Missing work? NYOOOO~

I hate calling in sick from work. I guess that's a sign that I really do love my job, to look outside and think, "Snow! It's finally snowing! Finally, when I canvass it'll be pretty instead of just cold!" and then be really disappointed because I can't speak well enough to work, and may actually even be contagious.

:(

I hate calling in sick. I'm gonna go make a gallon of tasty bean soup so that I can live on something substantial today that won't hurt my throat. Hopefully I can make it the rest of this week, because despite having to work a six-day week last week... as much as I get annoyed by dumb fucking suburbanites who don't believe we should sue companies that break the law and steal their money because "they have family that works for Duke Energy," the rest of their neighbors are usually much smarter than they are, and I like talking to them. I like getting people to stand up for themselves.

It's just possible that one of those people gave me a Sickness, ohnoes. Now I gotta stay home and let my coworkers fight the good fight while I eat huge quantities of sweet delicious "Ashley makes tasty soup" soup.

Missing work? NYOOOO~

I hate calling in sick from work. I guess that's a sign that I really do love my job, to look outside and think, "Snow! It's finally snowing! Finally, when I canvass it'll be pretty instead of just cold!" and then be really disappointed because I can't speak well enough to work, and may actually even be contagious.

:(

I hate calling in sick. I'm gonna go make a gallon of tasty bean soup so that I can live on something substantial today that won't hurt my throat. Hopefully I can make it the rest of this week, because despite having to work a six-day week last week... as much as I get annoyed by dumb fucking suburbanites who don't believe we should sue companies that break the law and steal their money because "they have family that works for Duke Energy," the rest of their neighbors are usually much smarter than they are, and I like talking to them. I like getting people to stand up for themselves.

It's just possible that one of those people gave me a Sickness, ohnoes. Now I gotta stay home and let my coworkers fight the good fight while I eat huge quantities of sweet delicious "Ashley makes tasty soup" soup.

Missing work? NYOOOO~

I hate calling in sick from work. I guess that's a sign that I really do love my job, to look outside and think, "Snow! It's finally snowing! Finally, when I canvass it'll be pretty instead of just cold!" and then be really disappointed because I can't speak well enough to work, and may actually even be contagious.

:(

I hate calling in sick. I'm gonna go make a gallon of tasty bean soup so that I can live on something substantial today that won't hurt my throat. Hopefully I can make it the rest of this week, because despite having to work a six-day week last week... as much as I get annoyed by dumb fucking suburbanites who don't believe we should sue companies that break the law and steal their money because "they have family that works for Duke Energy," the rest of their neighbors are usually much smarter than they are, and I like talking to them. I like getting people to stand up for themselves.

It's just possible that one of those people gave me a Sickness, ohnoes. Now I gotta stay home and let my coworkers fight the good fight while I eat huge quantities of sweet delicious "Ashley makes tasty soup" soup.

Iran update.

Iran protests by pro-democracy advocates on National Student Day were attacked by security forces on Monday. The country's Green Movement has found new ways of organizing and keeping its message alive.

Istanbul, Turkey - In Iran, riot police clashed with thousands of protesters Monday in the latest round of demonstrations, which took place despite a concerted six-month effort by Iran's security services to stamp out the opposition Green Movement.

Witnesses said that at Tehran University, just one of several flashpoints in Tehran and other cities marred by violence, police used tear gas and batons, and plainclothes agents wielded electric stun-guns against students and other demonstrators throwing stones. Protesters chanted slogans against the security forces and "Death to the dictator"; passersby were beaten with batons in alleys off the main streets.

Iran specialists say the persistence of the protests in the face of powerful counter-measures from the regime indicates that politics in Iran has irreversibly changed.

"This is not a revolution, this is the commencement of a civil rights movement," says Hamid Dabashi, a prolific historian of Iran at Columbia University in New York. (...)

While Monday's protests focused on students, they were the largest in months. Efforts by security forces to arrest student leaders did not appear to work — partly because of new organization techniques developed since June.

"Communication is all through [personal] networking — they have adjusted so that they do not make decisions as a single group," says Ali Akbar Mousavi-Khoeini, a former prominent member of Iran's strongest student organization who moved to the US earlier this year.

"They have changed to do networking activities, so that decisionmaking is not longer taking place at a top level," says Mousavi-Khoeini. "The decisionmaking process has changed to avoid having to meet and vote."

Iran update.

Iran protests by pro-democracy advocates on National Student Day were attacked by security forces on Monday. The country's Green Movement has found new ways of organizing and keeping its message alive.

Istanbul, Turkey - In Iran, riot police clashed with thousands of protesters Monday in the latest round of demonstrations, which took place despite a concerted six-month effort by Iran's security services to stamp out the opposition Green Movement.

Witnesses said that at Tehran University, just one of several flashpoints in Tehran and other cities marred by violence, police used tear gas and batons, and plainclothes agents wielded electric stun-guns against students and other demonstrators throwing stones. Protesters chanted slogans against the security forces and "Death to the dictator"; passersby were beaten with batons in alleys off the main streets.

Iran specialists say the persistence of the protests in the face of powerful counter-measures from the regime indicates that politics in Iran has irreversibly changed.

"This is not a revolution, this is the commencement of a civil rights movement," says Hamid Dabashi, a prolific historian of Iran at Columbia University in New York. (...)

While Monday's protests focused on students, they were the largest in months. Efforts by security forces to arrest student leaders did not appear to work — partly because of new organization techniques developed since June.

"Communication is all through [personal] networking — they have adjusted so that they do not make decisions as a single group," says Ali Akbar Mousavi-Khoeini, a former prominent member of Iran's strongest student organization who moved to the US earlier this year.

"They have changed to do networking activities, so that decisionmaking is not longer taking place at a top level," says Mousavi-Khoeini. "The decisionmaking process has changed to avoid having to meet and vote."

Iran update.

Iran protests by pro-democracy advocates on National Student Day were attacked by security forces on Monday. The country's Green Movement has found new ways of organizing and keeping its message alive.

Istanbul, Turkey - In Iran, riot police clashed with thousands of protesters Monday in the latest round of demonstrations, which took place despite a concerted six-month effort by Iran's security services to stamp out the opposition Green Movement.

Witnesses said that at Tehran University, just one of several flashpoints in Tehran and other cities marred by violence, police used tear gas and batons, and plainclothes agents wielded electric stun-guns against students and other demonstrators throwing stones. Protesters chanted slogans against the security forces and "Death to the dictator"; passersby were beaten with batons in alleys off the main streets.

Iran specialists say the persistence of the protests in the face of powerful counter-measures from the regime indicates that politics in Iran has irreversibly changed.

"This is not a revolution, this is the commencement of a civil rights movement," says Hamid Dabashi, a prolific historian of Iran at Columbia University in New York. (...)

While Monday's protests focused on students, they were the largest in months. Efforts by security forces to arrest student leaders did not appear to work — partly because of new organization techniques developed since June.

"Communication is all through [personal] networking — they have adjusted so that they do not make decisions as a single group," says Ali Akbar Mousavi-Khoeini, a former prominent member of Iran's strongest student organization who moved to the US earlier this year.

"They have changed to do networking activities, so that decisionmaking is not longer taking place at a top level," says Mousavi-Khoeini. "The decisionmaking process has changed to avoid having to meet and vote."

Odd.

Mucinex makes my pee smell like Mucinex.

Thanks, kidneys, for all that you do.

Odd.

Mucinex makes my pee smell like Mucinex.

Thanks, kidneys, for all that you do.

Odd.

Mucinex makes my pee smell like Mucinex.

Thanks, kidneys, for all that you do.

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