the little black cat's paw is leaning against the bottom of my left foot. israel is being violent and destructive as usual. the new year is coming. the night is chilled. i am looking for apartments in miami. i am looking forward to my birthday - wanting to visit pdx to celebrate. wanting to have impromptu dance parties, karaoke time, bike rides and vegan baking contests.
soon.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
that magical time of year..
I woke up again with that same nagging pain in my tummy.... the one where i don't really know where i'm going and i just want to be waking up somewhere else. feeling the weight of repression, wage slavery, and becoming too big for my britches.
the news is all about the same meaningless droll, though i keep it on in the background. i set an armadillo to music today, as he spun himself around in circles inside an enclosure within the national zoo. as if we nationally should pay for animals to be in small cages so far removed from their natural environments. like we are doing such a service expanding the elephant cage by a bit.. even though we kidnapped them from their home. and then the thought that this may have been better than the horrors they would have faced back home - murder by vicious hunters and degradation of their environments. oh, how my heart aches for the world's wonderful creatures, humans included.
learning about luxury appliance innovators and loss leaders, two for one shoes and earrings. the cacophony of the ludicrous. i will not miss bush when he leaves office, but realize that obama is a similar coin. i hope he protects the endangered species.. now that bush has taken away more and more rights. i have been craving carrot cake. now i am falling asleep.
it rained and was cool today, though not as chilly as dc was. i walked a lot there... listened to whales sing, had brownie a la mode at the science club, walked on the national mall, and sat in a rad little bookstore by dupont circle. it feels like a second home almost. though too cold.
i am going to sleep. rants like this will be folllowed by more sensible ramblings.
watching a show on nigeria and the oil company shell wreaking havoc on the environment, the corruption of the government, stolen money and destroyed environment. oil in the water... and the people, oh so poor. suffering from monkey pox from bushmeat. barefoot on dirt floors. breathing in and out the dirty dirty dirty air.
om. om om om om...
the news is all about the same meaningless droll, though i keep it on in the background. i set an armadillo to music today, as he spun himself around in circles inside an enclosure within the national zoo. as if we nationally should pay for animals to be in small cages so far removed from their natural environments. like we are doing such a service expanding the elephant cage by a bit.. even though we kidnapped them from their home. and then the thought that this may have been better than the horrors they would have faced back home - murder by vicious hunters and degradation of their environments. oh, how my heart aches for the world's wonderful creatures, humans included.
learning about luxury appliance innovators and loss leaders, two for one shoes and earrings. the cacophony of the ludicrous. i will not miss bush when he leaves office, but realize that obama is a similar coin. i hope he protects the endangered species.. now that bush has taken away more and more rights. i have been craving carrot cake. now i am falling asleep.
it rained and was cool today, though not as chilly as dc was. i walked a lot there... listened to whales sing, had brownie a la mode at the science club, walked on the national mall, and sat in a rad little bookstore by dupont circle. it feels like a second home almost. though too cold.
i am going to sleep. rants like this will be folllowed by more sensible ramblings.
watching a show on nigeria and the oil company shell wreaking havoc on the environment, the corruption of the government, stolen money and destroyed environment. oil in the water... and the people, oh so poor. suffering from monkey pox from bushmeat. barefoot on dirt floors. breathing in and out the dirty dirty dirty air.
om. om om om om...
Thursday, August 16, 2007
scratching by.
"Morning came and I tried not to notice"
I woke up early today with the room still dark, mostly due to ruminations through my neurons and a little spider crawling deliberately along my skin. I biked up the hill home last night and was huffing and puffing, my knees aching, trying to make it up without having to stop. I certainly slowed and then got to the top hardly able to catch the breath that was running away from me.. and slid my way back down the other side wondering how people could do 90 miles without proper training. And then wondering how I could be so unself-reliant. I want to be okay just lying by myself in a dark room with only a spider as company and my little stuffed bunny rabbit. I listen to the radio and toss and turn a bit before unconsciousness sets in. Then it is restless with the thoughts of who I am supposed to be, impressing others and such. Also, how am I going to pay the bills and feed myself. I have been down on myself, for my lack of biking prowess and lack of a job. I function as someone teetering on the edge of this thin wall, sort of like humpty dumpty. K laughed at me for this. Then we ate onion rings and danced to a slow song on the jukebox in the local fast-food joint. They give little gold tokens there which can be taken and exchanged for free songs on the juke. I played 'great balls of fire' and she played a song that I don't know.. oh, and 'blueberry hill.'
