The Law, is the Law, is the Law--Know Your Rights: HAUNTED TALES FROM THE HOT TRAMPS AT HAMMOND HOUSE IN GREENWOOD, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON! MORE COMIC CON. TRADITIONALLY, IN AMERICAN HISTORY, DATING BACK TO THE 1940'S OR BEFORE, IT BECAME THE NIGHT THAT TEENS, HANKERING TO PULL A PRANK ON THAT PESKY NEIGHBOR, OR SOMEONE YOU DIDN'T LIKE, WOULD GO TO THE DOOR, TO GET A TREAT, AND IF THE PERSON, DIDN'T GIVE THEM A TREAT, THEY WOULD, TURN TO THE TRICK, TO SATISFY, THEIR HALLOWEEN SPIRIT! HALLOWEEN CAME EARLY TO THE HAMMOND HOT TRAMPS OR, BETTER TO THE STAFF! LOL. NOW, RUMOR HAS IT, THAT, THERE IS A BIG ASS GUTTER RAT, THAT SPOOKS AND HAUNTS OUR DIGS, BUT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT, THERE IS A BIG ASS RAT TRAP, BETWEEN THE FRIDGE AND THE COUNTER, SO? I REALLY, THINK, LINDA, THE FUN STAFF MEMBER, BUT SORT OF A PRANKSTER HERSELF, USES THE FEAR OF THE RAT, TO SCARE US INTO KEEPING THE KITCHEN AND DORMS CLEAN, AND TO MAKE SURE, WE TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT, AND DO OUR CHORES, EXTRA WELL! SO THE TALE OF THE DREADED RAT. NOW, THIS CARRIES MORE WIEGHT WITH ME, BECAUSE, I MY SISTER, RACHEL, AKA, ME, USED TO LIVE IN BELLEVUE, 15 YEARS AGO, AND I REMEMBER STAYING WITH HER, AND SEEING, GUTTER RATS, AND REMEMBERING THAT SHE HAD TO CALL, PEST CONTROL, TO GET RID OF THEM! I DON'T NEED A RAT, TO MAKE ME AFRAID OF A FURRY, LITTLE CREATURE OR RODENT, BECAUSE, I INHERITED MY FEAR OF MICE, TINY LITTLE RATS, FROM MY MOTHER! ONCE ON HALLOWEEN, MY MOTHER'S OLDER BROTHER, AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, TOOK HER TO THE GRAVEYARD, OR CEMETERY, TIED HER TO A POLE, AND DROPPED, MICE DOWN HER BACK! SO, EVEN THE SIGHT OR SOUND OF A MOUSE, SENDS HER AND ME, RUNNING! ONE OF THE MEMORIES OF MY MOTHER, SHORTLY AFTER MOVING TO CALIFORNIA, WHEN I WAS IN THIRD GRADE, WAS MY MOTHERS, OPENING A CLOSET IN THE MASTER BEDROOM, FINDING A GOOSES NEST, INSIDE WITH HAY, STRANGE, IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE, WITH A POOL, ON ZELZA AVENUE, IN NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, BUT GOOSE THERE WAS . . . ALONG WITH THE HAY, CAME A MOUSE, THAT RAN OUT ONTO THE CARPET, AND SCURRIED, ALL OVER THE BEDROOM FLOOR, WHILE MY MOTHER TRIED TO HIT IT WITH A BROOM! LOL. SHE CALLED FOR ME TO GET, HONEY, OUR GERMAN SHEPARD, SYMBOLIC, AND BRING IT TO HER BEDROOM, WHICH I DID! I GOT ON THE BED WITH MY MOTHER, AND HONEY DID TOO! LOL! BARKING FURIOUSLY, AT THE TINY GRAY INTRUDER! LOL. BUT, I HAVE, TAKEN THE VACUUM CLEANER, AND PLACED IT, IN FRONT OF A CRACK IN THE COUNTER AND THE FRIDGE, TO WARD OFF, A MONEY, EARLY FALL, WHEN THE WHETHER TURNED COLD, IN UTAH, BRINGING UNWANTED VERMONTS INSIDE! THE VACUUM STAYED IN PLACE, UNTIL MY HUSBAND COULD TAKE A BREAK FROM WORK AND COME CATCH THE BEAST! LOL. SO, WHILE I AM SOMEWHAT BOTHERED BY THE RAT TALES, I JUST IGNORE IT, UNTIL IT BECOMES A REALITY! THAT EVIDENCE, THAT IT