ladykatza

i’ve been breaking my own rule of not discussing politics. i made the mistake of saying this morning to say that i decided to cast my vote in a certain direction because i like a paticular canditate’s wife. i got lambasted

“how typically american, not paying attention to the issues, but voting because you like one’s wife better than the other”

i wasn’t sure how to defend myself on this one. of COURSE i pay attention to the issues. but, politicians are flaky at best, dirty liars at worst. they float whichever way the current of special interest money is flowing. whores have more self-respect, at least they are honest in their illusion.

so i talked to my husband, told him how it made me feel, and he summed it up very well for me. (i should mention that he puts things into words that i understand intuitively)

so you’ve got 3 candidates that weigh in on your three favorite issues,
one likes gay marriage but also likes war in iraq and lumber rights,
another hates gays, war and logging, and the third likes all the money
the war is making his family’s small arms business, but he hates uppity
gays and those annoying owls in the trees. issues are generally for
people who can compromise their lives down to one main issue. if you
can’t get a candidate who stands for enough things to set them apart from
everyone else, you have to find _something_ to differentiate them. maybe
the one who can attract the best mate has some qwalities you aren’t
getting any info about in the ‘issues’

so, you see, it makes sense to me to look at the people a person surrounds themselves with. it gives you a better idea of who they are and what they are about. my mother always told me to choose my friends (and lovers) wisely, because they affect you for the rest of your life.

bagels and creamcheese, mmmmm

i keep thinking that i can’t _really_ be getting old, but my joints tell me differently. my body is stiff and achey when i wake up in the morning, and it takes a force of will to get out of bed and move. a hot shower helps, food, coffee. the trick is, don’t give in.

i’m sure a lot of my lower back pain and stiffness is due to falling down the stairs 4 weeks ago. i had my 14 month old daughter in my arms and i had to protect her, so i took the brunt of it, landing on my hip and sliding down several steps. the bruise didn’t go away for two weeks. i didn’t even think about it until one evening after a bike ride, i just couldn’t move without pain. just doing housework and playing with the kids was difficult (and the house shows for my slackness).

i went to see my chiropractor, it helped. yoga and stretching excersices help too. wonderful thing, all of those. don’t discount ancient arts of healing, they’ve had YEARS to perfect the art. don’t discount modern medicine, either, for if it wasn’t for advances in that field, i wouldn’t be here several times over. i think my husband would be heartbroken by that thought.

on a note of femininity, men are a very important part of this. no matter what they think, men need women. they look to us for comfort and nurturing and to feel important. this may not work they way you think, because letting them hold you when you feel vulnerable makes them feel needed. my thoughts on this are disjointed right now, i’ll compose more structured thoughts on this later.

time to get the kids dressed and out the door.