My take on yesterday

Ok, Bush won. I figured that would happen. And no, I'm not happy about it. But I'm not as pissed and scared as some of my friends.

See, unlike some of my more liberal-minded friends (I'm a liberal, but probably not as much as you might think), I don't think even George W. Bush can ruin this country in four more years. Look, we've had bad presidents before. We've had warhawk presidents who got us involved in stupid, unneccesary and wrongheaded wars halfway around the planet. And yet ... we're still here.

YES, Bush can be an ass. And yes, he'll probably try to do some things most people won't like. But you know what? He's not going to make gay marriage illegal -- he's already figured out there's no way a constitutional amendment will pass. He's not going to get rid of the bill of rights -- no one would stand for it, not even the right-wing republicans who voted for him.

Bottom line? While I certainly don't want Bush in office, I also don't think he can do as much damage as some people online are saying. I have faith in the system of checks and balances in this country to stop anything he might try that would be anti-American.

I may sometimes come off as unpatriotic, but I have faith in the system our forefathers created to withstand even George W. Bush's best attempts to ruin it. It COULD happen here -- but I don't think it will.

So yes, I'll gripe about the next four years, and insult the stupid nimrod in office more times than I'll be able to count -- but I think the USA will still be here in four years, and it will still be the country we know and love today.

Ahh, annoying old people. Can I kick them?

I went to the laundromat. I'm working on my midterm, and the old woman on duty is talking to some guy, and starts bitching about people:

People just come in here and plug in their computers! The washing machine isn't free, why do they expect the electricity to be? Would you just walk into a place and plug in your computer?"

Now, I'm familiar with this woman, and her crap -- she's just shy of crazy. Finally I got tired of this, and turned to her.

Me: Are you the owner?
Her: No (I knew this; I'm a regular here and talk to the owner all the time, though I can never remember her name).
Me: The owner is the asian woman who is here most days, yes?
Her: Yes.
Me: Well, I've asked her before about using my computer here, and she says it's fine with her. So perhaps you can stop the passive-agressive bitching and go do your job, hmm?
Her: (huffy defensiveness)

Yeah. Go away, crone. I also heard her on the phone to customers both before and after this altercation -- and the woman is RUDE. If she called me talking like she does, I'd never do business there again.

In any case, I believe I'm done with said midterm. I'll look it over again in the hour between my last class and work, and then I'll probably put the final spin on it tomorrow at lunch, but for now? Done.

The world turns, and things change

Remember that paper a few entries back I was convinced was drek?

A-. The only thing he commented on other than "good opening" was "well and thoughtfully argued, though plagued by mechanical errors," which I can't deny -- there were mechanical defects in the paper I never noticed in my rush to get it printed and turned in.

But an A. That's nice. That's damned nice, especially as it's just this paper and one other we're graded on in this class.

Of course, I have yet to get part 1 of the Romanticism midterm back -- that may scar me again, but of course it's only 40% of the midterm grade -- the remaining 60% is an essay I've just about finished. That will be the place where I'll shine, of course.

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London Police try a new shock tactic in the war against crack addiction.

And it's a doozy.