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Blowing Smoke

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This is fucking ridiculous! I just heard about how Calabasas is putting a ban on smoking in public places. You’re thinking indoor places, right? No, on city streets as well! The only places you’re allowed to smoke is in your car and in your house.

“We just don’t want anyone blowing smoke in someone’s face. Unfortunately, what smokers do is harmful to everybody else. People should have the right to breathe clean air,” Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Washburn said. 

Are they fucking kidding? Has anyone actually considered how much auto exhaust you breathe in just walking down the street? What about the chemicals used in aerosols and weed killers? Pesticides? How about when someone has the circus tent over their house to kill termites…where do you think those fumes go? Back in the bottle? They float into the air you and I breathe. I don’t know why I’m surprised. We live in a fantastic world run by utter morans. The mayor says people should have the right to breathe clean air. Holy crap, what the hell is he talking about? He’s worried about cigarette smoke, meanwhile, there’s a hole in the ozone layer due to EVERYTHING ELSE but cigarettes. You can smoke in your house and car. Hmmm. Again, where do they think the fumes go? Out the door and in your neighbors fat face. And in your car? What are you supposed to do, install an air filter so the car behind you doesn’t get lung cancer? WAKE UP!

I’m a smoker and I don’t necessarily advocate smoking. I know it’s bad for you, but there are FAR worse things to worry about. How about worrying about the education crisis in America or the dirty politics running a war on Iraq and very soon, in Iran. What about that? What about child molesters and wife beaters? Worry about something REAL for crying out loud. A prohibition on smoking is coming. Soon there will be speak-easies and underground clubs in people’s basements. You’ll soon have to buy smokes on the black market. They’re forcing people to break the law.

Fuck you Calabasas, you one horse town out in the middle of no-where. Ban your cigarettes and rot in hell.

Fire works

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I received a commented post about what I said regarding Fahrenheit 9/11.

Rule #1: Never get your facts from a movie. Rule #2: Conspiracy theories are always false. Rule #3: People with bumper stickers tend to oversimply the facts. True, war is hell, and innocent people get killed, but, if it wern’t for the fortitude of the american people in there resolve to put down evil dictatorships ( like say in WWII ), then we’d all be speaking German right now and probably be members of the 3rd reich. On a different note, I saw a car with a bumper sticker “no blood for oil”. I asked that person if he didn’t find it contradictory that the sticker was on an object that consumed oil…the person flipped me off. Can we not see that our economy, the affluence, mobility and luxury that we have as Americans, is based solely or in large measure, on oil? We decry the evils of the government in trying to preserve the free flow of oil as we joyfully coast along in our new convertible VW beetle. Let he who has not benefitted from the use of that commodity cast the first stone, until then trade your vehicle in for a camel or bicycle and then I’ll be convinced of sincerity. 

#1 I don’t get my facts from movies. If I did, I’d believe that 15 year old girls can find true love and dogs could talk. I read the news almost everyday and I discuss politics with clients at the salon…people from all walks of life from housewives to politicians to producers; people with various points of view. I don’t watch local news at all. It’s not news it’s entertainment. The best and least biased news comes from public radio.  I read news on the net, Drudge Report is a great source. Fact is, since Angel went off the air, I don’t even watch TV all that much.

#2 Conspiracy theories are NOT always false. The term conspiracy theory is discredible when you have people claiming aliens run the government. The United States government is a vast corporation – if Taco Bell refuses to pay their managers overtime (this is true), why wouldn’t the US government try to get away with something…anything? They do it because they can. It’s the simple rule of power corrupts. I know you saw Spider-Man. Human beings are fallible and easily corruptible. This isn’t my opinion, this is fact. It takes a strong person to do the right thing, to tell the truth. It takes strength to be gentle and kind. Not all human beings are capable of doing the right thing. Someone raped a 9 year old in Nicaragua and got her pregnant, the world’s a shitty place with shitty people. The kind and decent people are few.