ACTUALLY DOES EXIST, OR IS STILL THERE, OR IS NOT AN OLD WIVES TALE! THAT ATTORNEY IN ME, OR THAT DEMOCRAT, RELIANT ON A FACTUAL EXISTENCE OR BASIS FOR MY FEARS! LOL. SO WITH THAT FOUNDATION, YOU WILL APPRECIATE THIS PRANK! SO, LAST NIGHT, WHILE WATCHING BLUE BLOODS, GAG ME WITH A SPOON, SICK FAMILY, CLOSED SYSTEM, IN AND OUT OF THE HOME! BUT, STAFF, COMES RUSHING IN, THE STERN CHICK, DON'T KNOW HER NAME, BUT YOU DON'T MESS WITH HER. SHE SAID, HOLDING HER CLIP BOARD, LIKE SHE WAS TAKING NAMES OF THOSE OF US, WHO STARTED LAUGHING, WHEN SHE SAID, "YOU ARE TO PLAY NO PRANKS OR TRICKS, ON STAFF!" I STARTED TO LAUGH, 'TIS THE SEASON. SHE LOOKED AT ME, AND SAID, "IT IS NOT FUNNY!" I AM THE TYPE OF PERSON, THAT, THE MORE I TRY NOT TO LAUGH, THE WORSE IT GETS!" SO, MARY, SO FUN AND SWEET, STAFF, COMES IN, AND I SAID, WHAT HAPPENED, AND MARY, GENERALLY, CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED, MUCH APPRECIATED, WAS UPSET, AND SAID, "SOMEONE PUT A RUBBER RAT, BY THE FRONT DOOR" OR SOMEWHERE IN HAMMOND HOUSE! LOL. OH, THAT'S GOOD! LOL. ME AND MARY HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP, SO, I SAID, WHAT DID YOU DO? LOL. I THOUGHT IS WAS REAL, SO I KICKED IT, INTO THE AIR! LOL. TEARS WERE RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS BY THIS TIME. SHE WENT ON TO TELL HER, THAT, RATS ARE A FEAR OF HERS, WHICH I COULD TOTALLY, RELATE TO, AND I ASSURED HER, I WOULD BE TOTALLY FREAKED OUT, AND PROBABLY, DIE ON THE SPOT! LOL. SOME OF THE OTHER GIRLS, STARTED TO RELAX AND STARTED TO SNICKER TOO! LOL. FUCK, I LOVE LIVING HERE! IT WAS ALL THE GOSPIP THIS MORNING WHO PUT THE RAT OUT! ONE CHICK, WHO JUST GOT OUT OF 24 HOURS IN JAIL, FOR SMOKING, LESS THAT 25 FEET FROM THE BUS SHELTER, SO HAPPY TO BE HOME, LOVE HER, SAID, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS BRENDA, I SAID, NO, SHE DOESN'T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR. LOL. SHE SAID, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS? I WOULD SAY, IT IS THAT HE/SHE, DON'T KNOW, IT'S NAME, BUT THAT IS WHO I WOULD GUESS, BECAUSE, THAT NIGHT, IT WAS PISSED OFF, AND TOOK OFF HER HAT, AND HER FACE WAS BEAT RED AND SHE WAS FURIOUS, FINALLY, GOT PISSED, TOOK OFF HER HAT, AND THREW IT ONTO THE CHAIR, GRABBED IT AND WENT TO BED! THAT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE SMOKE BREAK, SO, STAFF TAKES THEM OUT, TO BREAK, WHAT HAPPENED? THIS PERSON IS ALWAYS, JOKING AND KIDDING EVERYONE, AND I CAN SEE, HER, DOING SOMETHING COMPLETELY BIZARRE TO GET STAFF BACK FOR THIS OR THAT. THIS MORNING, WHILE PUTTING ON MY MAKE-UP, AND SHE WAS FILLING THE MOP BUCKET WITH WATER, I ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS SO UPSET ABOUT THE OTHER NIGHT? SHE SAID, OH, I AM OVER IT. OKAY? THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS, BUT, WHO AM I TO GUESS AT WHO COMMITTED THE TRICK? LOL. FUN, FUN, FUN. I REMEMBER, JAMES KENNEDY, STAYING AT THE BUTTE RESCUE MISSION WITH ME, AND