I've had computer problems all day. First, I had install some new patch for the new virus that's coming around on work laptop.

Then I decided to do the same on my home computer, and then all of a sudden my home email on Outlook 2000 stopped working. After reading all kinds of web pages about what to do, I finally ended up deleting the old mail account, and recreating it from scratch which seemed to fix everything.

I hate anti-virus software. Every once in awhile when you get an update, it knocks out something else on your computer that you have to spend a couple of hours trying to fix. Such a pain!

I can't believe people buy Anne Coulter's republican propaganda about "California being the failed petri dish of democratic policies".

Here are some facts first.

46 states have budget deficits for their 2004 budget.

There are only seven states where Democratic governors and legislators control both branches of government.

There are Democratic governors in 24 states, and Democrats control at least one legislative chamber in 28 states.

Republicans have 26 governors, and probably control one legislative chanmber in 28 states, and have control of both chambers in 22 states.

Republican governors and legislators seem to at least have control of both branches of government in 22 states.

If you take Coulter's argument to its logical conclusion, then those 22 states where republicans control the state shouldn't have deficits, because the republicans are like financial geniuses who wouldn't be stupid enough to get their states into budget deficits.

But yet, 46 out of 50 states are facing deficits?

What's the excuse for the republican controlled states facing budget deficits? Failed republican policies?

Granted, California's budget deficit is huge, but California is the 5th largest economy. We are like our own country here. Hello! Of course, we're going to have a relatively huge budget deficit. What's Japan's budget deficit? What about the other countries above California and in the top 10.

Oh yeah, I forgot. The USA is the largest economy. I mean talk about a huge budget deficit!

Wow, my contemporary art history class was packed. 50 people were in the class.

I so don't believe it when the "pundits" say culture is dead in America. I go to art museums now once a month, and every time I go it's so crowded with people, and they're mostly tourists.

My art class has 50 people. Okay, granted it's art class in downtown San Francisco, but still. A class on a Monday night, come on! I'm giving up Monday Night Football to study art. I am like so sacrificing, because I love watching football!

My art teacher gave an introductory slide lecture, and talk about current. His last slide was a shot of Burning Man, and he asked the class, "is Burning Man art? Can people, some who say they're not artists some who say they are, become artists by being part of an event that some people say is art?"

I love studying art history. Studying art feels so necessary for my work as a writer. I don't know why, but it does.

I like studying how other people are creative, and where they take their creativity, what they're reacting to, what they're rebelling against, what kind of statement they're trying to make.

So I'm wearing this outfit to class tonight, and I think it makes me look like some reject from a bad 80's movie. Should I be embarrassed?

I've got a yellow turtleneck on, an a-line skirt black skirt with gray flowers and vines on it, a black sweater, black tights, cotton socks scrunched down and my new black Born mary jane shoes. Like it's so 80's.

I think if I had sleeker black socks, the outfit would work, but all I could find were thick black cotton ones. I'm sure I look like I'm on a retro 80's nerd patrol or something, but I'm like I don't care.

I mean I do care, but I don't have time to go out and buy thinner black socks, and I want to wear this outfit.

All it will mean is I'll just look like any another weirdly dressed San Francisco chick on the train and in class tonight. Oh well!