Caterwauling

300 arrests and counting in the District today. Damn protestors. The broken windows, tire fires, false 911 calls and the general shitty behavior would be enough justification for police to tear gas them, but an arrest, I guess I can live with.

Tiff and I were IMing … I said I’d take them much more seriously if they weren’t wearing Nautica jackets, and she added she could also take them more seriously if they weren’t wielding Sony camcorders. I’d like to venture that more than half of them were wearing leather jackets and shoes, too — because they’re probably all too dumb to realize that corporations raise cows so we can eat them and wear their hides. 🙂 And that is why I love corporate America … for the steak dinners and pretty clothes it provides!

Today is the day that the Anti-Capitalist Convergence and its band of merry morons will attempt to shut down the District in protest of the annual World Bank and International Monetary Fund gathering.

I’m going to Pgh today, but am waiting till the a.m. rush has ceased, because I understand that these freaks are going to attempt to jam the Beltway along with Metro stations and key corporations in town. I read in the Post that they’re also planning to swarm the city on bicycles, just to slow things down and to back traffic up for miles.

I say, run the little fuckers over. Stomp on ’em. Shoot ’em. Mace ’em. Taxidermy ’em and turn ’em into mannequins in Nordstrom’s windows. Make them accept capitalism, because, let’s face it, I’ll bet 90 percent of them will be sporting Ralph Lauren, Tommy, DKNY and Aeropostale’s fall lines (as it’s a bit chilly on Capitol Hill today).

Look, I’m cool with demonstrating/protesting. Hell, I attended a few of my own rallies, in my day — although many of them were IN FAVOR of something, like the Democratic party, mental health, etc. But at any rate, I never had a desire to mess with individual people, nor a city-at-large. The problem is, though, all these assholes are going to manage to do is piss off the working poor, who need their jobs in order to pay their bills. The boys in the Int’l Monetary Fund are happily dining on steak and eggs and sipping mimosas in the comfort of their hotels as these college kids with nothing better to do are swarming around the city like a herd of gnats, attempting to shut down the capital district. Meanwhile, I have to sit here for a few more hours so that I don’t have to sit in my car for an extra hour or two with a howling cat (four-and-a-half hours is long enough … six or seven hours with Maddie breaking the sound barrier, and I’d lynch all 20,000 protesters single-handedly!

1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind?

Getting drunk and stoned. Tee hee. Well, being that those things cost money, and that’s something I just don’t have right now, I love to chill out cheaply by reading the plethora-o-books already in my possession as well as writing original works. Actually, I have beaucoup notes from the past 14 years on a book series I want to write/publish someday, so I read that stuff regularly and tweak it — it may or may not be great, but it keeps me sane, seeing all the work I’ve done and all the potential that it has.

2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands?

1. Kick off shoes. 2. Remove work clothes. 3. Head for the fridge for something alcoholic. lol

3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells?

Mmmm. … I am a whore for anything patchouli-related. Vanilla and cinnamon always work for me, too — I read somewhere that men get aroused by those smells, but it works for me, too! I always have a soft spot for sandalwood and ylang-ylang as well.

4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself?

Both. Sometimes there’s nothing better than being alone, to process what’s going on in life at the time and also, to not bring everybody down with me, when I’ve sunken too far into my neuroses. But other times, I need people around me, because there’s no way I can feel down when I’m surrounded by positive energy (even if we DO end up bitchin’ and moanin’!), because truly, there is nothing I love better than being immersed in conversation with a handful-or-more of kindred souls.

5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don’t?

Going to the gym, I suppose. I mean, gaaah, sometimes I drag myself outta there half-dead (or more than half!), yet it’s a good kind of tired. It’s an I’ve-accomplished-something kind of peacefulness that overtakes me. I love listening to wild music when I’m on the climbing machines … I completely get lost in my mind as I’m burning calories — what a fabulous way to kill some time!