spent last weekend in new orleans for work. i avoided being a tourist and spent time in the 9th ward with my parent organization ACORN. over a year later the 9th ward is still devastated. in a sense, its worse than third world countries. at least there there are some reasons for why the shit is all fucked up. here, there are no excuses. silent tears, anger, frustration. *sigh* i guess more on this later when i have some coherent thoughts and a plan of action.
on a different note, drinking hurricanes will get you fucked up beyond imagination. it creeps up on you. for those of you who have had them, you know what i'm talking about. but you would never catch me drinking one here in ny.
on a different note, drinking hurricanes will get you fucked up beyond imagination. it creeps up on you. for those of you who have had them, you know what i'm talking about. but you would never catch me drinking one here in ny.
i woke up one day last week and realized i am running a fucking politcal campaign.
yup. me. politico-strategery manager. its crazy.
its one thing to know politics is a dirty game, but its another to KNOW politics is a dirty game.
what is the alternative?
unreal fatalistic anarchists retorts need not apply.
yup. me. politico-strategery manager. its crazy.
its one thing to know politics is a dirty game, but its another to KNOW politics is a dirty game.
what is the alternative?
unreal fatalistic anarchists retorts need not apply.
Sometimes it rains like sudden sadness
I stare up into the web of branches sway
The atmosphere sirens wail
I stare down onto concrete blocks
Rain bombs my soul to night
Wash away graffiti dirt
Or the red run to the gutter
I stare in to my eyes
I flinch from particles in air
I glare at my ugly unconcern
Soft patter of the mushroom splash
Sounds like quiet thunder of my hate
Children howl of in just ice
A dolt hails balls of just ice
I adore you
I abhor me
I stare a round the heaven night
Full of black righteousness
Thunder snarls and lightning flickers
I look at my reflect action
I must hide far away
Confrontation of torment
Lighten up from sultry space
I embrace and hold the shade
Squeeze and mold to my command
I laugh and shriek
Grab tightly the knife of life
Slips a way in the warm wetness
I look to the sky once more
A sliver of light shows its wink
Clearing clouds run like wolves
Smells of fresh dew
Dripping drops of love
Sears my pain away.
I stare up into the web of branches sway
The atmosphere sirens wail
I stare down onto concrete blocks
Rain bombs my soul to night
Wash away graffiti dirt
Or the red run to the gutter
I stare in to my eyes
I flinch from particles in air
I glare at my ugly unconcern
Soft patter of the mushroom splash
Sounds like quiet thunder of my hate
Children howl of in just ice
A dolt hails balls of just ice
I adore you
I abhor me
I stare a round the heaven night
Full of black righteousness
Thunder snarls and lightning flickers
I look at my reflect action
I must hide far away
Confrontation of torment
Lighten up from sultry space
I embrace and hold the shade
Squeeze and mold to my command
I laugh and shriek
Grab tightly the knife of life
Slips a way in the warm wetness
I look to the sky once more
A sliver of light shows its wink
Clearing clouds run like wolves
Smells of fresh dew
Dripping drops of love
Sears my pain away.
i spent about 10 minutes reading the "missed connections" section of craigslist...and i hated it. LOATHE. ABHOR. in case you dont know what it is, its a bulletin where you can opine (and pine) over people whom you had a missed connection with - on the train, bus, street, wherever. what it REALLY is though, is a bulletin for some emo hipster cowards too afraid to approach an other human being and say "hello." they see someone, pee their pants, run home to their computer and say, "oh, i had this split second intense connection with you, but because i'm such a nancy boy, i'm going to dissect it and passive aggressively post it on a public site anonymously in the case you see it and respond...? maybe if i pull your pigtails and kick you in the shins you'll know i'll like you. its straight up 3rd grade playground bull shit.
i'm a bit late to the party, but check THIS out.
i read an interesting article by jonathan alter quoting bob schieffer. he says that the most successful presidents have taken advantage of the most dominant and cutting edge technology and media - the founding fathers and pampleting, fdr and radio, jfk and tv. dean and kerry tried with the internet. whoever will be president in 2008 will need to be able to take advantage of everything the internet offers - and avoid all the pitfalls. the idea of amassing early campaign money has been proven to no longer be a necesary evil.
summer evenings in the city is the best.
i'm a bit late to the party, but check THIS out.
i read an interesting article by jonathan alter quoting bob schieffer. he says that the most successful presidents have taken advantage of the most dominant and cutting edge technology and media - the founding fathers and pampleting, fdr and radio, jfk and tv. dean and kerry tried with the internet. whoever will be president in 2008 will need to be able to take advantage of everything the internet offers - and avoid all the pitfalls. the idea of amassing early campaign money has been proven to no longer be a necesary evil.
summer evenings in the city is the best.
if you find yourself reading a stranger's journal, but it consists nothing of dribbilng mundane matters of that day, does that make you a vouyeur? arent we all? what is this space for? is my space really my space or simply another subtley placed ad for the site on which you write?
per the thoughts on female competition via biological fertility, i think mind/thought overtakes the primitivity in us humans. friends are higher level order processes. i think that will satisfy my....apprehension?
bin laden apparently claims moussaoui was not involved in 9/11. for those conspiracists follows "loose change" this is not surprising.
today wal-mart stood on the assembly floor in albany, ny and lobbied against health care. its currently costing specifically $171/year in taxes for new yorkers to cover the health care of wal-mart employees.
i am, forever alien.
