Two days until election day!
I love Sundays, especially like today. After church we came home to cheer on the Tennessee Titans, who before today's game were 7-0, the only undefeated team in the NFL. After today's game...well, they tried to scare us, but they came through in overtime to be 8-0! It's really exciting to have a winning team be our local team.
I spent the afternoon sorting out my music collection on the computer so I could finally update my Zune. And catching up on shows on the DVR, including last night's SNL. The musical guest was none other than...my beloved David Cook!! His CD comes out November 18, and I was delighted to hear his music again. He's still the same guy I voted for week after week in American Idol, which makes me very happy. I can't wait to buy his CD!
One of the other surprise guests on SNL was John McCain. He did a fake QVC commercial with Tina Fey as Palin, and it had Mum and I giggling. Particularly the "Pork Knife" set, for cutting out all the pork spending... ;~)
We also went on a nature walk this afternoon and took some pictures of the gorgeous leaves. We're planning on venturing down the Natchez Trail Parkway tomorrow to take in more of the scenery...it's definitely more colorful than Washington!
And now I'm off to bed to get in some reading...and, of course, listening to my newly updated Zune! ;~)
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
It's Saturday Night!
Three days until Election Day!
Tonight, I'm posting a smattering of videos that have to do with the election and issues and maybe some fun things too. Enjoy!
Why maybe you shouldn't vote... (with my favorite news guy, Shepard Smith ;~))
Obama's Magical Moving Tax Plan
Sarah Palin rap on SNL (I love the moose. ;~))
The Animaniacs brushing you all up on the Presidents...through President Clinton.
P.S. Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight...and happy November!
Tonight, I'm posting a smattering of videos that have to do with the election and issues and maybe some fun things too. Enjoy!
Why maybe you shouldn't vote... (with my favorite news guy, Shepard Smith ;~))
Obama's Magical Moving Tax Plan
Sarah Palin rap on SNL (I love the moose. ;~))
The Animaniacs brushing you all up on the Presidents...through President Clinton.
P.S. Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour tonight...and happy November!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Things that go bump in the night...
Four days until Election Day!
Happy Halloween, y'all!
In honor of Halloween, that day of frights and fears and all things creepy, I bring you...
5 Things That Scare Me!
5. Hook
No, not the cartoon pirate in the pink and red. The 'Hook' that scares me is the one from the live action movie Hook. I first saw it when I was little, and it creeped me out and gave me nightmares. I'm completely a pirate girl now--I don't think I'd shriek at the Seafair Pirates threatening to cut my toes off at a parade anymore ;~)--but the last time I attempted to watch Hook, my little kitten ended up needing to go the vet ER. So no positive associations with that movie. I really need to try watching it again. ;~)
4. The Wolf from Peter and the Wolf
I don't even think I can explain this logically. I actually like wolves now. But the music and the sinisterness and...yeah, it's just scary. ;~) (And this picture is totally the wolf that creeped me out, too!)
3. Snakes
This one I think a lot of people understand. At least, it seems like the vast majority of people are either terrified of snakes or of spiders. I'm a terrified of snakes person. I've gotten...slightly better over the years. I've pet one or two snakes, and I'll admit that some are pretty to look at. And I won't stand on the other side of the room at the zoo anymore if there's a snake there. But I will avoid going anywhere near a snake if I can help it. Creepy slithering creatures. (I do love lizards, though. They're cute. ;~))
2. Bad Grammar
Whether it's the difference between your and you're, who and whom, or an incorrectly punctuated sentence, there is nothing that both annoys me and sends me running for the hills faster than bad grammar. My mum affectionately refers to me as the Grammar Queen. I rarely will correct people in conversation (verbal or written), but it is something I notice and take into account. If you're someone I already know and love, I tend to ignore it. But to everyone else...run, don't walk, to your local bookstore and buy a copy of Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.
1. Obama as President
Oh, I couldn't resist. ;~) Seriously, though, this prospect scares me on several levels. One, that people--especially people my age--are blindly supporting a candidate they know very little about...whether his policies or his personal life. The way he smoothly lies and pulls the wool over everyone's eyes is another thing that really scares me. His standing as the most liberal Senator in the Senate coupled with the fact that he could be President with a same-party majority Congress (meaning that all of their policies could get pushed through without any compromise) scares me. And there are many more things, but if I listed them all, I would be writing an essay and not a blog entry. ;~)
After all those scary things, I have to leave you with a positive note...I handed out candy tonight to Trick or Treaters, and there were a lot of adorable kids! I kept getting a kick out of how many people were in love with our display and carved pumpkins--my mum and I threw together the display in like a half hour tonight, and the pumpkins, while pretty cool looking, weren't anything different from what we normally do. But it seemed like we were the "cool house" on the block this year--with parents stopping their kids to pose in front of our display to take pictures, even! I posed before the trick-or-treaters starting invading, though...
