Oh I am pissed off today. I want to throw things at anyone who is rejoicing this day and spewing hateful nonsense about how great it's going to be. Today might just be the day I lose my shit
I thought I could handle just the CEP thread but Tillie is in there being obnoxious and I'm not sure I am up for it today.
Yeah no, I just can't with some people. For example, my second cousin is a Trump fan. I've never been a friend of his on social media because he's just a horrible person in general but he's been posting meme's on his sister's page (who I am friends with) and they are all horrible, hateful thing about how stupid liberals are and look at all the whiny crybabies.
I'm wearing a red and black flannel shirt and black leggings. Red, the blood of angry men; black, the dark of ages past that we'll currently be reliving in short order, you know, NBD.
I got to work and asked my coworker if she's ready for the ushering in of the apocalypse today and she said she's just going to pretend it's not happening, but that it was nice knowing everyone. Another coworker asked a customer if they're watching today, and the customer said they'd rather throw their TV out the window. lol. Small comforts.
I thought I could handle just the CEP thread but Tillie is in there being obnoxious and I'm not sure I am up for it today.
Yeah no, I just can't with some people. For example, my second cousin is a Trump fan. I've never been a friend of his on social media because he's just a horrible person in general but he's been posting meme's on his sister's page (who I am friends with) andv they are all horrible, hateful thing about how stupid liberals are and look at all the whiny crybabies.
I seriously wish for nothing more than a Facebook glitch that makes all of these people's profiles temporarily public so I can get in there and search "Obama" and screenshot every single disparaging post they ever made, of which you know there are plenty, and post them in response to every politically charged comment they ever make for all eternity.
Dressed myself and DS in head to toe black. Avoiding all social media / media today and hunkering down in my office. I can't even bear to hear Trump speak. Gym later this afternoon where I will avoid all the TV's. I have a jewelry party tonight at my neighbors. DS is having a sleep over and I plan to have all the wine. DH is working late so later I will enjoy some quiet time with my pup and reading Outlander. I've been drying to finish that series forever, might as well use tonights media blackout to start.
I'm organizing the filing cabinet this morning and OMG at the shit my husband saves. A receipt for some fence materials from 2014? Car insurance receipt from 2012? I have a huge stack of this stuff to shred, and I'm not even halfway through!
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Post by sawyerthedestroyer on Jan 20, 2017 12:21:18 GMT -5
Someone in my office is listening to 45 speak without their ear buds in. I don't know if it's an old speech or today's gibberish because I can't quite make out what he's saying and I'm not watching the inauguration, but it's juuuuuust loud enough to grate my nerves.
I'm in all black. Felt it was fitting today. Plus, it's rainy and dreary here, which is also fitting. No drinking tonight, because of the baby, but I do have cheesecake at home calling my names.
Tomorrow is DS's fourth birthday, so I am trying to focus on that. Happy day.
I thought I could handle just the CEP thread but Tillie is in there being obnoxious and I'm not sure I am up for it today.
Yeah no, I just can't with some people. For example, my second cousin is a Trump fan. I've never been a friend of his on social media because he's just a horrible person in general but he's been posting meme's on his sister's page (who I am friends with) and they are all horrible, hateful thing about how stupid liberals are and look at all the whiny crybabies.
Well, I am not a Trump "fan." Of any "Republicans" he's probably close to last on my list.
Not going to hikack the thread but just wanted to clarify that.
Post by carrotsmakemefat on Jan 20, 2017 14:12:50 GMT -5
I've been watching since 9am. I'm a political nerd and it's hard for me to not. Lots of little details I picked up today and it's been mildly entertaining.
I actually teared up watching the Obamas fly away. That was hard.
Post by carrotsmakemefat on Jan 20, 2017 14:14:27 GMT -5
Also, I sprained my ankle on Monday and I have a boot arriving from Amazon today by 9pm (thanks same day shipping!) I may change my mind and attend the march in DC tomorrow. We shall see
Its been POURING rain all night and morning. We got a flood warning a few minutes ago. In SoCal.
