Saturday, April 4, 2009

I Love My Dog Buuut....

This clip shows how some people take loving there pets a liiiiitle too far. The video is taken from the program Nature on PBS. The title of this episode was "Why We Love Cats and Dogs?" I tried to find it on their website but to no avail. So I took this clip with my camera.

Cowardly?

These are just the thoughts that are runnin through my mind after all of the drama in my life over the last week.
I started blogging because there are a lot of thoughts that go through my head on a regular basis and I wanted somewhere to rest them, get rid of them, and maybe get something out of it. I am a very opinionated person. I was raised to be that way. To think and see things differently.
I am also an emotional person. That is a two edged sword. I can be very loving and when I feel uncomfortable I can be very nasty and hateful. I have that in check most of the time. I am admittedly moody but nothing like what came out again this week.
Whenever I feel backed into a figurative corner, I attack. I have been in situations in my life where I couldn't fight back and decided that would not continue. That is not an excuse but an explanation of where I am coming from.
I took down a couple of posts tonight because I felt they were putting other people's business on this blog beside my own. I forgot that my blog should only be about me.
The problem for me is that there were some very strong criticisms and attacks in the comment sections. I do not want to seem cowardly by taking them down because of attacks. However my brain says that if I feel that I am wrong in what I have published, I should remove it, be honest about removing it, and move on.
Other people will view what I am doing here however they want, I know my true intent..

Straight Up

I am writing this in the interest of keeping this blog honest. I have taken down 2 post about stuff going on at work. There were some extremely harsh comments that I will briefly relay. " I am an idiot, most of what I say is crap, I am racist, I am worthless etc,etc. I took the posts down because I did not think through how telling this in my blog would make other people I know feel.
I have only been blogging for a few months and I am still trying to figure out how far I want to go with certain issues. I am also trying to figure out the boundries I want to have. Some people would do this slowly and think about everything they say and do first. I like to trudge on through and get a little mucked up in the process. I did not mean to drag anyone else along that I know.
I am not apologizing for what the posts were about or my opinions, but I was only thinking of my need to vent my frustration.
I have many other posts on the blog that have people saying horrible things to me so please don't think I am taking them down because of being attacked. I have taken them down because I do not intentionally want to hurt anyone I know on here.

Obama's Speech to NATO

I really liked the Obama's speech today in Strasberg. I thought he struck a good balance between taking responsibility for the things we have done wrong and reminding those gathered of how many good things we do that the world seems to forget about. I still think he seems to be pandering to them a bit more than I would like but he is doing what he thinks is right. I hope he is.

Mushrooms

When I was younger a friend wanted me to try mushrooms. I was very hesitant as I have an addictive personality. The way they tried to convince me made it a lot easier to resist.
They said that they took the mushrooms and then got ready to go out. As they walked out there door they saw stage coaches flying towards their face. To the point where he was ducking invisible things. He hailed a cab and when he got in the cabbie started to grow horns. He jumped out of the cab and ran screaming to the club.
Oh yeah. Gimme some of that.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Things I Learned in Therapy

There used to be a show called Starting Over. It was on while I was in therapy for a few years trying to figure out my life. There were many things I learned from both the show and my therapist. One of them was a simple statement made on the show one day.
One of the women was mentally fighting what the coach was trying to tell her she needed to do. The client kept saying that she didn't feel that the coach was able to help her. The coach looked at her and said "When the student is ready to learn, the teacher will appear". I don't know if the life coach made that up or if it is a quote from someone else but it helped me a lot.

Strong Opinions

I have been blogging for almost three months now and am kind of surprised by some of the comments I have gotten from people.
When I read something, I try to make sure I understand the persons point before I respond. Many people do not do this. They will read half of what I say, pick out the parts they don't like, and then rip into me. Or because they do not see the world the way I do they attack. Calling me and idiot and telling me I am hateful. I have people now that will not even read what I am talking about.
Some would say that maybe the negative comments are a sign. I see it as a sign alright. A sign to keep on doing what I am doing. I am an American. Americans have the right to free speech and free expression. I will say what I believe for the rest of my life and the more people that disagree with me the more I feel like I am on the right path.
I say that because I feel many people think what they are told to think. I actually think for myself instead of following like a little sheep. God gave me a brain and I intend on using it.

GI Joe Trailer?

I was looking for the GI Joe trailer on youtube when I came across a disturbingly ,reakily mesmerizing clip. It's the kinda thing that is slowly devolving into something you know you should turn away from. The video is in the side bar. It says warning... as the caption. Be warned it gets violently weird at the end.

