Moving, Lent, and elections

[banzai]

Been a while since I had time to write, so I'll just dump some incomplete thoughts on the topics in my head:

Moving: We aren't. After giving us notice to vacate so they could sell, our landlords changed their minds (again). The same thing happened last time, and our upstairs neighbor cued us in that the winds might be changing, so at the end of

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[chestnutcurls]

I really admire your attitude about marriage/life challenges. I wish I approached things that way. :|

[banzai]

Thank you. I hope it doesn't sound like I have it together, because it's pretty messy in the day-to-day. This is where I work it out (like at the end of a Doogie Howser episode), so it probably sounds like I have a better attitude once I've processed in writing. That's one of the reasons it's good for me to write, and why I suffer when I don't have the space to do that.

[chestnutcurls]

Yeah. I can relate to that.

yay!

[anonymous]

Glad to hear you're staying in the 'hood!
-Hugo

Re: yay!

[mobileoak]

Us too.

Re: yay!

[banzai]

The more it sinks in, the more relieved we are. It's such a great neighborhood and we're blessed with good friends.

[jadeejf]

I know what you mean- I hate how grumpy people get and how disenfranchised they feel when "their" candidate doesn't get elected. I don't feel that way about "my" candidate (whoever it is), so if they don't get elected, I just figure it's for the best, and in God's hands. But it is frustrating to hear whiny people. Anyway, I totally get where you're coming from on that. I'm getting more excited about Obama, but a lot of it has to do with the things you addressed.

[banzai]

I'm so glad you were able to attend today (read your entry on Metroblogging Seattle earlier)! It's shaping up to be a very interesting election…

it probably does not help that I work at a newspaper

[gurghi]

Oh man, I am TOTALLY with you on the politics. Just can't put that much (or that *kind* of) hope in a fallible mortal. The way people talk about Obama, it's downright messianic- he's inspiring, but not much else to this point. I like him, though he's not likely to get my vote...

Obama is appealing to the 'nice' in everyone and he's by far the most fashionable candidate. And our culture is, at this juncture, all about what's fashionable.

Re: it probably does not help that I work at a newspaper

[banzai]

Well said. I know there are those who have far more well-considered reasons for supporting him (or others), but I do find myself concerned that some would be willing to vote solely on the basis of "inspiring" (or, worse yet, "fashionable")-one can be inspired by many people without electing any of them president. It's not the same job.

[dondlion]

Being an independent in California, I could only vote in the AIP or Democratic primary. I voted for Obama. I have no idea what would be worse, but I believe in voting and all of the polls said Mrs Clinton would win our state. The communist teacher in the room next to mine also voted for Obama. I think he will be shredded in a debate with a competent Republican, but who knows. I really am sick of the Clintons and have got the willies from them. I don't bother them, but they bother me. The only time I ever saw Mr Clinton was in 1994 when his photo-op entourage blocked me from getting to work to help clean up after the earthquake. That was annoying.

'I don't find passion valuable in and of itself. What really matters is what that passion backs up, and for me, that's all about specifics. Passion is just wrapping paper.
Both my hopes for and my blame of government are quite limited.'

That's me, boy.

I agree.

[joy_of_abigail]

I vote because I believe my right to voice an opinion about the future actions of a president relies on my interaction with the process--yet I have no vested interest in any man (or woman.)

I am reluctant to join intense political discussion because I would rather invest myself in different types of "heated" discussions--if any--which have greater consequence in my opinion.

Re: I agree.

[banzai]

Good to choose one's battles wisely.

[banzai]

I think those two premises are really starting to affect my hopes for the election. I want good things for the country, but the president has stunningly little to do with that. The presidency seems to be a repository for too many expectations and a shocking number of daddy issues-at this point, a good portion of me just doesn't want my neighbors to be unbearably disgruntled, even if I think they're being ridiculous.