I stole this/ was tagged from Lori's blog, and who doesn't love some good list-making?
8 Favorite TV shows...
1. The Office
2. True Blood
3. The Simpsons
4. Entourage
5. Mad Men
6. House Hunters
7. Big Love (I hope it comes back!)
8. The Daily Show
8 Favorite Restaurants...
1. Chevy's
2. Big Bowl
3. Taco Gringo (local thing)
4. Culvers
5. Noodles, Etc.
6. Mariah's
7. Chipotle
8. Bella Milano
8 things that happened yesterday...
1. Taught my HRM class
2. Went to Target
3. Skipped the workout
4. Tapped with Ainslie--worked on Irish
5. Spent too much time on the phone with BCBS for a client
6. Read most of my new Real Simple
7. Watched the debate
8. Ate an ice cream cone
8 things to look forward to...
1. Jack'o'lantern Spectacular this weekend
2. Carving a pumpkin
3. the Twilight movie
4. Christmas shopping
5. The pumpkin pie that is in my oven right now
6. Girls' night on the 20th
7. Trick or Treating with my Little Witch
8. Election Day!
8 things I love about Fall...
1. The beautiful leaves
2. cool nights
3. no heat or a/c bill
4. tights
5. not shaving my legs so often!
6. chili
7. Halloween
8. pumpkin and apple desserts
8 things on my wish list...
1. An Obama victory
2. To love the new preschool teacher as much as I loved the old one
3. Family Holiday planning where nobody gets their feelings hurt
4. new brown boots
5. A massage
6. A Belle dress for Ainslie
7. An aversion to sweets
8. Some new, funky necklaces
If you are reading this, consider yourself tagged now too. Let us see your 8!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
And Another Thing
How is it that I am intolerant of others' opinions if I state mine with conviction, yet it is perfectly acceptable and the Right Thing To Do for someone to take her toys and go play somewhere else when met with people who have different political ideals?
I'm behind on my blog-reading, and I am amazed that people (one person in particular) are so embarassed of their own beliefs that they feel the need to excommunicate themselves from people who see the world differently. My, how tolerant. How open-minded.
This person can't be around people who have been her friend for years, through some pretty miserable times, because they have a different political agenda and the audacity to say so? That's just sad.
How will you ever learn from other people's ideas? You won't. That is sad too.
For years I have mentally said, hey, X has a different way of life, a different take on things. But these new developments are just crazy. Ruby Ridge.
Lots of people vote differently from the way I do, including my parents and many people who I have never met in person but love very much, from years of shared experiences. Why can't we all state our positions, and even argue them without labeling the 'other side' as stupid or crazy?
Oh, yes. Most of us can get along. Grow up.
I'm behind on my blog-reading, and I am amazed that people (one person in particular) are so embarassed of their own beliefs that they feel the need to excommunicate themselves from people who see the world differently. My, how tolerant. How open-minded.
This person can't be around people who have been her friend for years, through some pretty miserable times, because they have a different political agenda and the audacity to say so? That's just sad.
How will you ever learn from other people's ideas? You won't. That is sad too.
For years I have mentally said, hey, X has a different way of life, a different take on things. But these new developments are just crazy. Ruby Ridge.
Lots of people vote differently from the way I do, including my parents and many people who I have never met in person but love very much, from years of shared experiences. Why can't we all state our positions, and even argue them without labeling the 'other side' as stupid or crazy?
Oh, yes. Most of us can get along. Grow up.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Swarming Chatterboxiness
Moms, you know what I'm talking about.
Like bees who talk. Nonstop. Buzzbuzzbuzz (constantmovementconstantmovement.) Buzzbuzzbuzzbuzzzzzzzzz.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. (Finally, for the first nap since last Monday.)
Like bees who talk. Nonstop. Buzzbuzzbuzz (constantmovementconstantmovement.) Buzzbuzzbuzzbuzzzzzzzzz.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. (Finally, for the first nap since last Monday.)
