Verbal and written gay bashing is now a crime in Canada. Its about time. The people who opposed the bill are doing so only on religious grounds. Natch. The only grounds that you could protest that type of thing would be religion.
Oh, and I found this great site. You need a sense of humor to appreciate the site though.
{Thursday, April 29}
{Tuesday, April 27}
USA foreign policy for beginners
Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.
Q: But the inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.
Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, did we?
A: That's because the weapons are so well hidden. Don't worry, we'll find something, probably right before the 2004 election.
Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war, silly.
Q: I'm confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to use in a war, then why didn't they use any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
A: Well, obviously they didn't want anyone to know they had those weapons so they chose to die by the thousands rather than defend themselves.
Q: That doesn't make sense Daddy. Why would they choose to die if they had all those big weapons to fight us back with?
A: It's a different culture. It's not supposed to make sense.
Q: I don't know about you, but I don't think they had any of those weapons our government said they did.
A: Well, you know, it doesn't matter whether or not they had those weapons. We had another good reason to invade them anyway.
Q: And what was that?
A: Even if Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein was cruel dictator, which is another good reason to invade another country.
Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK to invade his country?
A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.
Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic competitor, where millions of people work for slave wages in sweatshops to make U.S. corporations richer.
Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate gain, it's a good country, even if that country tortures people?
A: Right.
Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?
A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government. People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?
A: I told you, China is different.
Q: What's the difference between China and Iraq?
A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath party, while China is Communist.
Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?
A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.
Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba are sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Like in Iraq?
A: Exactly.
Q: And like in China, too?
A: I told you, China's a good economic competitor. Cuba, on the other hand, is not.
Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic competitor?
A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our government passed some laws that made it illegal for Americans to trade or do any business with Cuba until they stopped being Communists and started being capitalists like us.
Q: But if we got rid of those laws, opened up trade with Cuba, and started doing business with them, wouldn't that help the Cubans become capitalist's?
A: Don't be a smart-ass.
Q: I didn't think I was being one.
A: Well, anyway, they also don't have freedom of religion in Cuba.
Q: Kind of like China and the Falun Gong movement?
A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China. Anyway, Saddam Hussein came to power through a military coup, so he's not really a legitimate leader anyway.
Q: What's a military coup?
A: That's when a military general takes over the government of a country by force, instead of holding free elections like we do in the United States.
Q: Didn't the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a military coup?
A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Uh, yeah, he did, but Pakistan is our friend.
Q: Why is Pakistan our friend if their leader is illegitimate?
A: I never said Pervez Musharraf was illegitimate .
Q: Didn't you just say a military general who comes to power by forcibly overthrowing the legitimate government of a nation is an illegitimate leader?
A: Only Saddam Hussein. Pervez Musharraf is our friend, because he helped us invade Afghanistan.
Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?
A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.
Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?
A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men. Fifteen of them Saudi Arabians, hijacked four airplanes and flew three of them into buildings, killing over 3,000 Americans.
Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?
A: Afghanistan was where those bad men trained, under the oppressive rule of the Taliban.
Q: Aren't the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who chopped off people's heads and hands?!
A: Yes, that's exactly who they were. Not only did they chop off people's heads and hands, but they oppressed women, too.
Q: Didn't the Bush administration give the Taliban 43 million dollars back in May of 2001?
A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did such a good job fighting drugs.
Q: Fighting drugs?
A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping people from growing opium poppies.
Q: How did they do such a good job?
A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads cut off.
Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people's heads and hands for growing flowers, that was OK, but not if they cut people's heads and hands off for other reasons?
A: Yes. It's OK with us if radical Islamic fundamentalists cut off people's hands for growing flowers, but it's cruel if they cut off people's hands for stealing bread.
Q: Don't they also cut off people's hands and heads in Saudi Arabia?
A: That's different. Afghanistan was ruled by a tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not comply.
Q: Don't Saudi women have to wear burqas in public, too?
A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic body covering.
Q: What's the difference?
A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers. The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers.
Q: It sounds like the same thing with a different name.
A: Now, don't go comparing Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are our friends.
Q: But I thought you said 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia.
A: Yes, but they trained in Afghanistan.
Q: Who trained them?
A: A very bad man named Osama bin Laden.
Q: Was he from Afghanistan?
