Just a reminder to drop by your local comic shop tomorrow to get your FREE shwag! FREE comic book day is but once a year! Don’t miss it!
We’ll be at Criminal Records in L5P.
See ya there!
USA or Mexico Annex?
I just posted this to a blog I found via BlogExplosion called Conservative Trail Head. The author is one of those ‘I was liberal until I grew up’ people who thinks that conservatives will save the world. Yah, right. That’s what the first short paragraph is adressing. Mr Oddey is a blogger who posted about the virtues of the Mexicans and that the US should not only give them what they demand, but MORE. Yah. The meat of this post is about the Mexican problem that the US is facing:
First: thinking that conservatives are any less greedy, deluded and self serving than liberals is just silly. You want sensible ideas? Libertarian. Look into it.
Now, about those Mexicans. You are right on the mark. I live in Atlanta, which is chock full of Mexicans and other minorities (in this city, being white is a minority, btw). Mr Oddey is clueless about what Mexicans represent to this country. They represent a $16+BILLION drain on our economy. They do NOT pay taxes. They use social services. They insist that we provide Spanish language schools.
Name ONE, just ONE other country in the world who would offer such extravagant amenities for immigrants of any kind – legal or not. Can you trot into France or Germany and demand citizenship, free social services, no taxation AND that everyone speak English for you? NO!! The US is in the position of supporting Mexico financially plus providing free medical, free education (in Spanish, natch), and unfettered free citizenship. That is INSANE.
Weddings and Driving – Bleh!
Why do brides insist upon having these horrid, drawn out, break-the-bank weddings? I am SO glad that we just did an off the cuff deal instead. The big poofy eye blindingly WHITE dress, the bridesmaids, the best men. Ugh. And let’s not forget the ceremony itself, which is identical each and every time (for just about any religious type ceremony): same words said, same candles, same same same. Then there’s the reception, with the same dances, the same garter/bouquet toss, the same heinous music (Electric Slide, anyone? How about that big hit Macarena?). I know every bridezilla on the planet thinks that THEIR wedding is so special, but lemme tell ya something: if it’s in any way “traditional” then your shit is the same as everyone else’s. That is certainly not for me! And every single bridezilla will tell you “it’s for the family”. Yah, yah. Doesn’t individuality mean anything? Can’t you have a unique wedding and include the family? I don’t get it. My neighbor Emily said “fuck this!” to the traditional crap and took everyone to Jamaica instead! They were married on a cliff overlooking the ocean! Now that’s a cool wedding! I look back on our April Fool’s wedding and I’m very happy that we did it our way, with the Right Reverend Caroline presiding. It was cool and VERY fun – despite my parents showing up! :->
Oh and I know there is a special place in hell for the piece of shit wedding DJs who are compelled to play The Electric Slide and/or Macarena. They are fuckers and they should spend eternity listening to ONLY those 2 songs. What is it with wedding DJs anyway? I think they have some bizarre compulsion to play those songs – whether they are allowed or not. I’ve been to 2 weddings in a row where the bride and groom said “Hell NO! The DJ is forbidden to play those songs!” then we get the lovely experience of hearing them yet again. And WTF is with the assholes that ALWAYS dance to them?? It must be some sort of drunken group experience that Those Who Have No Life™ must perform. Jaysus gawd!!
I tried driving to Heather’s birthday dinner last night. Not a good experience. I freaked out at an intersection. ::sigh:: I just don’t like driving any more, I guess. Oh, well, everyone says it’ll pass. I hope so. But for now, I’ll be happy to let Nick be my chauffeur.
I have to drive to Northlake today and that’s ok. As long as I stay on my usual paths I do all right. For now, I’m gonna get some more done on Oracle. Hopefully they will pay the TWO oustanding invoices they owe this week.
The Squish!
You can never have too many cute kitty pix and here is another of my darling DJ aka Squish!
He’s in the herb garden between the rosemary and the marjoram! What a cutie!
It’s true about the doors
When one closes, another opens. Or many open. I’m sincerely happy to find that my closed door has worked out well for all involved. We’re happier, they are happier, hell, everybody is happier.
I’m still gonna miss my wonderful sadistic guy, but I guess you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. :-/
I also sincerely hope that one day down the road we may run into them and be able to have some fun without the involvement. I just can’t handle the close involvement – too much crazy.
It’s lunchtime and my Moon paperwork is all done. I really should get some shopping done, but I’ll probably put it off until tomorrow. I’m kinda tired and my back is sore from shower wee-ee this morning. Hmm, maybe a big lunch and then a catnap? Puuuurrrrrrfect!