How many more, O Lord?

Everytime I hear or see of another GLBT teen taking their own life I want to break down and cry. I want to hold all those dear children and tell them that it DOES get better.

What causes someone to harbor such hate, just because someone's not straight, or white, or Christian? Who has the right to judge? Nobody, except God. 

High school "pranks"

Mitt Romney recently claimed that he doesn't "remember" attacking a gay student at Cranbrook School in Michigan and cutting his hair off. I don't believe that for a single minute.  Were I that student's parent, I'd be DEMANDING an apology from mitty, along with his expulsion because he illegally ASSAULTED another student with a weapon. Yes, mitty's daddy was George Romney, chairman of American Motors and later Michigan governor, but that is absolutely NO excuse.

I find it pitiful that clearly money talks. In this case, money laughs all its' way to the bank. How DARE he claim and tout himself as Mr. Family Values, when it's clear that he is NOT.

Mitty, drop out of the race. You, sir, are disgusting.

Nana's funeral

Today was Nana's funeral, and it was very nice. It was a Catholic Mass, very tasteful. We had sincerely HOPED that Mary Ann would respect Nana's wishes, but course, she didn't. No Rosary last night, but we did get a Mass and Catholic burial.

Here's the cake that we did for the wake:

People REALLY loved the cake, complete with royal icing roses and fondant flowers, birds, and a tree. WHEW. Tired now.

Opening shots..

Hey there. I'm Gretchen, and going to start a blog again, only for the ninety-eleventh time.

Today's been interesting. I had a phone screen interview with Rachael from Comcast and she SAID that she would forward the info that she gathered to the HR manager. I really hope I get a callback from them, or almost anyone soon.  Being unemployed for 1 1/2 years, minus 4 months, really sucks.

I'm sitting in Starbucks, about a couple miles from home because our home network has been misbehaving for a couple of days now, and it's getting VERY annoying. Comcast has said 3 times now that they're sending a new modem and we should "receive it in 3-5 business days".  Poor Patty has been keeping track of this, and yesterday was the 14th call to them.

Anyway, there's this weird guy a couple tables over, with rainbow braces/suspenders, holding up shorts, and yacking away to someone about how the "mafia" controls this, that, and everything. It's pretty bizarre. I've not heard so much about the mafia since I saw the Godfather for the first time, waaaay back in about 12th grade. I was babysitting the kid down the street, Heidi, and her mom (my eighth and ninth grade Spanish teacher) asked me to NOT turn it on until Heidi was in bed. So, being a good babysitter, I agreed and very quickly figured out WHY the mom told me this!

This blog will be, like the title says, random shots. Between practicing cake decorating and looking for a job, I'll be here. Leave messages and topics!g_dekok@yahoo.com