GRATITUDE

"My favorite thing is to go where I've never been." Diane Arbus,genius

aloha again, feeling a bit less miserable today.
saw an add on CNN this morning touting Sotomayor (sp?) for the Supremes. is this usual?

HAIRY PALMS?
had a bit of a scare yesterday morning, my Good Eye seemed covered with a dirty lacy overlay.was the visual honeymoon over already? after contemplating this a bit alone, i used Sherlockian deductive logic to determine that new so called Sterile eye drops were the culprit.once rinsed out my visIon soon returned to normal.WHEW!

MY BRILLIANT CAREER (sic)
years ago when Soul Mate and i lived in Bezerkeley, a white quad friend of ours wanted to join the Disability Commission, they had a vacancy-hers,we approached the staff of one of the City Councilman and was told a person of color,preferably black, was desired.about a week later, i kid you not, Soul Mate turned over in bed one morning and proclaimed "Wait a minute...you're black!"busted. so it began.
i have been down this week, {look at my last mid morning screed}, and SM requested i look at the things i was proud of... the birth of both my sons, meeting her,graduating SF State and bringing my mother west for a huge family reunion in LA and ah, something tangible.
if you're ever in Berkeley go to Dwight & Sacramento go look at the building on the SE corner then drive down to Alcratraz & Sacramento and look at the senior/disabled building on the SW corner with the clinic in the basement.i didn't build either of them but when there came time for critical matching funds from the city which would trigger greater matching funds from the Feds i championed them,i begged and bullied until they got built. i explained schematics,ADA compliance and community need then when the NIMBYs arose in full throttle protests i pointed out that i lived a mere block from Dwight & Sacto and shut them the hell up.sometimes i forget...

in other news,
Gov A*Hole wants to cut the pay rate of home care workers, the IHSS program, here in Santa Cruz the hourly rate would plummet from $11.50 to $8.oo. i am sure the Sacto Sickos think the lousy economy will provide enough warm bodies for us tottering sick old folks to survive.price of normal need things will not plummet accordingly.THIS SUCKS BIG TIME! where is the protest from the Dims,'da party of da sheeple'? not a bleat nor a whinny is heard. (disgust) also they plan to further Csh Rape cities and counties until the remaining thin Safety Net lays in bloody tatters state wide,Adult and Child Protective Services are the first things to go...and closing ALL state parks,ya gotta be kidding me!

i am very disorganized this week and can't find another crip website to give you. Google in DISABOOM for a virtual crip community, i am also a member.

namaste
semper grumpy
mega