1. august was the end of a goal cycle for work--and yours truly met every single goal! yay!
2. training was fun. i have come to the conclusion that environmentalists are lushes. boy...can they drink! i topped out at 2 glasses of wine and was told it was disgraceful. ha!
3. good rule: work hard, play hard.
4. great rule: find a job you like for a company you love and make your goals.
5. my nieces and nephews are so damn, stinkin cute! gahhhh!
6. apparently, my blood is a draw for not only the east coast mosquitoes but the west coast ones as well--i had 14 bites going to california and came back with 31 more. yay? i am a bumpy looking person. funny enough--they didn't bite my face at all?
7. did i mention i have some stinkin cute nieces and nephs? and i don't say that lightly. i have been known to be critical--i do not believe all children are inherently cute and/or adorable. they just aren't. but these ones sure are! i shall post pictures of each of them soon.
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obama/biden!!!
those that know me are pretty familiar that i am an issues sort of person and have no party affiliation. but it's pretty annoying that palin could possibly be the first female vice president/future presidential candidate representing women and our qualifications. it really bugs me. as much as hillary clinton bugged me. i know i can't get a perfect female candidate--but is it too much to ask for to have ones that aren't steeped in scandal???
the clinton thing--well...after this many years--if you have to ask about all the different scandals--then you shouldn't be voting.
the palin thing goes as follows (per the associated press)
First, she announced that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, was pregnant. Among the other revelations:
—A private attorney is authorized to spend $95,000 of state money to defend her against accusations of abuse of power.
—Palin sought pork-barrel projects for her city and state, contrary to her reformist image.
—Her husband once belonged to a fringe political group in Alaska, with some members supporting secession from the United States.
—She has acknowledged smoking marijuana in the past.
if you ask me--she's really nothing more than a sham. and i'd hate for her to represent what a female vp should be. yes. i want a female in the white house as much as anyother self-respecting woman and true feminist does. HOWEVER, i am not content to vote in one just to get one in. i would rather wait for a true viable candidate than one that is just being used by the same old white men that have controlled politics for centuries.
she is representing herself as a "soccer mom." really? most soccer moms would not be so caught up in their career that their child got pregnant. i just don't buy it. soccer moms are stay at home moms from the traditional view i have. they are not vice presidential candidates.
i could care less about the drug use or the husband's political affiliations or even the pregnancy thing. heck. what teen girl isn't preggers these days??? that's a personal/family thing. i just dislike her misleading "soccer mom" representation. what really bugs me are the other two facts. it's the same mccain thing. "i'm a maverick! i'm a maverick!" and then of course--his votes with his party are about 95% of the time. really, that's a maverick?
consider this: if mccain/palin actually win--i have no doubt that palin will mess it up so badly that it will cause a setback for women returning to the white house. anyone who has to set up a safeguard for future accusations of abuse of power is not someone i would ever trust!
