anonymouseverafter

2006-05-08T22:29:00.000-07:00

I'm not saying I have any inside information about recent publishing scandals.

But if I were the general public, I would be far more skeptical of the company sharing the copyright with the lovely, disgraced girl. I might wonder why they have been so quiet in all of this, and why they felt their contribution was enough to warrant half a copyright (and no doubt half the much-discussed $500K advance) and yet claim that same contribution was minor.

I would call bullshit, if I were someone else. Someone, hypothetically speaking, who did not work for that same company.

2006-05-01T12:50:00.000-07:00

In honor of the new Mission Impossible movie, let me present:

Tom Cruise is Batshit Crazy:

You owe it to yourself to read these two links, in order:

Tom Does a Press Junket

Tom Takes a Picture

from TrueMajority:

2006-04-27T12:30:00.000-07:00

In case, like me, you've been playing "Ohio" on repeat since roughly October of 2001:

Tomorrow morning, you'll be able to hear the new, surprise Neil Young antiwar album, "Living With War" on the TrueMajorityACTION website: http://neilyoung.truemajorityaction.org.

Neil's "most powerful album in years" will be available for FREE on Friday. This is a great chance to bring more people into the growing movement for sanity in Iraq. Be sure to forward this e-mail widely and send your friends to http://neilyoung.truemajorityaction.org.

2006-04-17T14:03:00.000-07:00

My mom's friend's daughter is a singer/songwriter named Ali Handal, and she has a show this weekend. I'm going and you should come!

Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Hotel Cafe
9:30pm

1623 1/2 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood CA 90028
323-461-2040
Price: $10

Check out Ali's music at her website.

My personal favorite (which makes me cry every time) is I'm Here.

See you there!

2006-04-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

Oh, good.

Once again Dan has contributed to the group discourse by "taking his ball and going home." It's becoming a habit!

For reference, then, let me present his deleted posts in their entirety (thanks to the digital age we live in, and Blogger's comment features).

(Don't worry that you can't read them in context. They don't have much to do with the context.)

In chronological order, complete with date stamp:

Food is addictive? It's funny, because whenever I'm hungry - the very first thing I want is food.

How about all things in moderation.

Why eat a shit load of fast food? Yes, it's bad for you. That shocks anyone?

If all you ate were apples for a month you would probably have health problems.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 10:05:33 AM

Everyone who watches that movie and is flabbergasted by what happens to him.

It's a no brainer. He's gonna gain weight. He's going to have health problems.

Why is that revolting? How is this an actual movie? It should be a funny documentary you see in the high school gym.

What's revolting is the levels this guy goes through in order to sell a movie. Hope he's okay. But anyone could of guessed he would suffer health issues.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 11:19:40 AM

True. But was there anyone out there with half a brain that though McDonald's was healthy?

Fast Food had a bad rep before this movie came out.

I'm glad they changed their menu. But I don't think they really had to. Their food is what it is.

If you ate at Pink's everyday you would run into the same problem. Should Dairy Queen change their menu too because some guy with time on his hands wants to wage a public war against their "healthy" menu?

It's tasty, fast, not-so-good for you food. Why can't it be just that. Who's gonna eat there everyday except that wacko with the bad haircut?

Because they successfully sell a lot of food they have to change it because it's not as healthy as another restaurant? That's stupid.

Should candy bars change their ingredients too because they cause tooth decay? Maybe people should be responsible for what they put in their mouth...

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 11:50:12 AM

Nonsense. By your own logic we should shut down M&M Mars because their EVIL MONEY MAKING company is selling sugary, tooth decaying snacks. Even targeting minors. Kids and Candy Bars on 60 Minutes.

It's a candy bar. It's got sugar in it. Brush your teeth. Don't eat 10 of them, etc.

It's a hamburger. It's from a fast food restaurant. It's not your backyard BBQ. Don't eat ten of them, you'll be fine.

Responsibility? Don't eat there. They're trying to make a buck. They're not Nature's Answer Sandwich Depot. They're McDonalds.

What about Diet Coke? It's awful for you too.

