Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day or "Persecute Single People" Day.

I begin this Valy's Day by watching my2 favorite Dave Chappelle's clips. Enjoy! I have some other clips to share with you. I figure this is my gift to everyone so now you can't say you didn't get anything. This is so much better than roses!!!!

So I have been trying to catch up on Mr. George W Bush. I think this clip says it best.
Black Bush
What the hell. So we are sending 21,000 more troops over to Iraq for the safety of our soldiers in Iraq. Sure. Whatever. I guess that makes since. I'm sure the person that explained this to Georgey, made it sound a hell of a lot better than how I interpreted it. Oh, and what the hell is this shit about give North Korea money and oil to disarm? What the fuck? Maybe if we gave fucking Iraq and Iran money maybe they wouldn't have been so pissed off at us! Oh wait, we did, but some how doing deals under the guise of the UN seems to have fucked in the long run. Let me get this straight. We are giving money to a member of the supposed "Axis of Evil," ( yeah, did we forget about this slur?) to play nice. Did we become pussy over the last 4 years, or do we only attack nations were men wear dresses and have a surplus of a natural resource? Fucking free oil! Maybe as a nation we should put together a friggin' uranium enrichment program, so we can get money and oil from our own damn government! Stop the madness!!

Yes. We had our first snow storm of the season (not to be confused with the first snowfall). We got about 2 1/2 to 3 inches. Of course, when I got up for work, no plowing, and very little salting had occurred in my neck of the woods. Let me just say, I don't live in the boondocks. I am in one of the larger cities in the state. The roads were crap today. If one didn't need to be out, then home should have been the place of duty. Schools were closed. I mean, for a place were there are 4 seasons and snow is common, why was there complete lunacy yesterday at the grocery stores and gas stations? I waited for over an hour for gas yesterday. Yea, I could have gone to another gas station, but my light was on. I was also boxed in.

At work today, we were empty except for the occasional idiot that honestly believed there was a book in our store that was absolutely necessary for existence. Our regulars came in and sat as they usually do, so they were excused. Pretty much those that came to work between 7 to 8 AM, were the only ones that came in. We ended up closing early. So we all stayed until the store closed at 3 PM. People are amazing. We got phone calls asking if we were holding day activities for kids out of school for the inclement weather ( because it's too much for parents to actually take care of their kids, or keep them safe by letting them stay at home like the ED department did), if we can stay open longer so customers could drive to the store and pick up books, why we were closing early when people are willing to shop in our store, and my favorite phone call of the day: why we couldn't have every issue from the last 13 months of ESPN the magazine. I love people. Most people have a self-absorbed attitude; a why me or "it's all about me" delusion. It seems to come out more during holidays, stressful moments, and inclement weather. I know people just don't think sometimes, but what frightens me is that most do.

The last thing that is on my mind is how ignorant I must be. Amazingly, since I started working at the bookstore, I have discovered there are a stock pile of mentally disabled, physically handicapped, and/or syndrome plagued children. Seriously. How many people do you know have Asperger's disorder? I didn't know this existed until about a month ago when this cute, informative book All Cats have Asperger's, was released. Yesterday, I found out a work associate of my husband, has a child with Kawasaki's disease. Again, were are these disorders/diseases coming from? When I was growing up, I didn't know anyone with anything close to these problems. I'm not making fun of anyone, but, have we as a nation reached the shallow end of the gene pool? Is evolution coming into play? It seems one out of every four kids has some type of problem. Then we label them, and now they have a life long excuse. They are babied by their families and teachers. Organizations with good intentions are formed for public awareness, but what happens is the public is then flooded with information, opinions, and excuses.

Not to be a heartless bitch, but what happens when this generation of protected kids have to take the reigns in 15 to 20 years? Do you really want a president with ADHD? We already have had several morons, do we really wanna keep testing the odds? Not saying that these people won't be good leaders and have bright futures, but we can't keep providing pillows to step on over the rocky path of life. If we don't give them what they need to be strong mentally and physically, we are the next Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan, Ugandan etc. Hey, I plan on leaving way before that happens. I going to retire in either Japan or Ireland. Were they still give tough, but just love when it is needed (not in spite or evil). The "softening" of America is problem one of the main reasons I just don't wanna have kids. I mean, I don't want to play Russian Roulette with the health of my unborn kids. Sorry. I never said I was a nice person. I just say how it is.

So I guess I've gone one way too long tonight. I have no plans for Valy's Day. Hubby's asleep on the couch. He picked me up from work today because he didn't think it was safe for me to drive home. I made it there okay, but some of the snow build on the roads this afternoon, yep, my red dragon would have had a hard time. Hubby has his moments. I did how ever do a small candle ritual.

Happy Valentine's Day, and to all a good and lusty night!
Valentine's for lovers and for friends.
All my love goes out to you this day!
Love is something different from desire:
Even, silent, peaceful as the sky.
Nor is love interested in means or ends.
There are no selfish needs that it must weigh.
Instead, love's plenitude itself inspires,
Needing neither cause nor reason why.
Each day my thoughts enchanted with you lie.

Barry Taylor

Yokai Kifujin