Yesterday was a sad day. Rosa Parks dies. Rosa Parks is an icon from the 50’s Civil Rights movement for African Americans. Back then everything was segregated. The phrase “separate but equal” was used a lot. (How stupid a phrase is that? I thought a lot about that in India, when the women had to always be separate in church. Dave and I liked to sit on the wrong side.) When riding the bus, blacks had to pay the driver then get off the bus and get on using the back door. They were allowed to sit as long as there were no white people waiting for a seat or any white people in the row. One evening after work she was sitting on the bus with 4 other black people in her row. When a white person got on the bus they were told to move, by the bus driver. The others did but she refused to. She was arrested and that led to a large number of lawsuits against the municipalities against the bus segregation laws, bus boycotts, and large rallies. She was fined but the laws were eventually overturned. They tell us that she was an old woman that was especially tired. In actuality she was 40 and she wasn’t any more tired than usual after a day of work. She was an activist that had finally had enough. She knew that something had to be done. Not lighting the bus on fire, not getting people to turn the bus over on its side. She stood up to the bus driver and the law. I think it’s funny that the story I learned in elementary school was wrong. I wonder what else I learned in elementary school is wrong. Thinking back to the teachers I had, I bet there’s lots of things. I had some pretty bad teachers in elementary and jr. high school. I bet that’s the reason that I got fired from Georgetown and now have to wait tables at the Fish Market. They were probably all sick of hearing all the stupid things that I learned in elementary school that were wrong. I could have been someone big and important if I hadn’t thought all my life that Rosa Parks was old!!
Anyway… Rosa Parks has become the poster girl for being the first, even though Alabama wasn’t the first to have the bus segregation laws challenged. She rocked the boat and played a huge roll in breaking that and other injustices. She should be the poster girl for fighting the system.
Good-bye Rosa. I hope that your actions won’t ever be forgotten. I hope that we truly did learn a lesson about equality and the stupidity of racism.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Monday, October 17, 2005
MMM, Floor Pie...
My friend Pam sent this. I picked Ice Cream and Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Icing. They are partly right for me. How about you guys?
Pick your dessert, then look to see what psychiatriststhink about you! If all of the desserts listed below were sitting in front of you,which would you choose?
(Sorry, you can only pick one!)
1) Angel Food
2) Brownies
3) Lemon Meringue
4) Vanilla Cake/Chocolate Icing
5) Strawberry Short Cake
6) Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Icing
7) Ice Cream
8) Carrot Cake
Now that you've made your choice, ! this is what research saysabout you!
Angel food - Sweet, loving, cuddly. You love all warm and fuzzy items. Alittle nutty at times. Sometimes you need an ice cream cone at the endof the day. Others perceive you as being childlike and immature at times.
Brownies - You are adventurous, love new ideas, are a champion ofunderdogs and a slayer of dragons. When tempers flare up, you whip outyour saber.You are always the oddball with a unique sense of humor and direction.You tend to be very loyal.
Lemon Meringue - Smooth, sexy, & articulate with your hands, you are anexcellent after-dinner speaker and a good teacher. But don't try to walkand chew gum at the same time. A bit of a diva at times, but you havemany friends.
Vanilla Cake/Chocolate Icing - Fun-loving, sassy, humorous. Not verygrounded in life; very indecisive and lack motivation. Everyone enjoysbeing around you, but you are a practical joker. Others should becautious in making you mad. However, you are a friend for life.
Strawberry Short Cake - Romantic, warm, loving. You care about otherpeople and can be counted on in a pinch. Yo! u tend to melt. You can beoverly emotional at times.
Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Icing- You love to give as well as receive.Very creative, adventurous, ambitious, and passionate. You have a coldExterior but are warm on the inside. Not afraid to take chances. Willnot settle for anything average in life. Love to laugh.
Ice Cream - You like sports, whether it be baseball, football,basketball, or soccer. If you could, you would like to participate, butyou enjoy watching sports. You don't like to give up the remote control.You tend to be self-centered and high maintenance.
Carrot Cake - You! are a very fun loving person, who likes to laugh. Youare fun to be with. People like to hang out with you. You are a verywarm hearted person and a little quirky at times. You have many loyalfriends.
Pick your dessert, then look to see what psychiatriststhink about you! If all of the desserts listed below were sitting in front of you,which would you choose?
(Sorry, you can only pick one!)
