as a politically minded person that is.
i'm not normally this. i'd just thought i'd give it a try for a little while. see how it fits on me.
people are so intense it seems during political campaigns. they want a certain person to win or no one to win. while i think it's a crock that you have to practically be a millionaire to run for most any government office, i do think the people that run are normally at least somewhat worthy (resume' wise) of the office they are running for. so why (add candidate here) or no one? come on. someone's gotta win. and there's a chance it could be your person and a chance it might not be. get over it. your person might lose. that doesn't make you a loser. it just means your candidates a loser (j/k)
but really. this election is truly making history. we could soon have the first African American President or the first woman President. Pretty exciting times.
today at work i was listening to NPR and they were speaking of how or how not race will effect the election for obama. racism is unfortunately still an issue, but something else that is still an issue in america that is somewhat embedded into our society in a such a way that we rarely speak of it is sexism. sadly, like racism, sexism will also have it's place in our election.
the other night on television there were these men, all saying they didn't want hillary to win because she was a female. and females in their opinion are not capable of making the decisions a president needs to make. now, correct me if i'm wrong, but i can't think of a single thing that a male presidnet would do that a female would be uncapable of doing. except peeing while standing i suppose. but come on, seriously? that's your only reason for not voting for her?
i know people have legitimate reasons for not voting for clinton, and i have legitimate reasons for hoping she wins the nomination for the democratic party, but whatever your opinion is, if it is based on legitimate reasoning i can and will respect it.
if it's because someone is white, or black, male, or female unfortunately i am unable to respect and appreciate that opinion.
i'm sorry. racism and sexism should be extinct. and they definitely shouldn't be finding their way into our government as they have found they're way into so many other things.
so go out and vote on super fat tuesday. go vote based on legitimate reasoning and don't be upset if the way you wish for it to turn out is not how it pans out in the end. they're all qualified.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
so i haven't posted in a little while...
i've been doing some thinking. i've come to a couple of conclusions:
1. life is hard. sometimes there's no reasoning behind why or who its hard to. it's just hard. and there's really no telling who has it hardest. i have to think that these tough situations take their turns with all of us. everyone has their own struggles. in a way, to struggle is to live.
2. i do believe i am a quick reader. yes, i'd like to attribute it to some amazing skill but really that's all. i read fast. and sadly, the books i've been reading lately tend to be aimed at teens. maybe i'm trying to stay young. ha. i dunno. all i know is i flew through the princess diaries I today at work and went out and bought the second and third ones in the series for tomorrow.
3. people are crazy if you ask them to pay cash only. seriously. in this digital age they will yell at you and shake out of anger, even if their wallet is full of cash. sometimes i wish we lived in simpler days. where the money you had was it. no credit cards- no spending what you don't have. and i wish it was silver. none of this paper nonsense. i mean seriously, sometimes don't you just look at a dollar and think, "this is just paper, why does this (money) end up defining so many peoples lives?" we work all day to bring home some paper. nah, give me the silver. even though i am anti-paper, i like when old men pay for things with $2 bills. it reminds me of my grandpa. so the $2 bills can stay. everything else must go when i govern our country. no worries, i don't foresee that occurring.
4. my husband and i got this new red leather chair for christmas as our present to each other and i have learned i am obsessed with it. it's beautiful. it's hard not to be infatuated with it. on another note i can't bring myself to take down the tree yet. i know, i know, it's after christmas. but, it looks so pretty. can't it stay up all year?
5. i don't like slick roads. nope. not one bit. one lady did a full 180 degree turn today right in front of me. i felt kinda bad for her. she looked at me with this, "i'm an idiot look" and i thought, no you are not an idiot. it's just slick. you don't have to explain yourself to me lady. just don't accidentally spin in to me and we're good.