Be an adult and don't buy it if it's so lousy. But don't ask them to change to suit you. Find another place to eat...! Just because they make a lot of money a whole different set of rules need to apply. Nice. Welcome to America. Let's have the government step in.

Wake up.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 03:38:28 PM

I'm going to go get some coffee and when I return and find you aren't completely convinced I'm right and you're wrong - you're really going to be in for it.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 03:49:52 PM

It would be nice if big bad corporations donated money to the homeless also. That would be great and very socially minded. But if they don't want to - then they should HAVE to. Their responsibility is to make money. Let them do it. OR don't. Don't patronize them.

You act like we aren't given a choice. We are somehow forced to eat there and they're trying to slowly poison us. If you find the ingredients not to your liking then go somewhere else. Every person has that choice.

I don't like burritos. Should I petition Taco Bell to make them taste more like Ham Sandwiches?

Bottom Line: If you want change - then you must first change yourself.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 03:47:12 PM

Selling Crack is evil. But selling fatty hamburgers isn't. It just isn't.

I agree, it's [ the movie ] informative and if it wakes a few people up - good. But I'm so sick of people blaming corporations for their own stupidity and ignorance. It's just a group of people selling stuff. Either buy it or don't.

I always wanted to work for Disney. A long while back I got to help design a new virtual reality theme park with the Imagineers. What could be better? I loved Disney as a kid. Loved Disney World.

Well, the pay was lousy and the art directors were directionless.

I don't work for them anymore.

I still like Disney World.

That's the end of the story. Now I could of been a jack ass and continued to work for them while I lobby'd for change. But the real solution was to just stopping working for them. Worked out great.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 04:10:04 PM

What an un Heroic thing to say Clark...

BTW, being poor doesn't mean you can't eat healthy. That's stupid. Eating out costs a lot more money than going to the grocery store. I was in better shape and ate better when I was broke than I do now.

Also, every public school teaches about health. They also tell you not to do drugs. Some people don't listen. Whether McDonald's changes or not there are still idiots out there.

So they eat bad food and do drugs.

At some point people need to grow up and take responsibilty for their own actions and stop blamming society for their poor eating habits and their other ridiculous problems.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 04:25:36 PM

Well... It's not Health Food. It is what it is. A cheeseburger every now and then from McDonald's isn't going to set you up for health problems though.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 02:47:34 PM

If I'm selling food, Megan, of course I'm going to say it's tasty and good. It's like Paramount Pictures marketing a movie. This is a must see!

Since when is advertising media the NY Times? It's called marketing. And sometimes BIG COMPANIES try to make their PRODUCT sound appealing by hyping it. Sometimes COMPANIES and PEOPLE exaggerate....! Weird, huh?

Also, you mentioned, "And also: It's nice that you, Dan, are so well-educated on the subject of nutrition. And that you have enough money to eat more healthfully and go to the gym. But I don't think you're representative of the average American."

Well, last I checked, there are plenty of thin poor people out there without gym memberships.

There are FAT rich, well educated people and there are POOR, uneducated fat people. Just like there are skinny rich and poor. Morgan was wisely focusing on fat people and most of the film shows them so he can better illustrate his point.

Sort of like eating nothing but fast food for two months. Like that's normal anywhere...

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 04:55:41 PM

Norm - why are you preparing unhealthy food at home at any cost?

Clark - I'm mentioning your dig,"God I hope Dan's not representative of the average American. Can you imagine?". That's un heroic.

Megan - I sincerely don't think McDonald's PRIDES THEMSELVES ON BEING HEALTHY. They may offer a few items here and there to shut folks like you up but I don't think they take pride in it. Please.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/05/2006 04:59:41 PM

No one is saying salute them. I'm saying, an overweight person's problems aren't McDonald's fault. Like every other restaurant, they advertise their food showing happy people enjoying themselves while consuming their product. Does McDonald's do it any different than T.G.I. Friday's? Nope. They're all about the same. If you ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at T.G.I. Friday's you'd gain a ton of weight and you would probably develop health problems.

A fat person generally over eats all the time and finds the tastiest foods to do so with. Whether they're closet eaters at home or out.

