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electriclandSo, tomorrow night I imagine I will be glued to the TV. I think I'd better lay in some alcoholic beverages to cushion the strain, because it will be TENSE. As with all US elections, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, like being totally powerless to influence the outcome. Most of all I just want the damn thing to be OVER ALREADY, because the tension is killing me! dead!
I'm sure I don't need to say this, but to all the Americans reading this: please vote on Tuesday, if you haven't already. There is probably no secret to how I hope you'll vote. ;) But however you choose to cast your ballot... do it!
This campaign has been so nasty in so many ways, but there have been some bright spots as well. One of my go-to sites has been YA for Obama, a social networking site set up by Maureen Johnson. In her own words, it's "a community of YA writers and readers and friends who have joined together because of our commitment to Future United States President Barack Obama. We think he’s the right person for the job." The posts by Maureen and Scott Westerfeld and John Green and Judy Blume and other YA authors too numerous to list are great, but what really lifts my heart is all the teenagers on the site, many of whom are too young to vote in this election, but all of whom are so enthusiastic and optimistic and smart that it gives you hope for the future.
A site I just discovered today is Margaret and Helen ("Best friends for sixty years and counting"). Two cranky opinionated broads with a blog. It kind of rocks.
I'm sure I don't need to say this, but to all the Americans reading this: please vote on Tuesday, if you haven't already. There is probably no secret to how I hope you'll vote. ;) But however you choose to cast your ballot... do it!
This campaign has been so nasty in so many ways, but there have been some bright spots as well. One of my go-to sites has been YA for Obama, a social networking site set up by Maureen Johnson. In her own words, it's "a community of YA writers and readers and friends who have joined together because of our commitment to Future United States President Barack Obama. We think he’s the right person for the job." The posts by Maureen and Scott Westerfeld and John Green and Judy Blume and other YA authors too numerous to list are great, but what really lifts my heart is all the teenagers on the site, many of whom are too young to vote in this election, but all of whom are so enthusiastic and optimistic and smart that it gives you hope for the future.
A site I just discovered today is Margaret and Helen ("Best friends for sixty years and counting"). Two cranky opinionated broads with a blog. It kind of rocks.
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Date: 2008-11-03 10:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-04 06:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-11-03 11:13 pm (UTC)If it's any consolation, those of us in very tiny US states have approximately the same zero influence in practice (in theory our vote counts, but in reality it's almost never mattered thanks to the Electoral College). I will be voting for Obama anyway, though.
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Date: 2008-11-04 07:00 pm (UTC)Apparently (you've probably seen this, but) if you really want your vote to count, you should move to Wyoming (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/opinion/02cowan.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin).