The only political statement I will ever make...

I would never pretend to know anything about politics. I don't keep up with the debates, know little about the candidates, and basically vote democratic because it seems to be the less obnoxious of the two parties according to my peers.

However, I will make one statement regarding this past brouhaha for the democratic nomination. For as much as I know, I would have been fine with either Hillary or Obama taking the ticket. My only serious disappointment in Obama's success with the primaries is the unfair attitudes towards Hillary in the media and a tragic number of voters.

I'm not a stand on my soap box and preach equal rights kinda feminist however this election made me realize just how blase society is regarding gender prejudice. Attacks on Hillary were rarely to do with her actual politics and more to do with her sex. The wife of a former president, was she only worth electing to get Bill back in office? If she cried tears of joy or disappointment she was criticized for being an over emotive female. Put down for her dowdy suits or choice of hairstyle. Why is this ok?? Why is it that a country that can be so conscious of being racially accepting, not making stereotypical or prejudice remarks towards a black male candidate can so outwardly and unapologetically sexist. 

Its sad that this sort of discrimination and mindset is still so widely accepted.  Maybe Hillary isn't the best choice for presidency, but if thats true it certainly isn't because she may have menopausal mood swings during a UN meeting.

Stepping off my soap box now....

Counting Crows - Round Here

This song is me. Not in the lyrics or even the music particularly. There's no quote I could pull out and say it describes my life in the way that other songs so often do.

This song is me because it represents the birth of who I have become. This song was the beginning of the rest of my life. There is no other way to really define it otherwise.

Absence

I haven't written in a long time. At all. Not on my blog nor in general. Which is kind of painful for me to admit, because writing is really the thing I love. Or is it? Sometimes I think its just something that others have always told me that I'm good at, but not something I necessarily BELIEVE I have any right to do. 

"Oh I left my job and now I'm just writing," I tell the high school peers I run into in the park over the weekend. They're fascinated. They think that's so exciting of me. I think I'm just a total fraud. I know I haven't written anything worth being published, nor do I have the confidence to even attempt to get published.

I'm basically fucked.

An author I once worked with said that ideas are pretty much worth shit. Writing is all about the actual act of sitting down and typing. Which is why I can hardly claim to be a writer. Sure, the little bit of writing I do is fairly good. I imagine that if I keep going, with all the plans I have on where I want my story to go, I could have a pretty fucking awesome book. But I'm stuck on page three, not ready to go beyond because I'm afraid to be disappointed in what I actually leave on the paper. If I don't write it down, it exists only as this fabulous idea in my head. 

Which is shit. 

Sometimes working in publishing I would get annoyed. "I could write this book so much better!" I would whine about a bestselling chick lit novel. And maybe I could, hell I know I could... but I don't. That's the key. The difference between someone like me, who honestly does have the talent to write and the women writing some of the stupidest girl about town novels is that they actually sit down to type. All I do is complain that they suck.

I really need to start writing again. If only to show my parents that paying off my student loans is totally worth their hard earned money.

mylist cont'd

So i decided that I want to keep this blog site dedicating to myself, my writing, and all the things that only my family and friends who read this actually care about...

With that said, I am still totally 100% into my whole dating blog plans with CL and all the other singles events and such that could provide me with funny and entertaining writing fodder. But since I want that site to be something that the masses may find interest in, i've decided to make a new page dedicated to this project.

mylist

I just posted a dating "ad" on craigslist out of boredom and curiosity. Part of me thinks it'll be fun to go out with the freaks for writing fodder... is that totally scary of me?

Best responses may make the blog. Stay tuned! 

"Just a couple of painfully attractive Michigan kids trying to make a life in the big city" -About my buddy Kyle and me

i started "brooklyn"...

"D and B want me to meet them at a party in Brooklyn, should I go?"

"Honey," I replied. "There is no need to ever go to Brooklyn unless you're gonna get laid."

Thus, a catch phrase was born...

"How was your weekend?" "Totally went to Brooklyn... twice."

"Been to Brooklyn lately?"

"Its been a slow month, sticking around Manhattan, I need a trip to Brooklyn soon."

"Sorry i'm late for work, but i had to make a quick stop in Brooklyn."

When this hits the mainstream, just remember that I started Brooklyn. I should probably copyright it before Paris Hilton takes all the credit.