GWAR ? No really GWAR?....

So an update. The squirrel was not dead. Apparently squirrels will sleep on branches in precarious formations during the day in the summer. Do ya blame them? I mean they line their nests with fur. Enough about squirrels.
And so it begins. The trend I have noted in the Atlanta community. Insurance. Or lack there of. My other guess to the economic health reform cluster fuck. Was that companies would stop offering insurance all together. Hey they do not have to. When people are lined up around the block to get a job. Pretty fucked up ain't it.
IN AWESOME NEWS...
I AM GOING TO BE AN AUNT.
My tiney little sister is pregnant. It was kind of funny how she told me--I was telling her about my friend and she asked "how did that happen?" and I said "when a boy and girl like each other.." she started cracking up. Then later told me she was pregnant and I said by accident "so how did that happen?" and she replied "when a girl and boy like each other.." SO my curiosity is why the hell do women in my family ask "how did that happen?" when someone get's pregnant. I mean we all pretty much know.SO YEP- I am gonna be a REAL AUNT JO. TADEEE.
I do not want to have kids so I get to live it through my sister. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
*grumble grumble
I need coffee.
I have become completely nocturnal due to the freaking heat. I hate summer.
That is really all I have to report.
Questions...Pretend like we know each other real swell and we are on the phone..I will answer stuff.

Things a person does not see everyday or ever in their lifetime for that matter:
I was sitting in my little treehouse balcony. Sipping my coffee and smoking a cigarette. I noticed a furry lump on a branch in a tree. It was very still. It looked to be the hind quarters of a squirrel but a squirrel would not be frozen. So I look at it. I get a camera try to zoom in to see if I can note what animal that is better. I thought to myself maybe it is a raccoon. Or a possum. I kept examining the tree. Finally, the sun moved behind the hill so I could get better focus. It's a squirrel. The squirrel looks as if it was about to jump to another limb. I am pretty sure it is dead. I mean. They sleep in little nests all over back there. Why would it be hanging it's head over a branch to sleep. So yeah, I can see a dead squirrel in a tree.
RIP-Random Squirrel. If it moves later I will tell ya'll of course the owl could just get a free meal.

I was just sitting outside on my porch in the trees. I was watching my favorite bird NEPO feed her new baby. She takes the bug and whacks it against a limb over and over....Then brings it up to the nest. Do I think she feels regret over whacking the little bug. Easily I can answer no. No I do not think that some animals feel regret. On the other hand. I have seen the Kruger Park video where the Buffalo are like "wait we lost one" and go back and kick lion ass. I also know that Elephants grieve. And that elephants will visit the spot where their family have passed away. I also know that if you kill an elephant the her will come and kick your ass with no regret. Take that straw village. I do not know if that is really regret though. More of a feelings thing. But if they can feel then I guess some may have regrets. Of course humans are animals and they have regrets. Unless they are a sociopath.

Yes, My Best friend who I grew up with right next door to me. AND a random Lj girl who I just can't stand I hope she's not reading this...*giggles with sarcasm. NO, actually one of my favorite LJ friends who I met through an MS community. Has the same name. SHE rocks the house YO.
BTW: I mean only first and middle.

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Wow!
Check this out. My good fortune is also your good fortune! It seems that I have a long lost Uncle who’s incredibly wealthy, but due to his failing health and some kind of political problems he can’t get his money out of the bank.

So he asked me to handle the withdrawal for him and I’m going to get TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS just for helping him out! Apparently his money is in some foreign bank, I think it’s in Nigeria, and I’m his only heir. How lucky is that!?

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So anyway, (here’s the good part) since I’m getting all this money I’m putting a whole bunch of really cool stuff on sale, like assorted bead kits, earring kits, brass findings, swarovski cubes, hand painted beads, and butterfly earring stands It’s right there in our SALE ITEMS section.

And I went out and bought some NEW ITEMS like artistic wire, sterling silver findings, freshwater pearls, pewter charms. I can afford to offer these amazing prices because my Twenty million dollars will be wired straight into my bank account next week! HooHoo! I’m RICH!!!

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understand how dangerous THIS is..In other news I did something stupid. Yet, I still do not regret it.

