I should have just squandered the rest of my funds on a ticket to the tropics and then sit side by side with you as we drink to the setting sun. Yes, that should have been the bombass thing to do. But now we dwell on 2 vacation weeks a year and things feel peculiarly smaller. Won't you still take walks with me on an all night avenue? And we could stare at all the neons signs begging for our patronage? Because I don't want to be caught helplessly in a life I've become bored of.
I think I can I think I can I think I will...
-------thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Cammie doesn't live here anymore
What ever happened to the me that could stay awake until sunrise? What ever happened to the me that would wake up around noon to eat breakfast? She got a full-time job and puts in too much overtime. Granted, I love what I do. (Sort of.) But I meet the dumbest and most peculiar people working for Planned Parenthood. (Yes, I work for an organization that gives birth control to anyone eligible and over the age of 12. It's the same organization known for performing abortions though I have very little involvement in the procedures aside from clerical duties. But let it also be known PP advises safe sex, STD prevention, and provides sexual health education/counseling because we know you all are screwing like rabbits so you might as well be prepared and informed.)
But some of the time, and these are rare cases, I wonder what the hell is happening to our society that so many people can be misinformed. Case in point? Informing a patient that s/he has chlamydia and their oh-so nonchalant response is: "Oh. Well, doesn't everybody get that at some point?" NO. I don't have chlamydia nor do I hope it happens to me at any point in my life. And if it ever does happen (GOD FORBID!!!), I will be the first in line and demanding I get the earliest appointment to get treatment. Unlike some other individuals who have made same day appointments and don't show up despite me telling them that they can come in any time of the day so long as they just show up.
If only there was a comprehensive sexual ed class provided for students. You know, one where the teacher doesn't tell her students that if you're gay, then you're going to hell. (True story.) Or a class where the instructor doesn't play videos about avalanches on days when he's absent. How that even relates to sexual education, I will never understand. And since I'm ranting, let's get a little parent involvement in this. It would probably be nice if you didn't tell your daughters that their periods are a sign of sin because this is not the 1970s and you are not the mother of Carrie. It would also be nice if you didn't call to yell at me because your daughter has birth control pills. So not my fault your kid's caving into her carnal desires. But this isn't an ideal world because the government's still run by religion despite the existence of a constitutional amendment against that. But what do I know? I'm just some girl with a 9-5 job who doesn't mark the sunrise as time for bed anymore.
But some of the time, and these are rare cases, I wonder what the hell is happening to our society that so many people can be misinformed. Case in point? Informing a patient that s/he has chlamydia and their oh-so nonchalant response is: "Oh. Well, doesn't everybody get that at some point?" NO. I don't have chlamydia nor do I hope it happens to me at any point in my life. And if it ever does happen (GOD FORBID!!!), I will be the first in line and demanding I get the earliest appointment to get treatment. Unlike some other individuals who have made same day appointments and don't show up despite me telling them that they can come in any time of the day so long as they just show up.
If only there was a comprehensive sexual ed class provided for students. You know, one where the teacher doesn't tell her students that if you're gay, then you're going to hell. (True story.) Or a class where the instructor doesn't play videos about avalanches on days when he's absent. How that even relates to sexual education, I will never understand. And since I'm ranting, let's get a little parent involvement in this. It would probably be nice if you didn't tell your daughters that their periods are a sign of sin because this is not the 1970s and you are not the mother of Carrie. It would also be nice if you didn't call to yell at me because your daughter has birth control pills. So not my fault your kid's caving into her carnal desires. But this isn't an ideal world because the government's still run by religion despite the existence of a constitutional amendment against that. But what do I know? I'm just some girl with a 9-5 job who doesn't mark the sunrise as time for bed anymore.
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