People can get really aggressive over Memorial Day. Somebody will inevitably say "Today is the day we honor our troops!" at which point somebody else will inevitably respond with "YOU MORON! THAT'S VETERAN'S DAY! THIS IS MEMORIAL DAY WHEN WE REMEMBER THOSE SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY!" I see this and am like dude, calm yourself. This is true, but they were at least trying to do a good thing so there's no need to be quite so aggressive about it.
Then today I turned on my television and saw that PlutoTV had a marathon of movies to "salute the troops" and was all "YOU MORON! THAT'S VETERAN'S DAY! THIS IS MEMORIAL DAY WHEN WE REMEMBER THOSE SOLDIERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY!" But in my case I was railing against a faceless streaming corporation so it's okay.
Yesterday I had planned to work on home improvement projects, but had to spend the first six hours of my day cleaning my garage wood shop so I could find all the things I needed to actually do the work. Every year I swear I'm going to keep everything organize and clean up as I go... but then I get absorbed in projects and don't do that. So I lose stuff. Which is why I have four hammers, three crowbars, five tape measures, etc. etc.
I found what I needed half-way through cleaning yesterday, so this morning I decided to clean up what was left before continuing work. Alas, it took most of the day so I didn't get much else done. I mean, I did hang the mirror back up in the guest bathroom, so I guess that counts for something.
It was also my big plan to bake bread today but I didn't, so that counts for nothing.
Any other day that would be sad, but isn't nothing what's supposed to happen on a holiday?
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As a Veteran I do not get too worked up when individuals blur the lines between Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, and Armed Forces Day….even though the names should be big enough indications as to which is which.
What does absofuckinlutely piss me off to no end is when a company/corporation sends me marketing material stating “Happy Memorial Day!” including ads for their wares. Listen you legally-a-person fuckwads, there is nothing to be happy about Memorial Day. There is no reason to celebrate the active duty death of anyone….even if you didn’t like them! 364 days a year I might be all “fuck that guy”, but that one day of year, no, not going to do it. The average person probably doesn’t know anyone who gave it up in combat or in training, but it isn’t a small number.
Be a moron on your own time, but don’t muddy the day dedicated to those that literally died so you are free to be stupid those other 364 days. Do better.
Corporations will exploit any situation for profit. Memorial Day is just the tip of the iceberg. Whether it’s selling rainbow gear for Pride or pink gear for cancer or whatever… there’s always an angle. It’s a side-effect of capitalism that just won’t die.
hello, i’ve just stumbled across your blog and i just wanted to say you seem like a pretty cool and open minded person. hope you and your cats are doing well! :oD
p.s. the post of yours i found was from 2007… one about an awfully loud hotel visit? that’s the year i was born! hope that fact doesn’t make you feel old..! your blog is older than me; that’s very cool and shows a whole lot of dedication.
The thing that makes me feel old is my back!