Tired...

I'm tired of the election. I wish it were over. I wish that we could vote tomorrow so that there was no chance of McCain catching up to Obama and that we'd have our president and that we could move on. I'm especially tired of the election here in California. We have a couple of hot tamales propositions this year, that also have people worked up, and I'm not sure I have any more strength to argue about them. And you know what I'm the most tired of? Being told I have to accept other people's beliefs. That I have to tolerate other people's beliefs. What?! You say... Cassandra, that's not very open minded you say. Fuck it. These freaking people with their damned views that are trying to take other people's rights away are going to lecture me about acceptance? I'm so tired of it. I accept that their are people out there that are against the idea of homosexuality. And they can continue to live in their delusion world where god will damn the gays and send the bigots to heaven. I don't give a damn. I also, incidentally, accept the presence of neo-Nazis. What I won't accept is the idea that these people can take other people's rights away. On November Fourth we have a chance to give an entire group of people equal rights in this state, no matter what other people think. Equal rights, regardless of anyone's personal views. It drives me absolutely insane to be told I'll have to accept what happens because in the end it's about the majority - let's take those neo-Nazis for a moment... if there were a lot of them (say, they were the majority) and they suddenly put up a ballot to take away Jewish rights, would anyone be telling me I'll have to accept the majority. And it's their right to try to take away a Jewish persons rights? No. No one in their right mind would be telling me that. And the complacency with which people, even people I love, are just standing by and letting Prop 8 stand without speaking against it is driving me crazy. Not to mention prop 4... and Sarah Palin's creationism in schools rhetoric, and John McCain saying of course this is a christian nation. Fate help us if those two get a crack at running this country. I will never raise children in a 'christian nation' and I will never accept a country that makes abortion murder. Stay the hell out of my life, and I'll stay the hell out of yours. Thank you for your time.

In order to combat all of these distractions I should be working on my thesis. Instead, I'm blogging, knitting, playing on ravelry, and gardening. Great! I may not finish my thesis in time, but hey - I'll have cabbage



and lettuce



and red onion



and chives and hopefully garlic and maybe even some peas, if the seeds work out right...



I'm very proud of this little winter garden and hope I get at least some veggies out of it - you'll notice my herbs as well. Those are growing nicely, the bare spot is where I finally gave up and tossed the basil that was being suffocated by a caterpillar that I could not find. I continue to forget to look for an organic insecticide for the garden - so if I can't find the little bastards they eat my veggies. I did find one in the cabbage and I hope his last meal was good!

Meanwhile, my husband put sod into these little patches of dirt we had in our driveway and look who's decided those are fantastic beds -



As soon as you let her outside she heads for that patch of grass lies down and looks as though she has staked her claim. She's so cute - oh, to be a dog and not have to worry about anything but protecting your little patch of grass!

In knitting updates, everything has been frogged back to their appropriate place, and I am making some slow progress on Serenity. It has to be done by December 1, so that's the priority for now. I also finally blocked the red scarf and will be mailing it this weekend. Yahoo!