Beep's Purple Blog

 From the They've All Gone Mad Dept.

please read the updates to my page on the state budget crisis.

 dburr  and I have been at Anime Expo 2009.  We had a great time and got to see friends we don't get to see often. It was a physical challenge for me as usual, but I got by with the help and the incredible patience of dburr and our friends.

We are on the train now, which will connect with an Amtrak bus.

I have to thank msgeek for getting us to the train on time.  She had to fight to get a disabled cart paged for us (we had waited over 1/2 hour and kept being told someone would come for us right away.)  I heard her telling some idiot that our train was IN and we needed a cart NOW.  She was right; in fact the train had to be held for us.  

Incidentally, although we don't live too far from Neverland, we ended up leaving the vicinity of where the Michael Jackson tribute will be just as it people are starting to line up.  AX was right across the street from the Staples Center!  I am glad we got out in time because massive crowds are way too difficult for me to navigate.

 





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 So glad I got to see you at the Party of Doom :)

Hope this year brings you all good things!!

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• 23:04 hope everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area enjoyed Pride Day #
• 23:14 RT @LATimescitydesk: In Sunday night session, CA Assembly Dems OK budget package -- without GOP votes. Veto expected. bit.ly/q1RRh #

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 So what am I coming down with now?  Ugh.  Bleh.  Sick.

 There are reasons why I would not be surprised.

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• 23:32 #iranelection A different Amnesty Intl petition; please sign bit.ly/qRIT8 #