AN EVEN MORE, GAP BETWEEN, HIS REAL LIFE AND WHERE WE BOTH WERE AT THE MOMENT, NOT SO SERIOUS FOR US, BUT HE CAME UPSTAIRS FOR BREAKFAST AND SAID, "I AM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE!" LOL. I THINK THE GREATER THE DISCREPANCY, BETWEEN, THE LIFE YOU SHOULD BE LIVING AND THE LIFE YOU ARE LIVING, THE MORE HUMOR YOU FIND IN IT! JAMES AND THE GIANT LEACH! LOL. FOR EXAMPLE, THE OTHER MORNING, ABOUT, 6 OF US, FROM THE HAMMOND HOUSE, PICKED UP THE BUS, AND ONE OF THE FUNNY TRANS, GOT ON TOO. HE/SHE, TOLD US, THAT SOMEONE, I THINK STAFF, TOLD HER, THAT, SHE LOOKED LIKE KERMIT THE FROG! I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, NO, ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU LOOK MORE LIKE, JIMNY CRICKET! WE WERE ALL, IN A JOLLY MOOD, FROM THE MORNING CONVERSATIONS, WERE ALREADY, IN A JOVIAL MOOD, AND WE ALL JUST BUSTED A GUT! LOL. I HAD AN EQUALLY FUNNY AND WITTY CONVERSATION WITH, SEVERAL OF THE GALS, ON THE BUS COPS--I BOUGHT A MONTH BUS PASS, STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, THAT IN MY MIND, SHOULD BE GOOD, UNTIL, OCTOBER 3RD, RIGHT? BUT, MY PASS WAS STOPPED, DEAD IN THE WATER, ON SEPTEMBER 30, CHEATING ME OUT OF THREE DAYS UNTIL PAYDAY! LAST MONTH, THEY GOT 8 DAYS FREE, SO, I WAS PISSED AND SAID, KNOWING MY LUCK, HAVING DODGED AND DITCHED, COPS FROM CIA, TO FBI, TO ATF, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL COPS, I WILL GET PICKED UP BY THE BUS COPS, EVEN WHEN, I HAVE PAID, FOR THOSE LAST THREE DAYS, TECHNICALLY! LOL. SOMEONE PIPED UP AND ADDED, YEAH, GO FIGURE, MY BROTHER A, TOTAL DEAD BEAT DAD OF 7 KIDS FROM, TACOMA TO EVERETTE, HASN'T EVER BEEN CHARGED WITH REFUSAL OR NEGLIGENCE IN PAYING CHILD SUPPORT, HAS BEEN PICKED UP BY THE BUS COPS, THREE TIMES! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING? LOL. NO, SERIOUSLY, BUT, NOW THEY GIVE YOU A WARNING, THEN, AFTER ONE WARNING, YOU ARE TOAST! LOL. I THOUGHT OF THE INCIDENT ON THE BUS, THE DAY BEFORE, WHERE, IN ALL MY SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS, I BELIEVED THAT, I WAS OWED THOSE THREE DAYS, AND WITH MODERN DAY COMPUTERS CAN TRACK WHEN, THE START AND END OF 30 FUCKING DAYS, IS, BUT, GIVEN MY SITUATION WHERE EVERY COP IN AMERICA WANTS ME DEAD AND COPS WORLDWIDE, CHEERING FOR THE COPS, I BETTER, JUST TO BE SAFE, BORROW, A BUS PASS FROM, PEPPERMINT PATTY! LUCKY FOR ME, JUST AS I ENTERED THE TUNNEL, OCTOBER 1, 2017, HAVING JUST WRITTEN, MY TREATICE ON THE BULL SHIT, LAS VEGAS COPS, GOING TO ALL THAT TROUBLE TO STAGE, THE LARGEST MASS MURDER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, ALL FOR THE SEAHAWKS, ARREST OF MICHAEL BENNET! SO, I KNEW, THAT COPS, WOULD PROTECT THEIR SYSTEM, IN THAT, FRATERNAL ORDER OF THE POLICE, LOSERS, MURDERERS, RAPIST, CRIMINALS OF ALL ORDERS, CAN FIND SANCTUARY AND SAFETY IN THE BLUE BROTHERHOOD! BUT, AGAIN, TO STORM TROOPERS, LOADED FOR BEAR, JUMPPED THE BUS I WAS ON, ACTING READY TO RIP HEADS OFF