Did I mention learning all about climate change this weekend? It was rather great but culminated in a sorta weird feeling of WTF? and a smattering of PTSD. You know how it goes.
"Since it's all I have I want to go to sleep. And dream of you and me just off the coast
On a holiday so long and warm and lucky. Always wake up in my bedroom all alone..."
- Tilly & The Wall
I woke up early today with the room still dark, mostly due to ruminations through my neurons and a little spider crawling deliberately along my skin. I biked up the hill home last night and was huffing and puffing, my knees aching, trying to make it up without having to stop. I certainly slowed and then got to the top hardly able to catch the breath that was running away from me.. and slid my way back down the other side wondering how people could do 90 miles without proper training. And then wondering how I could be so unself-reliant. I want to be okay just lying by myself in a dark room with only a spider as company and my little stuffed bunny rabbit. I listen to the radio and toss and turn a bit before unconsciousness sets in. Then it is restless with the thoughts of who I am supposed to be, impressing others and such. Also, how am I going to pay the bills and feed myself. I have been down on myself, for my lack of biking prowess and lack of a job. I function as someone teetering on the edge of this thin wall, sort of like humpty dumpty. K laughed at me for this. Then we ate onion rings and danced to a slow song on the jukebox in the local fast-food joint. They give little gold tokens there which can be taken and exchanged for free songs on the juke. I played 'great balls of fire' and she played a song that I don't know.. oh, and 'blueberry hill.'
Did I mention learning all about climate change this weekend? It was rather great but culminated in a sorta weird feeling of WTF? and a smattering of PTSD. You know how it goes.
"Since it's all I have I want to go to sleep. And dream of you and me just off the coast
On a holiday so long and warm and lucky. Always wake up in my bedroom all alone..."
- Tilly & The Wall
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Chinese Product Rant.
I am lying on the couch with a stomach ache and thinking about China... and about baking a cake.
| | Soy sauce made from unclean human hair from hospitals and barbershop floors? 110 people DEAD in Panama from tainted cough syrup? Tainted pet food that killed dogs and cats all across America? Lead in children's toys? Not to mention all sorts of carcinogens.. Liver-damaging chemicals in toothpaste (some used as mini-versions in fancy hotels in the U.S.)? Fake drugs and medical products that led to the leader of China's version of the FDA to be executed for his crimes? Did you know that "at least 300 million Chinese citizens—roughly the same number as the entire U.S. population—suffer from food-borne diseases annually, according to a recent report by the Asian Development Bank and World Health Organization"??? DO YOUR RESEARCH, PEOPLE. Amanda's Rant: Need I tell you to stop shopping at Wal-Mart and other big-box stores? Stay away from Made-In-China products as much as you possibly can! Pay a little more and buy quality materials that will last you a long time. Our throwaway society is destroying the planet and ourselves. Read up on our reliance on Chinese products and the lack of human rights, environmental and quality standards with Chinese manufacturing. Then, take your shock and vote with your dollars. Think about who you are supporting and where you are giving your money. Shop locally wherever possible! Think about whether or not you need the new piece of crap you think you do... you will probably be pleasantly surprised. Us humans don't need so much. Stop consuming so much. Think. Think. Think. Pretty please. It is past the tipping point. We cannot turn this around, but we can make our own impact by changing the way we live. 1. Newsweek article on this mess: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19650857/site/newsweek/ 2. List of this years' recalls from Chinese products: http://www.who-sucks.com/business/made-in-china-2007-danger-timeline |
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