Bush supporters, women's health products commercials, Marx and more
I'm inspired. Here it goes:
I know it's a little bit late to make sense of the election, but it has taken me this long (yes, I'm slooow). I have a Wednesday tradition with someone who voted for Bush. She's really nice and we always update each other on what's going on in our lives, who we like (more of who I like...she has a bf), classes and talk about the Bible, which is good because I've never really studied it and I'm curious as to what it says, why people follow it, etc. Her entire life, she's grown up going to church and in a very religious environment. I haven't and I'm grateful for that because I can make up my own mind on the subject of religion. ANYWAY, since the beginning of school, I tried to convince her to vote for Kerry. I explained to her why Kerry would be better in foreign policy, why he'd be better for healthcare, to reduce the federal deficit, etc. (the supreme court argument and the abortion one wouldn't work). I even resorted to the emotional appeal of Bush doesn't let me go see my dad in Cuba! All my talk didn't work. To her, a more "moral" man equates to being a better president. I hate her decision, but I still respect her and appreciate her friendship. My point is that though my candidate didn't win, the underlying principle of a democracy is that you have to accept the will of the majority as the best option, even if it's not what you prefer. My favorite election mental picture is not of the debates (where Kerry kicked Bush's ugly butt...speaking of butts, my chemistry teacher shakes his butt when he writes on the board. it's really distracting)....it is on election day when Kerry submitted his ballot, raised his hands as if saying it's all in the hands of the people and then hugged his wife who I think was wearing a yellow scarf with a green suit (bad color combination. It reminded me of the Jamaican flag). My point being that though I was very disappointed about the outcome of the election, in the Democrats for not outsmarting the Republicans and in Americans, especially those from Florida, I accept the will of the people (even if I think they voted on the wrong issues).
As I waited after lunch with Elisa and my next class to begin, I was watching TV in Collis/reading the newspaper. I saw a “women’s sanitary product” (pads…what you use when you get your period!) commercial and I had time to think, so I started to wonder why they make the liquid that is used for the demonstrations blue. Why isn’t it red like the real stuff? I’m still confused but I think it has something with the denial of people to accept that it really exists or that guys in general are disgusted by it? They show dust and dirt and stains in all the other respective commercials….why not make the liquid red? This is kind of stupid, but it passed through my mind today.
Luckily for my train of thought (as I don’t know where the whole pad commercial thing would have ended up), my favorite salsa dancer at Dartmouth-the Indian engineering grad student whose name I can’t remember showed up and we talked as he ate. It was really nice to get a different perspective about everything in general and talk about autocad, c++, third world countries and how much better education is in our respective countries. I’m really glad I gave up the idea of doing engineering last year. He confirmed my belief that engineering is a kind of antisocial career, something I CANNOT have. [Blitz is addicting and it keeps telling me I have mail, so pardon the ADD in this entry] It was nice to talk to him. I said he should go to Cuba, he said I should go to India-maybe one day.
I then went to my Government class, which TOTALLY rocked today! [blitz again] I’m a front row kid. It’s kind of sad, but I’m one of the three people that sits in the front row and has conversations for the professor. I have a feeling that the upperclassmen in the class hate me for that…the three front row people are freshmen. Anyway! So today we did Marx and he makes sense. A lot of people in my class hated him, but I really liked the way he stated that [blitz again] government is inferior and how he disagrees with the terror strategy, saying that society always wins so it’s fruitless. Of course, yea the whole not emancipating the Jews isn’t nice, but I thought he had good points. Go figure…one of the other front row kids decided not to speak to me after he passed me a note saying “I REALLY don’t like this guy” and I replied with “Marx turns me on”. Oh well, his birthday’s coming up, so I just won’t give him a present (jk).
I’m really looking forward to Christmas break. Not only will I get to see my mom and my old friends from high school, but I will also get to show the coolness of Miami off to other Dartmouth people. YAY! Three of my friends are going during Christmas break, which will be fun! I’ll have some company while everyone else is in school or working or hasn’t gotten there yet.
I talked to my grandma today and she finally agreed with me that it doesn’t matter how ugly the guy is (she thinks many of my ex boyfriends have been ugly), but it’s who they are and how smart, etc. that really counts, which was really cool! She also heard the moo noise on my computer and now thinks that all there is around Dartmouth are cows, which is NOT true….though yesterday Parker was trying to convince me and Emily that we should have an East Wheelock cow as a source of milk because they only sell small milk cartons.
Anyway, this has been a waaay too long entry and I do not expect you to read and or comment on it. I have to get ready for the gym and then to find the coffee shop where I’m going to have my interview tomorrow, followed by my TRIPPEE REUNION!!! Yay!
