Well, after a short night out at the Quest and a creative mixture of medications, I find myself waking from the most bizarre dreams and unable to sleep peacefully.
That blind cat of mine has insisted on sleeping at the foot of the bed even though I am tossing and turning and talking in my sleep. I've bopped her in the head a few times already though she insists on remaining IN BED and IN the same spot.
Instead, though blind, she uses those eyes of hers to give me that "if you smack me one more time I'm gonna piddle in your cornfakes!" looks. I correct her, telling her that I a no longer eat "corn flakes" (emphasizing the word "flakes" not "fakes" (since in my mind, my cat is still a kid and talks with a speech impediment)).
She corrects herself and says "Well I'll piddle in your multi-=gwain fakes" (multi-grain flakes are what I now eat). This is an inside joke since being blind, she often gets lost on the way to the litter box and does indeed "piddle" where the mood takes her! Leaving surprises in the most upsetting places. So I try to handle them with amusement.
Like using the paper towel roller (the holder in the middle of a roll of paper towels) to beat her with when I get angry. She LOVES the feel of it on her back and the "bonk" sound and I get to relieve my anger and frustration and lighten the mood without upsetting her. I think she just about has an orgasm from the beatings. Takes after me I guess...
The dream itself must have come from this new gay Alabama/Florida magazine I picked up at the Quest called "noise" (www.alnoisemag.com). We've been needing this since the "Alabama Forum" stopped and the format and content look good. I intended on writing Don to encourage him and fell asleep reading it.
The dream was about me being involved in some GLBT fund raising event. The details are fast going away but every time I fell back asleep, I found myself smack back in the middle of helping get it ready.
The last scene was of me debating on volunteering to do drag for a performer that had pulled out (the dress was BEAUTIFUL!). Always a secret dream of mine, I just can't bring myself to shave the goatee. It's the last butch thing about me!
Before that, I remember trying to work out the kinks (or put them in) on some display involving a big scoop and motor oil. I recall where this thought may have originated back in a Canadian leather run my Franco-Canadian boyfriend had shown me pictures of a young naked 20-something BOY covered in motor oil. (getting light headed with the memory).
The point is that maybe I need to get back into helping my gay community some. The more the merrier and Bham has seemed to have lost much of its energy though it might be on up-swing.
And instead of standing on the sidelines like a typical fag, bitching about what's wrong with the the folks that are at least TRYING, I may need to look around and ask if there's somewhere I can help file a hole... >:D
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
BP oil spill
Would more aid be coming in from America and abroad if the pictures were of humans covered in oil instead of pelicans?
Where's the number to call to send money? I don't see any advertisements, only finger pointing. Why isn't Michell Obama asking for aid?
I went to a Magic City Pagans meeting (http://www.magickcitypagans.org) tonight on candle-making. We created a candle with prayers and chanting to fix the BP oil spill. It felt so positive and uplifting!
Just remember, we are never helpless. Even penniless, you can still focus your thoughts in a positive way, in any moment, in any place. Whatever your beliefs are...
Namaste
Where's the number to call to send money? I don't see any advertisements, only finger pointing. Why isn't Michell Obama asking for aid?
I went to a Magic City Pagans meeting (http://www.magickcitypagans.org) tonight on candle-making. We created a candle with prayers and chanting to fix the BP oil spill. It felt so positive and uplifting!
Just remember, we are never helpless. Even penniless, you can still focus your thoughts in a positive way, in any moment, in any place. Whatever your beliefs are...
Namaste
Sunday, June 6, 2010
BP, greed, finger-pointing, deception
(sigh) Where to start?
I guess the thing that is really annoying me is how the news is showing the oil washing up on beaches, witnesses are talking about the smell, and merchants are complaining about the loss of business. Yet the coastal states are ALL running ads saying everything is fine.
Just because BP is bamboozling everyone seems to justify the state tourism boards being able to lie to the tourists.
And if BP is compensating the merchants for their losses, can I get reimbursed when I go to the beach only to discover they are fouled and my vacation ruined? Do I petition the tourist board or can I go directly to BP?
My father died prematurely because the oil company he worked for wouldn't pay for his medical treatment. We almost lost our house too. I know first hand how corrupt MOST corporations are. It just shows how right I am when I say American is not a Democracy but Capitalistic Society.
But let's face it. We are ALL responsible for this accident and it's ramifications. There are few out there (and none reading this) they can claim their life does not revolve around oil.
The gas to drive a vehicle is just one part. Think of what is made from oil and all the products created from it (such as the pc you are reading this on). Accidents happen. So do bad decisions.
Until (if?) we find better ways to co-exist on this planet it will continue to grow into a place where the seas are our toilets and every secluded path of land a garbage can (landfill). Just wait until the nuclear landfills begin to degrade. That should really prove interesting for our children. If we make it that far.
If this is such an issue, why not close down all the deep wells? Or all wells? Our addiction to oil has got us by the balls. That's why our military is over in the middle-east.
