The World According to a Gemini
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Uh-oh---she's back
Gingrich at Republican Fundraiser Says Obama's 'Already Failed'
Leave it to a Republican to get me blogging again. They're stupidity and their belief that the rest of us are just like they are vexes me to no end.
News flash: President Obama has only been in office not even a full six-months now. The mess that was left for him to clean up has the specs of a toxic dump the size of the Pacific Ocean. Sure...let's blame all our financial problems on him. Give me a f@#$%ing break! I'm not that stupid. Are you?
-- a series of Republican leaders who also took aim at Democrats and the government bailout of Detroit-based GM, New York-based American International Group Inc. and other companies.
A bailout which was planned and put into place by George Bush and his party before he left office and now--suddenly--it's President Obama's fault. What have these people been smoking? It's not pot because they would be a little more relaxed if that were the case. (I think the Republican Party should smoke more pot personally. I think they would benefit greatly from it.)
Look...President Obama is not going to perform miracles. No one can get our country out of it's mess in a mere matter of months...not even in 2 presidential terms. I feel much more secure with him in office, though. He's a man of his own intelligence, not a puppet for the party--a party that would rather send all it's focal points to matters that are personal such as who people choose to marry, or who has a right to die and who doesn't, or what god we should be following.
Democrats aren't without their faults, either. I wish we could wipe out the two-party system and start working within a system that really represents the people that are out here working, living, and dying every day. Wouldn't that be nice? Utopia is a long way off, though. Until then, we'd better find a way to work things out instead of playing the blame game or we're all screwed and it won't matter which party you side with.
Leave it to a Republican to get me blogging again. They're stupidity and their belief that the rest of us are just like they are vexes me to no end.
News flash: President Obama has only been in office not even a full six-months now. The mess that was left for him to clean up has the specs of a toxic dump the size of the Pacific Ocean. Sure...let's blame all our financial problems on him. Give me a f@#$%ing break! I'm not that stupid. Are you?
-- a series of Republican leaders who also took aim at Democrats and the government bailout of Detroit-based GM, New York-based American International Group Inc. and other companies.
A bailout which was planned and put into place by George Bush and his party before he left office and now--suddenly--it's President Obama's fault. What have these people been smoking? It's not pot because they would be a little more relaxed if that were the case. (I think the Republican Party should smoke more pot personally. I think they would benefit greatly from it.)
Look...President Obama is not going to perform miracles. No one can get our country out of it's mess in a mere matter of months...not even in 2 presidential terms. I feel much more secure with him in office, though. He's a man of his own intelligence, not a puppet for the party--a party that would rather send all it's focal points to matters that are personal such as who people choose to marry, or who has a right to die and who doesn't, or what god we should be following.
Democrats aren't without their faults, either. I wish we could wipe out the two-party system and start working within a system that really represents the people that are out here working, living, and dying every day. Wouldn't that be nice? Utopia is a long way off, though. Until then, we'd better find a way to work things out instead of playing the blame game or we're all screwed and it won't matter which party you side with.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Victory!
Martin Luther King Jr., here is your dream; his name is Barack Obama.
To the millions of slaves that were once owned in this country...here is your legacy: his name is Barack Obama.
To my great great grandfather, a member of the KKK: Start spinnin'!!!!
We win. In so many more ways than one...we win!!
To the millions of slaves that were once owned in this country...here is your legacy: his name is Barack Obama.
To my great great grandfather, a member of the KKK: Start spinnin'!!!!
We win. In so many more ways than one...we win!!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
The Double-Edged Sword
I have to admit that I was a little disappointed by the Vice-Presidential debate this week. I think it was a little over-hyped, for one thing. How many more red-neck homilies could Sarah Palin squeeze in? I was mostly disappointed by Joe Biden because he didn't do his job. Why didn't he do his job?
Well, the GOP base has brought up the issue of gender: Questions are being asked that would never be asked of a man; issues are being brought up that would never be brought up with a man; if Joe Biden goes into attack mode--which is primarily what the VP candidate does--he will be attacking Palin as a woman. Huh? You've got to be kidding me?