McDonald's happens to be a cheap way to eat out and they don't offer very health conscious meals [ like almost all fast food chains are guilty of ]. Should they change the way they do business or should the overweight people [ who would be overweight regardless of whether McDonald's closed their doors tomorrow ] change their PERSONAL business?

I'm saying, stupid or not, take responsibility. If you can't - there are ramifications. That's life. American's are gluttons to some degree. Are we going to be paying more for health care because of fast food restaurants or because we have a gluttonish society. Perhaps a Food Prohibition would solve this nicely, eh? Maybe we can wear collars that shock us every time we want to Super Size - because the media is too powerful to battle against...

Big Corporate America's job isn't to be role models.

I think, and this may be a big stretch for some, the problem with Overweight America may stem more from the way we coddle our citizens and create false social expectations through government and media.

But sure - blame fast food restaurants for the obesity problems. There's the root of the problem. Choice. We need to censor or eliminate choice. There's an answer.

Maybe we can blame Budweiser for alcoholism too.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:29:19 PM

Everything should come with a warning label.

Donuts. Bubble gum. Candy bars. It all contains sugar, right?

Or maybe no advertising for cookies. At least a big warning label!!!

Censor food!!! Censor food!!!

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:43:00 PM

Hi. News flash! Greasy food isn't Crack.

It just isn't.

It's greasy. Just like a most diners.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:44:20 PM

Really? A lot like Crack...

Okay.

So warning labels for everything because tasty food is a lot like crack and even though tasty food exists every where in the world - we're too stupid to stop over eating.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:49:09 PM

You're right. You're suggesting McDonald's use a portion of their profit to tell consumers to buy less of their product... Brilliant. That's gonna happen.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:50:49 PM

Where does that end? Because every diner across America serves food just as bad for you. Most restaurants don't serve healthy food.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:52:07 PM

Then what exactly are you saying? You're saying they need to take responsibility for themselves? How then?

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:52:43 PM

Where did I say "crack is evil"? Make it legal. Maybe a bunch of idiots will O.D. and there'll be less mornons breathing my air.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:53:45 PM

People who eat at McDonald's are "victims". That's a bit of a strecth, don't you think?

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:55:30 PM

Tell me your big solution

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:55:52 PM

Fine. I changed my mind. Now I say sell it.

But what's your big solve?

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 05:58:49 PM

I agree with Remo to some degree. That movie broadens our awareness and gives us pause.

BUT, they had TONS of junk food in my cafeteria. All the food was pretty bad for you. Somehow I managed to weigh 135 until I was a Senior in high school.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 06:00:22 PM

Rapp: I don't think labels on the cigerettes changed people's views on smoking. It may have helped in some insignificant way. I think what helped were programs and counter media that informed the public that smoking gives you cancer. Newspapers and media reporting the coralation between smoking and cancer opened people's eyes.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 06:04:31 PM

I liked it well enough. But I don't think it's McD's [ or any corporation ] responsibilty to inform people that TOO much of their product will harm you. Too many eggs will harm you.

Programs and parents should inform their fatty kids that too much of anything is bad for you.

Except blogging.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 06:07:53 PM

Do you know what I like about this group of friends? They love to yap about what's wrong politically or otherwise but do zero to really help.

How about you crazy kids actually petition or something for one the many problems you find in our country or with horrible corporate America?

Are any of you politically active in any way?

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 06:15:38 PM

I'm still anxious for this "solve" of yours Ms Thing.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 07:01:24 PM

A lot of arm chair politicians in this little group.

We live in one of the few countries where if you unite you can make a difference.

If it's not too personal [ and I respect your right to privacy ] how exactly are you politically active?

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 07:04:07 PM

I take issue with this!!!

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 07:05:01 PM

How delightfully vague.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 07:10:03 PM

Remo,

Free Speech is great. Doing something is something else entirely.

Majoring in PS is also great. But unless you actually do something with your knowledge [ which you hint that you do ]than it's really moot.

BTW, I'm not attacking in a desparate manner. I've asked Megan several times now what her solve is. No one seems to have one. All I hear is that McDonald's should be more socially minded or something.