Happy Halloween! Hope everyone had a safe and fun night!
Happy Halloween, y'all!
In honor of Halloween, that day of frights and fears and all things creepy, I bring you...
5 Things That Scare Me!
5. Hook
No, not the cartoon pirate in the pink and red. The 'Hook' that scares me is the one from the live action movie Hook. I first saw it when I was little, and it creeped me out and gave me nightmares. I'm completely a pirate girl now--I don't think I'd shriek at the Seafair Pirates threatening to cut my toes off at a parade anymore ;~)--but the last time I attempted to watch Hook, my little kitten ended up needing to go the vet ER. So no positive associations with that movie. I really need to try watching it again. ;~)
4. The Wolf from Peter and the Wolf
I don't even think I can explain this logically. I actually like wolves now. But the music and the sinisterness and...yeah, it's just scary. ;~) (And this picture is totally the wolf that creeped me out, too!)
3. Snakes
This one I think a lot of people understand. At least, it seems like the vast majority of people are either terrified of snakes or of spiders. I'm a terrified of snakes person. I've gotten...slightly better over the years. I've pet one or two snakes, and I'll admit that some are pretty to look at. And I won't stand on the other side of the room at the zoo anymore if there's a snake there. But I will avoid going anywhere near a snake if I can help it. Creepy slithering creatures. (I do love lizards, though. They're cute. ;~))
2. Bad Grammar
Whether it's the difference between your and you're, who and whom, or an incorrectly punctuated sentence, there is nothing that both annoys me and sends me running for the hills faster than bad grammar. My mum affectionately refers to me as the Grammar Queen. I rarely will correct people in conversation (verbal or written), but it is something I notice and take into account. If you're someone I already know and love, I tend to ignore it. But to everyone else...run, don't walk, to your local bookstore and buy a copy of Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.
1. Obama as President
Oh, I couldn't resist. ;~) Seriously, though, this prospect scares me on several levels. One, that people--especially people my age--are blindly supporting a candidate they know very little about...whether his policies or his personal life. The way he smoothly lies and pulls the wool over everyone's eyes is another thing that really scares me. His standing as the most liberal Senator in the Senate coupled with the fact that he could be President with a same-party majority Congress (meaning that all of their policies could get pushed through without any compromise) scares me. And there are many more things, but if I listed them all, I would be writing an essay and not a blog entry. ;~)
After all those scary things, I have to leave you with a positive note...I handed out candy tonight to Trick or Treaters, and there were a lot of adorable kids! I kept getting a kick out of how many people were in love with our display and carved pumpkins--my mum and I threw together the display in like a half hour tonight, and the pumpkins, while pretty cool looking, weren't anything different from what we normally do. But it seemed like we were the "cool house" on the block this year--with parents stopping their kids to pose in front of our display to take pictures, even! I posed before the trick-or-treaters starting invading, though...
Happy Halloween! Hope everyone had a safe and fun night!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Time to vote!
Five days until the election!
So the state of Tennessee has this convenient thing called "Early Voting" that we didn't have back in Washington...basically, you can go to selected polling places and cast your ballot early, saving yourself a headache and a giant line on Election Day.
This past Friday, my mum and I decided to check out this early voting thing, and we headed to our local polling place to vote! I was very excited because it was the first time I'd get to actually vote at a polling place. Before, I've only voted by absentee ballot (first because I was away at college, and later because Washington switched to an all absentee ballot system). So we waited in line for about a half hour all told--including time spent in the line getting our registration checked and getting instructions on how to use the electronic voting machine...and then, we voted! I was grinning like an idiot the whole time, I was so excited. Of course, the whole vote was a bit anticlimatic, because it took a grand total of three minutes. (In our district, we only had to vote for President, Senate, House representative, and state house representative.)
But still, I got an official "I voted" sticker at the end. ;~)
That evening I got to go to a political forum at my church for people my age, which was fascinating and fun all rolled into one. Last Thursday I had the opportunity to volunteer at our county's Republican party office, and I definitely have been bitten by the political bug...
