Here at the house we are watching the New Hampshire Primary--Joseph is sporting his Obama t-shirt and we are all excited since Obama won Iowa. I don't often feel much excitement for a political candidate, because come on, what kind of person wants to be president?? But I find Barack Obama inspiring and I like what he is saying about most of the issues I care about. Listen to some of his speeches and you will feel something. He gave a very interesting and thought provoking speech about religion and public/political life. It has been called "the most important speech on religion and politics in 40 years."
Colorado's primary is on Feb. 5th; I got registered to vote last week so I am getting excited to vote for a candidate that I believe in. Don't forget to register and vote (mom & dad)!
Good luck Barack!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Hello 2008
Well Christmas and New Years have come and gone. I am glad the holidays are over because it was so much more difficult to get anything done on the job search when the old house mates are home (no offense, I am just easily distracted--I love you!). I am happy to have the quiet now and be less distracted. We did have a good holiday season though. Tara, Matt, Joseph, and I all stayed here for Christmas. It was like no other Christmas I have had, but it was still very festive.
On Christmas Eve, we drank punch and played Balderdash, then Christmas morning we had breakfast and then opened gifts. I got snowshoes from Joseph's family!! We have been wanting them, but didn't think we could pull it off until next year. Joseph got some too with a gift card from my parents so we are set. We even got a book on loop snowshoe trails in CO. I took mine out Christmas day to see how it felt. They are surprisingly comfortable and light.
On New Year's Eve we all met up with Tara and Matt's friends Holly and Ryan for dinner and drinks. Lots of strangers, but I ended up having a really good time. That same evening was Joseph and I's 3rd anniversary. Our first date was on New Year's Eve back in Bloomington in a little coffee shop/ bookstore on Walnut that is now closed. We haven't set a date for when we are going to get married, but we know we are going to do something very small- and not until spring or summer when we have our own place and are settled in a bit.
Tara took down all the holiday decorations yesterday evening on the sly. Joseph and I were in our room reading- we are both reading different books of the His Dark Materials trilogy- I am on the 2nd book so I get to be president of our book club and he volunteered to be the treasurer, thank got that is covered. Anyway, I came out of the bedroom after reading all afternoon, and Christmas was over. Now we have a dying naked pine tree in our living room. It is a little sad. We are taking it to an equestrian center near our house; they are accepting old Christmas trees for chipping. So on Joseph's next day off we will be stuffing it into his hatchback and taking it away. Goodbye tree.
When I haven't been job searching lately I have been writing some articles on Hubpages on line. I just discover it recently- you can write articles, they call them hubs, on whatever you want and you get paid according to how many people view the articles (and the advertising) and if they click on any of the advertising links. Once you have earned $100, they send you a check. Advertising stinks, but it is pretty easy to ignore on the article layouts. I have written four articles so far and am really enjoying it because I can write about what I am interested in as long as it is interesting enough and/ or informative. Also, it feels good to get writing and be practicing thinking in that way since I hope to get a job that involves writing (fingers crossed).
Well, have a happy and healthy new year folks and thanks for stopping back in!
On Christmas Eve, we drank punch and played Balderdash, then Christmas morning we had breakfast and then opened gifts. I got snowshoes from Joseph's family!! We have been wanting them, but didn't think we could pull it off until next year. Joseph got some too with a gift card from my parents so we are set. We even got a book on loop snowshoe trails in CO. I took mine out Christmas day to see how it felt. They are surprisingly comfortable and light.
On New Year's Eve we all met up with Tara and Matt's friends Holly and Ryan for dinner and drinks. Lots of strangers, but I ended up having a really good time. That same evening was Joseph and I's 3rd anniversary. Our first date was on New Year's Eve back in Bloomington in a little coffee shop/ bookstore on Walnut that is now closed. We haven't set a date for when we are going to get married, but we know we are going to do something very small- and not until spring or summer when we have our own place and are settled in a bit.
Tara took down all the holiday decorations yesterday evening on the sly. Joseph and I were in our room reading- we are both reading different books of the His Dark Materials trilogy- I am on the 2nd book so I get to be president of our book club and he volunteered to be the treasurer, thank got that is covered. Anyway, I came out of the bedroom after reading all afternoon, and Christmas was over. Now we have a dying naked pine tree in our living room. It is a little sad. We are taking it to an equestrian center near our house; they are accepting old Christmas trees for chipping. So on Joseph's next day off we will be stuffing it into his hatchback and taking it away. Goodbye tree.
When I haven't been job searching lately I have been writing some articles on Hubpages on line. I just discover it recently- you can write articles, they call them hubs, on whatever you want and you get paid according to how many people view the articles (and the advertising) and if they click on any of the advertising links. Once you have earned $100, they send you a check. Advertising stinks, but it is pretty easy to ignore on the article layouts. I have written four articles so far and am really enjoying it because I can write about what I am interested in as long as it is interesting enough and/ or informative. Also, it feels good to get writing and be practicing thinking in that way since I hope to get a job that involves writing (fingers crossed).