1) Angel Food
2) Brownies
3) Lemon Meringue
4) Vanilla Cake/Chocolate Icing
5) Strawberry Short Cake
6) Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Icing
7) Ice Cream
8) Carrot Cake
Now that you've made your choice, ! this is what research saysabout you!
Angel food - Sweet, loving, cuddly. You love all warm and fuzzy items. Alittle nutty at times. Sometimes you need an ice cream cone at the endof the day. Others perceive you as being childlike and immature at times.
Brownies - You are adventurous, love new ideas, are a champion ofunderdogs and a slayer of dragons. When tempers flare up, you whip outyour saber.You are always the oddball with a unique sense of humor and direction.You tend to be very loyal.
Lemon Meringue - Smooth, sexy, & articulate with your hands, you are anexcellent after-dinner speaker and a good teacher. But don't try to walkand chew gum at the same time. A bit of a diva at times, but you havemany friends.
Vanilla Cake/Chocolate Icing - Fun-loving, sassy, humorous. Not verygrounded in life; very indecisive and lack motivation. Everyone enjoysbeing around you, but you are a practical joker. Others should becautious in making you mad. However, you are a friend for life.
Strawberry Short Cake - Romantic, warm, loving. You care about otherpeople and can be counted on in a pinch. Yo! u tend to melt. You can beoverly emotional at times.
Chocolate Cake/Chocolate Icing- You love to give as well as receive.Very creative, adventurous, ambitious, and passionate. You have a coldExterior but are warm on the inside. Not afraid to take chances. Willnot settle for anything average in life. Love to laugh.
Ice Cream - You like sports, whether it be baseball, football,basketball, or soccer. If you could, you would like to participate, butyou enjoy watching sports. You don't like to give up the remote control.You tend to be self-centered and high maintenance.
Carrot Cake - You! are a very fun loving person, who likes to laugh. Youare fun to be with. People like to hang out with you. You are a verywarm hearted person and a little quirky at times. You have many loyalfriends.
Friday, October 14, 2005
Still Wanting, Never Having
It’s always funny when you bait someone and they only seem to latch onto something else. Like they missed it.
Anyway... I was asked to clarify the story I posted about Lori’s keys. It was when we were in the evil Starbucks. I wanted Panera for the free broad band but Lori wouldn’t have it. When we went in the evil house of coffee the T-Mobile hotspot sign tricked me into thinking that I would be able to spend my time typing e-mails rather than read the collection of smut books. I took Lori’s keys and went to the car to get my laptop and returned to the store. Lori’s friends came and left and I think Lori wanted to get something from the car. She asked me for the keys. I checked my pocket and they weren’t there. I said I didn’t have them I must have given them back. She insisted that she didn’t have them. If I didn’t have them and Lori didn’t have them and they weren’t on the table the obvious solution is that they were in the trunk. Well Jeff and I briefly entertained the possibility of breaking into her car but that wasn’t going anywhere. So AAA was called to get them to open the car. I was sure that I wouldn’t have locked them in the car but what else could have happened to them. What if one of her friends had taken them? So they were called and I had my vindication. I’m still not sure why she didn’t get suspicious about the keys that didn’t work in her car but whatever. Nobody believed that I hadn’t left her keys in the trunk. Lori didn’t even believe me that I didn’t have the keys. I can think of funnier things to do to someone than tell her that her keys are in the trunk when they aren’t. So we waited for her friend to come back. Well, some of us waited. Some people couldn’t wait and ran right for Buffalo Wild Wings.