58% of prisoners are for non-violent drug offenses.
75% of ny prisoners come from 7 neighborhoods in black and latino communities.
since 1970 87% of ny prisoners are minorities (irony).
87% of ny prisoners from ny are located 2 hours outside the city.
65% of female prisoners have children.
"when you turn someone into a prisoner you put them on a road very hard to get off...2 of 3 people will end up back in prison - not for new crimes but for parole violations...when you turn someone into a prisoner you transfer their economic and social power, real or potential, to the people who build and work in prisons. they can no longer vote, take care of their kids, or provide for their family...with each person removed from a community, the social and economic bonds break down..."
98% prisoners leaving prison return to the same place they came from.
cost to imprison a person for one year: $29,041
what are you doing here? seriously? why are you here?
per the thoughts on female competition via biological fertility, i think mind/thought overtakes the primitivity in us humans. friends are higher level order processes. i think that will satisfy my....apprehension?
bin laden apparently claims moussaoui was not involved in 9/11. for those conspiracists follows "loose change" this is not surprising.
today wal-mart stood on the assembly floor in albany, ny and lobbied against health care. its currently costing specifically $171/year in taxes for new yorkers to cover the health care of wal-mart employees.
i am, forever alien.
58% of prisoners are for non-violent drug offenses.
75% of ny prisoners come from 7 neighborhoods in black and latino communities.
since 1970 87% of ny prisoners are minorities (irony).
87% of ny prisoners from ny are located 2 hours outside the city.
65% of female prisoners have children.
"when you turn someone into a prisoner you put them on a road very hard to get off...2 of 3 people will end up back in prison - not for new crimes but for parole violations...when you turn someone into a prisoner you transfer their economic and social power, real or potential, to the people who build and work in prisons. they can no longer vote, take care of their kids, or provide for their family...with each person removed from a community, the social and economic bonds break down..."
98% prisoners leaving prison return to the same place they came from.
cost to imprison a person for one year: $29,041
what are you doing here? seriously? why are you here?
i am watching the count of monte cristo on tv right now...damn, that revenge plot is straight up gangsta. (edmond: do not rob me of my hate, it is all i have!)
met hillary clinton. cant quite figure out of she's positioning herself for strategery, or she is a fucking phony.
its common knowledge that women who spend much time together quickly start "cycling" together. additionally, my education has told me that the reason for this is an evolutionary reproductive advantage - where a woman's cycle will actually start shortening to be fertile faster before the other woman....this tidbit of knowledge led me to believe that women are on the most primitive animal level competative by nature (a source of cattiness) and find it nearly impossible to have genuinely close female friends. recently though, a bunch of female friends have vehemently argued this point. i can't refute the fact that women have authentic, genuine same sex friends because i see it happen in real life, but...?
thoughts?
met hillary clinton. cant quite figure out of she's positioning herself for strategery, or she is a fucking phony.
its common knowledge that women who spend much time together quickly start "cycling" together. additionally, my education has told me that the reason for this is an evolutionary reproductive advantage - where a woman's cycle will actually start shortening to be fertile faster before the other woman....this tidbit of knowledge led me to believe that women are on the most primitive animal level competative by nature (a source of cattiness) and find it nearly impossible to have genuinely close female friends. recently though, a bunch of female friends have vehemently argued this point. i can't refute the fact that women have authentic, genuine same sex friends because i see it happen in real life, but...?
thoughts?
some thoughts today:
david shipler says "the man who washes cars does not own one. the clerk who files cancelled check at the bank has $2.02 in her own account. the woman who copy edits medical textbooks has not been to a dentist in a decade."
its "tired wishes, empty of dreams" says carl sandburg,
do we need revolution and a coup? isnt the bush regime a coup? hasnt he commited a hostile take over and then went ahead and made moves of aggression against the country? even during clinton's lowest point (i.e. blowjob), his approval ratings didnt drop as low or stay so low for so long as bush. i know bush bashing is passe, but it needs to be done. cheney for dictator!