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Stream-of-Conciousness Political Ranting
Why is it that conservatives can bash Obama, but an Obama supporter can’t point out a discrepancy or outright lie told by the McCain/Palin ticket without being accused of bullying? My own theory is that Obama/Biden supporters, as a group (and we are a large group) are just so darned enthusiastic about our guys and the message they bring, that those who are not “drinking the kool-aid” are feeling a little left out of the election excitement. Obama supporters have been excited since 2004, while many who will ultimately vote for McCain had a harder time getting on board that train.
Until he chose Sarah Palin for a running mate.
You know, I tried to like Gov. Palin, initially. In the interest of saying something nice, yes, I think she is street-savvy, and yes I think she is attractive. As a potential leader of this country, I think she is dangerous. She has proven herself time and time again to be grossly incompetent on matters of foreign policy and the economy. While she managed not to completely fall on her face in the VP debate, it was obvious that she had talking points prepared on some key issues, but if pressed, she couldn’t fully answer many of the questions.
But she’s so down-to-earth. She gets Joe Six-Pack.
Pllllease. I don’t want to be called Joe Six-Pack. In fact, I find it offensive. Further, I don’t want the potential leader of the US to be just a regular hockey-mom down the block. I want her or him to be the best, brightest, most-informed, best-traveled US citizen we have. Does this mean he or she has to have a fancy law degree? Of course not, but I feel a “heckuva” (winking at Gov. Palin) lot better having someone in charge who had the gumption to get into a Fancy Law School despite the fact that he did not come from great wealth or from a family with a long history of post-secondary education.
To me, Living the American Dream is better represented by someone who rose from a difficult childhood to achieve an elite education and came back to serve some of the neediest citizens in our land, than by a pretty girl who backed into the Alaska governor’s office and then, in a political mindtrick, was selected as a VP candidate.
And yet, to some, I am unpatriotic, disrespectful, and/or sexist for having this opinion.
This country remains bitterly divided, politically speaking, something I attribute freely to the Current Occupant. I know John McCain is not GWB, just as I know that Bill Clinton hasn’t run for president since 1996 (this one was hard for a lot of conservative voters who seemed to think he was on the ballot these past two elections.) I also know that try as McCain might to distance himself from the train wreck that is the current administration, he has, more often than not, voted in line with GWB’s agenda. That is not ok.
Snarkiness aside, if this country elects McCain, we deserve whatever fate befalls us.
Until he chose Sarah Palin for a running mate.
You know, I tried to like Gov. Palin, initially. In the interest of saying something nice, yes, I think she is street-savvy, and yes I think she is attractive. As a potential leader of this country, I think she is dangerous. She has proven herself time and time again to be grossly incompetent on matters of foreign policy and the economy. While she managed not to completely fall on her face in the VP debate, it was obvious that she had talking points prepared on some key issues, but if pressed, she couldn’t fully answer many of the questions.
But she’s so down-to-earth. She gets Joe Six-Pack.
Pllllease. I don’t want to be called Joe Six-Pack. In fact, I find it offensive. Further, I don’t want the potential leader of the US to be just a regular hockey-mom down the block. I want her or him to be the best, brightest, most-informed, best-traveled US citizen we have. Does this mean he or she has to have a fancy law degree? Of course not, but I feel a “heckuva” (winking at Gov. Palin) lot better having someone in charge who had the gumption to get into a Fancy Law School despite the fact that he did not come from great wealth or from a family with a long history of post-secondary education.
To me, Living the American Dream is better represented by someone who rose from a difficult childhood to achieve an elite education and came back to serve some of the neediest citizens in our land, than by a pretty girl who backed into the Alaska governor’s office and then, in a political mindtrick, was selected as a VP candidate.
And yet, to some, I am unpatriotic, disrespectful, and/or sexist for having this opinion.
This country remains bitterly divided, politically speaking, something I attribute freely to the Current Occupant. I know John McCain is not GWB, just as I know that Bill Clinton hasn’t run for president since 1996 (this one was hard for a lot of conservative voters who seemed to think he was on the ballot these past two elections.) I also know that try as McCain might to distance himself from the train wreck that is the current administration, he has, more often than not, voted in line with GWB’s agenda. That is not ok.
Snarkiness aside, if this country elects McCain, we deserve whatever fate befalls us.
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