I don't even know how to express everything that I am feeling right now.
I have voted in every election since I turned 18. the first being in 2000. and I voted for Gore. In 2004 I voted for Kerry. And for the first time, when I voted in 2008..I voted with as much enthusiasm and knowledge and hope and desperation than ever before. This country, our country, MY country. For the first time, I fully understood the importance of my vote..and I felt like it mattered. And yes, it did.
President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama will change our country. For the better, I have no doubt.
And to all those nay-sayers out there, don't worry, he's going to be your President too, and let it be clear...he has this country's best interests at heart.
Wow. It's been awhile, Vox. I had some time, so I thought I would let you have a peek into my world, although you may not be as entertained as you've been before.
The school life:
1. I'm behind in all my classes. Yep. Of course, I've been behind since week #3, so this is nothing new. I wound up dropping Chemistry..I just couldn't stay on top of it.
2. I wrote a paper a half hour before it was due, and wound up getting an A on it. To which a classmate said was due solely on the fact that I have boobs and a vagina. I, naturally, took offense to this and proceeded to tell him that if he thought with his big head instead of the small one, he too may get an A.
3. I've missed almost all of my classes this week. More info on this in the home section.
The work life:
1. I am still working at the bar. Although I haven't been able to work but one shift this week. (again more about this in the home section)
2. I had to get a third job. You are now reading the blog of a part-time bookstore work study, part-time lab assistant work study, part-time (more like full-time) bartender, and a part-time over-night Wal-Mart stocker(which pays surprisingly well). BEING BROKE SUCKS!!!
3. I work. All. The. Effing. Time.
The home life:
1. I've missed work and classes all week because Chase, Charlie and I have been passing around a funky stomach virus. (this was the part that you were waiting for the info on)
2. My bedroom, bathroom, and the boys' room are all completely clean. The dining room, kitchen, and living room are works in progress. My laundry has conquered my living room floor. Who needs carpet? Just throw your dirty clothes on the floor and you've got a cushiony soft carpet!
3. There is something living underneath my deck. I think it may be a cat, but it keeps me up at night and scares the hell outta me when I'm walking to my truck in the mornings.
The sex life:
1. Fantastic.
2. Fantastic.
3. Yep. You guessed it, Fantastic.
The relationship life:
1. It's been great. Really really great. Even when I take the fantastic sex out of the equation, it's still great. Holy crap - is it even legal to be this happy in a relationship?
2. He told me he's in love with me. I'm pretty sure I'm right there with him.
3. Moving in together - what? Maybe? I don't know. Sure seems like a great idea. Then the rational part of my brain kicks into high gear and says, " Girl you crazy. Damn."
The financial life:
1. I'm broke.
2. I'm broke.
3. Behind on my truck payment. FUDGE. I work all the damn time, how the hell could I be broke?! If you come across some extra cash - please feel free to donate to the "MeeShell's broke ass fund".
The parent's life:
1. My dad just got out of the hospital after almost two weeks in. He had a white blood cell count of zero and an infection. Bad combination. But he's home now. Thank God.
2. My brother went through almost 4 grand in a month. Stupid ass.
3. My other brother MAY be coming to visit. That would be awesomely fabulous. Haven't seen him in almost two years. I hate the military.
The boys' life:
1. Charlie won't stop growing up, despite my repeated attempts to keep him little.
2. Chase is Chase. He thinks he knows it all. Dammit. I remember when I knew it all.
3. I have great kids. Except when they are naughty. Then they are their father's children.
The ex-husband life:
1. $15,000 behind in child support.
2. Doesn't have a job yet. Seriously.
3. Claims he is depressed. Crybaby. Get over it and help me take care of your kids. If I can suck it up and get with the program, so can you.
The friend life:
1. The way I see it - if you're able to call one person your friend, and mean it, and know that they will still love you even when you are gellin' as a felon you're lucky.
2. Getting to call two people your friend makes you even luckier.
3. But having THREE stand by you - you have been blessed by the friend God.
The Christian life:
1. God and I are having a little tiff right now. I just think He should think things through a little before He wields that all mighty sword of His. He's so rash and unpredictable, it's really affecting my equilbrium.
2. Of course, I jest. God and I are just fine. Jesus is my Homeboy.
3. Well, maybe we did have a tiny tiff. But it was months ago, and we're cool now.
The Campaign life:
1. I had a friend over last week and one of the candidates for mayor knocked on my door, shook my hand and informed me that he was running for mayor. Which in turn sparked a conversation with my friend after he left about the different groups of people that run around knocking on people's doors wanting to have a "come to Jesus" talk with you. We decided that it would be absolutely fantastic if the next time some religious nut knocked on our door to tell them, "Dude, I just got off the phone with God, and He is soooo pissed at you", while acting high.