A: Uh, no, he was from Saudi Arabia too. But he was a bad man, a very bad man.
Q: I seem to recall he was our friend once.
A: Only when we helped him and the mujahadeen repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the 1980s.
Q: Who are the Soviets? Was that the Evil Communist Empire Ronald Reagan talked about?
A: There are no more Soviets. The Soviet Union broke up in 1990 or thereabouts!, and now they have elections and capitalism like us. We call them Russians now.
Q: So the Soviets ? I mean, the Russians ? are now our friends?
A: Well, not really. You see, they were our friends for many years after they stopped being Soviets, but then they decided not to support our invasion of Iraq, so we're mad at them now. We're also mad at the French and the Germans because they didn't help us invade Iraq either.
Q: So the French and Germans are evil, too?
A: Not exactly evil, but just bad enough that we had to rename French fries and French toast to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.
Q: Do we always rename foods whenever another country doesn't do what we want them to do?
A: No, we just do that to our friends. Our enemies, we invade.
Q: But wasn't Iraq one of our friends back in the 1980s! ?
A: Well, yeah. For a while.
Q: Was Saddam Hussein ruler of Iraq back then?
A: Yes, but at the time he was fighting against Iran, which made him our friend, temporarily.
Q: Why did that make him our friend?
A: Because at that time, Iran was our enemy.
Q: Isn't that when he gassed the Kurds?
A: Yeah, but since he was fighting against Iran at the time, we looked the other way, to show him we were his friend.
Q: So anyone who fights against one of our enemies automatically becomes our friend?
A: Most of the time, yes.
Q: And anyone who fights against one of our friends is automatically an enemy?
A: Sometimes that's true, too. However, if American corporations can profit by selling weapons to both sides at the same time, all the better..
Q: Why?
A: Because war is good for the economy, which means war is good for America. Also, since God is on America's side, anyone who opposes war is a godless un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we attacked Iraq?
Q: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us to, right?
A: Yes.
Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W. Bush and tells him what to do.
Q: So basically, what you're saying is that we attacked Iraq because George W. Bush hears voices in his head?
A. Yes! You finally understand how the world works. Now close your eyes, make yourself comfortable, and go to sleep. Good night.
Q: Good night, Daddy.
Q: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?
A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction honey.
Q: But the inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass destruction.
A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.
Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?
A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.
Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any weapons of mass destruction, did we?
A: That's because the weapons are so well hidden. Don't worry, we'll find something, probably right before the 2004 election.
Q: Why did Iraq want all those weapons of mass destruction?
A: To use them in a war, silly.
Q: I'm confused. If they had all those weapons that they planned to use in a war, then why didn't they use any of those weapons when we went to war with them?
A: Well, obviously they didn't want anyone to know they had those weapons so they chose to die by the thousands rather than defend themselves.
Q: That doesn't make sense Daddy. Why would they choose to die if they had all those big weapons to fight us back with?
A: It's a different culture. It's not supposed to make sense.
Q: I don't know about you, but I don't think they had any of those weapons our government said they did.
A: Well, you know, it doesn't matter whether or not they had those weapons. We had another good reason to invade them anyway.
Q: And what was that?
A: Even if Iraq didn't have weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein was cruel dictator, which is another good reason to invade another country.
Q: Why? What does a cruel dictator do that makes it OK to invade his country?
A: Well, for one thing, he tortured his own people.
Q: Kind of like what they do in China?
A: Don't go comparing China to Iraq. China is a good economic competitor, where millions of people work for slave wages in sweatshops to make U.S. corporations richer.
Q: So if a country lets its people be exploited for American corporate gain, it's a good country, even if that country tortures people?
A: Right.
Q: Why were people in Iraq being tortured?
A: For political crimes, mostly, like criticizing the government. People who criticized the government in Iraq were sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Isn't that exactly what happens in China?
A: I told you, China is different.
Q: What's the difference between China and Iraq?
A: Well, for one thing, Iraq was ruled by the Ba'ath party, while China is Communist.
Q: Didn't you once tell me Communists were bad?
A: No, just Cuban Communists are bad.
Q: How are the Cuban Communists bad?
A: Well, for one thing, people who criticize the government in Cuba are sent to prison and tortured.
Q: Like in Iraq?
A: Exactly.