Here's the thing: Sarah Palin wants to paint herself as a feminist. Now, I don't have a problem with feminism in general, but there does seem to be a certain hypocrisy that goes along with it, just like every other POV platform that people may choose to stand on. (ie, hearing people say, "I'm a vegetarian because I think it's cruel to kill animals," while they're standing on their platform with nice leather Nikes wearing a leather belt to hold up their pants.) The feminist platform demands equal treatment, but they only want the good side of the equal treatment such as equal pay, equal position, equal opportunity, etc. When it comes to the bad side of equal treatment, they play the damsel in distress being attacked as a woman. Men attack. That's what they do. It's in their genetics. It's in that Y chromosome. They hunt, they attack, they kill. Whether they're doing it with their fists, weapons, or words, that's what men do. Offensively or defensively, that's what they do.
So, if Joe Biden had done his job as the VP candidate, if he had done his job the way that he would have done for any other male VP candidate, he would have been condemned immediately for attacking Sarah Palin, the woman. So, here's the "feminist" getting special treatment, not equal.
Now, we'll wander a little in this vein.......
Over the time of centuries, the role of man has changed. The role of woman has essentially stayed the same, but with a few added options. We no longer need them to hunt and kill for us; we can just go to the grocery store. We no longer need them to provide a home for us; we can just buy or rent one ourselves. We no longer need them to defend our honor or virtue; we take our honor and virtue into our own hands and those that have anything to say about it be damned. We continue to be the care-givers and nurturers, but are also providers, protectors, and defenders of the faith. Men get to pursue their more aggressive aspects in sports, weekend warrior play, sharpening their verbal skills into weapons of mass destruction. Hell, we barely need them to provide babies anymore! None of us stand on equal ground. To stand on equal ground we would be working together and we're still for the most part pushing against each other. We've forgotten to need each other.
That's not to say that there aren't pockets of equality, but I'm talking about an overall picture, a whole world view, if you will. There have been societies throughout the centuries, that have been able to achieve the kind of equality I speak of, but we have destroyed them (ie, the Algonquian Indian nations, the Celtic race). We live contradictory lives.
We're feminists, almost-feminists, strong independent females and yet our blood races and our hearts flutter while reading historical fiction novels over the hero that's always grimed with sweat, blood and dirt and waving a broadsword around. We swoon over these characters in the movies that take place 200 or more years ago. The best ones are the heroes that are grimed with sweat and blood, but come home from the battle and speak from the heart with the words of a poet. Sigh. We still want the bad boy. We're confused.
I've rambled far from the debate. I'm dissatisfied. An essential piece of the intricate puzzle that is our lives is missing. We all speak with forked tongues; our words say one things and our deeds do another. Hypocrisy rules. I wish we could just strip down to the basics, look at the common things that we all need, and work together to achieve those goals and leave all the other junk behind.
There are too many cooks in the kitchen.
So good luck deciphering where I'm going in this odd little ramble. I think I may have gone too long without letting some thoughts out of my head. The ragweed may have me slightly befuddled right now. This is, after all, the world according to a Gemini and we are by definition kind of all over the place:)
Well, the GOP base has brought up the issue of gender: Questions are being asked that would never be asked of a man; issues are being brought up that would never be brought up with a man; if Joe Biden goes into attack mode--which is primarily what the VP candidate does--he will be attacking Palin as a woman. Huh? You've got to be kidding me?
Here's the thing: Sarah Palin wants to paint herself as a feminist. Now, I don't have a problem with feminism in general, but there does seem to be a certain hypocrisy that goes along with it, just like every other POV platform that people may choose to stand on. (ie, hearing people say, "I'm a vegetarian because I think it's cruel to kill animals," while they're standing on their platform with nice leather Nikes wearing a leather belt to hold up their pants.) The feminist platform demands equal treatment, but they only want the good side of the equal treatment such as equal pay, equal position, equal opportunity, etc. When it comes to the bad side of equal treatment, they play the damsel in distress being attacked as a woman. Men attack. That's what they do. It's in their genetics. It's in that Y chromosome. They hunt, they attack, they kill. Whether they're doing it with their fists, weapons, or words, that's what men do. Offensively or defensively, that's what they do.
