Blog? BLOG!

A blog is a place that I can share my opinions and thoughts on the touchy, right? So after I gather my thoughts and get them in an order that I can coherently share them, I plan to do just that.

And away. We. Go.

As I said in my previous post, social networking really is a lot of fun. Until it's not. I know. Cryptic as well. I'm trying to express my frustration with things without getting too personal. I have been trying to avoid posting my political views as my status updates. But then I post the link to this blog on my facebook. Therefore, I open myself up to criticism. I am ok with that. I got to witness a discussion on budgetary reform tonight that really was astounding. Both sides were passionate. It did start over a carbon tax. I know my feelings on this are irrelevant (but I will share them anyway, just how I roll). I think that I don't like the idea of breathing the crap some companies pump out. Nor do I like the idea of drinking it. Responsibility. I have to take it, why not big business? And it seems that the Almighty Dollar is the only thing that businesses seems to understand. So... draw your own conclusions from this. I dunno about the climate change dimension to all of that.

I also said that I was a bleeding heart liberal. I really am not. I am what I like to call moderately liberal. A cop out, you say? Perhaps. But... That's my story and I am sticking to it. I genuinely think that extremism is dangerous. Either way. Left or right. Glenn Beck personifies the worst of this extremism. As an entertainer, he is mildly amusing. As a historian, as a political pundent... he's dangerous. To hear lots and lots of people quoting him as an expert makes me CRAZY! (Seriously, I run around yelling "Snail phlegm ice cream trucks" cause I have no idea what I can say otherwise.)

I am getting off topic... Back to the original discussion.... I don't know what happened after the discussion I saw on facebook. All I know is that the discussion started to be really uncomfortable and personal. I am glad that it ended. And it allowed me to write this blog. Which, to be honest, was escaping me.

:D

Also, Something else on facebook has prompted me to state a few more things about me. I support many causes. The two that are nearest and dearest to me are HIV/AIDS research and breast cancer research. I will NOT, however, be posting any mass status updates about this. I have personally known people who have suffered from both and two (one AIDS and one cancer) who have passed away. So I felt the need to make this public. These are my causes. I don't believe that they are in opposition to each other. I think that good health and prevention is a great thing to promote.

My two cents for this week. Venting. And I am sorry. They can't all be winners.

GGC

Shift to the right!

Is it just me, or is it funny how reactionary American voters tend to be? I actually laughed when the results for the elections came in.

I understand that the power to vote is a privilege and a way to express dissatisfaction with the status quo. Also, expressing approval for the status quo. But... I think I am starting to loose track of what the status quo actually is. Two years ago, we all wanted change. So we elected President Obama. NOW we want change and are dissatisfied with the administration so nationwide, we vote to the opposite side.

Now... Logically speaking, how are we gonna fix anything when each of the houses shifts every two years? How are lasting solutions going to be established if we aren't even patient enough to give our reps a full 4 years to work on it? *sigh*

Perhaps I am just jaded. I have been voting for candidates that best represent me since 1994. Many times, my candidate has lost the election. And yet I still go every year (most times twice a year) to cast my vote. This year I just got to the point that I was totally apathetic. I did it. But I was not excited to do it. For the first time in 16 years.

My two cents worth.
GGC

The Dude abides...

I made an agreement with a friend that I would blog once a week if he did the same... Seemed like an easy thing to do at the time. But now I am faced with an (almost) empty screen and one blog entry to finish before tomorrow is over. Nice, eh?

When I started this blog I was gonna use it to talk about many things that were important to me. I was gonna talk about being many kinds of geek and walking in the real world. I am not sure that I have come even close to doing a good job with that... But whatever. I write what comes to mind and go with it. I will say (on that geeky nature) that I have been trying to find a place to watch my PBS online (no I haven't tried PBS.org... I always do things the hard way) and have been looking forward to my Friday night gaming session a little more than usual this week. I have almost finished watching all of the episodes of the 2nd Doctor in the Classic Dr Who tv series, and have (finally) watched the last 3 episodes of the first season of the 10th Doctor. Wow. Matt Smith doesn't disappoint. I am also working (very slowly, might I add) through all of the X-Files, beginning to end.

With all that being said, my son is doing well. He is now in the middle of his fourth grade year and has been taking on some career advising. He asked last night what I was good at (you see, he has decided that I need a second job... He's not wrong...). I told him that I was good at talking to people, good at using a computer, and good at being a leader. I also told him that I could cross my eyes, roll my tongue and pat my head while rubbing my stomach ("Not job skills, Mom" Again, he's not wrong...). Do you know what he gets from that? "Mom, you should work at a game store. Cause you're kind of a gamer!" You see what he did there? And, wow. I am not sure how to think about all that, you know, now that I see it in print.

But the geeky inner me and the socially adjusted outer me I like to show the professional world are doomed to stay separate, alas! Cause, you see, none of the game shops are hiring right now. I checked. And the split personality that I have grown so accustomed to will remain.

And, yes, I did watch The Big Lebowski this week. All I ever needed to know from life, I learned from this movie. ... No, not really, but that sounded nice. Lol! I do so love this movie! "F*ck it! Let's go bowling!" has become my motto. I also watched a terrible movie called Bloodsucking Redneck Vampires. If you haven't seen it... You should! I think that my roomie and I are gonna grab our 15 minutes of fame and do a web movie as an homage! Redneck Zombies. Or Werewolves. Or even Frankenstein monsters. The list is truly endless.

And I think that is enough to keep my end of my bargain. Let's see if my friend does his part!

GGC