Q: And like in China, too?
A: I told you, China's a good economic competitor. Cuba, on the other hand, is not.
Q: How come Cuba isn't a good economic competitor?
A: Well, you see, back in the early 1960s, our government passed some laws that made it illegal for Americans to trade or do any business with Cuba until they stopped being Communists and started being capitalists like us.
Q: But if we got rid of those laws, opened up trade with Cuba, and started doing business with them, wouldn't that help the Cubans become capitalist's?
A: Don't be a smart-ass.
Q: I didn't think I was being one.
A: Well, anyway, they also don't have freedom of religion in Cuba.
Q: Kind of like China and the Falun Gong movement?
A: I told you, stop saying bad things about China. Anyway, Saddam Hussein came to power through a military coup, so he's not really a legitimate leader anyway.
Q: What's a military coup?
A: That's when a military general takes over the government of a country by force, instead of holding free elections like we do in the United States.
Q: Didn't the ruler of Pakistan come to power by a military coup?
A: You mean General Pervez Musharraf? Uh, yeah, he did, but Pakistan is our friend.
Q: Why is Pakistan our friend if their leader is illegitimate?
A: I never said Pervez Musharraf was illegitimate .
Q: Didn't you just say a military general who comes to power by forcibly overthrowing the legitimate government of a nation is an illegitimate leader?
A: Only Saddam Hussein. Pervez Musharraf is our friend, because he helped us invade Afghanistan.
Q: Why did we invade Afghanistan?
A: Because of what they did to us on September 11th.
Q: What did Afghanistan do to us on September 11th?
A: Well, on September 11th, nineteen men. Fifteen of them Saudi Arabians, hijacked four airplanes and flew three of them into buildings, killing over 3,000 Americans.
Q: So how did Afghanistan figure into all that?
A: Afghanistan was where those bad men trained, under the oppressive rule of the Taliban.
Q: Aren't the Taliban those bad radical Islamics who chopped off people's heads and hands?!
A: Yes, that's exactly who they were. Not only did they chop off people's heads and hands, but they oppressed women, too.
Q: Didn't the Bush administration give the Taliban 43 million dollars back in May of 2001?
A: Yes, but that money was a reward because they did such a good job fighting drugs.
Q: Fighting drugs?
A: Yes, the Taliban were very helpful in stopping people from growing opium poppies.
Q: How did they do such a good job?
A: Simple. If people were caught growing opium poppies, the Taliban would have their hands and heads cut off.
Q: So, when the Taliban cut off people's heads and hands for growing flowers, that was OK, but not if they cut people's heads and hands off for other reasons?
A: Yes. It's OK with us if radical Islamic fundamentalists cut off people's hands for growing flowers, but it's cruel if they cut off people's hands for stealing bread.
Q: Don't they also cut off people's hands and heads in Saudi Arabia?
A: That's different. Afghanistan was ruled by a tyrannical patriarchy that oppressed women and forced them to wear burqas whenever they were in public, with death by stoning as the penalty for women who did not comply.
Q: Don't Saudi women have to wear burqas in public, too?
A: No, Saudi women merely wear a traditional Islamic body covering.
Q: What's the difference?
A: The traditional Islamic covering worn by Saudi women is a modest yet fashionable garment that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers. The burqa, on the other hand, is an evil tool of patriarchal oppression that covers all of a woman's body except for her eyes and fingers.
Q: It sounds like the same thing with a different name.
A: Now, don't go comparing Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are our friends.
Q: But I thought you said 15 of the 19 hijackers on September 11th were from Saudi Arabia.
A: Yes, but they trained in Afghanistan.
Q: Who trained them?
A: A very bad man named Osama bin Laden.
Q: Was he from Afghanistan?
A: Uh, no, he was from Saudi Arabia too. But he was a bad man, a very bad man.
Q: I seem to recall he was our friend once.
A: Only when we helped him and the mujahadeen repel the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan back in the 1980s.
Q: Who are the Soviets? Was that the Evil Communist Empire Ronald Reagan talked about?
A: There are no more Soviets. The Soviet Union broke up in 1990 or thereabouts!, and now they have elections and capitalism like us. We call them Russians now.
Q: So the Soviets ? I mean, the Russians ? are now our friends?