Anyway... I was asked to clarify the story I posted about Lori’s keys. It was when we were in the evil Starbucks. I wanted Panera for the free broad band but Lori wouldn’t have it. When we went in the evil house of coffee the T-Mobile hotspot sign tricked me into thinking that I would be able to spend my time typing e-mails rather than read the collection of smut books. I took Lori’s keys and went to the car to get my laptop and returned to the store. Lori’s friends came and left and I think Lori wanted to get something from the car. She asked me for the keys. I checked my pocket and they weren’t there. I said I didn’t have them I must have given them back. She insisted that she didn’t have them. If I didn’t have them and Lori didn’t have them and they weren’t on the table the obvious solution is that they were in the trunk. Well Jeff and I briefly entertained the possibility of breaking into her car but that wasn’t going anywhere. So AAA was called to get them to open the car. I was sure that I wouldn’t have locked them in the car but what else could have happened to them. What if one of her friends had taken them? So they were called and I had my vindication. I’m still not sure why she didn’t get suspicious about the keys that didn’t work in her car but whatever. Nobody believed that I hadn’t left her keys in the trunk. Lori didn’t even believe me that I didn’t have the keys. I can think of funnier things to do to someone than tell her that her keys are in the trunk when they aren’t. So we waited for her friend to come back. Well, some of us waited. Some people couldn’t wait and ran right for Buffalo Wild Wings.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
You Always Want What You Can’t Have
Well, I’m in Rochester; visiting with Lori. Well, not right now. Right now I’m at Panera Bread while she’s off at her breakfast date. It’s a pretty long “breakfast” date, she left the house at about 940 and she isn’t supposed to get back till 1200. Plus it’s nearly 12 now and she hasn’t called me to see if I’m back so she can get it. I don’t know about that. Anyway, I’m at Panera because it’s about a million times better than Starbucks. For one thing the wireless Internet is free here. At Starbucks you have to pay for it. It said on the window at Starbucks that it’s a T-Mobile hotspot. Well, Catherine Zeta Jones is a T-Mobile hotspot but Starbucks was stone cold. I wasn’t going to pay. So I had to wait till this morning to get a connection. So finally I could do the last post and this one.
So for the last 2 days Lori and I have been going around seeing her friends in the area. It’s been good to see her; I miss her. She’s been having a hard time in India. She likes being in India but she doesn’t like the company that she works for. We’ve been talking a lot about that and other things. Will she keep with the company for the whole year? Will she stay in India? What if she moves back? Will she find an Indian guy to marry? You know, all the normal stuff. So we’ve been having a good time together.
This is also a week of meeting significant others. I met my friend Pam’s new boyfriend, Don and Mike’s new girlfriend, Kris. Kris was pretty cool. She fits in well with the group. She was able to handle Jeff and Chris well. When the picked on her like they do everyone she was able to give it right back. I think that she’s a good match for Mike. It’s hard to say about Don though. He seems really nice but I met him with Pam and Lori. We were talking (mostly laughing) so much that there wasn’t much room for him to talk. But he was participating a little. He seems like a keeper. I think I’ll get to see him tonight again. So there’ll be more time for judging then.
I’m showing my India Pictures tonight to Pam and Mike. I don’t know who else will be there. It will be emotional for me. Reliving it all and missing the people and friends. But I’m glad that I’ll finally get to show them.
Also, just for the record: I was vindicated and did not lock Lori’s keys in the trunk. Her friend took them off the table when she left.
So for the last 2 days Lori and I have been going around seeing her friends in the area. It’s been good to see her; I miss her. She’s been having a hard time in India. She likes being in India but she doesn’t like the company that she works for. We’ve been talking a lot about that and other things. Will she keep with the company for the whole year? Will she stay in India? What if she moves back? Will she find an Indian guy to marry? You know, all the normal stuff. So we’ve been having a good time together.
This is also a week of meeting significant others. I met my friend Pam’s new boyfriend, Don and Mike’s new girlfriend, Kris. Kris was pretty cool. She fits in well with the group. She was able to handle Jeff and Chris well. When the picked on her like they do everyone she was able to give it right back. I think that she’s a good match for Mike. It’s hard to say about Don though. He seems really nice but I met him with Pam and Lori. We were talking (mostly laughing) so much that there wasn’t much room for him to talk. But he was participating a little. He seems like a keeper. I think I’ll get to see him tonight again. So there’ll be more time for judging then.
I’m showing my India Pictures tonight to Pam and Mike. I don’t know who else will be there. It will be emotional for me. Reliving it all and missing the people and friends. But I’m glad that I’ll finally get to show them.
Also, just for the record: I was vindicated and did not lock Lori’s keys in the trunk. Her friend took them off the table when she left.
Where Did You Learn to Count
I wrote this on Monday but couldn't post it till today because of stupid Starbucks. I'll write about that in another post though:
I’m sitting in Dulles Airport. It’s 730 am and I already have stuff to say about my trip. Usually when I fly somewhere I get Gate Z50. The farthest gate possible. That’s fine, I’m used to it. It’s the story of my life. So when I checked in today I was shocked when I saw that I had gate A1! I’m smiling as I take the shuttle to concourse A. As I walk down the steps marked Gates A1-A8, I can’t help but smile about my short walk. I get down to concourse A and THE GATES ARE NUMBERED BACKWARDS!! It starts with gate A5. Freakn A! I still had to walk the farthest distance possible. That’s my life.
