No "all caps" today.

You know, when I look back at that post from the other day, I think to myself, "Am I bi-polar?"

I wonder if you gentle reader my have asked yourself the same thing?

I'm pretty sure I'm not but hey, I'm no doctor so one can't really be sure. I'm in the middle of thinking about the wording for my invitation and I'm not feeling nearly as frustrated as the other day I'm glad to report. I almost feel like there was some strange initiation that I had to go through in my head to reach the point of calm afterward.

Here's to hoping that I don't sweat the small stuff in the coming months.

By the way, here is my inspiration for my New Year's wedding...

AND ANOTHER THING

I AM STILL PISSED AND WILL REMAIN AS SUCH FOR A LONG FUCKING TIME.

THIS WHOLE WEDDING SHIT IS SUCH A THROW BACK - I FEEL LIKE CHATTEL - AND NO I'M NOT GETTING WALKED DOWN THE ISLE - AND WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS WHOLE ISLE THING ANYWAY? I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A SECULAR WEDDING?

CATHOLICS HATE WOMEN TOO SO SCREW THOSE TRADITIONS. WHAT IS THE OINT OF MY EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE???? HUUH ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? DID IT MAKE MY WOMB MORE FERTILE? MAYBE THAT'S WHY. WHY DID I HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO BE INDEPENDENT IF NOW I'M SUPPOSED TO ACT LIKE I SOME WISPY MAIDEN WHO IS JUST EMBARKING ON HER LIFE!!! 

I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU!!!!!!!!! I'M NOT!!!!!!!!!

 I'M SO GLAD I GOT AN EDUCATION SO THAT I COULD MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS ABOUT WHETHER TO WEAR AN A-LINE OR A SHEATH STYLE DRESS AND FLOWERPETALS AND OTHER STUPID SHIT LIKE THAT.

I'M WEARING RED WITH MY BOOBS HANGING OUT.

THE EFFECT OF THESE ALL CAPS IS WEARING OFF.

Throwing a wedding sucks balls

I find that men are sexist by omission and women by commission when it comes to this whole bridal industry.

Dresses. What kind of bullshit is this? I went to a bridal salon/evening gown place and those sons of bitches wouldn't tell me the name of the designer of the dress I was trying on. The dress retailed in the thousands - I was there because there was a sample sale - and these bitches wouldn't tell me the designer. What kind of asshole spends thousands of dollars on a product for which they don't know the maker?

These a-holes wanted me to fill out a card about myself that said all kinds of important things like - what was my mother's name and contact information? What was the date of my wedding? Did I hear about them because I'm registered on The Knot.com? Well FUCK YOU WEDDING INDUSTRY MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!! I HATE HOW CHEATING AND SEXIST YOU ARE!!!  YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I AM A DUMB BRAINLESS ASSHOLE THAT HAS NO CONCEPT OF THE VALUE OF MONEY. 

DID I MENTION FUCK YOU? NO I AM NOT DOING A BOUQUET TOSS THAT WILL HUMILIATE THE SINGLE WOMEN AT THE WEDDING. NO I AM NOT LETTING SOME MOTHERFUCKER PUT A GARTER ON MY LEG AND I AM NOT WEARING WHITE BECAUSE - NEWSFLASH - I'M THIRTY FUCKING YEARS OLD AND I AM NOT A VIRGIN!!! I AM NOT REGISTERING BECAUSE I ALREADY HAVE 5 FUCKING COFFEEMAKERS AND I AM NOT GIVING OUT BATSHIT CRAZY STUPID OVERPRICED WEDDING FAVORS JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT ME TO.

FUCK THE WEDDING INDUSTRY AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN IT. YOU ARE ALL ASSHOLES.

Visual delight

Madonna says:

"If you can't say, 'I will die if I don't do it,' then you shouldn't do it," she says of shooting for the stars.

About 1999, Jesse Jackson fathered a baby out of wedlock.

So, I didn't know this - maybe I had my head up my ass at the time. (The news came out around the time I graduated college so I was probably freaking out about something else at that time.)

Anyhoo, given Jesse Jackson's seeming distaste for Obama, maybe he's just oversensitive. Maybe JJ is projecting his own guilt and shame from the past onto Obama's comments. Sure, it was while ago, but JJ's daughter is probably about 9 years old now and likely becoming ever more aware of the world around her, so it's not like he or the rest of his family has the luxury to forget and move on. He lives with his choice everyday.

Obviously, it is ironic that he would be upset about Obama telling fathers to be more accountable to their children. Sounds to me like Mr. Jackson has some inner turmoil going on.

To interpret him positively would be to say he is a conflicted but ultimately honorable man who may be haunted by the demons of his tumultuous beginnings, having also been born out of wedlock and into poverty himself.

A negative slant would be that he is a big, hypocritical slut (sorry, I think this word should be de-feminized) who can't keep it in his pants and found the best way to curry favor with the public was to come clean - both when the news of his affair/child broke and now. First rule of PR is to acknowledge wrongdoing and then indicate what steps are being taken to remedy the situation. (And btw, America never gets tired of this routine.)

Of course the "truth" is somewhere in the middle.

Heh heh

Telemarketing outsourced to India?

Sitting here at a large US corporation, I just got a call from a telemarketer asking to speak with my HR department. Generally this is not remarkable.

In this specific instance, it was however. I'm pretty sure the call came from India - you all know the telltale clues - the accent combined with the hum of a large call center in the background.

I can't prove it on just this one example (though I'm sure a quick Google search would help), but I'll speculate that telemarketing has now been outsourced, too.

The Secret to Happiness is...

Downward social comparison.



Discuss

Martin Luther King, "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam"

Age

It's where we're all headed. It's what brought me to this blog. Yet we're afraid of it. 

Why are we afraid of the old? I see the young all the time, but the old are often kept inside. We don't bring them out to play - they aren't part of the fabric of our daily life. 

Is it the vulnerability? A reminder of our own frailty? Of the reality of our very precarious existence? The old, the slow and the chronically ill... how do they make you feel when you see them? 

I'm guilty of this fear, especially lately. It's very personal - I am not untouched ...

I guess I feel like thinking about your own mortality is can be horrifying if you don't already have a philosophy to address the difference between life and death.  Maybe that's why we don't want to go there in our minds. 

Perhaps we have lost sight of the value of the old. I don't understand all the forces that have made this so but I want to die in community, a society even, that values the old. I don't want to be cast aside or isolated during my wait to die. 

Giddy on Life Over Death Day (for some of us)

I'm giddy, though it's slightly subdued due to a chocolate Easter bunny induced sugar crash - I just sent my first invoice ever to my first client ever. 

Neat milestone in the first year of Decade Four. Me likey.

-Happy Day of Remembering That Which is Spiritually Significant to You or Your Particular Religious Persuasion or Lack Thereof.

Do me a favor (random peeve)

If you live in a condo or apartment complex and have a deck, don't grill on it. One of my pet peeves is idiots starting fires.

Is this post out of left field? 

Yes.

Do I care?

No.

Fa fa fa fa... this one's for the francophiles

Why Is Prostitution Illegal?

So, in light of Elliot Spitzer's recent foibles, Slate wrote this article. A couple of years ago I read Callgirl: Confessions of an Ivy League Lady of Pleasure and I came away feeling very strongly that prostitution should be legalized. 

No one really seemed interested in debating the topic with me, probably because most of my peers aren't terribly scandalized by the thought of prostitution. 

So, this Slate article, "Why Is Prostitution Illegal" made me feel a bit like I was finally having a chat with someone about the issue. It takes a relatively even-handed look at the subject while remaining short and easily digested. 

Enjoy