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Just like everyone to know Snowglobe will be playing Lamar's THIS WEEK, Friday 3 September. Be there or be square. Time and cover charge to follow...
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Okay, so the title refers to our puppy dog, about whom you can read in Kornst@r's latest blog. Someone, please, take this wonderful puppy before I fall completely in love with her. She's so cute.
Okay, so Kornman has pretty much wrapped up my life in the past few days, what with the Snowglobe concert and all, so I'll just say: I love Snowglobe, and also, Isaac's new CD, "Bells and Whistles" is rocking awesome.
I'm re-reading DeLillo's White Noise right now. It's a fantastic postmodern novel. He writes the way that you and I think. It's quite interesting and witty.
I really didn't have anything else to say, except, Ryan, I'm retiring from writing about politics on my blog. I'm voting for Kerry, no one else has to. Just, please people, go vote, for whomever you want, just vote!
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Okay I started writing a political rant sequel, but it wasn't funny, and that violates the whole principle behind my blog. So, shove responsible political critique. I'm just gonna make some brief and (mildly) witty remarks on any or all of the following issues.
1. War. Not always bad, but rarely good. Never good when it makes EVERYONE else in the world besides Moldovia and Estonia hate you. Good rule of thumb: when you can't point out your allies on a map, they're probably not worth their weight in pigshit.
2. Economy. The trickle-down thing didn't work for Reagan, and it's not working for Bush. Giving Ken Lay an extra 3 mil towards that new Learjet is NOT improving the quality of life for anyone in Alton Park.
3. Taxes. Why are taxes bad? Why can't we pass an income tax in Tennessee, but we can sure as heck have a near-10% sales tax. Take that, you dirty poor people.
4. Environment. Okay, I'm no tree-hugging hippy, but I think we can all agree that we are willing to pay higher prices for items made by companies who don't pump toxic waste into the rivers. And we don't want vast tracts of pig shit exploding into our water sources, right? But evidently George W. Bush does...
5. Equal Rights. Now, look, I'm not the biggest fan of the idea of killing an unborn fetus. But isn't there something wrong with the picture of a bunch of rich old white men deciding what women can and can't do about their reproductive rights?
5a. And tell me please God why the religious right must have a constitutional amendment to keep those dirty queers from having committed monogamous relationships in the eyes of the state. Oh, but then what happens to our conception of gays and lesbians as dirty, promiscuous, child-molesting sluts?? Maybe it has something to do with the words of Jerry Falwell: "Remember, homosexuals do not reproduce, they recruit"!!
So, not exactly 12-steps, huh? Oh well, it got you to read this. So basically, Ryan, if you're looking for my solution to the problem: Basically take the opposite of all the things I've yelled at: Go multilateral; quit giving tax breaks to the top 1% of people who control 50% of the wealth; impose higher standards on polluters, whatever the cost; quit obsessing over the impossible tax of overturning Roe v. Wade and start offering some practical solutions for women (NB: Bombing abortion clinics and screaming "Murder!" are not practical solutions), and let people decide their own lifestyles, as long as they are peaceful and tolerant right back'atcha.
I'm going to have a cigarette and support the evil tobacco industry...
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As you can see by a cursory glance at the counter located directly to the left of this message, the cost of the Iraq war (according to allocations by Congress) is already up in the hundreds of billions. For people like you and me, that's roughly equivalent to...well, um, I can't think of anything that it's roughly equivalent to, because it's a freaking ridiculously huge number that my mind simply cannot comprehend. Like when they tell me that the national deficit is projected to reach up to $44 trillion thanks to Bush's new tax cuts. Yea! So I get to pay off a debt created by Bush so my rich parents could get a break, since they were hurting so badly before, in their Germantown homes and their Lexuses (Lexi?).
Not that this is a personal thing of course. But then again, click on that link (after you're finished reading this) and check out how much money we could have diverted towards other (more worthy??) causes instead of this damned war.
I guess it just pisses me off that Bush is being allowed to get away with all sorts of Unconstitutional Atrocities by invoking the sheer terror his administration fosters in our hearts, thanks to Sept. 11. The man and his administration are an ethicists nightmare. Thanks to these creeps, the 4th Amendment has been all but discarded (Can you say USA PATRIOT Act?), corruption has been overshadowed by militant patriotism (Remember Enron?), and thirteen countries around the world officially hate us. God bless America.
Which brings me to another point. The Christian Right absolutely fawns over these men. Why? Because they're pro-life. Oh yeah! That's why I'm supposed to vote for Bush. Right. Because he's done so much for the pro-life cause. PBA-Ban and all that. Right. Hooray for a bunch of millionaire men deciding womens' reproductive rights. Oh, but I forgot, we don't have rights--PATRIOT Act, remember.
Well, if the Feds don't read this and shut me down (again, PATRIOT Act), I'll see you guys soon. God bless America, and remember: Big Brother is Watching You...
You lucky people, you. Welcome to my presence.
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So I haven't blogged in a while--I've been busy. I've got the coolest new roommate, Donnie (you should meet him), and I've been working fulltime at the ol' Starbucks. (In a related story, if I ever hear the words "Frappuccino" "blended" or "cream" outside of work, I am not responsible for my consequent, possibly violent, actions.)
I turned 21 last week. Huzzahs are in order. I was kept from getting shitfaced by my good ol' friend Mr. Migraine. But I did get to go to the most fantastic concert I've ever been to.
The Polyphonic Spree show in Nashville on my very birthday was, like all their concerts, a "sonic celebration" according to their lead, Tim DeLaughter. This band is fantastic. If you haven't heard them, you should. Imagine the Flaming Lips being really fucking happy. Also having 24 members dressed in choir robes looking a bit like a gay pride parade or something. Anyway, it was a religious experience for me. And I'm not really into crap like that, so that's saying something I guess.
Oh and I got a new iBook for my birthday, so now I can blog in the comfort of Greyfriars with my favorite Malawi Estate coffee by my side. Which is what I'm doing now, as a matter of fact. So hang in there my brothers and sisters, and remember, vote Kerry.
And by the way, I just finished Al Franken's fantastically biased and hilarious and well-researched book "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right". It was fabulous. Makes you want to go kill a conservative, or at least register to vote, which is always better than killing anybody..........even a conservative.