I always liked this song, and I figured it was just because it's a fun song that has a great beat. As I'm sitting here in my internship, capturing clips, I was listening to it on the headphones. The reason I love this song just hit me like a ton of bricks.
So, a large amount of the freshmen, Claire, Husam, Jared, and myself decide to go downtown after the results of the election. We're all very excited, and want to go downtown to celebrate. We get down there, and are immediately met with a WALL OF PEOPLE. They're walking towards us. They're all cheering and screaming, so we decide to join in. They start marching up (and I do mean up--it's a steep incline) Main Street. We're near the front, since we got there early, so we get to turn around after a while (bless that incline) and see how far this march goes.
IT WAS THOUSANDS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4508/numbersza8.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2893/numbers2hb6.jpg
A huge mob, especially for Burlington's size.. No property damage (as far as I saw), but a LOT of screaming, cheering, crying college students all marching on Main Street. We went up to the UVM campus, yelling the whole way. We stopped at their flagpoles for a while, and chanted/sang a lot of stuff. After a while, the HUGE group moved over to the UVM quad that is in between all the big dorms. Then the TV cameras came. We all stood in front of them, screaming, cheering, and singing the Star Spangled Banner for about ten minutes, before the drums kicked in. Then more yelling and cheering began. So.. perhaps the Riot of Burlington shall be on television, and I will be on it, screaming my lungs out.
I almost cried, repeatedly. There was such energy, such HOPE. Every time I looked around, and saw the enormous crowd of people around me, I was touched all over again. They all had those wide, sparkling eyes that I did; we were all so happy and looking to the future. We chanted many things, like "yes, we did," "USA," and my personal favorite, "history."
History.
We just made history, folks. We just changed the course of this country and did something that no one in this wonderful nation has ever done before. We have hope again, and I know I will cling to it with every fiber of my being. I hope you will as well. This is an amazing time to be a young adult in America.
Congratulations, President Elect Barack Obama. I couldn't be more proud of you and our country if I tried.
Dear Sarah Palin,
Stop being a fucking tool who doesn't know what she's talking about. The "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance was added in 1954. Last I checked, none of the founding fathers lived that long!
Seriously. Who would actually vote for such ignorance?!
Oh, man. October 21 can't come fast enough. O_O LucasArts and Bioware are holding a press conference on the 21st, to announce the MMO they've been working on for years.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20532
The postcard, which proclaims "The wait is over" and promises "the official unveiling of the game that's been rumored about for years," makes no explicit reference to Star Wars. It is branded with the LucasArts and BioWare logos and depicts floating robots and hooded figures in futuristic interior locations reminiscent of the sci-fi franchise.
It has to be Star Wars!! My hopes and dreams will be crushed if it isn't. :( They really, really will. I love WoW, I do; but I'll be damned if I'm not looking around for an MMO that's to ultimately replace it. This Bioware Star Wars MMO has been that game for years. I really don't know how upset I'll be if it doesn't happen. =\
http://jacquelinecarey.com/
One of my three favorite authors, Jacqueline Carey, has decided to stand up for a candidate in the presidential election. Naturally, I like this because she's endorsing the candidate I like; but that's the way it goes! Someone endorses your candidate, they're doing the "right" thing; someone endorses the other guy, they're drones. *shrug* I guess that's just how it goes. She does bring up two very interesting points, however. One, I agree with; the other makes me shake my head slightly.