#3 The majority of bumper stickers are idiotic. For example the one that reads “The West Wasn’t Won With Salad” – that’s just stupid. I’m not even sure what it means, but it’s definitely taking a stab at vegetarians…which is just lame, why does this person care? The fact that “if you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention” is a bumper sticker, is beside the point. I drive a car, in fact, my car’s a gross polluter that won’t pass smog check. I feel really bad about that because more than I love this country, I love my planet. Still, I’ve got places to go and I live in Los Angeles…it really is true that no one walks in L.A. You can’t. I take the Metro to work as often as I can, but I still operate my vehicle which uses gasoline which comes from Middle East oil. If I were a better person, I’d ride a bike to work. I watch assholes in SUV’s make the use of oil all the more profitable simply because they want a sweet ride. I believe there are alternatives to oil. I once heard a story about a 17 old kid who converted his VW bug into a corn-oil engine. We don’t need as much oil as we consume. We need it because it makes a shit-load of money. Exxon could invent a hemp gasoline, the government could mandate a ten year conversion to hemp-oil engines and we’d save the planet. They could charge whatever they wanted because Americans are dependent on their automobiles. Yes, we need gasoline and Sadaam is an asshole, but Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and that’s the point! The truth is, it’s not about believing everything Michael Moore says, if you pay attention, you can see the cracks yourself. Many things about this war just don’t make sense. By simply opening your eyes a little, you can see that the United States knew about 9/11 and took advantage of the situation to get their hands on Iraq. Fine, fight for oil, but fight the right people and don’t tell us you’re searching for Osama when you’re not. 9/11 was a massive tragedy and as a people, we deserve some sort of retribution…it’s been almost 3 years and we haven’t caught Osama Bin Laden. Tell me this is right. The United States of America, the most powerful country in the world and we can’t find one man? We’re not even talking about Osama anymore, he’s been put on the shelf because now we’ve got a different agenda. It’s not about striking back at the people who took down our towers and killed thousands of innocent people. It’s about oil. How did that happen? Even if you don’t talk politics or read the news, the basic facts of this situation are clear. They pose questions. A lot of people don’t care to ask questions.

Yesterday at the salon a young girl told me she doesn’t care for politics and doesn’t like reading news, it’s depressing. Good excuse. If you watch K-CAL 9 and listen to them prattle on about kidnappings and murders, sure it’s depressing. People don’t want to know the truth, it scares them. We live in a world where people care more about oil than education. It seems like we’ve got our priorities all fucked up. Just open your eyes, the fight for oil has nothing to do with the betterment of the people and it doesn’t make the world a better place. It fills the pockets of presidents and CEOs. Yes, go to war, but go for the right reasons. Make this world a better place to raise children in. Take down the evil dictators, I’m all for that, but don’t make the deaths of 3000 people your cause. 9/11 has become a scapegoat. Even if 50% of Michael Moore’s documentary is false, there’s still another 50% of truth and it ain’t pretty. Knowledge is power, come to your own conclusions and don’t believe everything the news tells you, don’t believe everything I tell you. Ignorance is not bliss. You don’t have to go to war protests, but open your eyes, see the lies right in front of you. Fireworks.

America, Oh My Country

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Life is good. Life is fucking fantastic. It’s fan-fucking-tastic. I haven’t one single reason to complain because I haven’t lost anyone in the war and my house hasn’t been blown to bits. This I knew. I’ve always known. Still, because I am mortal, it’s in my nature to think inside my microcosm. Last night Mr. Sellers and I saw Fahrenheit 9/11. One hour and 56 minutes of re-iteration, things I already knew. I saw things I knew about but didn’t necessarily want to see, the bad things happening in far away places. War and the loss of life, the tears of a confused people, the skrieks of women burying their loved ones. And the bad things happening on my doorstep, the lies and the sheer corruption and greed of our government. Nothing new. The world is a better place because of this film. It’s not pretty, but it’s not meant to be pretty. There isn’t a happy ending because Michael Moore doesn’t deal in fairy tales. This film wasn’t meant for me. It’s meant for those who didn’t care until now, for those who didn’t pay attention until now. It’s an eye-opener for those whose political views have been in stasis needing a wake-up call.