I'm drinking coffee for the first time in a month and fully caffeinated for the first time in almost a year. I want to crawl inside it and rub it all over me.
Around 2am this morning after feeding the baby he man belched right in my face, epically shat himself, then passed out on me. So that's what I missed out on by not going to college, right?
My poor PoBoy:( he has bilateral hip dysplasia (genetic and not common in small breeds), arthritis in his lower spine, he's missing most of one of his ribs and a vertebrae. đ
He's going to get laser treatments and he's on meds. The only symptom was a limp tail and faint limping.
Would you mind doing an update after the laser treatments about if the helped at all? My vet suggested them for one of my pups who is having trouble with excercise lately. The meds didnt really do much for her pain and the vet suggested this next but I am kind of skeptical.
Post by mrsjuleshs on Jan 20, 2017 17:02:29 GMT -5
I got a call from IT this mornining. Marketing had decided that we needed to have it livestream from the conference room (right behind my desk) in every office. I said no and he laughed and said every other admin has said the same thing. 2 hours later we got an email to all admin and managers that having it on is MANDATORY. I really didn't want it on but 2 people asked (out of 60) so... I didn't hook up the speakers so it was at least quiet enough where I didn't have to hear it. WTF! We are a pretty liberal company and they sure didn't have us put Obama's inauguration on. 1/2 the office is in black today.
Post by liverandonions on Jan 20, 2017 18:13:20 GMT -5
We had to bring the dog back to the rescue after he showed aggressive behaviors and bit my daughter last night unprovoked. I feel like an asshole, but he's not meant to be in a home with kids even though they said he was good with kids. The rescue even gave us our money back, so even they were understanding. I hope he finds the perfect home for him. </3
I like to think that Trump was pretty pissed at the poor turn out and that is why they did not get out of the cars, as per usual, and walk the rest of the way to the grand stand. He is such a fucking baby.
I mentioned this in last night's randoms, but I was thinking about it again this morning because there's a poll from our local news station on FB. I'm a U.S. history teacher and I have zero intention of bringing up the inauguration, let alone showing it. I honestly don't care if it's "making history." NO. Our admin hasn't said anything either way, and God knows I've discussed every minute detail of the election and the incoming administration with my students. I just don't want to honor 45 in any way.
Also-- and this is so dumb, but whatever-- we left the tv on for the whole day, on the Cartoon Network.
A friend of mine (from elementary school!) is also a US History teacher. This is what he posted last night. I thought it was beautifully said.
The United Statesâ presidential inauguration ceremony and parade has a very long and proud history. Some of the finest American speeches, spoken by some of the finest Americans, have been delivered on this occasion. Obvious examples include Lincolnâs second, where he asked for the country, still fighting the Civil War, to âbind up the nationâs wounds, to care for him who shall have born the battle, and his widow and his orphan.â Another is Franklin Rooseveltâs first, where he calmed a nation, frightened by economic collapse, by saying, âthe only thing we have to fear is fear itself.â I have heard these quotes since my childhood, looked up to the men who spoke them, and now try to pass that same sense of respect and reverence on to my students when we read those speeches in class.
The presidential inauguration also has a very deep personal history for me. I have either attended or watched on TV every ceremony during my lifetime. When I was a kid, my parents took me to the parades to help me learn about American democracy and citizenship. For several ceremonies, my father supervised the construction of the presidential reviewing stand and media booth. I visited both and stood in the place where the next president would watch the parade. I felt an enormous sense of both personal and civic pride. I felt like my normal, middle-class, suburban family had a connection to the most powerful people in the world; that I was about as close to the presidency as I would ever be.
As I got older, and my desire to become a history teacher became clearer, I watched the inauguration every time because I knew that I was experiencing history. I knew that, some day, I would be teaching my students about the presidency, and I could hear the historic speeches as they happened and share that experience with them. Sometimes, I supported the candidate who was taking the oath of office and other times I didnât, but what I kept, no matter what, was respect for the ceremony and what it represented. It represented a peaceful transition in power between two of the most qualified and respected people in the country. It showed that no matter how chaotic the rest of the world could be, that the US was a stable country, with values that others could look up to. The inauguration was a huge celebration of American democracy and I loved it.
