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Jun. 28th, 2019 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shadowkat1. I love this time of night...the light is soft, with streaks of pink in the sky fading to lavender, it's quiet, and I can hear birds tweeting. Current apartment is for the most part rather quiet and has a nice residential feel. I forget I'm in the city, which is of the good. The city can get to me at times. It's why I've chosen not to ever live in Manhattan proper again. I've faced the fact that I'm a Brooklyn gal. It's Brooklyn or bust. (Bust meaning -- moving to the suburbs and buying a self-driving car that will most likely kill me.)
I even heard a tweeting bird a while ago. All quiet now though. I think it went to sleep.
2. The Debates
Mother: I saw the debates.
Me [I did not]: And...
Mother: The previous night was better, last night the facilitators had no control at all and the debators had a free-for-all.
Me: Okay. And...
Mother: Biden and Saunders did not come across well. (Mother was dreading last night's debate because she hates Saunders, so do I. Neither of us can bear to look or listen to him.) But Kamala Harris really did well. Then there's this woman who is just insane, and not sure why she was even up there -- she said she was going to win the election through the power of love. And the first thing she'd do when she won was call the President of New Zealand. I think the only reason she was there was they wanted another woman.
Me: Well, all you needed to get invited was 2% in the polls. Stephen Colbert apparently made a joke about it. (My mother didn't believe me.)
Mother: Harris had a planned spiel- she was just hunting for a place to put it. All about how she remembered being bused in the 1970s for anti-segregation, it was her story...
Me: So was I. Remember? We were bused back then -
Mother: Yes.
Me: Best thing that happened to me. The diversity. Also only time I wasn't bullied.
Mother: Then we moved you to Kansas City.
Me: And I was scarred for life.
Mother: Anyhow, Harris and Warren did the best, also Buttegreg. Gillbrandt is all about women's rights and I honestly can't stand her, and your brother tells me she's a phony who does whatever the trend is. (Bro is living in upstate NY and Gillbrandt is a Senator from upstate NY.)
Me: What was the previous night like?
Mother: Your Mayor (Bill De Blasio) actually did the best.
Me: That's because he's not your mayor and you don't know he's talking out of his ass. New Yorkers think it's hilarious that he is running. (Keep in mind we thought it was hilarious Trump was running.) Seriously, if the rest of the country would just listen to us and not vote the citizens of NY that New Yorker's despise, life would be good. Or just don't vote for born and bred New Yorkers -- period.
Mother: You're father liked him.
Me: Again, that's because he's not his mayor. Although the NY Trump supporters sort of deserve him as President, I'm just not sure I do. How'd Warren do?
Mother: She was okay, but didn't speak up enough and wasn't that strong. Harris was stronger.
Personally, I think we should draw a line in the sand, everyone over the age of 75 is disqualified. That takes out Trump, Saunders, and Biden. Leaving Warren and everyone else. Then anyone who is clearly nuts, also removed, that takes out the woman who will win with love in her heart and Trump.
But that's just me.
And no, I refuse to watch the debates until June. [Actually I probably won't watch them at all -- I consider them a waste of time. I can figure out who to vote for in other ways.]They don't matter to me right now. I refuse to pay attention to this garbage until I absolutely have to.
But I do have to figure out a way to change my party affiliation, which I thought I had already done but apparently not, to ensure I can vote in the Democratic Primary and get Saunders, Biden, De Blasio, and Gillbrandt booted off the ticket, assuming they aren't booted off before then -- I have my hopes.
3. The combination of work, getting a dentist appointment, and the commute has made me a wee bit misanthropic of late. By weeks end, I have an overwhelming urge to throttle folks with snark.
By the way, out of 9,396 dentists under my insurance plan and in my area, only two were board certified, and one of them was in Edge Hill, NJ, which is not 25 miles from me, I'm sorry. I called the one in NY -- after checking out the online reviews, which were hard to find -- because the internet is convinced he's in San Diego or there's two people with the same name working as dentists. One or the other. I spent some time discussing this with the appointment scheduler. Apparently he was living in San Diego but is returning to NY, or he lives in both places...which..hmmm.