No really how soon is now. A cure for MS. So I can go back to work and live a life with better stuff.

and I do not mean South Africa. Even though it is interesting to see how far a country repressed will change in to the repressor. I mean the person who wrote THIS article at CNN. How dare someone report this "The Dalai Lama fled China in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule." WHEN TIBET WAS NOT CHINA. I mean truthfully I do n ot see Tibet as China. I see China man with guns occupying Tibet for NO FUCKING reason . I see a lying China man. Who basically said if the Dalai Lama left that the people would be saved. I see betrayal. How much of CNN is owned by CHINA? There is something to think about.
Oh I see the light I had forgotten about that. So that was like a don't piss off China line? Why bother. WHATEVER.

Amy- Chris's sister has decided to be the MS Champion and walk for ME this year. The walk is next week so get on it and go PLEDGE HERE:
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=6233008&pg=personal&fr_id=11340
All of you know me and know this is important. So even a few dollars will HELP! Thank you.
in love and friendship,
JO
Amanda has also organized her team in Oklahoma. But I do not have that information. Also having someone do it in Georgia goes directly to my chapter. Which helps me more. BUT I wanted to thank Amanda for being my hero and making such a huge team! Since she may or may not peak at this.

I BRING YOU-----THE GREATEST MOSQUITO STAR TREK INSPIRED KILLER EVER!

I have been watching reruns of Millenium. I never saw the first run. But I have seen enough to know that there was a crossover. So a couple weeks ago I went searching for the cross tie to X-Files. No shows existed. I was perturbed. Why show me teaser cigarette butts. NOW-for the last two weeks I have noticed cross over characters. OBVIOUS CORSS OVER CHARACTERS. Tonight I am tired of Sabrina the Teenage Witch,Family Guy,and other assorted reruns. I switch over to X-Files. UMMMM THE TITLE IS MILLENIUM. FRANK BLACK IS HERE WITH SCULLY. Ya know just because you quit watching because there was no Mulder. DOES NOT mean it never happened. No. There is my Friday the 13th GEEK RANT. The Cross Over EXISTS. THE END.
Add:
And that MADE sense-how Frank Blacks roll ended. I wish they would have ended it in Mill instead of X but thank GOD it ended with sense. Kind of a cop out sense. But better than the Mill cop out ending. ANYWHO..

This year let us use Wiki to explain the MS...Of course it has a whole thing on smoking which is inaccurate. It actually stops my twitching so I continue to smoke. :) OK sooooo there ya have it. Do not forget Yoga in the Park Saturday.

HAPPY MARDI GRAS everybody may we all get a nice STEAK for dinner hopefully.

I would buy a house. Buy my friend a house. By 2 cars. And cancel SSDI. Go to India and cure my MS. If that did not work. I would go to China to cure my MS. See there is a common theme here...

Don't let the door hit ya on the way out BUH bye.

"The American people voted for change in November." he says while getting miffed about the Stimulus Bill that is not passing. SEEEEEE NOW....You may have voted for Change. BUT- was change to have a President who actually listens to the American People? Or was it really just some guy who is going to fart rainbows and fix everything? The thing is..and I tried to explain this to people. The President really has no control. As you can see by this stimulus bill. Senators are voted for by the people of their communities. They are closer to the people of those communities. And may be listening more to the people of those communities. So if the Senate is saying NO NO NO - would that not mean the people are saying NO NO NO? Understand this. An argument on who's fault it is of this being stuck on the floor is ASININE because Democrats are also saying NO NO NO. What I guess I am rambling in to this very fine circle of grammar hell is this: Wouldn't listening to the Senators be like listening to the People?
I have very strong opinions on what should not be on that bill. Actually I have not seen a single thing that creates a job.
I however can not lie that a 4500 tax credit to buy a newer car and up to 15K back for buying a house is not singing to me. Because it is. I do understand the logistics of buying a car right now stimulates the economy. Or that buying a house helps the housing market. Stimulating the economy. That is why I can not argue over those things.
What I will debate and argue is this:
How many people really need and I mean NEED digital converter boxes. We live in a world where people will take free stuff just because it is FREE. Not because they need it. I thought there would be some kind of "if you qualify for a coupon" not an "everybody who wants a freebie gets a freebie coupon." PERSONALLY. I lived without tv through most of the 90's. The television I had before the tv I inherited from my Dad last in OZ was a black and white tv/radio combo. I hardly used it. I am still waiting for someone to explain to me why the government should spend millions of billions of dollars to make sure people can watch tv. Because I just do not get it.
Money for the National Endowments of the Arts. I like Art. I really do. Hell, you could say I am an artist of sorts. I do make jewelry. I also write. Yes, I know my grammar sucks because I run out of grammar by the time I get to the free flowing forum. So yeah-I write. In the pasts I have won awards for singing,drama,dance,and painting. So I LOVE ART. Now here is the but. The NEA does not do anything to create jobs. It does very little in the way of education. What it specializes in and this is important..is GRANTS for new and up and coming "artist". I put artist in quotes back there for a reason. Some people see Maplethourpe as hight Art. I do not. Maplethourpe had a grant through the NEA which is what created that contoversy. If you have no idea who the hell I am talking about-go google it-you might not want to do it at work-and I may have spelled his name wrong-but go-------I will wait-----------


