Well That Didn't Work

I DON'T OWE THE SCHOOL $12,000; I ONLY OWE THEM $10,000
(BUT I'M NOT GOING INTO THAT)
So...Bush won. The fact that I have to live through another four years of his administration frightens me.

It was one thing to back Bush in 2000, just as I can generally understand backing almost any candidate-everyone has their reasons. But after the last four years, after the civil rights of American citizens have been trampled on, after how mangled and mismanaged this war has been, after seeing how our public schools have gone down the drain, after ALL of this, how can anyone see Bush as the logical choice for four MORE years? I have nothing against Republicans, per se. People can believe in whatever they want, and I won't discriminate. But did you ("you" meaning everyone in America who voted for Bush) actually think he'd be a better president than Kerry? Didn't Bush already prove that he isn't a better president than anybody else? God help us...four more years...I suppose things could be worse; we could have a chimpanzee in office. Haha, through sign language, a chimp might prove to be more articulate than Bush. I'm only kidding; honestly, things really could, *grits teeth* I suppose, be much worse.

You know what's really frightening though? Check this out. There was a crash on the Metro's red line two stations from the one closest to AU. The scary part is that there is almost a 100% chance that I would've been on that train had it not been for another unfortunate event. (I suppose this kinda puts things in perspective, doesn't it? The event I thought was really bad--see entry title--could have been something much worse.) Here's what happened: I had a doctor's appointment downtown scheduled for 1:15 on Tuesday, regular check-up so no worries. Anyway, I'm still dealing with the people in the financial aid office (who cannot seem to understand anything about financing, money, etc.) regarding the mistakes that they made that resulted in the loss of my $10,000 grant. I'd been trying to get an appointment with them for over two weeks and when they finally returned my phone calls (late Monday) they informed me that only time they had open this week was Tuesday at 1:30. That crash took place at 12:49; had I not cancelled that doctor's appointment, I almost certainly would have been on that train.

Ok, positive note: Zak and I are prepping for our debate tournament this weekend. Its going to be great! We plan to dress alike both days; we don't know what, exactly, we'll wear on Friday, but on Saturday we're going to dress very "artsy-goth." Black clothes, black nail polish, black lipstick, the works. We're even going to act very anti-socially (just keeping blank expressions, etc.) until we actually begin debating when we're gonna kick ass. Our topics: Michael Eisner should be replaced by Roy Disney as the CEO of the company, The United States should pursue a policy of making nuclear energy our nation's primary energy source, and I think we might be doing something on suicide...WoO hOo! Then, since we'll already be on the GW campus (since that's where this tournament is being hosted,) we're going to have dinner with some of my friends from over there...one mini-mesh of AU and GW students. It's gonna be fun, especially considering that they're all going to meet Zak while he's dressed in goth clothing.

One last thing: In case you didn't notice, there's a new link in the "Cool Links" section (look left) called "Photo Blog." Since I finally got a digital camera, I thought I'd start a photo blog to accompany this one. Hopefully, it will enable my loyal readers to get an even better glimpse into the depths of my life...or at least provide a few laughs. The photos in the first entry already made appearances on the this page, but I think they're a great way to start this off...enjoy kiddos!
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