So, I didn't go out Halloween night.
It was a depression thing... (sometimes, even ten years after Bills' death, this ritual of grief pops up like one of the stations of the cross...) and then, the next day I was depressed that I didn't go out... and then the next day was the Election... and then the next day was the day after... and the fukin day after that....
...well, then, after that, it all started to get better. Finally, the temps here dropped into the sixties, with (gasp!) high fifties at night, (I had to light the floor furnace!) The humidity dropped to below 50%, an event to celebrate in this moist town.
The dark piss lifted.
It was great to wake up in bed wrapped in layers of light blankets, head peaking out and feeling almost cold, then getting up and jumping around a bit, all chilly willy, ready to start the day.
Went to work with a purpose, reset a major portion of the department, made it look fresh... and we like fresh. And I have to do really great fresh now, since I got that MVP award.
So... there is the aftermath of this recent election.
Orleans Parish, (we have parishes here, not counties) went over 75% for Kerry, but of course, the state went for Bush. I think that there is a good case for having a North Louisiana and a South Louisiana, but even the greediest of our local pols probably think it's paring to much of the potato.
These are my recent posts about the election, and history... of course.
From a recent e-mail...
NOTICE FROM CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES /Afghanistan Cruise
We at Carnival Cruise Lines didn't forget that a lot of entertainers had promised to leave the country if George W. Bush became President. With that in mind We have a Special Offer for those who still want to keep their promise. Attention Would Alec Baldwin, Rosie O'Donnell,Ed Asner,Whoppi Goldberg,Cher,Phil Donahue,Rob Reiner,Barbara Streisand, Jane Fonda. Pierre Salinger, and anyone else who made that promise, please dispose of all US assets, and report to Florida for the sailing of the Funship Cruise "Elation" which has been commissioned to take you to your new vacation homes in Afghanistan. You may opt at no extra charge to be dropped off in Somalia or Iraq. The Florida Supreme Court will sponsor a Farewell Parade in your honor through Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties prior to your cruise. Please pack for an extended stay . . . at least four more years.
Well, it goes on a bit more...
Oh yeah. Just some more "nyah, nyah, nyah.... we won!" shit. Cheap and nasty as the last trailer park on earth.
It's time to learn to laugh at this and get over it, and regroup and refocus. Everyone says things in an election year that they have no intention of honoring, it's like playing poker, sometimes you bluff.I think politics used to be more like playing whist... I would hope that in the future it might be more like bridge perhaps... democracy is so messy, especially the way we practice it, like a Roman Republic, all blood and guts and fuck yer buddy and may the best man win as long as he gets away with it. We're such a big powerful country and even our poor people are richer than 98% of the rest of the world, so often we are blind to how the rest of the people in the world see us.
In every state that went for Bush there were still nearly half of the people who voted for Kerry. And there were some good people elected. It's time to pay close attention to what this administration is doing and to support those good people who are watching.
This is still a pimply adolescent country, we've barely passed puberty; it's no wonder we can't handle the marraige/commitment issues yet.
Here's a question: If this were Star Trek, who would we, the U.S. be?The Federation? The Borg? The Andorians? The Klingons? The Vulcans? The Ferengi?Don't laugh, these are all fictional versions of one kind of national character; they wouldn't have worked in fiction if they weren't valid in some way. So who would we be?
I think we are the Ferengi... no matter how much we wish we were the guys from the Federation... (and we are certainly not part of the Vulcan race, bwahahaha! Couldn't think our way out of a plastic bag from the 7/11!
So. Your comments please...
durlx
It was a depression thing... (sometimes, even ten years after Bills' death, this ritual of grief pops up like one of the stations of the cross...) and then, the next day I was depressed that I didn't go out... and then the next day was the Election... and then the next day was the day after... and the fukin day after that....
...well, then, after that, it all started to get better. Finally, the temps here dropped into the sixties, with (gasp!) high fifties at night, (I had to light the floor furnace!) The humidity dropped to below 50%, an event to celebrate in this moist town.
The dark piss lifted.
It was great to wake up in bed wrapped in layers of light blankets, head peaking out and feeling almost cold, then getting up and jumping around a bit, all chilly willy, ready to start the day.
Went to work with a purpose, reset a major portion of the department, made it look fresh... and we like fresh. And I have to do really great fresh now, since I got that MVP award.
So... there is the aftermath of this recent election.
Orleans Parish, (we have parishes here, not counties) went over 75% for Kerry, but of course, the state went for Bush. I think that there is a good case for having a North Louisiana and a South Louisiana, but even the greediest of our local pols probably think it's paring to much of the potato.
These are my recent posts about the election, and history... of course.
From a recent e-mail...
NOTICE FROM CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES /Afghanistan Cruise
We at Carnival Cruise Lines didn't forget that a lot of entertainers had promised to leave the country if George W. Bush became President. With that in mind We have a Special Offer for those who still want to keep their promise. Attention Would Alec Baldwin, Rosie O'Donnell,Ed Asner,Whoppi Goldberg,Cher,Phil Donahue,Rob Reiner,Barbara Streisand, Jane Fonda. Pierre Salinger, and anyone else who made that promise, please dispose of all US assets, and report to Florida for the sailing of the Funship Cruise "Elation" which has been commissioned to take you to your new vacation homes in Afghanistan. You may opt at no extra charge to be dropped off in Somalia or Iraq. The Florida Supreme Court will sponsor a Farewell Parade in your honor through Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties prior to your cruise. Please pack for an extended stay . . . at least four more years.
Well, it goes on a bit more...
Oh yeah. Just some more "nyah, nyah, nyah.... we won!" shit. Cheap and nasty as the last trailer park on earth.
It's time to learn to laugh at this and get over it, and regroup and refocus. Everyone says things in an election year that they have no intention of honoring, it's like playing poker, sometimes you bluff.I think politics used to be more like playing whist... I would hope that in the future it might be more like bridge perhaps... democracy is so messy, especially the way we practice it, like a Roman Republic, all blood and guts and fuck yer buddy and may the best man win as long as he gets away with it. We're such a big powerful country and even our poor people are richer than 98% of the rest of the world, so often we are blind to how the rest of the people in the world see us.
In every state that went for Bush there were still nearly half of the people who voted for Kerry. And there were some good people elected. It's time to pay close attention to what this administration is doing and to support those good people who are watching.
This is still a pimply adolescent country, we've barely passed puberty; it's no wonder we can't handle the marraige/commitment issues yet.
Here's a question: If this were Star Trek, who would we, the U.S. be?The Federation? The Borg? The Andorians? The Klingons? The Vulcans? The Ferengi?Don't laugh, these are all fictional versions of one kind of national character; they wouldn't have worked in fiction if they weren't valid in some way. So who would we be?
I think we are the Ferengi... no matter how much we wish we were the guys from the Federation... (and we are certainly not part of the Vulcan race, bwahahaha! Couldn't think our way out of a plastic bag from the 7/11!
So. Your comments please...
durlx
posted by durlx at 11/07/2004 06:30:00 AM
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