So, if Joe Biden had done his job as the VP candidate, if he had done his job the way that he would have done for any other male VP candidate, he would have been condemned immediately for attacking Sarah Palin, the woman. So, here's the "feminist" getting special treatment, not equal.
Now, we'll wander a little in this vein.......
Over the time of centuries, the role of man has changed. The role of woman has essentially stayed the same, but with a few added options. We no longer need them to hunt and kill for us; we can just go to the grocery store. We no longer need them to provide a home for us; we can just buy or rent one ourselves. We no longer need them to defend our honor or virtue; we take our honor and virtue into our own hands and those that have anything to say about it be damned. We continue to be the care-givers and nurturers, but are also providers, protectors, and defenders of the faith. Men get to pursue their more aggressive aspects in sports, weekend warrior play, sharpening their verbal skills into weapons of mass destruction. Hell, we barely need them to provide babies anymore! None of us stand on equal ground. To stand on equal ground we would be working together and we're still for the most part pushing against each other. We've forgotten to need each other.
That's not to say that there aren't pockets of equality, but I'm talking about an overall picture, a whole world view, if you will. There have been societies throughout the centuries, that have been able to achieve the kind of equality I speak of, but we have destroyed them (ie, the Algonquian Indian nations, the Celtic race). We live contradictory lives.
We're feminists, almost-feminists, strong independent females and yet our blood races and our hearts flutter while reading historical fiction novels over the hero that's always grimed with sweat, blood and dirt and waving a broadsword around. We swoon over these characters in the movies that take place 200 or more years ago. The best ones are the heroes that are grimed with sweat and blood, but come home from the battle and speak from the heart with the words of a poet. Sigh. We still want the bad boy. We're confused.
I've rambled far from the debate. I'm dissatisfied. An essential piece of the intricate puzzle that is our lives is missing. We all speak with forked tongues; our words say one things and our deeds do another. Hypocrisy rules. I wish we could just strip down to the basics, look at the common things that we all need, and work together to achieve those goals and leave all the other junk behind.
There are too many cooks in the kitchen.
So good luck deciphering where I'm going in this odd little ramble. I think I may have gone too long without letting some thoughts out of my head. The ragweed may have me slightly befuddled right now. This is, after all, the world according to a Gemini and we are by definition kind of all over the place:)
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Guy-friends
Okay...so I just finished watching When Harry Met Sally...
for the millionth time, and it got me thinking. Are they right? Can women and men never be friends?
Can you think of any men that you're just friends with? Or guys, girls that you're just friends with? Gay friends, for obvious reasons, don't count.
I had a lot of guy-friends in high school and college. I had more guy friends than girlfriends. I started thinking, "Did they all want to have sex with me?" Yes, I knew a few of them did want to have sex with me, and yes...I did have sex with one of them, but that involved a lot of Jamaican rum and we remained friends - for a while. That's a different story.
I don't have any guy-friends now. I have acquaintances, but not friends. Not a guy that I could call in the middle of the night if I needed a guy shoulder to cry on. So it made me start wondering: have I moved past the point where my age and attractiveness - or lack thereof - have made it not worth the time for a guy to bother being friends with me? Do men only want to be friends with someone they're ultimately attracted to? Or do they want to be friends with you, but are afraid to be friends because of the underlying "sex" thing?
So...do ya'll (we are in TX) have friends that are the opposite sex, that are not gay, that are just friends?
for the millionth time, and it got me thinking. Are they right? Can women and men never be friends?
Can you think of any men that you're just friends with? Or guys, girls that you're just friends with? Gay friends, for obvious reasons, don't count.
I had a lot of guy-friends in high school and college. I had more guy friends than girlfriends. I started thinking, "Did they all want to have sex with me?" Yes, I knew a few of them did want to have sex with me, and yes...I did have sex with one of them, but that involved a lot of Jamaican rum and we remained friends - for a while. That's a different story.
