band-aid factory.

white tan grey

2009-12-17T09:59:42Z

Simple, stones, water, neutral, clean, calm, balance

who brought cloth napkins?

2009-12-17T09:43:31Z

Sumptuous fruit,
forbidden pick,
I will only lick my lips.
Your sugar juice,
once past my teeth
is certain just to poison me.

list

2009-12-06T05:39:36Z

quiet spaces
kids falling off stuff
baby animals
a good laugh
clean faces
psalms
a good cry
the way i smell
things that are whole
brown
kindness
purity

but i hate being disappointed.

I shall not want

2009-12-06T05:23:30Z

I want you to believe true words, spoken of God.
I want you to believe true words spoken of.
I want you to believe true words spoken.
I want you to believe true words.
I want you to believe tru(ly).
I want you to believe.
I want you to.
I want you.

hey hobo man

2009-11-16T00:39:52Z

Clothes do not make the man.
But they do make him look hot.

rest

2009-11-15T09:10:45Z

Only the doctor who knows my heart can heal it.
And the pain is hot. Oh, be still or you'll feel it.

meteor

2009-11-09T23:14:06Z

Oh, Patience, why do you evade me? Oh, Loneliness, go back to the desert. No one invited you!

clean cotton

2009-11-09T08:38:36Z

Peace shall smooth me like a blanket, and you will lay down to sleep.
Christ will fill me like a pillow, soft and without crease.

bow

2009-11-04T09:45:17Z

They used to draw on their eyebrows sad.
Were they more honest in 1910, or just more dramatic?

direct from thailand

2009-11-04T09:42:20Z

Its easier to live with the shame of knowing your bride is mail-order
than to live all alone.

jug life

2009-10-12T22:38:31Z

I'm ready for it.
I'm not not scared. I didn't say that.
But I'm ready, so lets do this thingy.

I don't want to fight, but if its my life at stake, I will.

2009-10-08T00:51:31Z

Big dreams are allowed now. I mean, why not?

pink elephant saturday

2009-09-12T18:58:08Z

Amy is a FREAKKK. And I cuddle in my sleep, but I know she likes it.

leo

2009-08-21T23:41:28Z

I want to be fierce, golden. I want to run hard and fast. I want to shake the earth when I walk, live in hot sun, love in hot sun. I want a heavy tangled mane that smells like spices. I want to tear dinner apart. I want teeth that look even whiter against blood. I want the jaws to do it with.

Things my 5 year old cousin says when playing make believe:

2009-08-21T23:22:58Z

"Audrey, come home now! It's a big storm, and there's no time...for the park!"

There is no one named Audrey in this house, by the way.

flashy fuschia

2009-08-14T21:35:22Z

nightmare
laundry
gas guzzler
back pain
despondency
traffic
ignored
underestimated

fridays aren't supposed to suck.

the leaking hand soap confessions

2009-08-05T07:21:12Z

I never asked to be used, to be pushed, pumped dry by your filthy paws.
Now while my very heartblood leaks slowly below, to the downstairs neighbor who drains sorrows, sins, I can only watch in horror as my guts build chubby ironic bubbles onto his head- I do my best to apologize, but my voice is fading fast.
A horror film. Gore everywhere. Pineapple scented, pink, irridescent. Any shred of my integrity shredded by a shred of paper towel, dissinegrating slowly in my remains.
Your waste not want not mentality will wipe away even a memory of me. It will wipe away your germs as you slide a slippery slop of my remains onto your fingers and into the hot water.

E vitamin

2009-07-18T18:52:46Z

Trying not to hate things. Its tough.

its fresh, its new.

