Goodbye.
I've decided to end this blog. I've always hated it when people decide not to write in a certain blog but never sign off officially. So, I'm doing just that.
Cheers,
Angelissima

What is going on!

Ever have a day when like, stuff is going wrong. Weird stuff. Okay, first I wake up and that was okay. One of my daughters was having this clothing dilemma and not only missed her school bus, but still wasn't ready for Bernie to give her a ride before he went to work, so lots of screaming and yelling happening.

I refused to drive her until it was time to drive Genevieve to school (she doesnt have a school bus, so I drive her every morning and Bernie picks her up in the afternoon.) Its so unnecessary, she should be able to get herself up and dressed in an hour. So, she was crying, carrying on...blah blah. She was half an hour late to school.

I found Bernie's lunch left on the kitchen counter, also.

Then the email program I need to perform my job decided to disappear off the face of cyberspace. So, lost a few hours there until it came back up. Then my camera decided to start acting crazy and it refuses to stay "on" so I couldnt take any photos while I waited for Trakken to emerge.

Ive been working on this project that seems like pulling teeth. Today I finally figured out the best way to translate the changes from our members to the tech team and they seemed to know absolutely nothing about what I was talking about..at first..but then I found out someone was working on the tools we need to transition and that was good.

Bobby, the shaved lhasa apso, is acting crazy..shivering and shaking like mad...I think hes sick. My cat is acting insane.

On the upside, its a gorgeous day. and I got my haircut yesterday and thats cool. We've managed to keep the back porch heated with firewood last night. Its kinda fun learning how to manage this wood-burning stove, keeping the delicate balance of fire and air transitioned into a heating source using wood cut from the farm.

So, really...I have no problems. hehe.

You've seen all the maps.

You know, the maps all over cyberspace of "Jesusland" or the "United Evangelical States of America". I saw a good one today on Banned. (stacie merrill's "other" fotolog) of the pre-Civil War map of the USA..looking strangely like it does from the 2004 Presidential election.

I'm just now getting over the shock. I want to crawl back into my hole until 2007. Do you also realize that GWB gets to choose a few chief justices before its all said and done? Bye-bye freedom of speech. Hello coat-hangers in the alley. Iraq is in a state of emergency. If WAR wasn't bad enough. I wonder how many Catholics would fight against an army attacking the Vatican City? This holy war against terrorism cannot be won.

CONSERVATIVE? on the fence? Please visit one of these links and VOTE FOR KERRY!

Republicans for Kerry
http://www.republicansforkerry04.org/
Conservatives for Kerry
http://conservativesforkerry.com/conspeakout.html
American Conservative Magazine
http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover1.html

CHRISTIAN AND FEEL UNEASY?
CHRISTIAN GROUPS

Christians Against Bush
http://www.christiansagainstbush.com/
http://christiansagainstbush.bravehost.com/
The Right Christians
http://www.therightchristians.org/
Why Evangelical Christians Must Vote Against George W. Bush
http://dfa.bmgbiz.net/evangelical.html
Why Christians Should Not Vote for George W. Bush
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3114.html
Catholics for Kerry
http://www.catholicsforkerry04.org/
Believers Against Bush
http://www.believersagainstbush.org/
Christians for Kerry
http://www.publicchristian.com/govtpolitics/chr4kerry.shtml


MILITARY and VETERANS GROUPS

Iraq Veterans Against The War
http://ivaw.net/
Veterans for Peace
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/
Veterans Against The Iraq War
http://www.vaiw.org/vet/
Military Families Speak Out
http://www.mfso.org/
Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change
http://www.diplomatsforchange.com/signatories/dissenters.shtml


NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES

New York Times endorsement for Kerry:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/opinion/17sun1.html?ex=1255665600&en=4273d1a9760f9069&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&pagewanted=all
The New Yorker magazine endorsement:
http://www.newyorker.com/printable/?talk/041101ta_talk_editors
36 Newspapers Abandon Bush for Kerry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A447-2004Oct26.html


MISC. GROUPS

More than 100 tenured or emeritus business and economics professors speak out on Bush fiscal policy:
http://www.openlettertothepresident.org/
48 Nobel Prize winners against Bush:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1320
Kids for Kerry
http://www.kidsforkerry.org/
Teens for Kerry
http://www.teensforkerry.com/
Librarians Against Bush
http://www.librariansagainstbush.org/


MOM GROUPS

Mothers Opposing Bush
http://www.mob.org/
Mainstreet Moms Oppose Bush
http://www.themmob.com/


FUNNY (yet serious) GROUPS

"please, don`t vote for our cousin!"
http://www.bushrelativesforkerry.com/
Billionaires for Bush
http://www.billionairesforbush.com/

While this town is busy sleeping,
All the noise has died away.
I walk the streets to stop my weeping,
'Cause she'll never change her ways.
Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her.
My heart feels so still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow.
Oh I think I've forgotten her now.
Her love is a rose, pale and dying.
Dropping her petals in land unknown
All full of wine, the world before her, was sober with no place to go.
Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her.
My heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow.
She's somewhere out there now.

Well my tears falling down as I try to forget,
Her love was a joke from day that we met.
All of the words, all of her men,
all of my pain when I think back to when.
Remember her hair as it shone in the sun,
the smell of the bed when I knew what she'd done.
Tell yourself over and over you won't ever need her again.
But don't fool yourself,
she was heartache from the moment that you met her.
My heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow.
She's out there somewhere now.
Oh She was heartache from the day that I first met her.
My heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget you, somehow.
Cause I know you're somewhere out there right now.

Forget Her, Jeff Buckley

It's quiet now, and what it brings, is everything
comes calling back, a brilliant night, I'm still awake
I looked ahead, I'm sure I saw you there.
You don't need me to tell you now, that nothing can compare


You might've laughed if I told you,
You might have hidden your frown.
You might've succeeded in changing me,
I might've been turned around.
It's easier to leave than to be left behind,
Leaving was never my proud,
Leaving New York never easy,
I saw the light fading out.

Now life is sweet, and what it brings
I tried to take.
the loneliness it wears me out,
it lies in wake.
and all I 've lost, you're in my eyes,
i might've lived my life in a dream
but i swear it, it's real
and you refuse, and it shatters like glass
mercurial future, forget the past

Beach

Just got back from a long walk on Manasquan Beach. I love this time of year because the tourists are gone and there is nothing but silence and surfers and a few fishermen.

I found a few large pieces of sea glass. Usually this time of year is great for scallop shells. I didnt see any.

The sun hasn't shone in days and days. Luckily the trees are all aglow.

I just heard a cool new song from Cosmic Roughriders
aptly named, Life in Wartime.

He brings disaster upon his nation who
never sows a seed, or lays a brick, or
weaves a garment, but
makes politics his occupation.
Kahlil Gibran