It took twenty-twenty-five minutes to get an appointment, and the one I got is in August at 5PM. He's located in Midtown Manhattan. There's lots of dentists in my area, but none are board certified, and I've seen their shops, I wouldn't go there if you paid me. And I have funky insurance. This is why I haven't seen the dentist in 8 years. Well that, and no teeth issues.
The less said about crazy ass workplace and commute the better. (Also, it's not like I can say much about workplace -- it's a government agency with a HUGE public presence...all I'd need is some nitwit journalist to find me posting on it, and I'm out of a job. ) Suffice to say, I need noise cancelling head-phones.
4. Came home to swimsuits I'd ordered via Amazon -- one fit, one sort of fit, one did not...considering not wearing the swimsuit except two or three times this summer, I'm not worried. I refused to spend a great deal of time or money on them. Particularly since I'm undoubtedly going on a diet soon. I just keep procrastinating it.
I tend to eat the wrong things when I get frustrated, restless, lonely and bored. To cheer self up. It unfortunately has the added bonus of added poundage.
Debating hunting a better Takini Top.
5. Addicted to two long-running serials and frustrated with both at the moment.
They had some good storylines, but the writers are getting bogged down with sermonizing and not delivering the character moments to the annoyance of many. As a result, said writers are on the verge of being booted.
Folks? Sermonizing is for church not comic books and soap operas.
People watching and reading these things just want to be entertained and enjoy the characters, they really don't care about the social issue of the month, they can watch the news, twitter, or go to church for that.
That said, I am rather curious as to how they'll handle a new writing team or a reboot? And how they'll wrap up the current story-threads prior to it?
6. Quote of the day?
"Sleeping is hard in the summer because blankets are too warm but without them, I am vulnerable to monsters."
Exactly. Finally someone has found a way to put this into words.
(And yes, monsters are real. Trump is proof of that. Hello. Aliens on the other hand have not visited us yet, because if they did, the monsters would be dead and this would not be a problem.)
I even heard a tweeting bird a while ago. All quiet now though. I think it went to sleep.
2. The Debates
Mother: I saw the debates.
Me [I did not]: And...
Mother: The previous night was better, last night the facilitators had no control at all and the debators had a free-for-all.
Me: Okay. And...
Mother: Biden and Saunders did not come across well. (Mother was dreading last night's debate because she hates Saunders, so do I. Neither of us can bear to look or listen to him.) But Kamala Harris really did well. Then there's this woman who is just insane, and not sure why she was even up there -- she said she was going to win the election through the power of love. And the first thing she'd do when she won was call the President of New Zealand. I think the only reason she was there was they wanted another woman.
Me: Well, all you needed to get invited was 2% in the polls. Stephen Colbert apparently made a joke about it. (My mother didn't believe me.)
Mother: Harris had a planned spiel- she was just hunting for a place to put it. All about how she remembered being bused in the 1970s for anti-segregation, it was her story...
Me: So was I. Remember? We were bused back then -
Mother: Yes.
Me: Best thing that happened to me. The diversity. Also only time I wasn't bullied.
Mother: Then we moved you to Kansas City.
Me: And I was scarred for life.
Mother: Anyhow, Harris and Warren did the best, also Buttegreg. Gillbrandt is all about women's rights and I honestly can't stand her, and your brother tells me she's a phony who does whatever the trend is. (Bro is living in upstate NY and Gillbrandt is a Senator from upstate NY.)
Me: What was the previous night like?
Mother: Your Mayor (Bill De Blasio) actually did the best.
Me: That's because he's not your mayor and you don't know he's talking out of his ass. New Yorkers think it's hilarious that he is running. (Keep in mind we thought it was hilarious Trump was running.) Seriously, if the rest of the country would just listen to us and not vote the citizens of NY that New Yorker's despise, life would be good. Or just don't vote for born and bred New Yorkers -- period.
Mother: You're father liked him.
Me: Again, that's because he's not his mayor. Although the NY Trump supporters sort of deserve him as President, I'm just not sure I do. How'd Warren do?
