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Nun acts uncharacteristically virtuous.
Feb. 18th, 2018 09:28 pmVirtuous thing #1: I haven't gone out this weekend. I was too tired on Friday night thanks to Thursday night. On Saturday, though, I Just Wasn't Feeling It despite having a ticket for an Opulent Temple night at Nightjar down in Pioneer Square. (OK, the thought of going to Pioneer Square alone was a bit of a deterrent, but Nightjar is pretty neat; it's Michael Manahan's new joint.) Two consecutive good nights' sleep in a row?! Will wonders never cease?
Virtuous thing #2: I got something major done for work. I want to have it done it time for Sydney, which is now less than a week away.
Virtuous thing #3: I went to meet my state representatives at a brew pub about twenty blocks away. The background, for those who don't live in the mighty & awesome Evergreen State, is that the Democrats regained control of the state senate just a few months ago, and they've been passing tons of legislation.
I asked about the education funding situation in Washington, which has been fraught with court decisions and Republican ectoplasm. The legislative assistant I was talking with asked if I'd read their newsletter. Believe it or not, I thought I had. At least they know I'm interested.
I asked one actual legislator, Gael Tarleton, that now that automatic voter registration has passed the Senate, how about non-partisan redistricting? Her answer was that we already have it in this state, to which I said, essentially, 'WAT?!" I'd thought only Iowa had it. It's true that only a few states have it, but WA is one of them. Whew! I'm humbled in the presence, mayunn.
There were several gun control activists there, some of them with young children. Go get 'em. On this issue, Tarleton had a few discouraging words. There are other legislators, she said, who are gun owners and do not give a good goddamn - my words, not hers - about massacres of children. She stressed the importance of language: "massacres", not "events" or "incidents". On this she & I are of the same mind. Also from the dark side, she says that legislators are even less inclined to trust the press than anyone else is anymore, so that makes contacting your legislators - and getting friends & family all over the state to do so - more important than ever.
Virtuous thing #4: I went to Lambert House and spent over two hours kicking MS Access's ass. It now does what the director & volunteer manager asked for. Fun fact: because Lambert House is a non-profit, they don't heat the house when it isn't open to youth, but I was one of four volunteers in there over the course of the evening.
Not so virtuous thing, but still adulting: Bopping down to IKEA and eliminating lots of household annoyances. Most of their parking is, unlike the last time I went there, outdoors. Of course I got snowed on.
The question in my mind now is, since I have tomorrow off, do I want to go out tonight for a rare Sunday night of house music at Re-bar? See cold above.
Virtuous thing #2: I got something major done for work. I want to have it done it time for Sydney, which is now less than a week away.
Virtuous thing #3: I went to meet my state representatives at a brew pub about twenty blocks away. The background, for those who don't live in the mighty & awesome Evergreen State, is that the Democrats regained control of the state senate just a few months ago, and they've been passing tons of legislation.
I asked about the education funding situation in Washington, which has been fraught with court decisions and Republican ectoplasm. The legislative assistant I was talking with asked if I'd read their newsletter. Believe it or not, I thought I had. At least they know I'm interested.
I asked one actual legislator, Gael Tarleton, that now that automatic voter registration has passed the Senate, how about non-partisan redistricting? Her answer was that we already have it in this state, to which I said, essentially, 'WAT?!" I'd thought only Iowa had it. It's true that only a few states have it, but WA is one of them. Whew! I'm humbled in the presence, mayunn.
There were several gun control activists there, some of them with young children. Go get 'em. On this issue, Tarleton had a few discouraging words. There are other legislators, she said, who are gun owners and do not give a good goddamn - my words, not hers - about massacres of children. She stressed the importance of language: "massacres", not "events" or "incidents". On this she & I are of the same mind. Also from the dark side, she says that legislators are even less inclined to trust the press than anyone else is anymore, so that makes contacting your legislators - and getting friends & family all over the state to do so - more important than ever.
Virtuous thing #4: I went to Lambert House and spent over two hours kicking MS Access's ass. It now does what the director & volunteer manager asked for. Fun fact: because Lambert House is a non-profit, they don't heat the house when it isn't open to youth, but I was one of four volunteers in there over the course of the evening.
Not so virtuous thing, but still adulting: Bopping down to IKEA and eliminating lots of household annoyances. Most of their parking is, unlike the last time I went there, outdoors. Of course I got snowed on.
The question in my mind now is, since I have tomorrow off, do I want to go out tonight for a rare Sunday night of house music at Re-bar? See cold above.
