This Is Halloween

the 2011 Halloween Display

Time for VODAK!

It's Friday night, everybody, Vodak time. Actually dinner time for Tom, then Vodak and a blanket, because for the next 36 hours, it's Winter in Houston. Wheeee

Exciting opportunity for Graphic Designer!!

Wow, it's so sad to see someone offer $2-$5 an hour for an "experienced graphic designer". It's actually sadder to see how many people are willing to go that low. I'm pretty sure I can make more money collecting cans.

sickened

I can't write much about this without sinking into hopeless depression.


The police action on the peaceful non violent OWS protests has darkened my view of this country and our future. AS is the glee with which many Republicans view the injuries and pretend that somehow these kids with face paint are some great threat to our union, and the gun-toting tea party is our savior.


Every day my respect for my Conservative friends diminishes as they choose to mock the cause and laugh when people are hurt, or just say "they were asking for it".


It's deeply sickening and I really have no hope for the future of the United States citizens. WE are locked into the downward spiral, but that is not the worst part of it. The WORST PART is that about half the population seems to believe, or at least supports candidates who believe:

• No one is poor unless they are lazy.
• Asking for oversight of banks is asking for a free handout; banks are your buddies.
• Veterans of the Armed Services deserve to be beaten if they participate in the protests.
• If one guy is wearing a goofy costume, it invalidates the view of the thousands who aren't. Unless you are talking about the tea party, then painting your face with a flag and dressing up as the Staue of Liberty is patriotism.
• Free speech yes, as long as you stay in your damn house.

Just because you are not mad at the banks, just because you think everything wrong is Clinton and Obama's fault, even if you still are driving around with a W bumper sticker..


This is wrong, un American and horrifying. If you don't speak out against it - shame on you.

Not Much Really

So how did I spend so much time posting my thoughts at Facebook? I don't have a dang thing to say here. How about an update on life without Facebook?


My vacation from Facebook is not permanent, I am simply experimenting to see if avoiding it helps cut back on my mood swings. So far, YES, IT DOES. I have been watching the same pages I used to post on, and seeing the same things but not responding allows me to forget the irritation or trigger fairly quickly. So it doesn't get under my skin, I don't spend any time regretting posts, or formulating arguments in my head. This is indeed helpful.


It's a side effect of being jobless. When I am re-employed, no doubt I can Facebook without letting it become so "important" to my disposition. But as my only source of less-than-surface human interaction 6 days out of 7, it was helping me lose it, lately.


I am "missing out" on photos and drawings shared by friends and family. I look at them and so want to comment, and don't, unwilling to break my own rule so soon. However, if I can learn to be more like sis and niece - post an occasional picture, joke, link - and very little "serious" content, just fun - Facebook will be more of what it originally was for me. A fun place to be funny.


Today is a good day for 3 reasons:

http://bites.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/24/8467559-7-crazy-gut-busters-for-national-greasy-foods-day

BIOPHILIA streaming on Spotify

Wow, I was unimpressed with Bjork's Biophilia album (live show a whole nother story - it's a package deal) but holy cow "Mutual Core" is the Bjork I love. You can listen to the whole album on Spotify. Please do!!


http://bjork.com/#/past/discography/biophilia

red Jack