Just a little clammy

All day I’ve been in a state of almost hung over. I had some wine and a pretty strong cocktail and no real dinner last night. I’m not so bad that I have a headache or any other physical examples of alcohol poisoning (except I'm a little sweaty...no...clammy...yes, definately clammy), but I do keep finding myself staring off into space, thinking of absolutely nothing. Or I find myself focusing on the sound of the vent that's above my head. Or the hum of the nearby copy machine.

Sometimes my mind drifts off to warmer places (like my bed) and as my mind drifts, my eyes get heavy…blink more infrequently, and begin to drop closed. And then I'm suddenly jolted awake by the hacking cough of my co-worker and cube neighbor. And I'm back again at my desk. A little sweaty. But functionable. Even as I type this, I find I'm pausing and staring at the flashing cursor...blink...blink...blink...

Thank the goddess that there's only 10 minutes left of work.....hope I don't pass out on the BART on the ride home and miss my stop. That would really really suck.

Thank God for C-Span!

I have been more than disillusioned by the corporate media and my government in regard to the approval of Condi as the Secretary of Fighting everyone on earth.

Then, last night, I saw Barbara Boxer give her speach to the senate and I thought, "Finally, someone is telling the truth!!" I wanted to stand up and cheer right there in my livingroom. She really showed how awful a job Condi has already done by giving FACTS. Barbara showed ALL OF CONDI's CONTRADICTIONS IN HER OWN WORDS. That was brilliant. Real facts can't be denied!! I finallly felt like I wasn't going crazy and that things have been pretty fucked up for awhile and someone else actually sees it. Somebody in the actual Senate. Refreshing. And when she pointed out all the LIES about the war. And about how Iraq wasn't even ON THE TERROR LIST and how there was no connection to Al Qaeda and GWB and his crew KNEW THIS before going in to Iraq. It really gave me pause. I knew a lot of those things already, but when they aren't covered in the media. Or only covered briefly, it's like it never happened. And GWB and his crew have been riding that for all it's worth.

I imagine it must have been very hard for Barbara to get up there and speak like that in front of the Senate. Kind of scary probably. I felt very proud to have a woman talking about compassion on the Senate floor. Unlike Condi. Who is setting a crappy example for women world wide. I hope that teachers take footage from that hearing and from Ms. Boxer's speach and use it to educate people. Young people especially. I feel like it should have been mandatory for all Americans to see that speach. To at least get all the facts laid out in front of them plainly so that they can make educated decisions about our government, the current presidential administration and about our lives in America.

Barbara set an awesome example for other Senators not to be afraid to stand up and say what's wrong. Challenge the status quo. Hold folks accountable for acting a fool.

Barbara Boxer, thanks for speaking up and shedding light on some of the darker corners of our current presidential administration.