monkeys are good people

right now there is an austrian case that is getting a lot of media attention. why? because they want to declare a chimp a person to protect him, if something were to happen to the shelter where he lives. now, to most of us this seems crazy, because we think of people as humans. duh! but in fact, most people don't realize that in the western world a corporation is also legally people.

so i say, if target gets to be people, let poor hiasl be people too. just look at his cute little face!

i win!

i spent the last week with my pops, which was nice. i missed him. but if the visit were any longer i would have had to call him out. (i know, it's not right to call y'r daddy out, but when have i ever cared what's right.) all week i had to listen to b.s. like, "you should get up to make breakfast for your husband before he goes to work." (my husband is an artist, who works from home. AND...sorry husband...makes half what i do.) and "you shouldn't make him iron his own shirts." (pops must be going senile he has had to iron his own shirts his whole life.)

by the end of the visit i had had it with his 1960s ideals. i was offended that his last words to me before leaving weren't, "i love you" or "thanks for the hospitality", but "take care of your husband". and i was a little pissed off, that is, until i remembered that my relationship has lasted longer that both of his marriages. oooh burned!

flat stanley is coming!

i got some very exciting news this morning that flat stanley will be coming to visit me! i can't wait to show him around boston.