I don't have any guy-friends now. I have acquaintances, but not friends. Not a guy that I could call in the middle of the night if I needed a guy shoulder to cry on. So it made me start wondering: have I moved past the point where my age and attractiveness - or lack thereof - have made it not worth the time for a guy to bother being friends with me? Do men only want to be friends with someone they're ultimately attracted to? Or do they want to be friends with you, but are afraid to be friends because of the underlying "sex" thing?
So...do ya'll (we are in TX) have friends that are the opposite sex, that are not gay, that are just friends?
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
If it's any indication.......
Okay...I've kept my mouth shut long enough. I know it's taboo to start talking politics, but....
OMG!
So, McCain is supposed to be a "maverick". He supposedly does his own thing, not kowtowing to anyone. So his first "presidential" decision is in choosing his running mate. He wants Joe Lieberman. That's his choice. The right-wing GOP "handlers", however, said, "No...you can't have him. Take this woman instead." And what did he do?
He kowtowed!!!!!!!
These are the same "handlers" that have run the country for the past eight years. So, what do you think it would mean to elect John McCain?
Well, if his first "presidential" decision is at all any indication, I guess it would mean more of the same.
I don't know about you, but I agree with Barack Obama: Eight is enough!!!
OMG!
So, McCain is supposed to be a "maverick". He supposedly does his own thing, not kowtowing to anyone. So his first "presidential" decision is in choosing his running mate. He wants Joe Lieberman. That's his choice. The right-wing GOP "handlers", however, said, "No...you can't have him. Take this woman instead." And what did he do?
He kowtowed!!!!!!!
These are the same "handlers" that have run the country for the past eight years. So, what do you think it would mean to elect John McCain?
Well, if his first "presidential" decision is at all any indication, I guess it would mean more of the same.
I don't know about you, but I agree with Barack Obama: Eight is enough!!!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tagged
So, Anne tagged me with some top ten list. I don't really understand how this whole "tag" thing works...I usually ignore them. When I was growing up, tag was a physical activity. But, in the interest of trying to keep up with society and technology, I'll give this one a whirl--I hope I can put the "tags" in.
1. List your top ten favorite films (in no particular order).
2. If you're tagged, you've got to post & tag 3-5 other people.
3. Give a tag back (some link love) to the one who tagged you in your post
4. Give a hat tip (HT) to Dan.
My favorite movies:
1) The Holiday (Dream vacation we'd all love to take--well, us single girls anyway)
2)Platoon (Gives me a better understanding of what my dad went through in 'Nam, since he doesn't talk about it much)
3) Lord of the Rings trilogy (Got 12 hours to spare?)
4) The Last of the Mohicans (Oh, to find a man that could love me that passionately--and what spectacular views!)
5) It's A Wonderful Life (A Christmas-time must! I absolutely adore Jimmy Stewart)
6) The Breakfast Club (Hey! I went to school with those people!)
7) Quills (You just have to see it)
8) The Usual Suspects (I love Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey is awesome, and what an ending!)
9) Bull Durham (All hale the church of baseball!)
10) Dances With Wolves (What a beautiful story...until you get to the white people)
Honorable Mention: Dogma (Everything that turns me off of organized religion is brought up in this movie. Ben Affleck's diatribe in the parking garage is quite possibly the best monologue ever written!)
Tag! You're it: Alissa
Because I don't know what your favorite movies are
Leah Because we need to share more!
Jennifer Because you need some mindless task after three weeks in Europe!
Love, always, back to Anne
HT to Dan!! Who the hell is Dan? (I don't think this Dan is your husband, Alissa.)
Okay...next?
1. List your top ten favorite films (in no particular order).
2. If you're tagged, you've got to post & tag 3-5 other people.
3. Give a tag back (some link love) to the one who tagged you in your post
4. Give a hat tip (HT) to Dan.
My favorite movies:
1) The Holiday (Dream vacation we'd all love to take--well, us single girls anyway)
2)Platoon (Gives me a better understanding of what my dad went through in 'Nam, since he doesn't talk about it much)
3) Lord of the Rings trilogy (Got 12 hours to spare?)
