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Remember Anna Karenina from this past summer?
I'm reading the novel's dastardly cousin, Pride and Prejudice.
I utterly detest these novels.
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
The World According to Psychonauts
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A curious thought recently came to me. What if the world was like Psychonauts, where certain people could travel into others' minds at will?
That would be fascinating? What would mine look like? Or yours? Or your parents'? Or Barack Obama's? Incredible.
A curious thought recently came to me. What if the world was like Psychonauts, where certain people could travel into others' minds at will?
That would be fascinating? What would mine look like? Or yours? Or your parents'? Or Barack Obama's? Incredible.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Day Three
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Today was Day Two.
Tomorrow is Day Three.
Each day is another day towards hope.
Each day, I realize, little by little how truly proud I am of America.
Today was Day Two.
Tomorrow is Day Three.
Each day is another day towards hope.
Each day, I realize, little by little how truly proud I am of America.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Day One.
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to I/O Nightly News.
Well, here we are, November 5th. It took us damn long enough, but we did it. Barack Obama is the president-elect for a 2009-2013 term of office. And look how far we've come.
Twenty-one months ago, on February 10, 2007, a rising senator from Illinois took the main political stage and never let go. I remember it clearly, sitting in a parking lot to a strip mall, listening to the announcement on the radio, about to have lunch in an Italian restaurant.
Months later, on April 25, 2007, John McCain announced his candidacy.
And then the primaries began.
And they ran.
And ran.
And ran.
Until finally, six months ago this past Monday, Obama pulled out enough delegates to secure a nomination. John McCain had received enough delegates weeks ago, even after being behind, and in some cases, dead last, in the polls.
So then the presidential campaign was run. Mud was flung. Insults were hurled. Debates held, excitement brewed.
Until we arrive at last night. Anyone who cares enough about the election knows how it went. Obama blockaded the northeast and around the great lakes, picking up western liberal strongholds, pushing south in a few battlegrounds. McCain held many solid red states in the midwest and north, holding a solid line of red in the deep south.
And finally, at 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, the polls in the west closed. And every major network called for Barack Obama as the next president. In almost every major city in the US and all over suburbia, people cheered. People rejoiced. People cried. The world changed. For better or worse, there is no denial that something awe-inspiring happened.
This election has been history. Not the basic "oh-he-did-this-and-he-did-that-on-this-day", but the true kind of history. The kind that people can look back on, wether they voted for Obama or McCain, and say "Yeah, I was there". It's like when Apollo 11 landed and Armstrong got out of the landing craft. Everyone remembers where they were, what they were doing.
But even more importantly, people will remember the emotions that that passed through them. The relief, hapiness, anger, sadness, or just plain hope is what people will pass down to their grandkids, decades from now.
I think that this election was, indeed about race, it was about sex, and it was undoubtedly, about the issues. But it was something more. More than change, more than socialism, more than lipstick on a pig. This election was about having hope.
Hope for a new day. A new world. A new beginning. I don't care who you voted for. I don't care if you voted or not, if you're a US citizen or not, or if you put down a vote for Cthulu and called it a day. One way or another, you can't help but recognize that people have hope.
"Change has come to America."
And that change is here to stay.
Well, here we are, November 5th. It took us damn long enough, but we did it. Barack Obama is the president-elect for a 2009-2013 term of office. And look how far we've come.
Twenty-one months ago, on February 10, 2007, a rising senator from Illinois took the main political stage and never let go. I remember it clearly, sitting in a parking lot to a strip mall, listening to the announcement on the radio, about to have lunch in an Italian restaurant.
Months later, on April 25, 2007, John McCain announced his candidacy.
And then the primaries began.
And they ran.
And ran.
And ran.
Until finally, six months ago this past Monday, Obama pulled out enough delegates to secure a nomination. John McCain had received enough delegates weeks ago, even after being behind, and in some cases, dead last, in the polls.
So then the presidential campaign was run. Mud was flung. Insults were hurled. Debates held, excitement brewed.
Until we arrive at last night. Anyone who cares enough about the election knows how it went. Obama blockaded the northeast and around the great lakes, picking up western liberal strongholds, pushing south in a few battlegrounds. McCain held many solid red states in the midwest and north, holding a solid line of red in the deep south.
