because if not?  i surely meant to.

the foundation in my building is being leveled by placing piers inside the units.  so the tile floors that i put delayed putting in 3 years ago when we first had foundation repair done, are now going to have to be torn up so they can place NINE… yes, NINE piers in my unit.  lucky, lucky me.  the company doing the foundation work did come out and at least let me know where the work would be done, so i only need to clear my craft room, kitchen, and computer area… and anything breakable needs to be taken upstairs, as the jackhammering through the floors could cause things to break.  lucky, lucky me.  i can also expect to need to replace 9 tiles for every pier.  plus any tiles that happen to pop up once they actually raise the foundation level.  oddly, i have absolutely no signs of foundation problems.  no cracks in teh walls or ceilings, no sticking doors.  yet, they say there is a 4 inch difference between the front of my unit and the back.  what i can’t help but think… leave the foundation, install me a drain, i’ll only ever need to hose down the inside of the house to clean it :O

they’ve already started on the unit next to me.  the lovely sound of jackhammering allllll day long.  yay :( i’ve until may 8th to get all my stuff moved, if i can make it without my head asploding :|

and btw, obama, you’ve lost my vote.  you made a mistake when you first tried to distance yourself from reverend wright.  rather than trying to paint him as some “crazy uncle”, you should have gone into black liberation theology and what it means.  rather than leaving ME to answer why wright is different from falwell/robertson/right wing lunatic preachers, you should have done so.  and what is the difference?  wright wants all men to be equal.  the right wing lunatic preachers want to suppress the rights of others.  you should have explained the difference in rallying people against oppression and rallying them to oppress.  instead, you let wright hang, because we know white people are scared of uppity black men who speak with passion and fire, so you tried to pander to those “typical white people”.  and now?  hillary has used wright against you by setting up this national press club engagement… and you have once again denied reverend wright.  vehemently.  and i have no respect for that.  you are once again pandering to those “typical white people” rather than leading them, as a president should.  and just who is it you are actually pandering to, obama?

THAT “typical white person” says things like:

[Obama] He’s done. Hillary will represent the Dems and America has gotten a taste of what they always knew in the back of their minds: Obama and most any Black leader will be nothing more than the new Al & Jessie Dog & Pony show. 

and now we know why reverend wright speaks the way he does, trying to draw attention to the oppression and suppression of minorities in this country.  shame on you, obama.  shame.

and now to try to grab a bit more sleep before they start up with teh damn jackhammers again :|

there is no equality.  there never was.

it’s an illusion to keep the plebs happy.  our pedestrian tastes.  our pop culture reverence. 

we are the dregs.  they are the elites.

and now?  we fight for them. 

we have the audacity to declare that ~elitism~ is something to be admired.  something to strive for.  ~be the beautiful people~.  nevermind the outcasts, the riffraff.  be above them. 

read on...

mrs turner, my 2nd grade teacher - for being everything a teacher should be
mr. wiltz, my 6th grade teacher - for believing in all of us
senora simon, my 7th/8th grade spanish teacher - for standing up for me when no one else would
coach perridon - my 9th grade history teacher - for knowing when i needed to walk a lap
barbara jordan - for what she believed in
leonardo da vinci - for being all that he was
noam chomsky, nietzsche, sartre, foucault, bertrand russell, pierre-joseph proudhon - for everything they had to say
bill hicks - for making me laugh and telling it like it was
jerry lewis - for making me laugh and forget
mr rogers - for liking me just the way i am
people who will walk through desert conditions to live in poor housing, receive poor wages, and be scapegoats...all to better their circumstances
mike patton - for his music
ani difranco - for hers
mayor bill white of houston - for doing all that he did during katrina

the few i call friends - for being who they are and allowing me to be me.
my family - for their love