Detroit Diva

I am so excited. My friend Mary and her friend Dawn have put together a little trip to a corn maze. I've wanted to do the corn maze thing for a long time.  For those of you who don't live in corn country,  a corn maze is a maze cut into the corn stalks after the corn has been harvested. Kind of like crop circles but not as spooky.  Although we are going at night and have to bring flashlights  and I'm trying not to think about that movie Signs and aliens in the corn fields. Ok, so now I scared to go into the corn.

I've been thinking about doing my blog for about the last week and just haven't had anything to say. I don't really have anything to say right now but I know my best friend of 100 years is sitting in Wisconsin wondering why I haven't written. Hi Jane!

So, is Pat Robertson insane or what? I truly don't understand the whole I'm a holier than thou christian but I want you to die thing.  This is what God has to say about it.

Bring Our Troops Home

By now you’ve all heard of Cindy Sheehan, the grieving mother who is camped outside the shrub’s ranch in Texas. I think she is totally justified in expecting the President to face her and answer her questions. You all know I’ll support anything that makes the shrub look bad.  What really boogles my mind is the reaction of ordinary citizens to her.  Citizens who supposedly support the troops but not the mother of a dead soldier or at least not a mother who challenges Bush. Citizens who will run over a memorial to our fallen troops. Citizens who will shoot at her. Citizens who say “Texas is Bush Country”.  Citizens who will say that the war in Iraq is all about protecting our freedom but are outraged when someone dares to exercise that freedom.  Are these people such fucking mindless lemmings that they can’t understand that this woman has lost her son and is angry. When do the 59 million morons who voted for the asshole we call President wake up and see that the war in Iraq is an unmitigated disaster and that thousands of young men and women are dead and injured and all for nothing.  As Cindy Sheehan says in her Public Service Announcement (and I’m paraphrasing) – If our President is so committed to the war in Iraq why doesn’t he encourage his daughters to enlist.  And to the 59 million morons I say – you think the war in Iraq is such a good thing why don’t you enlist!

I’m hungry. I blame it on the s’mores.  I’ve been hungry ever since that picture (see July 22).  Oh, don’t get me wrong it isn’t like I haven’t been eating, it’s just that I eat and I’m still hungry. At first I thought it was because I’ve added running to my training program but now I think it may be because I have a tapeworm. Not really but I’m truly beginning to wonder.  Paige and I want to Germack Pistachio Co.  in Eastern Market earlier this week and I went with the intention of only buying almonds. One bag of almonds.  So, 2 bags of dried cranberries, 1 bag of wasabi peas, 1 bag of honey roasted soy nuts, and 1 bag of almonds later, I’m trying very hard not to eat it all in one sitting.  I keep trying to distract myself but somehow food is everywhere.  Imagine that. I don’t even have a craving for anything in particular, which in itself is unusual for me, so I can’t just eat whatever I’m craving and move on. I’m not even craving the s’mores. I’m just hungry.  Gonna go eat some yogurt now.