I’m heading to Rochester NY to see my friends from college. Well, actually I’m going to visit Lori. The one whom I started this blog for. I’ll also get to visit with some other college friends too. This will be a better trip than the one to Minnesota. If for no other reason, I brought something to eat on the plane. There are other reasons though. I’ll get to see Pam. The laughs never stop with Pam. When I’m with Pam I never have to say anything funny. I’m usually laughing too much to get anything out. Plus I’ll get to see Mike. Mike and I were roommates my senior year in college. Mike and I always have fun. I don’t think that I’ve seen them since Christmas. This will be good week that will end too soon. Well, I don’t know when I’ll get to post this. Stupid Dulles Airport is too cheap to have free wireless. Maybe I’ll be able to do it tonight at Pam’s.
I’m sitting in Dulles Airport. It’s 730 am and I already have stuff to say about my trip. Usually when I fly somewhere I get Gate Z50. The farthest gate possible. That’s fine, I’m used to it. It’s the story of my life. So when I checked in today I was shocked when I saw that I had gate A1! I’m smiling as I take the shuttle to concourse A. As I walk down the steps marked Gates A1-A8, I can’t help but smile about my short walk. I get down to concourse A and THE GATES ARE NUMBERED BACKWARDS!! It starts with gate A5. Freakn A! I still had to walk the farthest distance possible. That’s my life.
I’m heading to Rochester NY to see my friends from college. Well, actually I’m going to visit Lori. The one whom I started this blog for. I’ll also get to visit with some other college friends too. This will be a better trip than the one to Minnesota. If for no other reason, I brought something to eat on the plane. There are other reasons though. I’ll get to see Pam. The laughs never stop with Pam. When I’m with Pam I never have to say anything funny. I’m usually laughing too much to get anything out. Plus I’ll get to see Mike. Mike and I were roommates my senior year in college. Mike and I always have fun. I don’t think that I’ve seen them since Christmas. This will be good week that will end too soon. Well, I don’t know when I’ll get to post this. Stupid Dulles Airport is too cheap to have free wireless. Maybe I’ll be able to do it tonight at Pam’s.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Information that would have been useful YESTERDAY!!
I had a good time this weekend. I got in late on Friday and had dinner with my friend at Red Robin. It was good to catch up with him about life. Then we went home. It was my first time visiting them so I got the tour, which included a demonstration of his entertainment system. He has a very large TV (I don’t remember the measurements) with 6.1 Dolby surround sound. I also learned what that means. It was awesome. We watched a few movies over the weekend. It was awesome!
On Saturday we went running. Jeff has been running to try to be healthier. They usually run a 5K, about 3 miles, at about a 12 min. mile pace. I knew I could handle that. However, when we arrive the trainer says that she is going to run 5 miles and that anybody that wants can join her. Jeff decided that it would be good for him to do and I wasn’t going to just play on the jungle gym in the park. So I ran 5 miles with him. It took a little more than an hour. It was good but I was so tired the rest of the day. Plus my legs hurt pretty much until Wednesday morning. I was pretty close to falling asleep at the ceremony. My suggestion to all of you is not to run 5 miles cold just before a wedding. Just a thought that might help you someday.
I arrived at the wedding that afternoon a little late. I got there just in time to walk down the aisle to my seat just behind the bride. It was a nice service. The reception was okay. The only person that I knew was the bride. Nobody from college was there. I was a little surprised. Also a little disappointed that I didn’t get to use a good cover story. I’ll have to use the mortician idea next time. Instead I got to meet some of the groom’s friends from college, Northwestern. They seemed like a good group of people. They were the ones that decorated the car. They stuffed it with balloons, stuck cookies to the roof, and tied cans to the rear bumper. So I got along with them well. I did the dollar dance with the bride and left. I didn’t feel like doing much more than that.
The rest of the weekend went quickly. We watched some Sunday afternoon football. Then I flew home. The plane home was packed but I had my combos. No going hungry this time!
On Saturday we went running. Jeff has been running to try to be healthier. They usually run a 5K, about 3 miles, at about a 12 min. mile pace. I knew I could handle that. However, when we arrive the trainer says that she is going to run 5 miles and that anybody that wants can join her. Jeff decided that it would be good for him to do and I wasn’t going to just play on the jungle gym in the park. So I ran 5 miles with him. It took a little more than an hour. It was good but I was so tired the rest of the day. Plus my legs hurt pretty much until Wednesday morning. I was pretty close to falling asleep at the ceremony. My suggestion to all of you is not to run 5 miles cold just before a wedding. Just a thought that might help you someday.
