I’ve been blamed!
It wasn’t me. I didn’t do it. Hell, I never even told her she should. The secret is, I think she wanted to! Bwahahaha! Another one sucked into the free soapbox that is blogging.
w00t!
The two-hour Office Special is on tomorrow night. Ohboyohboyohboy! I’m so very excited. Ricky Gervais created what David Letterman called “possibly the best television show ever” (or something to that effect) the other night, and I totally agree. If you have BBC America, or if you have a friend who has it, make a point to watch it.
Resources
It’s hard to help kids when I don’t have a phone or a computer in my cubicle. When I need to test kids, a test kit would be nice, too. So many of these kids start out at such a disadvantage to begin with, then the person in charge of their case is scrambling to find a place to make a call to their parents or a places to type a report so they will get what they need.
I’m paid very little, and then I am expected to look professional, which costs money. I used to dress up two days a week to teach. Now it’s 5 days a week, and I don’t have the wardrobe, yet I don’t make enough to cover the cost of buying new duds. I bought a new bag, too, which sounds frivolous, but there’s something about wearing a backpack in a high school that makes me blend in just a little too easily.
Computers are a problem, too. Aaron has loaned me his laptop, since I don’t have a computer in the schools, but there isn’t a way to transfer files to the computers there, so yesterday, I bought a new jump drive (my old one was stolen this summer). More money gone that I don’t have.
I’m almost 35, and I tell you, I just can’t wait to make a salary, so I don’t have to beg, borrow, and steal to cover the basic costs of things I require to do my job properly.
Rat Bastards!
OMG! One company both created spyware that infected computers AND created and charged for the software to disinfect infected computers! That is just all kinds of evil. Ugh!
The Politics Post
I took a survey about issues related to the election, and here are my results:
- Your ideal theoretical candidate. (100%)
- Cobb, David – Green Party (90%)
- Brown, Walt – Socialist Party (87%)
- Nader, Ralph – Independent (84%)
- Kerry, Senator John, MA – Democrat (72%)
- Badnarik, Michael – Libertarian (37%)
- Peroutka, Michael – Constitution Party (17%)
- Bush, President George W. – Republican (7%)
I was actually a little surprised at how uninformed about certain issues I am. I have no opinion on trade because I just don’t know anything about it. Most of my strong preferences related to education and health care. Hardly surprising.
It’s also hardly surprising that my top matches were green/socialist candidates. Still, I’d never vote for any candidate who had no real chance of winning. That’s idealism taken too far, in my book. I know a two-party system isn’t ideal, but it’s what we have to work with right now. My vote will go to Kerry. As for Nader? I wouldn’t vote for that egomaniac if you bought me all the fun gadgets in the world! I love his politics, but I’m still really mad at him for paving the way for Bush to win the last election. Yes, I blame him. How could I not?
OK. That’s about as political as it’s going to ever get around here. I hope you enjoyed it. 😀
