| H.R.2943 The end of prohibition |
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I support H.R.2943, the decriminalization of adult marijuana use. No, I don't smoke. It's too expensive, it stinks to high heaven, plus all I used to do when I did smoke, was eat, eat, eat. That doesn't change the fact that lots of people do smoke it, whether for recreation or medicine, so many that it is very clear to me that the fears over marijuana use are completely unjustified. If marijuana causes problems, we are already living with those problems. People who use it are your neighbors, your friends, your relatives and maybe you. Most adults use it discreetly, in the privacy of their own homes, and you know it.
The list of good uses for marijuana and hemp are endless, from bio fuel to good quality paper and clothing, medicine, food and watershed. Recent studies have shown that marijuana may prevent certain types of cancer, and stimulates brain cell growth, which may prevent dementia. All of this could mean money for new and existing businesses, and money from taxes.
The fact that marijuana has been legalized in some states for medical use is not enough. Consider California, for example, where voters have supported medical marijuana and the California Supreme Court has backed up that decision. However, right now in California, there are people doing 20 years for growing it, when their only buyers were the Compassionate Pharmacies that delivered the medicine to the sick. That's more than killers get for murder and more than pedophiles get for child molestation. The growers were licensed to grow, licensed to sell and got 20 years in jail anyway. It's insane.
The truth is that most people in this country don't give a rat's ass who does and who doesn't smoke. It's time for us to bring that sentiment out into the open and acknowledge the fact that adults can be trusted with marijuana and that prohibition is wrong. It's time for American to grow up.
Please, make a phone call, send an email, do something. Please support H.R.2943.
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[19 Jun 2009|09:10pm] |
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removing wallpaper, it turns out, is not the hard part. The hard part is removing the wallpaper glue. After buckets of tsp and steam and glue remover, it still comes down to tiny little circles, scrubbed by hand. Oh my aching armpits.
I'm not funny today. I'm too tired to be funny. Wallpaper glue has sapped the funny right out of me. What I am is satisfied. Deeply, exhaustedly, satisfied. I'm turning the room from hers to ours, but still with a touch of her, just out of love and gratitude and because above and aside from all else, the woman had style. Italian shoes, matching handbags, hand tailored dresses, imported bath soap. A different kind of femme, one who knew what to do with it.
On the movie front, I saw UP!, which was sweet but absolutely not for children and rented Frost/Nixon and Revolutionary Road. Frost/Nixon is pretty much for those of us who remember the beast, but it was good enough to make me want to see the real interviews. RevRoad was okay I guess, sort of. I found the acting sadly uneven, and I still can't figure out what the hell it was about. It could have been about how awful it is not to live your dreams, or what shitheads men were in the fifties, or maybe it was prochoice, or pro the need for birth control. Or something. I have no idea. My favorite rental film this year is Zack and MIndy Make a Porno, followed by Forgetting Sarah Marshall. OH YEAH and GIRLS ROCK! I loved that one! If you haven't seen it, go rent it. Especially if you are a chick who's about ready to pitch your significant other out the window.
For my birthday I got dvd's of Pleasantville and The Tiger and the Snow. I love them both so much, I could see them over and over and oh yeah, I have. They still make me cry.
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[15 Jun 2009|02:21pm] |
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I turned a hundred and seventy six yesterday. I had a wonderful two days with fantastic chicken and mind stretching conversation. Got a bunch of super chick stuff with books.
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[13 Jun 2009|11:43pm] |
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I spent the day at a spa with my daughter. It was wonderful. Wish I could do that like once a month or so. Sat in mineral baths, steam rooms and played in pools. Left with soft skin and relaxed muscles.
I still have an hour to chant before I go to bed. I'm tired, but I'll do it. Bed is a misnomer. I have to chant an hour before I sleep on the weird sofa.
Wrote a song about a cat yesterday.
There was a horrible accident on the freeway tonight.
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| the cats go in, the cats go out |
[10 Jun 2009|11:46pm] |
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my two cats are afraid of the outside, but sick of the inside. They cry to go out, then five minutes later, cry and come in. I have to keep letting them do it, because I hate having a cat box inside the house. Once they realize that the outdoors is chill and safe, I won't need it. Right now however, they don't know how close they have come to being cat soup, or how often (like every five minutes).
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[07 Jun 2009|11:20pm] |
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We started taking off the wallpaper.
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| at the li b r ary |
[26 May 2009|04:31pm] |
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The library computer is a wanker, but this library rocks. The list of books here is mind blowing compared to the LA libraries.
