you'll go down in history.

Last night, history was made. America elected the first black [well... half-black] President to come to office in January 2009. I'm proud to say that I took part in that history, by voting for Senator Obama to become president. I didn't do it because he's 1/2 black, I did it because he's looking out for more than just the wallets of the upper class. He knows that making nuclear power accessible is just a terrible idea. He gave us hope. Hope for more than just tax breaks, hope for health care. Hope for an affordable higher education. Hope that a teacher will finally earn the salary that he or she deserves. Hope that a woman will have the right to her own body. Hope that the offshore drilling will cease, and renewable resources will take action. Even if his promises of hope are not kept, the fact that he had the ideas in the first place is why I voted for Barack Obama. I would rather have faith in the promises that enforce what I believe in, than vote for a cookie-cutter campaign. I would much rather there be the possibility in the change that this world needs, than for it to never come up, and for McCain to make promises that only really adhere to the wealthy. I am so excited to see that Obama won the election. That in 2009, America will have it's first black President. That America can turn around and become the great country we pride on it being. Last night, when Obama won the election, I was crying as I saw all of the people in Kenya jumping for joy. I realized that people can stop dying now. Not in the inevitable old age way, but in war or genocide. I realize that Obama won't stand for the genocide in Darfur, and he will pull us out of combat in Iraq. My lifetime will no longer be a tragedy of the masses. Our troops can come home alive, and if they are put into Darfur, at least we know that they're actually fighting for a good cause, on something real. Something more than just the idea of 'terror'. I couldn't believe that the unneccesary killing might just stop. Again, my hope for things to come. I really do hope that Senator Obama keeps his promises. But even if he doesn't, it really does beat having Mrs. Palin in office. At which point this election was between a douche and a turd sandwich. I have hope for Obama. I am proud to say that I support Obama. And, I am ecstatic to say that I voted for Barack Obama.


[Plus I'm excited to run around like a ninny in my stepmom's house of Republicans chanting Obama's name and rubbing it in their faces that McCain lost. I do that part for fun. I'm 19, I don't have to be a mature responsible adult yet... SO I WON'T BE! AHAHAHAHHAHAHA!]

OBAMA! OBAMA! OBAMA!

WE HAVE HOPE!! YAAAY!!!!!!! HE WON!

JANUARY 09 WE'RE READY!!

11/4

I voted.
I voted Obama.
I hope he wins.
McCain is scary.
Very scary.
His VP Candidate is more scary.
I hope Obama wins.

Starbucks is giving out free coffee to voters.
Ben & Jerry's is giving out free ice cream to voters.
I guess if people don't vote for the sake of the country, they'll vote for the sake of free coffee and ice cream.
It's a good deal.

Weeeekend.

Tomorrow starts a whole new week :], thankfully. Last week was the week from hell. Seriously. On Monday a "patron" at Ballys threatened to "hunt me down", Tuesday I reported it, and the patron tried to follow me home. Wednesday, I relished the day off, but had to take two tests :[, Thursday, I had to take the rest of my Music midterm, and then I went to work, where I found out that the patron's membership is only being revoked for a week for now. Then on Friday, I went to 1st Precinct to file charges, so that they could do nothing and send me to the Courthouse in Central Islip, so that they could do nothing and send me back to the Police, so I called 1st Precinct and asked what I had to do, and they sent me to 3rd Precinct because the incident happened in their jurisdiction. So I filed the paperwork and everything.

On the brightside, at the start of my weekend, I got to wash my car [inside & out], and help mom rake leaves. But, last night I got sick because I got a pumpkin latte from 7-11, because I wanted to get an Obama cup, and the latte made me very sick. The latte and some cookies served as my dinner at 9pm, which is why and how I got sick. Jesse was there and he was taking care of me <3. Last night the Islanders lost. Sucks. But I got to go to my dad's house and hang with him for a while to pick up the Suffolk County firefighting handbook thing. I found out then that my dad's the only Obama supporter in his household. So Jesse and I told him to stay strong, haha.

And today is Sunday. I have lots of stuff to do today. I need to start writing my paper for First Aid on firefighting, I need to start writing my Psychology papers, and I need to study for Wednesday Astronomy test. And, I need to study my constellations... there's going to be a test on that, soon, too. :[

I have no political banter for today. But the Election sure is a hot topic. And I only notice, because I'm finally old enough to vote, and this is my first election! :D I didn't notice if there was any commotion during the Bush election, though now I know that there was a buttload of commotion because the babbling idiot technically shouldn't have been elected.

Math Debate?