A friend of mine once told me about a bumper sticker he saw…it said, “if you’re not outraged, you haven’t been paying attention“. Never has a bumper sticker conveyed the truth so well. The truth is, we as a country need to be outraged. It’s your duty as an American to see this film. Even if you don’t always agree with Michael Moore, even if you think he’s full of shit, you can’t disregard the images and the flat facts conveyed in the film. It’s all true and even though government has and always will be corrupt, it’s never been this bad. George W. Bush must be stopped. If you’re not already registered to vote, do so now.

Rewind: On the Way Back

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I wanted to mention something, before I forget. And it’s been bothering me. When I arrived home from San Francisco, I laid my cool plaid suitcase on my bed. A piece of black clothing falling out of the bottom. I looked closer and found a rather large tear in the suitcase itself. It’s an old suitcase, nothing fancy with wheels or anything, just weird enough to be mine. I’ve had this suitcase for years, it’s gone with me many places. I was upset about the gaping hole in the fabric, irreparable. When I opened my bag, I found a notice telling me my bag had been randomly searched. Random? I think I can call this Fashion Profiling. I look like a white girl, and a far cry from any terrorist, but I’ve got purple hair and wear black clothes. My brother said there was nothing random about this search. I was searched because I stand out. My things tossed about, I found a card explaining their limit to liability during the search. If they break something, it’s not their fault. I wasn’t aware of these random searches. I saw nothing about this at the airport nor on JetBlue’s website. The card even mentioned that if your luggage is locked and selected for a random search, they will break the lock. You could own a 500 dollar suitcase and they’ll break the lock! What the hell is up with this?

Both times, coming and going, I had to take my shoes off at the airport. Fine, I understand, I could have bombs in my skull buckle mary janes. They run your carry-ons through the x-ray machine. Fine. But to actually open up my bag, rip a fat whole in it and then limit their liability? What a crime! What an invasion of privacy! I wonder if they tore the hole because they couldn’t figure out how to open it, those morons. It makes me sick to think of some asshole airport employee going through my underwear. Their lack of liability means they can steal your belongings, break your stuff and there’s nothing you can do about it. They could take a crap in my suitcase and I’d have no one to blame. It’s like 1984 all over again.

Bush is a Nazi. This is all his fault. Random bag searches may seem like a small price to pay for security, but not when you loose your privacy. My poor little suitcase. Broken and unable to be used anymore. San Francisco was it’s last trip. RIP cool plaid suitcase. You served me well. I feel like I’ve lost an old friend. Fuck! Now I have to buy new luggage!  

Your “It Could be Worse” for the day: It could be worse, you could have your cool plaid suitcase randomly searched and destroyed.

Travelling

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I’m making plans to leave this dusty city and head for the Golden Gate on a much needed vacation. Naturally, this all depends on whether or not I can actually cash my still uncashable check from last week. I don’t want to talk about it. I’m also counting on getting paid this Saturday. It’s like a house of cards…my trip and my eventual travel bliss depend on my getting paid. Things have been rather sketchy at work lately and I cross my fingers it all comes together. I’m doing this all last minute, so it’s risky. It’s worth it.

Part of this vacation includes making a long awaited visit to see my husband, David Bowie, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD!!! Let’s just say, if it all falls through, somebody’s head is gonna roll for this! Please…it’s just has to happen. Most certainly, I am in much need of a vacation. Since July, my world has been a virtual hell. Virtual…no. Actual hell. From drugs being slipped in my drink, boyfriends moving out, drug addicts treating me like shit, spraining my ankle and almost getting fired (lame story, read the archive), finding happiness, loosing happiness, loosing friends, poverty, broken car, not getting paid, being tricked out of school, and on and on and on. In that time, several good things have happened too. I’ve started work at a job I love, I’m involved with someone that makes me happy and confused all at the same time, I’ve gotten back in contact with an old friend, and I’ve really learned a lot about myself. I’m more in control of my emotions than I’ve ever been.

