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Huh. First-- my html works in the new profile page, so I don't care about the other changes.
Second: currently at 11,700 words on NaNo. Go me!
Thirdly:
OH MY GOD. My Mom is embodying everything that I hate about America the way it is right now. I won't go intotoo many details (apparently, I went into more detail than I anticipated), but suffice to say, the two things that she's said that have really annoyed me are:
1) Mom: (paraphrased) Obama really made me mad when he had Jesse Jackson and that gospel choir singing hallelujah. It didn't sit well with me.
me: Uh, why? Because now that he's president-elect, he's not allowed to have an affiliation with his skin color?
Mom: Just you wait until *we're* the minority. You think it's hard for me to get help now, just wait.
Me: What the hell kind of news show have you been watching??
Mom: I saw it on Fox!
Me: Oh, so you're basing your beliefs on the fear-mongering tendencies spread by most of the conservative media? DON'T WATCH FOX.
Mom: I only have two channels!
Me: *headdesk*
And then, driving home:
Me: I feel like I need to clarify something. I told you that I cried when Obama was elected just because I was embarrassed and amused, and thought you would be amused too, but I was actually really kind of offended when you took my genuine joy at the fact that Obama was elected, and cheapened it by saying, 'oh, you're just acting like that because the candidate you voted for got in office, I get it now.'
But that's really not the truth. I suppressed my feelings about Obama, citing him as the lesser of two evils simply because my entire family is conservative and I didn't want to make any waves and cause unnecessary stress. But the feeling I got when I heard he was elected, and the feeling I get looking at what our government will strive to be--it's more than that. I have hope. I believe that there is no one on this earth I would rather have given this position. And I'm not expecting it to be easy. I don't think I'm going to wake up one morning and find the economy back on its feet, or people magically back in their homes or a sudden end to homeless, or discover that the polar ice caps have frozen back to their previous sizes. But we have a chance now. And that's what I was trying to share with you. *laughs* Gah, watch me proselytize at you.
Mom: That's okay. I love you anyway.
Me: ... what do you mean?
Mom: I mean that the whole politics thing is just a part of you, and I love you anyway.
I don't even know what to do with her anymore. I give up.
Fourth: Get your Obama sticker, yo!
Second: currently at 11,700 words on NaNo. Go me!
Thirdly:
OH MY GOD. My Mom is embodying everything that I hate about America the way it is right now. I won't go into
1) Mom: (paraphrased) Obama really made me mad when he had Jesse Jackson and that gospel choir singing hallelujah. It didn't sit well with me.
me: Uh, why? Because now that he's president-elect, he's not allowed to have an affiliation with his skin color?
Mom: Just you wait until *we're* the minority. You think it's hard for me to get help now, just wait.
Me: What the hell kind of news show have you been watching??
Mom: I saw it on Fox!
Me: Oh, so you're basing your beliefs on the fear-mongering tendencies spread by most of the conservative media? DON'T WATCH FOX.
Mom: I only have two channels!
Me: *headdesk*
And then, driving home:
Me: I feel like I need to clarify something. I told you that I cried when Obama was elected just because I was embarrassed and amused, and thought you would be amused too, but I was actually really kind of offended when you took my genuine joy at the fact that Obama was elected, and cheapened it by saying, 'oh, you're just acting like that because the candidate you voted for got in office, I get it now.'
But that's really not the truth. I suppressed my feelings about Obama, citing him as the lesser of two evils simply because my entire family is conservative and I didn't want to make any waves and cause unnecessary stress. But the feeling I got when I heard he was elected, and the feeling I get looking at what our government will strive to be--it's more than that. I have hope. I believe that there is no one on this earth I would rather have given this position. And I'm not expecting it to be easy. I don't think I'm going to wake up one morning and find the economy back on its feet, or people magically back in their homes or a sudden end to homeless, or discover that the polar ice caps have frozen back to their previous sizes. But we have a chance now. And that's what I was trying to share with you. *laughs* Gah, watch me proselytize at you.
Mom: That's okay. I love you anyway.
Me: ... what do you mean?
Mom: I mean that the whole politics thing is just a part of you, and I love you anyway.
I don't even know what to do with her anymore. I give up.
Fourth: Get your Obama sticker, yo!
Hn...
Anyway, as for Obama... Yeah. A lot of people have hope. And we all just hope that he *isn't* just a politician... That he will actually change something. But I think you're being a little hope-heavy when you get all "Yeay" about what the government is trying to be... Even if Obama is mostly good, I seriously doubt Congress is... regardless of the redrawing of party lines.
Re: Hn...