Happy Obama Day!!!

And, um, I don’t quite know how to say this, but - he is black, isn’t he? I hope my readers will take this in the spirit of peace and acceptance that it is meant… but I kind of forgot. I’m sure he didn’t forget, and I know black people in our country didn’t forget, but maybe my forgetting means something? That a white suburban twenty-something, just another girl of my generation, went and voted for the best man and skin color didn’t even cross her mind? I’m sure I wasn’t the only one. That’s also a symbol of progress, right? Edging toward the day when none of us will consider it a deciding factor anymore?

Michigan issues:

Medical marijuana wins (62%). I didn’t even know this wasn’t already legal. They interviewed this girl on the news who said making medical marijuana legal will just make it easier to get, and then everybody will be walking around stoned all the time. LOL! People amuse me sometimes. Because, you know, alcohol being legal and everybody just walks around drunk all the time… oh, how will we ever function???

Stem cell research wins (52%). I was a bit torn on this one, about the whole ethical, is it a baby, isn’t it a baby, debate. Finally leaning toward the side of no, it’s probably not a baby. I say probably, because none of us know for sure one way or the other. Hopefully this research will help cure people, and not be used to make bear-elephant-hybrids or whatever. That’s all I’m hoping for.

Good election people! Congrats to my friends and family in Ohio for voting blue!

NaNoWriMo Stats: end of day 4

6774 written (on track = 6668)

On track and then some. I had a productive day yesterday, but don’t have any idea what I’ll work on today. I guess I’ll just show up and see what spills out.

I am sick. I am a slobbering, worthless pile of snot! I always seem to catch something right now, at the butt-end of winter, just when I think I’m about to escape the cold/flu season free and clear. My sweet hubby cleaned the house for me last night and brought home orange juice and the fancy Puffs with lotion and Vicks. Even Dylan is being an angel for me.

I am excited about the primary elections going on today, and so jealous of all the attention my friends in Ohio are getting right now. Both of the candidates (Hillary especially) have been to Toledo several times in the past couple of weeks. None of the candidates have been coming to Michigan since we fucked up our primary. But how exciting it must be to be right there in the middle of everything as such an important time in this presidential race!

I hope everyone gets out to VOTE today! I can’t wait to see what happens tonight. We should pretty much know who our candidate is after these results.

This is “Dear Mr. President” by Pink. It’s been out for over a year now, but I’m only just finding it.

I just want to say AMEN TO THAT! AMEN!!! And kudos to her, for being ballsy in a time when people are afraid to say what they’re really thinking. This is what we are really thinking but might not have the guts to say for fear of being called un-American, unpatriotic, or a terrorist even!

This is what it means to embrace our first amendment - not just to bitch and moan, but to bring forward real honest problems with the hope and spirit to strive for something better. This is what it means to love our country. This is the passion that our country was born from. To not just roll over and take whatever crap they’re throwing at us this week. THIS is why America is beautiful!

This song gives me chills. 328 days, 2 hours, and 12 minutes until we can hope for something better.

I voted for the soon-to-be first female President of the United States!

And I’m taking my hubby to have his kidneys poked and prodded and stones knocked out. And we are both nervous about that.

And I hope that Dylan is a good boy while we’re waiting. He usually is while we’re out, if there are nice old ladies to flirt with.

And to my writers group, I am sorry, but I am obviously not a writer this week. Maybe next week. Hopefully next week.

That is all.

I think this must be my first political post this election campaign.

I like Hillary Clinton. I think she is strong and intelligent, while allowing herself to be both angry and vulnerable at appropriate times. She is, after all, a human being. And I think that had she been a man and gotten emotional (which happens all the time), nothing would have been made of it. No one would be questioning her strength or worrying that she might morph into a blubbering fool. I think that had she been a man and gotten frustrated and raised her voice (which also happens all the time) there would have been no talk of what hormones were coming into play.

Have we really not moved past this yet? I am very glad she won in New Hampshire, but I am furious that everything is coming down to did she win because she stayed when her husband cheated? did she win because she cried? did she win because the women voters identified with her and brought out the vote?

I am ashamed of us! I am ashamed that this brilliant woman wants to be our next president, is willing to tackle this MESS that will be left when the Bush administration leaves office, and we cannot even give her the respect she deserves as a human being! What a novel idea that she might have won because she was the best choice!

In other news, there is a lot of garbage going on in the state of Michigan right now that I do not fully understand. On Tuesday, I am going to vote for Ms. Clinton in my state’s primary election. However, she will be the only leading Democrat to appear on the ballot because the others have apparently thrown a hissy-fit (or someone threw a hissy-fit) and are boycotting our whole state. Just because we (=someone who is not me!) decided to have our primary a little early. We will be allowed to vote, but it will not count.

Like I said, I do not understand the inner-workings of all that’s going on, but this is how it appears to me. My vote will be ignored, because of some ridiculous grudge someone has on us, and that makes me mad. Is that even allowed to happen in America? Isn’t this against everything we stand for?

Of course, I welcome information, if any of you understand this better.