Topicless stream of consciousness posting. Let it out in this thread.

[Maddy McCall]

I don't want to start three threads on the thoughts I am having right now.

Where is Dennis going to go? Will he get off of Cuba already and give us some idea where he's going to make landfall? Will I have to go to Walmart to buy supplies? God I hope not. But both grocery stores were out of batteries and water today.

What do people do with their animals when they evacuate? Some guy on the weather underground blog just posted that he's going to leave his dog in the bathroom with plenty of food and water. Jesus, that bothers me. I'm volunteering here to care for pets that belong to people who stay in the church's shelter here. I wish no one had to make that decision--whether to leave or take a pet. Can't imagine EVER leaving Lucinda and Bisbee behind.

Why were people so hateful to Andy? Why can't Bev Harris just go away? Do people even believe her anymore? I hope she carries the weight of her contribution to Andy's stress for the rest of her life.

Oh well, it's your turn. If you just want to type your frustrations, questions, or comments here to get them out of your system, feel free. This is a topic-less thread. :hug:

[progmom]

1. ok...here are mine

Wow that Femi Kuti show was amazing tonight. So joyful, so magical...so sexual. Why can't more music be like this?

Do people in GD really think that Lounge-dwellers are somehow beneath them? That thread today really upset me.

And lastly - I spilled half a cup of beer down my front this evening. :eyes: I was with Ann Arbor Dem (who doesn't post here nearly often enough) and her first response was: "I promise I won't tell DU about this!"

[elshiva]

4. LOL. Now DU knows!

[sundog]

6. snarf

:spray:

smooth move ex lax

[elshiva]

2. Andy IS in heaven. God bless him. Let us honor him:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4051649&mesg_id=4051649

Sister Sharon was a great professor and I won't hear anything else.

Santa Claus is a Black Man is the greatest song ever.

[havocmom]

12. That is my sister's favorite song!

Made her a rasta-man Santa doll complete with dreads, a red and white tie-dyed shirt and crocheted yellow, red, green hat. We made sandals for him and gave him a bag of goodies to carry.

[elshiva]

19. YAY! But does the doll...

"Look just like my daddy, too?"

[derby378]

3. Why is everyone so friggin' stupid?

Never mind the people who actually voted for *; I'm talking about society as a whole. Those little V-chip boxes in the upper left-hand corner of my TV screen keep getting bigger and bigger, obscuring more of the screen. I've got people who say "There is no smoking in this auditorium" as though it were an absolute fact like "There are no pink unicorns in this auditorium." Can't they expend just a little more energy to say "There is no smoking allowed in this auditorium" and speak proper English for once?

[linazelle]

5. Nice stream....

I have a zillion things to do tomorrow--wash, clean, cut grass (after I pick up the repaired lawn mower from Sears), exercise, meet a friend who's visiting from out of town for dinner...and more.

Something's not gonna get done. Exercise is top priority.

Mom's not feeling well. Keeps complaining about her back hurting. Her biopsy and sonogram results are due Monday. I'm praying for the best.

I should go to sleep.

[Maddy McCall]

8. Good thoughts to you and your mother.

:hug:

[linazelle]

10. Thanks. Your concern is appreciated. nt

[Maddy McCall]

7. I just apologized to a DUer I care about.

I hurt his feelings a couple of weeks ago. It feels good to mend that fence.

You know who you are. :hug:

[sundog]

9. i am buzzed

dating sucks, don't ever do it

[JimmyJazz]

13. shaddup you dork.

*noogies*

[sundog]

14. smooch

:*

[JimmyJazz]

16. right here!

[sundog]

17. damn you!

here i am opening my wounded heart to you & you offer nothing but cruelty & jests

nevermore! :P

[havocmom]

11. People are mean to guys like Andy cuz he was big and they are small

People who constantly feel the need to TRY and tear down others are very small, miserable people. They do not like those who achieve good things, especially if those things are for the greater good. Makes them loath themselves in comparison. They tear down to try an make themselves look more equal to great people like Andy (YOU listening, Bev darling, you wretched insect?). It doesn't really work so they have to keep doing it to try to feel more substantial.

Am worried about all you folks in the path of that storm. I would ride it out rather than leave my 90 Pound Hound. At my age, not any point in being safe without my best pals, and they all have fur! So sad to think of the animals, confused and scared outta their minds. You are kind to try and help.

