I AM SOOOOOOOOOO MAD!!!

hey, all.

as a ritual, every friday i look at 'the week in pictures' on msnbc's website. so i'm clicking through there this morning, and i come across a black screen with the warning that the next image is not suitable for...blah blah blah. so i click on it to view it...its a US soldier. a dead US soldier, lying in a pool of his own blood. what on earth could have posessed those people to post such a picture, for his family and his friends to see? on so many different levels, i am angry. that was somebody's son...someone's baby. someone's love. so...i promptly hit the 'email us' button, and sent them a piece of my mind, via the internet. haven't heard back from them...i guess we'll see what happens. i'm just a little peon out here ... they probably won't even read it. but i feel better now that i've said something. it just isn't right.

do me a favor? if you're out in public and happen to come across a man or woman in uniform, be it military service or civil service, shake his or her hand and say 'thank you'. they deserve it.

have a good weekend.

i swam to work today

hello, boys and girls. let me tell you about noah's ark. the rains came, and...

well, that's what it feels like around north texas these days. i expect to see noah on my doorstep any day now saying that he needs a female electroneurodiagnostic technologist to set sail with him and all of the other creatures on the 2004 model of the ark. don't get me wrong - i LOVE the rain. i love to take long walks in warm spring rain...i like to listen to the rain and fall asleep...i like to watch my daughter laughing and playing in the rain. but come on, now...let's get real. i'm not a hundred percent sure when i saw the sun last...that can't be good. *sigh* on to bigger and better things...

the cowboys lost again on monday. and we're going to replace vinny testaverde when???? sheesh! come on, coach...pull your head out of your hiney and do something! ah, who cares? i'm a packer fan anyway...

single motherhood can suck sometimes. i mean ROYALLY SUCK. but you know what? i have an awesome mom. she raised me as a single mother, so she knows the shoes i'm in. we didn't quite get to this point in the same manner (my father is an alcoholic drug-addict and my ex-husband left me for another woman), but she knows the things i'm dealing with. my ex lives several hours away from here because he's in the Navy, so he doesn't get to see her very much...her great-grandparents are elderly and their health is beginning to fail. i've never left pete (my daughter) with a babysitter - she's always stayed with family. so until last night, i hadn't been out alone in quite some time. she called yesterday and wanted to keep her for not just one, but TWO nights!!!! woo hoooooooooooooooo!!!!! my mom rocks. so i think that, for my own sanity, i need to start looking for a babysitter. she's old enough now to be left with a teenager for a few hours, right?? she's 7. either that, or i'll come home and my place will be in ashes. oh, the agony of it all...no wonder i don't sleep at night!

so...do i have a conclusion for today? you bet!
a) mom, if you should ever read this - i love you, and you're the best mother a daughter could ever ask for ...

and...

b) John Kerry just called president Bush to concede the election. He did ask
that as a provision of the concession that he be allowed to receive a Purple
Heart medal for injuries received in the ass whipping

that's all for now. take care...

VOTE OR DIE...well, don't die, but don't complain if you don't like the way things are

HELLOOOOOOOOOO!! i voted in my first presidential election today - i feel like such a big girl!! i stood in line for an hour in the rain under the american flag (weren't they supposed to take it down and put it away?) with my daughter, i went into that little room, and i completed my arrow. GO W!!! i was really impressed with the number of younger voters that i saw this morning. people from all walks of life, even a lady that was due to give birth at any little minute. she wouldn't go ahead of anyone, she wouldn't sit down, she wouldn't go inside out of the rain - she stood in line with everyone else. she said it was part of the democratic process, and she was proud to be able to participate, so she didn't want any special treatment. she was awesome. so, mr p daddy diddy puff - i did my duty, i voted for my man - i can't wait to see how it turns out! i haven't been this excited since...well...christmas, i guess.

i survived 'the grudge', though i don't know how. i guess it was because i went to a movie tavern, and they have beer. i thought i was going to jump out of my seat (or pee in my pants) a couple of times, but I DID IT! i survived the movie! now the people that i went with want to go watch that new movie 'saw'. at first i thought it might be ok, but i heard on the radio yesterday that there is an evil clown in it. i don't do clowns! not since i saw the stephen king movie 'it'. noooooooooooooo way. huh uh. i'll pass - send me a postcard.

hmmmm...do i have anything else to say today? my hair is a mess due to the rain, i'm freezing cold due to the rain...but oh, how i do love the rain! i'm looking forward to a cozy evening on the couch flipping channels between election coverage and 'coyote ugly'. i love that movie. if i were skinnier, i'd be a coyote. that would be cool.

VOTE TODAY, PEOPLE!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!