A: Well, not really. You see, they were our friends for many years after they stopped being Soviets, but then they decided not to support our invasion of Iraq, so we're mad at them now. We're also mad at the French and the Germans because they didn't help us invade Iraq either.
Q: So the French and Germans are evil, too?
A: Not exactly evil, but just bad enough that we had to rename French fries and French toast to Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.
Q: Do we always rename foods whenever another country doesn't do what we want them to do?
A: No, we just do that to our friends. Our enemies, we invade.
Q: But wasn't Iraq one of our friends back in the 1980s! ?
A: Well, yeah. For a while.
Q: Was Saddam Hussein ruler of Iraq back then?
A: Yes, but at the time he was fighting against Iran, which made him our friend, temporarily.
Q: Why did that make him our friend?
A: Because at that time, Iran was our enemy.
Q: Isn't that when he gassed the Kurds?
A: Yeah, but since he was fighting against Iran at the time, we looked the other way, to show him we were his friend.
Q: So anyone who fights against one of our enemies automatically becomes our friend?
A: Most of the time, yes.
Q: And anyone who fights against one of our friends is automatically an enemy?
A: Sometimes that's true, too. However, if American corporations can profit by selling weapons to both sides at the same time, all the better..
Q: Why?
A: Because war is good for the economy, which means war is good for America. Also, since God is on America's side, anyone who opposes war is a godless un-American Communist. Do you understand now why we attacked Iraq?
Q: I think so. We attacked them because God wanted us to, right?
A: Yes.
Q: But how did we know God wanted us to attack Iraq?
A: Well, you see, God personally speaks to George W. Bush and tells him what to do.
Q: So basically, what you're saying is that we attacked Iraq because George W. Bush hears voices in his head?
A. Yes! You finally understand how the world works. Now close your eyes, make yourself comfortable, and go to sleep. Good night.
Q: Good night, Daddy.
Oh. My. Fuck.
How fucking paranoid can they get? A fifteen year old kid draws pencil sketches of King George II that portray him in a bad light and the goddamn Secret Service is down his fucking throat. That shit makes me irate. Really fucking irate. I cant even put into words how ridiculous the whole thing is. American society today is reverting back to what it was in the forties and fifties. The country is run by the Christian Church, not by the people. The seperation of church and state is a myth. If you're not a WASP, you are immoral, a heathen. I LIKE being a heathen goddammit.
How fucking paranoid can they get? A fifteen year old kid draws pencil sketches of King George II that portray him in a bad light and the goddamn Secret Service is down his fucking throat. That shit makes me irate. Really fucking irate. I cant even put into words how ridiculous the whole thing is. American society today is reverting back to what it was in the forties and fifties. The country is run by the Christian Church, not by the people. The seperation of church and state is a myth. If you're not a WASP, you are immoral, a heathen. I LIKE being a heathen goddammit.
{Thursday, April 22}
Well... where do I even start?
I was driving to work today and saw a news truck parked across the road. My first thought was "Fuck, what's going on now?". I was hoping that it was something going on at the bar next door, like a drug bust or a stabbing or something. Then I saw the reporter standing right at the crosswalk at the parking lot at work. Naturally I parked in the side lot as so I wouldnt be accosted. I was talking to a co-worker in the foyer of the building and I find out that not only is my contract leaving the building in about six weeks, but the other contract, the only other contract, is leaving at the end of May. They dont have another contract lined up ...as of yet.
They're pulling us into meetings all day to discuss what's going on. Basically what they're telling us is that starting today they're giving us sixteen weeks notice. Now sixteen weeks is a long time after the two contracts are due to pull out. Sooo... what that means is that if they dont have new contracts in by the time the current ones are gone we will get paid full time to sit home and not work. SCORE!!! I dont get paid a full forty hours a week now because of all the VTO that I take. Once the sixteen weeks are up, if they still dont have work for us then we'll get UI and whatnot. Im not worried, and Im not freaking out. Its just a job. There are tons of other jobs around that I can get. Or I can move to Halifax and get a job there.
Speaking of Halifax, I never got a chance to post about my trip. Well we left at 6:00am on Wednesday morning, stopped for breakfast about half past nine, and then arrived in Lwr. Sackville about noonish. We picked up lunch and then went to my brother's doctor's appointment in Halifax, and then made it to my aunt's in Cole Harbour. After supper we just kinda sat around and talked, I was exhausted. Boyfriend called me at 9pm and I crashed not long after that.
