ok. major bitch session coming on. prepare. firstly, NEVER date a guy from out of town, especially when you live in a small town and you take him around to all the good venues and introduce him to the best outlaw country/rockabilly/phychobilly bands. cause when you break up, you have to share custody, and damnit, they were mine first. i could do the indy rock scene thing, cause that's pretty decent here too. but that involves hipsters. and you can't drink whiskey or jump around like a hillbilly or get twirled around, and have sing alongs to country songs on the juke box and so forth with hipsters much. and my hair doesn't slant across my eyes and cast a good enough shadow for me to peer out from and look all dejected yet mysterious. i don't mean to talk shit, there are plenty of friendly hipsters, but DAMN it. he stole my favorite local band.
and apart from that i had to accuse the homestaff of one of the people i work with of abuse today. seriously feeling jaded about the care for the developmentally disabled. as far as civil rights and human rights go, we still have a lot of progress to make. sometimes i feel like the best i can say for the system's progress is, 'well, we don't keep them chained up and in cages anymore..." grrr...buerocracy. or however the fuck you spell that.
it just seems like these people are treated more like objects on an auction block. it's nasty. but i feel like i can't say much more and not violate HIPPA so. and the worst part about it is that i'm actually catching what's deamed as "the bug". (not a cold, i've already got that, i can't remember the last time i could actually smell anything, in fact. ) but yes, "the bug" means, that my idealistic self has been contemplating if i'd be better contributing to the greater good by going into social work over massage therapy! i must be insane right?
but i don't know, it just feels like this is an area that still needs so much reform. i'm trying to think of a way i could combine the two. we'll see. i get so indecisive man, you'd swear i was a gemini.
otherwise life is beautiful. off for try number 2 at this bellydance class. supposedly a few people are coming, so we'll see.
hopehopehope. happy weekend. THANK GODDESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
and apart from that i had to accuse the homestaff of one of the people i work with of abuse today. seriously feeling jaded about the care for the developmentally disabled. as far as civil rights and human rights go, we still have a lot of progress to make. sometimes i feel like the best i can say for the system's progress is, 'well, we don't keep them chained up and in cages anymore..." grrr...buerocracy. or however the fuck you spell that.
it just seems like these people are treated more like objects on an auction block. it's nasty. but i feel like i can't say much more and not violate HIPPA so. and the worst part about it is that i'm actually catching what's deamed as "the bug". (not a cold, i've already got that, i can't remember the last time i could actually smell anything, in fact. ) but yes, "the bug" means, that my idealistic self has been contemplating if i'd be better contributing to the greater good by going into social work over massage therapy! i must be insane right?
but i don't know, it just feels like this is an area that still needs so much reform. i'm trying to think of a way i could combine the two. we'll see. i get so indecisive man, you'd swear i was a gemini.
otherwise life is beautiful. off for try number 2 at this bellydance class. supposedly a few people are coming, so we'll see.
hopehopehope. happy weekend. THANK GODDESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
my boyfriend's an indie hipster who's really into whiskey. jack daniel's, in fact. but as far as the rest of that goes... can't the hipster crowd be such a drag sometimes? i swear, they won't even dance!
I think it is very nobel to do the work that you are doing. I agree I think our society does not value our elderly enough. It should be viewed as more then a business or a job. You have the right attitude.
So how was the class last week? It doesn't sound like you had too many people. But I think bellydance would be one of the more popular classes.
Good luck
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