In the meadow we can build a snowman.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Christmastime! Yay-ya! I spent all of work today (except for when I was checking my email, of course) decorating our office with old school elementary-style construction paper crafts. It rocks.

Discovered that 101.3fm is now playing non-stop Christmas music so I feel as if I've been given the go-ahead to feel jolly and look at holly.

Merry Christmas Season!

Poke-A-Nose

I had a really great time in the Poconos w/Matt and my family. Matt's a really great, fun, smart, sexy guy and I hope he knows it.

Now I'm busy cleaning off my keyboard. I HATE when keyboards, mouses, computers and phones get dirty and grimy. Yuck. Clean , clean , clean.

Editorial Nation

I could equally condemn and praise this editorial statement but I want to hear what you think...

How Comes?!

How come people'll comment when I have political opinions to express but no one will comment when I'm addressing the larger issues of the human condition?

Just thoughts

Okay, let me see if I can explain this right. Have you ever been in a situation that was horrible, but that you thought with some hard work you could make better? You knew the situation was horrible, you doubted it would become better, but you still had that hope, and stayed in that situation indefinitely to work towards the hope. Then when that situation ended were you bitter/hurt?

Then another situation came along and it was good. Heck, it was GREAT! Near perfect. And you wondered how on earth you had put up with the first situation when this second situation was out there waiting for you. Did you reflect back on the first and think "thank the lord I'm not in that situation anymore and thank the lord I'm in this one"? Did you see people in similar situations to your first situation and want to scream, "No! No! There's a better situation out there for you!"?

And then did you get scared that your second situation wouldn't last?

Oh, the comments!!!

I'm actually very surpised at all the comments my little blog is receiving! Well, okay, I'm not surprised Matt responded, but as for the other vehement comments, I'm really impressed that my little nook in the web that no one reads caused such a stir.

Again, I will write that this is a vent-pad. I really don't think all Republicans are idiots (although machine1 sure is) because I myself am a registered Republican. I guess part of my problem with politics in general is that people feel they need to so closely define themselves with one group or another and can only back that group. That's really a step down for America if that's how people feel. Kudos to the Dems and Reps that voted across party line. Shame on those who don't immediately think that you're SUPPOSED to cross party lines.

Why is it so bad that I posted that all those who voted for Bush should have to join the military? The further and further we go along the more likely we are to have to do a draft, and then people like me will be forced to join the military. And don't say a draft won't be necessary. I used to believe a draft would never happen, and it might not, but we have our foot in so many doors right now that we can't continue to keep our military well-stocked. 2/3 of guardsmen aren't reporting for duty and the national guard is forced to use cheap recruiting ploys like car shows and pink t-shirts for female recruits.

And Matt makes a valid point about people in the military having signed up for that lifestyle. But don't people see that the people fighting in Iraq are reservists and guardsmen, people who didn't sign up for the Army/Marine/Navy/Air Force/Coast Guard lifestyle. They signed up to be weekend warriors, to guard the homeland.

This might come as a shock to some of you guys who hate my political views, but I don't hate George Bush. True, I think he's dense, I mean just look at the way he speaks sometimes, but I think that about dear friends whose grammar I correct.

Now, please, my bloggy isn't intended to piss you off. It's intended to keep me from pissing people off. If I call Bush supporters idiots here, it means I can rationally deal with them in public. If you don't like what I say to vent, don't visit the blog. I do, however encourage the discussion, because it's what makes our country so great, don't you think? We have the ability to disagree. And disagreeing, when open-minded helps us all become more aware of the truth. But, one condition, if you're gonna post something, make sure you say who you are. Got that, machine1, or should I say LKGilles???

You are what you hate?

Did you ever notice that people who complain about certain character flaws usually have those very traits themselves? Like a braggart who hates arrogant people? Or like a selfish person who hates when other people are selfish?

