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is it friday yet?
2001-10-03 - 4:20 p.m.

So, after many eons of having moronic lost students and conference attendees get lost down our hall and end up in our office asking truly stupid questions, we finally have a barrier. At the end of our hallway, which they try to pretend is a part time art gallery, they have installed double doors. One of my coworkers thinks it makes this place even more of a closet than it already is. I think it will help keep the stupid people out. I hope it will anyway.

Ah, the simple pleasures of a black lace bra...

Theo and I have discussed getting drunk for the play tonight and letting the boys drive. This could be entertaining. We both need to blow off some steam and vent a while. It's helpful to do it over IM, but not nearly as satisfying as an all out hissy fit rant and vent session. Note: not a vet session, that would involve the poor cat getting palpated again. Poor Garibaldi...

Theo is also trying to convince me to skip University this weekend and party with her instead of being productive. I think despite her tempting offer, I will be responsible and go. Besides, I've been to every UofA since I first started in the SCA, even the one in BF Bordervale Keep, so now it's a pride thing. :) Besides, think of the time I'll have to hand sew all the things I need to do. Now I just need to get some stuff to the hand sewing stage.

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So, now I feel the need to address Ysbryd's recent comments. Note to self, I wonder who this is? I have to say that I think most of this rant is a bit ignorant.

First, the comment that the Pilgrims were all Puritans is completely false. Then again, if you go with your average laypersons belief, the pilgrims all wore black and had big buckles on their hats, and shoes. Um, thankfully the wonderful living history museums such as Jamestown and Plimoth Plantation have done reserach to the contrary. Certainly the pilgrims and colonists that braved the wild Atlantic to find a new home were not perfect and many were quite pious. But pious does not equal puritan. Most people in the 17th century, aside from the uppercrust who could afford to be debauchers, etc., were pious in whatever religion they practiced. The folks that came America were no more pious or puritan that those that stayed in England, they simply believed differently. It was the freedom to practice what they want, and not be persecuted for it that made them take the great leap of faith it took to make such a voyage and life change. I find this slightly insulting to our forefathers, but that is their right to say so, I just thought I'd wade in with another view point.

Now to the practice of regulating what others do, this is a double edged sword. True, we can simply let everyone be completely free to make the mistakes they do and let them suffer the consequences, but then we run the big risk of letting innocents get harmed during that learning curve. Perhaps we are too strict and judgmental of our fellow man. Perhaps we do regulate too much of daily life such as prostitution. But then think of all the folks who get off on hideous crimes on pleas of insanity. Until the people as a whole are willing to stand up and take responsibility for their actions, they should not be given these absolute freedoms that you speak of. There are consequences to killing someone, and hopefully those who commit those crimes will face those consequences. But if we can prevent someone from being killed, isn't that so much better? And the fact that most drugs are illegal is a good thing. I'm all for partying and having and fun time, but some folks can't control themselves, some folks have addictive personalities, or genes or something that makes them loose control. There are very few good drugs out there, pot sometimes being the one exception, and even it has it's drawbacks, and luckily most of them are regulated by prescriptions.

Perhaps the people are not be represented the best in Washington, but who puts those folks there. It is up the people to remove the morons in charge and find new representatives, and we have that right every chance we get to vote. And if you say that one person can't make a difference, others can show you many times when one person did make a difference. And perhaps we could go to a completely free world of debauchery, and unregulated drugs, etc, and then we too could be a third world country. I'd rather not.

sigh, my brain hurts.

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