Kate’s Rants

hey people. i’m at WORK! in davis! yay!

alright, my main reason for posting was to laugh at how i get random comments sometimes. on posts from a long time ago. it just makes me think someone who was really bored must have been searching through wordpress, reading random blogs, and happened upon one of mine and felt the need to comment.

maybe it’s not THAT funny, but it’s kinda funny. to me, anyway.

well, i should get back to work. although nothing much is going on today, so i’m pretty bored right now. i’m too new to really do anything on my own, but i dont really want to keep bugging my boss. so…… yeah…… oh well.

the end.

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!!

i’m seriously thinking of moving to canada.

i just saw the new micheal moore film “sicko”. it disturbed me greatly, and made me want to flee the country. AGAIN.

i think the idea that the government has so much secret control over the american public scares me more than anything. i feel like americans THINK they know all the answers and the truth and their government is only trying to protect them blah blah blah. but i, for one, would rather know what’s REALLY happening then be told half-truths and lies! to me, that makes things SOOOOO much worse.

therefore, canada is looking extremely nice right now.

right after i got home from the movie today, i looked up places to live in canada. vancouver is pretty much right on the boarder between washington and canada. yet, since it’s in canada, there are different rules and probably a completely different attitude.

i’m thinking of going there to check it out for awhile. if i like it, maybe i’ll just have to stay. and since it’s a whole heck of a lot closer than scotland or ireland, i won’t feel bad about living there all the time because i’ll still be able to see my family for holidays and stuff.

i can only see a bright future there. unblemished with HMOs and worry.

YAY CANADA!

i just posted a blog in my other blog that i share with my two old friends, jessica and melanie. it was about a wendy’s commercial in which everyone is standing around kicking trees.

there’s more funny stuff in the commercial, but what caught me the most about it when i first saw it was how STRANGE it was. it’s a wendy’s commercial, but it’s so random and weird and there are people kicking trees which has nothing to do with hamburgers!!

but in any case, at the end of my post i came to the conclusion that instead of making me want to eat their “hot juicy burger”, i find myself wanting very much to go kick some trees.

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in 7 minutes it will be tomorrow. and tomorrow i have a job interview, which i hope will be successful so i can go do something other than watch (and apparently memorize) commercials.

also if i get a job i can have money to mostly pay my bills, but also buy things such as art supplies, which will then enable me to hole up in my room listening to music (that i can purchase on itunes!) and make sculptures or paint. this will also prevent me from watching (and memorizing) commercials, which is a pretty sad/pathetic/silly pastime.

my goal: to make a friend who will want to go kick trees with me. and then maybe play freeze-tag.

so this weekend i’m heading down to LA to visit with my grandparents who i haven’t seen since last summer, and also my aunts and uncles and cousins who i havent seen since last summer. crazy! also, the O’Haras are having a family reunion at the beach, which i will be going to on monday-wednesday. this is going to be fun because i hardly ever get to see the o’hara clan. unfortunately not everyone is coming, which is a bit sad. but i’m sure it will still be a good time. and it’s weird to have a lot of my cousins in high school and college now! to me they are all still little kids.

also, i have just found 4 of my cousins on facebook! oh, and brother brett who did NOT add me as a friend. brett, i am highly dissapointed in you. i mean, you added brendan and not me. jeez. (just kidding just kidding.) anyway, it’s fun to see all these cousins i havent seen for years! and now they’re all spread out all over the place going to different colleges. i might just have to make some trips to go visit them. muahaha.

anyway, it’s an exciting reunion time, and i’m looking forward to seeing everyone again! yay!

today is my birthday. i’m 24 years old.

never before in my life have i been more accomplished, but felt more unpreductive. after all, i am a college graduate. the first of all the grandchildren! i’ve lived in a foreign country. actually 2 foreign countries. i’ve held many jobs, gotten a lot done at them, and learned a lot from them. i’ve been everything from a janitor to a manager.

but now i’m at a place where i have no set future. no school path to follow. everything is open and waiting.

on the one hand, it’s really great. i have the freedom to choose to do whatever i want! i can do anything i feel like and move anywhere (in the US) i want to. i have so many options i dont know what to do with them all.

but on the other hand, without this set future, i sortof don’t know what to do with myself. i dont know what i want to “be when i grow up”. all the things i really like to do don’t really amount to a carreer. for instance, i really like making weird sculptures out of things, but let’s face it: artists are generally a poor group of people. and i don’t really want to live with my parents in tracy for the rest of my life, trying to make weird sculptures. i LIKE being successful. i LIKE moving up in the world, and i also like some material stuff, which requires money. and i can’t really do any of those things with the kind of art i like doing.