We got up early Thursday and got a taxi to the big mall near my aunt's house. We did a lot of window shopping, and I was on my first escalator, and in my first glass elevator. I felt like such a hick. The first store that I bought something at was Zellers, which we have at home, but I found two cute pairs of jammies and a cute pair of sunglasses. Then I managed to hit a sale at the GAP and bought an outfit, a few shirts, and a carry-on bag all for about $130. I window shopped some more and then while my brother was looking at sunglasses at a kiosk I wandered into American Eagle Outfitters and they were having a sale so I bought two t-shirts and a halter top (I wish I had bought more of the halter tops, I love the one I got). That was the end of my shopping for this trip. We had a big supper that night and crashed early again.
Friday we met my cousin at the little mall near my aunt's and went to Costco and headed home about 12:30. We made two stops on the way home and got in the driveway just before 7pm. I was exhausted. I didnt work on Saturday, and had Sunday and Monday off as usual. It ended up being a really good weekend, and Im hoping to get down there again during the summer if Boyfriend is still employed.
I was driving to work today and saw a news truck parked across the road. My first thought was "Fuck, what's going on now?". I was hoping that it was something going on at the bar next door, like a drug bust or a stabbing or something. Then I saw the reporter standing right at the crosswalk at the parking lot at work. Naturally I parked in the side lot as so I wouldnt be accosted. I was talking to a co-worker in the foyer of the building and I find out that not only is my contract leaving the building in about six weeks, but the other contract, the only other contract, is leaving at the end of May. They dont have another contract lined up ...as of yet.
They're pulling us into meetings all day to discuss what's going on. Basically what they're telling us is that starting today they're giving us sixteen weeks notice. Now sixteen weeks is a long time after the two contracts are due to pull out. Sooo... what that means is that if they dont have new contracts in by the time the current ones are gone we will get paid full time to sit home and not work. SCORE!!! I dont get paid a full forty hours a week now because of all the VTO that I take. Once the sixteen weeks are up, if they still dont have work for us then we'll get UI and whatnot. Im not worried, and Im not freaking out. Its just a job. There are tons of other jobs around that I can get. Or I can move to Halifax and get a job there.
Speaking of Halifax, I never got a chance to post about my trip. Well we left at 6:00am on Wednesday morning, stopped for breakfast about half past nine, and then arrived in Lwr. Sackville about noonish. We picked up lunch and then went to my brother's doctor's appointment in Halifax, and then made it to my aunt's in Cole Harbour. After supper we just kinda sat around and talked, I was exhausted. Boyfriend called me at 9pm and I crashed not long after that.
We got up early Thursday and got a taxi to the big mall near my aunt's house. We did a lot of window shopping, and I was on my first escalator, and in my first glass elevator. I felt like such a hick. The first store that I bought something at was Zellers, which we have at home, but I found two cute pairs of jammies and a cute pair of sunglasses. Then I managed to hit a sale at the GAP and bought an outfit, a few shirts, and a carry-on bag all for about $130. I window shopped some more and then while my brother was looking at sunglasses at a kiosk I wandered into American Eagle Outfitters and they were having a sale so I bought two t-shirts and a halter top (I wish I had bought more of the halter tops, I love the one I got). That was the end of my shopping for this trip. We had a big supper that night and crashed early again.
Friday we met my cousin at the little mall near my aunt's and went to Costco and headed home about 12:30. We made two stops on the way home and got in the driveway just before 7pm. I was exhausted. I didnt work on Saturday, and had Sunday and Monday off as usual. It ended up being a really good weekend, and Im hoping to get down there again during the summer if Boyfriend is still employed.
{Saturday, April 17}
The trip was good. I only spent $300, I managed to hit a ton of sales. Im too tired to type out a detailed post. I got full day VTO because Im too tired to actually work. I'll be back at work on Tuesday, I may update from home before then.
{Tuesday, April 13}
So my trip is tomorrow. I have to get up at 5am to be on the road for 6am. Gah. That will NOT be fun. I am going to leave here early tonight so I can get home early and pack and get some sleep, hopefully. I doubt I'll get much sleep, but I can hope.
