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It is really late and I have tons of work that I'm in the middle of, but I just wanted to throw out a few things:
I don't get why Obama is such a big deal. People are ecstatic. He is black! they say. No. He is not. He is half african american. sweet. are we back to the one-drop rule? why are we rounding that half up so hard? idgi.
Also, he is a president-elect, not a god.
Even when people do freak out because Obama is black, i get really confused, because I think it would be more meaningful if we had.... i don't know, a black senator? We don't have one anymoreeeeee. That sort of messes with my head.
Of course, I'd also love a Libertarian senator. Or an agnostic one. Or an atheist! Every senator is of a Judeo-Christian background except one who is a Unitarian Universalist. I could be a bitch and count that, but they're very accepting of all other religions, so i'll ignore their roots.
I also wonder why the african american community is so homophobic. everybody was surprised about propostion 8. i was not. obama = increased african american turnout = proposition 8. to be fair, there was also the latino vote.
yes, i know they compromise a smaller proportional part of the voting population, however, when a gorup of people are 70% against homosexual marriage, i get confused. mostly because, oh wait, not so long ago, you couldn't marry outside of your race if you wanted. also, people hated you for a shitty reason. i don't know. i sort of thought that maybe they'd get it.
dc might haveeeeee same-sex marriage soon. they're toying with proposing legislation in january. i like it because it takes my view of distinguishing between marriage as a religious institution and a social/legal institution. sometimes it makes me glad i'm thinking of staying in the area.
i have so much fucking laundry to do. wheeeee. also, today i ate like nothing at all, and it made me really worried, so i ate a bunch at nighttime because family has instilled so much worry in my head about not eating enough, because the body-image issues and bad relationship with food they already gave me wasn't enough. NEAT.
i'm actually in a really good mood, despite the clusterfuck of exams and papers and the fact my bosses are trying to make me come back to maryland around january 5th. i don't know why this entry is so stupid and whiny and petulant. my bad.
I don't get why Obama is such a big deal. People are ecstatic. He is black! they say. No. He is not. He is half african american. sweet. are we back to the one-drop rule? why are we rounding that half up so hard? idgi.
Also, he is a president-elect, not a god.
Even when people do freak out because Obama is black, i get really confused, because I think it would be more meaningful if we had.... i don't know, a black senator? We don't have one anymoreeeeee. That sort of messes with my head.
Of course, I'd also love a Libertarian senator. Or an agnostic one. Or an atheist! Every senator is of a Judeo-Christian background except one who is a Unitarian Universalist. I could be a bitch and count that, but they're very accepting of all other religions, so i'll ignore their roots.
I also wonder why the african american community is so homophobic. everybody was surprised about propostion 8. i was not. obama = increased african american turnout = proposition 8. to be fair, there was also the latino vote.
yes, i know they compromise a smaller proportional part of the voting population, however, when a gorup of people are 70% against homosexual marriage, i get confused. mostly because, oh wait, not so long ago, you couldn't marry outside of your race if you wanted. also, people hated you for a shitty reason. i don't know. i sort of thought that maybe they'd get it.
dc might haveeeeee same-sex marriage soon. they're toying with proposing legislation in january. i like it because it takes my view of distinguishing between marriage as a religious institution and a social/legal institution. sometimes it makes me glad i'm thinking of staying in the area.
i have so much fucking laundry to do. wheeeee. also, today i ate like nothing at all, and it made me really worried, so i ate a bunch at nighttime because family has instilled so much worry in my head about not eating enough, because the body-image issues and bad relationship with food they already gave me wasn't enough. NEAT.
i'm actually in a really good mood, despite the clusterfuck of exams and papers and the fact my bosses are trying to make me come back to maryland around january 5th. i don't know why this entry is so stupid and whiny and petulant. my bad.