New Car

Tonight we pick up our new car, courtesy of that guy with no license or insurance who totaled the minivan last month. Actually it's more courtesy of the insurance company. Anyways, we're getting a Scion XB, a weird boxy-looking thing that is very roomy on the inside. I'm most excited about the stereo system, which is apparently very good. It also has a jack for MP3 players and a special connector for iPods. I cannot admit how big a selling point that was.

Oh Happy Day!

We use ourselves as a mirror, judge ourselves by our own standards, and forget that we don't know it all. That's why it's very interesting to read editorial opinions from around the world about the election of my close personal friend Barack Obama. Okay, he is not my close personal friend. But he is going to be my close personal president. I don't believe I have ever used the word "my" with the word "president" before. I already know more about the incoming administration than I ever have about any previous group--of course part of this stems from the need to continue trolling for news online, an obsessive habit developed over the past few pre-election months.

I've talked with several friends who share this strange new feeling of lightness, as though a burden has been lifted, and there is something to be idealistic about again. As Obama said in his speech on election night, "The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there."

Amen.

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Busy, yet unproductive?

It seems like all I do is work these days. There's been a ton of Tres stuff to do, designing newsletters, writing articles, editing...it's good, but basically leaves me no time or energy for that next book I keep saying I'm writing. But money is money. And you never know how the things you do today are going to affect tomorrow. I believe in fruition...oooh, I just looked "fruition" up at merriam-webster.com and it is quite the juicy word. I AM SO PUNNY! Oh my gosh I can't stop.