I should be sleeping....

[chochiyo_sama]

but obviously I am not....

I'm listening to Rufus Wainwright singing "Evil Angel"--Rufus rocks.

Today I went to the acryllic painting class DeAnn taught.  It was fun.  It's been YEARS since I painted with acyrllics--well, since I actually painted a picture with acryllics.  During the "experiment with the brush" time, I painted a fish, which I liked.  But then I had to paint over it.  Alas.  It would have looked good on my refrigerator....heheheh

We painted teapots to practice using light and shadow to make them three dimensional.  I think I over did my tea pot and turned it into something rather muddy looking.  However, it's always good to give it a little time and look at it after time has passed.  It's in my trunk right now.  It was a little wet when we left the art center, and I didn't want paint all over the inside of the car.

Vickie Reiser came with us, and she was much less loud and obnoxious than she used to be.  Perhaps her massive weight loss has lessened her need to be loud to be noticed.  I dunno.

There was a lady from Kenyon at the painting class that appeared to have the IQ of a mushy apple.  She was harmless and kind of endearing, but her questions and comments were...a bit annoying after a while.

Heh.

The rest of the people were nice enough.  No one had a lot of pizzazz--no good strong personality leaped out and amused us all.  Perhaps it was because it was the first lesson and everyone was feeling a little shy and self-conscious.  Dunno.

I saw DeAnn's little fimo dragons in the little shop part of the art center.  They are adorable.  I want to make some....and send some as a gift to....someone who shall remain nameless at this time so the surprise will not be ruined.  heh heh heh

If I am unable to make them, I will buy a couple of DeAnn's.  Or perhaps make some sort of trade for them.

:)

hehehe

After class, we went to eat at the Depot.  We sat in the back on the patio.  It was really pretty back there with lots of flowers--and we were the only ones out there, so that was kinda nice.  We were just a few feet from the railroad tracks, and I was hoping a train would go by, but none did.  The stench of the crap they use to treat the railroad ties was truly nauseating, but after a while, when we got the food, the smell was kinda strained out.

DeAnn asked Vickie about her Intestinal By-Pass operation, and Vickie got a little pissed at me for telling DeAnn about it.  I don't know why.  It's not like having that kind of surgery is shameful or anything.  But, Vickie has always been someone who practices a lot of subtrafuge.  You never know what the real truth is because she tells so many variants of every story.

And it isn't like I discussed her personal life intensely--I just mentioned it in passing.

Ah, well.

She'll either get over it or not.  It doesn't really matter to me.

She looks damn good though, I have to give her kudos for that!

On the way home we had sort of an argument.  I don't remember what started it.  But we were talking about the fallacy of Christians being persecuted in the United States.  I commented that certain politicians *cough*George Bush*cough* hauled out this old bullshit yarn every election year--sending out lying propaganda--like when Mondale/Ferrarro ran, and the Republican party send out little manifestos to all the fundie/looney churches declaring that if Mondale and Ferrarro won, the children would be taken out of Christian homes and raised by godless secular humanists where they would be taught about SEX and EVOLUTION and turned into atheists--and probably homosexuals as well!!!!  NOOOoooooOOOoooo 

Bah.

Such ignorance.

And then this last election, where the Bush mafia sent out shit to the red states saying that Kerry would ban sales of the Bible if he were elected.  And again, the morons believed it.

Somehow the conversation twisted into a discussion of how the Ten Commandments and other Christian type icons were being removed from public building.  Seriously, I don't give a shit if the Ten Commandments are in a public building or not.  BUT--the Judeo Christian religion cannot be the exclusive religion represented in public buildings then--it isn't fair to the rest of the population of the country.

Then the argument came up about how this country was founded on Christian principles.  Well, okay.  So it was.  But it was also founded on the notion of SEPARATION of Church and State.  The Government has NO RIGHT to force any religion down the throats of anyone.

All religions should be treated with respect--respecting another group's religious beliefs doesn't mean you are defying the principles of your own...it just means you are not being an ethnocentric prick about your religion. 

While I believe strongly in the Christian principles, I sometimes HATE the behavior I see exhibited by self-proclaimed Christians.  The intolerance and smug superiority and conviction that being Christian somehow makes them unshakeably right about everything just pisses me off.

A Christian is no more valueable (nor any more loved by a divine being) than any other human on the planet, including the lowliest third world child.  In fact, in MY Bible, it specifically says that we are SUPPOSED to be humble and not take advantage of others to glorify and enrich (materially) ourselves.  Yet, that seems to be the 21st Christian manifesto.  This cult of wealth that I am hearing preached from numerous pulpits is getting me down.

And the fucking republican claim of being "born again Christians" makes me want to scream, puke, and stab someone in the head with a screw driver.  Their party espouses the LEAST Christian morals, values, and principles I've ever seen.  If George Bush Jr. is a shining example of all that a Christian should be--I'll be a Pagan or a Heretic, thanks very much.

Elitest, warmongering, ethnocentric, intolerant, misogynistic bastards.

Gah.

How intelligent people fail to see the wrongness of what is going on in the world under the guise of "Christianity" is beyond me.  Obviously there is very little critical thinking occuring.

I understand why so many young people consider themselves atheists or agnostics.  The "Christian Example" set before them by so many  is so hypocritical and ridiculous that no one with a brain could possibly seriously consider it.

Jesus would weep, I think, at the atrocities being committed in his name.

Sigh

Well, I have to stop ranting.

Obviously I am a fool to care so much about non-Christians in America getting the shaft.  Obviously I should just believe as Vickie said, "Then let them LEAVE" (the country) if they don't like the Christian culture.  Conveniently forgetting, of course, that they may have been here for three generations....

Obviously I am a fool to be upset by outsourcing jobs to third world countries for the dual reason that American citizens lose their jobs and people in the third world are working in virtual slavery for pennies a day.  Foolish, foolish me.  They are just vermin, after all.  We're doing them a FAVOR by letting them world 12-14 hours a day for a quarter a day.

God help us.

Well--when I got home, I finished cleaning out my closets and got the garage sale crap all priced.

Yuck

Probably all this work was for naught--and I'll make two or three bucks.

I still have to locate Kari's overnight bag that she wants back and a few barbie dolls to put on the sale.

I might put that three sister set on, marking it $25.00 as it is no longer available.  So, it is collectible.  I could do the same for my repro barbie in the evening splendor outfit.  It is NRFB.

I don't think they are selling for that much on ebay--but maybe someone will think they are getting a gold mine because they haven't had the opportunity to get one.  And I don't think $25.00 is an unreasonable price.

ah well.

I have to go to sleep, since I have to be up early, load the car and get to Owatonna for my chiropractor appointment.

Good night....or good morning...or good afternoon....depending on what time of day you read this.

:P

 

Comments

Painting ...

[(Anonymous)]

I prefer finger painting - nobody laughs or complains when you splash it all over yourself. : )

Which is what I usually do when I have a brush full of paint in my hand.


Laurie (the very messy artist)

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kerry for prez.