A Few Things...

Everyday I would drive home from work and pass a restaurnt marquee that would advertise OYTERS for 50 CENTS. For 3 months it said OYTERS, not OYSTERS. It drove me crazy.

I pass a flower shop that reads, exactly how mad is she? Which I loved.

A church that asks me to have a God Day.

Someone told me the other day that they had never read Harry Potter but she thought that they were demonic. This was an educated, bright woman in her twenties that said that to me. This made me mad because I grew up with HP and it is very close to me- I think that J K Rowling's writings have helped a generation of children that have grown up amongst tvs and video games- and yet we have been able to deepen our breadth of imagination because we still read and can imagine things without seeing them because of books like this.

Someone told me the other day that they thought the Holocaust was a huge exaggeration. I was speechless.

That same person told me that they thought that the Iranian president was a great guy.

We have a new President-elect, Obama. I voted for McCain, but I went into this election thanking God that Hillary was not in the running. I have respect for what Obama's win means for the character of our country and I am proud that we have come so far to elect a black man despite the racist tendencies of this country. He is young and brings hope to a lot of people. I don't think that any one president is responsible for sending our country to hell in a handbasket- people who blame W are naive-- we ARE the government. Our votes, the people we elect to congress, and the president that we elect are responsible- but the constant in that is WE. WE are responsible.

And you know what? We have agreed to live in a country that practices democracy. That means that the best we can do is vote. And it also means that we accept that we live in a country where we won't always get our way, but we will still live here and follow the law and be productive citizens until next time the polls open and we will try again and rally and go door to door and start movements and make speeches. Someone told me that they love the country but hate the government- we ARE the government. We make the government, we say we want him or her in office and then we get pissed because they don't keep their promises.

Oh, and another thing? Stop talking about Obama like he is Jesus. We are the ones that are setting these presidents up for failure. We talk about them like in four years they will change the world, bring world peace and justice for all. No president has done that. Obama said himself in his speech on November 4th that change might not happen in one year or four years, that there will be set backs and false starts. Only one man was able to work miracles and that was the son of God. These men that we put in office, will try their best but they have to answer to congress and the people of this country. We set ourselves up for disappointment because we put all of our hopes on one person.

I didn't vote for him but he is my president. And he's my boyfriend's new boss. And I am OK with that because, THANK GOD we live in a democracy. No one is forcing me to stay here. I choose to. No one is forcing me to bow down to someone or follow a certain religion. And whatever happens, happens. And we'll persevere.