Day 311 | Wednesday, November 4 | 2009

Vanity...

Its hard to believe that one year ago today Barack Obama was elected President. Usually the years go by faster as time goes on but I feel that this past year has been strangely slow. Maybe I feel like this because I feel like I have personally grown up a lot in the past year -- especially in the face of certain challenges that have forced me to grow.

I keep on ignoring the "blocked" calls on my cell phone because I know that they are from political organizations trying to raise money for: the Democratic party, League of Conservation of Voters, or any other left-wing organization that wants money. They are calling me because I have given donations in the past but I can't afford to give anything now or in the future. I feel conflicted because I really would like to see a revamping of our 'health care' system in America but I cannot commit to donate time or money right now. A lot of things seem so messed up politically in our country. The Republicans, especially, seem to be out of sorts on almost all of the issues. I consider myself a moderate (leaning mostly to the left) but there is not one thing about the Republican party (or their platforms) that I agree with. This goes for everything from economic issues to social issues.

In general, I tend to simply loathe the bipartisan system in this country and how the media play into the situation. I wish the political discourse in our country could be more pragmatic and less concerned with political capital. Democrats are guilty of this too but it seems a lot more of a problem with Republican's more so. Most of them are sour for losing their seats from the 2008 election, for losing the presidency, and just in general losing their power to control everyone.

Other news ... here is a vain picture of myself that I took this morning. I don't generally like to take pictures of myself.