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• 23:55 WAKE UP, UN !!!! www.petitionspot.com/petitions/omidadvocatescom #iranelection #
• 00:02 Sign and let them know the world is still watching #iranelection bit.ly/LnhB8 #
• 00:06 #iranelection BRUTALITY bit.ly/C1jrU #
• 00:17 G8 summit will be discussing Iran #iranelections bit.ly/1bA446 the world is watching #
• 00:19 RT @RayMosteller: Professors are a dangerous breed ... esp. in a totalitarian dictatorship. tr.im/pGIK #iranelection #gr88 #Neda #
• 00:20 RT @frednouri: See Iranian officials bank accounts...bit.ly/2N1yhq, #iranelection #
• 00:23 Please RT Friday, June 26 @5pm The Green Wave march NYC www.thegreenwave.info #neda #iranelection #greenwave #
• 00:26 Please RT everywhere Iranian woman pleads to the world for help #iranelection bit.ly/C1jrU #
• 00:38 Where is persiankiwi, who was regularly tweeting about unrest in Iran??? Pray for persiankiwi's safety. #iranelection #
• 00:42 EVERYONE please sign this Amnesty International petition for Iran's people #iranelection bit.ly/LnhB8 #
• 00:43 PLEASE SIGN PETITION TO UN www.petitionspot.com/petitions/omidadvocatescom #iranelection #
• 00:44 PLEASE SIGN PETITION TO UN #iranelection bit.ly/FT2Tb #
• 00:46 EVERYONE please sign and RT this Amnesty International petition #iranelection bit.ly/LnhB8 #
• 00:47 RT #IranElection Iran: From latest reports, Tehran is turning into the Killing Fields. Need UN intervention NOW, with peacekeeping forces. #
• 01:14 RT @blueiain1967: PLS RT! - ORANGE CNTY CA - Candlelight Vigil to support change @ Huntington Beach Pier - Thurs, Jun 25 8pm #iranelection #
• 01:22 People have lost their lives surely we can lose two minutes to sign the petition to the UN bit.ly/FT2Tb #iranelection #
• 01:27 RT @assalita: BLOODY WEDNESDAY AT BAHARESTAN JUNE 24 www.abc.net.au/news/... #iran #iranelection #neda #mussavi #tehran #
• 01:33 RT @RPHealthNews: Most in US support govt-backed health care: poll bit.ly/e2pOQ #
• 01:37 RT @AlaskaArtist: RT @crside If you play country music in reverse, you will get your job and your wife back. #
• 01:47 RT @TheCuriousMind: SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT: US objects to China's net filter tinyurl.com/r6r7q3 Full tinyurl.com/kr4mja #
• 02:25 Thank you, extremist wing of the GOP: California to Pay Creditors With I.O.U.’s bit.ly/6GoGx #
• 02:30 Genius wingnuts say to contract gov even more; turn recession to depression : Cali expected to lose 1M jobs - tinyurl.com/lbusmm #
• 02:33 Genius wingnuts say to contract gov even more; turn recession to depression : #CA expected to lose 1M jobs - tinyurl.com/lbusmm #
• 21:34 this was an unexpectedly difficult day. I look forward to the good luck tomorrow that should balance it out. #
• 21:36 guess however rotten my day was, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson had a worse one :( #
• 21:53 California has so changed we seem to have many scary cruel people now who want to kill their fellow citizens to balance the state budget #
• 21:54 btw neocons more CUTS will make this WORSE take an econ class RT @dangrsmind: bit.ly/6PYaZ California Failing #California #
• 21:57 If you don't want illegals talk to their employers RT @NobamaDotCom: No wonder California is broke!!! bit.ly/15E9U1 #
• 21:58 why are there so many bitter conservative extremists online are they the ones who mainly can afford computers? #
• 22:04 Heh ! RT @TheCuriousMind: Exploring the Mind: Retail Therapy Explained tinyurl.com/r6r7q3 Full tinyurl.com/nodqtv #
• 22:15 America needs a third party--a MODERATE party #
• 22:21 RT @eruanne: RT Please do not lose sight of #iran right now. They need us, they need our voice. Keep #iranelection at the top. Please RT #
• 22:23 RT @lyontamer73: Translation: Munchen, Germany, June 26, demonstration today at Iranian Consulate, 5-7 PM. #iranelection #
• 22:28 If GOP would balance budget without killing fellow citizens ok but now they are a cruel enemy #California bit.ly/35YY3D #
• 22:32 #California GOP, we moderates would like some cuts, some taxes, some user fees, and no stupid IOUs could you please compromise like adults #
• 22:35 #California how come budget cuts always hit the poor and the sick and not overpaid administrators or legislators or their perks #
• 22:39 #California cutting funding for parks HARMS state economy please pay $15 to save them all www.savestateparks.org/ #
• 22:40 RT @singlepayer: #singlepayer #healthcare - Here is comparison of CALIFORNIA Arnold's crappy healthcare plan w/SB810: bit.ly/4iyNe #
• 22:41 So slash the state budget yet again? hello Herbert Hoover RT @stewartlothian: California Stands to Lose 1 Million Jobs bit.ly/11VIpq #
• 22:44 Was hoping Meg Whitman would be good but she's just another neocon with a budget axe; disappointed #California #
• 22:47 RT How to communicate securely in repressive enviroments: bit.ly/bnC2a #iranelection #
• 22:48 RT Western news do not let M. Jackson's untimely death knock Iran off front page constant coverage #iranelection #gr88 #neda #tehran #iran #
• 22:50 that 2/3 crap is disgusting RT @eeekster: @calibeep only because they can do so as a minority #
• 22:51 EVERYONE please sign and RT this Amnesty International petition #iranelection bit.ly/LnhB8 #
• 22:51 PLEASE SIGN PETITION TO UN #iranelection bit.ly/FT2Tb #
• 22:52 Please RT everywhere Iranian woman pleaded to the world for help #iranelection bit.ly/C1jrU #

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 Midsummer's Eve :)

A fitting birthday for dburr  !

May the person who keeps me alive have the best birthday ever...

he is due for a lot of GOOD luck in the coming year...and, of course, a lot of MEAT.





Oh and since the poor guy is helping me pay off the massive medical bills of early '09, plus some horrific new expenses like whacko insurance disasters in the $1000s...and REALLY important things (ahem.  yes, crabs, yes) like a new crab tank, the Please Send A Deserving Geek To His Mecca (Anime Expo '09 in LA) Fund is probably where he would like any generous donor who felt like giving him a bday pressie to go ;)  

So fyi his Pay Pal addy is dburr@borgmail.net .








Lastly, I hope it's ok with Don when I say that since he has no siblings and lost his father some years ago, he misses his mom very much on his birthday. Some of you may remember she passed away last year. (and she often was the one to pay for him to go to AX in lean years.) We went to the cemetery this week and it was a very emotional visit. Anyway, I guess that leaves me as the one who can show off a baby picture, so here's a cute one :)   He was born with poor vision but never let it stop him, not even at the beginning it seems ;)

 Seems a popular time of year to be born :)  Hope each of you had great bdays and that a wonderful year is ahead of you!