It only cost $375 to get the car ready for the trip. I've only had the car for six months and just to make the trip I had to replace three tires, both windshield wipers, and the brake pads and rotors. Luckily, there are people sharing the cost, otherwise I would not be making my trip. The only reason that Im going is to go shopping on Thursday.
I will not have access to a computer until I get back on Friday, meaning I wont be at a computer until Saturday when Im back to work. I shall update then. Toodles~
It only cost $375 to get the car ready for the trip. I've only had the car for six months and just to make the trip I had to replace three tires, both windshield wipers, and the brake pads and rotors. Luckily, there are people sharing the cost, otherwise I would not be making my trip. The only reason that Im going is to go shopping on Thursday.
I will not have access to a computer until I get back on Friday, meaning I wont be at a computer until Saturday when Im back to work. I shall update then. Toodles~
{Thursday, April 8}
Its a beautiful spring day outside. I have more than $1100 in my bank account. Life is good.
{Tuesday, April 6}
Today is a weird day. A guy who worked at the same place I did died in a car accident over the weekend. I didnt know the guy personally, but I did know him to see him. He was the only casualty. In my work email there was people sending out emails all day about what a great guy he was, how he'll be missed, etc. It made me think of my own accident last year. More specifically, all I can think about was that split-second when I gripped the steering wheel and thought "This could kill me". You dont forget that. Im still nervous driving in the weather after dark. It was a year ago that it happened actually, the Sunday before Easter. Creepy.
Also this weekend a woman in my town OD'd on OxyContin. Its like death number 20 something from that drug in the area. Its getting really bad. Im sure I could get a hold of some Oxy's here in the building. Its pathetic when parents are relieved when their kid is only doing acid. I was reading on CNN.com today where the town of (of all places) Hazard, Kentucky is having the same problem. Obviously its everywhere. To tell you the truth, I dont even blame the dealers, because they're only going to deal whatever people are looking for. Its the fault of the doctors who are writing prescription upon prescription upon prescription of Oxy for people. Someone has to put a stop to it.
I've never done drugs. I have to say that the reason for that is because for about six years I had a drug dealer living next door to me and I've seen too many people in and out of there in various states of mental disarray. What sticks in my head was the dude who used to go every afternoon with his kids in the car and make a pickup. Every afternoon. That's not casual use. Im not even going to mention the effects it has on your body, because I drink every now and again and I dont eat a perfectly healthy diet. But think of the money that that dude was spending on his drugs, and think of what his kids were going without. I never wanted to end up like that, so I just never had the interest in "experimenting".
On a happier note, I got my income tax refund yesterday, totalling $865.32. Way more than I was expecting. So Im definately going on my trip next week. I cant wait.
Also this weekend a woman in my town OD'd on OxyContin. Its like death number 20 something from that drug in the area. Its getting really bad. Im sure I could get a hold of some Oxy's here in the building. Its pathetic when parents are relieved when their kid is only doing acid. I was reading on CNN.com today where the town of (of all places) Hazard, Kentucky is having the same problem. Obviously its everywhere. To tell you the truth, I dont even blame the dealers, because they're only going to deal whatever people are looking for. Its the fault of the doctors who are writing prescription upon prescription upon prescription of Oxy for people. Someone has to put a stop to it.
I've never done drugs. I have to say that the reason for that is because for about six years I had a drug dealer living next door to me and I've seen too many people in and out of there in various states of mental disarray. What sticks in my head was the dude who used to go every afternoon with his kids in the car and make a pickup. Every afternoon. That's not casual use. Im not even going to mention the effects it has on your body, because I drink every now and again and I dont eat a perfectly healthy diet. But think of the money that that dude was spending on his drugs, and think of what his kids were going without. I never wanted to end up like that, so I just never had the interest in "experimenting".
On a happier note, I got my income tax refund yesterday, totalling $865.32. Way more than I was expecting. So Im definately going on my trip next week. I cant wait.
{Friday, April 2}
Im still sick. I went to the ER the other night and the doctor looked in my ears and throat and chastised me for having my tongue pierced. He didnt even listen to my chest, or give me an inhaler. He prescribed drops for my ears and an antibiotic because my ears are really infected this time I guess. By that time It was only ten minutes before the pharmacy was going to close so I didnt have time to fight with him. Im feeling a little better than I was the other day. I dont wake up feeling like Im swallowing glass, and my ears dont feel as bad as they did. My breathing still isnt good at all though. The antibiotic I was given is for "respiratory infections and infections of the respiratory tract" so Im crossing my fingers that it will clear up my chest and I'll be able to breathe better.
