JuJuBee

Disregard This

We are homeowners. Officially. Today.

Holy hell.

Please don't let anything break or leak or fall in or freeze or flood or catch on fire.

That being said...

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! TIME FOR BUNCHES OF BOOZE!  I STARTED ABOUT HALF AN HOUR AGO, CAN YOU TELL?

I'M NOT YELLING.

Innocence

This morning, while waiting for the school bus, I decided to have a little chat with my son about Rosa Parks. I thought I could use her death as an opportunity to teach LittleJuJu a little about our American history. As far as I can tell, he is blissfully unaware of the goings on in this world before he was born, before I was born and before even his grandparents were born. I wanted to help him understand things, but he didn't understand. I don't blame him. How can such a story be understood?

Before I even got halfway through the tale of this brave woman, as I discussed the rules concerning African Americans ("don't know why they call them 'black' people, Mama because they aren't black. Their skin is maybe more of a brown color") and the way they had to use separate bathrooms and sit only at the rear of the bus, my son stopped me and said:

"That is definitely the stupidest rule I have ever heard, so stupid."

I hear you, baby. I'm also so damn proud of you.

Chaos

Looting: The police are looting. This has been confirmed by several independent sources. Some of the looting might be "legitimate" in as much as that word has any meaning in this context. They have broken into ATMs and safes: confirmed. We have eyewitnesses to this. They have taken dozens of SUVs from dealerships ostensibly for official use. They have also looted gun stores and pawn shops for all the small arms, supposedly to prevent "criminals" from doing so. But who knows their true intentions. We have an inside source in the NOPD who says that command and control is in chaos. He reports that command lapses more than 24 hours between check-ins, and that most of the force are "like deer in the headlights." NOPD already had a reputation for corruption, but I am telling you now that the people we've been talking to say they are not recognizing the NOPD as a legitimate authority anymore, since cops have been seen looting in Walmarts and forcing people out of stores so they could back up SUVs and loot them. Don't shoot the messenger....

I don't know what to say about any of this. Please take note of the Red Cross donation button on my side bar if you are able to help in any way.