chill.

wearing jeans wasn't as exciting as i hoped. nice for a change, but not thrilling.

can i just say something, please?

to everyone who thinks the earth is going to shatter because i'm choosing not to vote in this election...GROW UP. Just as you are entitled to have your opinion and make your voice heard...i'm entitled to not have an opinion. and honestly, i don't give two flying you-know-whats who wins this upcoming election. personally, i'm rooting for obama but my preference isn't based on his foreign policy or tax reforms. i truly, honestly, have no opinion. and really - we all know that someone who isn't informed probably shouldn't be voting, right? well, i'm not informed. i don't read the paper, i don't watch tv, i don't listen to the news. here's what i know (and this is pathetic, part of why i don't like politics)...obama is african american. mccain chose a female running mate with a pregnant young daughter (this running mate also happens to like caribou hunting). WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S MISSING FROM THIS?! The important things. the actual issues. Want to know why i haven't heard much about the candidates? Because all people do is talk shit about the other candidate. all they talk about is how awful it is that sarah palin goes hunting. or that her teenage daugher is pregnant. or how obama is african american and well...that's just unprecedented. omg, omg, omg. it's not politics. it's SENSATIONALIZATION. I know, I know...it's happened since the dawn of time. It's a survival thing. it seems as though people think they're in this "life boat" and if someone tells them that they are wrong, or not good enough, or their candidate sucks serious ass, then they get thrown to the sharks.

you know, i don't necessarily think Bush was the best president...or the most articulate. i realize, he made up words. but i'm so put off by how AWFUL people were about this. who gives two shits if he added a weird suffix to a word that probably didn't need it in the first place? or if he stuttered every time he gave a speech? the public is going to find something wrong with each and every damn president that we have. it's the human condition to point out other people's faults because it makes us feel better about ourselves. but we harped so damn much that for me, it just got annoying. he's the PRESIDENT for god sake...if you really think you can do better, get your ass into the oval office.

back to my first rant...i was at work today and had a table ask my political affiliation. when i told them i didn't have one, they about dropped out of their chair. you would have thought i told them i ate pond scum for breakfast. the old woman actually leaned over and whispered to one gentlemen, "she's just un-informed. she's so young, she doesn't know yet what's important..." blah blah blah WHILE I'M STANDING RIGHT THERE. Um...my ears work, thank you. I was beyond pissed. and then, i had about 7 of my peers look at me like i was a complete freak of nature because i told them i wasn't voting. i mean, honestly? it matters that much to you all? if it matters that much, that's pathetic. you cast your vote, i won't. so what? you've got nothing to gain, but then again...you'd have nothing to lose.

geez. i didn't realize how upset i was about this until i started writing...