And Yes He Did
0 Comments Published by Oh Wayward One on 05 November 2008 at 11/05/2008 06:29:00 pm.
I can't say it any better than anyone else online already has, but I am happy with the result of last night and I was really glad to watch the speeches that The Craze was so kind to conveniently post on her blog in their entirity (thanks, mang!) today at lunch time. My main impression today however is just how excited everyone in BW is, how excited everyone back home is, how it's the ONLY thing ANYONE is talking about... sure maybe the same was true 8 years ago and 4 years ago, but the difference this year is that everyone is HAPPY. No one is saying anything negative, no one is harassing me. If anything, I was the most famous person in both of my meetings today, just for being A Real Live Subject of President Obama!
I think I'm gonna change the name of my blog. I'm tired of having Waward Balls... well, I'll always have wayward balls I guess, but I'm thinking I need to go for something else. I'll have to think of something that will be a good www. address, but is oh so tres moi. The funny thing is I only ever seem to think of new names when I'm listening to Tom Petty. Maybe it'll be a Heartbreakers lyric or something. We'll see. hmmmm....
Now back to Burn Notice and my veggie burrito.... and my sore legs. And Word Twist. And gchat.... oh MAN I still love wednesdays!!
I think I'm gonna change the name of my blog. I'm tired of having Waward Balls... well, I'll always have wayward balls I guess, but I'm thinking I need to go for something else. I'll have to think of something that will be a good www. address, but is oh so tres moi. The funny thing is I only ever seem to think of new names when I'm listening to Tom Petty. Maybe it'll be a Heartbreakers lyric or something. We'll see. hmmmm....
Now back to Burn Notice and my veggie burrito.... and my sore legs. And Word Twist. And gchat.... oh MAN I still love wednesdays!!
Labels: election '08
More McLame (& Failin')
0 Comments Published by Oh Wayward One on 04 November 2008 at 11/04/2008 10:00:00 am.
I really can not BELIEVE it's legal to run for president when you're so frickin old.
Every time I saw The Great White Chipmunk on tv in these last 2 days running up to TODAY, he just looked more tired.... and more tired.... and then exhausted.... and then even MORE exhausted.... and this morning we saw him on stage in Florida and I thought he was going to FALL THE $%@# OVER!!! I mean come ON, republicans, isn't that a SIGN!??!?! Shouldn't you be paying attention to these little tip-offs??? Don't nominate/elect a 245 year old!!! They're tired! They just want pudding and a Clapper! Let them go out to pasture like they deserve... let them goooooooooo!!!
My dad sent me the most bizarre email. Photos of Hank Williams Jr. and Palin. In my hometown. Yikes. He was there. "Too bad you couldn't have been there. (Note the Derek Thomas jersey) Dad" Obviously my dad making a funny. Ha ha! eewwww...
Not only do I despise HWJr AND SP, the thought of seeing one of them defacing my favorite football team's jersey while doing that cheesy election-themed madey-uppy republican lyric-twisting THING would've just sent me over the top to Vomitville. Father daughter bonding indeed!
Every time I saw The Great White Chipmunk on tv in these last 2 days running up to TODAY, he just looked more tired.... and more tired.... and then exhausted.... and then even MORE exhausted.... and this morning we saw him on stage in Florida and I thought he was going to FALL THE $%@# OVER!!! I mean come ON, republicans, isn't that a SIGN!??!?! Shouldn't you be paying attention to these little tip-offs??? Don't nominate/elect a 245 year old!!! They're tired! They just want pudding and a Clapper! Let them go out to pasture like they deserve... let them goooooooooo!!!
My dad sent me the most bizarre email. Photos of Hank Williams Jr. and Palin. In my hometown. Yikes. He was there. "Too bad you couldn't have been there. (Note the Derek Thomas jersey) Dad" Obviously my dad making a funny. Ha ha! eewwww...
Not only do I despise HWJr AND SP, the thought of seeing one of them defacing my favorite football team's jersey while doing that cheesy election-themed madey-uppy republican lyric-twisting THING would've just sent me over the top to Vomitville. Father daughter bonding indeed!
Labels: election '08
The End of the W is Nigh...
0 Comments Published by Oh Wayward One on 03 November 2008 at 11/03/2008 07:15:00 am.
One more day til america gets a new president (elect)! Woo hoo! 8 years of pain and suffering and hiding from my own country is just around the corner!
Because of the time difference, I'm just hoping I don't wake up tomorrow morning and turn on the news and it's all still hanging in the balance with The Great White Chipmunk holding strong in Florida or something. I'll never forget being the only american for miles back in South Africa in November of 2000.... getting raked over the coals.... "Are your people SERIOUS?? Who the hell is Hanging Chad and how long does it take to count the &^#*ing ballots!?!?"
I'm still not happy with Obama, not by a long shot, but I do feel like he is what the country needs right now insofar as I do agree with Bono (bleh!) that it is way past time to re-launch "Brand USA" and I do think B.O. can do that. So, I diligently throw in my democratic ballot and just have to cross my fingers in hopes that somewhere along the way one of his brilliant advisers can shoot him the memo that there is no such thing as "clean coal" and that NEWSFLASH!, nuclear power makes.... nuclear WASTE?!
It was a great weekend around these parts. Actually the last 2 have been pretty great notwithstanding the fact that I've had to study my butt off and have had Animal People obligations out the wazoo. The pool is officially sparkling clean now, thanks to the Mr.'s hard work and new early morning routine, so we spent every spare minute in it, which was a divine way to take a study break.
