Thursday, January 31, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019
MOZART MEETS VOLVO OR DOES ART IMITATE LIFE?
Or as Jimmy said on Better Call Saul, "blow my magic flute." I heard in one version Papageno, the bird catcher, is a chicken delivery boy. 😊
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Sunday, January 27, 2019
Saturday, January 26, 2019
HELP IS ON ITS WAY (MAYBE).
The @Centralunion Mission is providing food 2 govt workers affected by this year's shutdown but also 2 others in need, regardless of where they work and those who don't have jobs at all. Click here if you know someone who needs help: #centralunionmission https://t.co/w0NPWcXW77— Jane Hautanen (@snipercatcher) January 26, 2019
The @Centralunion Mission is providing food 2 govt workers affected by this year's shutdown but also 2 others in need, regardless of where they work and those who don't have jobs at all. Click here if you know someone who needs help: #GovernmentShutdown https://t.co/ZHRUa4UYqL— Jane Hautanen (@snipercatcher) January 26, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019
THE BEST A MAN CAN GET? REALLY?
I wondered what all the hoo-hah was about with the latest Gillette TV spot so I finally watched it:
Their slogan is "the best a man can get" but it could have been better.
A response:
Some well-deserved parodies:
Fortunately I have never been sexually assaulted but I have been sexually harassed.
And I am a violent crime victim. Like the #metoo movement, Gillette took a good thing but ran with it the wrong way. In short, I won't be buying any Gillette products and won't encourage anyone else to either.
janedoe@seductive.com
Their slogan is "the best a man can get" but it could have been better.
A response:
Some well-deserved parodies:
Fortunately I have never been sexually assaulted but I have been sexually harassed.
And I am a violent crime victim. Like the #metoo movement, Gillette took a good thing but ran with it the wrong way. In short, I won't be buying any Gillette products and won't encourage anyone else to either.
janedoe@seductive.com
Thursday, January 24, 2019
MICROSOFT PAINT
So I've started feeling creative again--this time with actual media--crayons, pencils, paint etc. But until then I'm going to make do with Microsoft Paint:
WENT TO A NEW DOCTOR AT THE SAME CLINIC I'VE BEEN GOING TO FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS.
He asked if there had been any trauma in my life. I had to tell him about the robbery ALL OVER AGAIN. I wanted to say "dude, it's in your file."
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
THE CENTRAL UNION MISSION IS GIVING FREE FOOD TO FURLOUGHED GOVERNMENT WORKERS.
So is Z Burger. And they're collecting cash and gift cards for them in Las Vegas.
janedoe@seductive.com
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Tuesday, January 22, 2019
IT'S 13 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
Some schools are scheduled to open late. Yesterday it was about 60 degrees in my room.
Monday, January 21, 2019
TODAY IS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY.
He had a dream. I stayed in bed the way I do every year--no volunteer work, didn't go to church, etc. However, I was curious about one thing.
I read that Coretta Scott King, his widow, was a supporter of gay rights. This prompted me to wonder what her late husband had ever said about the matter. From what I read online LGBT and anti-LGBT (and lots of other groups) use Dr. King's words to their own advantage just as they would use the bible or any other written work. Web searches show one of his daughters as a proponent of gay rights, like her mother, while another one spoke out against same sex marriage, saying that was not what her father took a bullet for.
According to PinkNews in 1958 a teenage boy wrote to Dr. King saying he felt the way about boys the way he "ought to feel" about girls. King's response was that these feelings were common and were the result of environment, not heredity. He told the boy to find a good psychiatrist who could help him find out what "[led] to that" and would essentially "cure" him. Years later in elementary school they were still teaching that homosexuality was a disease--it was not removed from the DSM until 1973.
I thought about visiting a museum. The Smithsonian Museum of African American Art was a big deal when it opened. An African American Facebook friend asked if I had gone and I said no. I'm not black. As I am of Northern/Eastern European descent I decided to see if the Smithsonian has a museum dedicated to Northern/Eastern European art and culture. While there are three facilities dedicated to African and African American culture and two dedicated Native Americans there are none focusing on Eastern Europe. The closest are the Freer and Sackler Galleries with Near Eastern and Islamic collections. And there's the Hillwood Museum which is not part of the Smithsonian. And part of the 2013 Folklife Festival was dedicated to Hungarian heritage. I missed it.
janedoe@seductive.com
I thought about visiting a museum. The Smithsonian Museum of African American Art was a big deal when it opened. An African American Facebook friend asked if I had gone and I said no. I'm not black. As I am of Northern/Eastern European descent I decided to see if the Smithsonian has a museum dedicated to Northern/Eastern European art and culture. While there are three facilities dedicated to African and African American culture and two dedicated Native Americans there are none focusing on Eastern Europe. The closest are the Freer and Sackler Galleries with Near Eastern and Islamic collections. And there's the Hillwood Museum which is not part of the Smithsonian. And part of the 2013 Folklife Festival was dedicated to Hungarian heritage. I missed it.
janedoe@seductive.com
Sunday, January 20, 2019
LITERALLY ARCTIC TEMPERATURES ACROSS A LOT OF THE COUNTRY.
At least my relief guy showed up on time. Didn't go to Adams Morgan or the Waterfront as planned.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Friday, January 18, 2019
SCHOOL'S OUT FOR THE WINTER.
Officially. We had our graduation last night. We are supposed to be eligible for a job training program. As Yogi Berra said, I'll believe it when I believe it. I am still way behind due to being so tired.
Today was also the March for Life--didn't go.
janedoe@seductive.com
Today was also the March for Life--didn't go.
janedoe@seductive.com
Thursday, January 17, 2019
SAW MY DOCTOR
She
told me it's not too late to get a flu shot but I told her the last one I had
was as bad as the flu itself--crushing headache and sleeping at least 13 hours.
And I got sick anyway. She agreed it's not such a good idea and says next time
come in as soon as the symptoms start.
Monday, January 14, 2019
TALKED TO MY MOM.
I had not talked to her in over a week and did not want to call just to say "hey, I've been sick as a dog and Aunt Margie died."
Also, we have 13 inches of snow.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
RIP MARJORIE HAUTAMAKI DECKER
My father's twin sister, Marjorie Decker of Westerville, Ohio, died today. She would have been 95 on February 17. Of the four Hautamäki sisters only my Aunt Betty is left.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Monday, January 07, 2019
FINALLY WENT TO THE CLINIC
Doctor actually told me to stay home. This hasn't happened since I had my gallbladder out.
janedoe@seductive.com
Thinking of the movie at Play in the Fields of the Lord in which Darryl Hannah Kills off an entire village if not an entire tribe with her cold.— Jane Hautanen (@snipercatcher) January 7, 2019