I know it's a little bit late to make sense of the election, but it has taken me this long (yes, I'm slooow). I have a Wednesday tradition with someone who voted for Bush. She's really nice and we always update each other on what's going on in our lives, who we like (more of who I like...she has a bf), classes and talk about the Bible, which is good because I've never really studied it and I'm curious as to what it says, why people follow it, etc. Her entire life, she's grown up going to church and in a very religious environment. I haven't and I'm grateful for that because I can make up my own mind on the subject of religion. ANYWAY, since the beginning of school, I tried to convince her to vote for Kerry. I explained to her why Kerry would be better in foreign policy, why he'd be better for healthcare, to reduce the federal deficit, etc. (the supreme court argument and the abortion one wouldn't work). I even resorted to the emotional appeal of Bush doesn't let me go see my dad in Cuba! All my talk didn't work. To her, a more "moral" man equates to being a better president. I hate her decision, but I still respect her and appreciate her friendship. My point is that though my candidate didn't win, the underlying principle of a democracy is that you have to accept the will of the majority as the best option, even if it's not what you prefer. My favorite election mental picture is not of the debates (where Kerry kicked Bush's ugly butt...speaking of butts, my chemistry teacher shakes his butt when he writes on the board. it's really distracting)....it is on election day when Kerry submitted his ballot, raised his hands as if saying it's all in the hands of the people and then hugged his wife who I think was wearing a yellow scarf with a green suit (bad color combination. It reminded me of the Jamaican flag). My point being that though I was very disappointed about the outcome of the election, in the Democrats for not outsmarting the Republicans and in Americans, especially those from Florida, I accept the will of the people (even if I think they voted on the wrong issues).
As I waited after lunch with Elisa and my next class to begin, I was watching TV in Collis/reading the newspaper. I saw a “women’s sanitary product” (pads…what you use when you get your period!) commercial and I had time to think, so I started to wonder why they make the liquid that is used for the demonstrations blue. Why isn’t it red like the real stuff? I’m still confused but I think it has something with the denial of people to accept that it really exists or that guys in general are disgusted by it? They show dust and dirt and stains in all the other respective commercials….why not make the liquid red? This is kind of stupid, but it passed through my mind today.
Luckily for my train of thought (as I don’t know where the whole pad commercial thing would have ended up), my favorite salsa dancer at Dartmouth-the Indian engineering grad student whose name I can’t remember showed up and we talked as he ate. It was really nice to get a different perspective about everything in general and talk about autocad, c++, third world countries and how much better education is in our respective countries. I’m really glad I gave up the idea of doing engineering last year. He confirmed my belief that engineering is a kind of antisocial career, something I CANNOT have. [Blitz is addicting and it keeps telling me I have mail, so pardon the ADD in this entry] It was nice to talk to him. I said he should go to Cuba, he said I should go to India-maybe one day.
I then went to my Government class, which TOTALLY rocked today! [blitz again] I’m a front row kid. It’s kind of sad, but I’m one of the three people that sits in the front row and has conversations for the professor. I have a feeling that the upperclassmen in the class hate me for that…the three front row people are freshmen. Anyway! So today we did Marx and he makes sense. A lot of people in my class hated him, but I really liked the way he stated that [blitz again] government is inferior and how he disagrees with the terror strategy, saying that society always wins so it’s fruitless. Of course, yea the whole not emancipating the Jews isn’t nice, but I thought he had good points. Go figure…one of the other front row kids decided not to speak to me after he passed me a note saying “I REALLY don’t like this guy” and I replied with “Marx turns me on”. Oh well, his birthday’s coming up, so I just won’t give him a present (jk).
I’m really looking forward to Christmas break. Not only will I get to see my mom and my old friends from high school, but I will also get to show the coolness of Miami off to other Dartmouth people. YAY! Three of my friends are going during Christmas break, which will be fun! I’ll have some company while everyone else is in school or working or hasn’t gotten there yet.
I talked to my grandma today and she finally agreed with me that it doesn’t matter how ugly the guy is (she thinks many of my ex boyfriends have been ugly), but it’s who they are and how smart, etc. that really counts, which was really cool! She also heard the moo noise on my computer and now thinks that all there is around Dartmouth are cows, which is NOT true….though yesterday Parker was trying to convince me and Emily that we should have an East Wheelock cow as a source of milk because they only sell small milk cartons.
Anyway, this has been a waaay too long entry and I do not expect you to read and or comment on it. I have to get ready for the gym and then to find the coffee shop where I’m going to have my interview tomorrow, followed by my TRIPPEE REUNION!!! Yay!