What will happen tomorrow in Washington DC will NOT be a celebration of American democracy, but rather a celebration of how that democracy failed the majority of Americans. You have a president taking the oath who has never held elective office or made command decisions that could send another person to their death. A president who enters the role with a historically low popular approval rating. A president who lost the election by almost 3 million popular votes, to one of the most qualified candidates in our history, yet won the election because of the antiquated Electoral College system that was designed over 200 years ago to prop up the power of slave-holding aristocrats. A president who won an election that saw Jim Crow style efforts to disenfranchise minorities. A president whose election was greatly aided by the influence of a despotic foreign government. A president who has mocked the poor, minorities, the disabled, immigrants, non-Christians and bragged about sexually assaulting women. This was NOT a democratic election, and he does NOT represent democratic American values.
The United Statesâ history is a history of inclusiveness with resistance. We have moved beyond the employment signs of the 1850s that said âIrish need not apply,â the laws of the 1890s that prohibited Asian immigration and the âcolored onlyâ bathrooms of the Jim Crow Era. I look at the kids in my public school classroom â poor and rich, Hispanic and black, deaf and learning-disabled, illegal and native-born, Christian and Muslim, female and male â and I see the same kids, with a lot of the same goals, that Americans have had since the first illegal immigrants arrived at Jamestown in 1607. This is a democratic country that includes ALL of those people, and others, and says to ALL of them, âyou have value, and you are respected,â while at the same time it says to them, âask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.â
The inauguration celebration tomorrow is not a celebration of that America. It is not a celebration of my America, and because of that, for the first time in my life, I will not be watching. It makes me profoundly sad to feel that the American democracy I experienced as a youth, and have been learning about throughout my life, seems to be ebbing away. But I will do what countless Americans in the past have done in situations like this and fight back against the intolerance and ignorance of the vocal minority.
America has a long history of civil disobedience, from patriots protesting the Stamp Act to college students registering African Americans to vote in the South during the Civil Rights era, and there
is a lot that I, and we, can do to carry on that tradition. It starts with not watching his inauguration. This is a man whose ego feeds off numbers, so turn the TV on, switch it to HGTV, and go about your business. That will increase the number of TVs on and lower his market share. While the TV is on, do something democratic and American. Do some research on the issues he is pushing for and the programs he is trying to take away (like PBS and NPR). Watch some video of the confirmation hearings of his cabinet picks and get a sense of how unqualified, un-American and un-democratic they are (nearly all rich, white and/or male). Sign an online petition. Call or email your representative if you have a problem with any of these things.
He claims that he is trying to âMake America Great Again.â But the America that I have experienced and learned about, despite its flaws, is already pretty great. The flaws have been fixed by the silent majority coming together to fight against the intolerance and hate that he, and others like him in the past, represent. Hopefully, future inaugurations will go back to being grand displays of these great American values, and when they do, I will watch them again
I mentioned this in last night's randoms, but I was thinking about it again this morning because there's a poll from our local news station on FB. I'm a U.S. history teacher and I have zero intention of bringing up the inauguration, let alone showing it. I honestly don't care if it's "making history." NO. Our admin hasn't said anything either way, and God knows I've discussed every minute detail of the election and the incoming administration with my students. I just don't want to honor 45 in any way.
Also-- and this is so dumb, but whatever-- we left the tv on for the whole day, on the Cartoon Network.
A friend of mine (from elementary school!) is also a US History teacher. This is what he posted last night. I thought it was beautifully said.
The United Statesâ presidential inauguration ceremony and parade has a very long and proud history. Some of the finest American speeches, spoken by some of the finest Americans, have been delivered on this occasion. Obvious examples include Lincolnâs second, where he asked for the country, still fighting the Civil War, to âbind up the nationâs wounds, to care for him who shall have born the battle, and his widow and his orphan.â Another is Franklin Rooseveltâs first, where he calmed a nation, frightened by economic collapse, by saying, âthe only thing we have to fear is fear itself.â I have heard these quotes since my childhood, looked up to the men who spoke them, and now try to pass that same sense of respect and reverence on to my students when we read those speeches in class.
