something I am grateful for today

I have no real problems.


This was brought to my attention this mornin and it was, as always, a sobering thought. I've been in an unusually pissy mood lately, complainin and bitchin about all kinds o' things. But none of them are Real Problems™. People I know (online, IRL, all over) have Real Problems that would have me panicking and freaking out, and yet they seem to be contending with them more or less well.

Whereas with me, all my complaining lately is about either A) Inconveniences or B) Things That Are Not Ideal. Seriously, that's all these things are, and right now I'm mildly stunned by how bent outa shape I can get about such tiny sutff.


[It's been pointed out to me that I'm likely overtired from trying to cope with my newly lengthened workday on top of my fibromyalgia... and maybe once I adjust and settle in better, my state of mind will do the same. So it isn't really about what's happening in my life, it's more a reflection of me and my general health. I figure that makes a certain amount of sense.]

some people suck

Just heard about a school board in Mississippi that has a written policy saying that prom dates are required to be of the opposite gender. A lesbian student at one school in that district has tried to stand up for her “right” to bring her girlfriend to the prom, and the ACLU is backing her up, saying that the board's policy is unconstitutional.

The school has responded by cancelling the prom completely.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/11/mississippi-prom-canceled_n_494555.html

Happy Birthday

... to the Dean of Canadian Composers, John Weinzweig. (would've been 97 today)