yes we did.

Obama, 2008.

it's finally here

I'm not gonna tell you to go vote, because I'm fairly certain you know what today is if you read my blog. Let me just say that the long lines at the polls shouldn't be something you dread, it is something about which you should be incredibly proud. I've always been interested in politics, but to see so many young people wanting to vote...

...it just makes my heart sing.

combining a Star Wars reference with feminism

Do you ever think you REALLY know someone, and then they say something like "McCain 08!" or "Go-Bama!" or "I hate puppies!" and it totally turns your world upside down?

These past few months ago have been SO saturated with election news, that even I'm almost tired of it. Well, really, I'm way tired of silly allegations - like being friends with a well-known Palestinian some how means that you (and you alone!) are going to destroy the state of Israel. I'm also way tired of Joe the Plummer. I'm fairly certain McCain has to be really desperate if he has Joe the Plummer on the campaign trail for him.

Then there is Sarah Palin. Her existence has caused a great disturbance in my feminist force. I think that a lot of what she does only reinforces that glass ceiling that she claimed to bust through (well, and Hillary loosened it for her, right?), but then I can't help but be disgusted when I hear comments about her clothes or her as a mother. I completely disagree on every one of her policies, but I can not escape the fact that Sarah Palin is being subjected to the same sort of sexist nasties that Hillary experienced (and probably was part of Hillary's failure to obtain the Democratic nomination).

Sucks for her, but I'm still voting Obama. There's no way that I'd vote for someone because I feel she's getting the raw end of a sexist argument.

bibliophile

I say this every semester, but I am so incredibly tired of reading things for school. I don't have the time or the energy to read things that I want. My 'to read' list just keeps getting longer, and longer, and longer.....

I can't even go near places like Barnes and Noble or Half Price Books because it causes me such inner anguish.

barack and roll

from my photoblog...



I've never had so much riding on this one election. I feel like my ability to continue living within the United States is dependent on November 4th. It isn't just that I couldn't stand living 4 more years under the intolerance, fear, and war mongering of certain Republicans, it's also that there is such a balanced and intelligent leader on the other side. There has been so much talk about what a historical race this has been, and that isn't untrue. I would be completely thrilled to see the first African-American elected to the presidential office.

I *would* be thrilled that there is a female vice-presidential candidate, but, you see, I don't vote with my ovaries. There was so much criticism of Hillary supporters - claims that they were really only voting for her because she was a woman. If that were true, you could count my vote for McCain/Palin, only I refuse to vote for that atrocious woman.

obama is a witch

whoa.

It's been over a month since I posted over here. Very irresponsible of me, I know. If it makes you feel any better, I will be participating in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month). I pledge to write at least once a day for the entire month of November. Oh! And and...photographs over on my photoblog, too.