Perhaps I should say I won't fight this feeling. I paused. I took a day's worth of breaths. I let the feelings wash over me in waves. Panicked. Numb. Angry. Numb. Mourning. Numb. Disgust. Numb. Understanding. Disgust. Anger. Hurt. Numb. I don't want the numb. I don't want to be calm. I don't want to … Continue reading I can’t fight this feeling…
Category: politics
the one with the politics…
I've been eligible to vote in this country for 17 years and 8 months. Writing that, I realize now that on my next birthday I will have been a voter just as long as I was a kid. That's a huge milestone, one I never considered. Perhaps I didn't consider it because voting is not … Continue reading the one with the politics…
if you do nothing else today…
Even if you don't shower or put on deodorant or wear pants or a shirt or take your vitamins. Even if you don't feel like it or you don't think it will count... If you do nothing else today, VOTE. (If you've already voted you can totally ignore this)
hope hurts
For someone with such a pessimistic outlook on life... I really am quite the optimist. I see the very best in my friends and loved ones. I believe that we can make our lives happy, healthy, better.But for someone with such an optimistic outlook on life... I really am quite a pessimist.While my faith in … Continue reading hope hurts
didn’t see it coming…
I was sitting right here at my computer... typing away.I was writing the post for today (a different post than this one) and in the background I had the TV on waiting to hear the last two primary returns for the Democratic Presidential candidate when a voice interrupted the droning on of Senator McCain to … Continue reading didn’t see it coming…
vote it out, bitch…
All over the country people have been voting. Making a choice. Saying who they want to make the run for President of the United States of America (because the president of the house of Kaos position has already been filled).Voices are crying out loud.The end is getting so very near.I mean, the Oregon primary is … Continue reading vote it out, bitch…
I really want to make a post about the debate but…
As the Kaos family lays in bed recovering from this awful little bug that we've caught (by the by Mr. Kaos thinks this came from a specific coworker of his and though he is currently traveling abroad I will track his ass down and punish him for the sickness he has cast upon our family) … Continue reading I really want to make a post about the debate but…
the day after…
Last night as I was starting dinner and thinking ahead to curling up with Mr Kaos and watching as the Super Tuesday returns pour in, my phone rang:ring ring ring (okay, it doesn't ring, it plays some obnoxious song I can't identify...)CamiKaos: Helllo?NanaKaos: Happy Mardi Gras.CK: Huh?NK: I just wanted to call and tell you … Continue reading the day after…
yes we can
There are a great many things I am... but there are even more that I am not.One thing I consider myself not to be is a political blogger, but sometimes politics are more than just politics and it seems to me that today, tomorrow, the next week, the coming months... these are times that politics … Continue reading yes we can
strange compliment from a liberal…
last night Mr. Kaos and I were having one of our late night talks...It encompassed many things: our lives, macabre humor and of course politics, as it is the season.Alas it was growing late and I told Mr. Kaos I needed to get some sleep. A long day of caring for a child with a … Continue reading strange compliment from a liberal…