that number is the amount of layoffs announced for seattle by jp morgan chase, which purchased washington mutual. the trickle down reprocussions mean that the whole area will suffer. we started the day with no customers. hence, i got off work early. five hours early! i'm going to use the free day to clean, watch "agnes of god" and pet the kitties.
even facing that frightening recession reality, i find myself calm and unstressed. i literally shrug my shoulders knowing we're all in the same boat financially. the holiday season will be monetarily grim but that doesn't mean it needs to be dull or depressing. marie and i used the slow morning to hang holiday decorations and trim the luna park christmas tree. m
y red dress helped me to feel festive and seasonally appropriate.
y red dress helped me to feel festive and seasonally appropriate. i romanticized the depression era when i was younger, enthralled by the writings of steinbeck and the films of capra. though it's sad to endure economic hardships, i try to smile, pretending i'm a character in "you can't take it with you" or mcculler's "the heart is a lonely hunter." there are ways to enjoy this - no sense in stressing about what cannot be changed. we must all simply live the best that we can and smile in spite of empty tummies or wallets. oh - and dress up at every opportunity!
red vintage jonathan logan dress: solanah.etsy.com
hair flowers and leaves: jonelle lind
blue tights: target
green frye engineer boots: zappos.com
swallow necklace: pickypicky.etsy.com
antique medicine pill bottle necklace: thecaravan.etsy.com
(i am in love with this necklace! it has an eerie air of wrong-doing and a lucretia borgia flair. i think i need more of them. i adore this seller, too. bohemian belle is a modern day gypsy and seller of snake oils. she travels with her "royal raven" companion and touts magical wares guaranteed to cure you of all ailments and maladies. how could you NOT love her? her stuff makes great gifts, too!)
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I'm still raging so unfortunately don't have the proper words to string together to you right now. But you look magnificent. And happy and peaceful. You're right, we're all in the same boat, but some people take advantage of others. I've suffered the latter so much more since moving to this f*cking god-forsaken shit-hole of a state.
I HATE IT HERE!
I love thee and appreciate your words. I will try cursing them out in my mind to cleanse it even by its own vitriol. Who knows? It might help.
chin up, pretty lady. just today, someone's offhand cruel put down found me hiding outside by the freezer and weeping over how callous people are. i would've loved to tell her exactly what i thought of her right at that moment, but instead i had to wipe away the eyeliner tracks and plaster on my fake grin. i know i'm too sensitive but it doesn't make cruelty any more bearable.
Oh no!!!!! I am so so so so sorry that you're enduring suffering and pain like flat-out cruelty of the tongue. I'm not as diplomatic as thee, and probably would have asked to her in no uncertain terms, to leave. You don't deserve that. No one does.
I'm calming down. I received one parcel and tracked another one down (they hadn't even shipped it out yet!) I feel better about that nonsense. And it appears our landlord might be cooperating with us and giving us a new lease (since we're now month to month, which is more expensive) -- so we might be able to negotiate the food stamps thing. Still, it's a whole lot of bureaucratic bull that I don't feel that we should need to justify to survive. I expect too much, I guess.
I am sad to hear about the Seattle lay-offs. Good grief! That's so sad!
And P.S. I loveeeee that barrette! Woot!
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