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• 23:52 RT @nytimes: Iran’s Top Electoral Body Rules Out Vote Annulment bit.ly/UIJKO #iranelection #
• 23:54 RT @livcampbell9: CNN broadcast that Moussavi says ignore notices of cancellation! #iranelection #gr88 4PM rally still on! Bring Quran! #
• 23:57 RT UN Sec Gen Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate end 2 arrests& threat & use of violence by authorities in Iran.#iranelection #
• 00:00 RT @eachdayaflower: RT @BoingBoing: HOWTO communicate in repressive regimes tinyurl.com/lyqhcd #iranelection #
• 00:09 RT @_Free_Iran_: I don't even care anymore who won the election, the fact is Mr. Ahmadinejad you are killing your own people, #iranelection #
• 01:08 if no problem w. election why NOT have new one? & count ballots in front of the world.! #iranelection Guardian Cncl not annuling election #

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• 23:37 don't know how to cut and paste in Farsi on the Mac :( #IranElection #
• 23:38 RT @GreenRockIt: RT: A great series of First Aid videos for our friends in the line of fire. bit.ly/e6xn #IranElection #
• 23:46 #iranelection #neda #Tehran #gr88 if this translation bad please tell us gr88.tumblr.com/ #
• 23:48 going to put this on the web but first is what is written in Farsi ok?? #Tehran #gr88 #iranelection #neda bit.ly/117wRZ #
• 00:19 RT @lperk: June 21st Iran vigil in San Francisco. #Neda #Iranelection yfrog.com/2rwfdjx #
• 00:23 Photos #iranelection bit.ly/8972L #
• 01:05 hope to get green web page up tomorrow urls to add to this list appreciated beepbeep.livejournal.com/1067152.html #iranelection #
• 01:10 RT @nytimes: Iran Admits Discrepancies in 3 Million Votes bit.ly/pJ1iu #iranelection #
• 01:16 someone put this on slashdot? RT @cageynerd: HACKERS UNITE! Please help hack IRAN! PLEASE!! #Neda #IranElection #Neda #Tehran #
• 01:18 Aiding Iranian Democracy aidingiran.blogspot.com/ #iranelection #
• 01:23 Attn technical ppl #iranelection bit.ly/PR9df #
• 01:26 #iranelction slashdot discussion bit.ly/1axnro #
• 22:26 RT @LATimesbreaking: Breaking: Iran's Guardian Council upholds election #iranelection #
• 23:01 RT @HypnoZentric: Best news Iabout #IranElection yet. Clerics consider removing Supreme Leader and ousting Ahmadinejad. bit.ly/Xt2MG #
• 23:06 RT #iranelection bit.ly/2RzjFD Wall Street Journal Story on how the Basij charged a family $3,000 for bullet that killed their son. #
• 23:10 RT @redbluedavid: @#IranElection BY PASS INTERNET BLOCK IN IRAN -- www.your-freedom.net/ -SPREAD THE WORD!! #

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 News is seeping out despite Iranian government news blackout.

I'm very irritated with the people who are trying to use what is going on in Iran for political purposes here in the US.  These protesters are being brutally treated and the concern should be for them and their families.  

It is easy to see, given the Iranian government's trying already to blame the protests on several western governments including the US, why our President is proceeding cautiously.  And I don't see the people calling for dramatic action signing up to do any of it themselves.  We didn't handle Iraq so well; got a lot to learn, don't we?  For once it would be really nice if the US in particular could focus on something else besides the split between the Democratic and Republican parties.  So I'm not even bothering with all of the Obama-bashing stuff.  What a waste of time and energy.