Can't stop thinking about Blair, his son 'working for a US Congressman' and the blasts in London. Ya know about the old tradition of taking a subordinate ruler's offspring into the 'care' of a more powerful king, of course. Makes damn sure the lesser king cooperates. Blair's son in D.C. Well, now, the word 'hostage' does come to my mind.

The crops around here are doing well and the locals are happy. But I wonder how many young men will not be home to help with haying in the coming years. I look at them and see a dark place too often. It troubles me greatly. I knew a week before it happened that we would lose our first local young man to the illegal war. I know there will be more.

My daughter wants to learn a skill that will help people survive. She feels that our society is about to collapse and she does not want to be one of the millions who will have no skills needed in the coming storm. I love her and wish I was leaving her a better world. Sadly, I feel her concerns are well founded. She is a wise young woman, but she has no hope for a bright world and I cannot really offer her anything but my love and spiritual guidance. I can teach her to grow some food and preserve it. I cannot give her false hope. There is a dark time coming and we both know it.

But I do have people on DU who help me keep flagging energies up for the good fight and that is a gift beyond gold. Though we never meet, there are many here I love and send good thoughts to. There is humanity and dignity here. We keep that. We keep many candles.

Ride the storm well, Maddy McCall. You are one of the lights in my darkness. Many blessings on your house.

[Maddy McCall]

18. I like your daughter.

Your description says volumes about her, and I like her.

:hug: You are a gem of a person to me. Thanks for the sweet post. :)

[Deja Q]

15. Why?

Why? Why? Why?

Why am I trapped?

XMISSION_TM: 941816.2

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. My kid (17) spilled his guts to me the other night.

I suspected the cigarettes and the pot; because I've smelled them both on him. He informed me that he'd be smoking a lot more when he turned 18. I told him he wouldn't be doing it in the house because 1) his father's allergic to it, and 2)I don't want his little brother getting cancer as a result of his folly. I told him that went for pot, too; and that if I ever found drugs (especially meth, coke, or crack) in the house his ass would be out of here unless he checked into a treatment facility.

I knew he had a girlfriend that he broke up with a few months ago. He had insisted to me that he wasn't involved in anything serious, and never introduced us.

Judging from his evening hours, I also figured that he had spent the night with her on several occasions; so I assumed she probably had her own place, and was a little older than him. I was a little surprised to learn that she was 23.

He explained to me that she was a very confused person, and that in many ways he was more mature than her. I told him that I didn't doubt that. He asked why, and I said that 23 year old women aren't typically attracted to 17 year old guys.

At least he's talking...

[havocmom]

21. Talking is good.

Hang in there. You will survive his youth. :hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. He rolled his eyes at me several months ago

when I gave him a box of condoms. He'd been coming up with all sorts of lame excuses for not coming home until 8am, and was terribly offended that I saw through his lies.

[havocmom]

23. they hate finding out mom isn't stupid

for awhile. After a bit, they realize how lucky they are mom knows her shit and can stay calm discussing it.

Hang in there. Sometimes the hardest part is keeping a straight face when it dawns on them that 'mom' has some experience too.

[merh]

24. Okay, I'll give it a go

I'm with you on that Dennis question. I don't want to have to board up my house if I don't have to. It is a major hassle putting up the boards and taking down the boards. When I win the lotto, in addition to buying my own private island where I can have my own government, free from the evil ones (and yes, you all are invited), I am going to buy shudders for my house or better yet, a big bubble to drop over it.

My babies are coming with me when and if I head inland. Pack up the car, load the dogs up in their kennels and head north to wait. That could be what I do tomorrow evening. Wish the storm would make up its mind, but god, no Elena. That thing came at us, turned away, came back, turned away, then came back. To evacuate and prepare 3 times for one storm is annoying.

And why were people so hateful to my sweet friend, Andy. Because they could, because Andy was willing to publicly put himself out there and because he was sick. They also were jealous and terrified of the efforts of the folks on DU, the grassroots efforts that raised $50k in 12 days, it was remarkable. We scared the hell out of the evil ones. If we could do that for one of our own, if we could do that for Andy, imagine what we can do for our candidates. Look what we did when we worked together to make a difference. We scared the shit out of them and they are envious of our love for our fellow man. What we did, we did because it was right, we expected nothing in return, we just gave because it was the right thing to do. Heck that other place, the one that can't be named, has been conducting its site fundraiser for its operations for over a week now and they have only been able to raise 15k of the 66k goal. Yeah, we scare the hell out of them.

