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vicarzFawk - I think the IT group is shutting down more and more shoutcast radio station sources. My favorites are all gone - however, the benefit is my search found a working station that just went from "How soon is now" to Pink Floyd Shine on you crazy zarconia (thank you Radio Paradise).
Work - it feels like a heavy weight. I feel physically tired, and I have no energy for the things I NEED to do. It doesn't seem overwhelming - I know things I need to do but I just have a hard time moving. I woke up fine, bought a camera on woot, but arriving at work I feel tired, sick...leaden. The politics really poison the atmosphere even when the players are not here.
Reviewed the Arlington election - I'm doing a 100% dem ticket because all the races in my precinct are no-brainers, not even close, or unopposed (school board). My anti-dem exception is I'm voting against virtually all the "incur debt to pay for X" measures. I'm either a tax and spend democrat or a don't fucking tax me or spend money republican, if you will. I loathe debt spending no matter what the cause. We should be doubling our taxes, tripling, to pay for our little war thing.
Speaking of war, watched heavy metal baghdad last night - highly recommended. It was sad - watching these guys go from a political bad situation, to hope, to seeing their hopes crushed, to finally lashing out with anger at the US. Watching this brief view into their lives - you understood their feelings.
I have a lot of sad friends, close and not so, right now.
Talked to Fria's kids again last night. It was odd - the boy wasn't terribly interested in people at all, running off to read by himself. The girl socialized with people she knew well, then talked to me. I kneeled to talk to her, and she asked me if I wanted to go sit. To me that was an amazing level of social awareness for a 3rd grader. We kind of ran out of things to say, but she fetched a book of really neat (and downright spooky) poems about bugs and the like. We took turns reading to each other. It occurred to me that when the conversation ran dry, this 8 year old had the pressence of mind to dash off and create something to do. I wondered if this 8 year old girl had superior social skills to me. Fascinating.
Work - it feels like a heavy weight. I feel physically tired, and I have no energy for the things I NEED to do. It doesn't seem overwhelming - I know things I need to do but I just have a hard time moving. I woke up fine, bought a camera on woot, but arriving at work I feel tired, sick...leaden. The politics really poison the atmosphere even when the players are not here.
Reviewed the Arlington election - I'm doing a 100% dem ticket because all the races in my precinct are no-brainers, not even close, or unopposed (school board). My anti-dem exception is I'm voting against virtually all the "incur debt to pay for X" measures. I'm either a tax and spend democrat or a don't fucking tax me or spend money republican, if you will. I loathe debt spending no matter what the cause. We should be doubling our taxes, tripling, to pay for our little war thing.
Speaking of war, watched heavy metal baghdad last night - highly recommended. It was sad - watching these guys go from a political bad situation, to hope, to seeing their hopes crushed, to finally lashing out with anger at the US. Watching this brief view into their lives - you understood their feelings.
I have a lot of sad friends, close and not so, right now.
Talked to Fria's kids again last night. It was odd - the boy wasn't terribly interested in people at all, running off to read by himself. The girl socialized with people she knew well, then talked to me. I kneeled to talk to her, and she asked me if I wanted to go sit. To me that was an amazing level of social awareness for a 3rd grader. We kind of ran out of things to say, but she fetched a book of really neat (and downright spooky) poems about bugs and the like. We took turns reading to each other. It occurred to me that when the conversation ran dry, this 8 year old had the pressence of mind to dash off and create something to do. I wondered if this 8 year old girl had superior social skills to me. Fascinating.
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Date: 2008-11-03 11:04 pm (UTC)