Well, have a happy and healthy new year folks and thanks for stopping back in!
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Today I finally got myself all switched over to my bank account here in CO, that feels good. Then I went to a park and took a walk around the lake. It's about 50 degrees here, so there weren't too many people out, just lots of geese. A group of them took off from the lake and flew right over my head. I could actually hear their wings beating the air.
I'm still job hunting. It feels like am living a ghost life right now. I don't feel like I exist fully because I can't really go out and do much since I have to save money, I hardly know anyone and I am alone all day with my thoughts. It could be much worse though, I have to remind myself this.
On the week of Christmas I am house/pet sitting for one of Tara's co-workers, Art, who I have met a couple of times. He has a dog named Mocha, two cats and a ferret. He lives close to here so I don't have to spend the night. I am a little afraid of being bitten by the ferret. One of my brothers friends had one when we were kids and he brought if over to our house and it bit my dad. Yes sir, I remember that.
I want to leave you with this warning...
Sorry it is turned the wrong way. It must have gotten knocked over.
I'm still job hunting. It feels like am living a ghost life right now. I don't feel like I exist fully because I can't really go out and do much since I have to save money, I hardly know anyone and I am alone all day with my thoughts. It could be much worse though, I have to remind myself this.
On the week of Christmas I am house/pet sitting for one of Tara's co-workers, Art, who I have met a couple of times. He has a dog named Mocha, two cats and a ferret. He lives close to here so I don't have to spend the night. I am a little afraid of being bitten by the ferret. One of my brothers friends had one when we were kids and he brought if over to our house and it bit my dad. Yes sir, I remember that.
I want to leave you with this warning...
Sorry it is turned the wrong way. It must have gotten knocked over.
Friday, November 16, 2007
The Democratic debate last night
We all watched the Democratic debate last night. It was a little frustrating; the moderator was asking a number of questions that were trying to draw lines between the candidates, but with questions that were not that important. For some reason the media has latched onto this question of, would you give drivers licences to illegal immigrants? They had every single person answer this question and it took up lots of time with each person wanting to explain why they answered yes or no.
Obama made the point that this question is not important- people aren't crossing the borders to drive. They are coming here to work. Whether they have a drivers licence or not is not the point. Obama said he would give them licences because it improves public safety- which I agree with- but again--not the point and time wasting. Instead they could have been talking about what kind of paths they would lay out for legalization to keep from criminalizing a gross number of people for just wanting to make a living where they are able to.
Dennis Kucinich nearly refused to answer the question because it asked about "illegal immigrants." He said that people can not be illegal, they are simply not documented. I liked that point--I think that is one of this countries issues is criminalizing people that just don't deserve it. I like most all of what Kucinich has to say. I like that he is not afraid to say what he really believes even it makes him not the most likely candidate to be elected. As much as I would like to support him for his unwavering support for peace- I don't think that he could win this election. It is messed up logic, I know, but I feel so desperate...desperate for change and simple sound reason that I want to support a person I agree with on issues and who feels genuine- but also who I think has a serious chance to win the presidency.
I think that Biden is hysterical and refreshing. I love that he doesn't conduct himself like someone running for president. Dodd really turns me off, and then last night when he said that he would protect national security over human rights I was officially done with him.
Bill Richardson is also refreshing. I want to give him a big hug and go eat lunch with him. He strikes me as really down to earth, reasonable and kind. Edwards- I don't know. With he and Hillary Clinton I don't feel like I am really seeing them. Particularly Clinton- it feels to me like she is always putting on a face. This may be normal in politics, but I don't want a normal politician for president, or even a good politician. More than that I want a good person and one who wants to do things differently.
Not that you ever really know from what they say what they will do, but I find Obama much more moving and straight forward. The way he speaks and what he says tells me that he is a thinker and that is important to me. He doesn't lose me in political jargon or cliche- I just feel like we are really seeing him- not just a political face. Of course they all show us what they want to for reasons they have given much thought to-sure. I don't know.
I don't even believe in the whole two party system. I think it is ludicrous. What are parties even for? A person should be able to run under their name and their ideas on the issues that matter. Parties are meaningless and create a false dichotomy. Conservative/liberal, good/evil- that is not a reasonable way to see people or the world. I can't believe in 2007 we are still functioning this way.
Ok, no more going on. But again I would like to restate my desire to sit down to lunch and drinks with Bill Richardson- and Joe Biden too. Wouldn't that be a fun afternoon? I have a very firm stance on fun. I like to have it and if it involves food, all the better. That's all I have to say.