Life in this little town is so different. I'm back, like a salmon, in the county of my birth. The city is close, my birthplace closer, and all of the wear of the cold, raw, city and all of my scars are visible from the streets. But I don't live there. I live here in the tree lined streets of somewhere else entirely.
I moved into my aunt's home, not her empty house. Her things fill the rooms with clues about her life. I'm not ready to give them up until I know more. I wonder when I will feel like this is my home. I'm guessing when it's painted and repaired, but that will take months.
I'm somewhere between Momma and Nana, between Babe and Bob and someone without a name. The fragments spin slowly, closer than every before, threatening to fuse into something new, unlike anything I every dreamed. I'll let you know.
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[22 May 2009|12:24am] |
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Hiya Guys! I still don't have a computer, so my next post will probably be months from now, but i thought I'd stop in and say hi.
Life is good. No, life is fucking awesome. Like a bolt of lightning, my life changed in an instant. This once homeless chick has inherited a 3 bedroom townhouse in a nice neighborhood. I've been here a month, and still feel like I'm dreaming. The place is old, in need of much TLC and repair, but lovely just the same. Instead of street addicts and blowjob mechanics (may they all be safe this night), there are birds and parks. Instead of noise there is quiet. Instead of nothing much, their is a whole lot of everything. It's quite a difference. That's not all. My health is so much better I'm starting to smile when someone wants to take my picture. I still have a way to go, but I have whole days now where I look like myself instead of a lemur. My depression has been replaced by hope.
Not that I don't have my struggles. Like a lot of others, I got sucked in and voted for Obama, who as it turns out, is not the guy had hoped for. I'm still glad I did it, only because of what it has meant to anybody in the country who isn't white, but just the same, he is not the peace and law loving leader I thought he was - and that breaks my goddamned heart.
So there you have it. I'll write some more when I get keys. Until then, take care y'all.
<3BFH
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[01 Jan 2008|12:23am] |
happy new year!
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[19 Dec 2007|08:47am] |
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Happy belated Birthday tomryng!!!!!!!! Hope it was happy!!!
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[19 Oct 2007|01:46am] |
: ( I haven't been swimming in three weeks because of our broken car.
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[18 Oct 2007|09:29am] |
I did two things yesterday, that left me feeling like I have to get more serious. One was to listen to a speech about pollution and children, the other was to watch Children of Men. Good movie. Really good movie.
We're really up shit creek, you know that?
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[16 Oct 2007|08:22pm] |
i have no idea but i got it from jade_tiger
For the first three people that reply to this post, and who re-post this
challenge: you win
* For your prize, I will send you a gift.
* It might be something I've made, or something cool from my hidden stash of
fabulousity (great word!). It might be a mix CD, or a rubber duck, or a book I
think you might enjoy. A love letter, a useful object, or something else that is
awesome or maybe just taking up room in my house.
* Whatever it is, I promise I will get it to you in 365 days of your posted
comment or less, and I will need your snail mail.
* The only thing you need to do to receive your gift is PARTICIPATE.
* be one of the first three journalers to reply to this, and post this very same
thing in your journal, and YOU are the lucky giftee.
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[28 Jul 2007|11:27pm] |
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Today's my husband's birthday. It's my lucky day.
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[23 Jul 2007|09:51am] |
I hadn't planned on it, but I spent yesterday reading Deathly Hallows from cover to cover. It's amazing since it seems that lately, I can find about a minute and a half for myself, each day. The only thing I will say about Harry Potter is that if you haven't read the books, shame on you.
I'm swimming three times a week. I would swim every day if I could, that's something I've wanted to do all of my life. Unfortunately, I can't swim in the sunshine anymore. One hour of water and sun and I'm sunburned past recognition. With my immune system being on the fritz, it takes weeks to recover from a single burn. Just the same the water is fun and very good for my health.
I've been reading as much as possible, but Harry is the only fiction this year. I've read books on cellular biology and DNA, an astounding dialog between Diasaku Ikeda and Gorbechev called Moral Lessons of the Twenty-First Century, a small book of essays called Wonderful Encounters and several books on screenplay writing, with several more to go, and of course my on-going study of the Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and the Orally Transmitted Teachings. I've taken up my husband's method; I take my books everywhere and so read on the bus, bus stop, while waiting in line, anwhere I can.
Hope y'all are doing well. : D
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[04 Jul 2007|09:38am] |
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My friend, thomryng, has written a detailed comparison of George III and George Bush, and the articles of impeachment. ( Read more... )
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| SICKO |
[03 Jul 2007|08:26pm] |
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I just saw Sicko, Michael Moore's newest film about health care. I hope that you will see it, no matter what your feelings about politics or Michael Moore. It is funny and simple, and so very profound. Please don't miss it.
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