Kate’s Rants

i just went and saw the new movie Superbad. i’ve seen lots of previews, and they all looked pretty funny. to me, the movie looked like a couple of nerdy guys getting into shenanigans as they try to fit in at their high school.

the actual movie was about a few nerdy guys getting into shenanigans as they tried to fit in at their high school. oh, along with a lot of f-bombs, penis jokes, and general disgusting behavior and talk.

this movie just further my suspicions that all males are extremely disgusting and hopeless. the nice guy, evan, who continually talked about getting one girl to be his girlfriend, appears innocent. but even he was lude and disgusting at times. (even if he was trying to be sarcastic.)

the cops talk about meeting girls in a place other than a bar. good advice, but then they go around acting like idiots. do we really take advice from idiots?

i was going into the movie expecting napoleon dynamite or super troopers. instead i was blasted with 2 hours of “male humor” that left me feeling…. gross.

boys are just nasty. and that’s all i have to say.

one day i’ll make cakes like these:

ah, to be a cake designer…

abouth a month or so ago, i watched a micheal moore film that, inevitably, got me worked up and angry about how things are run in the USA.

today, my grandpa sent me this email:

How Our Senators Vote

Can you imagine one of these as our next President?? God forbid!!!

The following senators voted against making English the official language of America :
Akaka (D-Hi)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dyton D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)

there was another part to the email, about giving illegal aliens social security benefits. i’m not sure how i feel about that, since i don’t know enough about social security to comment on it. but i have a feeling i’d have wanted to give them benefits.

the reason i’m posting this is because i got angry from this email. these senators voted to make sure that english was NOT the official language of america. and why would they vote that? everyone speaks english here anyway. why not make it official?

well, i think it’s great that they voted this way. i think it’s great because that is WHY america is great. the point of america was to be free and escape persecutions: things like speaking a different language or practicing a different religion. we are supposed to accept EVERYONE. and that is why it makes me mad when we don’t.

especially, grandpa, when people like you send emails like that one. i’m not trying to be mean, but think about it. YOUR PARENTS were immigrants. wouldn’t you have wanted them to have benefits? wouldnt you have wanted them to feel at home despite the fact that they didn’t speak english? and also, YOU speak a different language! isn’t it great to have the freedom to do so? i’m not saying that if we declare english as the official language of america, all other languages will be banned. but it seems they will just be a little less respected.

anyways, when i watched that micheal moore film, i wanted to move away from america. it made me sick to live here and see what people do to each other. but now i know, it’s always going to be my home no matter what kind of people live here. and the thing i like BEST about america is that this country is founded on ideas of diversity and change. it seems that we are forgetting that sometimes, but i think most of us know it in our hearts. the thing that makes america great is all the different kinds of people we have here. and i think those senators who voted knew this. they want to keep that diversity in our country, by not declaring an official language. people can speak whatever they want to speak. i think that is wonderful.

i sincerely hope one of those senators becomes our next president. i sincerely hope they try to keep up those differences that make our country great. i hope they also try to change things that make our country not-so-great. i also hope the people of this country look back to their roots: everyone living here has an ancestor who was an immigrant. if you are complaining about immigrants, think back to your great grandfather, or great great grandfather. think what he had to go through so you can have a comfortable life here in america. and think about the people trying to do that for their families today. they just want what you have. “freedom” and they probably have a pipe dream of getting rich. but why wouldn’t they? america is the freakin’ richest country in the world. i just wish we’d spread the wealth a little more.

so anyway, just try to be a little more understanding. and maybe think to yourself why you love america. is it really because everyone is the same as you? would you really want that?

that’s my rant, and i’m stickin’ to it.

so, i’ve seriously applied for only 2 jobs this entire summer. i’ve joined a temp agency (but i think they either lost my file or forgot about me.. on purpose…) and i applied for some other job but i didn’t really want it.

the first job i applied for was back in june. maybe even may. i didn’t hear back from them until the very end of june or early july. long story short: didn’t get hired. oh well.

between then and now, i’ve gone on 2 major family vacations, and spent a lot of time loafing around waiting to hear back from the first interview.

so yesterday i applied for another job, this one i really really REALLY want. however, i’m told that the interviews will not take place until the end of august. that is a very long time to wait to hear back from someone. i mean, i won’t even know if i’m GETTING an interview until probably a few days before they are being held! meanwhile, i’m keeping my fingers crossed but at the same time wondering if i should keep looking for a different job. my mind tells me i should (also my mom tells me i should) but what if i find one and then get hired at the cooler job? that would be sortof mean of me to just quit like that. and since the temp agency is completely ignoring me, i can’t get temp work.

so …… i wait.

and tomorrow i leave on another smallish vacation-like adventure. perhaps when i get back from this outing, i’ll start looking for some sort of part time work who will hire me quick and not mind if i perhaps quit very soon after.

(i’m just hoping i’ll have to quit because i get hired at the awesome job.)

everyone keep your fingers crossed for me that i at least get an interview at the end of the month!!