AND CART, BUS PASS OFFENDERS OFF TO JAIL, NEO-FASCISTS, POLICE STATE STYLE, REFUSING TO LISTEN TO THE LOGIC OF, I PAID FOR A FUCKING 30 DAYS, AND I FULLY INTEND TO GET IT, EXCUSE FOR WHY I DIDN'T HAVE A WORKING, CLICKING BUS PASS OR PROOF OF PAYMENT, EVEN THOUGH, I HAD PAID FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL DAYS! I DIDN'T WANT THE HASSLE OF DEALING WITH SOME, NORMALLY, NICE BUS DRIVER TURNED CRANKY, DUE TO THIS DEBACHLE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY, AND MAKING MONEY FOR METRO EACH MONTH. I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE LIKE, PAYING RENT, YOU HAVE UNTIL THE 5TH, BUT, THAT WOULD PROBABLY COST THE CITY AND METRO, MILLIONS, IN CHARGING US FOR THOSE EXTRA DAYS! FUCKING REVENUE FARMERS! AT LEAST I GET TO RECOUPE SOME OF THAT, BY BEING HOMELESS, AND CAN AFFORD IT WITH MY NEW $7 MILLION RAISE! SUCKERS! LOL. BUT, THE CONVERSATION ALL MORNING, WENT FROM FUN, TO FUNNY TO MORE FUNNY, ON TO HILARIOUS! WE CERTAINLY, LIVENED UP THE BUS OR AT LEAST THE FIRST, 6 SEATS. ALL THE WORKING STIFFS, WERE, STONE COLD SERIOUS! I THOUGHT, NOW IF I WERE TO GUESS, I BELIEVE, US, HOT TRAMPS, MANY WITH DEGREES, LAW, ACCOUNTING, TEACHING, LIBRARY SCIENCE, ALL THERE DUE TO SOMEONE ELSE'S CRIMES, HABITS, OR JUST A FLUKE, OF FATE, ARE HAVING MORE FUN, THAN, OUR FELLOW BUS TRAVELLERS! FUCK, WE, THE HOMELESS, JUST GOT A $7 MILLION RAISE, FROM THE NEW, PRO TEM MAYOR! THE CITY, GOD BLESS YOU, SPENT, $61 MILLION ON HOMELESS AND HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND JUST VOTED, TO RAISE THAT BY $7 MILLION. FOR MOST, THIS SITUATION IS LESS BEARABLE, THAN IT IS FOR ME! FUCK, I COULD HAVE A FULL BLOWN, LAW PRACTICE, ANY DAY, I WANTED TO HANG THAT SHINGLE, BUT I HATE CLIENTS, AND I AM SURE, THAT THE GOVERNMENT, FROM MY EXPERIECE, WOULD TAKE EVERY FUCKING DIME I MADE, AND GIVE CREDIT TO MY SISTER, THE ONE, THEY TRIED TO COVER, BY PUTTING "WASHINGTON, D.C." ON MY TRAIN TICKET AND BOUNCE ME FROM THE TRAIN, SO THEY COULD FRAME ME FOR BEING A STOW-AWAY! LIKE I HAVE SAID, THE TRAIN COPS, STARTED, CHASING ME, IN WHITEFISH, MONTANA, 7 MONTHS BEFORE, I EVER GOT ON A TRAIN! THAT SHOULD BE A CLUE AS TO THE MOTIVES AND THE REALITY OF WHATEVER, THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO STICK ME WITH, FOR, 5 YEARS! BUT, LIFE IS GOOD. I HAVE A GROUP OF REALLY, NICE FRIENDS, AS EDUCATED OR MORE SO, THAN, ON THE OUTSIDE . . . I LIKE TO THINK AND REFER TO US, AS INMATES! LOL. WE ARE ACTUALLY, VERY WELL, TAKEN CARE OF! THANK YOU SEATTLE! TAX PAYERS! I HOPE THAT IN SOMEWAY, FIGHTING FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, FOR 20 YEARS, IN SOME WAY REPAYS YOU FOR YOU KINDNESS, KEEPING ME ALIVE, WHLE I WRITE THIS BLOG, HOPEFULLY PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY, FREEDOMS, RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, PROTECTIONS AND PRIVILEGES! PRICELESS! GOOD TIMES! LOVE GREENWOOD, LOVE SEATTLE, LOVE THE BUS, MY QUICK