I went up to class today and it was cancelled...so instead I went to the grocery store. I hate shopping so it is something I put off. We are finally done unpacking and neatening up. Moving is so so stressful but we're almost done. The apartment is clean and hopefully we'll get some of our money back...we can definitely use it. James is getting laid off again tomorrow...I hope he gets another short call or gets some side work. Times are really tough, I've been applying for jobs everyday and never get any responses, it really sucks. I'm working towards a second A.A. degree to maximize my potential (hopefully!) in Paralegal/Legal Studies. It would be nice to find a second job soon.
I have to go mail something and then take a walk, I've been lacking on my workouts lately and I can feel it!
:)
Monday, March 23, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
What is an animal's life worth?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/03/16/moneytales031609.DTL
I was reading this article today on SF Chronicle and it kind of upset me. Someone had commented "It's nice to see that this woman...yada yada...helps the animals, but would she do the same thing for fellow human beings?"
Now everyone is entitled to their own opinion...and here goes mine....Domesticated animals are basically helpless. When someone refuses to spay/neuter their cat or dog, and said pet goes out and creates a litter, that is the fault of the humans. Animals don't have control over their instincts.
Regarding humans: if you are a human, and you don't have health insurance, you're homeless, etc....I have compassion but at the same time...we are in control of our situation. If you are homeless/jobless because you're a junkie...basically that's nobody's fault but your own. If you're homeless because your house burned down your situation may be different.
Also humans don't tend to have a lot of gratitude. When you give a bum a dollar, they usually mumble "thanks", say nothing at all, or look at the dollar and then look at you like YOU are the asshole. In my rescue experience, animals show lots more gratitude and understanding....when I took in kittens last year who were starving, weak and dirty, they purred and purred when I washed them with a warm cloth, dropper-fed them, and played with them. They realized that I was helping them and they showed appreciation. Humans very often don't act like this. That's not to say all humans OR all animals but in most cases....when you help a human, they often just keep putting their hand out instead of getting their shit together.
Now this woman may have gone a little far...she found a cat that had been hit by a car and was suffering by the roadside. She took it to the vet and paid for it to be kept alive. I would definitely pull over and pick up a cat or dog that had been hit and left to die....and take it to the vet, but depending on the cost I might have to opt for euthanasia. Regardless I would never just leave a suffering animal by the side of the road...that's just awful and deplorable behavior on the part of us humans.
That's my big speech for the day...I hate it how people always act like compassionate animal lovers are nutcases....it's a generalization that's mean and untrue (most of the time).
I was reading this article today on SF Chronicle and it kind of upset me. Someone had commented "It's nice to see that this woman...yada yada...helps the animals, but would she do the same thing for fellow human beings?"
Now everyone is entitled to their own opinion...and here goes mine....Domesticated animals are basically helpless. When someone refuses to spay/neuter their cat or dog, and said pet goes out and creates a litter, that is the fault of the humans. Animals don't have control over their instincts.
Regarding humans: if you are a human, and you don't have health insurance, you're homeless, etc....I have compassion but at the same time...we are in control of our situation. If you are homeless/jobless because you're a junkie...basically that's nobody's fault but your own. If you're homeless because your house burned down your situation may be different.
Also humans don't tend to have a lot of gratitude. When you give a bum a dollar, they usually mumble "thanks", say nothing at all, or look at the dollar and then look at you like YOU are the asshole. In my rescue experience, animals show lots more gratitude and understanding....when I took in kittens last year who were starving, weak and dirty, they purred and purred when I washed them with a warm cloth, dropper-fed them, and played with them. They realized that I was helping them and they showed appreciation. Humans very often don't act like this. That's not to say all humans OR all animals but in most cases....when you help a human, they often just keep putting their hand out instead of getting their shit together.
Now this woman may have gone a little far...she found a cat that had been hit by a car and was suffering by the roadside. She took it to the vet and paid for it to be kept alive. I would definitely pull over and pick up a cat or dog that had been hit and left to die....and take it to the vet, but depending on the cost I might have to opt for euthanasia. Regardless I would never just leave a suffering animal by the side of the road...that's just awful and deplorable behavior on the part of us humans.
That's my big speech for the day...I hate it how people always act like compassionate animal lovers are nutcases....it's a generalization that's mean and untrue (most of the time).
Friday, March 13, 2009
OMG so tired
I am so tired. We painted our new place yesterday. Actually we started on Wednesday night...auntienette & Erik really helped me a lot yesterday. Then my mom and sister came at night. It is so much work. the people who owned it before were a little weird and really messy. Tonight we're renting a UHaul and then moving more of our stuff, and I have to go to Jo-Ann's to get curtain fabric. No curtains at all. It is lots and lots of work.
I really like it though. It's really cute, lots of windows and a good size yard spot.
I can't wait to leave work, only an hour and 20 min. Then it's off to go get the uhaul and start running around :)
I really like it though. It's really cute, lots of windows and a good size yard spot.
I can't wait to leave work, only an hour and 20 min. Then it's off to go get the uhaul and start running around :)
Sunday, March 1, 2009
OMG I so hate moving
I hate moving...even though the end result is good it's such a pain in the ass. We have so much stuff not to mention that we have the cats & bird to bring. UGH. Yesterday I gave away 6 huge black bags of stuff to Salvation Army and I'll probably have more bags by the time we are ready to leave here. We have to patch up the walls and stuff so we can maybe get some of our deposit back. I doubt they will give us any though. That's how apt. people are.
We have to paint the new place because the bedrooms are in real weird colors...dark like goth bedrooms and that's not good for me. But of course that means we have to prime since the walls are so dark.
I am totally procrastinating. I have homework to be doing plus packing. LOL
We have to paint the new place because the bedrooms are in real weird colors...dark like goth bedrooms and that's not good for me. But of course that means we have to prime since the walls are so dark.
I am totally procrastinating. I have homework to be doing plus packing. LOL
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