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US 2012
I literally do not understand why my progressive friends are trying to convince one another not to vote for President Obama. I think one of their positions is that he wasn't the president they wanted. That's valid. No one else will be either, but it's still valid to choose not to vote for that reason. But another reason for some is that they don't ( Read more... ) -
Eve Ensler wants to talk to Todd Akin, fine, but I don't.
I keep seeing this and everyone seems to find it really moving. I need to say something. Eve Ensler does not speak for rape victims. There is one paragraph in this that made me want to vomit. She said that this person saying words was the same as being "re-raped" and that it made "rape victims" feel "as powerless" as they did when they were raped, ( Read more... ) -
too late thursday night, oh no it can't be it's too gruesome
I've got about six and a half days that I've got to not spend any money, with the possible exception of eight or ten dollars (which will be maxing out my credit, not actual money) at the Thriftway, because I will need to buy a gallon of water for eighty-nine cents, for things like tea and oatmeal, and I will run out of fizzy water, and may need ( Read more... ) -
not interested in princesses
Ya'll might not know, but for a few years, I had my own personal advice column, in human form. Some of you might know who she is. Now she's on Facebook, which is awesome. But anyway, I was thinking about a piece of advice she gave: "Well, I've never been a jealous one, Heather, because I just kind of am what I am and you can take it or leave it." I ( Read more... ) -
to do.
wash clothes in the basement ( Read more... ) -
"I wish I was talkin' 'bout nothin' with them right now."
I had a wonderful and vivid dream about Allegheny Mountain Radio. I was visiting, and I guest-hosted Noon Hour Magazine. I wasn't prepared, but I was prepared to wing it. I had tape for a story I wanted to air, but it wasn't cut together or narrated, I just had clips on an actual honest-to-god cassette tape. The board didn't face the window of the ( Read more... ) -
first friday
Loving my new little Norristown room. :) My cats have had a frightening few days, and there was this whole incident with the landlord deciding to sand and paint my walls after I moved in, which didn't need to be done, and the workers moved all my stuff onto the balcony and left it out there, including my computer, and I pitched a (calm, Heather- ( Read more... ) -
Small Stone for Monday, Jan. 23, 2012
The back door has not been opened since you opened it to check if our kung pao tofu was still in the yard where the criminals tossed it. That was over four months ago, after the police brought us home from Kensington with no keys, after you scaled the side of my house and jimmied down my office window, after the officer on watch scolded you for ( Read more... ) -
M. finally picked up Beatsie and Hitchens.
There are three cats on my bed. If there were just one more cat on my bed, all of my cats would be on my bed. This number of cats used to be 50% of my cats, but now it is 75% of my cats. I have mixed feelings. Remedy is purring an uncharacteristic, kittenish purr and kneading the afghan that Beatsie had taken to sleeping on.
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Small Stone for Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012
Brown leaves don't cling to the tree.
They hang from every twig,
any part not attached
moving each and every
time the wind blows
in any direction whatsoever.
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