In this case, I think it would have lightened my mood a bit to see Kerry take a page from The Simpsons in his concession speech:

Oh...oh, gosh...you know, I'm not much on speeches, but it's so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you've made. You're screwed, thank you, bye.-- Ray Patterson, Ex-Sanitation Commissioner, "Trash of the ( Read more... )

For anyone wanting to keep current on the numbers, CNN has a really nice looking site even though they don't have any results yet at the time of this post.

Tonight's word is: furciferously
Possible meanings (from context): to have strong resolve, to make great efforts, to use great force

Life is not linear. Sure, you can make progress. You can build on your past, but every thing you build on something previous becomes another layer on the house of cards. The more layers you add, the more fragile you get. The more likely it is to topple if you move too quickly. So your own progress becomes your prison. The more structures you' ( Read more... )

Wait... I think I get it! I've been defining myself as the sum total of all of my history. I am not my past. I am my present. When you see yourself as you and your time as now, the possibilities are limitless. Instead of trying to define myself as something, I will let myself be unnamed. I am unexplored. I have no definition to my bounds. ( Read more... )

And I shall not scream,
but I'd rather not be seen.
And I hide away,
for another day.

In looking back at my past... I realize that for the majority, I have been an observer of my life, not a participant. When I talk to Misty and her family, they all have personal stories to tell. They all start out, "Remember the time we...", or "Remember when I..." All of my stories start out, "I was there when...," or "I know someone who ( Read more... )

Burnt Eggo waffles

The cakewalk at the Lake Central school fare

Summer drama class

Racing out of the garage on my white Huffy making siren sounds

Hanging sheets from the drop ceiling in the basement

Downloading soft-core porn GIFs over a 2400 baud modem

Realizing how small my grade school halls really were

Playing Myst over at Ed's house

Well, the remnants of hurricane Frances arrived yesterday and are still moving through. It has lost all its bite, but still has plenty of overcast and drizzle. I'm hoping it'll finish tomorrow. I want to get back to that 75 and sunny that we had just before that ( Read more... )

So here I am. I’m 25. I’m still clueless. My past is worthless. I’ve avoided everything I can. Sure there were good times too. Did I learn anything? Not really. I’ve met some very cool people. I don’t really know any of them anymore. I’ve erased my history. I’ve worked very hard all my life to avoid the things that were supposed to ( Read more... )