Shocker!

It seems Bristol Palin and her babydaddy have broken up! Whoa! Who on earth could have possibly seen that one coming? I mean, most 18 year old girls stay with their boyfriends for ever after, so why wouldn't she? Oh wait ....

You know what? Despite losing respect for Bristol when she named her child Tripp (oh, the jokes I have stored up...) I do respect her for two things. One is going on tv and giving an interview saying she disagreed with her mother's stance on sex education. The other is breaking up with a guy who seems to be, by all accounts, a prick. Yes, all the articles regarding the breakup are saying he's a good father, but you have can't just have one good quality and expect that will cancel out your prickishness.

I'm also pleased Bristol is back in school. Hadn't she dropped out for a while? Good luck to you, Bristol. Be careful your little sister doesn't drop your baby - she seems to like hauling them around.

I Had To Look Up How Inauguration Is Spelled

So, dude takes office tomorrow or something. Yeah. Very exciting. Except ... not really. Yeah, you read that right, I'm not excited. In fact, I'm kind of unhappy about the whole thing. Did you just check to make sure you're reading the blog you meant to be reading? It's me. You're not lost. I did vote for Obama, and I am happy he's becoming our president.

But to be honest, I think I'm more excited that Georgie is getting the fuck out. Yes, the politically correct thing to do is to celebrate the positive, but hello, have you met me? I want to celebrate the negative. That Bush is finally leaving. That his hurricane of destruction is dying out. That when Americans travel abroad, we (or should I say you, since I have never traveled abroad?) won't claim to be from Canada so as not to be hated any longer?

How gross are we to do that, by the way?! After all the fun Americans poke at Canadians, for being stupid, for the hockey, the syrup, the cold? But when the United States are sucking and an embarrassment what is the best choice? Claiming to be Canadian. Sorry, Dave.

So back to this inauguration thing, and why I'm not happy. Something like four million people are expected to show up for Obama's thing (I can not bring myself to type that word again). I heard on the news recently that 5,000 porta-potties were being brought in. By the way, that's not enough, so if you're going, don't drink anything, or wear a diaper.

Part of why we like Obama is because he's into the environment, right? He believes in the whole "global warming" thing, thinks it's real? Doesn't pollution go hand in hand with that? Do you REALLY TRULY believe all those four million people aren't going to pollute? How much money do you think it'll cost to clean up after four million excited people?

Isn't part of why we like Obama because he acknowledges we're in a major recession? So don't you think it would be better to save the money it will cost to clean up, to provide crowd control, security, etc., and spend it on more important things?

Also, one figure says that over 65 million people voted for Obama. So let's just completely generalize and say that a lot of people like him. There are a lot of people out there who don't like him. There are even a lot of people who'd probably like to kill him. Some because they're afflicted with hating black people disease, some because they want to be famous for killing a president, and some for other, unknown reasons.

Know where a good place to hide is? Inside a big fat fucking crowd of people! Like say, four million of them. I like Obama. I think he can do a lot of great things for our country, or, at the absolute very least, staunch the flow of bad things Bush has been doing to our country. I don't want Obama to die, and I'm really scared about that. (How come nobody talks about that?) Now, I'm sure there's some statistical system that figures out how many people one cop/security guard can control, and that's how they figure out how many cops they need for this crowd. But the thing is, two is not just one more than one. 100 people are not just twice as strong as fifty people. My confidence in whatever security will be working tomorrow is shakey at best. I am a skeptical person. If anything goes wrong, I do not have confidence that order can be maintained.

You're white, and young. You don't understand how big of a deal this is, and why we need to celebrate. Well, you're partially right. I am white, and I am young. But I do understand that this is an outrageously huge deal. That's why I cried when Obama won. I was crying with relief. I watched the debates, I asked tons of questions, did lots of research.

But I think it'd be much more cost-effective and environmentally friendly (not to mention safer for Obama) for his inauguration to take place inside somewhere, without crowds, and simply televised for all to see from the comfort and safety of their own homes.

You all hate me now, don't you?

Loose Ends (In My Brain)

- So remember Christian Siriano, on Project Runway? You know, the young gay guy with funky hair? Well, he has a boyfriend, Brad Walsh. I follow Brad on Twitter and read this morning that Christian would like to send some dresses to Michelle. Obama. You know, that woman whose husband is going to be POTUS? Yeah, her. If anyone has a direct connection...

- While I am beyond elated that you know, yes we did, I am having a hard time believing it's really real. I am more excited about this than I was at going to Disney for the first time. And that's not just because I ran into my sixth-grade teacher at Sea World while holding three dead fish to go feed to the dolphins.

- With this elation comes worry. I'm scared of an assassination attempt. Can we donate money to the Secret Service?

- In his acceptance speech, Obama told his daughters he will get them a puppy when they move to the White House. Mr. Obama, please consider me for all your dog-sitting needs. I can provide references.

- Lastly, I'd like to throw out a big what the fuck regarding California's Prop 8. I'm very disappointed. While I know it is not a gracious thing to insult those who think differently, I can't help but feel that people who voted YES must be stupid. I don't say this as an insult, though I know it is one, I say it because I feel surely those people must just not understand what they're saying.

People are BORN gay. It's not a choice. You come out (literally) into the world, and it's just ... inside you. It's not a decision, but an inevitability. Kind of like with hair color. Can you imagine if the bible said anyone with blonde hair should not be allowed to marry? It would be laughed at, and everyone would stand around agreeing that while the bible has some interesting things, clearly it has not kept up with the times. Except not everyone would, and that's just one more example of why I think critical thinking should be taught in public schools.

Interesting Twist

So the biracial guy (I'm sick of everyone saying Obama is black, yet equally annoyed at hearing people qualify that he's only half black. He's as white as he is black.) chose a Kennedy-esque (0bviously white) guy instead of the white woman some of us hoped for, while the old white guy chose a woman.

From the little I've read so far of Sarah Palin, she seems like a steamroller. If nothing else, this will be interesting.

Was I just too young to realize it, or did we not care quite as much about elections in the eighties?