Yeah me. Nerd to the core.

Ren Evolution had a Nerd test posted...be being me had to take it. And the one it linked to. As I suspected I scored hi on both.






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Nerd? Me? Never? He...I revel in my Nerdiness.

Inaugruration Day 2009

Barak Obama was Inaugurated today. It was historic...because he's Black, African American, whatever the current term is. Personally, I don't care about his race. It did not make me vote for him nor did it prevent me from voting for him.
I watched the Inauguration at work today. The CEO of the company set up a TV in the cafeteria. I made the rounds of all the work rooms that I could reach and told the supervisors to send down anyone interested. There were several who sat enthralled by it. And it gave me chills up and down my spine to watch it, especially in that setting.
The race card is being played up here,,,,the connection to Martin Luther King, Jr and the Civil Rights Movement is played up here and it is a major point in that struggle. HOWEVER the disabled are still denied rights, denied status and often denied even simple acknowledgment. These are the folks who will be the next frontier of the Civil Rights movement - if the Leaders of that movement decide to take up the banner and fight this fight with them. Some of the people who were most enthralled with this are the most seriously disabled. Some have limited abilities to speak or communicate but they sure as hell understand - some of the most Surprising folks sat and watched and cheered when the oaths were finished. ( if you want to know how a non verbal person cheers - one got up and did that "It's good" dance that they do at football games after a field goal...just at the second that Obama completed the oath.)
They understood not only the importance of this moment - "We got a new President." But many understood the significance of having our first Black President.
I was honoured to spend that moment in history in such company.

Job Interview.

I have been unhappy at my job for awhile. Mainly because I am not making it financially and I need to find my own home..not an apartment - a home. But I am not even making rent here which is a paltry $200 a month. I make bills and that's pretty much it.
This job is more physical, more emotionally demanding, more draining on my health than any I have had in a long time.
I have no delusions that the job I am interviewing is more money, more hours and the opportunity to get Over Time...all of which means I can pay rent here, pay off bills faster and go to school to get the education I need to do something decent for the rest of my life.
Wish me luck. I'll need it to get the job and to survive it.

Does this sound weird to you?

Mom's out with her sister today, I am home alone. A little bit ago the phone rang and I answered - the conversations went like this.
Me: Hello
Him: Is Irene there?
Me: no, what can I do for you?
Him: Where's Irene?
Me: What are you calling about?
Him: I don't know, I have some papers here....
Me: why are you calling here?
Him: I am doing some home improvement for Irene
Me: She's not here, Wha
Him: Why are you answering the phone if you don't live there? ( note I never told him I did't)
Me: What are you calling about?
Him: I have papers saying to call Irene after 6 or 7. ( it was 1:30 or so)
Me: It's not after 6 or 7 and this is the weekend, she tends to go out those day.
Him: Where is she?
Me: Forcefully hanging up.
Thirty Second Break

Me: Hello
Him: I need to speak to Irene
Me: I already said she's not here.
Him: Why are you being so rude to me?
Me: Listen you are calling here, won't answer what for, you are being rude.
Him: Do you hate yourself, listen go look in the mirror, Do you love yourself?
Me: I am not not answering personal and rude questions
Him: How is that rude? I have notes here to call Irene at XXX- XXXX, on 40 Ourstreet, our town, NY How am I being rude.
Me Forcefully hanging up again.


Frankly I find this a bit odd and more than a bit scary in the scammer sense. Is it just me or would any of that put you off too.

More on Tolerance

I've been thinking a LOT about tolerance lately....mainly due to work issues. And the situation at work has gotten worse. First work developments:
I put decorations on the wall...simple ones,made of construction paper and glue - taped on to the walls. And folks got bent out of shape - even the health care aide from an outside agency got pissy over them because they "violate her beliefs" apparently things like dreidels, deers, candles and evergreens violate some Christian beliefs that I am not aware of. She is ticked that there is no manger scene in them...because there are religious Christian symbols all over the place at work. Heck there is a manger scene in the cafeteria as there is! But she got bent and threatened to report it to her agency as hostile. riiiiiight!
Another thing that has me thinking is the slogan "Tolerance at all costs" - I really don't understand that. What exactly are you tolerating there...unruly kids, those who don't like the unruliness, folks who's lifestyles and beliefs are different than yours, people who hate and live by that hate, who? and why? and what happens when tolerance runs out...what then? Do the tolerators get to "crack down" on the toloratees as has been done historically? Mere Tolerance does not go far enough, IMHO.
Nor, for that matter does acceptance. Acceptance to me smacks of resignation. Not really sure how to word it, but the closest I can come to describing it is _ "I can't make you be what I want you to be so I have to resign myself to it and this is my show of how wonderful I am - see I accept this!" sorry that attitude doesn't cut it either.

I'm not sure what the answer is..but stopping at tolerance and/or acceptance is too little, for many things and uncalled for in others. Somethings should never be tolerated...other things it just doesn't go far enough.