Jesus, this pain in the ass week has been dragging on way too long ever since I overslept Tuesday morning, and it's only Thursday. At 5:30 this morning I was letting the dogs out when what to my wondering yet bleary eyes should appear?
The bad news: It may have taken out some of the garden and especially the rosemary! The rosemary's roots are still in the ground, so it may survive, but it is currently being pinned to the ground by the big tree. I don't know how long it can stay like that and still bounce back.
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In loyalty to their kind
They cannot tolerate our minds
In loyalty to our kind
We cannot tolerate their obstruction - Airplane, Jefferson
I went looking for a job and then I found a job, and heaven knows I'm miserable now.
So, I started this week in a new contract job, and then I got another offer today, which was for more $ and more in my wheelhouse of experience, so I just gave notice.
I feel like a heel because this contract job was made through connections, and I feel like I'm letting those connections down.
TOO LATE. I just rented a locker with a charging station to put my stuff in while I am in the mosh pits. There is no turning back or reverse psychologizing now. A LOCKER.
I have told TLM and his frenz that they can give me rides to and from, but once we are there, they may not let on that they know me because I don't want to be seen with any nerds.
Ha ha, I'm gonna see GWAR and De La Soul and L7 and Andrew WK and Iggy Pop and Bootsy Collins! And some rock music and things! Hahahahahahaha!
TOO LATE. I just rented a locker with a charging station to put my stuff in while I am in the mosh pits. There is no turning back or reverse psychologizing now. A LOCKER.
So my inner jerk wanted out and I let her roam free.
Finally succumbing to pleas from the ACLU for mo' money, I wrote some words when asked to tell them why I donated.
I know they were looking for stuff like, "I want my daughter to live in a world where reproductive rights are respected." Or, "I don't want religion in a place sustained by my tax dollars." But I'm not feeling any of those reasons today.
I donate to your organization and those like it for one reason: To assuage my guilt at being privileged. I am white, I am upper middle class; only my being a woman prevents me from being the ultimate in American privilege.
I know I am privileged because I did nothing to deserve my good fortune. I was born with good genes that gave me intelligence. I was born to parents who loved me and my sister unconditionally and still do. My father was able to work for a sustainable living while my mother stayed home and raised us. Because of my intelligence and supportive, loving parents I was able to learn technical skills in a short time that provided me with over 30 years of good monetary compensation.
On the off-chance that anyone isn't reading the "Ingress" thread (god forbid) I'll be attending my first-ever Dragoncon this year as a panelist for Ingress. Pray for me.
I have been resisting coming here to complain about my aches and pains, but I want to celebrate that I have less of them. I've been dealing with sciatica for about a month and a half. Last night for the first time in what seems a very long time, I could properly feel my feet and I can still feel them today. While my leg pain was more unbearable, the numbness was worrying and I'm really happy today.
Especially as it comes in time for the Psychedelic Furs concert I am going to tomorrow night. They were one of my favorite bands in the Eighties and I saw them several times back then, so this is a pure nostalgia indulgence for me. I hope they don't disappoint, and that my feet hold up standing through the show.
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"freedom to differ is not limited to things that do not matter much. That would be a mere shadow of freedom. The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order."
- Justice Robert Jackson, West Virginia State Board of Ed. v. Barnette
Re: What's up with you?
The rosemary's roots are still in the ground, so it may survive, but it is currently being pinned to the ground by the big tree. I don't know how long it can stay like that and still bounce back. 
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