last weekend
I'm working a 12 today, and tomorrow afternoon, so that sucks BUT it's my last weekend of having to do this. Possibly ever. I mean, I may end up working 12 hours on a weekend once I settle into the new job but I can do it from home, in my pajamas if I feel like it. For that I can put up with working 18 hours this weekend.
Fortunately work yesterday was not as batshit crazy as it was Wednesday and Thursday, and we have two calls today that will come back at some point but I don't know when one of them will reconvene. And neither of them are all that major in terms of impact or work required on my part, so that's good at least.
In less fortunate news my voice appears to be on its way out this morning. I'm not wholly certain why, although my throat's been sore for a couple days so that's likely it. I don't think I'm coming down with anything--my throat's been kind of raw between the reflux and the vaping, because it makes me cough. I got hot tea instead of my iced green tea this morning and it's helping, and if work stays quiet I may run out for more when I finish this.
It's going to be a long 16 months until the election; I'm already feeling burned out by the endless coverage and the emphasis on horse racing even as I'm addicted to it.
I'm feeling really passionate about Bernie, as I think I've mentioned on here before. And I just am not enthused about Hillary. Her loyalty is to people who give her money; her positions vary based on polling; she has a lot of baggage. I absolutely want a female President in my lifetime; I just don't want her.
So I've decided that I just can't vote for her. I just can't. I live in a safely blue state, so my plan is to write in Bernie. If, by some miracle, my state comes into play I'll find my anti-nausea meds, grit my teeth, and vote for her, but if my vote won't matter I'm writing in Bernie.
I'm not convinced Bernie won't get the nomination, either. I mean, in 2008 no one thought Obama would get it and he did. And Bernie's supporters are about as passionate as Obama's were the first time. I know because I was one of them. *g* Of course, that was before Citizens United.
I feel like with Bernie, I'm not voting for the lesser of two evils; I'm voting for someone who honestly, truly believes what he's saying and has been consistent in his positions for the last however many years it's been. Bernie is the rarest of rare things: an honest politician.
Meanwhile, the GOP continues to alternately be hilarious and terrifying. HuffPo has determined that they are putting all coverage of Trump's "campaign" in the entertainment/media section, which I find amusing and appropriate. He really is the best gift the Democrats could have at this point. On the other hand, I'm afraid that him being such a sideshow will make the other Repulses look all the better, and the thought of a President Walker is terrifying. The thought of Jeb Bush in the White House makes me nauseated, but Walker is scarier. If Mom were both alive and still teaching, I'd be a lot more scared personally, but even so, I know too many people in unions to feel even remotely okay with him getting the nomination. And I think it's going to come down to the two of them. Hopefully not on the same ticket...*sigh*
Also, I think I need to increase my yearly contribution to Planned Parenthood. For those of you who weren't aware, an anti-choice group posted a very heavily edited video of one of their doctors discussing fetal tissue donations, making it look like PP sold fetal tissue or other parts. This is absolutely not true. The truth is that if women choose to donate fetal tissue or whatever, PP will donate it to researchers. They charge very small fees to recoup the cost of storage and transport. They DO NOT make any money off it. There are companies who do, but PP does not benefit financially from donating fetal tissue.
But of course the Repugnants are leaping all over this and trying to investigate them and blah blah blah.
So, yeah, I think I want to give them more money, because this is bullshit. I will admit that the discussion in the video might not have been the most tactful way to put things, but this was a setup, and again, heavily edited.
$Evil_Empire is changing how they set up payroll deductions, so when I get to edit mine in I think October I'll talk to Morgan and see what we want to do. Right now we give to PP, the CBLDF, and Doctors Without Borders. We want to add in some kind of animal rescue charity; I want to give somewhere local for that, so maybe the Seattle Humane Society or Seattle Animal Shelter. Or I was thinking about Old Dog Haven, which is an organization that fosters and rescues senior dogs who need homes. If Forgotten Dogs Rescue were an official nonprofit I'd totally give them money, but they're not, so I can donate but I can't get my employer to match it or set it up as a payroll deduction. But I want to give more to PP, definitely, and we'll see about the others. Morgan is thinking we should do something local like a food bank, which would also be a good idea.
There are just too many causes and we can't donate to all of them. Sigh. Plus we do one-off things through the year, like I gave money to the Girl Scouts earlier after the whole thing about them returning a big donation because the donor insisted it not be used for transgender girls. I was really proud of them for that, so I gave them a one-time donation. I give money to the OTW once a year, for obvious reasons. Morgan donates to the local NPR station, and the Hero Initiative (they provide financial support to comics folks who need help). And when work has the Giving Campaign I'll look for stuff in the raffle or auction I want. I got an awesome knitted elephant last year as a result.
