Though I probably should not be, I am at school.

I probably would have benefitted from another day at home doing not much--but I am at school.  I had emails about how horriblely my third hour class behaved--everything from leaving the room to play hackey sack in the gym and hallways to sneaking out the back door to smoke (which everyone I have talked to so far denies).  Apparently they were so rude to Laurie and Robin that they cried. 

I pulled all of them that were in school this morning into the board room to ask them what they heck happened.  Of course, they down played it a lot, but I do believe they were contrite.  I asked them all to write what happened up for me so I could understand what went on and would be able to talk to Jaymar about it.  I told them I would close their campus for the whole month of february if they didn't write their explanation--i think that is fair. 

They all needed  to own what they did or did not do.

I am surviving the day--the worst part is over.  Now it's just lunch and my last two classes which are pretty good.  I am about to take my meds.  i haven't eaten anything today, but Laurie gave me some crackers.  if I have something in my stomach, i will be able to take the meds and not be sick.  I considered driving to Subway and getting some chicken noodle soup, but I don't have any cash, and i don't think they will take a check.  i don't want to put SOUP on my credit card. 

the pills and a few crackers are down the hatch.  now I just have to wait and see if I get really nauseated again.  Hopefully not. 

What I would really like is some nice chicken and barley stew with some carrots and celery in it.  I would also like if it was very brothy--i don't want to have anything too intense in my stomach.

I wrote out my bills (the five that i had sorted out and gotten ready to pay the other day) this morning--but I forgot to swing by the mail drop box and put them in  this morning.  I had Rachael and Ben put them in the outgoing mail--hopefully I will not get a late charge...and there shouldn't be any danger of my lights or heat being turned off.  LOL.

I just got my check from Susan a little while ago.  I'll have to get my mail on the way home and write out any new bills that just arrived.  i also need to get my income tax crap dealt with so I can get that taken care of as soon as possible.

when i get the refund, i will again pay my property taxes for the whole year right away.  I need to figure out how to do bill pay on line.  that would be so much easier.  And i would spend a lot less money on postage and stuff  too.  What's left will go on my bills.  Though i might pull out just enough to buy the tuscan sun Tulah.  I love her and I want her.  I have the family she needs to belong to all ready set.  :)  She will be Grace's little sister.  I think I will call her Faith.  I need a little sister for Noelle too--I will name her Holly.  (Christmas theme.)

Eat Shit and DIE, Ken Starr

http://vimeo.com/3089746


Go and watch this video. 

Whether you yourself are gay or straight, you can see the love and joy and devotion in their eyes.  How can we deny these people the right to legally and morally commit themselves to the people they love?

The Xtian crowd who believes they and they alone have  the direct link to God can rant and bellow and rave all they want.  The true Christian--the one who lives by the principles of Jesus Christ--would not judge them.  1 Peter 4:8 says, "Love covers a multitude of sins."  Even if being attracted to someone of the same sex was a sin (which I do not believe--I believe it is an inborn trait--something in the DNA, most likely), the love that is present in all these faces and hearts would nullify the "sin."

I challenge Ken Starr to prove that he is without sin and therefore worthy of "casting the first stone," which, according to Christ Himself is the prerequisite for judging others.  We already know that the asshole contingent of the Republican party (Newt, Rush, and the boys) are not worthy of it.  WHO was it that divorced his wife who was dying of cancer?  Who's had more extra marital affairs than Don Juan?  Who got busted for illicit drugs?  Hmmmm?

I am pretty sure that KENNY has his share of "sins" hidden carefully away too.

If these people want to go after something--why not go after the hard core drug dealers, the organized crime, the gangs breeding violence and hatred in the streets of every city in the land?  Why not go after politicians who have endorsed war crimes for the last eight years?  All of these "sins" are rooted in hatred and violence and trampling on people.

Why go after people who just want to love who they love and live in peace? 

It makes no sense.

i suggest that all these people who are painting the gay community with their "sin" brush are hypocrits.  I don't think they really care about the "sin" part of anything.  they just want to whoop up their xtian constiguents and make sure they have their votes firmly in hand for the next election.

Well, newsflash, assholes:

Matt 23:14-15,32-33
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves....Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers! You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

I get the feeling that Jesus really really did not care for hypocrisy.  And this whole issue just REEKS of hypocrisy.

Don't forget, assholes, the measure you GIVE will be the measure you GET.  Therefore, it is wise policy to give good things generously and bad things not at all....

 

This morning's sunrise....

This morning's sunrise was spectacular.  I wish I could have taken more pictures--but I was on Highway 14, and pulling over to take one picture was risky enough.



It's a little fuzzy due to taking it without a flash--but look at that color!  I love the look of sillhouettes of farm buildings and trees against a rising or setting sun.

On the way home, I took some pictures to show how ugly the ass end of winter can be....











The snow is all dirty and scummy now.  It either needs to melt away completely or we need some fresh and pretty white snow.



This is one of those interesting little places that my inner child would like to play in.  I like that tree.  If I were ten years old, I would crawl up into that tree with some Barbie dolls and pretend they were the swiss family robinson. 

There is a cross out there, just to the left of the tree, apparently made out of old fence posts.  I'm pretty sure it doesn't mark the spot that someone died in a car accident as it is quite a ways off the road--I suppose it could mark the location of a fatal farm mishap....but it seems unlikely.

It could be a pet cemetary.  Or just mark the grave of some beloved pet.  Maybe a large one, like a horse, since the cross is so big.  I notice it every time I drive by.  I've been thinking that I should take pictures of some of these places that cry out to be explored by my inner child--my current self is too old, fat, and crippled to go exploring in these places....sigh.