In other news

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HELLO EVERYBODY. Thats me in the grainy web cam image on the left. I pulled the QuickCam Pro 4000 out for the first time in over a year and decided to play around with it. As you can see there is our recently renovated living room in the back ground, including the gate that cages our pet human, Deven.
I just uploaded a dozen or so pics to my Flickr account. Why does it take me so long to do this? I’m lazy. I can’t finish anything I start. Aside from the depressing post I wrote earlier today and this one, I have 5 other posts in my draft, all of them I started and just didn’t finish.

Anyway, I decided to post again to sort of, I don’t know, reset the depressing mood I set earlier. The weather outside is wonderful. If I had the strollers at home, I would so take Deven out walking. I love the fall.

My favorite part of fall is Halloween.  I was look at costumes earlier and I came across this little ditty. Normally I wouldn’t go for something sexy, but I figured since I never dress even  remotely sexy anymore since becoming a mom and putting on a weight, that I should reserve one day a year to be hot. I’m not hideous or fat, I’m still young, I should freakin celebrate. What’s more halloween than Wednesday Addams?

And of course, I can’t leave Deven out. Last year he was a pumpkin, of sorts, and we took him out trick or treating even though he was only 6 weeks old and slept the entire time. This year, I’m hoping he’ll still be able to walk some of the way, even though he wont be able to eat any of the candy. So, I was thinking perhaps a monkey? Or a Bee? Or a disgruntled UPS worker? Get him started on a career path early. You and I both know making our kids look disgustingly cute is the real reason moms celebrate Halloween, and I can not discount myself from that group. I am guilty, and I look forward to the resentment in later years.

RenFest is also coming up. We’re thinking about taking Vance’s birthday off to go, and this year we can take Deven! I was thinking we could take Valerie (Vance’s mom) with us so she can help alleviate the stress of bringing a toddler.  I can’t wait to get drunk, gorge myself on turkey legs, and watch the jousting. Too bad my costume doesn’t fit me anymore :( Maybe I can find a new one!

Anyway, I’m going to get myself a shower and perhaps some lunch. Mmm, grilled cheese sammich with 3 kinds of cheese. Thats some gourmet shite right there.

The breaking point.

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Read this article and you’ll understand why I love Penn Jillette so much. You’ll also get further insight into my highly misunderstood political views.

I’m so sick of this election, seriously. I just want it to be over. I don’t care to learn about the “real” McCain or Obama, I don’t care about how one side is twisting the hell out of the words that come out of someone on the other side,  I won’t be voting for either of these clowns, I-DON’T-CARE. Thinking about it any further, about the direction the country is headed towards, and the mindless “changes” that we’re being promised makes me a little suicidal, quite frankly.

I know it seems silly to get this upset over it, because when you look around at your things in your house, the food you eat, the car you drive, in general your life, you don’t think about the impact t hat politics has. It doesn’t effect your day to day life, except for maybe the cost of gas  for your car. People go to work everyday and take care of their kids, and with all of this happening, whats $30 out of paycheck going to taxes, and having to get your car’s registration updated? I can understand how the prospect of free health care (believe me, I know hard it is) and day care and getting bailed out of your mortgage payment , wire taps on intl. calls, and metal detectors in every door way can seem appealing. It’s easy to not really think past what you’re being told, because with everything else, you still don’t think it could possibly effect the quality of your life, and in fact with those things it might make it easier and less scary to live in this world.

But the truth has been, thus far, none of these things come without costing some of our freedom, even things we should be entitled to, like quality health care, would be compromised, just as they have been in other parts of the world with social health care systems. As Penn Jillette said, we’re better off having the freedom to take care of of ourselves. I’m not going to ramble on about it anymore. Chances are, you’ve made your decision about who you’re voting for, and I know when thats happened, little is going to change your mind. That’s sad, but thats my opinion. I’m very passionate about politics, and it’s very hard for me to not think about these things.

I’m done talking about this election and politics in general. I’ve said all I need to say, and it’s just going to make people angry. I’m liable to make people angrier then I already am, and a world full of angry people is not a fun place to live in.

I’m going to go take a shower and slit my wrists.

(just kidding.)

Another Ace in the hole

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Okay, that test was easy. as. hell. It should be. It’s designed for people have maybe stayed awake through some of 10th grade. When I took my science and social studies tests I had stressed so heavily over how hard it could possibly be, and walked out of these kicking myself in the ass for fretting over it so much. This time, I walked in with confidence and the assurance that this test would almost be a waste of my time if I didn’t want to go to college so bad.

The questions were hilarious. It’s almost as though there is an arrow pointing directly to the answer. Let me demonstrate:

Let’s say the passage was my last blog post.

Based on the passage, how do you think Janette feels about her financial situation?

A) She feels completely secure and happy.

B) Chauncy enjoys hotdogs!

C) It’s stresses her the fuck out.

D) Tony Danza

Seriously.  To anyone needing to get their GED, anyone who has put it off for the last several years, worry not. If you have any common sense, the transplanted brain of a chimp and your heart replaced with a sweet potato, you will pass. Go ahead and prep. Every last bit of prep material carried in bookstores is harder than the actual tests. That’s what they mean by “Higher test scores Guaranteed!” You don’t have as much to worry about as you think.