The presidential inauguration also has a very deep personal history for me. I have either attended or watched on TV every ceremony during my lifetime. When I was a kid, my parents took me to the parades to help me learn about American democracy and citizenship. For several ceremonies, my father supervised the construction of the presidential reviewing stand and media booth. I visited both and stood in the place where the next president would watch the parade. I felt an enormous sense of both personal and civic pride. I felt like my normal, middle-class, suburban family had a connection to the most powerful people in the world; that I was about as close to the presidency as I would ever be.
As I got older, and my desire to become a history teacher became clearer, I watched the inauguration every time because I knew that I was experiencing history. I knew that, some day, I would be teaching my students about the presidency, and I could hear the historic speeches as they happened and share that experience with them. Sometimes, I supported the candidate who was taking the oath of office and other times I didnât, but what I kept, no matter what, was respect for the ceremony and what it represented. It represented a peaceful transition in power between two of the most qualified and respected people in the country. It showed that no matter how chaotic the rest of the world could be, that the US was a stable country, with values that others could look up to. The inauguration was a huge celebration of American democracy and I loved it.
What will happen tomorrow in Washington DC will NOT be a celebration of American democracy, but rather a celebration of how that democracy failed the majority of Americans. You have a president taking the oath who has never held elective office or made command decisions that could send another person to their death. A president who enters the role with a historically low popular approval rating. A president who lost the election by almost 3 million popular votes, to one of the most qualified candidates in our history, yet won the election because of the antiquated Electoral College system that was designed over 200 years ago to prop up the power of slave-holding aristocrats. A president who won an election that saw Jim Crow style efforts to disenfranchise minorities. A president whose election was greatly aided by the influence of a despotic foreign government. A president who has mocked the poor, minorities, the disabled, immigrants, non-Christians and bragged about sexually assaulting women. This was NOT a democratic election, and he does NOT represent democratic American values.
The United Statesâ history is a history of inclusiveness with resistance. We have moved beyond the employment signs of the 1850s that said âIrish need not apply,â the laws of the 1890s that prohibited Asian immigration and the âcolored onlyâ bathrooms of the Jim Crow Era. I look at the kids in my public school classroom â poor and rich, Hispanic and black, deaf and learning-disabled, illegal and native-born, Christian and Muslim, female and male â and I see the same kids, with a lot of the same goals, that Americans have had since the first illegal immigrants arrived at Jamestown in 1607. This is a democratic country that includes ALL of those people, and others, and says to ALL of them, âyou have value, and you are respected,â while at the same time it says to them, âask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.â
The inauguration celebration tomorrow is not a celebration of that America. It is not a celebration of my America, and because of that, for the first time in my life, I will not be watching. It makes me profoundly sad to feel that the American democracy I experienced as a youth, and have been learning about throughout my life, seems to be ebbing away. But I will do what countless Americans in the past have done in situations like this and fight back against the intolerance and ignorance of the vocal minority.
America has a long history of civil disobedience, from patriots protesting the Stamp Act to college students registering African Americans to vote in the South during the Civil Rights era, and there
is a lot that I, and we, can do to carry on that tradition. It starts with not watching his inauguration. This is a man whose ego feeds off numbers, so turn the TV on, switch it to HGTV, and go about your business. That will increase the number of TVs on and lower his market share. While the TV is on, do something democratic and American. Do some research on the issues he is pushing for and the programs he is trying to take away (like PBS and NPR). Watch some video of the confirmation hearings of his cabinet picks and get a sense of how unqualified, un-American and un-democratic they are (nearly all rich, white and/or male). Sign an online petition. Call or email your representative if you have a problem with any of these things.
He claims that he is trying to âMake America Great Again.â But the America that I have experienced and learned about, despite its flaws, is already pretty great. The flaws have been fixed by the silent majority coming together to fight against the intolerance and hate that he, and others like him in the past, represent. Hopefully, future inaugurations will go back to being grand displays of these great American values, and when they do, I will watch them again