Somehow this year, I feel older, a little wiser perhaps. My life, this time last year, was so different. I was living with someone. I was starting to feel that it wasn’t what I wanted for the rest of my life and I ignored it. This time last year I had a mohawk and I was still in school. I was feeling optimistic about school and that I would finish soon. This time last year my circle of friends started to become smaller as the self proclaimed ring leader made demands of me that seemed unfair. And to think, all the time she made me feel bad for talking to her boyfriend, she had her sights set on mine. Funny how things work out. Life is a comedy, but no one’s laughing. One of the greatest gifts we have as human beings is the gift of hindsight. We have the ability to look back at our lives and analyse them. I wonder if any other animals do this. Do monkeys look back at their lives and wish they’d made different choices? Do dolphins look back on the good times and smile? Hey Flipper, remember that time we swam in front of a sealiner? That was fun. Or that time we jumped up super high so those tourists could take pictures of us? Good times. Maybe not so much, but I love looking back. Part of this might be because we tend to remember things better than they actually were. As best I can, I attempt accuracy in my memories. I recall those important people, the people who made my life better simply by being around. I remember those who made my life miserable because I loved them and they didn’t love me. And there were people who took me on adventures and made me laugh. There were things I did and books I read…the events and people that have made me who I am today. It’s odd how that all works. How things happen, how you meet people, the events that lead you where you are today. And what of different choices? Where would I be had I taken another road? What if I’d never come to Pasadena? I left my friends and my family because I wanted something more for myself. It’s a choice I’ll never regret. Speculation and deep thought. I could stay up all night just pondering the possibilities.

Did you make it through the whole State of the Union address tonight? I can’t stand the sound of Bush’s voice, so I only made it about 15 minutes through. I did however see the part where he talked about keeping the Patriot Act alive. Fucker. Most everything he says is crap anyway. The state of the union? Not good, if you ask me. This is why it’s important to vote. I only hope that 2004 isn’t a replica of what happened last time around. What a mess and what a joke. Actually, I’ve never cared about registering to vote or politics in general, but I figure why be apathetic? We can still make this our country and voting, no matter how ballots are misplaced, still sends a message. It’s important to take action. You can’t just sit around and let the government declare how your life is run! We the people, still means something, it has to. Without it, we’re nothing but a bunch of drones that allow 100 year old men to dictate the courses of our lives. We will never be in full control of this country and maybe our say doesn’t amount to much, but it’s better than fascism. If you care, you can register to vote online at RocktheVote.com My new slogan, something said in the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, spoken by Steve Martin: It is better to give, than to not.

Ray Bradbury b/w Muppets From Outer Space

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Midnight brings fun when the shadows under trees lift their skirts and glide. Wind arrives. Leaves fall. Footsteps echo. Beams and floorboards creek. Dust sifts from tombstone angel wings. Shadows soar like ravens. Chapter Seven, “Let’s All Kill Contstance”, Ray Bradbury. A prime example of why Bradbury is a genius, depressed or not. Perhaps happy people cannot describe the night in this way.

Another day, another insane plot hosted by the government and NASA. I’m so glad that our president knows the difference between radio and video. In tonight’s speech regarding America’s plans for space exploration, Bush thanked the audience for listening in on video. I don’t think you heard me, listening in on video. He talked of the United States helping to bring peace to the world (while our troops are still invading Iraq). He said that we’ll have functional space stations on the moon no later than 2015. Is he high or just stupid? Both? He’s telling us we’re going to have a working space station on the moon when the Shuttle Columbia can’t even land safely on THIS planet? Is he kidding? Perhaps the technology already exists and we just don’t know about it. Did they find water on Mars? I didn’t think so, but he says we did. My boss tends to think along the lines of conspiracy theories…that government officials and the wealthy are planning to ditch Earth all together, for they know we are doomed. Strangely, most conspiracy theories make a lot of sense.

