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So today, at my first day at my new job, I saw a celebrity.  I don’t really care about him much, but he’s kind of cute and he’s been in movies and on a popular tv show.  How should I react?  do they like people to recognize them if you’re not annoying about it?  I pretty much pretended I didn’t know who he was and avoided looking at him at all costs.  Maybe he would notice that as well? And think I’m a bitch?WWJOEDO? 

I recently read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and even though it has the word Brooklyn in the titles I was surprised to see it was practically set in the neighborhood I live in now, and even though it took place about 100 years ago, the book mentioned things like McCarren Park and Cheap Charlies that still exist today.  I was actually entranced and read the book in a day, and got a lot out of it.  Mostly that I should teach my children to read as early as possible, tell them how important education is, and have them do their own chores everyday.  And not marry a drunkard. [Read more →]

OH YEAH HOUSE RULEZZ

So yeah, times ARE tough and the economy does suck.  How do I know?  Like a dummy, I quit my job and am now looking for one.  And it is hard, and I am even having difficulty finding a coffee shop job- and I am qualified in coffee work.  I kind of didn’t believe the economy was taking a hit before, but now oh boy do I.  With not owning a home, and not owning any stocks, I felt impervious to the financial collapse, and I only saw it for real in the news. [Read more →]

Hillary Clinton might possibly be the next secretary of state, which would be interesting since she has already been denied both the position of president and vice president, alternately by the people of America and by other people who actually get to decide things.  I have been hoping (since Biden was nominated VEEP) that Clinton would get to be secretary of state, kind of because I wanted her to get SOMETHING.

Clinton loves policy and legislatin’ so it might be a bit of a stretch to put her in the diplomatin’ role of Sec O State.  Her forte is the ins and outs of domestic law making, not the foreign policy, and if it’s one thing she lost on in the democratic primaries, it’s foreign policy.  So again, weird that she’d take this job, but again, we all kind of want her to do SOMETHING.

In the new political age known as the “Bush almost isn’t President anymore” we have a chance to change the political and social climate for good- and when the next political age dawns, “the Democrats are in control of Congress, watch out” we’ll have even more of a chance.  I’m not talking about passing laws or balancing budgets.  Those things matter, but not as much as education and involvement. [Read more →]

 

Sarah Palin is famous now.  Much like Mike Huckabee, her candidacy has not only invigorated the religious right, it has also made a character out of the candidate.  On youtube, someone is always watching something about Palin, whether it’s comedic or from a news source.  And I think her existence is responsible for giving SNL a new purpose.  Sarah Palin, in essence, has become a caricature and ceased to become a political figure.  I’ve noticed that it seems more like Palin is campaigning to be First Lady with her pet issue being special needs children than vice president, where her best cred is in energy policy- and it’s cred based on a husband’s career with an oil company and some muddling in oil contracts.   But she is proving to be a veritable fountain of gaffes that are hurting the MCCAMPAIGN… [Read more →]

 

This awesome bank has sent this awesome letter to Congress.  I am so, like, proud of this bank for standing up against the bailout.  I assume that all financial institutions are pro-bailout, but the more I think about it, the more it makes sense for anamolies in bailout opinion. [Read more →]

 

So there’s a lot of news about “economic collapse” and “federal bailouts” but the terminology, chronology and methodology of these stories is really confusing; laymen like us don’t really understand.  You’d have to have about three degrees to get it and explain it and the people writing the articles aren’t doing a good job- not to mention nothing’s been clearly stated about how much trouble we’re actually in and there’ve been no moves towards a solution, well besides the congressional hearings going on right now but from what I can glean they seem a little farcical.  We’re all wondering what it all means.  And I work at a bank; not only am I wondering, but people are asking me. [Read more →]

Jezebel is a feminist slanting blog about media, pop culture and celebrity.  They foray into politics, the economy and literature as well.  Their bias, voice and overall tone is aimed at shaming people into agreeing with their ideas and opinions; at least that’s my conclusion based on my year and a half close reading of their site.  Depsite the fact that I respect their mission, I do not respect the end result- the creation of a community of narrow-minded, insufferable know it alls who feel privileged and entitled enough to insult a dissenting opinion.  [Read more →]