We've also thought about giving to something that supports multiple myeloma, but keep dithering, like we keep dithering on donating to a nonprofit researching migraines. Mom used to donate to Make-a-Wish, which is another option.
We'll figure it out.
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Fortunately work yesterday was not as batshit crazy as it was Wednesday and Thursday, and we have two calls today that will come back at some point but I don't know when one of them will reconvene. And neither of them are all that major in terms of impact or work required on my part, so that's good at least.
In less fortunate news my voice appears to be on its way out this morning. I'm not wholly certain why, although my throat's been sore for a couple days so that's likely it. I don't think I'm coming down with anything--my throat's been kind of raw between the reflux and the vaping, because it makes me cough. I got hot tea instead of my iced green tea this morning and it's helping, and if work stays quiet I may run out for more when I finish this.
It's going to be a long 16 months until the election; I'm already feeling burned out by the endless coverage and the emphasis on horse racing even as I'm addicted to it.
I'm feeling really passionate about Bernie, as I think I've mentioned on here before. And I just am not enthused about Hillary. Her loyalty is to people who give her money; her positions vary based on polling; she has a lot of baggage. I absolutely want a female President in my lifetime; I just don't want her.
So I've decided that I just can't vote for her. I just can't. I live in a safely blue state, so my plan is to write in Bernie. If, by some miracle, my state comes into play I'll find my anti-nausea meds, grit my teeth, and vote for her, but if my vote won't matter I'm writing in Bernie.
I'm not convinced Bernie won't get the nomination, either. I mean, in 2008 no one thought Obama would get it and he did. And Bernie's supporters are about as passionate as Obama's were the first time. I know because I was one of them. *g* Of course, that was before Citizens United.
I feel like with Bernie, I'm not voting for the lesser of two evils; I'm voting for someone who honestly, truly believes what he's saying and has been consistent in his positions for the last however many years it's been. Bernie is the rarest of rare things: an honest politician.
Meanwhile, the GOP continues to alternately be hilarious and terrifying. HuffPo has determined that they are putting all coverage of Trump's "campaign" in the entertainment/media section, which I find amusing and appropriate. He really is the best gift the Democrats could have at this point. On the other hand, I'm afraid that him being such a sideshow will make the other Repulses look all the better, and the thought of a President Walker is terrifying. The thought of Jeb Bush in the White House makes me nauseated, but Walker is scarier. If Mom were both alive and still teaching, I'd be a lot more scared personally, but even so, I know too many people in unions to feel even remotely okay with him getting the nomination. And I think it's going to come down to the two of them. Hopefully not on the same ticket...*sigh*
Also, I think I need to increase my yearly contribution to Planned Parenthood. For those of you who weren't aware, an anti-choice group posted a very heavily edited video of one of their doctors discussing fetal tissue donations, making it look like PP sold fetal tissue or other parts. This is absolutely not true. The truth is that if women choose to donate fetal tissue or whatever, PP will donate it to researchers. They charge very small fees to recoup the cost of storage and transport. They DO NOT make any money off it. There are companies who do, but PP does not benefit financially from donating fetal tissue.
But of course the Repugnants are leaping all over this and trying to investigate them and blah blah blah.
So, yeah, I think I want to give them more money, because this is bullshit. I will admit that the discussion in the video might not have been the most tactful way to put things, but this was a setup, and again, heavily edited.
$Evil_Empire is changing how they set up payroll deductions, so when I get to edit mine in I think October I'll talk to Morgan and see what we want to do. Right now we give to PP, the CBLDF, and Doctors Without Borders. We want to add in some kind of animal rescue charity; I want to give somewhere local for that, so maybe the Seattle Humane Society or Seattle Animal Shelter. Or I was thinking about Old Dog Haven, which is an organization that fosters and rescues senior dogs who need homes. If Forgotten Dogs Rescue were an official nonprofit I'd totally give them money, but they're not, so I can donate but I can't get my employer to match it or set it up as a payroll deduction. But I want to give more to PP, definitely, and we'll see about the others. Morgan is thinking we should do something local like a food bank, which would also be a good idea.
There are just too many causes and we can't donate to all of them. Sigh. Plus we do one-off things through the year, like I gave money to the Girl Scouts earlier after the whole thing about them returning a big donation because the donor insisted it not be used for transgender girls. I was really proud of them for that, so I gave them a one-time donation. I give money to the OTW once a year, for obvious reasons. Morgan donates to the local NPR station, and the Hero Initiative (they provide financial support to comics folks who need help). And when work has the Giving Campaign I'll look for stuff in the raffle or auction I want. I got an awesome knitted elephant last year as a result.
We've also thought about giving to something that supports multiple myeloma, but keep dithering, like we keep dithering on donating to a nonprofit researching migraines. Mom used to donate to Make-a-Wish, which is another option.
We'll figure it out.
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