My URLs for the day:

Simple Ways To Help Iranian Free Speech

Iran Election Crisis: A Social Media Timeline

Petition:  Appeal to the UN on the Situation in Iran

siyese.com Latest Revolution Updates From Iran (English and Arabic)

Tehran Broadcast

Photo Slideshow: Post-Election Iran

Iran Unrest

IranElection

Photo Slideshow: NY Times 6/21/2009

Neda Soltai

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• 00:22 Odd tone to this article: bit.ly/5jnL1
  #iranelection #
• 00:29 RT @eternia: RT: ringernation *VERY GRAPHIC* Young Lady Dies on Streets of Iran is.gd/181IJ #iranelection #gr88 #
• 00:58 BBC: bit.ly/RYjd5
  #iranelection #
• 01:12 US media: This is not about US politics, right, left, red, blue. Is purple: is.gd/181IJ #iranelection #
• 01:29 If the Iranian govt is hiding nothing, why the news blackout? Why have basijs? #iranelection #
• 22:11 Basic disaster supplies: www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/basickit.shtm #iranelection #
• 22:15 Assemble a first aid kit bit.ly/V6Zc8
  #iranelection #
• 22:17 RT @Midgetqueen: Because the general strike may close many shops, do your best to get medical and other items now #iranelection #
• 22:23 First aid Farsi/English #iranelection gr88.tumblr.com/ #
• 22:28 Amnesty International on Iran www.amnesty.org/en/region/iran #iranelection #
• 22:31 RT @nonames: Make sure you have plenty of food, water, other necessary supplies at home. Helps visiting protesters #iranelection [rt this] #
• 22:32 RT @nonames:Expect food short - transport stop - money short in bank- stock up with food. Fill bath tubs with water. #Iranelection #GR88 #
• 22:35 Simple ways to help Iranian free speech: is.gd/13U0V #IranElection #gr88 Pls RT #
• 22:47 And what threats??? RT @Lohem: RT- regime on state tv: "western powers making direct threats now calm returning" WHAT calm #IranElection #
• 22:51 RT : guy on CNN an IDIOT We 're just people TYRANTS in US, IRAN don't permit demostrations. BUSH blocked us repeatedly. #iranelection #
• 22:53 DT @spam RT @gambler86: US visitors - this is for you: laremodeling.net. Tags: TweetDeck #uksnow TGIF #iranelection Mexico #
• 22:55 RT @greeeniran: Please retweet: Petition 'Appeal to the UN on the Situation in Iran' - 301.to/2iu #IranElection #GR88 #Neda #iran #
• 22:57 Please retweet: just signed petition 'Appeal to the UN on the Situation in Iran' - 301.to/2iu #
• 23:07 RT @FactsMatter: Obama has NOT been silent, has condemned violence, called on Iran gov't to respect the rights of the people. #iranelection #
• 23:12 RT @apod: Atlas 5 Rocket Launches to the Moon: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090622.html #
• 23:16 RT : just signed petition 'Appeal to the UN on the Situation in Iran' - 301.to/2iu #
• 23:17 RT : just signed petition 'Appeal to the UN on the Situation in Iran' - 301.to/2iu #iranelection #
• 23:20 RT: Simple ways to help Iranian free speech: is.gd/13U0V #IranElection #gr88 #
• 23:20 RT: First aid Farsi/English #iranelection gr88.tumblr.com/ #

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 Some of it was probably anniversarial.  I often get depressed June 3 - 13; June 3 was my father's birthday and he died on June 13.  I was six years old so my memory is fuzzy but when I think of that time I feel sick to my stomach.  It was Father's Day right after the Friday on which he died, too.  Now that this year's Father's Day is almost over I know I lived through it all yet again.

I used to be able to take extra meds when I knew a time of recurring depression was coming up, but getting medication for anything these days is a huge hurdle sometimes, starting with how busy doc offices are and ending with insurance/pharmacy paperwork and price issues.

 My blood work has been good except for anemia but the lupus doesn't seem to care.  My days-old migraine is finally better but I seem to have swapped it for joint pains, pain with breathing, nausea, and total exhaustion.  I really do NOT feel like driving to SLO but dburr has a computer problem and that is the closest Apple store.   I've been trying all day to get out of bed and it's after 3:30 pm.  I had both some important things to do and some fun stuff planned for today and both had to be put on hold.  So irritating.

Well, time to abuse caffeine.

 I didn't go to Santa Barbara for the celebration, but hope those who were there or at other places where it is celebrated had a great time :)

 Not sure if either of you read my blog but maybe happypickle  can pass on the good wishes :)

 To all the fathers out there !