Three.co.uk seem to have a new motto: “If you PAY for unlimited mobile internet WE WILL NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE IT WORKING! and you have no statutory rights. Suck it customer!”
We had a pretty nasty storm here last night. I lost power for a few seconds, and since then, I haven’t been able to turn on my VCR/DVD combo and haven’t been able to connect to the Internet at home. Considering that I spend most of my free time either online or watching DVDs, that’s a bit of a problem.
My mother-in-law has a really nice way of making one feel like a failure even when she doesn’t mean it. (To be fair, she is paying for our insurance, and has been for some time now. That hurts.)
I just read this: http://wonkette.com/415809/arizona-school-demands-black-latino-students-faces-on-mural-be-changed-to-white
I was going to complain about how mad this makes me, but I thought I would keep politics out of GWC…but I can’t. This makes me PERSONALLY mad. It’s one thing that it is an injustice, but it hits me where I live as it attacks a community I am a part of (albeit in another state). It makes me want to go out and engage in activities that could land a guy in a whole heap o’ trouble. Tom Zarek type stuff.
So, I’m posting this here just to vent. Because I need to vent and this remains a refuge in the madness of the interwebs.
Thank you for your indulgence.
No, you’re fine.
I have a problem with the way our borders operate in practice but that’s just… I don’t even know what that is. Screaming epithets at a grammar school? Seriously?
I know, right? I understand that the immigration system is frakked up in this country. My best friend is a British subject who has been living in the U.S. for about 15 years. What he had to go through just to KEEP his job before he got his greencard is ridiculous and would drive anyone without money to throw around (visas are expensive!) to sneak in and break the law. But it is becoming an excuse to justify xenophobia and racism which is really, really, REALLY scary and REALLY pisses me off because for the first time in my life I feel threatened by this crap.
I swear, if I ever hear of anyone throwing epithets at my kids or any kids around me, I’m gonna cut a <sorrybarb>.
Yeah, I know, seriously?! I literally cannot think of anything appropriate to say. Words fail to express.
Repainting the faces lighter. What an outrage. Great message to send to the kids about themselves, the town, and the *sshole racists doing the drive-bys.
Here’s an idea off the top of my head: Have local law enforcement (if this town has any) posted at the mural, and nearby. When one of these losers yells an epithet as he/she drives by, have them pulled over and charged with a Hate Crime, and whatever else seems feasible, down to and including not wearing a seatbelt. Then hand down huge fines for these creeps.
America. Unbelievable.
Right about now, I’d trade Aryan-Zona back to Mexico for a lifetime supply of chips and salsa.
I don’t think it’s indulgence at all. While GWC certainly isn’t focused around politics or activism, one of our common values (at least as I understand it) is friendliness and tolerance towards other community members regardless of differences among us that are, as Daniel Graystone would say, “difference[s] that make no difference”. When something happens that clearly violates this principle, I don’t think of it as a political issue but rather an issue of principle. So as a result, I there’s anything wrong with discussing and/or venting about it.
Armando, I know exactly how you feel. It’s what moves me to tears when I read some of the crap people have said trying to defend these types of behaviors. And what makes me scared to go to certain parts of the country, particularly with spouse in tow.
hugs
Week of teh suck!
1)Found out about a water leak in my condo.
2)Car got broken into and stereo stolen.
3)Just got back from the hospital where my niece had the tip of her finger re-attached.
If I start seeing repeating numbers then I may just snap. 
Been there, dude. Sorry about that.
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Having minor freakouts. I only have two good weeks to go until my screenwriting conference in L.A., and I’m banging my head up against the wall that is the end of ACT II in my script. Also, still going through my list of friends in L.A. to find someone to stay with so I don’t have to pay for a hotel. And hoping airfare doesn’t rise too much before my next paycheck hits, so I don’t have the spend the whole thing on tickets.
I’ve been working up to this thing all year, and my nerves are just getting the better of me. I don’t wanna screw this up. I keep thinking about all the other things that have gone wrong this past year or so, and worrying. Not healthy.
Ouch! Hope your niece’s finger heals well!
They still do that?
3)Just got back from the hospital where my niece had the tip of her finger re-attached.
At least it was attached.
Damn, I thought my week was teh suck.
My dog has a bad hip, it’s looking like hip displasia (sp?) and I dunno if she’s in apin, but she’s looking for more attention than normal and keeps running off to her bed to get her necklace, which is usually the sign she wants a walk, but she growls when I try to take her. It’s really worrying
ARGH! My bloody sister has wandered back into my life, apparently deciding to be my FRIEND after years of thinly disguised hatred! I don’t want her in my life but she won’t leave me alone! It’s like she’s stalking me!
I don’t want to have to move and change all my contact stuff, but I might have to if this keeps up!
That’s so weird. She may actually have regret for following the family norms, or she may have been tasked with being a mole.
Damn. I have no advice in how to proceed with this.
I don’t know if she has any regret, and being a mole won’t get her anything, I don’t HAVE anything!
She’s gone from constantly harping on that “BOYS DON’T WEAR DRESSES YOU HORRIBLE FREAK!” to “I’ll come around and clean your house when you’re working, because I know you’re too busy to do it yourself”… I dunno, beeyoch be crayzee.
Provided you wish to have anything to do with her at this point, perhaps talking to her and saying “hey, I would like to maybe re-establish a relationship with you, but I think we should proceed at a pace I am comfortable with” and then try and set some limits for her. If she won’t abide, turn her into a newt.