Portland Public Access TV

I just finished watching "Farrakhan Teach!", Minister Louis Farrakhan's program recorded in Chicago and rebroadcast here in Portland on public access TV. Immediately following Minister Farrakhan? Sister Paula. Sister Paula is a 70 year old transgendered 'woman' who reads from the bible and sing hymns. Now, I hate religion, but for some reason I'm absolutely enthralled by Louis Farrakhan and can watch him for hours, even when he calls me devil. I feel the same way about Sister Paula, I hate religion, but I can watch Sister Paula and for whatever reason I have more respect for her than for any other preacher I've ever seen.

Community Organizer

Some of you may have seen Rudy Giuliani dismiss Obama as a 'community organizer' with no experience at the Republican National Convention. Smug little toadie that Guiliani is, he even snickered at the comment, no doubt so proud of himself for thinking it up. I think the image above should serve as an adequate enough response.

This whole Sarah Palin thing makes me want to jump off in the deep end of the liberal pool. If you aren't outraged that this person is on the ticket, you aren't paying attention. I guess I'm just all riled up because I'm sick of these fucking neocons. Of course it aint helping that I'm reading, Deer Hunting With Jesus right now.

Bonnie, Beer for Soda, Vegan Pesto and other Musings

The weather has been really nice, so I've been leaving open the sliding glass door so the cats can enjoy the balcony. They really like going out and on the few occasions it's gotten too chilly to keep it open, Pants walks the apartment crying about not being able to go outside. Unfortunately, Bonnie has gotten so used to it being open that on 3 different occasions she has run full speed and slammed into the closed door face first. It makes a loud, hollow sound, not unlike that of a cat hitting a glass door at full gallop. In an effort to try and reduce the number of collisions, I've posted the sign above on the door to let her know when it's closed. So far it seems to be working.

I pretty much gave up drinking diet colas for the month of July in hopes of being able to beat my 3-5 can a day habit. The good news, I've pretty much done it. The bad news is, now I'm drinking a lot more beer. Is that bad?

Today at New Seasons, I spent $180 on groceries. That's a new high and one I hope never to eclipse. I was shocked and a little sad when I saw the total. On my list was to try and get something for some noodles I bought like a month ago. In the refrigerated section I thought pesto might be nice, but of course pesto has cheese in it. Well, not in Portland, at least not all the pesto in Portland. There on the shelf was a pesto labeled as Vegan Pesto. I couldn't believe it. I bought it and tried it for dinner and it aint bad. Unfortunately, it aint cheap either.

I had a really boring three day weekend. I really didn't do much of anything. Yesterday I poured through Last.fm looking for new music and shows coming to Portland. I'm a huge Neko Case fan and never really paid much attention to her work with the New Pornographers, but that all changed yesterday. They're really good. Below is a video from their latest album.

I'm also very into Taken by Trees and their video is also below. Enjoy.