Saw some examples of this today and it makes me wonder if I offend on the same things that I say are offensive to me. I detest inconsiderate people. Am I inconsiderate?

Found this...

Found this on an IM profile today, thought it worth posting...


Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes
Not need, just feed the war cannibal animal
I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library
Line up to tha mind cemetary now
What we don't know keeps tha contracts alive an movin'
They don't gotta burn tha books they just remove 'em
While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells
Rally round tha family, pockets full of shells

Bill 5243:01

My federal mandate, everyone who voted for George Bush must serve a four-year military term.

Hey, if you can vote to send others to war, you better be willing to serve in the war yourself, right?

Choosing between Australia and Canada

I am so utterly disappointed with and disheartened by our country right now. I won't even address issues concerning Bush, that would only make me madder right now. What I will address is that eleven, ELEVEN, states have passed gay marriage bans.

This is utterly ridiculous for so many reasons. I read in the paper yesterday that a man tormented his sickly daughter, starving her and taunting her by holding crackers in front of her, refusing to allow her to eat because sometimes, when she did eat, she vommitted due to a genetic condition that was surgically corrected at birth. The four year old child's body was found by the trash men who picked up her emaciated ELEVEN AND A HALF POUND BODY in a cooler the man threw out.

This man will be sentenced to prison and receive better health care than most Americans can afford (thanks, GW). But those evil, evil gay couples who are committed to monogomy can't qualify for health care or the benefits that come with a legal marriage. It's cruel and unusual to leave a prisoner without health benefits but it's not cruel and unusual to leave American law-abiding citizens without those benefits.

Now, here, pardon my language, who the F*** cares if gay people are allowed to have civil marriages?!?! It's called seperation of church state, you idiots. If you don't want your church to marry gay people, it doesn't have to! If you're so religious, then check into the Bible, fornication's a sin, and the government allows people to live in sin for seven years and reap the benefits. Our country is so behind the times, so ignorant, so STUPID, that it just makes me ill.

I'm also thinking about the fact that Scott Paterno, trust-fund-never-had-a-job-thinks-heroin-should-be-legalized-too-much-money-is-spent-on-education-baby, won the popular vote in Lebanon County. Because of this, I'm going to move. I'm thinking either Canada, Jamaica or Australia. I'm leaning towards Australia because I hate bartering for goods in Jamaica and Canada's too close to the US that it might accidentally get melted when the US is attacked.

All right, I'm off to transfer all my money into a Swiss bank account.

November 2, 2004

Well, the cool thing about this Election Day is that we can all say we're living history. No matter who wins, wrong or right, it'll be history making. It might not outscope the Fall of Rome or the Pyramids, but at least, for a little while, it'll be marked as one of the most important US Presidential Elections. Or will it...

I have the bad feeling that Bush-it will win. Just to spite me. And I have the feeling that it'll be by an electoral (not popular) landslide. Just to spite me. Alas. Who joins me in being glad that by tomorrow all this election crap will be over. Although, with tomorrow either comes all my bush-loving friends making fun of me or getting pissy with me. We'll see how it goes. My main concern is that in a few years my "Theresa Heinz Kerry for First Lady" pin will get great resale on eBay!

Don't forget to vote, y'all... well, okay, if you're voting for Bush it won't a HUGE tragedy if you miss the polls :-)

I've got a severe case of the Mondays!

Man, do I ever have a case of the Mondays. I'm teepy, I'm bored and all I want to do is get something cold and frosty to drink. Hmm.

I picked up the fifty dollar gift certificate I won at the Business Expo last week. Paul came in to visit today, so I invited him to go along w/the gang to spend it at the GW Tavern on Wednesday. Should be fun. Hell, it WILL be fun.

I can't seem to kick my hair-pulling habit lately. Much work, much work. I'll be bald by the end of the month.

Oh, man, Mary Ann wants to go to Wal-mart. That might cure the Mondays. Nah, the only thing that will cure it is a good, hard dose of Tuesday.