Political rambling

I just got a mental image of what ye olde friends list will look like the day after the presidential election when they announce the winner. Lose, you bastard, lose. *sends bad vibes towards the White House*

Oh, and I heard the audio clip of his "sovereign" ramble last night. You know, everybody's entitled to a mistake or two, but the man says stupid things like this at least once a week. This time, he said two stupid things at the same bloody event, and made a room full of reporters laugh at him. Not with him, at him. I just ... it's anybody's prerogative who you want to vote for, but for crying out loud, when the man behaves like this, it's like presenting the world with our ideal American by sending in the village idiot. I realized yesterday that I wouldn't mind any other Republican candidate as long as he could sound like an actual Presidential candidate. It's just like in Internet arguments -- you want to disagree with me, fine, but at least be able to form a coherent sentence with some actual logic behind it. (If there's one thing I can say about the conservatives and/or Republicans on ye olde friends list, it's that you guys are polite and can give your side intelligently.) And don't even get me started on the fact that the man went to Yale and Harvard and has no idea of the definition of the word "sovereign", but I do and I was only at IUP for three years.

Look, here's the thing. I'd lj-cut this, but I just have to say it. There are a lot of reasons I'll be voting for Kerry instead of Bush this November, mostly because Kerry more represents my beliefs. He's not perfect, of course -- Jesus, my perfect candidate for president right now would be Barack Obama, but the man's not running. And he doesn't support some things I'm for (the gay marriage thing, especially, but outside LJ, I know very few people who are for it, so I'm not surprised), but he supports far more of them than Bush does. It all boils down to one basic thing -- I'm sick of arguing.

I've been arguing with people about politics for the last four years, and I'm tired. I've been dealing with the Bush administration's terror alerts for three years, and I'm exhausted. I've been reading their blatant disregard for the American right to pursue happiness for the last few years, and I'm disgusted. And it's not just Bush that bothers me, it's this aggravating polarization of the political parties that's driving me nuts. The fact that when someone says they're a Republican, it's like Democratic code for "hates women, homosexuals, and non-Catholics," and when someone says they're a Democrat, it's code for some Republicans that stands for "kills babies, is for gay sex in the streets, and loves terrorists" -- it's annoying. Do all Democrats and Republicans think this way? Of course not. But that there are more people who think like this than in past years is disconcerting.

Do I think if Kerry wins, everybody will stop arguing over politics? I'd be an idiot to think that. But do I think it'll lessen? Maybe a little, yeah. I just want to stop having fights on- and off-line about things like gay marriage (which, contrary to popular belief, will not lead to armageddon -- Bush's insistence on invading every country that might have had a guy in a turban within its borders once has a better chance of that) or the war (I know it'll come as quite a shock, but war is bad -- yes, all war, even the ones that liberate people and save lives in the end; war is still a big fight where lots of people die) or sex ed (hey, Bush, I hate to break it to you, but I may be the only person on the planet for whom abstinence is working -- there are nuns getting more nookie than me).

I know I said I was going to lj-cut political opinion posts from now on, but I wanted at least this one out there.

EDIT: Speaking of things I'm tired of, read this and be disgusted. *eye roll*

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Okay, onto things that have nothing to do with politics.

I'm getting my free iPod! I'm getting my free iPod! *happy dance* According to the website, it's back-ordered and won't get shipped for another week or so, but it seems like it'll be coming sooner because I picked the 20 GB one over the pretty, colorful 4 GB ones. Hell, if it'll come sooner and have more room on it for stuff, I'll get some crayons or paint or something and color it purple, which it didn't even come in anyways. (Okay, so maybe I won't. But as long as I get one -- and I'm still wary until I've got it in my grubby little paws -- I don't care it's bright chartreuse and blinks neon.)

Also, I really did go and buy school supplies yesterday. Pens! Highlighters! Notebooks! Oh, and a brand spanking new pink-and-black knapsack, too. *swoons*

So, Situation: Comedy. I've got two ideas to work on, one of which is, to be honest, mostly finished anyway. The first is one that would probably work better as an hour-long "Buffy"-esque dramedy anyway, and the other one is one I was trying to toss together into a full-length film script that could work as a sitcom if I trim it up a bit here and there. (crimsonspin, it's that one you read the bit of a while back.) I really did love that one, and it featured a character loosely based on Captain Asshat and a guy I had a journalism class with in college. But I do have to try this, just because I'd love to write scripts for TV or film.

I once said that I want to write novels, I write fan fiction for fun, but my dream is to write screenplays. No, *I* don't have a one-track mind. ;)

Oh, and is it wrong that I really want Bosslady to move soon? She's not leaving work until the 27th, but she tends to scold sometimes, and it annoys the hell out of me. Especially when I check my email, because she says it bothers anybody else, and the only one who really cares is Lieutenant Asshat, who just thinks it's funny.

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Spyware removed Lieutenant Asshat's normal DHL homepage from his computer and replaced it with a hardcore hentai animation website. And who does everybody think did it? Yeah, that's right ... me.

I suppose it's not a good thing that my only defense has been, "I have better taste in porn than that."

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I just called my mom and said, "Oh, Mom, the National Zoo just got three baby tigers." Hee! I love making her whimper with cuteness. :)

Also, this morning I thought in passing of putting together a "Whose Abs Are These?" picture quiz, 'cause they're my favorite bits and I wouldn't mind putting that quiz together. Of course, that would be a really, really hard quiz, but still, abs. Mmmm.

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I should be able to hit ignorant people with the boat oar I use on Magic Voice.

That is all.

EDIT: For those of you not on metaquotes, this is lovely.