Come Tuesday, you'll find me outside our local polling station with a sign in one hand and a coffee in the other. Even more fun, that night we'll be volunteering at our county Republican party's results party at a local hotel. Maybe we'll get on TV...
...but at the very least, we'll be having a grand time partying. ;~)
So the state of Tennessee has this convenient thing called "Early Voting" that we didn't have back in Washington...basically, you can go to selected polling places and cast your ballot early, saving yourself a headache and a giant line on Election Day.
This past Friday, my mum and I decided to check out this early voting thing, and we headed to our local polling place to vote! I was very excited because it was the first time I'd get to actually vote at a polling place. Before, I've only voted by absentee ballot (first because I was away at college, and later because Washington switched to an all absentee ballot system). So we waited in line for about a half hour all told--including time spent in the line getting our registration checked and getting instructions on how to use the electronic voting machine...and then, we voted! I was grinning like an idiot the whole time, I was so excited. Of course, the whole vote was a bit anticlimatic, because it took a grand total of three minutes. (In our district, we only had to vote for President, Senate, House representative, and state house representative.)
But still, I got an official "I voted" sticker at the end. ;~)
That evening I got to go to a political forum at my church for people my age, which was fascinating and fun all rolled into one. Last Thursday I had the opportunity to volunteer at our county's Republican party office, and I definitely have been bitten by the political bug...
Come Tuesday, you'll find me outside our local polling station with a sign in one hand and a coffee in the other. Even more fun, that night we'll be volunteering at our county Republican party's results party at a local hotel. Maybe we'll get on TV...
...but at the very least, we'll be having a grand time partying. ;~)
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
A Congressional Lesson
Six days until Election Day!
I'm very ambitiously going to try and update my blog every day until Election Day with some sort of political thing to think about.
Today's topic: the three branches of government! Yes, I thought I'd start off with something basic that seems to get overlooked maybe just a little in the Presidential election coverage. ;~)
The three branches of government are...the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. To sum things up: the legislative branch (Congress) makes the laws; the executive branch (the President) carries out the laws; and the judicial branch (the Supreme Court) rules if the laws are constitutional or unconstitutional.
During the Presidential election season, it gets a bit frustrating to hear people blaming our current President for the entire economical crisis. Guess what? There's been a Democratic majority in Congress for the past two years. And according to our Constitution, who makes the laws?
Yes, that's correct. Congress.
For the last few years, people have preferred a Congress of one party and a President of the other. It works well, because the system of checks and balances that were put into place in the Constitution comes into effect, and neither party can run rampant with their ideas--a compromise generally has to be reached.
So when you go to the polls next Tuesday, remember that it's not only the President you're electing to help run the country. Your vote for Congress is just as important.
And that's all I have to say on my little soap box for today. ;~)
I'm very ambitiously going to try and update my blog every day until Election Day with some sort of political thing to think about.
Today's topic: the three branches of government! Yes, I thought I'd start off with something basic that seems to get overlooked maybe just a little in the Presidential election coverage. ;~)
The three branches of government are...the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. To sum things up: the legislative branch (Congress) makes the laws; the executive branch (the President) carries out the laws; and the judicial branch (the Supreme Court) rules if the laws are constitutional or unconstitutional.
During the Presidential election season, it gets a bit frustrating to hear people blaming our current President for the entire economical crisis. Guess what? There's been a Democratic majority in Congress for the past two years. And according to our Constitution, who makes the laws?
Yes, that's correct. Congress.
For the last few years, people have preferred a Congress of one party and a President of the other. It works well, because the system of checks and balances that were put into place in the Constitution comes into effect, and neither party can run rampant with their ideas--a compromise generally has to be reached.
So when you go to the polls next Tuesday, remember that it's not only the President you're electing to help run the country. Your vote for Congress is just as important.
And that's all I have to say on my little soap box for today. ;~)
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Does this mean I want to take over the world?