Eyeball Tattooing

I just watched a man get his eyeball "tattooed" on Taboo on The National Geographic Channel. I could not watch it in real time. I had to hit the back button on my remote and then I'd hit back again. Made my eyes water.
They showed them sticking a needle into the guys eyeball and dye being injected. A lot of people say that isn't a tattoo. It's a dyed eyeball. Whatever.
When I was younger I had a ring in my nose and I got a few tattoo's and I constantly changed my hair color to try to set myself apart. At one point I was considering getting a tattoo on my scalp but decided I'd look too crazy when I get old. Got one on my neck instead. That won't look any where neeeear as crazy as the scalp!!!
Then I decided that the way I think is different enough that I don't need to worry so much about showing it on the outside. That is enough for me now.

"This Is My Man"

Now I know why our president hasn't asked the president of Brazil to apologize for his racism against white people. Because they are buddies. To bad his buddie can't vote in the next US election. YET!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

My Dog ATTACKS...

....the sheets...
...and a pillow.

Bad Cop Resignation

The police officer that kept an NFL player from seeing his dying mother in law over a traffic violation has resigned. I am sure that he is not a horrible person but I don't see how else he could have handled this situation.
He should try to help other officers avoid the same situation. Learn and move on.

Gordon Brown's Gaffe

I wish our congress allowed this kind of behavior. It would make more interesting video for C-SPAN.

Mayor Fenty's Vacations

Someone needs to inform the mayor of DC that he works for the citizens of the district . We have every right to know why the governments of Dubai and China helped pay expenses on both of his trips to their countries. Why?
He also took a secret trip last week that he says he paid for himself. Why would we trust that to be true when you won't answer these other questions?
I don't think it should be a matter of weather or not he chooses to release those details. He is a public official. He is the mayor of one of the most powerful cities in the worlds. If he does not let us know what is going on we should vote him out of office next term. If nothing unseemly is going on, answer the question.
Mayor Fenty, You owe us an explanation!

Racist Spanish Predident

I am still waiting for President Obama to make a comment about the racist comments from the Spanish president about white people. If he does not, I will remember when re-election time comes.

$10 - $15 a Week

I am sorry, this will be kinda short. I have to spend the rest of the day trying to figure out how to spend my extra $20 to $30 a pay check. I know, that will just about cover half of the amount my health insurance has gone up over the last couple of years. WooooHoooo

Warning to Patrons of DC Businesses

This is a follow up to the story from yesterday about my parking ticket problem. Shockingly, all the info I got from my council member was incorrect. He evidently answers so many emails a day that he completely got the info that he gave me wrong, twice! I have now asked to be directed to or be sent a copy of the parking regulation. We'll see if I get it.
The law,according to my council member and the DPW, in DC says you can only park for 2 hours in each zone in DC per day. So keep this in mind.
If you want to come into the city to go shopping, see a movie, go to dinner, visit Cherry Blossoms or any other number of exciting things to do, it better only last 2 hours. Or maybe you should just go into Maryland or Virginia, where they don't try to rip off people for parking, and spend your money there.
*update* I just sent an email to my council member: "Thanks for your help. Could you either send me a copy of the regulation in question or direct me to a website where the dc parking regulations are listed? Not trying to be a jerk , I just want to see how easy it is for us citizens to find the laws that we are penalized for not knowing. Thanks, have a great day. Garrett"
We will see if I get the info.

*Update* I did get a copy of the regulation about the zone parking laws. It is virtually impossible for a normal person to understand it. I see why my council member got it wrong. I am not surprised that the government makes these laws as confusing as possible so they can selectively enforce them. I have seen 3 or 4 cars over the last few days feed their meter all day long and the parking enforcement people walk right on by. 2 of them had Virginia plates, and still no ticket. What a huge coincidence that right after I start openly taking pictures of parking enforcement parked illegally eating at Mc Donald's , among other violations of parking law, I start getting singled out. Just eggs me on to be more aggressive about it.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

