Thoughts of Long Spaces

[ninj]

I have not posted here in a long time. I failed to post after what might be the most historic presidential election of my lifetime. An election that I followed with baited breath in CA, only to discover that people are not as good natured as I would hope for them to be. Now I have lots to say to the CA people against Proposition 8 who are out there disputing this all now. Where were you before the fucking election? I saw so many people advocating Proposition 8 like it was the only thing that was going to keep our children safe and a handful of people stood on the corner waving signs about love and equality, but now? Now there are massive protests. As much as I hate Proposition 8 and hope that it is overturned I hate that it took Proposition 8 passing to actually get these people to start acting. A Fresno Catholic school made the head of their PTA resign because she did not support Proposition 8. She still stands by her position. Good for her, this is not without hope.

I may be getting my job for real soon, which is good considering they're trying to screw me. I asked for the Holiday schedule months ago and they pointed me to this online calendar which showed that we had half of December 24th, 25,26, and 27th off and had to be back at work on the 28th and then we'd get New Years off plus the Friday because of the way things worked out. Then last week I find out that those days are paid leave for full time employees the reality is that we have from 24th to the 5th of January with no working. Which means two weeks that I don't get paid. Chris only gets his GI bill for the days he is in school for December. Thankfully, on Monday they sent out an e-mail announcing they were hiring. So I'm applying and hoping for the best.

I also applied to the CA State Prison System as a library technician and there has been some interest. It depends on which prison, because there are a lot of them near us. One is a super max. I don't want to work at a super max.

Today is also the day I find out about Teach For America.

Alright, time to start getting in gear for the day.

Comments

[snogged.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I agree with your thoughts on Prop 8

Oh and btw, I miss you.

[spacevlad.livejournal.com]

One of things I keep hearing from people about Prop 8 is that one of the biggest reasons it passed was because the Yes side was much better organized than the the No side. Understandably...not only did they have a financial advantage, they had built-in two of the most powerful organization bodies in the country: the Catholic Church, and the Mormon Church. If nothing else, churches can organize and get shit done, even for nefarious purposes.

The nice thing is that time is on our side, and I think this result is really forcing people all around the country to make a decision on where they stand on this issue. Did you see Olbermann's "special comment" about Prop 8? It's incredibly moving.

You got it wrong! It was PTO, not PTA

[(Anonymous)]

In your writing you state that the president of a parent group at a private catholic school was asked to resign. The group was incorrectly identified as a PTA. This school's organization is NOT A PTA, but a non-affiliated parent group. The California State PTA is non-commercial, non-sectarian and non-partisan, and as such did not take a position on Proposition 8. Thank you! Eleventh District PTA President