Alright, here's the batch from last week for y'all's displeasure (y'all find out what I mean when you see it):
Quick question: can anyone cover me for Friday? My folks and I will be heading on over to the coast this weekend, and I don't know if I'll be able to collect those figures on time or not...
I can't believe my English professor!!! 
Part of our homework this weekend was to watch the Presidential Debate, right? Well, I just got finished doing that on YouTube just a few moments ago and I must say: I knew there was a reason why I didn't want to do it! I learned next to NOTHING on either McCain's and Obama's stance on the issues of today. This is what I did get from the both of them:
McCain:
- Strongest Stance: Military in general
- Demenor: Patient to an extent
- Mindset to other candidate: "He just doesn't get it and he's contradicting himself"
- Most common turn of phrase included: "my records say..."
Obama:
- Strongest Stance: Healthcare
- Demenor: Impatient to an extent
- Mindset to other candidate: "He just doesn't get it and that's that"
- Most common turn of phrase included: "well, McCain here..."
Both:
- Fluid talk about matters overseas
- Fluid talk about what's going on in the Middle East
- None could answer coherently (nor honestly in my opinion) how they were going to handle taking the Presidancy during an economic crises rivaling that of the Great Depression
Other than learning first-hand that watching this was a punishment rivaling that of being forced to watch Barney or the Teletubbies, that's basically about it...(now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to either watch free anime or read some manga to finally calm down...)
Later!
I just came back from watching Criminal Minds--which was pretty freaky tonight--but I still can't help but think back to president Bush's address to the country about our economy. (Right now, I really feel the need to put this down somewhere that can do it quick and hopefully get some feedback on it.)
This was really my first time bothering to listen to one of our president's speeches all the way through; the reason why I didn't do it with the other ones was because the way he delivered those other ones sounded rather incoharent to me. (That, and I've never been all that interested in politics.) Toninght was rather different. I think, for the first time, I actually see him as human. I know that sounds a little weird, but I say that because I've always viewed people involved in Congress as nothing more than "puppets" to whomever is sponsering them. While I was hearing him talk, I payed close attention to the look he gave in his eyes and, more importantly, the tone in his voice. (I can usually pick up on tone a hundred times better than most other signs of behavior.) Yes, he was definitely reading right off of the screen that was in front of him, but there were a few times when it sounded like he really wanted to cry (or at least pause for a few moments to recompose himself). More importantly though, I actually picked up an earnest concern for the situation at hand.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that his speech tonight was spectacular or anything; but, to me, it was comforting to actually hear directly from him that he is actually acknowloging what's going on in our country today. His speech became even better when he mentioned, breifly, what events led to where we are now. I still remain a little frustrated because he didn't formally announce that we're in a freaking recession right now, but at the same time glad that he didn't. (If he had formally announced that, as my father pointed out, there probably would've been quite a few incidents involving hesteria happening around the country similar to what happend on Black Tuesday.)
This is the part where I'll be completely honest--I'm a little scared right now myself. We've almost always been known as "the land of opprotunity" throughout our history, and it's been encouraged through countless generations to always look forward to a brighter tomorrow, and I definitely want to continue believing in that philosophy. However, I can't help but draw to question how long it'll take us to recover from all of this. If history serves correctly, past efforts to help whatever crises we were in generally never lasted all the way through due to people just giving up. (I'm particularly pointing at the latter years of WWII, if anyone's wondering.) I really do think we could, but that's only because I value myself as an optimist. Realisticly, does anyone else think we could if the situation gets really bad?
(Please forgive me for any and all errors on this page: I wanted to jot down my thoughts before I completely forgot about them like I almost did with 9/11, and I'd rather not have to go through living with a mistake like that.)
Thank you for your time.
As a side note, I'm also going to start using this as a means to announce when I have updated my story Tides of Fate or anything else related to it.