I cant find my boyfriend. He called my house early today looking for my friend's number (to talk to her boyfriend) and my brother gave it to him and then they left for the mall. I've been trying to get ahold of him since a few hours and he's nowhere to be found. My friend's boyfriend has to be at work for 8:00pm, so Im hoping mine will be home by then. He gets pissed off if I dont call him, but its perfectly alright for him not to call me. He told me on Tuesday night that he'd go to the ER with me on Wednesday, but when Wednesday came around he was too tired, but to call him when I got home and he'd come over and see me. I called him when I got home and he was too tired and wanted me to go over there. Now, when Im sick I like to leave the house as little as possible. I'd spend the entire day in bed if I could. Naturally I was not too pleased with him on Wednesday.
Another reason I wasnt his biggest fan that day was because he started telling me stories from work. Normally I dont get pissy, I just listen and respond if I have to, but this is different. There's this girl that works at another store in the mall that hangs out at the store that he works at. More than once I've had him go on about how him and her flirt, and she's always bitching about her boyfriend to him. I may have mentioned her in an earlier post. Anyway, apparently her boyfriend has a hatred out for my boyfriend because he thinks that her and my boyfriend have something going on. Now, what better way is there to get me on the defensive and make me jealous to the point of hatred toward this girl? Just tell me that her boyfriend thinks she's fucking my boyfriend. Personally I think she's bitching to my boyfriend about her own to get attention and feel like she can attract guys. If her boyfriend is such an asshole she can just dump him. Plus, who knows what she's telling her boyfriend about my boyfriend to egg her boyfriend on. I hate girls like that. I dont go on about my boyfriend in great detail to people I work with, and I dont go on in great detail about people I work with to my boyfriend. If something interesting happens, I'll share, but Im not in highschool. Im way past the 'Pity me, give me attention' stage.
But, of course, If I say anything negative about this girl Im the psycho one. That's not in my head, I've dealt with that issue a couple of times already, trust me. People wonder why I avoid expressing myself. *shakes head*
I cant find my boyfriend. He called my house early today looking for my friend's number (to talk to her boyfriend) and my brother gave it to him and then they left for the mall. I've been trying to get ahold of him since a few hours and he's nowhere to be found. My friend's boyfriend has to be at work for 8:00pm, so Im hoping mine will be home by then. He gets pissed off if I dont call him, but its perfectly alright for him not to call me. He told me on Tuesday night that he'd go to the ER with me on Wednesday, but when Wednesday came around he was too tired, but to call him when I got home and he'd come over and see me. I called him when I got home and he was too tired and wanted me to go over there. Now, when Im sick I like to leave the house as little as possible. I'd spend the entire day in bed if I could. Naturally I was not too pleased with him on Wednesday.
Another reason I wasnt his biggest fan that day was because he started telling me stories from work. Normally I dont get pissy, I just listen and respond if I have to, but this is different. There's this girl that works at another store in the mall that hangs out at the store that he works at. More than once I've had him go on about how him and her flirt, and she's always bitching about her boyfriend to him. I may have mentioned her in an earlier post. Anyway, apparently her boyfriend has a hatred out for my boyfriend because he thinks that her and my boyfriend have something going on. Now, what better way is there to get me on the defensive and make me jealous to the point of hatred toward this girl? Just tell me that her boyfriend thinks she's fucking my boyfriend. Personally I think she's bitching to my boyfriend about her own to get attention and feel like she can attract guys. If her boyfriend is such an asshole she can just dump him. Plus, who knows what she's telling her boyfriend about my boyfriend to egg her boyfriend on. I hate girls like that. I dont go on about my boyfriend in great detail to people I work with, and I dont go on in great detail about people I work with to my boyfriend. If something interesting happens, I'll share, but Im not in highschool. Im way past the 'Pity me, give me attention' stage.
But, of course, If I say anything negative about this girl Im the psycho one. That's not in my head, I've dealt with that issue a couple of times already, trust me. People wonder why I avoid expressing myself. *shakes head*
