And there we would'ha stayed if we had'na moved away...

[eleneariel]

Five inches in one week: nothing like a drought to make you properly appreciate rain! I love it. More is predicted.

Sunday I was snubbed at a party by several people I used to go to church with. I don't care that much anymore, but it's an odd experience. I'm not that used to flat-out blatant rudeness and I'm always a little shocked (and later, amused) by it. Also, I ran into my former pastor at the pharmacy and he did deign to say hello, but called me by the wrong name. As the British would say, "typical!"

It appears I wasn't that far off the mark, though, when Quinton asked me what the main difference between my former church and my current church was and I blurted out before I thought, "They like me here."

But I came home and drank three cups of Mexican coffee (thanks again for the beans, Sarah-girl!), and so all was well.

Sometimes I wonder why anybody would hate little old me and sometimes I wonder why anybody wouldn't.

I will now proceed to mention several people.

To another Sarah: pansyprincess, you were in my dream Saturday night! I dreamed that I went to my favorite coffee shop and you had just started to work there. You made me an excellent latte, and then I realized your sister was also there (she was taller and blonder than you, but her face looked just like yours...probably because I don't know your real sister's faces well enough). We three sat around and talked and I was almost late getting back to work because of you. =)

aftondays's photography contest grows near, but there's still time to submit a picture or two!

savetheolives and I have been having a grand time planning for the end of May. I think Hollywood conspired not to release any good movies when we could see them together, though. It currently looks like we'll have our pick between MI:II and The Da Vinci Code. ....or not.

I will now venture into politics, which I find interesting that I rarely talk about here. I am actually a very political person....believe it or not.

I'm getting really sick of the whole illegal immigration thing, especially the marches and demonstrations and strikes. I have all the sympathy in the world, but you're breaking the law. I don't see the big deal.

And I heard the gentleman who started the whole translate-the-national-anthem-into-Spanish thing quoted today as saying he did it "to honor all the immigrants who came to this country speaking Spanish." My thought, and my dad concurs, is that we should also translate it into French and German and Polish and Dutch and Chinese and a bunch of obscure African dialects and heck, Gaelic too; and then when Americans gather to sing the national anthem it will sound like the tower of Babel and maybe God will strike us dead.

Comments

[savetheolives.livejournal.com]

I vote for the Da Vinci Code because of Tom Hanks' hair. Since in this MI movie Tom Cruise won't have long hair. *sniffle*

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

But of the two, Cruise IS the better looking (much as we hate to admit it).

[savetheolives.livejournal.com]

True. Decision, decisions... *sigh* ;)

[pansyprincess.livejournal.com]

Yay! I like showing up in people's dreams. ;)

Ditto on the immigration issue. I'm sorry for the illegal immigrants too...but they're still breaking our laws being over here. If I were an illegal immigrant right now, I think I'd at least lay low and keep my mouth shut!

we should also translate it into French and German and Polish and Dutch and Chinese and a bunch of obscure African dialects and heck, Gaelic too; and then when Americans gather to sing the national anthem it will sound like the tower of Babel and maybe God will strike us dead.

That cracked me up! But good point. I heard that the anthem wasn't just translated, though--it was practically rewritten. :|

[radiantlove.livejournal.com]

Blah. I agree with you on the immigration issue- It's not a matter of immigration, but illegal immigration. *sigh*

[ransomedsea.livejournal.com]

As to the political issues mentioned: hear, hear! Why not have every road sign translated, while we're at it? They'll be 20 feet high. It'll be America's new thing: diversity taken one step too far!

As if that hasn't been done already.

[pansyprincess.livejournal.com]

And how about German, Chinese, Polish, Russian, Bosnian (for my city--we have a humongous community of Bosnians here), Korean, Greek, etc. on all the ATM machines? And on every item at the grocery store (so that small things like jello have to be re-housed in macaroni-n-cheese-sized boxes to fit all the cultural verbage)? Basically, just think of all the places we see English words, and imagine translations into 20 other languages down below. =P

We speak English here, people. Deal with it...or go back to where you came from!

[ransomedsea.livejournal.com]

Haha, I very nearly added to my post above: "This is America, we speak English; deal with it!"

So, yes, my sentiments exactly. ;)

[pansyprincess.livejournal.com]

LOL, that's funny. Instance of gmta, I suppose. ;)

[sir-flute.livejournal.com]

and then when Americans gather to sing the national anthem it will sound like the tower of Babel and maybe God will strike us dead.

lol Just wanted to let you know that that cracked me up. :-D

[maidintheusa.livejournal.com]

I haven't had many people hate me - and it's a shock in a way because you wonder why they would bother(like you said).

That last paragraph made me laugh out loud. Big laugh. Thanks - it felt good. ;)