Wednesday, February 13, 2008

At long last, a look to the past

Don't you just love titles that rhyme?

I'm probably not gonna be able to finish this post in one sitting, as I am at least a little sick and want to get some sleep to get myself back on the "Health Train". I'll start off with a look to these past few weeks, and what I haven't been updating you with. Well the most recent thing that I can remember that I can say is that I went to see the Hannah Montana 3D movie on Friday, and wow. It was fantastic haha, there's nothing like seeing Hannah in 3D! I actually felt like we were all at the concert. The only bad thing about it was the Jonas Brothers didn't play SOS (Booooo) but other than that it was GREAT. I even have a picture from that night, with all of us wearing our super cool 3D glasses.
I know. What a good looking bunch. I'm sorry if this seems dry, as 1.) I'm sort of in a serious (but not bad) mood, and 2.) I'm really tired so the funny sector of my mind is running on E. Anyways, then on Saturday was the dance. The day before was fine, kinda sucky. My mom got in a fight with me and then left and didn't even see me out the door before I left for Liz's house. It was really sad because she is always there, pestering me to pose for pictures but this time she wasn't even home. I didn't know how to iron my shirt, so I had to go with a slightly wrinkled one, and had to learn how to tie myself. With that, I left for Liz's, got there, realized my camera was out of batteries, so now it is all up to Caity Hoyle and Steve in order for me to get any pictures from that night. Everyone looked good, dinner was fine, the dance was fine, it didn't seem as long this time. Probably because we got there late, then had to take pictures, then danced. After the dance me and Liz hung, and we all (Me, Liz, Cathy, and Steve) went to Egg Harbor the following morning. I (unfortunately) had to work later on that day. It sucked. I was exhausted. I figured out how much my next paycheck will be for though so that is good.

That covers my weekend pretty much, it was fun, mostly just nice to get to spend time with Liz, and finally get some more time with Mike and Hunter, I haven't hung out with them outside of school in honestly so long. It's really depressing, and now sometimes I feel like I don't fit in with them when we are together but I'm sure that is just my mind getting to me. Monday, school, then work. My manager (the one I HATE) made me shovel the sidewalks and put salt down. Oh, and this same manager (who pretty much gets off on making fun of his employees) decided to mock me in front of the whole restaurant, and I was very close to smacking him in the mouth. That was fun. Then I closed, and went home, and stayed up much later than I should have. Tuesday was the same, school, then work. I had to shovel again, which was lame, and then the same manager which I hate made me take out all the trash, even though there were plenty of other people who were more fitting for the job (read as: Stronger and bigger). Again, went home, stayed up too late, went to bed.

That brings us today. Today I am sick, which is not surprising because Liz, Steve, Cathy, Greg, Kelsey and a whole bunch of people I've been around were sick. It sucks because 1.) my mom freaked out at me for making her call me out of school (I managed to make it to 3rd hour, sorry Mrs. Green) and now is threatening to not call me in late tomorrow to pick up Liz's surprise, but I won't get in too much trouble for being 30 minutes late to Resource, and I'm sure I can coax her into calling me in. That's about all that has happened in my life. I'm more than ecstatic for Friday because Liz is throwing me a Valentine's Day surprise and I have no clue what it is, but all I know is that I love surprises, and even more so when they are from her.

That brings us to the actual "Thought" part of this post, as opposed to a physical update. I'm gonna try to write this as best as possible but keep in mind I am incredibly tired. I've been thinking about the Presidential Election a lot. Especially since now people are saying that, since Barack SWEPT through the Potomac primaries (and received no congratulations from Hillary, I may add) that Hillary may not be able to catch back up. This is really exciting. Then I read things online like people saying "If Barack wins, I'm voting Republican!", and vice versa with Hillary. Why would any good Democrat, after suffering through these miserable past 8 years ever make a threat like that? Yes, I would prefer Obama 100x more than Hillary, but never in my life would I vote Republican, be it out of spite or any other reason. The more I think that if Barack does win the nomination, the more I get scared he might not win. I literally would break down in tears if another Republican takes a seat in the Oval Office. I wouldn't be able to cope. I've watched our country crumble and disintegrate and break apart, with the only hope in mind that Bush will be out of office soon, and now it is time for the Democrats to rebuild what he has ruined, and I believe Obama is our only hope. Just listen to the man speak, and if one thinks that he is only a good speaker and has no plans, or solutions for our nations problems, then go to my.barackobama.com, and read the issues page. He has a well thought out plan for every issue this country is facing. Yes, he may be inexperienced, but isn't that a somewhat good thing? He is more apt to try things that other President's will say "Oh that won't work, people have tried it before". Barack is this generations Kennedy (but hopefully won't suffer the same fate, though I do worry about that some times) and I will back him until the end. I want to be more than an angsty blogger though, I want to get out there, get involved, I want to be able to say "I helped elect the greatest President of all time", not just say "Yeah, I supported him", but I am too timid to get out there and make signs and organize events. Once I find an event in the area I can partake in, and that gets me rolling, who knows what I'll be able to do. As a new voter, I feel inspired to get kids my age to vote as well, even if it's not for the candidate I prefer. My generation (including me) needs to not be so complacent. If we expect changes we need to demand them. Not whine about them, not blog about them (oh, the irony), not think about them to ourselves. We need to get active, let politicians know how we feel! This is our future they're toying with and the only way to ensure our future turns out the way we want it to, we have to start with doing our civic duty, that being to vote. Look for me to get much more active in Obama's campaign in the coming weeks/months

That is the only major thought I have had recently. I'll try to squeeze in another deep post tomorrow (though this one wasn't as much deep as it was just simply long), for now, I'll play a Rock Band song or two, and go to sleep

On a much less mature note: Haha, I'm at home Mrs. Green and you are teaching :-D

1 comment:

Heather Green said...

You mean, bad person... don't think I didn't notice that you're maybe perhaps just a little sick. I mean, come on, I'm carrying a child, for goodness sake!