RANT (in list form!)

I try really hard to be a calm, peaceful person. You know: cool, collected, takes everything with a grain of salt, doesn’t rise to anger.
Obviously, I fail.
And today is one of those days in which I am failing more than usual. And so a list!
The top 5 things that are blinding me with rage on this rainy Friday:

5. The New Yorker article on Lenora Hemsley giving her dog 10 million dollars. What. The. Fuck. Did you know that America donates 2.5 times more money to Animal shelters than to organizations that help abused women? I love puppies and kittens but this woman had a sentence in the charter for her trust to help children and she TOOK IT OUT in favor of helping dogs. This is in addition to the obscene amount she left her little dog. Doesn't she know Animals are meant for eating? I mean, I don’t really like people either but her whole point seemed to be rubbing the fact that she cut her grandkids out of her will in their faces. I’d call her a bitch but I think that’s getting too pun like.
4. Sarah Palin. I am no longer amused. I no longer have western pride that she can field dress a moose. I am so angry. At the fact that she can’t answer questions. At the fact that she described meeting with foreign leaders as “fun.” She is bad for women. She is coming off as stupid and cowardly and the McCain camps sheltering of her is – pardon the s word – SEXIST. SHE IS NOT A LITTLE DOLL. SHE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. AAAAAAAAAAAGH!
3 . The Economy. Okay, so I have no idea what is going on and I recognize that since I am not planning on buying property in the next few years it doesn’t really affect me but jesus, someone figure it out. PLEASE. In issues that I don’t understand I tend to trust the economist and they said that the $700 billion plan that fell apart last night was probably the best possible plan. And now it fell apart. God damn it.
2. The SEC chairman. There are three people who are in control of the economy – the fed chairman, the cabinet secretary and the SEC chairman. And we’re only hearing about two of them. This American Life had a report about how the SEC chairman has missed all these important meetings to go to birthday parties and the like. It made me SO ANGRY. And usually This American Life just makes me cry cathartically. So I was double angry at being made angry by This American Life.
1. John McCain. Waaay back when it looked like Huckabee had a chance of taking the primary I said that I would be okay with a president McCain. “He’s a moderate,” I said, “And even if I disagree with him I will know where he is coming from.” I TAKE IT ALL BACK. Apparently McCain thinks the definition of “Maverick” is making decisions with out thinking about the consequences. From Sarah Palin to canceling the debate he just seems to do things. Baaaaad things. And now he went back to Washington to try to “help” with a situation that he has no expertise in and managed to FUCK. IT. ALL. UP. (okay, I recognize that there were a lot of factors at play but I am going to blame him right now because I feel like it.) Please god, if he wins don’t let him bomb Russia. Because at this point I think he would.

Hate is such a strong word...

I get mistaken for a vegetarian a lot. I don’t know why. For some reason I give off a veggie vibe. Which is weird because I don’t think I know a single person (outside of my family) who eats as much meat as me. I tried to be a vegetarian in middle school, not because I particularly care about animals, but because the meat industry in this country is disgusting and unsustainable. I ended up eating tuna with every meal and by the end of my four month experiment I was craving meat so badly it was all I could think about. So ultimately I just accepted that my body needs meat and decided to enjoy it.
Also, its weird that people think I am a vegetarian because I hate PETA with every fiber of my being.
In theory I support PETA (see above statement re: meat industry – disgusting.) but in practice their methods just seem intent on alienating any possible ally they could have. Feminists. Jews. Ben and Jerry Lovers.
Yes that’s right, PETA is going after Ben and Jerrys.

“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman.”

Yep. Apparently they don’t have anything better to do with their time.

Have I mentioned that I hate people?

There have now been not one but two fluff pieces in the New York Times about how hard it is on the poor tourists who can't spend $800 on the little mermaid anymore due to the strike and now have to find alternative ways of entertaining themselves.
To which I say: go to an off broadway show motherfuckers!

Oh thank the lord

Back when I worked at Saks I used to walk through Rockefeller center, past radio city music hall every single time I went to work. It is a part of new york I really passionately hate. Once the ice rink opened it became impossible to walk through and tourists would yell at me for walking in front of their cameras (which I would sometimes do on purpose. Much as I try to not be a spiteful person I really do hate the people who shop at Saks and the people who put Rockefeller center as their number one priority when visiting new york. That part of NYC is like the Disneyland/ Vegas version of New York. It just feeds into the perception that New York is a playground for the rich. Which, I mean, it is, and working at Saks pounded into my brain again and again that I don't belong here in any respect other than being the "help.") ANYWAY wow, did not anticipate going on that rant but what really brought it up was this picture.

I am so glad I don't have to walk by that goddamn tree every day. When Saks put up its Christmas decorations in the last week of September it killed any and all Christmas feeling I had. Welcome. I'm more grinchy than usual.