I Don't Understand

I mean, I get that LGBTQ+ people are under attack, always, by people who think it's wrong. And generally, people who assume that it's All About Sex™, never mind that LGBTQ+ people are just going about their daily lives. These kinds of assumptions say more about the person doing the assuming, and they think a lot more about sex itself (especially other people's sex and gender and presentation) than anyone I know.

What I don't understand is why.

Just for existing, even in their own spaces?

Yet another shooting, this time in a Colorado gay bar. Of people who are just there in their own space, doing their own thing, and not bothering you. 

Except for their very existence, I guess.

Yeah, yeah, bible-murica-muh-guns-alpha-male, whatever.

I've read the Bible cover to cover (twice, two different versions), I've lived in the US my whole life, I've handled guns, and I'm mentally ill (GAD and SAD). And white and fat and female. Oh, yes, and ASD/ADHD, since people usually pull that one out as either a defense (couldn't help it) or as another disenfranchised group to vilify as "part of the problem." 

They are not the problem, you hypocrites. You are. 

You can't say "God is Love" and "God hates [f-slur]" in the same breath. 

That's bullshit.

It's just hatred of stuff you don't understand, you don't try to understand, but really you just can't be bothered to understand anyone who isn't a straight white male "Christian."

And that's what I don't understand.

An Air and a Spare…

I thought about calling it “back on the road again“ but I figured that one has been done to death. And since the only thing in my news feed besides politics and/or billionaires imploding is Prince Harry and Company, the title seemed apt. 

So anyone who has seen me in person or a few people who have not but who know me pretty well are aware that my car, a Honda Odyssey 2002 minivan, is getting old and decrepit and tired. It started life as my dad’s car, was Laston’s car while he was sick, and then it was bequearhed to me and also Abby learns to drive in it. It’s just tired and rode hard and put away wet.

So yesterday I got a flat tire. Not a huge deal but also kind of urgent because I have to get back to work. One of my coworkers came to pick me up and all was well for the time being. But the tire was still flat and I couldn’t change it where I had pulled it over to the side of the road and evidently AT&T’s roadside assistance is either having a busy week or just Having Issues. This may have something to do with their roadside assist people being in Tennessee when I am in Seattle. A little far for things like landmarks and how to get from point a to point b for dispatching purposes.

But I digress. I took mom‘s car to work this morning (all my coworkers thought it was great, by the way, because it’s a cute little purple Honda Fit and they thought I had gotten a new car) and then Abby took it to school while I waited for the guy to come change my tire to my spare.

My mom is very generous with the use of her car, especially since covid started.

Anyway the guy came and changed my tire to the spare (we’ve never had so use the spare before so it needed air, which he had) and I took it to the tire place down by my work, about a half mile away. I checked my car in (two new tires and new wiper blades) and they said they’ll try to have it done by the time I get off work at five but they can’t promise it’ll be done before six. Good enough.

For me this is a fairly long walk to work, but I’ve built in plenty of time so I can chill out in my work building before I clock in and catch my breath. It’s an issue with those of us who are less active in our daily lives, but I think I’m going to get a lot of extra steps today. 

I also think it sounds like a (healthyish) comfort food via take out kind of evening after work today. When Abby picks Lizzy up from the school bus stop, I will suggest our local sushi place. https://sushihana5.com/ (I would have invented that but I can’t figure out the control for it on my phone, where I am writing this post)