Writer's Block: It’s Women’s Equality Day!

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Which women? The ones having acid thrown on their faces for talking to a man, or even for having been raped by a man? Or do you mean the women undergoing female circumcision as infants in unsanitary conditions using rusty blades and broken glass? No wait, you must mean the ones right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. where a woman can do the same job as a man, get paid the same as a man, dress how she wants, and live her life as she chooses, yet where she still can't go for a walk at night by herself, or sometimes even during the day. Or where a woman can rise to one of the most powerful political offices in the land, yet still have her face erased from a photograph by a backwards, patriarchal religious sect because the sight of her face is "immodest." You must mean those women. Yeah, they're doing good. We're treating 'em alright. No changes needed at this time.

Friday 8/26 mit Uberreiniger

The project at work that was supposed to take three weeks actually finished this past Wednesday. So my nightmare of day shifts is over and my normal schedule will resume immediately. To keep anyone from working seven days in a row they gave me and a few others today off. I joked that most workplaces, if you finish a three week project in a week-and-a-half they give you a bonus. Here they give you an unpaid day off. My co-workers got a kick out of that.

We've been dealing with a massive flea infestation. They literally zerg rush your feet and legs the moment you sit down in the basement. Really disturbing to look down at your feet and see a dozen fleas feeding on it. The cats have been absolutely miserable. We went and got some medicine for them and some flea powder for the carpet. Of course when I put the powder down they just moved to the area where the powder wasn't. But I vacuumed today and that seemed to really throw them off their game. We haven't "won" yet by any means but I think the tiny armored monsters are on the retreat for the time being.

I have been relaxing today. Played some WoW. I've got some new music to add to the Media Player library which I still need to do. Did some more reading on A Storm of Swords. Also did my fair share of practicing on band-related material. It is a pretty good feeling to find yourself humming a melody and then realize it's part of a song that your band is writing. We finally decided on a Judas Priest song. It's "Between the Hammer and the Anvil" from the Painkiller album. It was hard to choose but I think this is going to be a lot of fun. I really cannot wait for the next time we get together and practice.

I had some kind of point I wanted to make with this entry but I've completely forgotten what it was. I hope everyone has had a nice and relaxing Friday.