Busy with school and social activities and all that, but I found this test and I couldn't resist sharing. :~)
Yay for being different! ;~)
In other news, my original plans for tonight got canceled because the whole Nashville area is...OUT OF GAS!! (Which reminds me of one of my favorite Firefly episodes, which is called "Out of Gas," but I digress. Watch Firefly if you've never seen it. There are only 14 episodes and a movie.) It's really bizarre. Apparently there was a rumor that Nashville was going to run out of gas, so people panicked yesterday and flocked to gas stations. So just pray that we get gas back before a couple of things come up this week that I have to drive to! :~)
Until next time, God bless. :~)
| You are a Social Conservative (35% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (36% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test |
Yay for being different! ;~)
In other news, my original plans for tonight got canceled because the whole Nashville area is...OUT OF GAS!! (Which reminds me of one of my favorite Firefly episodes, which is called "Out of Gas," but I digress. Watch Firefly if you've never seen it. There are only 14 episodes and a movie.) It's really bizarre. Apparently there was a rumor that Nashville was going to run out of gas, so people panicked yesterday and flocked to gas stations. So just pray that we get gas back before a couple of things come up this week that I have to drive to! :~)
Until next time, God bless. :~)
Friday, September 5, 2008
I like soapboxes.
WARNING: Unpopular political opinions ahead. But hey, this is my own personal blog, so welcome to a small part of my brain. ;~)
Tonight marks the end of the Republican National Convention, and I'm a lot more excited about the Republican ticket for President/Vice-President than I thought I was going to be a mere week ago.
(Oh, hi, by the way. I'm now on the other end of the country, still unpacking boxes after three months, but I thought it was time for a blog redecorating day and high time to blow the dust off this poor little blog. ;~))
I'm unashamedly a conservative, which means more often than not I support the Republican party, which seems to be rather unusual in my age group. I supported Mike Huckabee throughout the primary season, and wasn't particularly enthusiastic about John McCain as the final nominee. I was ready to vote for him in November, but more as an anti-Democrat vote than anything else.
Then last Friday he announced his pick for VP--Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, a very spunky conservative woman. And I got way more fired up about the ticket than I ever thought I would be. So I've been enjoying watching the convention unfold this week, shaking my head at how ridiculously left-biased the majority of the media is, and have been cheering on Sarah Palin like nobody's business. (I've also come to appreciate John McCain more--his hour long speech tonight covered a lot of ground, and the last part actually moved me to tears, so go him!)
Also? I'd just like to say how sad it is that a good chunk of Americans are apathetic enough about the political process that they'll tune into maybe a debate or two, watch the political commercials and read articles from one or two papers, and think they know all there is to know about the person who wants to run our country. Every media outlet has a bias, and it's really annoying to hear false information parroted back (about either candidate, honestly) because you're too lazy to go and do a few hours of research on your own. If, after that, you honestly don't like the candidate you thought you didn't like when you started out, well, good. But please, get informed! That's the beauty of the Information Age--there are so many places to go to get your hands on information!
I'm sure I'll blog more about the political race as it draws closer to November, but the last thing I'd like to say tonight is you go Sarah Palin! A politician with an 80% approval rating and a snarky sense of humor? You can be my VP any day of the week.
Tonight marks the end of the Republican National Convention, and I'm a lot more excited about the Republican ticket for President/Vice-President than I thought I was going to be a mere week ago.
(Oh, hi, by the way. I'm now on the other end of the country, still unpacking boxes after three months, but I thought it was time for a blog redecorating day and high time to blow the dust off this poor little blog. ;~))
I'm unashamedly a conservative, which means more often than not I support the Republican party, which seems to be rather unusual in my age group. I supported Mike Huckabee throughout the primary season, and wasn't particularly enthusiastic about John McCain as the final nominee. I was ready to vote for him in November, but more as an anti-Democrat vote than anything else.
Then last Friday he announced his pick for VP--Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, a very spunky conservative woman. And I got way more fired up about the ticket than I ever thought I would be. So I've been enjoying watching the convention unfold this week, shaking my head at how ridiculously left-biased the majority of the media is, and have been cheering on Sarah Palin like nobody's business. (I've also come to appreciate John McCain more--his hour long speech tonight covered a lot of ground, and the last part actually moved me to tears, so go him!)
Also? I'd just like to say how sad it is that a good chunk of Americans are apathetic enough about the political process that they'll tune into maybe a debate or two, watch the political commercials and read articles from one or two papers, and think they know all there is to know about the person who wants to run our country. Every media outlet has a bias, and it's really annoying to hear false information parroted back (about either candidate, honestly) because you're too lazy to go and do a few hours of research on your own. If, after that, you honestly don't like the candidate you thought you didn't like when you started out, well, good. But please, get informed! That's the beauty of the Information Age--there are so many places to go to get your hands on information!
I'm sure I'll blog more about the political race as it draws closer to November, but the last thing I'd like to say tonight is you go Sarah Palin! A politician with an 80% approval rating and a snarky sense of humor? You can be my VP any day of the week.
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