Last night was the third and last Presidential debate. It was at Hofstra, which is like.. 20 minutes from my house. Yaay, Long Island! Jesse and I were going to go to the debate, but decided against it, supposedly Hofstra and Nassau Community College were zoo's.

The debate was ridiculous, McCain's going to try to get rid of teaching certifications. Which means that anyone off the street can be a teacher, which is utterly retarded. He also is pushing really, really hard for the offshore drilling being a regularly re-occuring thing. Gay!

But, Richard Lewis was on the Daily Show and made last night better. Plus, Jesse and I carved our pumpkin! <3

lol @ politics.

Today, I think was the second day of my life where I was attentively watching a news channel for longer than 3 seconds. I witnessed first hand a groundbreaking publicity stunt on the part of Sen. McCain. Or at least, everyone THINKS its a publicity stunt, including myself.

First this happened:


Then, this happened! [Like an hour later]:


And then, suprisingly, THIS happened!:


Then, lastly, this happened and made it all better:


I haven't watched this much news coverage since my 12th birthday. [9/11/01] So I wonder what will happen. Rumor has it, that this is going to seriously harm McCain's campaign. Especially the fact that he's keeping Palin away from the media or anything with a "record" button, for that matter. I guess she's dumb enough to foil his plans? I don't know. I heard also, today that McCain's pulling this crap because he doesn't have any more money for his campaign.

I also learned, that I cannot have an intellectual political conversation with my mother without any backup. Because as she's 48, and I'm 19, I obviously know NOTHING about politics WHATSOEVER. And thereby don't know who's better for this country that I fear so much is going to destroy the world if something doesn't change.

Last night on The Daily Show, magic was made:

Ughh.

I woke up early this morning to get in the shower for school. But I'm not going to class today. It's a double period of Astronomy, and I feel like crap. I figure I can do the lab and everything at home, in the comfort of my own bed.

I checked my paycheck, and it's crap this week... I was going to go to Waldenbooks and partake in the Buy 4, get 1 free sale... but I don't have the money to actually buy 4 comic books... uh, "GRAPHIC NOVELS"..yeah.

Last night, dad took me and Brian to dins. Before we left my mom decided it would be fun to talk politics with two members of the opposing view to hers. Dad and I schooled her to the point where she got frustrated and was like "UGHHH, ALRIGHT COURT!!! >:O" It was nice. [OBAMA!OBAMA!]

Jesse's teaching me how to play the drums, and so far I only have one beat somewhat down-pat. I like it, it's really fun, and helps my brain to multitask.

Del Mar's looking to play skateshops across the U.S.... I wonder if they'll want to play my imaginary skatepark that will be up in action in approximately 15 years? Maybe they'll wait for me.. Haha.

I'm going to take a stab at taking an oath to Surfrider Foundation to Rise Above Plastics. I was going to send them a check, but this week's paycheck is telling me that I need to keep my money... I'm poor. Anyway, I'm going to cut my plastic use by a lot. I already recycle plastic bags, and I haven't been really using plastic bottles. I have my Camelbak BPA FREE re-useable bottle for that. Plus, I recycle like a madwoman. Hell, I've even recycled my old Build-A-Bear boxes in making them my rabbit's hideaway room... She loves it! And I like to make a use out of an intended one-time-use item. :]

I think tonight I'm going to my dad's house? I don't know. My mom's having a BBQ tomorrow and she told me that we're not staying by dad's, we're staying here.... I'm confused.

Dad gave me part of my birthday gift last night... it was the picture I drew for my 5th grade school concert that made the cover of it, and he framed it so I could put it on my wall. It's crazy, I remember bringing home the concert "playbill"[?] and being so excited that my art made it to the cover. That I was that much better than everyone else. That I was actually a special kid. [No, not "get your helmet on!" special.] It's even crazier that I look at the date of that playbill thing, and it's dated back to 1999. 1999! Before the 2000 bug! Before Y2K! Before I started to enjoy English! Before I went to highschool! Before GRADUATING FIFTH GRADE!! [That was a big step...] Before 9-11. Before Bush?! See: things were good before the country started being greatly affected by that hillbilly. I mean, duh! My art was special back then... now everyone thinks it's "okay". Was 1999 before No Child Left Behind? Shit... I don't remember... how old was I when Brian should've gotten left back, and just went to summerschool instead... He was in 2nd grade... I was in 4th... so that was 1997-1998.. Okay, so maybe it wasn't before No Child Left Behind. But it was DEFINATELY before they added 500 new Pokemon to the original list of 150. Although, they did add Mew. And Togepi? So they had 152 by that time. Still, now they've got to have at least one thousand. Ridiculous. 1999 was before a lot of things. Wow. And it's almost 10 years ago. Wow.