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Monday, March 3rd, 2003
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10:01a - ach lebe wohl mein herr
so i'm at the movies on saturday, right? i went to see the two towers again and right when aragorn comes back to helm's deep (you know, when legolas is all "you look terrible," when what he really means is "take me now, you virile man, you"), i had to, well, urinate. badly. so i went, because it was okay, i'd seen the movie before and i could reconstruct the three minutes i'd be gone in my head. as i rounded the corner and made my way to the girl's room, some guy stopped me and asked very politely if i would mind escorting his 5 year old daughter into the bathroom. WHAT THE FUCK?! would you ask a total fucking stranger to take your child into a bathroom? would you? no, you fucking wouldn't because that is just weird. i mean, it's not 1953 and i wasn't wearing saddle shoes and we weren't in some small town where everybody knows everybody else somehow--it's turn of the century seattle and for all this asshole knew, i could have been a crazy child molester person.
so, of course, i said "sure" and walked the girl in and made sure she washed her hands and waited with her till her dad came out of the men's room, but still. if your child needs supervision, take 'em with you. godammit.
in other news, please do not send me any more washington state iniative petitions, okay? a) i am not registered to vote in washington state and b) the initiative process is RETARDED and i want no part in it. yeah, it's a nice thing to have in case you know, the appropriate branches of government fail to respond to an issue, but just because the state legislature isn't doing what you want it to do doesn't mean there should be channels to circumvent policy-making. if elected officials don't reflect your views, don't vote for them, and if you didn't vote for them, but they ended up in office anyway, tough fucking luck. i mean, we elect representatives for a reason, that reason being that most of us can't enact thoughtful policy, you know, the kind that weighs pros and cons and take things like, you know, the budget, into account. initiatives 722, 728 and 732 all sound pretty on paper and fair and stuff, but they're pretty much only going to serve to fuck us. just like 695. i mean, really. if you walked up to you and said oh i dunno... "hey, would you rather pay 30 dollars for your car tabs or 300 dollars?" you'd probably say 30. at least i hope you'd say 30 because if you didin't, you'd be a dumbass. okay, now say somebody walked up to you and said "how would you like to deprive the state of 1.2 billion dollars, most of which is earmarked for the public school system and public transportation?" i'm sure you'd say no, unless you're a total dickhead. so, pretty much, you answered the same question both negatively and affirmatively. like i said initiatives are retarded. and for the record, tim eyman really is a horse's ass.
"redemption's a bitch"
current music: carissa's weird
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