Flags and Shit

I was on the mighty Facebook and someone posted an article about one of the states quietly removing the confederate flag from its gov't bldg - I ended up in this mini-debate with someone who clearly had a giant American boner for the confederate flag...I was actually shocked. ha ha ha I thought those people were only crazy characters on TV. Was kind of weird to have a live, real person bantering about how that flag should be everywhere...I just tip toed out of the whole thing. Those people are beyond my realm of understanding.

In Canada we have enough of our own shame going on up here. The more I read and hear about the most I lament that I am not more tuned out like I was years ago. I have no memory about the Air India Bombing....I was 15 or so...I feel like that was likely really big news at the time but I was tuned out. Tuning out is awesome....easier to do pre-internet that is for sure. Now if you spend any time online you are bombarded with information - whether you want it or not.

I am not sure how I am going to cope with the federal election in October....I feel like I need to plan some days off after in case the Cons con their way back into office and subject us to another 4 years of their bullshit. I really get myself stressed out over this stuff now...it drives me nuts. The beauty of ignorance being bliss is a constant source of regret....I regret having a damn clue about anything a lot of the time.

I am meeting my sister at the mall for EDO JAPAN dinner! I am stoked....I have been a calorie counting motherfucker for the last few weeks and the thought of a dinner I did not prepare and will enjoy is giving me a woody. I am getting myself accustomed to eating a regular amount of food...it is a tough transition but I already feel better when I am not fucking starving to death and my clothes are looser. Having to force myself to drink a lot of water too...I feel like when I drink water it is reminding my stomach how empty it is so I feel compelled to not drink water but then I feel like shit so....LIFE IS HARD IN THE FIRST WORLD! It is not lost on me how extremely terrible it is to blather on about food and water when so many people elsewhere go without.