I don’t know what to believe, but are the Japanese really building a space hotel? We’ve been hearing about it for years. How is it possible we will travel to Jupiter, as Bush claims, in no less than 10 years, but we can’t find a cure for Cancer or AIDS? Why not solve the problems here on Earth first? I’m all for space exploration, you’re reading the words of a certified Trekkie, but wouldn’t it make sense to take care of this planet first, before we visit others? Trillions of dollars will go into this new project. Um, I thought we were broke. What happened to our economic crisis? Way to set your priorities, Bush. It’s all crap. Unless we’re going to use alien technology, I can’t see how we’re going to fly human beings past the moon, to Mars and beyond in just 10 years. It’s was only recently that Columbia blew the hell up. We landed on the moon in the 60′s…why then have we never gone back? Maybe we never actually landed on the moon. An interesting point at one of the Moon Landing Hoax sites states: One NASA picture from Apollo 11 is looking up at Neil Armstrong about to take his giant step for mankind. The photographer must have been lying on the planet surface. If Armstrong was the first man on the Moon, then who took the shot? Holy crap. Why now are we, all of a sudden, concerned with space exploration? Especially after a major war? Could this merely be publicity for Bush seeing as re-election is coming up? Could it be more? Are the secret societies of the world planning to leave us to die on a doomed planet? Imagine the chaos if the world’s leaders disappeared. If you give credence to conspiracy theories, we’re fucked. We already know that the US government is an evil corporation hell bent on world domination. Are we to believe that they are incapable of doing the things wackos claim? Are conspiracy theorists wackos or can what they say be true, if not partially? We’re fucked either way.

The Soreness of Throats

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My throat is still sore. I’m estimating probably as bad as yesterday. I took a codeine because I couldn’t stand it anymore. Usually, I’m the last person to take pain killers, unless it’s for a bad headache and even then, it’s something mild like Motrin. I don’t have health insurance, so it’s cost efficient to do things herbally.

When you think of treating illness naturally, do you think of the word homeopathic? Strangely, the word means treating an illness with minute doses to produce symptoms similar to those of the disease. I love words and find it especially interesting when words are misused.

I’m going to buy some Marjoram and make a gargle. Marjoram, a variant of Oregano, is supposed to have antibacterial properties as well as relieve pain. Herbs kick ass. I’m also going to buy a bottle of B-Complex vitamins. As well as being essential to your daily diet, B-Vitamins are good at keeping hangovers away. During Convergence in New York, we took a B-Complex before a night of drinking and felt swell the next day. If you’re like me and don’t eat very well, it’s a good idea to take a B-Complex daily. I feel so useless when I’m sick. Sitting here writing, it’s not difficult (thank you codeine), but I feel sort of sluggish.

Did you notice I was on a roll with the site? I was getting so much done and felt wonderfully productive. Now this. I can’t imagine anyone likes being sick. Being sick again reminds me that eating well, sleeping good hours and taking my vitamins is the right choice. The last few months have been sort of hellish. Mostly issues that deal with love and relationships. I think I’m thinking about it all too much. The best thing to do is be me, work on my life, get my life in order and worry about relationships later. Take my own advice. Illness is an indication that something is wrong. Being sick is your body’s way of telling you to take it easy, stop stressing, and take care of yourself. OK Body, I’m listening.

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Your Voice Matters

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Today sPlit sent me the link to a national campaign regarding Bush impeachment. If you don’t believe that the people have the power, think again. We really do and your voice matters. This is your country (for those of you over here in the US) and you need to be a part of how it’s run. Apathy can kill a country. And it’s not about nationalism or American pride. It’s about how we live and how our offspring will live. This can be a better world, if we make it one.  p.s. I made the banner below, if you’d like to use it on your site, feel free. Link to http://www.votetoimpeach.org

Celebrate Independence

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Something to the effect of “Street Smarts” will show that most Americans don’t know why we celebrate the 4th of July. In a news report yesterday, people who were asked, didn’t know. Some claimed it was the end of the civil war. I imagine that anyone reading this is probably smart enough to know that the 4th of July was the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed, 1776. History was always one of my favorite subjects in school and while I couldn’t always remember dates and places, I’ve always known why we celebrate the 4th. I find it hard to believe that most Americans can celebrate something they know nothing about.

Today, the beaches will be full and the air will smell of burning coals and meat. Lights will fill the night sky and drunk drivers will waver on the highways. Joyful, yet not knowing why. Then again, Cinco De Mayo is a big holiday over here too…it’s practically become an American holiday. Even non-Mexicans celebrate it. Like today, it’s just another reason to get fucked up. With the way things are right now in America, it almost seems unfitting to celebrate any sort of independence today. The beliefs and principals set forth in the Declaration are no longer applicable. And it’s sort of sad. No, today I’m not celebrating my independence. I will spend the day with my family, barbecue tofu burgers and watch fire works, but I have nothing to celebrate.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The last time you read this was in highschool. Read it again today.

Signed, an unhappy American