well I was inspired to create an account on this site because I have been reading Baghdad Burning, Riverbend’s blog. (Riverbendblog.blogspot.com) I was previously a Livejournal user. But I want a fresh start.
Reading Riverbend’s blog, the first couple years of it in the book, Baghdad Burning- Girl Blog from
Even though a lot of the things I read about in the book that are happening to the Iraqi people makes me sick to my stomach, I would rather read about it and know, than not know what is going on or have any idea what it is like to live there, and be ignorant. Yea, they say “ignorance is bliss” but you can only ignore the circumstances for so long…
My group in Women’s Studies class gave a presentation where each of us talked about a theme that we followed in the book, and I talked about the unemployment. It’s really sad, because there are so many people out of work that are such brilliant minds. But the jobs aren’t available because so many are done by foreign companies.
There’s so much more I’d like to say about it all but I have to go pretty soon. Today I set up my bedroom again how it was before because the Shenanigans are going to begin this weekend. It will be nice, I think, to not live alone… It’s kinda weird sometimes.
I also had Biology lab today… And it would’ve helped me today if I had gotten a better grade on our second exam. I’m just really not interested in studying this term. My life revolves around school…
Actually I do enjoy my classes sometimes. Not math. But Women’s Studies is interesting, I mean sometimes it’s really intense, or some nights I’m just not into it because it’s the longest class I’ve ever had.
I had never seen the movie Eyes Wide Shut and I began watching it last night. I am getting better about making it through a whole movie in one sitting, but I didn’t finish it last night, I fell asleep.
Movies to watch, friends to see, music to listen to, homework not to do… =]
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