America aka Stupidville

I have the app 'Scanner Radio' on my Android which alerts me when over 1,000 people are listening to a channel at any given time.  This generally means something major is going on in that county/city with the police and/or fire department.  Over the last two years I heard about a few big incidents before the national news even had reported the story.  For instance, I heard about the collapsing of the stage at the Indiana State Fair and I also had heard about the Newtown shootings in Connecticut last month before it was being reported anywhere.

When I get the notification alert on my phone, I am mortified to see what the hell is going on, but now it's like I'm almost desensitized to shootings anymore.  Yesterday, there were no deaths in the shooting at the college in Texas, so that one was not a big deal, right?  Wrong.  I have to wonder what people of the world must think of our Country and our gun (lame) laws.

I live less than a mile from my County's fairgrounds, which is a huge county; the county that decided the 2008 election and sealed the election for Obama again this year.  Thank you, once again, Ohio.  The fairgrounds hold events all the time and gun shows are no exception.  There was a gun show two weekends ago and I was in utter shock and disgust when I heard that there were cars backed up over a mile from the highway to the entrance just to get in.  Not only that, but according to the local news, the prices of ammunition at this particular gun show had tripled in cost and people were still lined up as this had not deterred anyone from making their purchases.

What the F#CK is wrong with America???

I get more and more weak in the heart to be loyal to a country that worships weapons and the rights to own such weapons that have no purpose other than to kill.  It saddens me that a 230-year-old Constitution that is so obviously outdated and destructive overpowers people's ability to think intelligently.

I will never understand this obsession with guns.  It is embarrassing to me because I see how others on the outside look at us as Americans and it's not a pretty sight.  I just hope that some of them know that we are all not like this and not all of us have such shallow thinking.  As a mother, a future social worker and a person of reason, I want peace and want to be free of guns and violence.  Maybe one day.  Maybe with our current President, this could be possible.  He is like Obi-Wan Kenobi; He is our only hope.  ::: sigh :::

 

Makes perfect sense...

2012: A Year of Migraines, Eye Twitching and Spinning Rooms

I lied.  It wasn't the full year. I've had migraines on and off forever, but the vertigo, eye twitching, numbness, and a plethora of other weird things going has only been as recent as July.  So, that's half of 2012.  Regardless, it has just SUCKED.  Do they know what it is???  Supposedly ATYPICAL migraines.  Gee... clever diagnosis, assholes.

I'm not looking for sympathy; I am just looking for money to help me pay for some pain killers. From what I remember, they were hella cheaper 20 years ago.  I'm not sure who these kids think they are, but I'm not paying $10 for one pain pill.  I can go buy an entire bottle of wine for $5.99 and be passed out in two hours.  Jerks.

If I have to pick the best thing that happened in 2012, I would say it was the evening of November 6th at approximately 11:14 p.m. EST. (Shout out to Ohio for making it official!)  Why, you ask?  Because at that time I knew that for the next four years, I would still be able to say that Barack Obama is my President.  Thank the Presidential Election Gawds above!  Good heavens, I can't even imagine what things would be like right now if..... nope, I can't even bear the thought.  *shiver* I still cringe whenever I hear America The Beautiful.  It's forever tainted now by willard.  Not that I liked the song before, but still...

On that note, I am off to watch The Twilight Zone Marathon as I do every New Year's.  Without Dick Clark doing the countdown tonight, it's going to be very bittersweet.  However, after the last several years of watching him suffer through it, I'm kind of glad he's resting in peace.  Somewhere at midnight, he'll be doing the countdown like a champ!  Go DICK Go! 

Happy Effin' New Year, everyone.  May 2013 be less shitty than 2012!