Hiatus Interruptus?

So I apparently decided on an impromptu and short hiatus. Okay…maybe short is a questionable adjective but I didn’t really notice how much time has passed since I looked at my most recent entry…a wonderful tirade against some stupid Republicans (no offense). Oh yeah…that was like…a month and a half ago huh? Whoops!

Well the world of Firefly Syl has been busy indeed. David and Patrick moved from their house which they shared with Alex and Sam into an apartment so it’s just the three of us now. It’s kind of nice actually because no offense to Sam and Alex…they’re kind of like children. I mean, there is nothing wrong with acting childish every so often, but every day and it gets a bit old. And it got very old.

Other than that my 101 classes ended and now I can take spins and transitions whenever I want. I haven’t had a chance yet, but I’ll be going to a class on Thursday morning. I’m kind of scared I’ve forgotten what I’ve learned so far, but I think once I get there, I’ll be fine. Same with T’ai Chi. I haven’t been to that since formal class ended in June. I need to stretch more and they might be getting a yoga class at the dogen which would be sweet. And a women’s self-defense class. =)

Besides all of that, I’m learning henna and getting back in the hang of making hemp jewelry. It’s been a very long time since I’ve made anything, so we shall see how that goes!

Things are also moving a head with the AAG project. I’ve narrowed my topic down to Pagan influences and the Anglo-Saxon language so now I just have to pick one of them. Both, I find, are fascinating topics. Maybe that’s because I love religion and language. Granted, the Pagan one for me is very easy but still enjoyable. And I have learned a few new things. Hopefully with one of my next updates, I’ll have my topic settled.

Now to just update this more often…

Rand Paul and Glenn Beck

Seriously I'm sick of hearing these two names, especially the latter.  Thankfully, the only time I really hear anything Glenn Beck says is when John Stewart of Stephen Colbert mention it because really, that's about all I can take. So here is my rant on the two, starting with Mr. Glenn Beck.

The reasons why Glenn Beck is nothing more than an ignorant moron are really vast but can be easily narrowed down.  I really don't think this man has a working knowledge of any sort history or even understands the fundamental workings of certain ideals.  Let's take, for example, how everything leads to Nazism in his mind.  I'm not over-exaggerating here either....everything literally turns into Nazism in his warped little world, even health care.  Mind you, he and his fellow GOP bootlickers cry communism at every turn that sometimes I don't know what they think.  President Obama is a Nazi implementing communist ideals?  Glenn Beck, do you know ANYTHING at all about Nazism, fascism, or communism?  I guess he missed class the day they talked about how communists were thrown into the concentration camps in Nazi Germany and killed off.  I think he also missed the slight similarities between Hitler and George W. Bush (We’re talking about the Patriot Act which for all sakes and purposes was really a dictator-like move and the fact that Bush, like Hitler, believed he was doing what God wanted of him.).  Communists were seen as a threat in Germany at this time. 

Do you even know where your fear of communism comes from?  It comes from the McCarthy era.  America was so terrified of the idea of equality amongst all classes that it pointed to Soviet Russia-the most extreme example they knew of-and said “Look at how bad that place is, do you want to end up like that?”  Of course, the majority of the American people replied back with a “Hell no!” and blindly followed the course of American politics over the next 60-ish years which would put down societal advances in a vast amount of countries claiming that there were “protecting” us from communism.  Even in America the results of this free-trade and disgusting capitalistic ideal can be seen in the glaring disparities between the rich and poor.  The trickle-down theory of capitalism doesn’t work.  Socialism does work.  But that’s for a different post.

Peace Corps, according to Glenn Beck is nothing more than the equivalent to Hitler’s Schutzstaffel [SS].  The SS mind you was a paramilitary organization that exemplified all the racial purity beliefs Hitler held onto, on top of being the secret police force that went through and ruthlessly murdered innocent people.  The Peace Corps on the other hand is an organization designed to help people through educational awareness and workshops.  Peace Corps members are all volunteers who work abroad to promote international development.  They’re not the same.  Not even close Glenn Beck.

You know, for as much as he yells Nazism at different measures being initiated, do you think he’ll actually ever admit that he is closer to Nazi ideal than President Obama?  I mean, take for example the fact that the majority of people that support him are Neo-Nazis and he in turn supports paramilitaries such as the Oath Keepers that support an overthrow of the legitimate government.  Just food for thought…

And you Mister Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul…you’re just as annoying.  There is no way that President Obama is “being too tough” on BP.  His criticism against BP is not un-American…if anything he is exercising his Constitutional rights. And he isn’t criticizing businesses.  He is criticizing multinational corporations [MNC] and they are not the same.  Normal businesses don’t overtake countries’ economies.  MNCs do. I guess like Glenn Beck, Rand Paul is unaware of the simplest facts.  The mistake by BP and their “little white lies” about the amount of oil being spilled is taking away from the local economy.  Businesses down there are suffering.  But I guess it is just un-American to point that out because we’re a nation that supports MNCs and will do whatever we can to keep them there.  

