whats on my mind?? it's just after 11 am and I want to get drunk!

I am not a drinker.. Today I am going to get good and drunk, If it's possible,I haven't been able to get drunk before bet hey maybe I just wasn't drinking enough fast enough right?, I am going to do it.

What is on my mind is keeping positive through hard times...

... getting this house in order... finally...

... what to do with my time since my summer visitor is no longer coming...

... songs from RENT...

... how excited I am to be in this production, and how rewarding it is already...

... disappointments... but those will settle eventually.

Apparently everything!

Things I'm obsessed with lately:

* Horticulture - I've always had a "black thumb" when it comes to plants and now I understand why after reading lots of books on plants lately. Plants are living beings and require care and balance. Imagine that.

* Archiving and organizing all of my old photos.

* Keeping in better touch with people I love.

* Getting ready for a little girl time in a couple of weeks.

* Documentaries about people living in super remote cabins in Alaska for years at a time.

an extra thought (for free)
 

Up until this year, I've kept my list of regrets to a bare minimum and just this past week, after I got an email notice instructing me that my first payment due on all my college loans (for both bachelor and masters degrees) for the mere price of: $1,700.00/month.

I bought into the idea, over ten years ago, that earning an education would help me transcend my life of poverty. If anything, even if I WAS lucky enough to find a job or career earning at least $5K a month, I'd still be poor, after paying a monthly loan payment - with only enough left over for bare, basic living expenses.

Lesson Numero Uno 1 & my only Regret of the Century (so far)
(a lesson I won't forget, ever - literally).

When I was getting my Bachelor's degree, it was still possible to get one without loans. Now for poor, working class and middle class, it is highly unlikely.

Private loans, Government loans with interest rates that are not fixed. The interest rate will go up before you finish your education and it is time to pay. Back in the day, some future doctors and lawyers would file bankruptcy in order to get out of paying back the loans. Then the U.S House and Senate passed legislation forbidding bankruptcy against school loans. ( I wish I had the stats for the doctors and lawyers who filed for bankruptcy. I doubt they were first generation college graduates and from a background of poverty.)

When will enough be enough? Many are trying to get an education, secure housing, healthcare and a living wage from their employer. The rich get richer and the poor keep getting deeper in debt or without essentials.

I do not hold the "rich" entirely responsible for the state of affairs in the USA and frankly globally. I do however know, they control much of the power and resources. I know we all have responsibility for our life choices. I also know some are born with better choices without having to earn it.

Good luck to you Katzchen. You are a strong, intelligent woman that can and will prevail. (Even if it is in your legacy and not the present.)

It's the first (and probably only) summer Goof and I both will have off. No classes for him.

Game of Thrones-I'm late to this party, but you could make a drinking game out of how many times someone gets beheaded

Projects and the DIY Network

Gov. Perry and his shitball Merry Christmas bill
Gov. Perry and his archaic veto of same pay for women legislation (but the veto is not official yet)

Oh, and Pinterest

I have now 22 ASL interpreters I have recruited for San Diego Pride. My excel spreadsheet is out of control. I want to give everyone the opportunity to volunteer, so I am revamping the WHOLE schedule to fit everyone and give them at least 5 hours (there are perks if you work over 5 hours)

I think there is only 27 days left until Pride??

Yay!!!

*nose to the grindstone!*

same thing thats been on my mind every night pinky.. try to take over the wor.... no no, thats not right.



my baby.. there we go, thats what I was looking for

Fracking is so wrong
 

Tell me what's gone wrong?
I tilt my head there, under the faucet when I turn it on
Dry as paper, call the neighbors
Who's to blame for what's going on?
In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you

Oh, they tell us there's poison here in the well
That someone's been a bit untidy and there's been a small spill
Not a lot, no, just a drop, there you are mistaken you know you are
I wonder just how long they knew our well was poisoned
But they let us just drink on

Oh, they tell us there's here poison in the well
That someone's been a bit untidy that there's been a small spill
And all that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea
That someone's been a bit untidy they'll have it cleaned up in a week

But the week is over and now it's grown into years
Since, I was told that I should be calm, there's nothing to fear here
But, I drank that water for years, my wife and my children
So, tell me, where to now
If your fight for a bearable life can be fought and lost in your backyard?

Oh, don't tell us there's poison here in the well
That someone's been a bit untidy, that there's been a small spill
All that it amounts to is a tear in a salted sea
That someone's been a bit untidy, they'll have it cleaned up in a week

But the week is over and now it's grown into weeks that I
Was told that, " I should be calm theres nothing to fear here

Twitter'ers
 

Where are the Twitter'ers???
I need a new tweetheart ♥ https://twitter.com/faireunvoeu

:koolaid: They used to give away cool koolaid pitchers if you saved enough stamps from the koolaid packs. I deeply regret I never sent away for one.

But that's not what I intended to post about...I saw the avatar and became distracted.

Mind? My mind is officially on vacation. I hope my body can catch up with it soon. lol