politics and education

There was an extremely huge debate today about education in America, and I’m not going to go into it, but it made me sit down and write out this idea that I would like very much to do. I would like to issue a challenge to the government to double the education budget every year for at least eight years. I would like to see a checks and balances system instated within the education system to make sure the money isn’t all going to administration but is being used to…

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*SHRIEK*!

Trip is SO COOL! Trip is BEST! Trip sent me Die Upon A Kiss, the next Benjamin January book by Barbara Hambly, in HARDCOVER! *BEAM*! Trip is SO COOL! *BEAM*!!! *happy dance, happy dance*!!!

*chortle*

So my parents have gone off to Ireland with my uncle Packy (lucky bastards all!) and we’re dog-sitting Annie, my parents’ dog. Annie is a sensitive soul, and gets vurry vurry upset when her people leave, so they brought her over early last night so they could pack. Lucy is very annoyed. Lucy is, in fact, sitting in a High Spot in the computer room, glaring at the dog. :) Who doesn’t mind at all. Annie likes cats. :) The thing about dog-sitting is that the cats like the dog…

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sick, tired

Tired. Sick. Well, not so sick, but I had an ooky tummy last night that kept me up til 3am, and I had a 12 hour headache. The headache has been dispelled by the miracle of modern medicine (yay ibuprofin) and the tummy is … well, less glorky, but I’m tired out and I took the goddamned day off work, so there. And thus far I have actually not worked, which is pretty remarkable for me. I think I might go poke around in the kitchen and find some food…

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or…

Shaun actually brought the books home for himself. Egocentric little shit, aren’t I?