The Joy of Music

As I was driving home from work today, I did what I usually don't. I didn't sing along to the music. That 1/2 hour drive to and from work is my time to unwind and I usually do that by singing along to the radio as loud as I possibly can. It releases stress and calms me down. But today I just decided to stay quiet. I realized that after I learn the lyrics to a song I sing with it and I lose the love I had for the song when I first heard it. Every once and a while it's nice to simply let the song be sung.

Seriously, Santorum?

So Santorum says that women who get pregnant because of rape should "make the best out of a bad situation." If you haven't read the story, I've linked to it here.

Abortion is a touchy subject and I typically don't agree with it, but that is for people who have sex and have an "oops" pregnancy. But this is unwanted, forced and cruel. Women who are raped are already dealing with everything after the rape occurs and they should have the option on what to do. Why should someone who is raped have to live through another 9 months of pregnancy and damage to their bodies and go through the pain of childbirth? You would be forcing those victims to continue being victims and basically punishing them for something they had no control over.

I had a friend in school who felt the way Santorum does. My argument was, what if the girl raped is a child? Girls have started getting their periods earlier. Are you going to make a 13 year old girl give birth?

All I think is that women should have the choice. We are strong enough, brave enough and (most importantly) smart enough to be able to decide for ourselves.

Rain/Ice Day

I'm taking a sort of snow day today. It's raining pretty hard here, causing the roads to be covered in wet snow. Soon the weather will drop below freezing and everything will turn to ice. So I'm taking the day off- mostly because my husband says he doesn't want me driving a 1/2 an hour to work (with this weather it would most likely take an hour). I live in a rural area and would most likely freeze before a tow truck would show up... did I forget to mention that my car's heater is broken? Yeah, that's broken. I don't have the money to fix it right now so I mostly bundle up. The winter hasn't been bad this year though. If we were having a winter like last year (mostly every day was below 0) I would have to find a way to get it fixed. Thankfully though this winter is a lot better. So I guess I'll do some laundry today and take some pictures.

SOPA & PIPA

Not sure if you've heard about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) or PIPA (Protect IP Act). I figured it would be easier to show, so here's a good video talking about the effects of internet censorship.

Internet Blackout TOMORROW!

Avoiding all interwebs tomorrow for the SOPA & PIPA Blackout. This will be difficult for me. No Twitter or Facebook or anything! Wish me luck!

http://sopacountdown.com/

Bookstore Disappointment

Every time I visit the local bookstore I feel disappointment. Like today for example. John Green's new book The Fault in Our Stars was released today and I went in at 10 to find it. No copies were out yet and when I asked about it, the woman who works there had to go in the back room to put out the whole 2 (2!) they ordered. What bookstore orders 2 books? It's on the bestseller list for crying out loud! No matter when I go in they are either rude or don't have what I'm looking for... sometimes both. OK, usually both.

If I was surrounded by books all day I would be in my happy place.

I want to live in this place

My guess is that the woman who works there is just in it for the paycheck. I think I should work there on weekends just so someone could be happy there. I would love to open a bookstore if I had the money. I just need to start buying lottery tickets... and get really lucky.