CAB . . . WHAT GET AWAY DRIVER, CAN GO IN 50 DIRECTIONS, WITH 2,000 STOPS, TO KEEP COPS OFF MY ASS! JUST THIS MORNING, AFTER GOING TO PETE'S EGGNEST FOR BELGIUM WAFFLES, SCAMBLED EGGS, BACON, AND A DIET COKE, NOT PEPSI, SYMBOLIC, AND HAVING THE WAITRESS AND OWNER'S WIFE, WAVE DOWN THE BUS DRIVER FROM INSIDE THE BREAKFAST JOINT, GIVING ME A QUICK GET AWAY, SEEING, THE JAIL CHICK, RUNNING, ALWAYS MY SIGN TO GET THE FUCK OUT OF DODGE, SO I FOLLOWED THE DIVINE LEAD, AND RAN FOR THE BUS, BUT, AS I STARTED DOWN TO THE TUNNEL TO CATCH THE 255 TO KIRKLAND P & R, TO SOPHIA'S PLACE, SOME GUY, STOPPED ME JUST AS I WAS GOING DOWN THE STAIRS, AFTER JUST GONIG DOWN TWO, ESCALATORS, HATING THE STAIRS MYSELF, THAT LAST, BIT, WITH AN ANKLE, THAT DOESN'T ROTATE LIKE IT SHOULD, AFTER, 50 YEARS OF SPRAINS, TWO BREAKS AND SHATTERING BOTH, ANKLE BONES, AND BREAKING EVERY BONE, OTHER THAN THE FEMOR, ALMOST TAKING MY FOOT COMPLETELY OFF, BUT HE STOPPED ME AND ASKED, ME, IF THERE WAS ANOTHER, ESCALATOR, HE COULD TAKE TO THE BOTTOM. NOW THIS MAN, WAS YOUNG, 30ISH, WITH A SMALL SUITCASE, AND I WONDERED, SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, THERE WAS ANOTHER REASON FOR HIM TO ASK ME A DUMB ASS QUESTION,, WHEN HE WAS WELL ABLE TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW, SO BEING THE HELPFUL GIRL SCOUT I AM, NOT REALLY, I SAID, YEAH, THIS LAST LEG TO THE BUS OR TRAIN, YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN THE STAIRS. BUT THERE IS AN ELEVATOR, YOU CAN TAKE, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, SOMEWHERE? HE AGAIN, ASKED ME THE SAME QUESTIONS, AND RIGHT THAT SECOND, TWO BRIGHT, YELLOW AND BLACK, BUS COPS, FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CAME UP THE STAIRS, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MEZZENNINE! FUCK, VOICE RECOGNITION! GOD INTEL, AGAIN, A GUY RUNNING, THEN, ANOTHER ONE, AS THIS MAN TRIED TO DETAIN ME . . . SHIT, THAT BROKEN, ANKLE LIMP, IS JUST GOING TO HAVE TO HOLD OUT, UNTIL I GET DOWNSTAIRS! LUCKY FOR ME, THE LIGHT RAIL WAS JUST PULLING UP WITH TONS OF THE WORKING STIFFS, LIKE I SEE ON THE BUS, ZOMBIES, IN A TRANCE GOING TO WORK, T. S. ELLIOTT'S THE "WASTELAND!" TODAY THE SIGN, TURN IN THAT SUIT FOR A WET SUIT AND THE PICTURE OF THE SURFER HAD ADDED MEANING! I DECIDED, LONG AGO, I WOULD NEVER, SUCCUMB, TO BORDEM, ROUTINE, AND BE A COMPANY CHICK! HINT, HINT, HINT! CIA BITCHES! THEY CAN'T CONTROL ME! LOL. BUT THEY ARE ALL GIVING IT THAT OLD COLLEGE TRY! LOL. SURE ENOUGH, AS I GOT TO SOPHIA'S PLACE, THERE WAS THE TRADITIONAL, RED JEEP CHEROKE, ME AND GOD'S SIGN, THAT I JUST HAD A GREAT ESCAPE! ME, JOANN REACHER! THERE IS A REASON, JACK REACHER, PLAYED BY TOM CRUSE, BASED ON A REAL CHARACTER, AN MP OR MILITARY POLICE, TURNED, GOVERNMENT REBEL, LIKE ME, ALWAYS TAKES THE BUS, DISAPPEARS INTO THE CROWD, CHANGES HATS, AND WHATEVER! I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, NON-STOP FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS! THEY