Category Archives: soap box

mexico in review

family & friends, soap box, travelin' moon

As I already mentioned, we went to Puerto Vallarta with my family and had a great time!

We spent most of our time playing on the beach and in the pool with Jack…

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One day we rode the bus into downtown Puerto Vallarta. Here is the whole group, including my parents, one of my brothers and his fiance and my aunt…

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And here are we three…

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We saw lots of chalk artists and some sand men…

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Finally, on the last night, as per tradition, we went to Fajita Republic. Yum! After some margaritas, commence the annual silly face contest…

me rory aunt carole doug joanne dad mom jack

The silliness wore Jack out and he passed out in his highchair. Isn’t R a good multi-tasker?

dinner nap

Most nights we ended up playing cards into the wee hours of the morning…

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Sadly, RJ and I did not get out together by ourselves, but we did manage to get a couple of photos of just us…

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Ole!
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drug problem: super interview

information share, soap box

My Dad is a Psychiatrist, aka: a shrink. And he is of the mind (and I share his mind on this one) that there is a terrible drug problem that nobody talks about. And I mean prescription drugs. And by prescription drugs I don’t mean the kind that you can purchase via your email spam, but I mean the kind that often get prescribed by doctors. Without going into too much detail over the issues that my Dad witnesses and works with everyday (shocking sometimes!), here is a fabulous interview with a psychiatrist who shares my Dad’s and my view on the subject of drug companies and the field of Psychiatry. Please click here and give the interview a listen (longer) or a read the highlights (shorter), because this topic is very important to me and so under-discussed…

Thank you NPR for the interview and thank you, Dr Carlat, for your book, Unhinged: The Trouble With Psychology, which I can’t wait to read.
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“om”bama

makes me laugh, new paths, practice, soap box

This is lululemon’s January ad, which I think is funny…

I also *love* it because, just like Obama, yoga is all about taking action for change…

Anything is possible, but you can’t sit back and expect someone else to do it – you’ve got to act. Action brings progress and change. We’re all in it together, with a phenomenal leader. Let’s go for it!
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go vote.

soap box, what's the meaning of the word

Here is what it means to *vote*…

–noun
1. a formal expression of opinion or choice, either positive or negative, made by an individual or body of individuals
2. the means by which such expression is made
3. the right to such expression
4. the decision reached by voting, as by a majority of ballots cast
5. a collective expression of will as inferred from a number of votes
6. an expression, as of some judgment: a vote of confidence.
–verb (used without object)
7. to express or signify will or choice in a matter, as by casting a ballot: to vote for president.
–verb (used with object)
8. to enact, establish, or determine by vote
9. to support by one’s vote
10. to advocate by or as by one’s vote

I called Colorado voters for my candidate…the least you can do is go vote for yours!

go vote

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Whatever your opinion, the important thing to me is that you go and vote.

Your opinion matters. Exercise your right!
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sarah makes my skin crawl

soap box

Seriously. I really can’t stand her. You know, the “vplif”.

I get most of my information on politics from my smart boyfriend, who reads about everything news related on the web, literally…everything. And then he shares the important stuff with me. This saves me a lot of time.

Anyway, today, as we drove down to Laguna Beach to see Amanda, Mike, Nate, Danny and Rachel, he read an article off his iPhone {more on that later} about Sarah Palin giving a speech in Carson City, Nevada. As he was reading I got so agitated I had to tell him to stop. He chuckled and kept reading and I said, “No, seriously, please stop. I can’t listen to it anymore.”

I hope you agree that the President of the United States shouldn’t be “just like me” {which Sarah P. definitely is not}, but rather, should be the smartest fucking person in the room. An elite politician, yes. And if you don’t agree, then just know that I love you, but we probably shouldn’t discuss politics.

Anyway, as I step off my soap box now and attempt to keep this light and enjoyable, here is something that I love very, very much on this same subject…


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Tina and Amy for President!
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