And I my "political" comment is something that I've found amusing about this group for some time. Pontificating about "what should be" and so on but I've never heard squat about really doing much at all over the years.

I call that arm chair politics. Degree or no degree. Just my POV.

Inform me of your political deeds and I'll shut up right away.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 08:03:24 PM

And hey Clark, you, in all your heroism, made a litte jab at me yesterday. So get off your white horse, ol chum.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 08:09:19 PM

This is the type of nonsense that makes me want to have some private supersizing!

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 08:28:20 PM

Well there you go. Very good. At least you're doing something with your degree. That's great. I never knew. I'm impressed and proud [ all kidding aside ] that you're not all talk.

So, what should be done about obesity in America. Please tell me happily.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/06/2006 09:05:00 PM

Where were you 67 Blog Comments ago? I could of used a guy like you.

So... I couldn't help but notice there was no mention of making McD provide the good people of Happy Town, USA with "don't buy too much of our food, it will kill you" statements.

I am pleased. Take that Bloggers.

Educate the masses is the best solve, IMO.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/07/2006 12:04:05 AM

So, because a small party intrest [ yours truly ] asked for it - the majority decided not to provide me with an answer.

Fair enough.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/07/2006 08:35:46 AM

Listen, if it wasn't for me we'd just have Clark posting song lyrics and telling us about the cashier at Von's gave him a nickel. I really think you should rethink this job of yours. If it takes you away from Blogging, really - what kind of job is it?

Think about that today.

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/07/2006 02:46:22 PM

Yeah, Reno - way to step up to the plate and hit a homerun!

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Posted by UrbanBarbarian to anonymouseverafter at 4/07/2006 03:15:44 PM

2006-04-12T23:22:00.000-07:00

The only reasons I can see why Bush hasn’t been brought up on impeachment charges are that (1.) the Republicans have a majority in both houses; and (2.) many of those Republicans love their positions and their power far more than they love their country.

The biolab claim is only one in a series of claims about terrorists and Weapons of Mass Destruction, many of which later proved false, that were used as justification for the U.S. war on Iraq. They were also used to justify the Bush administration’s demand that within the United States they be allowed to exercise extraordinary and unprecedented power without commensurate accountability.

Someone has to declare a dividing line. I’m doing it. After this, there are three reasons to publicly support Bush, or to insist there must be an excuse for his actions:

1. You’re stupid.

2. You know there’s no excuse, but you’re too dishonest and unpatriotic to say so.

3. You’re bound by solemn oath to make a public show of supporting him (i.e., you’re in the military, and your job requires it).

Pick one.

From makinglight

2006-04-07T11:16:00.000-07:00

Cheney's Aide Says President Approved Leak

White House Declines to Counter Leak Claim

What exactly has to happen before we impeach this clown?

2006-04-05T13:35:00.000-07:00

Today's hero is Russ Feingold, US Senator from Wisconsin.

From his website:

“The proposed ban on civil unions and marriage is a mean-spirited attempt to divide Wisconsin and I indicated that it should be defeated,” Feingold said. “It discriminates against thousands of people in our communities – our co-workers, our neighbors, our friends, and our family members. It would single out members of a particular group and forever deny them rights and protections granted to all other Wisconsin citizens. It would also outlaw civil unions and jeopardize many legal protections for all unmarried couples, whether of the same or the opposite sex. We shouldn’t enshrine this prejudice in our state’s Constitution.”

At the listening session, held at the Village Hall in Paddock Lake, Wisconsin, Feingold also expressed his support for the right of gays and lesbians to marry.

“As I said at the Kenosha County listening session, gay and lesbian couples should be able to marry and have access to the same rights, privileges and benefits that straight couples currently enjoy,” Feingold added. “Denying people this basic American right is the kind of discrimination that has no place in our laws, especially in a progressive state like Wisconsin. The time has come to end this discrimination and the politics of divisiveness that has become part of this issue.”

Feingold noted that removing the prohibition against gay marriage would not impose any obligation on religious groups. He indicated that no religious faith should ever be forced to conduct or recognize any marriage, but that civil laws on marriage should reflect the principle of equal rights under the law.

It's about time the Democrats stepped up to the plate. Bring it.