Are you back with us? How was that for your eyes? Who knew a buttplug could be so ARTISTIC. Forget Maplethourpe. I once dated someone who applied for the NEA grant. He was a bad "artist" who smoked a ton of pot. Tax dollars should not pay for some guy/gal to inflate their ego saying they are "artists." REAL ARTIST work hard, think outside of the box,and no that they may never make a single solitary dime off their art. Real artist do not care. The art is more for them-then for you. Real artist will do whatever it takes to buy paint,wire, computer software to do what they LOVE to do. Not a handout. NOW if you disagree with me. Which is fine. My last point- NEA only became federally funded in 1965. It still functions almost completely off PRIVATE FUNDING. It's the PRIVATE funding that stops the art from spreading to education like it should and then I would not be screaming in to the wind over here.

Things that do not make sense to me why they are all in ONE bill.
Fixing Bridges and Roads + Amtrak.
I have to admit and ALOT of conservatives hate it. I WANT MONEY FOR AMTRAK. NO REALLY. We need a rail in Georgia that goes to Savannah from Atlanta. Athens to Atlanta. Ect.. But why not spend money on the rail and make roads and bridges the last priority. You have proper Transit you don't need the roads.

Ok that is all I have till my next cup of coffee.
Later I might write about my morning ephiphanies. Hell I will do it now.
1950's Housewife. House Wife or Indentured Servant?
Is it networking or Neptism?
I used to make little magazines for my barbie dolls. Now you know. See there was TMI we are not in FB and it's not 25 of them.

This afternoon I awoke with a fabulous epiphany. Now it's gone. Just like that. Now I will proceed to share random things. Maybe that will find the epiphany in my head.
I am slightly pissed that someone on FB pointed out I look like Tina Fey. I mean she's cool looking. I guess it's better than that Monica Lewinsky phase I went through. But still. I would really like people to say "Wow Jo you got a nifty haircut. Your new glasses are SWEET!" Instead I got you look like Tina Fey. What I am saying is- I don't try to look or want to look like a celebrity-unless I become one. At 36 I think that ship has sailed.
Epiphany still not weeded out.
Yesterday I got a note on my door from the leasing office. As I read the note my eyes came across this sentence "as you may already know you are on a month to month lease. We would like to extend your lease for 7 months." NOW, let me catch you up to speed. Chris and I tried to renew our lease in October. The leasing agent SWORE up and down that they were going to renovate our apartment so we had to move. I flipped out. The Property Manager came out of her office told the leasing agent that was not the case. Gave us a FIVE month lease in case they chose to renovate. Buying us more time to either rent or buy a house. I have been packing to move. We all know I have MS so yes-packing will take me months. So what the hell is with the notice? I call the leasing office. They don't have it in the computer that we have a lease. WELL PAPER covers COMPUTER. All apologies. Wait. Did I get this notice because the Property Manager is trying to tell mr they have decided not to renovate and I can sign for 7 more months? I think this might be the case. I will have to go up there and tag the Property Manager. It would suck because I have boxes all over the apartment. But it would be a blessing because we would not have to spend money to move. We would have time to save more. Maybe by then some people will feel more comfortable with the house idea. *looks around. It's hard to get excited about possibly buying a house in an economy where layoffs are the norm. So. I get it. But I also get that mortgage rates will never ever ever be this low again. Typically they are only low in times of economical stress. So getting rates this low means same situation. Anyway. Still no return of the epiphany.
I need to invest in a table top photo studio for the jewelry. It's the other thing I am suppose to do today. Go and get bails to finish the necklace. I also need more crystals to finish the new earrings for spring. I also need to order the beads for the corsage cuffs. I had all these designs for Valentines Day like a voodoo doll with a rose bracelet. BUT-I got wrapped up (these accidental puns are killing me) in the baby shower candy. So no Valentines line. I am not really a hearts and pink kinda girl anyway. I sell what I like. Which can be dangerous. I have been trying to sell and not keep. Let's see--still no epiphany but my fingers are sore. So I have to stop. MY GOD. They have never hurt this bad.