hope/hype = wtf

i'm not a very political person. i don't claim to understand everything going on in the country right now. but i'm gonna vent. but please keep in mind that i have complete respect for republicans and what they believe, but i don't respect disrespect.

a girl's facebook status is "where you see hope, i see hype."

an old person's bumper sticker says "obama: not my president."

from what i've heard, many (not all) republicans don't want Obama as president because they don't think we need change, don't need to fix anything, except the economy of course because they need their money. but when i see stupid statements like the two above i get very angry. not only is it showing a lack of respect for our country, it is showing a lack of maturity.

Obama won the presidency for a reason. he is everything the country needs right now. if someone would like to be so pessimistic as to say that the hope the country feels is just hype, so be it. but please don't push that fucked up point of view on the rest of us. why promote negativity? 

on this same girl's profile, in her about me thing nonetheless, she has this quote:

"In the spirit of reaching across the aisle, we owe it to the Democrats to show their president the exact same kind of respect and loyalty that they have shown our recent Republican president."

way to be an american. now you believe in equality, right?

if you were a true american, you wouldn't spew bullshit like that. Obama has done nothing to ruin america. bush, on the other hand, did a lot to put america in a bad place. the reason he isn't respected is because he said a lot of dumb things, didn't seem to connect with americans very well and made quite a few bad decisions. the economy is what it is because he did something wrong. problems CAN be prevented. 

(ps: don't you see that the reason bush wasn't respected was because of HIM, not his political party? don't hate on Obama just because he's a democrat. )

did you not see the news on Jan. 20? the happiness that day was nearly tangible. finally the youth was excited. hope is what this country needs. can you imagine the country without it right now? with all of the issues slowly bringing america down, we need someone like Obama to take control. i'm excited for what the future holds and for the history i was able to be a part of, and you, facebook girl, should show respect for the country you claim to love so much.

ME

with a school year full of election craziness (yaaayyyy obama!), art projects, speeches, latin tests (open-book thank GOD) and weekly issues of The Vista, i rarely ever have time for me. hence why there are never any posts on this supercute blog. i'm pretty sure the main reason i write on it, besides my love of writing, is because of the pink and purple. but last night, on a rare saturday night in, i allowed myself to eat chocolate and read an entire issue of Nylon front to back (the most recent one at that). though i have two past issues sitting on my table under a stack of newspapers and receipts, i was so SO happy to be able to take a (healthy) break from thinking and read about fashion and music. it reminded me why i do everything i do. why i wear the same 4 pieces of crazy jewelry every day, why i write about m.i.a.'s fashion line, why i want to start my own magazine. in the midst of reading i was asked to join a friend in the courtyard to have a cig. that very enjoyable cig break lasted 2 and a half hours and was intermittently freckled with drunken stories from friends arriving home from frat parties and ended with rain sprinkles and gusts of wind, and maybe a raccoon or two, or three. it made me kind of re-fall in in love with usd. i've been contemplating my decision to attend this university, like many of my friends, and i realized that i'm here for a reason, and it's not to appease the many crazy guys i come in contact with, or to talk shit with the cool girls. i'm here because i've already learned so much about myself through so many challenges AND i get to edit The Vista! where else would i have been able to get an editing position that early in my college career? superlucky. 

anyways. the weather in sd is FINALLY cold and there are leaves blowing everywhere and i get to drink hot chocolate with cinnamon and have Campbell's soup at hands on a regular basis (meaning the last 3 days). while i wish there was snow everywhere and i could bundle up with a cutie (whether it be a cat or a guy), i'm happy just typing up a blog post and listening to Beach House (how ironic?).

check out this coolness that my paint created by itself:

Barack the Vote

this article about the death of McCain's campaign is one that every American should read. after reading it, i felt anger towards the people that will actually still vote for McCain, even though he is hypocritical and almost childish in the way he does politics. click it: McIdiot

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 bitchesss

pic courtesy of soleredemption.com