Change is in the Air

Last night was an amazing experience, and I feel more than any other time in my life that I have been a part of making history. Here in Decatur, fireworks shot off, people were dancing in the streets (no, really, not just another song lyric), hugging strangers, it was an amazing night. I think we feel really connected to this moment here in Atlanta because we are the birthplace of Martin Luther King, JR. and, rightfully, the entirety of Metro Atlanta went blue for Barack. Ebeneezer Baptist Church celebrated through the night, Dr. King's home church.

I hope, so fervently, that this means better things for our country. I know some extreme conservatives who are still convinced he's a socialist Muslim terrorist, but I really don't think that's the case. I think that, like everyone who believes in him, he wants this country fixed. We've been scared and hateful for the last eight years, turning away from each other when we ought to have been lifting one another up. This is the rhetoric of hope, love, and charity (which, correct me if I'm wrong Jimmy, is a keystone of Corinthians) which is foreign to us at this juncture in time. John McCain's concession speech was beautiful and graceful, even if his supporters decided to be real buttheads and boo and interrupt him, and was a true show of bipartisanship. He knows that this is the change our country needs, and he intends to stand behind President Obama and help effect that change-- to get us back to glory. If you missed either of their speeches, you can find them in whole on MSNBC (to the left of the main images). I encourage you to watch both-- they are both incredibly important speeches, and darn well written at that.

Moving on (though I'm still not entirely sure what to do with myself...), not much has happened since getting back from Florida. I've been doing my best to keep Jeremy company on the phone, he's been really bored with nothing to do, and doing my best to keep applying for jobs. I think this afternoon will include a trip to Sushi Avenue for a lunch special and then sitting down to apply for more jobs. I'm hoping that now the election's over, people will start hiring again. The election always screws things up anyway, and the fact that the economy stank to begin with certainly didn't help!

I spent the election coverage generally with Comedy Central-- CNN got on my nerves pretty quickly-- the maps, graphs, holograms, charts, lists, and other computerized crap was insane! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WOLF! I stuck around on the off chance James Carville threw something at him, but that didn't happen and then Campbell Brown started talking, so I was pretty much out at that point. Instead, I showed my mom the Weekend Update clip with the map. It was pretty much the EXACT SAME THING that the dude on CNN was doing at the same time.



It's at the 5:28 left mark. The rest of it is pretty funny, but the map is what you want.

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart were, of course, really freakin' funny.

Well, I think that's about all I can squeeze out for this one, so I'm gonna go get dressed and walk up to the square. Ciao!

Please allow me to introduce myself

It's November 3rd, the most nerve wracking day a four year cycle can have. Though I originally wanted to keep politics out of this blog, I do feel the need to say this: I Support Barack Obama. Time and time again, he comes through with a solid plan for our economy and our country-- only in extremely rare cases does he resort to negative campaigning, slandering, or maligning his opponent. I used to respect John McCain, I thought that he might be a Republican I could vote for, and I think this would be an extremely different race had he chosen Joe Liberman, or even hotheaded Rudy Guiliani as his veep president. But he didn't, and as his campaign gets more bogged down in itself, he starts to hate and get angry, and hate and anger are two very dangerous things that feed off of one another. You can be pro-life without mocking women's health, you can be pro-America and still be liberal, and you can be well educated without being an elitist.

That being said, I beg all of you to get out and vote tomorrow for whomever you wish. This is the most important election since 1933, if not the election of Abraham Lincoln. Our country is spiraling towards chaos and we need a focused leader to bring us back to greatness. If you have an opinion, let it be heard. And in the words of Will Smith's father, "if you don't vote, you have to shut up."

Don't Vote

While I'm cynical about the way that the whole popular vote/electoral college thing works, don't be apathetic is the central message of the video. If you feel strongly about something, then let it be known. If we all stand up and say what we feel, then our representatives can't say they're doing the opposite "for our own good". If you are an American, make sure you vote. I don't care who you're voting for, though I certainly have my preferences, as long as you get up off your butt and do something about it. If you don't vote, I don't want to hear you complaining about anything that happens in the next four years.