Katrina, 9/11, New Orleans, & Birth Control

So I started this blog just after Katrina. Katrina was a turning point for me, just as 9/11 was.
Not because I was physically affected, but mentally, something changed.
9/11 was such a shock to me, as it apparently was for most Americans.
I've never even BEEN to New York, but we all love New York! We don't even know why!
As I watched the attack on the Twin Towers, LIVE! (I was getting ready to go to a dentist appt.) I thought "Damn mid-eastern terrorists!" and then the PENTAGON was attacked! and I thought, "Damn! Atlanta or New Orleans or any-damn-where could be next!" and "Holy Shit!! I got an 18-yr-old son who could be DRAFTED if times get worse!" and then: "Fuck! I'm married to this asshole "christian" who I can't even stand! I won't go out THIS way!"
So I assessed the situation, identified the things I could change, and took what actions I predicted would have positive outcomes (in the long run!)
I missed the dentist appointment that day.

Then Hurricane Katrina, 2005. O my God! Another shock & awe! I fucking LOVE New Orleans! It's so close to where I live, and I've been there many times. They say it's not safe to go there now, and I understand it will never be quite the same. I've never been to Mardi Gras, and really have no desire to. But I just like it there, specially in the fall. The whole area!
When Kanye West said "George Bush don't care bout tha black man" I thought the revolution Charlie Manson spoke of had begun! But, it didn't. In fact, I can't think of any part of my physical life directly affected by Katrina, other than the expected rise in gas prices. Please, as if we didn't see that coming!!
So I started reading a blog written by a guy trapped in an office building in downtown New Orleans, and it was the most REAL thing I'd seen or heard from that front. This guy's blog had been referenced by a few popular "bloggers" and suddenly, his blog was being hit like thousands of times a day! So he felt compelled, and encouraged to report on the basic survivalist-type things he & his workmates were going through. I read his blog at least twice a day, for about 10 days to see how they were getting along. It was enlightening, to put it mildly.
Anyway, I had some deep emotional stuff after the hurricane, (which we DID feel, right here where I am, I live DIRECTLY in her path, just much farther north!) and had to put it somewhere, so I started a blog.
So this blog has become my "where to put the shit I don't wanna think about anymore but worded in a such a way that I wouldn't be afraid of my sister or children finding it someday" journal.
If you catching me using this blog in any other way, call me out on it. Keep me in line.

Oh, and btw, the people in New Orleans who "We didn't even know existed" (I forgot who said that, if I have time I'll look it up tomorrow) there are 3 possible solutions: Birth Control, Birth Control, or Birth Control
I mean that from the bottom of my Heart,
azalea the black

the last dance

these bones are so fragile

2. cookin' drinkin' smokin' moonlight

i went outside to SMOKE & was thinking on the way out: "damn you azalea the black for smoking!" and then there was the most extraordinary half-moon, it was only a half, yet so bright, it out shone the street AND x-mas lights! to light up the sky in a way i wouldn't have noticed if i'd not gone out to smoke, cause it's fuckin' 22 degrees! but i guess that's what makes it so cold - when the sky is so thin & clear; no sun leftover from the southern hemisphere it's vanished! cause the sky has no insulation tonight.
This will probably be deleted tomorrow, or sunday.
peace,
azb

I'm cookin' AND drinkin'!

1. george & laura are going to hell!

I'm sorry to waste my blog space & your time on this, but it's just begging for attention.
These motherfuckers are taking the Christ out of Christmas, and using our tax dollars to do so! They must be stopped!

How these "christian" groups can sleep at night is beyond me. Go to the AFA website & tell me what you think. it's www.afa.net. These folks can't stop thinking about sex!! It's wierd!! I imagine Rev. Wildmon with his right hand down deep in his pocket constantly. UGH! FREAK!!
(oh yeah, and goddamn "christmas" was invented by "christians" to placate the pagans who invented the holiday in the first damn place! and the usa has made it a barometer of business $$$$$)

Poverty, ignorance, apathy, greed, violence, fiscal irresponsibility - these are the things I'm concerned about.

Is our government purposefully keeping abortion & gay marriage on the front burners so that the masses will not be able to focus on the issues that truly affect us all?
Is our government, through welfare & etc, encouraging under-priveledged women to have more expendable babies so they can fight in our wars? That we start? For no reason?

God bless the usa. That both the AFA & NAMBLA can exist simultaneously & lawfully speaks volumes for us.
No wonder the rest of the world hates us.
Happy Non-Denominational Multi-Cultural Sparkly Winter Holidays,
azb