it's about time (take II)

so, i procured a job. i now work at Yakima Products, which is the company that makes those racks people put on their automobiles to carry bikes, skis, kayaks, canoes, and what ever other activity gear they may have. essentially, i answer phones and take dealer orders from folks on the east coast of the u.s.. i also give consumers technical information, issue warranty stuff, and sell replacement parts. the computer system we use is in unix (sp?), and looks like what an auto parts person uses to look the availability of your headlight bulb fluid. it's fairly rad. i have never used such a non user friendly software before. makes it a bit more fun. i may be able to move soon with this new gig.

so stuff is sort of looking up, up here where i am.

still not sure about grad school. i nearly doubled my gre score, but have not yet heard if it was high enough, o if the position is still open in the program. waiting.

it's about time

congratulations california for finally legalizing and recognizing gay marriage!
how is it that such a fucked up state can be one of the first to make such a progressive move for civil liberties. interesting.
i'm not a huge fan of marriage, as it is traditionally and historically a misogynistic religious institution, still i am far less a fan of unequal rights and opportunities.

i hope, as a latent function of all of this, it will now be a bit easier for folks to gain citizenship through marriage. newly immigrated people will have more partners to choose from if they arrive in the usa via california.
in the end, california's decision to legalize and recognize gay marriages could be a positive note for everyone.
it may even give our two presidential candidates something to debate, as they currently have ridiculously similar platforms existing in what the media calls the "center" of what should be called the far right (if we are to use their inaccurate spectrum model).

on a separate note, what the hell is with the district of columbia legalizing 'in home' hand gun ownership for citizens. did they forget that more hand guns equal more violent crime? ah the supreme court system. one step forward, and then back again. it's like a children's game.

peanuts on parade

penelope beatrice celebrated her first year of life this saturday! she did not smear the cupcakes and brownies I made her all over her face, and in fact hardly ate them. she was much more into vegetables and what not. both sets of grand parents attended, which made for an interesting debacle once all the older kids started soaking up their tequila. bunz spent the majority of the day playing in the grass and on the living room floor with random people who came over to wish her a happy birthday.

somehow we missed neglected to celebrate emily's (penelope's mother) experience, now one year past. we didn't talk much about that after penelope was off to bed the rest of us continued to celebrate her birth with booze and bonn-fire. one element i think it is important to address is the celebration of emily's (penelope'semily did one year ago on that day, but it was one of the most incredible actions i have ever seen another person experience. no doubt, it was further enhanced by the fact that i could never experience such a thing. i understand the cultural importance of the new child, but is it not equally important and courteous to acknowledge the work of the child's mother. emily's body changed more than it ever has, or likely will, in such a short expanse of time. her emotions shifted, reversed, and became new. everything in her life changed for the better, and for the worse. her life is so different now that our amazing, everlasting relationship is in a state of severe ill-repair. condemned, were it a building, hazardous to swimmers, were it a stream. such a grandiose affect on the life of one person deserves a high level of appreciation and reflection. so thanks emily! thanks for going through everything that went during that whole process. you are one tough lady!

walking is still...

feeling this way, sometimes, is all-right.
this way, feeling, sometimes is all-right.
all-right, sometimes, is feeling this way.
feeling sometimes, this way, is all-right.
sometimes feeling this way , is all-right.
all-right, is feeling this way, sometimes.
feeling all-right, this way, is sometimes.

second row, fourth from the rear

so you go to college, with the intention of excommunicating yourself from food service employment. possibly with the intention that after all of this intensive inundation of knowledge you might have the option of choosing an occupation, rather than settling for shit.

no dice friend. a bachelor's degree will do nothing for you today. least of all a degree in the social sciences.

back to the addiction codling food service industry it is.

you have heard the story you now recite, and still it is news to you. should you have listened more closely? is it acceptable that you sought a college degree based on your romantic ideals, and not on any pragmatic reasoning of the future? must be so, since you are signed up for a second tour of duty.

now to convince myself that minimum wage, plus tips, is exciting and new. could be. but will it pay rent, childcare and bills? we shall see.

not much of a fun blog. stuff is not all that fun right now. try back later.