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Sep. 14th, 2012 10:21 am( Gaeilge )
So. This whole house purchase process not only wants to give me a bipolar fit, it's like a whole tiny Advent Calendar of Minor Annoyances and Setbacks. This latest one is smallish, but annoying, I don't know if it'll get resolved today or what this bodes for Monday, or if things will have to be postponed yet-a-fucking-gain. I hope not. It's the kind of thing a search-and-replace could fix, if legally it could be fixed that way.
The Middle East is still on fire, in the more emotional and visceral sense than the literal. I'm not sure what to say to that except that by all accounts the video is asinine, reprehensible, and offensive, and the actions of the people burning buildings and firing on embassy staff is likewise reprehensible, asinine, and offensive. And both of these groups represent a minority, but it's hard to keep that in mind when you're being offended. I've seen reports of peaceful protests on embassies, and that's fine, I hope it can stay that way. And if Americans want to wave signs and shake their heads and protest the killings of the embassy staff and the burning of embassies (not just ours, either) that's fine, too. Swearengen said it best, here. My god, act civilized even if you ain't.
Yeah, other than that, things seem to be going all right. I need to watch Sons of Anarchy and I need to catch up on Warehouse 13. And do some writing and do some knitting. And people need to stop sending me LinkedIn invitations, oi. Life continues. More as it develops.
So. This whole house purchase process not only wants to give me a bipolar fit, it's like a whole tiny Advent Calendar of Minor Annoyances and Setbacks. This latest one is smallish, but annoying, I don't know if it'll get resolved today or what this bodes for Monday, or if things will have to be postponed yet-a-fucking-gain. I hope not. It's the kind of thing a search-and-replace could fix, if legally it could be fixed that way.
The Middle East is still on fire, in the more emotional and visceral sense than the literal. I'm not sure what to say to that except that by all accounts the video is asinine, reprehensible, and offensive, and the actions of the people burning buildings and firing on embassy staff is likewise reprehensible, asinine, and offensive. And both of these groups represent a minority, but it's hard to keep that in mind when you're being offended. I've seen reports of peaceful protests on embassies, and that's fine, I hope it can stay that way. And if Americans want to wave signs and shake their heads and protest the killings of the embassy staff and the burning of embassies (not just ours, either) that's fine, too. Swearengen said it best, here. My god, act civilized even if you ain't.
Yeah, other than that, things seem to be going all right. I need to watch Sons of Anarchy and I need to catch up on Warehouse 13. And do some writing and do some knitting. And people need to stop sending me LinkedIn invitations, oi. Life continues. More as it develops.