2. I feel assured that this country will make the right decision on November 4th. After all, we can't all be dumbasses after 8 years, right? We've all grown up and are black and blue after kicking our own ass - right?
3. If you need help deciding who to vote for: WTF have you been doing the last six months? Have you been paying attention? If not, SNL could help clear your mind. With help from Tina Fey who is my wannabe-lesbian lover. (if I swung that way - which I do not - not that there's anything wrong with that)
So. In conclusion - it's been a royal fustercluck in my neck of the woods. Of course - this is just a nutshell...but I have a test overdue.
G'nite.
That's what they told my dad yesterday.
They can try to keep him alive for five more years.
They can treat him with medicines that will make him even more sick , but hey, he'll still be alive, right?
They can shoot him full of radiation, they can give him chemo treatments, bone marrow transplants, all of which will kill the cancer, but ravage his body, but hey, he'll still be alive right?
What kind of life is that?
How dare they put a number on his life?! How dare they tell him to not expect more than 5 years. How can they do that? What makes them so all-knowing and all-powerful that they know what's going to happen? I don't care that they have experience, I don't care that they specialize in this field. They don't know my dad, they don't know this family.
God am I so angry right now. And I'm so scared. What are we going to do?
I kissed a boy last night. And it was great. I thought I would feel like I was cheating on the phantom husband that I have a tendancy to carry around, but I didn't.
This has the potential to go somewhere. And I'm excited about it.
Full story here.
As a member of the "mental illness" club...I call bullshit. I have never been so digusted in my life. Disgusted isn't even coming close to what this causes me to feel.
Davis (the father) was visiting the 15year old mother of his child one evening, and while she was in the shower, he then raped his 8 day old daughter, causing injuries including a fractured skull. When Mom gets out the shower - she saw blood on the child and takes her daughter to the hospital, where they discovered she had been raped. Davis was arrested and the judge increased his bail from $50,000 to $100,000. When asked about it, his mother says, "He sufferes from mental illness".
Again, I call bullshit.
There has to be a limit to the things one can blame on mental illness. I'm not denying the fact that he has something effed up in his head - why else would this seem like a good way to get your rocks off. But knowing that he's most likely going to plead insanity or some other form of mental illness plea and wind up getting shipped off to his local hospital, instead of prison where the other inmates would kick his ass repeatedly and then shank him like he so richly deserves. He doesn't deserve to be rehabilitated. He deserves to die and go to hell where Satan will make his him personal plaything.
Hell to the no. Opposite in fact...
September 2, 2008
Gallup Daily: Obama Hits 50% for First Time
Leads McCain by eight percentage points, 50% to 42%
PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Aug. 30 through Sept. 1, finds Barack Obama leading the race for president with his highest share of support to date. Fully half of national registered voters now favor Obama for president, while 42% back John McCain.
Prior to now, no more than 49% of registered voters supported Obama for president in Gallup Poll Daily tracking. Still, Obama's eight percentage point lead over McCain in the new poll falls one point shy of the lead he attained in late July after returning from a well-publicized trip to Europe and parts of the Middle East. At that time, Obama led by nine points, 49% to 40%.
McCain's 42% support is well below his 48% top support level, recorded in late April/early May. It is just slightly better than the 40% he received at several points in July, and the 41% favoring him just last week while the Democratic National Convention was underway. (To view the complete trend since March 7, 2008, click here.)
At 8%, the percentage of undecided voters is slightly lower than the 9% to 11% figures seen for most of August, and this is the lowest this figure has been since early June. This, in part, reflects movement of voters toward Obama over the course of the Democratic National Convention, a lead which has been sustained in subsequent days.
The field period for today's results includes Monday (Labor Day), when the scaled down Republican National Convention received limited media attention while most news coverage either focused on the hurricane hitting parts of the Gulf Coast or Monday's surprise announcement that the 17-year-old daughter of the soon to be Republican vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, is pregnant. The Republicans hope to start up a more traditional convention schedule today in St. Paul, with the goal of capturing the same kind of media and public attention the Democrats did last week in Denver. -- Lydia Saad
- Chemistry homework
- Literature homework
- Clean house
- Clean truck
- Take trash out
- Weed garden
- Plant bulbs for next spring
- Change sheets on bed
- Make grocery list -
- Grocery Shopping
I'm not sure how I'm going to get all of this done...but most of it I don't have a choice and have to do.
