Yippee! The Corpse Bride trailer is out. I’m willing to accept that it won’t be a musical.

Watching the WETA: Featurette for The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe gives me hope. I heart WETA.

Unleashed… from the directors of La Femme Nikita and The Professional… Uh, I think it is a requirement for Josh and I to watch this. Let’s not even take into account my love of Morgan Freeman

Happy Birthday to one of my oldest and dearest friends, Calhoun. Many hugs and happy wishes for you my friend.

Paris, a 7-week old Chihuahua, has severely deformed front legs that prevent her from walking like a normal dog. The shelter is asking for donations. The news article, pictures of this adorable puppy, and donation information can be found on NBC5.com’s website.

That has to be the most adorable puppy I have ever seen. If I had enough money, I would pay to have the surgery done in a heart beat. For now I will do what I can do.

Following a link in one of my newsletters, I found two temp jobs that I would love to take. Go on and guess what I would be doing. Go on, guess. OK, give up?

Knitting scarves for a fashion designer! Hello! How many levels of fun would that be? I just discovered them and sadly the deadline has passed. Wahhh. I’m going to be keeping my eye out now. They supply the yarn, I just use my needles! The yarns were mohair and cashmere. Yum.

I had planned to do a number of things, but I got a little off track due to losing the file that had my check register in it. I didn’t lose it so much as it was accidentally copied over when I was trying to fix my computer problems. After much frustration, I decided to just start a new file and start it from this current statement. Of course after I finished, my computer decided it wanted to reboot itself. I’m thinking a new machine will be necessary in the near future. This stuff is getting ridiculous. /sigh

I’ll post more later. I have a project that I need to finish and post in the crafty part of my site.

Today is inauguration day. Today some people have decided to take their websites black in protest of the swearing in today. There are others who have chosen to not purchase anything today. Some in Washington D.C today have chosen to attend the swearing in ceremony and turn their backs.

While those are all interesting, I have decided to use MY site to say what I want about what I would like from any head of government.

Dear Sir,

I would like a social security overhaul. President Roosevelt has probably rolled over in his grave quite a few times. It frustrates me to no end that I started saving for my retirement when I was 20 years old. Hopefully my husband and I will have saved enough to live happily during our golden years.

I would like some sort of healthcare for those uninsured. My parents have run their small business for over 15 years. They sent me to college with that business, they helped my brothers and their families with that business. They’ve paid their taxes and put money into this economy, but they get screwed when it comes to healthcare. My brothers pay out their wazoos just to make sure their children have some sort of healthcare because they make too much to qualify for a state-run childrens healthcare. Children need to be taken care of, they will eventually be taking care of us.

I would like a military re-evaluation. There is so much wasteful spending that it disgusts me. I can name ten people right now that admit that they get paid very well for doing nothing. I would like improved mental tests for those entering the military and again during combat.

I would like term limits in congress. 47 years of Strom Thurmond was too much. Times change and so do constituents. I would like some sort of basic political science class for those voting. I would like international vote monitors to avoid such debacles as we had in 2000 and 2004.

I would like an education overhaul. I don’t even know where to get started with this. My nephew should be able to attend a headstart program, but can’t because my brother and his wife make too much, yet the cost of putting him in a private educational day care is too high. The learning curve has been dumbed down and the social promotion is at an all time high. It is ridiculous. I would like to know that my children, my nieces, and my nephews will be able to attend college and not have to promise their first born or join the military just to do so. The current 509 college savings plans aren’t sufficient for the ridiculous rising costs of an education.

Religion should not to be mixed with politics nor education. Forcing a religion or belief onto someone is disgraceful. Chastising a child because their beliefs are different is disgusting.

Taxes need a severe overhaul. We pay so much in taxes and get nothing. The poverty levels need to be adjusted.

Big businesses needs a proverbial bitch slap. The Enrons of this country need their heads handed to them on a paper plate. The Wal-Marts around the country need closer inspections.

Government needs to keep its nose out of my books. Let me have the choice to read a book or let my child read it. It needs to do the same about my personal decisions. Whether I choose to terminate a pregnancy or have a child is my own choice. Whether I choose to love someone of the same gender is my own choice If I choose to marry that person, it is my choice. Let me have my choices.

This letter is just the beginning of what I am thinking. We’ll talk more in a year or two.

Sincerely,
A. Voter

You so know you want a Blue Tooth enabled Star Trek Communicator!

(BTW, I think I have fixed my computer issues. I may not have to reload after all.)

It would appear my computer is having a down right fit. Mozilla is fubar. My connection is flakey. After I reinstalled mozilla, the anti-virus stopped working. /sigh.

I had been planning to reload this machine, but not this early. Dagnabit! So pardon if you don’t hear from or see me for a while.

I’m dealing with a pretty bad migraine. I can feel the large blood vessel in my eye. It hurts. I hurt. This sucks and this is why I haven’t posted anything. The entire day has consisted of contemplating ways to deal with the pain. Whoo hoo, excitement.

Something Josh and I were discussing yesterday, why did they make Marvin the Paranoid Android look like that (to the left) for the movie?

Luke, I’m your tater! Just too cute.

Life busy today. No knitting today, just working on scripts. Mom started on a cleaning spree this evening. Apparently all of the trash bins are full.

I also bought Léon the Deluxe Edition (aka The Professional). I will probably watch it tomorrow.

That has been it. I’m too tired to mess with anything else, so I’m going to go relax.

Yesterday the kids were getting on each other’s nerves, so I decided to let them dye yarn with kool-aid. They had fun. I was the only one who wanted to blend the colors. I named mine “rocket pop” since it resembled one. Shalyn did purple (grape). Brittany did pink (cherry), and AJ did yellow (lemon). That managed to keep them busy for about 30 minutes. Then they kept checking on it to make sure it was drying alright. Kids are so cute.

And when that, I am off to do some work while listening/watching Empire Records.