Falling Faster

I truly and honestly have high hopes for Obama’s presidency. However, I’m not delusional. I know that there are hard times coming for this nation. I know that once he gets into office things will not magically change overnight, but I do honestly believe that with him in office we will start to see a change for the better in the way our nation is run. I’m so sick and tired of the government’s blatant disregard for transparency in government¹. I’m sick of a war that never should have been started in the first place².

But, enough ranting about how much I dislike our current government because I could go on for days and I’m not exaggerating…

The reason I decided to make this post is seeing an article about Obama’s “Open for Questions” page on his transition website. Basically, the American people were able to post and vote for the top questions they wanted answered.

Click the link below to see some of the questions people submitted. Some of them are really good.

The Questions Americans are Asking Barack Obama
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1. Ahem, bailout? Where the fuck is our money going? This information is not “trade secrets,” so quit trying to use that excuse to justify not telling us who gets trillions of our tax dollars! [↩]
2. And for those who have not done their research, it would be wise for you to note that one of the first things Bush and his cronies did after 9/11 was try to find a way to tie it to Iraq so they could invade… It’s documented. Do some research on it, and you’ll understand one of the many reasons I know Bush/Cheney should have been impeached years ago [↩]

I feel the need to write a blog. I’ve wanted to since my birthday, but I’ve never gotten around to it.

In some ways, I feel older. I mean, I’m twenty now–no longer a teenager. I want to feel “grown up” ya know? I want to be able to stand on my own two feet, to make my own decisions in life. But it’s so much more complicated than that sometimes.

I don’t have the money and finances to be completely independent and that frustrates me to no end. I’ve always wanted to be able to pay for my own things and not use up all my mom’s money. I feel guilty when I let her buy me things. And unfortunately, I cannot afford my rent without my parents’ help. I hate that like you wouldn’t believe. 1) I hate not being able to pay for it myself, but there’s no way without getting a second job… which is totally out of the question for a full-time college student. I can barely manage school and working as many hours as I do now. and 2) I want to be able to make my own decisions without worrying whether or not that will make my parents’ mad and make them quit helping me out financially.

Case in point: I am so over JMU that it’s almost a daily thought. All I ever think about it how I want to leave this shit hole of a school. People here are so stupid! I’m not joking. They have no morals, as a majority. All most students worry about is how to drink from Thurs-Sun. I swear more than half my school are alcoholics. I hate it! I rarely party. I don’t fit in. And not even that, but people are just plain mean. What happened to people being nice and helping out when others are in need?

Anyway, I just want to move to Frederick. I want to live near my friends and boyfriend. I am sick of not having any friends and sitting in my room 24/7 feeling depressed. I really honestly am not happy here. I am not happy at all! And my parents keep pushing me to stay at JMU next year. They keep giving me little lectures and I hate it because I do NOT want to stay here. It’s killing me and they don’t see it. I know going to a community college for a year is a step back. I get that, okay? But I also know that staying here while I’m constantly depressed is going to fuck up my GPA anyway, so who cares? No matter what I do, I’m taking a step back. I’m planning on going to a university in Maryland after I get in-state residency. So get off my case–I’ve thought it through!

P.S. That picture? Yeah, I didn’t take it …. but it’s the arboretum on my campus. I fucking love that place. It’s so beautiful! Except now when it’s cold and rainy.

You have to go to WordPress.org right this very second and download WP 2.7 RC1… It will blow your mind. Yeah, all the admin panel stuff you wish WP did before… well now it does. Ta da!

Totally pointless blog… but I just upgraded and it blew my mind (well, after messing around in FireFTP trying to delete some pesky plugins that aren’t compatible…

Oh, yeah, it’s finals week. Ha. I hate college life.

On the bright side, winter break starts Friday and I go see Bring Me the Horizon and Confide on Sunday!

I tried to upgrade my WP installation and somehow my upgrade file was messed up… and after messing around forever trying to figure out how to fix it, I just deleted the whole WP, figuring that my backup file would keep me from having to start over. But no. Apparently I just saved a backup of the database… and not of any posts, etc. Awesome. I mean it’s not like I had added any pages or anything. /sarcasm

This is lame! So I will be spending a good portion of my Thanksgiving upstairs hanging out with my family… while on my laptop putting shit back on my site. Lovely.

Anyway, happy Thanksgiving