MUST HAVE BASED THE BOOK ON MY DAILY BLOG OF MY ADVENTURES WITH THE COPS! LOL. ONE, TINY MOUSE, CAN, SCARE ME, MORE THAN, SOME ASSHOLE COP, WITH THE BRAIN THE SAME SIZE AS THE MOUSE, AND THE BODY OF A GORILLA! LOL. ALL IN A DAYS WORK FOLKS! IT'S HARD BEING BRILLIANT, BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL, WITH, SEVERAL EX'S NEAR OR SURROUNDING SEATTLE, ALL COPS! I JUST REMEMBERED, THAT THE FUCKED UP HAIR CUT, AND NO, THE LADY HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN IN THE STORE SINCE, MY CUT, THE DAY AFTER I MENTIONED, HANDSOME STUD, INCIDENT, AT KEN'S MARKET! EX ORDERED THAT AND THEN, RUBBED IT IN MY FACE, BY PUTTING THE AD ON THE BUS, WHERE HE KNEW I WOULD SEE IT . . SOMETHING ROTTEN, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE! SHIT, I JUST RECOVERED FROM THE LAST, SHIT HAIR CUT, LAST DECEMBER, WHEN, I WAS BUTCHERED! DON'T HATE ME BECAUSE, I AM BEAUTIFUL! TO SEXY FOR THE RUBBER RAT! LOL! #NOTANANGEL! LOVE THE NEW, PLUS SIZE, SEXY PANTY AND BRA, AD, WITH REAL WOMEN, IN REAL SIZES, AND A SLAM, ON CHARLIES ANGELS, I HOPE! BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, COME IN ALL SIZES! SO MUCH IS GENETICS! ONE CHICK IN THE AD, SAID SHE HAD BATTLED, CELULITE, SINCE SHE WAS 11 YEARS OLD! AND, LADIES, LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PLUS SIZE MEN! KISSES, HUGS, LOVES TO ALL THE BACK TO SCHOOL, ADS, THAT SHOW REAL GIRLS, RATHER THAN, 14 YEAR OLDS, DRESSED UP, AND COMPUTER BODY BRUSHED, MADE UP TO LOOK, 25, MAKING US ALL, FEEL, BIG AND FAT, UGL;Y AND OLD! CELEBRATE CURVES! I WAS NEVER ATTRACTED TO ASIAN MEN, BECAUSE, THEY WERE JUST, TOO THIN, STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, NO DEFINITION TO THEIR BODIES, BUT THAT HAS ALL CHANGED, AS THEY HAVE BECOME WESTERNIZED, AND BEEFED UP, ON STEER STERIODS! OR SUPER SIZED, AT MCDONALDS, WITH THE REST OF AMERICA, RATHER THAN, STANDING IN RICE PADDIES AND EATING, ONLY FISH, RICE AND VEGGIES! NEW COUNTRY, NEW MEN! GETTING HOT! THAT BRINGS ME TO, WHAT I HAVE WANTED TO WRITE ABOUT, SINCE, SO RUDELY, BEING, MARKED FOR A HIT, ON THE AMTRAK TRAIN TO FAIRHARBOR, BELLINGHAM SUBURB, WASHINGTON, CUTEST CITY IN THE WORLD! BUT, AS I WAS SITTING IN THE OBSERVATION DECK, ALMOST ALL WINDOWS, WHERE I ALWAYS, SIT, A YOUNG, ASIAN, COUPLE CAME AND SAT BY ME. EVENTUALLY, THE WIFE, ASKED ME IF I WAS GOING TO VANCOUVER? NO, BELLINGHAM. OH. I ASKED IF SHE WAS GOING TO CANADA, TO VICTORIA, CALGARY, OR BUCHART GARDENS? OH, YES! THEN, WE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT, CHINA, AND UNITED STATES, AND THE DIFFERENCES. THERE WERE MANY ASIANS ON THE TRAIN, SHE TOLD ME, THAT, IT WAS "GOLDEN WEEK" IN CHINA. WHAT IS THAT? WE, ALL GET, A WEEK OFF, TO TRAVEL AND DO WHAT WE WANT, WITH MANY GOING TO AMERICA, TO SEATTLE . . . SO BEAUTIFUL! YES, IT IS. WE DISCUSSED, OPEN ACCESS TO THE INTERNET--GOOGLE IS EVIL, IN CHINA. DO YOU LIKE THAT? NO, BUT WE ARE GETTING