@#$%!

I worry about hours all the time. At this time, I work exclusively for a small Midwestern company with the nicest people ever. While they haven't officially guaranteed me x hours a month, I know they work hard to make sure I can pay my rent.

Regardless, any hint of a slow down on our projects completely freaks me out. Maybe I should have taken a second job, not that they're easy to find these days, but maybe I should have looked. But, I'm easily distracted and I know it. My first priority here (beyond making enough to live on) is school (no matter how much I bitch about it).

I know I'm hyperventilating, and hopefully needlessly. But I can't help it.

The second part to this is: I'm trying to cram more hours per week for the first three weeks in March, because I haven't had a paid vacation in two years. And while this isn't technically a paid vacation, it would be nice to take time off without a paycut. I don't want to work while traveling again, because quite frankly that sucked rather a lot.

in the news

From today's Harper's Weekly.

"Violent protests continued in Venezuela, where President Hugo Chavez called George W. Bush an asshole..."

Anytime, anyone, anywhere calls Dubya an asshole...my heart sings a little song. Which means I've got the Washington Symphony Orchestra thundering away in my chest

"French lawmakers passed a ban on Islamic headscarves, and Russian religious leaders refused to permit Roman Catholics to attend a conference on religious tolerance."

As much as I'm not a fan of religion, I'm even less of a fan of religious oppression and bigotry.

"A self-described 'pressure-group with a terrorist character' was threatening to bomb French trains unless it receives a $5 million ransom; French investigators speculated that the group has anarchist or left-wing or right-wing tendencies"

Well that narrows it down. Excellent work, inspectors.

"President Bush was criticized for exploiting September 11 in his new campaign advertisements, which employ paid actors instead of real firemen.."

I read about this last week and it still pisses me off.

"Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, suggested cutting Social Security and Medicare to help pay for President Bush's massive tax cuts for the rich."

Simply corking. Gee, if he wins the election again, I think I'll move to Canada. It's just up there *points*

"An Israeli fashion designer staged a photo shoot along the West Bank wall near Jerusalem; several young models were photographed while posing under Arabic graffiti that read: "I AM A BIG DONKEY."

*smirk*

"Scientists found that homosexual sheep have peculiar brains."

I have a peculiar brain. Does that make me a sheep?