i nearly sliced my finger off trying to cut an onion. suffice to say, the onion got the beating of a lifetime in retribution
as an "asian american" and specifically a korean-american, we are a lost generation of forever alien. neither here nor there, and quite unsure of anywhere. its a constant struggle of east and west, individual vs family...but i will say this, unfortunately: i am bound by centuries, milleniums, generations of filial piety and to be quite honest...it blows
hopefully a barack obama/elliot spitzer ticket is less than 2 election cycles away
telling natalie portman that i heard she passes gas way too much was not prudent
i identify with the little prince
redistricting, million dollar blocks and slavery are alive and well. thank you, department of corrections.
samosas > falafel
have a nice day.
david shipler says "the man who washes cars does not own one. the clerk who files cancelled check at the bank has $2.02 in her own account. the woman who copy edits medical textbooks has not been to a dentist in a decade."
its "tired wishes, empty of dreams" says carl sandburg,
do we need revolution and a coup? isnt the bush regime a coup? hasnt he commited a hostile take over and then went ahead and made moves of aggression against the country? even during clinton's lowest point (i.e. blowjob), his approval ratings didnt drop as low or stay so low for so long as bush. i know bush bashing is passe, but it needs to be done. cheney for dictator!
i nearly sliced my finger off trying to cut an onion. suffice to say, the onion got the beating of a lifetime in retribution
as an "asian american" and specifically a korean-american, we are a lost generation of forever alien. neither here nor there, and quite unsure of anywhere. its a constant struggle of east and west, individual vs family...but i will say this, unfortunately: i am bound by centuries, milleniums, generations of filial piety and to be quite honest...it blows
hopefully a barack obama/elliot spitzer ticket is less than 2 election cycles away
telling natalie portman that i heard she passes gas way too much was not prudent
i identify with the little prince
redistricting, million dollar blocks and slavery are alive and well. thank you, department of corrections.
samosas > falafel
have a nice day.
"if you give me a fish, you have fed me for a day.
if you teach me to fish then you have fed me until the river is contaminated or the shoreline seized for development.
But if you teach me to organize then whatever the challenge I can join together with my peers and we will fashion our own solution."
-WFP
if you teach me to fish then you have fed me until the river is contaminated or the shoreline seized for development.
But if you teach me to organize then whatever the challenge I can join together with my peers and we will fashion our own solution."
-WFP
It is so hard to hear the words and let it sink in.
have you ever gotten news so horrible that it makes your face red in humiliation
it would almost be better to be in denial - the alternative unbearable.
it broke my heart, which is already fragile.
If I had known then what I know now well, you know how that adage goes.
Beautiful angel of death, a porcelain goddess.
Bears love and misery with a grin.
Where to go from here?
Maybe it was not meant to be, maybe it was all just a dream.
Was it a daydream or a nightmare.
When I wake will it be better
If I let you see my affection, will you be indifferent, joyful, in sorrow.
Even the prettiest sunny late spring day youll see how I hide in the ugly shadows.
I cry every time I smile.
If only you could see the deep chasm of sorrow.
Youd cry cry cry,
Watching me try to climb mountains as high as kiliminjaro.
Dont you know, sometimes love is not enough,
To say it, to say I love you seems to be a bluff.
I heard you the first time, I heard you the second and third.
Who will help me mend my heart, help me pick the pieces up
Before all this the absurd reoccurs?
have you ever gotten news so horrible that it makes your face red in humiliation
it would almost be better to be in denial - the alternative unbearable.
it broke my heart, which is already fragile.
If I had known then what I know now well, you know how that adage goes.
Beautiful angel of death, a porcelain goddess.
Bears love and misery with a grin.
Where to go from here?
Maybe it was not meant to be, maybe it was all just a dream.
Was it a daydream or a nightmare.
When I wake will it be better
If I let you see my affection, will you be indifferent, joyful, in sorrow.
Even the prettiest sunny late spring day youll see how I hide in the ugly shadows.
I cry every time I smile.
If only you could see the deep chasm of sorrow.
Youd cry cry cry,
Watching me try to climb mountains as high as kiliminjaro.
Dont you know, sometimes love is not enough,
To say it, to say I love you seems to be a bluff.
I heard you the first time, I heard you the second and third.
Who will help me mend my heart, help me pick the pieces up
Before all this the absurd reoccurs?
US mothers deserve $134,121 in salary
By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A full-time stay-at-home mother would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her work, an amount similar to a top U.S. ad executive, a marketing director or a judge, according to a study released on Wednesday.
A mother who works outside the home would earn an extra $85,876 annually on top of her actual wages for the work she does at home, according to the study by Waltham, Massachusetts-based compensation experts Salary.com.