Mother: She was okay, but didn't speak up enough and wasn't that strong. Harris was stronger.
Personally, I think we should draw a line in the sand, everyone over the age of 75 is disqualified. That takes out Trump, Saunders, and Biden. Leaving Warren and everyone else. Then anyone who is clearly nuts, also removed, that takes out the woman who will win with love in her heart and Trump.
But that's just me.
And no, I refuse to watch the debates until June. [Actually I probably won't watch them at all -- I consider them a waste of time. I can figure out who to vote for in other ways.]They don't matter to me right now. I refuse to pay attention to this garbage until I absolutely have to.
But I do have to figure out a way to change my party affiliation, which I thought I had already done but apparently not, to ensure I can vote in the Democratic Primary and get Saunders, Biden, De Blasio, and Gillbrandt booted off the ticket, assuming they aren't booted off before then -- I have my hopes.
3. The combination of work, getting a dentist appointment, and the commute has made me a wee bit misanthropic of late. By weeks end, I have an overwhelming urge to throttle folks with snark.
By the way, out of 9,396 dentists under my insurance plan and in my area, only two were board certified, and one of them was in Edge Hill, NJ, which is not 25 miles from me, I'm sorry. I called the one in NY -- after checking out the online reviews, which were hard to find -- because the internet is convinced he's in San Diego or there's two people with the same name working as dentists. One or the other. I spent some time discussing this with the appointment scheduler. Apparently he was living in San Diego but is returning to NY, or he lives in both places...which..hmmm.
It took twenty-twenty-five minutes to get an appointment, and the one I got is in August at 5PM. He's located in Midtown Manhattan. There's lots of dentists in my area, but none are board certified, and I've seen their shops, I wouldn't go there if you paid me. And I have funky insurance. This is why I haven't seen the dentist in 8 years. Well that, and no teeth issues.
The less said about crazy ass workplace and commute the better. (Also, it's not like I can say much about workplace -- it's a government agency with a HUGE public presence...all I'd need is some nitwit journalist to find me posting on it, and I'm out of a job. ) Suffice to say, I need noise cancelling head-phones.
4. Came home to swimsuits I'd ordered via Amazon -- one fit, one sort of fit, one did not...considering not wearing the swimsuit except two or three times this summer, I'm not worried. I refused to spend a great deal of time or money on them. Particularly since I'm undoubtedly going on a diet soon. I just keep procrastinating it.
I tend to eat the wrong things when I get frustrated, restless, lonely and bored. To cheer self up. It unfortunately has the added bonus of added poundage.
Debating hunting a better Takini Top.
5. Addicted to two long-running serials and frustrated with both at the moment.
They had some good storylines, but the writers are getting bogged down with sermonizing and not delivering the character moments to the annoyance of many. As a result, said writers are on the verge of being booted.
Folks? Sermonizing is for church not comic books and soap operas.
People watching and reading these things just want to be entertained and enjoy the characters, they really don't care about the social issue of the month, they can watch the news, twitter, or go to church for that.
That said, I am rather curious as to how they'll handle a new writing team or a reboot? And how they'll wrap up the current story-threads prior to it?
6. Quote of the day?
"Sleeping is hard in the summer because blankets are too warm but without them, I am vulnerable to monsters."
Exactly. Finally someone has found a way to put this into words.
(And yes, monsters are real. Trump is proof of that. Hello. Aliens on the other hand have not visited us yet, because if they did, the monsters would be dead and this would not be a problem.)
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Date: 2019-06-29 04:10 pm (UTC)I did not see the debates either but there seems to be a consensus that Kamala Harris did well. Also, I really wish Biden wasn't in the race. He's at the top of the polls purely from name recognition but I think he's too old to run and it's showing.
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Date: 2019-06-29 05:10 pm (UTC)Agreed. I'm hoping he'll get kicked out by March 2020.
I think a lot can change in the political climate between now and then, particularly since I'm not unconvinced we won't end up with another huge dive in the economy, which will shake everything up.