Author: lux

Shot Across The Bow

So Bush is going to push for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. In other words, he wants to use a document created to guarantee the rights of a free people to take away rights from one class of citizens.

You know, 50 years ago, most people would probably have voted to uphold Jim Crow discrimination laws. That didn’t make it right. Neither is this.

If things happen in threes, I’m screwed!

I got rear-ended by a hit and run driver in a white truck last night as I was coming home from work. The driver didn’t even stop, so I have no license plate or insurance info to give to Allsate. Fortunately I did find a witness who’s willing to give her story, so that’s better than nothing.

This time, I also got a little hurt myself as well. Really slammed my head but good against the headrest — got a bump on the back of the head, lots of soft tissue soreness, aches, and tenderness. Not quite enough to make me want to go to the doctor but enough to be uncomfortable, especially at work.

This is the second fucking time in 3 months I’ve had major auto damage to my poor Saturn. I am NOT happy. The whole trunk, rear bumper, and left rear panel are hosed. Several thousand dollars, easily. And what Allstate is going to say with this one coming so soon after $5,000 worth of repairs the last time, i don’t know.

I took a taxi to work this AM and got a friend to give me a ride home. Tomorrow early I have to get the car to a body shop and see about a rental. There is bus service from SF to Marin, but it’s a real pain in the ass – two busses and the light rail, to be exact.

Bleh. I am SO not a happy camper tonight.

Dean is Out

A sad day.

I still have trouble understanding why so many people like Kerry, but it’s been painfully obvious that most Democrats do not think Dean is the man to take back the White House.

Not that there’s anything short of a miracle that would keep me from voting for the Democrastic nominee come November. Anybody But Bush is the name of the game right now. But still, I would prefer to be enthusiastic about that nominee, as I was for Dean and for Clinton before him.

Maybe next time.

Followup: here’s a transcript of Dean’s excellent speech as he suspended his campaign today. Good stuff.

The wheel turns again

As of today I don’t have that evil 112-mile roundtrip commute to contend with anymore! I’m back working in Corte Madera, managing my old store there.

One of those things about the work world is how hard work is generally rewarded by — more hard work. I worked hard to turn Santa Rosa into a well-organized store with good quality selling numbers. Now, I get to do the same thing all over again in Corte Madera.

It’s going to be a challenge, since the store has been understaffed for months and is in need of some fixing up. And unlike the placid Santa Rosa store, there’s more customers and longer hours, so it will be tougher to get staffed up and things back on an even keel. I’ve been pretty nervous the past couple of days & didn’t sleep well last night.

Today went alright though. The first customer of the day bought two handbags and the second, 4 pairs of shoes. I take that as a good sign.