YES WE DID!

I honestly never cared about politics. I didn't think anything I could do would matter and I was so jaded and scared that I wanted to crawl into a hole and forget about where I lived, pretend that everything was okay again, that the war never happened, that the Twin Towers were still there, that everything was fine.

I never thought anything would ever get better. I thought that America as I knew it was ending and it would only get worse from here.

All throughout school, I was afraid. Nervous, trying to pay attention at my classes and thanking God I didn't have Tae Kwon Do last night because I wouldn't be able to pay attention to that, either. I watched every moment of election coverage, praying and watching states turn blue and red, wondering, wishing, dreaming, fearing.

I was afraid that I would wake up today to an America that would be the same. A steady decline, bigotry, and a government that would slowly try to take away my reproductive rights, that would scorn me for being a woman. A country that didn't care.

I'm tearing up as I write this.

The world is with us, America - the world is changing and they believe in us and what has been accomplished. All around the world - Kenya, France, Jerusalem, London - people are celebrating, screaming in triumph that finally, FINALLY America is BACK, and we can be the people that we were born to be, celebrate this country the way it was meant to be celebrated.

I don't have to be afraid anymore. I don't have to live in fear that unnamed bad things will happen to me and my rights - that I will be punished for being a woman. I don't have to worry that the war will go on and on and on. I don't have to be jaded that the world will never change and that people don't matter.

The United States of America screamed for change, and it's finally here.

I'm only devastated that I didn't sign up in time to be a part of it.

Meme

Six Random Things

1. I work at a Big Animal Company Place. I wash dogs all day and frequently come home smelling like wet dogs, shampoo, and dog perfume.

2. I have severe anxiety to the point of paranoia, some days.

3. I'll read almost anything. Sometimes I have to struggle through a book if it doesn't capture me, but I usually try to finish everything I start.

4. My best friend for the first 12 years of my life was a cat. He died. It took me a decade to find a new best friend.

5. I'm trying not to be as depressing and anxious of a person as this list makes me out to be!

6. There are weeks when I want to live on nothing but fruit. And then there are weeks that I want nothing but McFlurry's from McDonald's. ... Some weeks are obviously better than others; you choose which is which ^_^

Meme

10 Favorites:

Favorite Colors: Green, blue, and red
Favorite Food: Dinner rolls
Favorite Band/Singer: Don't have a favorite
Favorite Song: See above
Favorite Movie: I wish the game "Time Hollow" was a movie.
Favorite Sport: ... Tae Kwon Do?
Favorite Season: Winter, but I love all of them
Favorite Day Of the Week: Any day I don't have to work or go to school.
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Chocolate/vanilla swirl or mint chocolate chip
Favorite Time of Day: Any time I forget to worry about something

9 Currents:

Current Mood: Upset
Current Taste: Chocolate frosty from Wendy's
Current Clothes: Blue pajamas
Current Desktop Picture: A green and blue aurora
Current Toenail Color: Toenail-colored
Current Time: 10:03 PM
Current Surroundings: My library
Current Annoyance(s): The fact that I'm coughing
Current Thought: Why the hell am I coughing?

8 Firsts:

First Best Friend: My cat Sudzy
First Kiss: Scott or Aaron
First Screen Name: SWTenelKa
First Pet: Sudzy
First Piercing: Ears when I was younger
First Crush: Joe B
First Music You Remember Hearing: My lullaby or the Beatles
First Car: A red oldsmobile achieva. I miss that car so much :(

7 Lasts:

Last Cigarette: Unless I smoked in a past life, never
Last Drink: Diet Pepsi Max
Last Car Ride: Home from TKD & Wendy's
Last Kiss: Jason
Last Movie Watched: Some movie on the Lifetime channel
Last CD Played: I don't even remember, I have an iPod
Last Pee: Before Tae Kwon Do

6 Have You Evers:

Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Friends: Yes. He didn't invite me to his wedding.
Have You Ever Broken the Law: Probably
Have You Ever Been Arrested: No
Have You Ever Skinny-Dipped: No
Have You Ever Been on TV: Yes
Have You Ever Been Drunk: Buzzed yes, drunk no

5 Things:

5 Things You’re Wearing: Socks, pajamas, undergarments, my necklace ring, my earrings
5 Things You Can’t Live Without: Jason, PBK, my mom, my cats, my laptop
5 Things You Can Hear Right Now: Valkyrie Profile 2, Jason swearing, my fish filter, the bubble curtain pump, myself coughing
5 Things You Hate: Coughing, cigarette smoke, sparring in TKD, arguing, worrying

4 places:

4 Places You’ve Been: Boston, NYC, Toronto, Chicago

3 People You Can Tell Anything To: Jason, Chrissy, my mom

2 Choices:

Black or White: Black
Hot or Cold: Cold

1 Thing You Want to Do Before you Die: Publish a novel

:(

RIP Fair Fish :(

It just amused the hell out of me. Sorry, repubs.

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.

The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. 'You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.'