Saturday was a little SPCA fund raiser with the local lawn bowls club so we made a giant Steve & Madonna Special (pasta salad with apple & avo) to contribute to the lunch spread that we were providing as part of the package, and spent the day there helping out and learning how to play one of the more enjoyable geriatric sports with the uppercrust white haired crowd, and it was fun! We only raised about 3,500 bucks but that's not bad for the minimal effort we had to put in. That will pay about one admin salary for one month or neuter about 17 cats. It's frustrating, but it's part of the gig.
The best part ever though was a phone call from my best friend back home (who surprisingly enough is NOT pregnant NOR is she getting married... just felt like calling.... Well THATS a first!!) so I got to hang out and talk to H-2tha-G for over an hour while watching the best lightning & thunder storm ever. It was SO right on top of our house that the lightning literally hurt your eyes. After I got off the phone we had a power cut so me & the Mr. spent a romantic hour out on the stoep watching the drama and listening to the Pula pound on the tin roof... wondering... is it really true that you shouldn't be in the pool during this kind of stuff? I said we would've probably been safe what with all the lightning rods in the neighbourhood and tall trees and granite hills, but he reckons it would be certain death. So we only just dipped in really quick (since you can't shower w/o power) and ran back up to the stoep & sat there til 1am.
Last night we went over to Sue & Max for dinner & a little too much Pino Grigio but it was great fun and a really nice way to wind up the weekend PLUS we were home for the double bill of Will & Grace that makes any sunday night complete. And a plunge in the pool right before bed.
It's only FIVE WEEKS til we're outta here!!!! That also means 5 weeks til my semester is over and I can get a freakin' break!!! I'm excited to go back home for one, but I'm also just excited to have a new horizon to look toward just around the corner. I have not got one clue as to what's happening in 2009 (past flying out of DC in early Jan + a site visit up to Chobe for a work project in mid-Jan + M&J coming to visit in late-Jan and then B. coming to visit in March). It's all a mystery, which is pretty cool. I just wish the Chiefs didn't suck so bad. It would be nice to actually be able to be getting into the spirit of football when we're back home rather than realizing my life dream of sitting in Arrowhead and watching them play live and cringing with every move they make... DOH!
Because of the time difference, I'm just hoping I don't wake up tomorrow morning and turn on the news and it's all still hanging in the balance with The Great White Chipmunk holding strong in Florida or something. I'll never forget being the only american for miles back in South Africa in November of 2000.... getting raked over the coals.... "Are your people SERIOUS?? Who the hell is Hanging Chad and how long does it take to count the &^#*ing ballots!?!?"
I'm still not happy with Obama, not by a long shot, but I do feel like he is what the country needs right now insofar as I do agree with Bono (bleh!) that it is way past time to re-launch "Brand USA" and I do think B.O. can do that. So, I diligently throw in my democratic ballot and just have to cross my fingers in hopes that somewhere along the way one of his brilliant advisers can shoot him the memo that there is no such thing as "clean coal" and that NEWSFLASH!, nuclear power makes.... nuclear WASTE?!
It was a great weekend around these parts. Actually the last 2 have been pretty great notwithstanding the fact that I've had to study my butt off and have had Animal People obligations out the wazoo. The pool is officially sparkling clean now, thanks to the Mr.'s hard work and new early morning routine, so we spent every spare minute in it, which was a divine way to take a study break.
Saturday was a little SPCA fund raiser with the local lawn bowls club so we made a giant Steve & Madonna Special (pasta salad with apple & avo) to contribute to the lunch spread that we were providing as part of the package, and spent the day there helping out and learning how to play one of the more enjoyable geriatric sports with the uppercrust white haired crowd, and it was fun! We only raised about 3,500 bucks but that's not bad for the minimal effort we had to put in. That will pay about one admin salary for one month or neuter about 17 cats. It's frustrating, but it's part of the gig.
The best part ever though was a phone call from my best friend back home (who surprisingly enough is NOT pregnant NOR is she getting married... just felt like calling.... Well THATS a first!!) so I got to hang out and talk to H-2tha-G for over an hour while watching the best lightning & thunder storm ever. It was SO right on top of our house that the lightning literally hurt your eyes. After I got off the phone we had a power cut so me & the Mr. spent a romantic hour out on the stoep watching the drama and listening to the Pula pound on the tin roof... wondering... is it really true that you shouldn't be in the pool during this kind of stuff? I said we would've probably been safe what with all the lightning rods in the neighbourhood and tall trees and granite hills, but he reckons it would be certain death. So we only just dipped in really quick (since you can't shower w/o power) and ran back up to the stoep & sat there til 1am.
Last night we went over to Sue & Max for dinner & a little too much Pino Grigio but it was great fun and a really nice way to wind up the weekend PLUS we were home for the double bill of Will & Grace that makes any sunday night complete. And a plunge in the pool right before bed.
It's only FIVE WEEKS til we're outta here!!!! That also means 5 weeks til my semester is over and I can get a freakin' break!!! I'm excited to go back home for one, but I'm also just excited to have a new horizon to look toward just around the corner. I have not got one clue as to what's happening in 2009 (past flying out of DC in early Jan + a site visit up to Chobe for a work project in mid-Jan + M&J coming to visit in late-Jan and then B. coming to visit in March). It's all a mystery, which is pretty cool. I just wish the Chiefs didn't suck so bad. It would be nice to actually be able to be getting into the spirit of football when we're back home rather than realizing my life dream of sitting in Arrowhead and watching them play live and cringing with every move they make... DOH!
Labels: election '08
How can anyone resist Team Maverick?....
0 Comments Published by Oh Wayward One on 06 October 2008 at 10/06/2008 10:50:00 am.