2006-04-05T07:03:00.000-07:00

I finally saw this documentary, years after the rest of the world.

I was appropriately revolted, not just by the sight of anyone eating that much fast food, but by the amount of sugar in all of it. Yuck. I kept imagining how he must have smelled.

My kneejerk reaction is to immediately stop eating meat. I've been accidentally vegetarian before: when I lived in England, I avoided red meat entirely. Not because I feared mad cow disease, but because I thought the meat there tasted grey and gross. I remember that when I would come home to the States I'd inevitably have some big steak dinner and feel all hopped up and drugged out afterward, like meat was addictive.

The fact that food is addictive was what floored me the most. I mean, on some level, that doesn't surprise me. But cheese, chocolate, and caffeine are my three major food groups, all of them are addictive, and then I wonder why I get weird and compulsive.

Possibly it's just a character flaw. But I blame the food.

2006-04-04T08:12:00.000-07:00

Okay, seriously.

I moved to Southern California for one very specific reason: the sunshine.

People think I'm kidding when I say that. I'm really not.

I never liked the seasons very much. You try growing up in a place referred to as the Armpit of the Nation. How do you suppose the Armpit feels in, say, July? Repulsive, that's how. And every year, after suffering through a heavy, humid summer, there would be a spell of nice weather (like, a week) and then boom! The gloomy inevitability of fall. Dark and cold and frozen ground. So after eighteen years in a place that was either brown, hideously bleak, or disgustingly humid, I had had enough. Two weeks in spring and one in fall aren't enough good weather for me.

My first mistake was the south. I can't even talk about it, much less the state of my hair.

Then I tried the U.K. Where it rained every single day for 5 years. If I didn't have seasonal affective disorder before, let me tell you, I do now.

I can't stand the rain. The grey skies. The cloud formations that make me feel as if I am in Seattle (not, let me assure you, a place I wish to live).

What the hell is going on?

2006-03-31T10:35:00.000-08:00

Oh, good. More overcast skies. Maybe there can be some more rain, too, because I don't feel maudlin enough already.

2006-03-30T08:38:00.000-08:00

Working out just isn't as much fun as it was when I was a kid and we called it "playing."

I used to be able to ride a bike all day everyday. Now I feel faint if asked to sit on a stationary bike for even five minutes.

I would like to blame the current administration for my aversion to exercise, but I fear it's actually just laziness.

2006-03-24T11:00:00.000-08:00

I am sickened by the recent news that hospitals in this city dump patients on the streets of Skid Row. Not that it's any different from any other city, just that it's so blatant.

If we need any evidence that we have all failed miserably as human beings, we need look no further than the permanent tent city that sits just a stone's throw from the upwardly-mobile loft-dwelling hipsters who are happy to colonize L.A.'s gritty downtown neighborhoods as long as there's a security guard on duty 24 hours a day.

Not that my hands are clean. I've sat in Pete's eating bread pudding like a latter day Marie Antoinette while the dispossessed, diseased, and desperate quite literally stared through the windows.

What kind of people are we? What kind of society do we live in? How can we allow this to continue? How can I sit here in my comfortable home, on my expensive computer, while so many others suffer?

How can you?

2006-03-23T11:05:00.000-08:00

At what point do we rise up and take to the streets?

2006-03-22T07:43:00.000-08:00

Now the work stress is waking me up before 7 am. That used to be the sole province of the kittens.

Color me unamused.

Now if I could just figure out what the hell I'm doing in my current project, all will be well...

2006-03-21T09:25:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I did a shitload of work and I feel as if that should give me a "get out of jail" card for the rest of the week. I feel surly and rebellious, to tell you the truth, and that's really just too bad because today is another day and, accordingly, another shitload.

Sometimes I miss the silly jobs I used to have. The ones where I could swan in late, faff about all day online, and leave at 4:45, without ever once looking back. I used to specialize in the "job" rather than the "career." Because let's face it, who wants a career? Even locating a career involves a whole lot of self-actualization. And then a whole lot of work, especially if you love what you do. All of this can make a soul-crushing bullshit job seem kind of attractive by comparison.

