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aamusedinatx) wrote2006-07-20 11:12 am
aamusedinatx) wrote2006-07-20 11:12 am
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Thursdays
Unlike last Thursday, this Thursday will be a bit low key for me. I'm feeling better, certainly better than I was a few days ago. The heat is beginning to wear on me, but there are ways to stay cool and thankfully I have a nicely sheltered apartment and it doesn't get too hot during the day because it doesn't get extended direct sunlight. I have to make a trip to the drug store for some things and I'm meeting the Enigma for a light lunch. That's the most strenuous part of my day today. I didn't water the plants yesterday so I have to be sure I do that today.
Looking through the news I see we have a bit of local color going on.
They caught two kids doing this in Oakland a few months back. Odd this has been going on a month and we're just now hearing about it on the news. Maybe I should pay more attention.
Meanwhile, I didn't find this article on the housing/rental market to be very good news. At least Berkeley has rent control. It is one of the reasons I live here.
And, the revelations in this article came as no surprise to me either. My cost of living increased after the dot-bomb crash because it cost me more of my disposable income to get basic services. Still, there are ways around being gouged when you're on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. For me it came down to not losing pride and refusing to act victimized by my situation. Some people can do that, I realize others are more easily defeated. Some are more soundly defeated by decades of being beaten down too.
Gosh, aren't I just a source of joy and sunshine today? Really I am in a good mood. I'm just watching the immediately local pulse of what surrounds me and I realize that boom or bust there are underlying problems which, if never addressed, never go away.
I want coffee...really, really, badly
Looking through the news I see we have a bit of local color going on.
Berkeley motorists and pedestrians -- and even a dog -- have been stung by paintballs at 10 different locations in recent weeks, police said Wednesday, likely by someone who is firing the projectiles from a car. One victim was reportedly struck in the throat.
They caught two kids doing this in Oakland a few months back. Odd this has been going on a month and we're just now hearing about it on the news. Maybe I should pay more attention.
Meanwhile, I didn't find this article on the housing/rental market to be very good news. At least Berkeley has rent control. It is one of the reasons I live here.
And, the revelations in this article came as no surprise to me either. My cost of living increased after the dot-bomb crash because it cost me more of my disposable income to get basic services. Still, there are ways around being gouged when you're on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. For me it came down to not losing pride and refusing to act victimized by my situation. Some people can do that, I realize others are more easily defeated. Some are more soundly defeated by decades of being beaten down too.
Gosh, aren't I just a source of joy and sunshine today? Really I am in a good mood. I'm just watching the immediately local pulse of what surrounds me and I realize that boom or bust there are underlying problems which, if never addressed, never go away.
I want coffee...really, really, badly