4) The Last of the Mohicans (Oh, to find a man that could love me that passionately--and what spectacular views!)
5) It's A Wonderful Life (A Christmas-time must! I absolutely adore Jimmy Stewart)
6) The Breakfast Club (Hey! I went to school with those people!)
7) Quills (You just have to see it)
8) The Usual Suspects (I love Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey is awesome, and what an ending!)
9) Bull Durham (All hale the church of baseball!)
10) Dances With Wolves (What a beautiful story...until you get to the white people)
Honorable Mention: Dogma (Everything that turns me off of organized religion is brought up in this movie. Ben Affleck's diatribe in the parking garage is quite possibly the best monologue ever written!)
Tag! You're it: Alissa
Because I don't know what your favorite movies are
Leah Because we need to share more!
Jennifer Because you need some mindless task after three weeks in Europe!
Love, always, back to Anne
HT to Dan!! Who the hell is Dan? (I don't think this Dan is your husband, Alissa.)
Okay...next?
Friday, May 30, 2008
It's Joey's Fault
Okay, so after reading Joey's glowing review of being fitted for a bra at Nordstrom's, I decided that I,too, must do this. Bras have not been feeling good lately...not that they ever really have. I felt that it would be a really nice thing to do for myself for my birthday. (I celebrate my birthday all week, since it usually occurs around a holiday weekend.) Today, I finally went to Nordstrom's. I try to avoid the mall as much as possible, but I had a free Aveda gift for my birthday to pick up anyway and I wanted to get my eyebrows threaded--more on that later.
But, I digress...we're talking about bras. Turns out, I've been wearing the right size bra all along. I've worn nothing but Victoria's Secret for at least 10 years. I've been very unsatisfied with their bras lately. I tried on several at Nordstrom's and fell in love with another brand. Talk about comfort! (Wacoal) Anyway, after picking out a few bras and matching panties (you have to have at least one matching panty for every bra--there are occasions where it matters!), I ended up spending over $350. I also ended up with a new Platinum Visa card. Definitely Joey's fault.
Off I went to Aveda to get my free gift. Picked up a couple of other things as well. Spent over $80. Yep...Joey's fault, because, like I said, I usually don't go to the mall at all.
I found the eyebrow threading place. I highly recommend this--Joey; then you can blame me for outrageous mall expenditures. She uses a device that's a combination string/rubber band. She just rolls it over your brow and pulls them out. It did occasionally feel like I was being thwacked by a rubber band on the brow, but I love the shape of my brows now. I never could pluck them this well and I hate what waxing does to my skin.
So, all told today, I did end up spending over $400. I feel so pretty though!
And it's all Joey's fault.
But, I digress...we're talking about bras. Turns out, I've been wearing the right size bra all along. I've worn nothing but Victoria's Secret for at least 10 years. I've been very unsatisfied with their bras lately. I tried on several at Nordstrom's and fell in love with another brand. Talk about comfort! (Wacoal) Anyway, after picking out a few bras and matching panties (you have to have at least one matching panty for every bra--there are occasions where it matters!), I ended up spending over $350. I also ended up with a new Platinum Visa card. Definitely Joey's fault.
Off I went to Aveda to get my free gift. Picked up a couple of other things as well. Spent over $80. Yep...Joey's fault, because, like I said, I usually don't go to the mall at all.
I found the eyebrow threading place. I highly recommend this--Joey; then you can blame me for outrageous mall expenditures. She uses a device that's a combination string/rubber band. She just rolls it over your brow and pulls them out. It did occasionally feel like I was being thwacked by a rubber band on the brow, but I love the shape of my brows now. I never could pluck them this well and I hate what waxing does to my skin.
So, all told today, I did end up spending over $400. I feel so pretty though!
And it's all Joey's fault.