Obama made the point that this question is not important- people aren't crossing the borders to drive. They are coming here to work. Whether they have a drivers licence or not is not the point. Obama said he would give them licences because it improves public safety- which I agree with- but again--not the point and time wasting. Instead they could have been talking about what kind of paths they would lay out for legalization to keep from criminalizing a gross number of people for just wanting to make a living where they are able to.
Dennis Kucinich nearly refused to answer the question because it asked about "illegal immigrants." He said that people can not be illegal, they are simply not documented. I liked that point--I think that is one of this countries issues is criminalizing people that just don't deserve it. I like most all of what Kucinich has to say. I like that he is not afraid to say what he really believes even it makes him not the most likely candidate to be elected. As much as I would like to support him for his unwavering support for peace- I don't think that he could win this election. It is messed up logic, I know, but I feel so desperate...desperate for change and simple sound reason that I want to support a person I agree with on issues and who feels genuine- but also who I think has a serious chance to win the presidency.
I think that Biden is hysterical and refreshing. I love that he doesn't conduct himself like someone running for president. Dodd really turns me off, and then last night when he said that he would protect national security over human rights I was officially done with him.
Bill Richardson is also refreshing. I want to give him a big hug and go eat lunch with him. He strikes me as really down to earth, reasonable and kind. Edwards- I don't know. With he and Hillary Clinton I don't feel like I am really seeing them. Particularly Clinton- it feels to me like she is always putting on a face. This may be normal in politics, but I don't want a normal politician for president, or even a good politician. More than that I want a good person and one who wants to do things differently.
Not that you ever really know from what they say what they will do, but I find Obama much more moving and straight forward. The way he speaks and what he says tells me that he is a thinker and that is important to me. He doesn't lose me in political jargon or cliche- I just feel like we are really seeing him- not just a political face. Of course they all show us what they want to for reasons they have given much thought to-sure. I don't know.
I don't even believe in the whole two party system. I think it is ludicrous. What are parties even for? A person should be able to run under their name and their ideas on the issues that matter. Parties are meaningless and create a false dichotomy. Conservative/liberal, good/evil- that is not a reasonable way to see people or the world. I can't believe in 2007 we are still functioning this way.
Ok, no more going on. But again I would like to restate my desire to sit down to lunch and drinks with Bill Richardson- and Joe Biden too. Wouldn't that be a fun afternoon? I have a very firm stance on fun. I like to have it and if it involves food, all the better. That's all I have to say.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Went to Boulder
The other day Matt, Tara and I went on a hike with Tara' friend Art and his dog Mocha. It began about 5 min. from home in the valley, but we were into black bear country in an hour. We saw so much bear scat that we must have been walking right through the bear in the area's bathroom. In fact, we diverged from the trail and followed what must have been bear trails because the grasses were matted down, but not worn to the dirt and the scat followed the beaten down weeds so we kept stepping over it. Tara and I got off the "path" to water the vegetation and found a bunch of bones. They looked like they were part of a large animal's back bone and scapula.
We hiked to the top of a foothill and bushwacked our way down. Art is not a big believer in established trails so I don't know if I can duplicate our hike. I was pretty wrecked after the hike. Going down a steep hill on no trail beat up my knees and ankles. It was cured soon after lunch at a Mexican restaurant with the best salsa I have ever had. Yes, salsa cures sore joints- but only if there is plenty of cilantro.
Yesterday Tara, Matt, Joseph and I went to Boulder. It took just over a half an hour and was a beautiful drive. We ate lunch and window shopped on Pearl street, a pedestrian area full of shops and restaurants. I found the greatest shop called Two Hands Paperie. They sold hand made stationary, cards, paper, sealing wax and seals, books on paper cafts...heaven. It was the kind of store I would open, but mine would also have yarn and coffee.
We had a really nice day and after eating dessert twice and talking to a neighborhood cat, came home.
We hiked to the top of a foothill and bushwacked our way down. Art is not a big believer in established trails so I don't know if I can duplicate our hike. I was pretty wrecked after the hike. Going down a steep hill on no trail beat up my knees and ankles. It was cured soon after lunch at a Mexican restaurant with the best salsa I have ever had. Yes, salsa cures sore joints- but only if there is plenty of cilantro.
Yesterday Tara, Matt, Joseph and I went to Boulder. It took just over a half an hour and was a beautiful drive. We ate lunch and window shopped on Pearl street, a pedestrian area full of shops and restaurants. I found the greatest shop called Two Hands Paperie. They sold hand made stationary, cards, paper, sealing wax and seals, books on paper cafts...heaven. It was the kind of store I would open, but mine would also have yarn and coffee.
We had a really nice day and after eating dessert twice and talking to a neighborhood cat, came home.
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