City Government Doesn't Know Their Own Rules

I got a ticket last week while at work. I parked on Riggs Place Nw for 1 and 1/2 hours. I went out and moved my car to 17th Street. I came out an hour later and had a ticket saying I broke residential parking rules. I was sure this was a mistake.
I went home for lunch and sent an email to my council member explaining the situation. He responded that there is a test program in Columbia Heights and Capitol Hill where you can only park for 2 hours in any zone for the whole day. Not in Dupont Circle which is where I work.
I was relieved to hear this. About 20 minutes after I responded to the council members email I received another email from someone at the DPW who said that the parking enforcement officer was correct. There is only 2 hour parking in any zone in the city. This is total bullshit!
How the hell are we citizens supposed to know the law when, evidently, our own council members don't know. The signs do not say 2 hour parking for the whole zone for the whole day. If that is the case then they need to take down every parking sign in the city and re word them.
This is also really great for business. I am a hairdresser and a lot of the services clients get will keep them in the area for more then 2 hours. So now after paying anywhere from $60 to $200 for their services, they may also get a $30 ticket.
I thought the city government was supposed to encourage people to come into the city to spend money. This doesn't help. Dumb asses.

Passing It On

I had friends urging me to start a blog, mainly for business use, for quite a while. A few months ago I decided I was ready and my friend Sunny came over and changed my life that night by creating the blog. Writing has helped me tremendously.
Tonight I was able to pass on my limited knowledge. A friend from work needed a way to promote her skincare and massage business at our salon. It feels good to help other people. Especially when you know they are appreciative.

Luiz Iha'cio Lula Da Silva

Luiz Iha'cio Lula Da Silva, of Brazil, is an ignorant racist piece of shit. He said that "this crisis was caused by white people. Blue eyed people that thought they knew everything". I agree that greed caused this financial crisis but the rest of the world was just as greedy as us "white people "were.
And by the way, where is the condemnation from our President for this racist rant against a segment of our countries population by the president of another country??? I guess the only people that you can't be openly racist against are black or brown.
If the same statement had been made about any other group there would be protests in the streets. The UN may even call it a human rights violation.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Anti Gay Church

People , including myself, are soooo ofended by this church, The Westboro Baptist Church. They say nasty hateful things like "God hates fags" and "aids is gods punishment for fags". These statements are vile and are not representative of the way most Christian people think.
I am just curious as to why the public isn't as offended by the anti religious statements made by many groups? Where is the outrage then?

Hypocritical Church Members Part 4







Week 3 or 4 of my public shaming of Cannan Baptist Church at 16th Street and Newton St. They come into my neighborhood and endanger our lives, according to the DC parking laws, by partially blocking the fire hydrant. Actually they have no regard for parking laws in general. And the DC police department does nothing to stop them of course. Here are this Sunday's pics.

How Crooked?

How crooked do you have to be as a congressman to lose your job?
We already know that Chris Dodd from Connecticut put a loophole in the bank bailout bill to get bonuses through for AIG employees. Weather he wanted to or not is irrelevant, he did it. Today I read that AIG instructed their employees to donate to Chriss Dodd's campaign to become president last year After they made the donation they were to send copies of the checks to AIG so they would know who contributed. They were also encouraged to donate on behalf of their spouses.
When asked for a comment today, A representative for the congressman said in short that Chris Dodd is at the forefront of the effort to repair the banking system and that this is old news. He has huge balls, to insert the loophole that allowed bonuses to be given and then claim you are trying to fix it.
Congress= crooked!

Lottery

Just saw the story of an idiot that won the Maryland Lottery. I say idiot for two reasons. Reason one is if you are unemployed and on public assistance why the hell are you playin the lottery??
I heard idiot one in the background say"unemployment doesn't pay the bills". I want all my money back that he received while jobless. These kinds of people do not deserve taxpayer help. His family is getting public assistance but they got a little extra to gamble with.
Reason two is that they paid off their bills and are taking a vacation. A fuckin vacation. Fuckin geniuses that they are. I guess our luck has changed maaaaaw!!!
And the "news" outlets that cover this as if this is a great thing are fuckin useless. Gamble away your money and take trips rather then save for the future.
The government should be able to go after people who they find have abused public assistance and force them to repay the taxpayers with a huge penalty. If they have the ability why the hell don't they use it.

Liberated?

What the hell is goin on?? I just turned on E! and the Girls Next Door was on. I know this crap will rot out my brain but I can't turn away. Part of my fascination is that there is a mother on the show who is taking here teenage daughter to the Playboy mansion for her 18th birthday.
As they pull up in the driveway you see Hef out front waiting and he starts that cackeling laugh.

It is repulsive to sit here and basically watch this woman offer up her child to this old pervert. When I was growing up women wanted to be valued for their minds and contributions to society. Now there seem to be a lot more young women that have been convinced that being skanky and sluty is fine as long as they get paid.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Check Yo Self

After work confession video. Not very nice!!