mynewplace: (Bitch!)

Have been without intarwebs since dunno when.  LOOOOOOOONG weekend with Scarlett, but we made it and even got a few chores done. Fixed dinner with asparagus (from the Greek, asparagos. Thank you Junior Asparagus.) 

We watched the gubenatorial debates at Brent's house last night, in which the poor Republican contender Russ Weeks stammered and blundered while Smoothy McSmootherton smirked and made direct eye contact with the camera (and all us folks out there in t.v. land) in an honest and disarming  fashion.  Honest? Manchin? Honor among Mafia maybe. I hate him.  I hate what he's done to State Employees, and I fear what he will continue to do when he is re-elected, which he certainly will be, and not just because he has $2Mil in his re-election treasury, and not just cause poor Russ has only has $2000. We will never crawl out from under the domination of Coal-fed Democrats. Never.  Manchin has said his goal is to eliminate the State Employee network altogether.  I don't know what that means, but it scares me. 

Then Scarlett and I went home and watched a Veggie Tales movie and sang along with all the songs at the top of our lungs. I do love me some Veggie Tales, I tell u whut.  I need to find out if there's a Veggie Tales community here on LJ.  I need a Larry-Go-Round icon.

Made some vegetable soup, but didn't have any cabbage or potatoes.  Won't miss the potatoes so much, but cabbage gives a tangy flavor that is lacking in this batch.  Still, it should fill our bellies until payday. 

I hope to buy Scarlett her Halloween costume this weekend after payday.  This will likely be her last year, and she wants to be a midnight fairy from KMart.  So I will search and find it.  Also this weekend Brent has acquired free tickets to the Symphony, wheee!  I haven't been in years, and sure could use a chance to wear some of my nicer clothing.  Barry Douglas will be the featured soloist.  I love piano!

So I am officially Linky McLinkerson today.  I quit at about page five of my friend's list, but I think I hit almost everything I've missed this weekend.  Ya'll point me in the direction of Albuquerque to any posts you'd like me to check out.  Dammit, now I'll have the freakin' Partridge Family in my head all morning.  Oh well, it's better than The Brady Bunch.

Okay, so.

Sep. 4th, 2008 12:05 pm
mynewplace: (GO TEAM ASSHOLE!)
So I watched the Republican Convention last night. Kinda had to, because we stayed at Brent's (where it was COOL!) and he's a hard-headed Republican.  I have not decided how I'm going to vote, thus I remain an Independent, and I watched some of the Democratic Convention too.  I don't feel I heard enough, but I don't feel I'm biased either.

I was amused by the many photo opportunities that the Palin and McCain families offered last night during various speeches.  It seemed a bit choreographed, although simultaneously appearing very casual and friendly.  Willow is a lovely girl, of course Cindy McCain is many a man's naughty fantasy, and Piper is cute as a button. And very friendly! Wondered all evening just who she was waving to.  Todd is handsome, and all of them chatted quite a bit.

At any rate, Willow fed Trig a bottle while listening to someone speak.  He slept of course through most of the festivities, and I think I saw Todd hold him once.  What gave me a cynical smile was when Cindy McCain held him for a while.  I found that staged for some reason.  I guess that's just the bitchy side of me.

I see this morning that Cindy McCain and I have some political beliefs in common.  And Sarah Palin and I share one opinion as well.  If you're pro-life, then I don't think it's okay to kill a baby if the mother's life is threatened, or in cases of rape. 

I'm going to state here and now that I am PRO CHOICE. No question about it, no qualms, no quibbling.  I could never choose to abort a baby.  I could never encourage a friend or family member to do so.  I do not think it is "right".  But by God the procedure should be available to the general public.  I am not going to make that choice for anyone, and I am not going to treat anyone differently if they do make that choice.  That's what PRO CHOICE is all about!  It's not about killing babies.  It's about maybe not agreeing, but giving someone else a chance to make their own choice.  CHOICE CHOICE CHOICE.    Dammit, it's a philosophy.   And I have it.

You can agree or disagree.  I don't care, and I'm not gonna pound you for it.  But you'd damned well better not pound me either.  I'll spork ya.

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