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I'm getting some shit together because I've volunteered to be moral support on, like, a 20 hour road trip to the east coast and back for animal rescue. On one hand I feel like, "Shit. I feel like I need to do this, so I'm gonna." and on the other hand it's, "ROAD TRIP WHOOOO." Once we're an hour in, both are going to change to "Ho hum.", so anyway, that's what's on my plate right this moment.
In that vein, I've got some stuff I need to attend to. I've done some, and then I looked at the clock and thought "2:30 PM? What. That is ridiculous nonsense." because I don't have all day. I need to be somewhere at 6:30 to play a game then it's back to Belleville to sleep so I can rooooaaaaad trip.
Yesterday, Katie and I were talking about how ridiculously overwhelming shit has become. Much of the stuff we thought we could blow off as hippy shit or just ignore outright seems to be biting us in the ass. Basic shit like temperature and weather change and the beginnings of what appears to be a legitimate energy/gas crises on one side and the feeling that not only have we been fucked politically and economically, but we can actually see the brand and tread of the boot that's stepping on our face forever. It's gotten to the point that it doesn't just matter if we're working, because we can pretty clearly see what's changed. Someone made a mistake and the change was a bit too rapid, and now you've got thousands of people on American streets for months at a time calling that particular bluff.
There's a sense that everything's kind of screwed up and the people protesting arn't doing it because it's fun, though it might be exciting in the sense that someone might feel like they're actually doing something, no matter how small, to make their voice heard and to meet up with like minded people. No, it's being done because we're desperate and there's a definite sense that voting hasn't and won't make a difference. It doesn't matter how mad you are or how much it's reported if the people sent to be voted on all opt to screw you.
You can argue that some people are more gentle about it, but you're still pretty unhappy about the end result.
In that vein, I've got some stuff I need to attend to. I've done some, and then I looked at the clock and thought "2:30 PM? What. That is ridiculous nonsense." because I don't have all day. I need to be somewhere at 6:30 to play a game then it's back to Belleville to sleep so I can rooooaaaaad trip.
Yesterday, Katie and I were talking about how ridiculously overwhelming shit has become. Much of the stuff we thought we could blow off as hippy shit or just ignore outright seems to be biting us in the ass. Basic shit like temperature and weather change and the beginnings of what appears to be a legitimate energy/gas crises on one side and the feeling that not only have we been fucked politically and economically, but we can actually see the brand and tread of the boot that's stepping on our face forever. It's gotten to the point that it doesn't just matter if we're working, because we can pretty clearly see what's changed. Someone made a mistake and the change was a bit too rapid, and now you've got thousands of people on American streets for months at a time calling that particular bluff.
There's a sense that everything's kind of screwed up and the people protesting arn't doing it because it's fun, though it might be exciting in the sense that someone might feel like they're actually doing something, no matter how small, to make their voice heard and to meet up with like minded people. No, it's being done because we're desperate and there's a definite sense that voting hasn't and won't make a difference. It doesn't matter how mad you are or how much it's reported if the people sent to be voted on all opt to screw you.
You can argue that some people are more gentle about it, but you're still pretty unhappy about the end result.
