I guess "Cruel and Unusual" was far too vague.

I was really hoping that marijuana would be legalized before government sponsored torture and warantless searches.
But no....

The way this vote was conducted and snuck through is the highest level of shady. Do people still not realize that aside from torture being inherently wrong, that US soldiers will now be tortured if they are captured? I thought it was against UN rules to torture people...are we risking losing their support yet again? I have no desire to live in a fascist country, espeically one that is totally dishonest about their fascism.

I started reading the news today and saw that it had also been approved that any student who attends a US public school can be patted down, strip searched, or have bags and lockers searched without a warrant or even suspicion. Aside from the obvious problem of giving teachers the right to "strip search" minors, this is just gross. When I was in high school people were still arguing whether or not random drug testing for sports was okay. Now we're searching any old student for any old thing for any old reason. And if you think honest students shouldn't have anything to hide, just ask the West Memphis Three.
I find this especially infuriating because kids could grow up and have the "I went through it and I turned out fine" attitude to such blatant disregard for privacy and basic freedom.


As for me, I have a meeting with the life coach today, followed by EMDR and then a nice nap.
Hazel's first draft WILL be done by the time I leave town Friday evening. Mark my words.
For now, methinks I shall have a turkey bacon and avocad bagel sandwich, just like Hazel has in chapter six.

Watch it, Yarny!

Okay, I got my knitting boards and found all my yarn from last year and the year before. I have plenty of hooks, one straight board and three or four circular ones of varying sizes. My plan is to do scarves until I can't stands no more, then work up to something like socks or a hat.

How come people want to charge for patterns?
Don't they know I'm poor. I'm quickly learning though, that yarn work is not neccesarily for poor people. You can spend a shitload of money on yarn and patterns. For now though, I'm gonna stick to getting yarn at Meijer.

Now I'm off to figure out how to use these damn things.

Also, can anyone think of something men like that looks cool with embroidery?
I kick ass at embroidery.