6. our city is in some serious debt, or so i learned from the mayor when he was giving the state of the city address of which some was on the news. i wonder if we're building at too fast of a rate. so many condos and apts. downtown, uptown, every which way. i dunno maybe there will be a massive exodus from the subrubs into the city. i would like that. excpet then we'd probably have more major crimes happening. i know the crime rate is higher in the city, but it seems like the suburbs are where the real psychos dwell. wait. that may not be true. i can't remember. maybe i got that from the movies. oh and i believe we need a different name for the "state of the state address"-that just sounds redundant. ugh. aren't there any other words we could use. i mean come on.
7. thin mints are getting seemingly smaller and smaller every year. and one serving size is 4 cookies. i mean come on, who eats only 4 cookies. that's just ridiculous.
that's about all of my revelations of late.
more to come.
i've been doing some thinking. i've come to a couple of conclusions:
1. life is hard. sometimes there's no reasoning behind why or who its hard to. it's just hard. and there's really no telling who has it hardest. i have to think that these tough situations take their turns with all of us. everyone has their own struggles. in a way, to struggle is to live.
2. i do believe i am a quick reader. yes, i'd like to attribute it to some amazing skill but really that's all. i read fast. and sadly, the books i've been reading lately tend to be aimed at teens. maybe i'm trying to stay young. ha. i dunno. all i know is i flew through the princess diaries I today at work and went out and bought the second and third ones in the series for tomorrow.
3. people are crazy if you ask them to pay cash only. seriously. in this digital age they will yell at you and shake out of anger, even if their wallet is full of cash. sometimes i wish we lived in simpler days. where the money you had was it. no credit cards- no spending what you don't have. and i wish it was silver. none of this paper nonsense. i mean seriously, sometimes don't you just look at a dollar and think, "this is just paper, why does this (money) end up defining so many peoples lives?" we work all day to bring home some paper. nah, give me the silver. even though i am anti-paper, i like when old men pay for things with $2 bills. it reminds me of my grandpa. so the $2 bills can stay. everything else must go when i govern our country. no worries, i don't foresee that occurring.
4. my husband and i got this new red leather chair for christmas as our present to each other and i have learned i am obsessed with it. it's beautiful. it's hard not to be infatuated with it. on another note i can't bring myself to take down the tree yet. i know, i know, it's after christmas. but, it looks so pretty. can't it stay up all year?
5. i don't like slick roads. nope. not one bit. one lady did a full 180 degree turn today right in front of me. i felt kinda bad for her. she looked at me with this, "i'm an idiot look" and i thought, no you are not an idiot. it's just slick. you don't have to explain yourself to me lady. just don't accidentally spin in to me and we're good.
6. our city is in some serious debt, or so i learned from the mayor when he was giving the state of the city address of which some was on the news. i wonder if we're building at too fast of a rate. so many condos and apts. downtown, uptown, every which way. i dunno maybe there will be a massive exodus from the subrubs into the city. i would like that. excpet then we'd probably have more major crimes happening. i know the crime rate is higher in the city, but it seems like the suburbs are where the real psychos dwell. wait. that may not be true. i can't remember. maybe i got that from the movies. oh and i believe we need a different name for the "state of the state address"-that just sounds redundant. ugh. aren't there any other words we could use. i mean come on.
7. thin mints are getting seemingly smaller and smaller every year. and one serving size is 4 cookies. i mean come on, who eats only 4 cookies. that's just ridiculous.
that's about all of my revelations of late.
more to come.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
life.
it's such a funny thing.
it seems just as you are at the point when you can appreciate life for what it is, it seems to go by faster. quicker. kinda like that cute skirt you see in the store and return to get the next day only to see it went a lot faster than you had hoped it would.
complicated. but i suppose the old saying goes, "such is life"
it's such a funny thing.
it seems just as you are at the point when you can appreciate life for what it is, it seems to go by faster. quicker. kinda like that cute skirt you see in the store and return to get the next day only to see it went a lot faster than you had hoped it would.
complicated. but i suppose the old saying goes, "such is life"
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