2009-07-02T06:43:55Z

If I had a nickel for every time this happened, I'd have a tangible reminder jingling in my pocket. I'd absentmindedly spend it on gum.

on insomnia:

2009-06-09T09:23:59Z

Ok, this isn't really about insomnia. Its about hair extensions. And about how really, if you think about it, sewing another person's hair onto your head is super, super gross. Anyway, who wants to help me?

overcoming

2009-06-05T07:55:52Z

Remind me to take every opportunity to keep my big mouth shut.

idea

2009-06-02T19:14:01Z

I want to go to San Fransisco with my husband. Guess I'll have wait awhile.

this computer doesn't have ms word. ignore this post.

2009-06-02T19:00:17Z

the full bill making process

A. legislation introduced

1. house- handed to clerk of house or putin hopper
2. senate- members announce bill early in the day. postponed if a senator objects

B. committee action

1. bill is given to appropriate committee
1a. bill might be split and given to two comtees.
1b. bills in the house cant be released with a proper committee vote. If they don't get a proper com. vote, they need to use a discharge position which is signed by a majority of the house.

2. steps taken by comtee:
a. govmt agencies request comments about bill's merit
b. chairman might assign bill to subcomittee
c. if the bill gets voted to "be reported on", the committee holds a mark up session to revise it.
d. it is the chamber's job to approve, change, or reject all the amendments before taking the final passage vote.
e.when the bill is reported, the committee staff writes a report about why they favor the bill, and why they want to see their amendments put in. if a comm member oposes the bill they can write a dissenting opinion in the report. then this whole report is sent back to the whole chamber and is placed on the calendar.
2-house. if its in the house, most bills will go to the rules comm before it reaches the floor. they adopt rules that the house has to consider the bill under.

3. floor action
a. first, legislation is placed on the calendar
1. house- they place a bill on one of four calendars. they get placed on the calendars in the order that they're reported, but don't come to the floor in this order (or at all). the speaker of the house and the majority leader get to decide what gets to the floor and what doesn't.

2. senate- they put their bills on the legislative calendar. they, however, have an executive calendar to deal with treaties and nominations. so one calendar for laws, another for treaties and nominations. legislation in the senate is the job of the majority leader, but bills can be brought to the floor whenever a majority of the senate chooses.

4. DEBATE!
1. h- limited by rules formed by, guess who? the rules comm. the sponsoring comm decides how much time to allot for each debater. their amendments must be related to the bill; no riders. after the debate has gone on equally between pro/opponents, the bill is rported back to the house (back to itself) and voted on. a quorum is like a roll call to see if there are enough people there to have a final vote.

2. s- debate is unlimited in the senate (unless someone invokes cloture). members can speak however long they want, and the amendments dont have to be relative- there are often riders, so entire bills can be offered as amendments to other bills. senators can talk a bill to death using filibuster.

5. zee beeg vote
. a bill is voted on, and if passed, sent to the other chamber. if either chamber doesn't pass the bill, IT DIES!!!!! ::sad. but if the house and senate both pass it, it gets sent to the president.

6. if the hous and senate pass diff. bills, they get sent to a conference comm. most major legislation goes to a conference committee.
members from each chamber form a con. committee and meet to try to work out their differences. its susually made up of senior members appt'd by the officers that originally dealt with the bill. representatives from both chambers want to keep their version of the bill in tact.
b. if they compromise, the conference comm. prepare a written report and submit one to each chamber. this report has to be approved by the house and the senate.

7. the PREZ.
1. a bill becomes a law if signed by pres. or if not signed within ten days (while congress is in session)
2. if congress adjorns before the ten days, and president has not signed the bill, then it does not become law.
3. if the law is betoed, the bill gets sent back to congress with a note listing why it was vetoed. a veto can be over ridden with a two thirds vote of those present. If the veto is over ridden in both chambers, it becomes a law.
then it gets an official number.

I could hear you learning stick shift

2009-05-29T19:49:22Z

We don't stick around all morning to watch t.v. together.
We stick around all morning just be be together.

cuz people are that interested in me

2009-05-27T06:33:19Z

i finally got a twitter. ugh.
i hate how much cooler i feel.