Things are looking up
Last night's election results have given me faith in the American people again. McCain's concession speech strangely touched me. I once made the remark to a neighbor that he reminded me of a "gentle grandfather," and I said that I could see how someone (like my dad) who only knew as much about the candidates as what he saw on TV could fall for him. My neighbor met that comment with derision. But I don't like to demonize the other side; it's especially poor manners when you're on the winning side.
It's been a long time since I've been on the winning side. If I had known it was going to be such a landslide, I would have stayed home Tuesday working on my NaNo rather than calling 438 -- yes, 438 -- Democrats and urging them to vote. But it was good to get back in touch with my telemarketing past. (Just for the record, getting people to vote for Obama is easier than getting them to accept free ice cream).
My dad took the outcome well, and Mom says that she thinks he "secretly" agreed with Obama but felt a need to be loyal to a man who had "served his country" in war. Like my parents, my sister Jessica and her fiance voted in two different directions. I was pleased when I learned that Jessica voted for Obama; and I'm more pleased to know she doesn't shy away from disagreein' with her man, although that should come as no surprise to me.
So, I've made the obligatory election post, and now I might crawl back into my hole. I most likely won't be writing much here this month because I'll be trying to write more here:
(ETA: None of the darn NaNo widgets are working today. :()
I'm finally beginning to hit my NaNo stride, although I'm realizing this novel is not going in a direction that will make the original ending I had in mind sit well. I'll just have to hope that in about 40,000 words from now, that will be OK. I also just started a brand new blog about writing and my freelance adventures here. I've been wanting a "non-personal" blog for a while that I can use as a "writing sample," and I've also wanted to write a more theme-centered blog for a while, and this seems to fit the bill. I'm going to wait until I have more content before I pimp it too heavily, though. Right now I feel like it's sort of a practice blog (and a way for me to keep NaNo babbling off this one!)
It's been a long time since I've been on the winning side. If I had known it was going to be such a landslide, I would have stayed home Tuesday working on my NaNo rather than calling 438 -- yes, 438 -- Democrats and urging them to vote. But it was good to get back in touch with my telemarketing past. (Just for the record, getting people to vote for Obama is easier than getting them to accept free ice cream).
My dad took the outcome well, and Mom says that she thinks he "secretly" agreed with Obama but felt a need to be loyal to a man who had "served his country" in war. Like my parents, my sister Jessica and her fiance voted in two different directions. I was pleased when I learned that Jessica voted for Obama; and I'm more pleased to know she doesn't shy away from disagreein' with her man, although that should come as no surprise to me.
So, I've made the obligatory election post, and now I might crawl back into my hole. I most likely won't be writing much here this month because I'll be trying to write more here:
(ETA: None of the darn NaNo widgets are working today. :()
I'm finally beginning to hit my NaNo stride, although I'm realizing this novel is not going in a direction that will make the original ending I had in mind sit well. I'll just have to hope that in about 40,000 words from now, that will be OK. I also just started a brand new blog about writing and my freelance adventures here. I've been wanting a "non-personal" blog for a while that I can use as a "writing sample," and I've also wanted to write a more theme-centered blog for a while, and this seems to fit the bill. I'm going to wait until I have more content before I pimp it too heavily, though. Right now I feel like it's sort of a practice blog (and a way for me to keep NaNo babbling off this one!)