Well, not that attractive. Beer-goggle attractive at best.

2006-03-20T10:55:00.000-08:00

Today I am testing the limits of my Diet Coke addiction. It adds excitement and drama to my day to see how long I can make it before the crack headache kicks in.

I have also conceded defeat and started Weight Watchers-- for the eighty-fifth time. Because it was time to either a) buy a new wardrobe in a size that makes me cry or b) deal with my portion control issues by once again totting up my daily points intake like a good robot.

I hate counting points. It encourages my obsessive-compulsive urges, and they do not need to be encouraged.

Other things I hate include: my current project for work, my inability to fling myself into said project and make some progress, the maintenance workers in the apartment next door who are bellowing at each other and distracting me, the lack of heat in this apartment, the fact that I even need heat in these supposedly sunny climes, my freaking cats, the familywatch website that allows you to look up sex offenders in your neighborhood because I could have done without the knowledge that one of my neighbors is a convicted sex offender like I don't already have insomnia, and any number of other issues.

Hell, it's Monday. Isn't that bad enough?

2006-03-18T08:18:00.000-08:00

Ah, St. Patrick's Day. I'm betting all the idiots clad in green and tremendous, asinine hats are feeling a little less exuberant this morning. And, paradoxically, significantly more green.

I remember this guy who told me once that St. Patrick's Day was his favorite holiday. Think about how that could be. Was it the delicious sodabread? The impish leprechauns? No, of course it wasn't. It was the excuse to get wasted at 9am and keep it up all day. Obviously, this guy was a tool.

As a rule, I am not a fan of drinking holidays. You can never catch up to that moron who rolled out of bed with his keg, and the fact that you feel an urge to catch up is probably evidence of a drinking problem. Even when I still drank, I hated them.

Erin go blah.

2006-03-10T09:15:00.000-08:00

Here's what I don't get.

Opponents of gay marriage who strain credulity by claiming they're not hate-filled homophobes. Because they oppose gay people marrying... why? Has anyone ever set forth an explanation that was slightly more convincing than "my religious documents say so, and despite the fact we live in a country which (hilariously) was set up to make sure no one was persecuted based on other people's religious ideas, I feel MY religious ideas should be encoded, nay, ENSHRINED in law"? No, they have not. Because they are small, scared bigots.

And anti-abortion activists. What is wrong with these people? Let me see if I follow the thinking here. These people think that unborn fetuses are more important than already born women. They feel that abortion is murder and if you find yourself saddled with an unwanted pregnancy, you should suck it up and deal, you big whore, because that's what you get for having sex. (I can't even discuss the waste of DNA Napoli, and his vile comments.) However, no one is suggesting that anyone prosecute women who abort their fetuses as murderers. How can this be? Oh, right, because it's not murder. They just want to control and punish women. Business as usual, then.

And our government. The lies are so over-the-top I almost believe this is some kind of sociological experiment. Wake up, people! There was a coup in 2000 and you all just lay down and took it! And then went back for more!

Sometimes it is a challenge to get up every morning in these United States. Seriously.

2006-03-09T12:06:00.000-08:00

This is a bedbug.

Kind of brings new meaning to that "don't let the bedbugs bite" thing my mom used to say. I thought bedbugs were sort of cute when I was a kid, having never encountered one. THIS creature, however, I would try to defeat in armed combat, and I think it might win.

I hear Mercury is in retrograde. This is as good an explanation as any for my mood. Which has been Really Freaking Pissy lately.

2006-03-08T21:47:00.000-08:00

I have a confession to make.

It's horrible, but true:

I am an unmarried female in my mid-thirties with multiple cats.

2006-03-08T21:11:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I want to rant and rave. Howl. Be honest without worrying about the consequences.

I hate the President. I hate his evil troll god, Cheney. I think a large number of books out there suck. Not to mention people. I have a great many grudges against people I've never met for absolutely no reason. Like Nicole Kidman, who is obviously the devil. Sometimes I'm not as thrilled with my career as I pretend to be. Sometimes I wish I had other marketable skills.

And this is where I can discuss it in the approved 21st century manner: by flinging it out into the mess of cyberspace without using my name.