Again, I admit I am part of the problem myself. I am using this computer aren't I? I don't have the solutions but I get so tired of seeing so much finger-pointing and lies on the subject.
And like another FB friend said, where is all the international humanitarian aid for the U.S. in this time of need? As usual, we are expected to give to the world, not receive. And we're the bad guys?
I guess the thing that is really annoying me is how the news is showing the oil washing up on beaches, witnesses are talking about the smell, and merchants are complaining about the loss of business. Yet the coastal states are ALL running ads saying everything is fine.
Just because BP is bamboozling everyone seems to justify the state tourism boards being able to lie to the tourists.
And if BP is compensating the merchants for their losses, can I get reimbursed when I go to the beach only to discover they are fouled and my vacation ruined? Do I petition the tourist board or can I go directly to BP?
My father died prematurely because the oil company he worked for wouldn't pay for his medical treatment. We almost lost our house too. I know first hand how corrupt MOST corporations are. It just shows how right I am when I say American is not a Democracy but Capitalistic Society.
But let's face it. We are ALL responsible for this accident and it's ramifications. There are few out there (and none reading this) they can claim their life does not revolve around oil.
The gas to drive a vehicle is just one part. Think of what is made from oil and all the products created from it (such as the pc you are reading this on). Accidents happen. So do bad decisions.
Until (if?) we find better ways to co-exist on this planet it will continue to grow into a place where the seas are our toilets and every secluded path of land a garbage can (landfill). Just wait until the nuclear landfills begin to degrade. That should really prove interesting for our children. If we make it that far.
If this is such an issue, why not close down all the deep wells? Or all wells? Our addiction to oil has got us by the balls. That's why our military is over in the middle-east.
Again, I admit I am part of the problem myself. I am using this computer aren't I? I don't have the solutions but I get so tired of seeing so much finger-pointing and lies on the subject.
And like another FB friend said, where is all the international humanitarian aid for the U.S. in this time of need? As usual, we are expected to give to the world, not receive. And we're the bad guys?
Saturday, April 10, 2010
AT&T DSL Class Action Settlement
Did you get a notice for this in the mail? If so and you have had problems like I have, fill it out!
For more info: www.dslspeedsettlement.com
The amusing part was that my DSL WENT DOWN while trying to reach this page and AT&T provided a diagnostic page which I now have a copy of! LMAO!
I guess that's what they get for selling service in the United States and supporting with people OUTSIDE of the U.S. (yes, I use to work for BellSouth, sold to Anderson Consulting...). Aprox 100,000 employees reduced to < 35,000...(BellSouth).
For more info: www.dslspeedsettlement.com
The amusing part was that my DSL WENT DOWN while trying to reach this page and AT&T provided a diagnostic page which I now have a copy of! LMAO!
I guess that's what they get for selling service in the United States and supporting with people OUTSIDE of the U.S. (yes, I use to work for BellSouth, sold to Anderson Consulting...). Aprox 100,000 employees reduced to < 35,000...(BellSouth).
Friday, April 9, 2010
Animals in Prison Doing Life With NO Parole
I go to "Books, Beans, and Candles", a metaphysical shoppe in Birmingham, Alabama (check it out at http://www.myspace.com/booksbeanscandles) and they have a free magazine called "Oracle 20/20".
In the April 2010 issue, there is an article on page 20, titled "Animals in Prison Doing Life with no Parole". It's one of those things that is dear to my heart.
The Birmingham Zoo has lost an elephant and a gorilla recently and if you watch the large anteater pace it's cage, you can understand how cruel caging animals is and how they slowly go insane. Is it no wonder that they attack us at Sea World and YET...Sea World is still allowed to use wild animals for our entertainment...
Some examples (even if you can't talk to animals) of abnormal behavior listed in the article are head-bobbing, biting cage bars, pacing, producing stillborns, playing with excrement and severely mutilating themselves.
It's why I keep renewing and then not renewing my Zoo membership.
The way I see it, if an animal becomes extinct, it is a punishment for our neglect and abuse of the environment and a much better wake up call than subjecting these poor creatures to a caged imprisonment for doing nothing but living and roaming a land human desire to be theirs.
So be it. Let us populate the world until the only thing left to eat is each other. I doubt even that will slow us down...
In the April 2010 issue, there is an article on page 20, titled "Animals in Prison Doing Life with no Parole". It's one of those things that is dear to my heart.
The Birmingham Zoo has lost an elephant and a gorilla recently and if you watch the large anteater pace it's cage, you can understand how cruel caging animals is and how they slowly go insane. Is it no wonder that they attack us at Sea World and YET...Sea World is still allowed to use wild animals for our entertainment...
Some examples (even if you can't talk to animals) of abnormal behavior listed in the article are head-bobbing, biting cage bars, pacing, producing stillborns, playing with excrement and severely mutilating themselves.
It's why I keep renewing and then not renewing my Zoo membership.
