8 Feet of Killer Gay Scarf!

I received a knitting loom for Christmas and made my very first scarf ever! I've never been able to knit due to the fact that I'm an instant gratification crafter. But with this loom I was able to finish this scarf in about 4 hours! YAY!!



I'm hoping that someone will want to buy it from me on MySpace. Honestly, I'm posting it here, because I look REALLY good in this picture! hehehe

Strange days...

I was out shopping today when I got a call from my grandma. She got a call from my mom, who is currently in the hospital in Germany....

Apparently a little over a year ago or so, when they were still living in Seal Beach, my Mom was having some problems breathing. Nothing big, or extreme, just shorter of breath than a 40 year old woman in relatively good health should be. The doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her and sent her on her way.

I guess it's started getting worse lately. Recently they were at a Christmas festival in Germany and my Mom was having problems walking very far at all. When they got home, or rather to Sardinia (close to home for them), she went to the doctor again. This time he could hear something wrong with her heart; and informed her that he would have to send her to the hospital in Germany because he couldn't do any of the required tests at the Sardinia hospital.

So, today sometime, my mom is undergoing tests in a hospital in Germany to find out what's wrong with her heart. I think she's going to have to have angioplasty, which is fairly routine; but not for a 42 year old woman.

I'm not sure if I should be worried, scared or dismiss the whole thing because I'm sure she'll be fine. It was indeed a strange day....let's not hope it turns into a bad week.

Perhaps more should read this...

I got this in my email from my mom today. It basically sums up everything I've been saying since Katrina. While it was a nasty storm, and a tragedy....well....you can read this for yourself.

Weather Bulletin - North Dakota



Priceless

THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT.

North Dakota News

This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota state after a snowstorm.

WEATHER BULLETIN

Up here, in the Northern Plains, we just recovered from a Historic event---may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cut power to 10's of thousands.

FYI:

George Bush did not come.

FEMA did nothing.

No one howled for the government.

No one blamed the government

No one even uttered an expletive on TV .

Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.

Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.

Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5 snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.

No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.

No one looted.

Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do something.

Nobody expected the government to do anything, either.

No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No Geraldo Rivera.

No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found.

Nope, we just melted the snow for water.

Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of snow engulfed cars.

The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks and didn't ask for a penny.

Local restaurants made food and the police and fire departments delivered it to the snowbound families.
Families took in the stranded people - total strangers.

We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns or Coleman lanterns.

We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it is "Work or Die".

We did not wait for some affirmative action government to get us out of a mess created by being immobilized by a welfare program that trades votes for 'sit-in at home' checks.

Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale has never fallen this early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it ourselves.

"In my many travels, I have noticed that once one gets north of about 48 degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social problems evaporate."

It does seem that way, at least to me.

I hope this gets passed on.

Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a living.

Big fuckin deal!

If you're alive, you've heard about what happened with Michael Richards (AKA Kramer from Seinfeld) and now Andy Dick. If you've been living underneath a rock for the past couple of weeks, basically it's a simple break down. They've both mouthed off at stand up shows to a heckler in the crowd (quite obviously a black person) and called them a nigger.

Now, the media is all over this. How dare they call someone that word! God forbid you call someone a nigger! But it's perfectly ok to call a mexican a spick, or wet back; or how about a white person a honkey or cracker?!? Does anyone even know the real meaning of this term any more?

The actual dictionary definition of the word nigger used to be "ignorant". And guess what? When it was first used in the US black people were ignorant. They weren't allowed to have an education, as so it was a term of accuracy. Or you could take the term to it's root [negro] which in some tongues can be interpreted to be the actual color black, or to mean from Sub-Saharan Africa. So, again being an accurate term. God forbid we be accurate. Let's also remember that not all black people are from Africa...

It's not a word I like, or use. Although, I must say that there is a BIG difference between a black person and a nigger. Just as there is a big difference between a white person and white trash. The long and the short of it is there are stereotypes for a reason. If you want to break down racial stereotypes you can't call each other niggers and then get your panties in a bunch when a white person calls you one. All you're doing is keeping racism alive. So how about you get the fuck over it?

Positively Giddy!

I went to the thrift store today to get a few things to make some Christmas presents. And, as usual I ended up in the records section. The stores out here have KILLER stashes of old records! In one haul I got GREAT records!! Here's the run down...

Nat King Cole - Dear Lonely Hearts
The Cure - Shake it Up
PINK FLOYD - THE WALL!!
3 different Santana records
Richard Pryor - Bicentennial Nigger
Richard Pryor - That Nigger's Crazy
Miami Vice Soundtrack
More of The Monkees
Alice in Wonderland - Original Disney release from the cartoon movie!!
Get Smart
Goldfinger Soundtrack - Complete with old pictures of Sean Connery!
Laugh-In Soundtrack!
The Songs and Comedy of the Smother's Brothers!

OH YEA! I'm diggin it! If you need me, I'll be sitting with my ears to my speakers...