it’s ok, i’ve already come to close with the idea that my artwork can be a hobby.

i also like baking or i was thinking of going into candy making. how amazingly fun would that be?! but then again, maybe it’s more of a hobby type of thing.

right now i’m thinking i might go into the tourist industry. work with students who like to travel. after all, i feel like a student still, and i like to travel. i can relate to the customers, and hey, probably get a nice little travel discount while i’m at it. this way, i’ll be around laid back people most of the time (i like to think most students who want to travel are pretty laid back) AND satisfy my urge to see the world. what could be better? meanwhile, i can make weird sculptures and bake and make candy in my free time.

the only bad thing is, i dont have any money. i need a bit to start out a whole new life. i dont have a job. i have too many vacation plans that interfere with finding a job, and i dont WANT to find a job. i’m unmotivated right now, and i dont really like the feeling.

i need to start doing something. i think what i will do is read all the harry potter books again so i’ll be fresh when the new one comes out. accomplishment? i think so.

happy birthday to me.

i’ve had the blog for almost a year. it went by really fast. it’s weird to be back home sometimes, like i havent accomplished anything. but i’ve actually accomplished a lot. and i AM back in tracy, but in a house i’ve never actually lived in. so it feels sortof new.

at this crossroads of my life, i find myself looking toward a bunch of empty space. my future is totally unplanned, for the first real time ever. i’ve always been in school. always had that map of the school year to plan my life around. i still see the calendar in my head in a school year way. i’ve always pictured the calendar sortof like a boardgame. say you take a wall calendar and cut out all the pictures or frilly things. just leave the boxes with the numbers. then lay them flat on the ground, in a circle. well, more of an oval actually. and i guess as the year moves on, the little “me” gamepiece moves from square to square, jumping from month to month. i dont know why, but i’ve always pictured the calendar in my head this way. strange.

i would draw it for you, but i can’t draw on this.

speaking of….. sortof….. facebook, a networking website for all those not familiar with it: sortof like myspace… has upped the ante and is taking over! some say it’s gotten out of control. there are now “applications” that you can add to your profile. like… there’s the music application, and the movies application. so you can put what music you like or what movies you want to see. and they come with pretty pictures so it’s not just a bunch of writing. and you can share them with your friends, and compare who wants to see what.

i was against the applications until someone sent me the “fortune cookie” application, which i had to check out. pretty much you can get a new fortune whenever you feel like it! you don’t get to eat the cookie though. but THEN i stumbled upon the greatest application yet! the graffiti application! you can actually color on people’s “walls” as they are called, and they can color on yours. it’s amazing and i love it.

anywhooooo.

back to the original topic: it’s been almost a year since i started this blog. in that year i have:

-gone to live in scotland
-gotten a job in scotland (yay!)
-moved over to ireland
-got a job in ireland (boo)
-broke up with significant other (boo)
-moved back home in pit of despair (haha just kidding)
-painted room in parent’s home in attempt to make it my own
-got rejected from consulting job
-was given false hope at a temp agency
-got a kitten (yay!)

that’s pretty much up to date. and now i sit here without really much to do. soon i will go to sleep, which i seem to be doing a lot of these days (stinkin benadryl makes me tired). then tomorrow mom and i will get up and sort out things for the garage sale, and then tommy will come, and then we will all go out to dinner for my birthday! (even though my birthday is on monday.) and then saturday we must wake up super duper early for the garage sale, and then go to the baileys’ house for gerod’s graduation party. sunday is father’s day, but we’ll probably leave dad alone so he can study. and the rest of my week is open for interpretation.

i think it’s time for a list.

things i want to do on my roadtrip across america:
-wear wigs and pretend to be someone else
-go to diners
-camp in death valley (scary!)
-take modeling sunglasses pictures everywhere
-ride a rollar coaster (or more than one) in the mall of america
-see scranton
-hang out in new york city
-visit my apparently crazy family members
-see old faithful
-skip in washington DC
-check out new orleans
-thumbwrestle a stranger in texas (why texas? why NOT texas?! also, they have challenged me with the “don’t mess with texas” slogan. it’s ON.)
-go swimming in the atlantic ocean
-take a raft down the mississippi (or a boat…)
-sky dive in the great plains

i think that’s a pretty good list of things to do. i’ll think of more i’m sure. OH!

-visit hershey town USA!!! a town made of chocolate! wooooooo!!!

the end.