Ooh, what a week. My brain feels like it's been put through a blender and then served over ice with a lovely pickled garnish to a bloodthirsty monster. Tracey, Juliana, and Ava came up for a sleepover on Sunday so Trace and I could set up the girls' art show at the HiFi. There are still some problems with the DVD I'm *trying* to make, but all should be sorted out this afternoon (thanks for letting me take over your computer, Russ!). DVD and car troubles aside (Tracey's battery died while en route to Russ' house), we had a really great time. I can't remember the last time she and I did anything creative together. Probably high school. I'm so glad we did this.
Ryan watched Maddie for me last night, despite the fact that Karoline gave me the night off of work. I called Ryan and told him I had the night off, but that there were still a bizillion things I had to do, and that if I had to go over the Hoan Bridge one more time I was going to jump off of it. 'Nough said. So I went to Greg's, had a nice salmon dinner, and spent three hours sitting at the bar writing. Greg has today off work, and I'm hoping to hang out for an hour or so before I have to face the grease pit that is the Palomino. Laundry, dishes, blah blah blah.
I will mention quickly that I watched the Vice Presidential debate last night (I know - take the night off to relax, and I end up screaming at the television) and am feeling a bit more optimistic about the upcoming election. I couldn't help but laugh at Edwards' poke at Cheney about the Halliburton contract: "We also thought it was wrong to have a $20 billion fund out of which seven and a half billion was going to go to a no-bid contract for Halliburton, the vice president’s former company. It was wrong then, it’s wrong now." THANK YOU!
Oh, and: "They sent 40,000 American troops into Iraq without the body armor they needed. They sent them without the armored vehicles they needed. While they were on the ground fighting they lobbied the Congress to cut their combat pay. This is the height of hypocrisy." THANK YOU!
And let us not forget...: "Here’s why we didn’t think Halliburton should have a no bid contract. While he was C.E.O. of Halliburton, they paid millions of dollars in fines for providing false information on on their company, just like Enron and Ken Lay. They did business with Libya and Iran, two sworn enemies of the United States. They’re now under investigation for having bribed foreign officials during that period of time. Not only that, they’ve gotten a $7 billion no-bid contract in Iraq and, instead of part of their money being withheld, which is the way it’s normally done, because they’re under investigation, they’ve continued to get their money." THANK YOU!
One more and I'm done, this one from Dick: "We’ve done a lot to reduce the cost of health care."
Don't get me started. This was the point at which Greg came running out of the bathroom yelling, "MEDICARE SUCKS!" and I told Greg that I want Dick Cheney to personally take me to the dentist and pay for the fillings I've needed and haven't been able to afford for the last FOUR YEARS.
That's what I want. In fact, maybe I'll write a letter to him today. I live in a swing state. You want me to swing? TAKE MY SOON-TO-BE JOHNNY ROTTEN ASS MOUTH TO THE F&*%$#! DENTIST, GIVE MY GAY UNCLE SOME HEALTH CARE AND AN APOLOGY FOR MAKING THE BURIAL OF HIS PARTNER AN EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TASK THAN IT ALREADY WAS, DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE 50% DROP-OUT RATE IN MPS, AND WHILE YOU'RE THERE IN THE SCHOOLS, PUT SOMETHING ON THE GODDAMN MENU THAT REMOTELY RESEMBLES NATURAL FOOD, NOT SOME PRE-PACKAGED, PRE-COOKED, FROZEN AND RE-COOKED, RE-CONSTITUTED, PETRIFIED JUNGLE OF SUGAR AND GARBAGE! OH, AND TELL YOUR BOSS TO LET HIS OIL BUDDIES KNOW THAT MY CAR WILL BE IN NEED OF AN OIL CHANGE IN APPROXIMATELY 1200 MILES. AND WHILE YOU'RE TALKING TO HIM, MAKE HIM READ THE CONSTITUTION, ESPECIALLY THE BILL OF RIGHTS, CONCERNING SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. TELL HIM TO KEEP HIS BIBLE OUT OF MY VAGINA. Thank you and have a nice day.