The way I see it, if an animal becomes extinct, it is a punishment for our neglect and abuse of the environment and a much better wake up call than subjecting these poor creatures to a caged imprisonment for doing nothing but living and roaming a land human desire to be theirs.
So be it. Let us populate the world until the only thing left to eat is each other. I doubt even that will slow us down...
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Handicapped Parking...
My sister had a rare form of muscular dystrophy when she was alive that eventually put her in a wheel chair. My mom also was confined to a wheel chair or walker when out and about and we had a handicapped license plate for her.
When my partner and I drove without my mom, we did NOT use a handicapped parking space. I think it's actually against the law if you are not carrying a handicapped person at the time.
But really, it's the principal. I make break laws (like speeding through a 30MPH zone or going 80 on the highway but I'm just following the example of law enforcement that do the same thing when they just want to get to their next destination even though it isn't an emergency).
So yes, I realize I am kind of talking out of both sides of my mouth at the same time but because of my mom and sis, I am a bit sensitive over this issue.
There's this red mustang owned by an employee of a local walmart that parks his car in a handicapped spot every night. The police park in the fire lane to go shopping and don't seem to notice or care that this guy is not handicapped and has no sticker or license plate that says he is.
I have even asked him and he said he was not handicapped. He gave me a "go to hell" look as if that would scare me. Poor guy, he really has no idea of who he is dealing with.
I went in and spoke with the manager and she just turned away as if I was some bum off the street. So now that they know I am the one complaining, I am in that nebulous area where I hear "Pick your battles".
I don't need my car or myself damaged when this "thug" realizes I have reported him to corporate or the police (though I doubt Bham police will do anything). So for now, I am just ranting as usual and biding my time and sending bad karma his way.
If he or his vehicle spontaneously combusts and I hear about it, I'll let you know...
When my partner and I drove without my mom, we did NOT use a handicapped parking space. I think it's actually against the law if you are not carrying a handicapped person at the time.
But really, it's the principal. I make break laws (like speeding through a 30MPH zone or going 80 on the highway but I'm just following the example of law enforcement that do the same thing when they just want to get to their next destination even though it isn't an emergency).
So yes, I realize I am kind of talking out of both sides of my mouth at the same time but because of my mom and sis, I am a bit sensitive over this issue.
There's this red mustang owned by an employee of a local walmart that parks his car in a handicapped spot every night. The police park in the fire lane to go shopping and don't seem to notice or care that this guy is not handicapped and has no sticker or license plate that says he is.
I have even asked him and he said he was not handicapped. He gave me a "go to hell" look as if that would scare me. Poor guy, he really has no idea of who he is dealing with.
I went in and spoke with the manager and she just turned away as if I was some bum off the street. So now that they know I am the one complaining, I am in that nebulous area where I hear "Pick your battles".
I don't need my car or myself damaged when this "thug" realizes I have reported him to corporate or the police (though I doubt Bham police will do anything). So for now, I am just ranting as usual and biding my time and sending bad karma his way.
If he or his vehicle spontaneously combusts and I hear about it, I'll let you know...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Alabama Pagan aka Spiritual aka tatonkabean
I want the world to KNOW that I love them sow..."Fern gully" - make it grow!
teaching the NEW way through the
multiverse
of multi-meanings
in a WORD
in many languages
in my area
parts of many religions
using a body with a parallel processing (6.9?) -
left and right hemispheres, hypathalusmus, etc.,
w/hyper-threading & lucky number i 7 ... memory processing unit burned out,
need replacement or coffee...
Huh?
Perhaps just an egg short of a dozen?
No, just a few nuts and bolts loose (did u get all that?)
and trying desperately not to FORGET ever again....who? I AM!
And what my soul contract contains at the moment (just sign here
and initial there...). There. Changes are made. u r ready 2 go again!
To infinity and beyond! Android or Cyborg or human, we love them all ;)
This is tiggerthetiger23, or 2010-01-7 (makes it easy to sort on PC).
Too much input, shutting down, and rebooting... Nighty night!
P.S. The addy is http://alabamapagan.ning.com/profile/IvanA
teaching the NEW way through the
multiverse
of multi-meanings
in a WORD
in many languages
in my area
parts of many religions
using a body with a parallel processing (6.9?) -
left and right hemispheres, hypathalusmus, etc.,
w/hyper-threading & lucky number i 7 ... memory processing unit burned out,
need replacement or coffee...
Huh?
Perhaps just an egg short of a dozen?
No, just a few nuts and bolts loose (did u get all that?)
and trying desperately not to FORGET ever again....who? I AM!
And what my soul contract contains at the moment (just sign here
and initial there...). There. Changes are made. u r ready 2 go again!
To infinity and beyond! Android or Cyborg or human, we love them all ;)
This is tiggerthetiger23, or 2010-01-7 (makes it easy to sort on PC).
Too much input, shutting down, and rebooting... Nighty night!
P.S. The addy is http://alabamapagan.ning.com/profile/IvanA
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