The first point is that we seem to have a severe decline of intellectualism in America these days. It's a very good, and sad point. We've decided we would rather have guys 'like us' in the White House, instead of people we can trust to make hard decisions. I mean, let's be honest; while most of us think that we'd do a good job as president of the United States.. truth is, we wouldn't. So why, for the love of all that is good in this world, would we want someone in the White House that's just like us? *sighs* It doesn't make sense. Sure, the suit-wearing, latte-drinking prep from New England may be a nice stereotype to rag on.. but honestly: who would you trust to run your business? Them, or a hick from the south that has the same kind of education you do? Forgive me, but I'll take the latte-drinker. They have more education, and clearly know what they're doing. There's nothing WRONG with being an intellectual in today's world; hasn't that been every single American immigrant's dream? The reason they come here, in the first place? Isn't that the American dream? Why have we abandoned such ideals for being 'just good enough' to make it through life? Have we become so lazy? This is why we have jobs going overseas, being outsourced. We're lazy workers, demanding a LOT of compensation for menial work. We get frustrated and outraged when immigrants, willing to work for their money, to build the dream for their children, come over and do our jobs for us because we're too stubborn to do it ourselves. I hate to say it, but outsourcing is mostly our faults as Americans. We've constantly wanted more money, to be better than our neighbors: bigger TV, a pool, more game systems, better grill, etc. We wanted this money, without any further training or certification. Just.. more. The upper-middle class continues to grow further apart from the lower-middle/lower class. We now have a huge divide, caused by this need for more stuff. Now, don't get me wrong: I love stuff. I'd love to be one of those upper-middle class "snots" with a latte addiction. Problem is, I was born poor and will be paying off about $90,000 to $100,000 dollars in student loans for YEARS. I'll probably be fifty before I can really stockpile money and get the nicer things I'd like. *shrug* I think it comes down to jealousy, to be honest: a large majority of the population are jealous of those latte-drinkers. They don't want them in positions of power, because they're not one of us. Honestly? Get over yourselves, lower-middle class America. You wouldn't be a good President, and stop ragging on those who would be one.
The second thing I want to touch on wasn't even a point, really. Just a sentence. "Electing a president of the last remaining superpower in the world is a lot more important than electing the junior high prom king." Um, I'm sorry.. but when pretty much all of our economy is based on debt, mostly to other countries, then forgive me if I don't consider America a superpower anymore. Our economy is BEYOND the toilet (closer to the sewers at this point), and all we have to claim is a bunch of nukes. Oh, yay; we could blow a large portion of the world up. I'm sorry, but that doesn't constitute being a superpower: that constitutes being a bunch of brats with big guns. I consider it somewhat akin to celebrities, actually. Imagine, if you will, a washed-up celebrity. Let's use.. Flavor Flav as an example. You know your time is gone, and you're nothing more than a joke. What do you do? Fade quietly into the night, or grasp onto every single straw you possibly can, in order to stay in the limelight? Grab as many reality shows as you can, or retreat to remake your image, so people will like you again? If you're a celebrity, you choose to hold on for dear life. America is doing much of the same. Our economy is in shambles, our international reputation is laughable at best, and we're so convinced that we are direly important to the rest of the world. So important, in fact, that our election will change the world. No, it won't. Will things be shaken up for a bit? Yes. Will it drastically affect the entire world? No. Not really, no. We're not that important anymore. America is becoming a washed up celebrity, grasping for those last few bits of power and importance. We need to focus on ourselves, and why we've become this way. Fix ourselves from within, then come back to the world community with an open mind. There's no reason for us to try and police the world: that's not our job. We wouldn't want China coming over here and fixing our messes; why should we be expecting to be welcomed with open arms when we barge in and try to fix other countries problems?
That got longer than anticipated, but it really set off a rambling train of thought within me.
McDonalds gave me no pickles, instead of no onions. NOT COOL. Love pickles, hate onions. :(
OH MAN. I've been a huge fan of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series for a long time. When I heard they were making the first portion of the (very long) story into a miniseries, I had a lot of reservations. The more I heard about it, the better it sounded. The director directed Spiderman the movie, and is a huge fan of the books.. as well as a friend of Terry's. This news gave me much hope!
Regardless, I decided I wasn't going to fangirl-geek out over it, because it wouldn't live up to my expectations, somehow. Well, it's being released November 1st, and there's a website!! (Legend of the Seeker) There's also three promos up now, and I downloaded them. OH MAN. I'm so pumped. This looks SO GOOD. Kahlan's dress is awesome (an important item), the sword is sexy, and I really think the effects aren't going to be cheesy. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE *bounces around in circles, very happy* :D :D :D :D
Just finished the banner... and I just wanted to make a post about the following shirt:
IT'S EPIC. And I must have it. <3
So, I decided to start a blog. LiveJournal is just too.. segmented. You have your communities, and you have your friends list: that's it. I dunno, blogs seem so much more open to me. Either way, here's my blog. I'll be writing all kinds of lovely stuff in it; at least, they'll be lovely in my opinion. >_>
Off to customize this sucker, because the default layouts are icky. *wave*
Posts
All Comments