I arrived at the wedding that afternoon a little late. I got there just in time to walk down the aisle to my seat just behind the bride. It was a nice service. The reception was okay. The only person that I knew was the bride. Nobody from college was there. I was a little surprised. Also a little disappointed that I didn’t get to use a good cover story. I’ll have to use the mortician idea next time. Instead I got to meet some of the groom’s friends from college, Northwestern. They seemed like a good group of people. They were the ones that decorated the car. They stuffed it with balloons, stuck cookies to the roof, and tied cans to the rear bumper. So I got along with them well. I did the dollar dance with the bride and left. I didn’t feel like doing much more than that.
The rest of the weekend went quickly. We watched some Sunday afternoon football. Then I flew home. The plane home was packed but I had my combos. No going hungry this time!
Monday, October 03, 2005
So Hungry
I wrote this on Friday but couldn't post till now:
I’m writing this on the plane flying to Minnesota. My friend Kelly from college is getting married. I’m a little bitter that they don’t serve snacks on Northwest anymore. Well you can buy a tiny bag of trail mix for a dollar. I wish I had known, I would have bought a large bag of something before getting on the plane. I’m hungry and that makes me bitter. I was waiting for dinner till I landed but now it’s getting hard to wait. On the way back I’m bringing a large bag of Combos.
As I said I’m on my way to an old friend’s wedding. I have mixed feelings about going. It would be easier if I was married (still accepting applications/suggestions) or if I had someone to come with me. At first I thought that I probably wouldn’t know anybody there. I’ve realized that I probably will. Tony and Heather will probably be there. It will be cool to see them again. Not really interested in talking to Jay and Melody again. Maybe they won’t be able to make it. I’m pretty indifferent about seeing Chris and Amy. I’m not sure if I’ll see anybody else that I know. I don’t know whom Kelly kept in touch with over the years. I guess I’ll see. I have to decide what to tell them all that I do. I could tell them all that I work for Georgetown still or I could tell them that I’m working at the new job that I expect to hear back from soon. I could make up a totally fake job. That could be fun. I could say something about I’m a trouble shooter for the CIA. Then say that I can’t say much about my job. Hard decision. Thinking about what I could use for stories makes me a little more excited to go. Though it doesn’t make me less bitter about no free plane snacks.
It should be a good weekend. I’ll be visiting some of my brother’s college friends. They were at our house for Sunday dinners a lot. So I know them well. I’ll have to ask if we’re going to have lasagna. Well I’ll write more about how things went and what my cover story was. No pictures of the wedding like James, though. I didn’t bring a camera.
I’m writing this on the plane flying to Minnesota. My friend Kelly from college is getting married. I’m a little bitter that they don’t serve snacks on Northwest anymore. Well you can buy a tiny bag of trail mix for a dollar. I wish I had known, I would have bought a large bag of something before getting on the plane. I’m hungry and that makes me bitter. I was waiting for dinner till I landed but now it’s getting hard to wait. On the way back I’m bringing a large bag of Combos.
As I said I’m on my way to an old friend’s wedding. I have mixed feelings about going. It would be easier if I was married (still accepting applications/suggestions) or if I had someone to come with me. At first I thought that I probably wouldn’t know anybody there. I’ve realized that I probably will. Tony and Heather will probably be there. It will be cool to see them again. Not really interested in talking to Jay and Melody again. Maybe they won’t be able to make it. I’m pretty indifferent about seeing Chris and Amy. I’m not sure if I’ll see anybody else that I know. I don’t know whom Kelly kept in touch with over the years. I guess I’ll see. I have to decide what to tell them all that I do. I could tell them all that I work for Georgetown still or I could tell them that I’m working at the new job that I expect to hear back from soon. I could make up a totally fake job. That could be fun. I could say something about I’m a trouble shooter for the CIA. Then say that I can’t say much about my job. Hard decision. Thinking about what I could use for stories makes me a little more excited to go. Though it doesn’t make me less bitter about no free plane snacks.
It should be a good weekend. I’ll be visiting some of my brother’s college friends. They were at our house for Sunday dinners a lot. So I know them well. I’ll have to ask if we’re going to have lasagna. Well I’ll write more about how things went and what my cover story was. No pictures of the wedding like James, though. I didn’t bring a camera.
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