~'Hold on, I'm comin' by Sam & Dave, a real kick. i dare you to claim this song doesn't cure what ails ya. i strongly encourage the box set which includes their public service announcement about staying in school = way cool.
~Thirteen Conversations about One Thing, because it has an intense quiet to its observation of the seminal meaning of in-consideration and the effects thereof (and because it stars John Turturro).
~"True remorse is never just regret over consequences; it is regret over motive."
-Mignon McLaughlin, because some people apologize too much (guilty) and others not at all when they should and i only just recently realized what a tremendous toll that takes on one's spirit > creativity > joy. it seems that some people mistake condolences with regret, then others don't regret what they should when they should, and if they do, they don't admit it which leads to what should amount to a monstrous "I AM SO FUCKING SORRY" but when you don't get a sincere one of those, it makes you tired of hanging with that sorry sad-sac of a man who is not only guilty of being an asspuck, but also guilty of the above-mentioned lack of consideration. and that, readers, is unforgivable.
welcome to K-TMI, my name is dee ann & i'll be your hostess for the rant this evening.
hiya gang! apologies for the late-ish posting. much happening in deeannland as of late and most of it qualifies as awesome.
first: vitamin D has been up and out! the weather has been positively glorious. anything above 75degrees pleases me very much indeed, and my beloved city has certainly delivered. i bring out the summer dresses & stilettos (not to mention more boys in more tank tops/wife-beaters ~ yum!) and everything just feels…lighter.
case in point: walking the embarcadero yesterday, looking out at the water, smelling the mixture of salt air, sweat and cologne from the mens who kindly remove their suit blazers and loosen their ties ~yum! a middle-age man (read: my age ~yikes. ~yay!) and i both turned our heads away from the ocean at the same time, made eye contact and within a milli-second, it seems we both realized what a perfect day it was and so, started laughing. made my day. i love it. mutual appreciation society, party of 2.
in addition, the new apartment is delightful. one evening, while enjoying the vibrant heat on my relatively sizeable balcony at 9pm in shorts (yes crowd, i'm wearing shorts again for the first time since college. gadzooks.) and a tank, i am now aware that my across-the-street neighbor is an exhibitionist.
if you're reading, Sir Hank the Yank: a little to the left, please, and lose the socks next time, eh?
Louie continues to provide me with much laughter and effortless affection; work is going very well; i'm dancing a lot; the first tan lines of the season have made a special appearance on this ol' bod of mine & the baby basil on my patio is redolent of the country i will soon visit.
don't want to jinx it so that's all i have to say about that!
as y'all know, at the end of the month, i go to The Stupid Cancer Happy Hour (www.stupidcancershow.com, podcast with host Matthew Zachary). >>>
>>>as long as i can remember, i've been a member of www.Protect.org. so i put out a lame query in facebook to Protect's 'fans' and fellow members wondering if anyone would like to start an SF chapter to meet monthly, something like what the STCHH does, but with an occasional guest speaker and the like. concomitantly, i wrote to Protect to see if there was anymore i could do besides pay my annual 30$ membership fee.
much to my giddy and immense pleasure, the nicest lady contacted me with an answer: one thing lead to another and i will now be the writer of newsfeeds for Protect's site. it's quite a bit of work, but i absolutely LOVE it.
in a nutshell, here's how the facebook page reads in case you don't know about the organization (shame on you):
'PROTECT is a national pro-child, anti-crime membership association. We are founded on the belief that our first and most sacred obligation as parents, citizens, and members of the human species is the protection of children from harm. We are committed to building a powerful, nonpartisan force for the protection of children from abuse, exploitation and neglect. We believe that this must be done through a determined single-issue focus, a meaningful mainstream agenda and the use of proven modern political strategies.'
one area of interest, and seemingly, one of particular need of study, is the effects/results both long-term and immediate, of familial reunification on child abuse victims.
outrageous to me and anyone who has a modicum of grey matter is that the courts place traumatized, terrorized child victims back in the home with the predator.
CPS's goal is to reunite family members whenever possible - whether after therapy sessions, temporary foster care, et cetera. but there remains no, at least none that i can uncover yet, research on how the inevitable, indubitable stress and fear shape the victims' lives going forward.
what gives???
and so, i'm back to poring over texts, tests, tomes and phone lists to find some answers. all this, i love.
all this in a nutshell which i suppose makes me the nut. s'ok, gang, takes one to know one.
fin.
cheers. clink.
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