rachaels (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rgb3) wrote,@ 2008-09-02 20:03:00 |
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my baby is growing up...
for the past 20 or so minutes while i've been doing chinese homework, lena has been happily occupying herself on the floor. trying to open various cabinets, finding different toys to play with, pulling herself up to standing and then letting herself back down again. all while chittering in a variety of hard consonants to herself.
i am a little sad, i feel like she doesn't need me anymore. sniff sniff.
FOR THE RECORD
Can I just say what I think about all this bullshit Palin stuff? Number one, I think that I carry kind of anti-feminist views on this issue, because I do think it is irresponsible for a mother of a high-needs child, plus a kid that is going to need a lot of help from her mother in the coming months to accept the vice presidential nomination.
oh, speaking of which, as a former pregnant teen, the best advice i got from anyone was, stay in school. whatever you do, stay in school as long as you possibly can, and go back as soon as you can. i question the palins as parents for taking their daughter out of school. it does nothing but make her feel shamed and shunned. which are probably two of the worst and most prevalent feelings that you can feel. oh the second best piece of advice? don't marry that loser that got you pregnant. (okay maybe they're in love and they will be happily married for 80 + years after this. in which case, strike this next comment.) better a bastard child than an unhappy marriage. because damn, if i had to contend with having a kid right now AND being married? jeez. i just have no respect for palin as a mother, or as a woman at this point.
because i'm not even touching on the hypocrisy of all the "we're proud of her for the CHOICE she made" because oh what's that? you don't believe that women should have choices?
i also can't respect her for putting her daughter in the spotlight because of all this. it makes me really angry. granted, her daughter could be completely fine with everything, in which case, mmm, my foot does taste good, but i can't imagine that she is.
oh and p.s. sarah palin is probably the most underqualified person for the vice presidency, much less the presidency. let's at least get a person with a basic working knowledge of us history, the us government, foreign affairs and environmental issues, please. because oh, we saw how well the past 8 years worked out.
for the past 20 or so minutes while i've been doing chinese homework, lena has been happily occupying herself on the floor. trying to open various cabinets, finding different toys to play with, pulling herself up to standing and then letting herself back down again. all while chittering in a variety of hard consonants to herself.
i am a little sad, i feel like she doesn't need me anymore. sniff sniff.
FOR THE RECORD
Can I just say what I think about all this bullshit Palin stuff? Number one, I think that I carry kind of anti-feminist views on this issue, because I do think it is irresponsible for a mother of a high-needs child, plus a kid that is going to need a lot of help from her mother in the coming months to accept the vice presidential nomination.
oh, speaking of which, as a former pregnant teen, the best advice i got from anyone was, stay in school. whatever you do, stay in school as long as you possibly can, and go back as soon as you can. i question the palins as parents for taking their daughter out of school. it does nothing but make her feel shamed and shunned. which are probably two of the worst and most prevalent feelings that you can feel. oh the second best piece of advice? don't marry that loser that got you pregnant. (okay maybe they're in love and they will be happily married for 80 + years after this. in which case, strike this next comment.) better a bastard child than an unhappy marriage. because damn, if i had to contend with having a kid right now AND being married? jeez. i just have no respect for palin as a mother, or as a woman at this point.
because i'm not even touching on the hypocrisy of all the "we're proud of her for the CHOICE she made" because oh what's that? you don't believe that women should have choices?
i also can't respect her for putting her daughter in the spotlight because of all this. it makes me really angry. granted, her daughter could be completely fine with everything, in which case, mmm, my foot does taste good, but i can't imagine that she is.
oh and p.s. sarah palin is probably the most underqualified person for the vice presidency, much less the presidency. let's at least get a person with a basic working knowledge of us history, the us government, foreign affairs and environmental issues, please. because oh, we saw how well the past 8 years worked out.
