President # 43

No, I'm not talking about George W. Bush. He's # 42. Duh.


WHAT A HOTTIE.

That's Grovie Cleveland, btw. President #22.

And #24???? WTF!??!?!?!

That's like me saying I am the middle child but I'm the oldest. Or something. It doesn't make sense.

So, New York Times, that little graphic you have on your website of the White House that says "The 44th President" is totally wrong.

#43

Hahahahha that's a funny picture.

I'm making a shirt that says '43' on it.

A Picture of Election Day in Los Angeles...

As I walked down York Blvd to the Pyong Kang Korean Church to cast my ballot for Barack Obama and against CA Props 8 and 4 (among other things), it seemed like any other November day in Los Angeles. Clouds gave way to sun every few minutes, sirens and car alarms in the distance, dogs barked, cars zipped up and down the street...but squinting my eyes and gazing further down the block, I saw an American flag waving in the wind just above the heads of a group of people in a line. As I approached the group and took my place in line, I looked at the people surrounding me. I was one of about three white people in the whole group, and almost no one was speaking English. It was truly magical. For perhaps the first time in my adult life, I truly appreciated democracy.

As I punched in the bubbles on my ballot with my ink blotter mechanism, the click-clacking noises of the other ink blotter pens around me sounded like the pitter-pattering footsteps down the path toward history, the path toward change.

A friend told me this story:
At another polling place a few miles away, a woman had fallen and was bleeding. As the people around her helped her and called paramedics, in a timid but unwavering voice she said, "I'd like to vote first, please."

Driving to the grocery store with my roommate, political signs decorated lawns and sidewalks and billboards and anything to which they could be stapled, taped, hung. I honked and gave a thumbs up to people walking down the street wearing Obama tees or standing on the street corner with "No on Prop 8" signs. I smiled at everyone wearing an "I Voted" sticker because we shared a bond, a bond we'll probably never share again unless we both have dreadlocks or drive next to each other on the freeway in the same rare car.

Seriously, magical.

I'm saving my ballot stub. Someday I'll tell my great nieces and nephews about the historic 2008 election. Hopefully the rest of the story will be a happy one.

How National Public Radio is Ruining My Life

I feel like I have three listening choices while driving on my way to work:

1. NPR

2. Ryan Seacrest

3. My iPod

I suppose I have a 4th one...

4. Nothing

Generally, I choose number 1 because I can't stand Ryan Seacrest and I'm too indecisive about my iPod and it distracts me.

So, I'm driving down the 110 through downtown at a snail's pace while listening to Anne Taylor or Robert Siegel or Michele Norris...and all they're talking about is gas, gas, and gas. All the while I'm watching my gas gauge slip further and further toward that terrible letter 'E'--the bane of my existence. "Oh crap," I think, "the truckers are striking in Europe again." "Oh crap, oil prices hit a record again." "Oh crap, I live so far away from work."

Then I get to the 105 and I'm sitting on the on-ramp for 20 minutes and they start talking about the economy. "Stocks hit bear market numbers today..." or "Record unemployment rates..." or "Tough getting jobs out of school..." or "Value of the dollar still dropping..."

These are just the obvious ones.

Then they have these guests on, like lawyers, doctors, historians, analysts, writers...the list goes on. EVERY SINGLE TIME anyone with anything REMOTELY interesting to say (that I think is smart and agree with) I always decide--DECIDE--that that's what I'm going to do for a living. So I get home and I say to my roommate, "Liz! I decided I'm going to be an international human rights lawyer!" The next day, it's "Liz! I'm going to be a politician!" The next day, it's "Liz! I'm going to go to law school and then become the youngest person ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court!"

I think she's starting to get sick of it. Sorry Liz!

Then there's the really really sad stuff that they report on, such as the earthquake in China, terrible conditions in the world's hospitals, the WAR(s), or just random sad stories from around the world. Sometimes they are VERY upsetting but often there's really can't do anything about it!

And of course, there's the election. Now that Hilary has endorsed Barack Obama, everyone's looking to November. All of this talk is just making me freak out worrying that John McCain will actually win.

This is not good for my blood pressure.

NPR is Ruining My Life.

But I cannot stop listening to it.

Does ignorance truly = bliss?

Earthquake in Los Angeles!

IT FINALLY HAPPENED. EARTHQUAKE IN LA. MASS DESTRUCTION. GIANT HOLE IN EARTH ALONG THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT. NO GAS. NO WATER. NO ELECTRICITY. IN MORTAL DANGER. SEND GIRL SCOUT COOKIES AND POWER BARS.





HAPPENED AROUND 12:01 AM ON APRIL 1, 2008, A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. KONKED IN HEAD BY PICTURE FRAME. LUCKILY, EARTHQUAKE WATER JUGS REMAINED INTACT.



WE ARE SUFFERING. WE CAN ONLY WATCH NETFLIX MOVIES AND FRIENDS SEASONS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, AND 10. SOON WE WILL RUN OUT OF MOVIES AND TV SHOWS TO WATCH. SEND HOUSE AND BOY MEETS WORLD.

ICE CREAM TRUCK NOT MAKING REGULAR ROUTE!!!!!! MAJOR PROBLEM!!!!!!

ALMOST OUT OF LIQUOR. SEND MARGARITA MIX, TEQUILA, GIN, TONIC, AND CHAMPAGNE. THIRSTY. WATER NOT DOING THE TRICK.

SCHOOL NOT IN SESSION. HEARTBROKEN.

HOPE THE CELEBRITIES ARE OK.

LEO'S TACO TRUCK NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!!!!!! MAJOR PROBLEM!!!!! REFUSE TO EAT RAMBO'S!!!!

NO CONTACT WITH OUTSIDE WORLD. SEND BARACK OBAMA.




happy april fool's day!

Why Can't We All Just Get Along??

Yesterday I voted in the California primary election. I "Baracked" the vote, if you will. Yes, I voted for Obama, but not because I'm anti-Hillary...I'm just more pro-Obama.

It makes me feel very sad when Barack and Hillary bash on each other. I know, I know, that's how the political process works at this point, but it's still crappy. When it comes down to it, Clinton and Obama are on the same side!! Why must they fight!?? Why must we all fight!? Obama doesn't think the lack of decisiveness in the party is a real issue at the moment. “I think it would be a problem if Senator Clinton’s voters disliked me or my voters disliked Senator Clinton,” he said. “I don’t think that’s the case. I think our voters are passionate about bringing about change.”

YES!! Man, I love you Barack.

So how about whoever ends up winning the nomination picks the other as his/her running mate, and then the Democrats are unbeatable!! While McCain is the least frightening of the Republican candidates, I still do not want to see him in the White House. In order in ensure a victory in November, our party HAS to come together at some point. It doesn't have to be right now, but it should be relatively soon. I think it will happen...eventually. But we need to think about it. And get along! And stop fighting! I like Hillary, I do! I like Obama more but it's not as if I won't be thrilled if Hillary is the next president.

We Democrats just have to make sure that whoever wins the nomination will also win the presidency.