To reach the projected pay figures, the survey calculated the earning power of the 10 jobs respondents said most closely comprise a mother's role -- housekeeper, day-care teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, van driver, chief executive and psychologist.
"You can't put a dollar value on it. It's worth a lot more," said Kristen Krauss, 35, as she hurriedly packed her four children, all aged under 8, into a minivan in New York while searching frantically for her keys. "Just look at me."
Employed mothers reported spending on average 44 hours a week at their outside job and 49.8 hours at their home job, while the stay-at-home mother worked 91.6 hours a week, it showed.
An estimated 5.6 million women in the United States are stay-at-home mothers with children under age 15, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data.
NOT 'JUST A MOM'
"It's good to acknowledge the job that's being done, and that it's not that these women are settling for 'just a mom,"' said Bill Coleman, senior vice president of compensation at Salary.com. "They are actually doing an awful lot."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, some 26 million women with children under age 18 work in the nation's paid labor force.
Both employed and stay-at-home mothers said the lowest-paying job of housekeeper was their most common role, with employed mothers working 7.2 hours a week as housekeeper and stay-at-home mothers working 22.1 hours in that role.
"Every husband I've ever spoken to said, 'I'm keeping my job. You keep yours.' It's a tough one," said Gillian Forrest, 39, a stay-at-home mother of 22-month-old Alex in New York. "I don't know if you could put a dollar amount on it but it would be nice to get something."
To compile its study, Salary.com surveyed about 400 mothers online over the last two months.
Salary.com offers a Web site (http://www.mom.salary.com) where mothers can calculate what they could be paid, based on how many children they have, where they live and other factors. The site will produce a printable document that looks like a paycheck, Coleman said.
"It's obviously not negotiable," he said.
On average, the mother who works outside the house earns a base pay of $62,798 for a 40-hour at-home work week and $23,078 in overtime; a stay-at-home mother earned a base pay of $45,697 and $88,424 in overtime, it said.
In a Salary.com study conducted last year, stay-at-home mothers earned $131,471. The potential earnings of mothers who work outside the home was not calculated in the previous study.
(LIFE-WORK, Editing by Eric Walsh; Reuters Messaging: ellen.wulfhorst.reuters.com@reuters.net)
By Ellen Wulfhorst
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A full-time stay-at-home mother would earn $134,121 a year if paid for all her work, an amount similar to a top U.S. ad executive, a marketing director or a judge, according to a study released on Wednesday.
A mother who works outside the home would earn an extra $85,876 annually on top of her actual wages for the work she does at home, according to the study by Waltham, Massachusetts-based compensation experts Salary.com.
To reach the projected pay figures, the survey calculated the earning power of the 10 jobs respondents said most closely comprise a mother's role -- housekeeper, day-care teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, van driver, chief executive and psychologist.
"You can't put a dollar value on it. It's worth a lot more," said Kristen Krauss, 35, as she hurriedly packed her four children, all aged under 8, into a minivan in New York while searching frantically for her keys. "Just look at me."
Employed mothers reported spending on average 44 hours a week at their outside job and 49.8 hours at their home job, while the stay-at-home mother worked 91.6 hours a week, it showed.
An estimated 5.6 million women in the United States are stay-at-home mothers with children under age 15, according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data.
NOT 'JUST A MOM'
"It's good to acknowledge the job that's being done, and that it's not that these women are settling for 'just a mom,"' said Bill Coleman, senior vice president of compensation at Salary.com. "They are actually doing an awful lot."
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, some 26 million women with children under age 18 work in the nation's paid labor force.
Both employed and stay-at-home mothers said the lowest-paying job of housekeeper was their most common role, with employed mothers working 7.2 hours a week as housekeeper and stay-at-home mothers working 22.1 hours in that role.
"Every husband I've ever spoken to said, 'I'm keeping my job. You keep yours.' It's a tough one," said Gillian Forrest, 39, a stay-at-home mother of 22-month-old Alex in New York. "I don't know if you could put a dollar amount on it but it would be nice to get something."
To compile its study, Salary.com surveyed about 400 mothers online over the last two months.
Salary.com offers a Web site (http://www.mom.salary.com) where mothers can calculate what they could be paid, based on how many children they have, where they live and other factors. The site will produce a printable document that looks like a paycheck, Coleman said.
"It's obviously not negotiable," he said.
On average, the mother who works outside the house earns a base pay of $62,798 for a 40-hour at-home work week and $23,078 in overtime; a stay-at-home mother earned a base pay of $45,697 and $88,424 in overtime, it said.
In a Salary.com study conducted last year, stay-at-home mothers earned $131,471. The potential earnings of mothers who work outside the home was not calculated in the previous study.
(LIFE-WORK, Editing by Eric Walsh; Reuters Messaging: ellen.wulfhorst.reuters.com@reuters.net)
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