More Monday Morning Miscellanea

[vovat]

I'm not sure whether this will become an ongoing Monday feature, but probably not. I do like making posts like this on occasion, though, as I have a lot of things to say that are too short for regular entries (yeah, I know there's no minimum length, but I don't like to make really short entries unless they're important), and too long for Twitter. Anyway, I have five items today.

1. One thing I've heard people say about Bill Clinton is that he was calm during a crisis. (Yeah, maybe it was because he'd always get a blow job before addressing the nation, but hey, whatever works, right?) It seems like Obama, who always appears to be cool and composed, might be the same way. He also has charisma, an area in which John Kerry was seriously lacking. I think there's a good chance these traits will prove beneficial to him in the election. Unfortunately, there's still a lot of racism in the country to work against him.

2. Sometimes, when I hear people talking about how badly the stock market is doing, I kind of want the whole thing to fail. I mean, I don't really (after all, I probably wouldn't have been able to pay for college if it hadn't been for my family investing in mutual funds), but I do think the system needs SOME incentive to change. Isn't it a bit absurd that the basis of our economic system involves people on Wall Street gambling?

3. When I did my post about annoying commercials, there was another kind I'd meant to list, but forgot. Those are the ones that show Ashton Kutcher playing with his camera. Maybe I should feel sorry for the guy, though. He can't get any acting roles anymore, and the only way anyone will pay him any attention at parties is if he shows off his camera.

4. Speaking of commercials, colbyucb reminded me of how Subway's "hey, we're healthy" campaign is rather irritating. I'm not even sure they started down that road until Jared, and his weight loss plan involved a lot of walking and eating the veggie subs. No one is going to get into shape by having an Italian BMT every day, you know?

5. bethje and I went to PetSmart last week, and looked at the cats they had available for adoption. It really bothers me when one of the cages says something like, "My family moved, and left me behind." Why would anyone DO that? Poor kitties!

Comments

[jenhime.livejournal.com]

5. This is why I can't go to the SPCA. I want to take home all the cats who were abandoned by their owners -- especially the ones that are 10+ years old and have an almost 0% chance of being adopted...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, people are much more likely to adopt kittens, which I guess makes sense because they want to have them as pets for longer periods of time, but I feel bad for the older cats.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

2. Sometimes, when I read articles about Financial Tough Times, and it talks about people realizing they can't eat out all the time and can't spend money on designer things, I just want to LAUGH AND LAUGH AND LAUGH AT THESE POOR DELUDED PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO CLUE WHAT BARELY MAKING ENOUGH TO GET BY ACTUALLY MEANS. Thank you, not that that really had to do with anything.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

But if you DON'T eat out all the time and buy designer clothes, the terrorists win!

[dragonxbait.livejournal.com]

I used to volunteer at the humane society in albany- a lot of the people who abandon pets are in shitty situations, where they have lost their place to live and can't find another place that takes pets. I wouldn't be surprised if that is happening even more with the current economy. I agree, though, it always baffled me. I think I would move heaven and earth to find somewhere to be with my pets or someone I trusted to take them if all else fails. I guess people have different priorities.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I used to volunteer at the humane society in albany- a lot of the people who abandon pets are in shitty situations, where they have lost their place to live and can't find another place that takes pets.

Yeah, I can see that, but wouldn't they ask other people if they could take the pets before taking them to a shelter? I obviously don't know all the details, but the notes on the cages suggest that sometimes people don't even let anybody know that they're leaving pets behind, but just leave them outside (or even inside) their old homes.