Rainbows and Butterflies

Two of my favourite things...rainbows and butterflies.  I saw three rainbows over this past week and I'm not entirely sure what to make of it.  Rainbows are a good sign so is it maybe a sign from God that He is happy with where I am going?  Is it His way of telling me that things are getting better?  Only He knows...

In other news, I think I might be doing an Independent Study of Geography class with Kerry over summer quarter.  He wants me to apply for the Annual Geographers Meeting which is going to be in Seattle in April and present a paper.  Since there is 10,000 people who show up to this and lots of events, I'll probably only be presenting to 50 people max, but that's still exciting and I can't wait to get started on that. I just have to figure out what exactly I want to write about.  Probably something that deals with globalization and/or the Middle East.

David and I are also thinking of planning some kind of fundraiser and awareness event about the snow leopard.  I really love snow leopards.  Like a week ago, a hunter in the Wakhan Mountains of Afghanistan caught one and tried to sell it.  Before he could,  Mustapha Zaher (Who is the director general of the NEPA in Kabul and grandson of Zaher Shah) found out and contacted the US Ambassador, some German troops located nearby and President Karzai.  After being confiscated from the hunter, veterinarians worked on fixing the poor leopard's leg and they waited for a storm to pass.  Unfortunately, when a clear day finally came the leopard had died. =[

We're talking about a creature that is close to extinction.  They're such beautiful and majestic creatures...I think it's important for people to listen to their cry of help too.

Forgetable

Sometimes I forget how absolutely terrible I can be at posting on a blog, and then I create one and remember.  Ah well, I shall stick to this one!

I hope. >_<

 

 

When bored and tired, bitch about it. Right?

I am very slowly falling asleep at work...not a good thing.  I think I might get in trouble if I fall asleep...just maybe though. (>_>)  So what do I decide to do?  Start rambling on here of course!

I think it's my schoolwork's fault.  Earlier I had to read a study on a study (Why I couldn't just read the original study and summarize that is beyound me.) and now I'm trying to finish Chomsky's 9/11.  Really, it's all just sending me into Lala Land.  Hopefully though, I can finish Chomsky's 9/11 later today and then get the two chapters from Andrew Bacevich's The Limits of Power read and Tuesday can see me firing off my summaries and then I can sit back and chillax the rest of the week.

Oh wouldn't that be wonderful?

Then I have to write off a note on religion for my friend David because he is apparently "intrigued" by my views on religion, so that will take some time to actually sit down and organize so it makes sense.  I mean, I'm not sure if you've noticed but my mind isn't a very clean, organized place.  Nope, not at all.

But no really...don't people have to like go to work soon?  Bah.  I hate people!  And I hate Top 40's Stations.

And I hate Anne Boleyn.

-Syetlana

Just A Small Town Girl

Actually, I'm not entirely sure what I technically "am". I mean, I lived in small towns in North Carolina and Nebraska, but in Pennsylvania I lived on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Even here in Washington, the "small town" I live in is influenced heavily by nearby Seattle. I love the city with all its commotion and noise. I love the small town with its laid back attitudes and easy pace.

But, as the next line of the song goes, I definitely feel as if I'm living in a lonely world. Not lonely enough that I would completely consider if akin to solitary confinement though. Sometimes people come through. Sometimes they even stay awhile. And then something in their life calls them away...

So I just really want me to be the something in someone's life that calls to them. Gah, how utterly sappy of me. I should stop reading shoujo manga...

In other news...I am incredibly happy and content. I got the boy and that's all I could want right now. Sure we've had a few misunderstands and minor things we had to deal with but for the first time I have a boyfriend who can act like an adult. And I don't have to explain to him where Haiti is. Life, is good =3

Black Hole

I'm not entirely sure how much more sitting in the background I can take. I feel my entire life so far has been like watching everything unfold on television. I feel like a failure. I can't hold onto anything for long. I can't keep to what I say I'm going to keep to.

I make goals I never reach.

On the turning of the year, I said I'd do things for myself. That for once in my life, I would thinking of myself FIRST and everything else would follow second. But I haven't. While I haven't been miserable per say, I've been fairly unhappy. I feel like I'm stopped in place and everything is moving around me so quickly. Things are happening and I don't have a voice in any of it. I never did and I never will.

And I like him more than I said I did. I'll never let on how much he means to me, and instead I'll be there when he needs me because he's busy being bummed out that his best friend who he has fallen for won't leave her boyfriend for him.

I'm always helping pick everyone else up....but no one wants to help me.