First and foremost, a major sigh of relief that I will continue to live in a country where my gender isn't considered a preexisting condition and where I'm allowed to make decisions about my own body. It's weirdly hard to be actively excited about this win simply because the terror of the "what could have been" is so strong that having won is about ( Read more... )

Agh, too many things I want to do and not enough time to do it.  I've got  a bajillion things to do tonight.

1. finish writing my short story
2. read and critique two short stories
3. vote for Barack Obama
4. begin reading As You Like It
5. read more of Canterbury Tales
6. go to a students for Obama party tonight (watching election results)
7. go to an ( Read more... )

Two awesome things happened yesterday.

1) Barack Obama won the South Carolina primary with 55% of the vote.
2) I wrote 12,055 words of my story over the course of a single day, and am back on track to finish in time with my schedule.

Time will tell which was more awesome. I have a feeling it'll be the former, but I won't complain if it's the

If you're not interested in reading about my personal politics right now, you don't have to, but last night I watched Barack Obama win Iowa by a margin of eight points over edwards and nine points over Hillary, and I needed to talk about it.

( Why I want Barack to win )