This thread puts what we did for Andy in a better perspective.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1768573

And progmom -- I am a GD regular and I know that I AM NOT better than anyone in the lounge and I know that no one in GD is better than anyone in the lounge. So don't you let that thread bother you. :hug: I am delighted that you welcomed me as a lounge lizard and I love to come here to laugh and play with you guys.

Thanks Maddy for this rant thread and thank you for reaching out to a fellow Mississippian! It's good to know there are other liberals around and better still to know that the liberal is so kind and sincere. :hug:

[progmom]

32. merh

I am so glad you've been spending more time with us in the lounge. And thanks for your encouragement recently. :hug:

[merh]

36. As a follow up to my post about the hate for Andy

Could this be the simple truth? Did our grassroots efforts scare them?

Okay, I am realtively new, but I've been reading the HUNDREDS of posts about the Andy situation.

In my opinion, I think the people handled it very well. Even if Andy was sick, it's impoirtant to stop scams before they happen when Liberals try to raise money.

The bad thing about the Andy situation is that now the DUmmys know how to raise money quickly. If Andy was scamming people (and I think he was) then it would have been MUCH EASIER to nip future Liberal fund-raiseing efforts in the bud.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1439010/posts?q=1&&page=51

:cry:

[clyrc]

25. Well, here goes

I had a miscarriage a little over a week ago, and I feel like no one cares that much but me. The fertilized egg divided for a little while then stopped but the pregnancy continued until the seventh week. I thought I was pregnant with a baby for five weeks, five weeks in which I was excited, made plans, thought about names, and had high hopes. Then I started bleeding and I went to the hospital and they told me the bad news. My husband said he didn't feel bad about losing a baby because for all those weeks there really wasn't one. That hardly matters to me. I don't want to feel like I'm screaming "Feel sorry for me!" but a little understanding from someone would be nice.

I'm worried about my oldest daughter and her social problems. She is too much like me, except she isn't resigned to being an outcast like I was. I understand her sorrow and anger at not knowing how to relate to people, while being unable to help her. After we get back from vacation we will send her to a therapist, but I feel like I've tainted my daughter with my shortcomings.

I'm also worried about a friend. He is young and vunerable and while my husband and I have tried to help him in any way we can, I'm afraid we might have made things harder for him in the long run. Because of his culture he will have to live with his parents and take care of them for the rest of his life, and he does not get along with his dad.
Watching my friend struggle with fear and indentity problems is hard because I remember that so well, but he has more reason than I ever did to fall into dispair. If I have to watch this young man with such potential give in to bitterness and a sense of futility, it will be terrible.

All the death I've heard about lately has depressed me. The London bombings, and then DU losing another member to death. This week I've had gallbladder trouble and a UTI. The gallbladder is better now, but the medication for the UTI is making me feel bad. I feel sad, lonely, and sick.

In two weeks, though, I'm going on vacation. Hopefully it will be fun and relaxing.

[gmoney]

26. Mega hugs...

:hug:

Hang tough, sweetie...

[clyrc]

27. Thanks!

I'm trying!

[progmom]

28. I'm so sorry.

:hug:

[Metatron]

30. My condolences on your loss.

Stay strong, clyrc.

[linazelle]

33. So sorry to hear about your loss. Hang in there. nt

[REACTIVATED IN CT]

34. So sorry for your loss n/t

[bigtree]

29. A lot of anger on the board today, and sadness

I don't want it to stay this way.

Funny thing. When I come over to the Lounge, I always feel how far off of the deep end I have gone over in GD. I always feel like a pompous ass. I feel that way about all of my politics. I get, like, pOssEssed when I go political. It's like some pompous gadfly has invaded my brain and taken over. (did I just say gadfly?)

[progmom]

31. Hey bigtree...

You're a good soul. :hug:

[bigtree]

35. you made my day progmom

I'm actually one of those folks who has to fight against my aggressive, angry, vindictive side every day. I want to be a good soul, but I have to work hard at it, not like some folks . . . like my wife, who was born with a good heart.

I'm smiling now, though . . . :) Thanks.