I am not good with rejection.

I never thought finding a job would be this hard. It sucks when you think you've found your dream job but your potential employer disagrees....

Thoughts about 9/11/2010

I saw a bit of coverage on the news yesterday while at the gym and I think it is unbelievable that so many Americans came out to protest the "Ground Zero Mosque instead of going to NYC to pray, remember those loved and lost, or mourn, etc. I am so sad at this time in America - it seems that it is becoming more acceptable to be unaccepting, unloving, racist. Why are these extremist getting coverage (I know here I am writing about it) but this wackjob in FL. WTF?! Even seemingly normal politicians or people saying, "even though they have the right, it doesn't mean it is the right thing to do..." I'm sorry, but this is a religious organization that is not affiliated with the people who attacked us. I can't imagine how painful it must be to be a Muslim. After 9 years the fear and hatred against Muslims continues to grow.

After 9/11 we saw the world come together in support of America, we saw Americans supporting each other. It was an amazing time. It sucks that this same event, that changed all of our lives, has the power to do just the opposite. Sad.


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Jan Brewer

While traveling from New Mexico to Arizona via I-40 one of the first things I saw after entering AZ was this image on a billboard. It seriously made my blood fucking boil. It is so not cool to use a classic image, an image that has long been associated with the feminist movement. And then to change "Rosie" and make her blond, is totally despicable. With the racial tension in AZ I have to assume that they took the image and intentionally made it look more European. I may be wrong but I don't think I am.


For a long time now I have been really impressed with the image of "Rosie the Riveter". To me it symbolizes our country's need for women in the workplace and our ability to show the would what we could do, despite being told that we weren't able. Below I found this image of a "real Rosie", I think it is really cool and wanted to share.


In conclusion, FUCK JAN BREWER! I hope that she loses the campaign, though I don't think she will. I grew up in AZ and it makes me incredible sad to learn how racist of a state it actually is. I am glad I don't live there.

Halloween

So, for the past couple years halloween has been a pretty big deal. I don't know what I want to be this year. My top contenders are:

Jeannie from I dream of Jeannie. I had hoped that this would be a couple's costume and that my husband would be the captain, which I kept calling the colonel, and now he insists that he is going be the conlonel, as in Sanders...And I am not sure that I really want to do a midrift baring costume... eek!
Spock, who I fell in love with after seeing the new movie. Sorry, I am too young to have enjoyed the original ones.

Glenda the Good Witch, the costume would be intense but awesome if I could get it done.

Annie, this would be fun but I might be asked to sing... err... and nobody wants that to happen.


I was so happy the other day when I left my house and it just felt like fall was coming, and indeed it is. I have already started thinking about my annual pumpkin carving party and what design I will select for my pumpkin. So exciting. Can't wait!

I love it when...

I love it when famous people use their popularity for good. Wyclef Jean is going to run for president in his home country of Haiti.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean will announce his bid for president of earthquake-ravaged Haiti this week, Time magazine has reported.

Haiti, which was hit January 12 by a deadly 7.0-magnitude earthquake, is scheduled to vote on November 28 to elect a new leader to replace President Rene Preval, whose term ends in February.

"If I can't take five years out to serve my country as President, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything," Jean said in an interview with Time on Tuesday.

There has been widespread speculation that Jean would seek the office. Last week in Haiti he said he was taking the necessary legal steps toward running for president, including having his fingerprints taken by the judicial police. However, he said last week that he had not made a definite decision.

Many analysts predict Jean -- who at 37 is very popular among Haitians, particularly the young -- would easily win the presidential election.

A three-time Grammy award-winner, Jean was a founding member of the hip-hop trio The Fugees and won wider fame for his collaboration with Colombian pop star Shakira. He released a song two years ago called "If I Was President."

Jean established the Yele Haiti Foundation in 2005 to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti. He said after the January 12 earthquake which killed up to 300,000 people that Haiti's future rested on education, job creation and investment.

"If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this," Jean told Time. "The quake drove home to me that Haiti can't wait another 10 years for us to bring it into the 21st century."

Jean emigrated to the United States aged 9, but has maintained his Haitian citizenship, a requirement for running for the presidency.

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Arizonan Against SB 1070

Nothing pleases my heart more than seeing standing up for what they believe in. These photos are from the Phoenix New Times.

Look closely at this woman's dress - this is a true fashion statement.
I love this picture.


Unfortunately, some protesters were arrested today for practicing their first ammendment right. So sad, when officers in riot gear are patting down a 50 year old woman wearing a bright yellow shirt with a heart on it. I guess she was making trouble. Law and order are not the same thing, remember that.

Today was a small win in defeating SB 1070. The Phoenix Times called it bloodied but still standing.

To everyone out there today, and to everyone fighting against this awful piece of legislation, I applaud your efforts and say ¡Si se puede!

Law & Order

Not that I have any interest in being an actor but I would love to play the person that discovers the body... I would be awesome.