MORE OPEN, IN OUR SOCIETY, BECOMING MORE WESTERNIZED! I TOLD HER I WATCHED, SEVERAL CNN SPECIALS ON HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE, THE PROSPECRITY, WEALTH, INFRASTRUCTURES, AND TECHNOLOGY! THE COUPLE LIVED, JUST OUTSIDE OF HONG KONG. I ASKED HER IF, SHE KNEW OF THE "YOUNGSPRING" MILLENNIALS, WHO STARTED A PROTEST, FOR MORE DEMOCRACY, IN CHINA, NOT WANTING, HONG KONG, FORMERLY, CONTROLLED BY THE BRITISH, NOW IN CHINA'S CONTROL, TO HAVE MORE FREEDOM IN WHO, THEY ELECTED AS BOTH LEGISLATORS AND LEADERS. TRADITIONALLY, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, SELECTS THREE CHOICES THE PEOPLE HAVE TO CHOSE FROM AND THEN, THEY CAST THEIR VOTES IN A SORT OF DEMOCRATIC MANNER. BUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE, MORE SOCIALLY, CONNECTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, WANT, AMERICAN ELECTION MODELS, WHERE, THEY GET TO START FROM SCRATCH, AND PEOPLE GET TO RUN, FOR ELECTED OFFICE, AS MANY, AND WITH TOTAL FREEDOM, FOR ANYONE TO RUN. SHE MEEKLY SAID, YES, AS IF ALMOST AFRAID OF THE FREEDOM, NOW, IN AMERICA, TO EXPRESS HER VIEWS, AND SHE SAID, I THINK THEY WANT MORE DEMOCRACY, AND CHOICE, BUT, SHE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE GOINT TO GET IT. I ASKED HER OF THE 6 "YOUNGSPRING" LEGISLATORS, ELECTED, LAST YEAR, WHO REFUSED, TO TAKE, EITHER THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR CHINA, OR HONG KONG. SHE DIDN'T ADMIT SHE KNEW OF THEM? I TOLD HER OF MY DAUGHTER'S EXPERIENCE IN CHINA, AND TIENAMEN, SQUARE, ON A NAVY, TOUR, WHILE SHE WAS STATIONED IN JAPAN, AND THE OPPRESSIVION, SHE FELT IN THE SQUARE WHERE 400 STUDENTS WERE MOWED DOWN, WANTING TO EXPRESS THEIR GRIEVANCES TO THEIR GOVERNMENT. SHE JUST BOWED HER HEAD. SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO GO THERE. I TOLD HER, HOW, MY DAUGHTER, COULD JUST FEEL THE OPPRESSION, AND FINALLY, AFTER A DAY, PUT ON HER U.S.A. NAVY SWEATS, AND RAN THROUGH, TIENEMEN SQUARE, AS IF TO SAY, FUCK YOU CHINA! STOP HOLDING YOU PEOPLE DOWN. IT CAME TIME FOR ME TO GO, GET OFF AT MY STOP, AND I TOLD HER, I HOPED TO GET TO CHINA SOME DAY. I SAID, BUT, I WE DON'T HAVE A "GOLDEN WEEK!" SHE TURNED AND SMILED AT ME AND SAID, "GOLDEN YEAR!" I WAS TAKEN BACK BY HER COMMENT, AND THOUGHT ON IT, AND THEN, IT DAWNED ON ME, THAT SHE WAS SAYING, WE GET A WEEK TO LIVE LIKE YOU DO, BUT YOU LIVE, FREEDOM, LIBERTY, AND RIGHTS, ALL, YEAR LONG IN AMERICA, OUR WEEK IS YOUR LIFE! THE POWER OF THAT, SWEET, SIMPLE, EXPRESSION, OF ALMOST JEALOUSY, HIT ME HARDER, AS THE HOURS AND DAYS WENT BY. WE ARE SO, FUCKING LUCKY IN THIS COUNTRY, TO HAVE THE RIGHT, TO START OUR DAY, GOING TO LA FITNESS, ON THE LEFT, AND GET A BURR UP OUR BUTTS, SEEING THE TRAIN, AND ESCAPING TO FAIRHARBOR, TO SEE THE LEAVES! HOW SWEET LIFE IS, HERE IN AMERICA! SHE REMINDED ME OF WHAT, I FIGHT FOR, EVERY FUCKING DAY! FREEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDOOOOOOMMMMMMMM! GOD BLESS AMERICA!