And finally, at 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, the polls in the west closed. And every major network called for Barack Obama as the next president. In almost every major city in the US and all over suburbia, people cheered. People rejoiced. People cried. The world changed. For better or worse, there is no denial that something awe-inspiring happened.
This election has been history. Not the basic "oh-he-did-this-and-he-did-that-on-this-day", but the true kind of history. The kind that people can look back on, wether they voted for Obama or McCain, and say "Yeah, I was there". It's like when Apollo 11 landed and Armstrong got out of the landing craft. Everyone remembers where they were, what they were doing.
But even more importantly, people will remember the emotions that that passed through them. The relief, hapiness, anger, sadness, or just plain hope is what people will pass down to their grandkids, decades from now.
I think that this election was, indeed about race, it was about sex, and it was undoubtedly, about the issues. But it was something more. More than change, more than socialism, more than lipstick on a pig. This election was about having hope.
Hope for a new day. A new world. A new beginning. I don't care who you voted for. I don't care if you voted or not, if you're a US citizen or not, or if you put down a vote for Cthulu and called it a day. One way or another, you can't help but recognize that people have hope.
"Change has come to America."
And that change is here to stay.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
A New Reality
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to A New Reality.
I am crying right now, on my hands and knees, crying tears of joy.
I have never cried for happiness before.
God bless America.
I am crying right now, on my hands and knees, crying tears of joy.
I have never cried for happiness before.
God bless America.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Finish the Fight
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to I/O Nightly News.
We are now under 24 hours away from the first close of the polls in Indiana and Virginia. This is truly a historic day tomorrow. We will either have the first Black president or the first Woman vice-president. Either way, it's history.
A "cheat sheet" is being sent around the senate as you read this, detailing what may very well happen. It all starts with Virginia. If Obama takes VA, then his victory is almost assured, assuming he also takes Colorado. If he takes Ohio or Florida or Pennsylvania, the same is true. If he doesn't take Virginia, the evening may drag on for a little while until we determine a victor, either by "Bradley effect" or real voting. One way or another, 7-9 PM EST is crucial.
Let's get this over with. Let's finish the fight.
We are now under 24 hours away from the first close of the polls in Indiana and Virginia. This is truly a historic day tomorrow. We will either have the first Black president or the first Woman vice-president. Either way, it's history.
A "cheat sheet" is being sent around the senate as you read this, detailing what may very well happen. It all starts with Virginia. If Obama takes VA, then his victory is almost assured, assuming he also takes Colorado. If he takes Ohio or Florida or Pennsylvania, the same is true. If he doesn't take Virginia, the evening may drag on for a little while until we determine a victor, either by "Bradley effect" or real voting. One way or another, 7-9 PM EST is crucial.
Let's get this over with. Let's finish the fight.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Crunch Time.
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to I/O Nightly News.
We are now just over 48 hours away from one of the biggest election days in our history. This is shaping up to be an intense battle of politics unlike any ever seen.
Thousands of people across America are crunching numbers and figures like mad. I wish I could vote. I am only seven months under the age limit.
I wish it was just a simple test you had to take with randomized questions and then you could vote. Simple as that.
Oh well.
Back to our numbers and figures, if McCain loses VA, then he loses the election. Simulations run at fivethrityeight.com point to a 72-3 percent of an Obama win, even if the Dems do not carry Ohio and Florida. John McCain, however, only landed a 6/8000 chance of winning without just Ohio.
That number shrunk to zero once Pennsylvania and Florida were thrown in.
We are now just over 48 hours away from one of the biggest election days in our history. This is shaping up to be an intense battle of politics unlike any ever seen.
Thousands of people across America are crunching numbers and figures like mad. I wish I could vote. I am only seven months under the age limit.
I wish it was just a simple test you had to take with randomized questions and then you could vote. Simple as that.
Oh well.
Back to our numbers and figures, if McCain loses VA, then he loses the election. Simulations run at fivethrityeight.com point to a 72-3 percent of an Obama win, even if the Dems do not carry Ohio and Florida. John McCain, however, only landed a 6/8000 chance of winning without just Ohio.
That number shrunk to zero once Pennsylvania and Florida were thrown in.
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