Life Goes On
Grief is bizarre.
I feel like I've been on a long road trip; one where the motels were ok, but we had to eat at McDonald's too much and the air conditioner in the car was out. Not unbearable, but by day 2, you can't physically handle any more. And yet we don't stop, don't go back, and don't find a better burger. Because, truly, the scenery is beautiful, the company comforting, the music fine, and when we get to where we're going, we'll be where we're supposed to be.
Still, what an exhausting journey.
Now, I have a life to get back to.
SO-
a few things I've noticed, and I reserve the right to expand on any of this at another time:
- Excuse me, but did I read that a Catholic priest refused to give Communion to 100 Catholic gays - because they were wearing rainbow banners? Ummm... have you SEEN the costumes those priests wear? Ok, maybe that's simplifying it.... but not much.
- Idol. CONSTANTINE GONE??? Apparently it's not a talent contest. And now we know that it's not even a popularity contest.
- RAYMOND.... ok, do it already.
- STAR WARS.... ditto
- Here in LA we are voting tomorrow for our new mayor.
No one will win- especially not us.
But my point here is that is that PHONE POLLS should be ILLEGAL. We have had well over 30 calls in the last 2 weeks- at least 2 a day. That's just rude.
I actually had some idiot girl tell me that unless I told her how I planned to vote, she would keep calling me until I did.
She claimed, "You're supposed to tell us who you're voting for, otherwise we have to keep calling until you do." Huh?
After a Civics lesson with her Supervisor (you didn't think I'd just let that one go, did you?), I started responding to each new call thusly:
Yes, you want to know who I am voting for. I am not going to tell you. Your harassment goes against my American freedom to vote anonymously and I am considering a lawsuit to stop this kind of campaigning.
Not that I am, really. But they claim it's for "polling purposes", and it is SO not. They think it keeps the Candidate's name in our minds- and that may be. But , for me, it makes me LESS LIKELY to WANT to vote, and certainly not vote for the one who's BUGGING me the most.
yeah, but isn't that how we ALL vote, anyway?
still, that doesn't explain Constantine.
I feel like I've been on a long road trip; one where the motels were ok, but we had to eat at McDonald's too much and the air conditioner in the car was out. Not unbearable, but by day 2, you can't physically handle any more. And yet we don't stop, don't go back, and don't find a better burger. Because, truly, the scenery is beautiful, the company comforting, the music fine, and when we get to where we're going, we'll be where we're supposed to be.
Still, what an exhausting journey.
Now, I have a life to get back to.
SO-
a few things I've noticed, and I reserve the right to expand on any of this at another time:
- Excuse me, but did I read that a Catholic priest refused to give Communion to 100 Catholic gays - because they were wearing rainbow banners? Ummm... have you SEEN the costumes those priests wear? Ok, maybe that's simplifying it.... but not much.
- Idol. CONSTANTINE GONE??? Apparently it's not a talent contest. And now we know that it's not even a popularity contest.
- RAYMOND.... ok, do it already.
- STAR WARS.... ditto
- Here in LA we are voting tomorrow for our new mayor.
No one will win- especially not us.
But my point here is that is that PHONE POLLS should be ILLEGAL. We have had well over 30 calls in the last 2 weeks- at least 2 a day. That's just rude.
I actually had some idiot girl tell me that unless I told her how I planned to vote, she would keep calling me until I did.
She claimed, "You're supposed to tell us who you're voting for, otherwise we have to keep calling until you do." Huh?
After a Civics lesson with her Supervisor (you didn't think I'd just let that one go, did you?), I started responding to each new call thusly:
Yes, you want to know who I am voting for. I am not going to tell you. Your harassment goes against my American freedom to vote anonymously and I am considering a lawsuit to stop this kind of campaigning.
Not that I am, really. But they claim it's for "polling purposes", and it is SO not. They think it keeps the Candidate's name in our minds- and that may be. But , for me, it makes me LESS LIKELY to WANT to vote, and certainly not vote for the one who's BUGGING me the most.
yeah, but isn't that how we ALL vote, anyway?
still, that doesn't explain Constantine.
posted by jules @ 12:56 PM
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