In a recent post, Life in the Slow Lane, I make a blanket statement about women’s lack of mercy. And I feel that I need to elaborate on that brief and somewhat misleading statement. Amazingly no one has called me out on that but I keep hearing it in my head and it makes me uncomfortable which is good and right.  It should make me uncomfortable.  I said:

Why is it women have no mercy when it comes to men?  I know girlfriends want to have your back and everything but they’d be all over his ass if I wanted to take a break and he refused to understand and acted out badly, called me names, etc.

I really meant that I wonder why our girlfriends are so willing to go to battle against our lovers.  I know that many men have a history of abusing women, leaving women to raise kids alone, being unavailable emotionally, financially, all kinds of things.  You know what? I picked the guy.  So when you call him all kinds of names you’re also commenting on my choice, my decision, me.  That battle commentary puts down both parties and I resent that.

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In the meantime, I want to show you a film, and direct you to a really amazing project, that a friend of mine, William Todd Jones, is behind. It is called the Ice Bear Project, and is finally coming to fruition. It’s aim is to create a powerful environmental message about the need to halt climate change, in a way that connects with as many people as possible. The sculptor, Mark Coreth, has created a life size sculpture of a Polar Bear, out of ice. As the ice bear melts, it leaves a skeleton, and a stark warning about the results of doing nothing to prevent climate change. This is a truly beautiful, and emotive piece of artwork!
The first Ice Bear arrives in Trafalgar Square, London in December this year, but the team aim to raise funds and repeat this in cities around the world.

~ Notes From The Rookery

Just saying… Or rather just screaming….

The coming week will be prime time to perform minor miracles without trying too hard. You’ll probably have maximum success if you refrain from hoping and worrying about achieving maximum success. The cosmic currents will be likely to bend and shape themselves to accommodate your deeper needs if you proceed on the assumption that they know, better than your little ego does, what’s best for you. To get yourself in the proper frame of mind to do challenging tasks without expending strenuous effort, you might want to check out this photo spread of people practicing drunk yoga.

OMG.  How patient do I have to be?????  Cancelled netflix, phone gets turned off tomorrow, keep forgetting where I’ve parked my car since I can’t park it at home, tabs are due Monday, have no gas, no money, no food.  I think my ego knows just fine what I need right now.  Lunch.  FUCK.  I would totally go for drunken yoga if I thought it was even close to an option.  But it isn’t.