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 |  My first WDC blog, cruelly abandoned but not forgotten... |
| I'm not as prolific as I should be when it comes to writing, so I'm blogging to try to encourage and motivate myself to write more. Sometimes I'll be ranting and sometimes I'll be pondering... and sometimes I'll just write the first thing that comes into my head to satisfy the demands of the 'Update your blog' email! If you like what I write or have anything to say, I appreciate all comments. |
| I'm not going to try to take credit for something I didn't write, so I'll start by saying that the following is from an email I was forwarded this morning. As a British woman, the petition mentioned is not for me to sign, although on behalf of women (and, indeed, everyone) all over the world I'd like to ask American women to back this cause. It's no secret I can't bear this woman... please don't inflict her on the US and the world! So anyway, here's the email: --- Friends, compatriots, fellow-lamenters, We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision has surpassed mere partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce?on the part of a pandering and rudderless Presidential candidate?that has a real possibility of becoming fact. Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of what Ms. Palin and her professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for ourselves and for our present or future daughters. To date, she is against sex education, birth control, the pro-choice platform, environmental protection, alternative energy development, freedom of speech (as mayor she wanted to ban books and attempted to fire the librarian who stood against her), gun control, the separation of church and state, and polar bears. To say nothing of her complete lack of real preparation to become the second-most-powerful person on the planet. We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as a woman, a mother, or, for that matter, a parent of a pregnant teenager, but solely as a rash, incompetent, and all together devastating choice for Vice President. Ms. Palin's political views are in every way a slap in the face to the accomplishments that our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers so fiercely fought for, and that we've so demonstrably benefited from. First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She does not demonstrate or uphold our interests as American women. It is presumed that the inclusion of a woman on the Republican ticket could win over women voters. We want to disagree, publicly. Therefore, we invite you to reply to womensaynopalin@gmail.com with a short, succinct message about why you, as a woman living in this country, do not support this candidate as second-in-command for our nation. Please include your name (last initial is fine), age, and place of residence. We will post your responses on a blog called "Women Against Sarah Palin," which we intend to publicize as widely as possible. Please send us your reply at your earliest convenience?the greater the volume of responses we receive, the stronger our message will be. Thank you for your time and action. VIVA! Sincerely, Quinn Latimer and Lyra Kilston New York, NY |
| OK, so I'm not so good at this regular blogging thing. Every day I get emails telling me to update my blog, and yet still I procrastinate. I guess maybe I'm just too lazy. It's not that I don't have things to say, just that I can't seem to find the time to say them. I have a tiring job and a fairly long commute so by the time I get home I can't really be bothered to update my blog. But I know that's no excuse. I have to get back into the swing of regular writing. So here I go. Things in my life are still pretty sucky but at least Chloe is on the mend, back home now with her broken ankle in a bright orange plastercast. It's nice to see her up and about on her crutches, so much better than she was in hospital. So that's a good thing. And I have my holiday coming up, which should be fun. Two weeks in Vancouver is just what I need at the moment. And I only have to wait another two weeks and four days before I'll be there. Thank goodness. As for the real world, to be less self-obsessed for a while... I feel like I'm a bit out of touch. Last night I was watching the MTV VMAs and I was struck by the nominees for the best male video category. Not only did I not know a single one of the nominated songs, but I hadn't heard of half the artists. That's pretty bad, really - surely I'm not old enough to be that out of touch with popular music? Then today I read the shortlist for the Booker prize. That's much more my sort of thing. And yet, again, not a single one of the books on the shortlist is one that I've heard of, let alone read. It's shameful. I'm currently reading a book that I only started recently but I have vowed, once I've finished that, to start reading the Booker-nominated novels. That ought to make me feel more in touch with the world while simultaneously giving me a few good reads to sink my teeth into. Marvellous. And then there's Sarah Palin. I assumed she was a joke but apparently we are supposed to take her seriously as a candidate. And not only that, but McCain has actually moved ahead of Obama in the opinion polls since she came on board. Seriously. What is wrong with people? The woman is so inappropriate it's untrue. I mean, can you actually imagine what would happen if the Republicans won and McCain died (which, given that he's about 300, isn't too unlikely)? That ridiculous lipstick-smeared self-righteous wench would be president of the United States! Can you really imagine her on diplomatic visits to other countries? Can you actually imagine her being in charge of anything? I find it scary enough that she has some level of responsibility for Alaska - for goodness sake, don't let her have any more. Now I've riled myself up so much thinking about Sarah Palin that I can't bear to blog anymore. I'm not sure that's the point. Never mind, I'm sure I'll have plenty of ranting fodder from now on! |
| OK, so I've recently been through a horrendous break-up that has completely destroyed my confidence and ability to trust anyone. I am devastated and heartbroken and all the other cliches. But I don't want to talk about that right now. I know that part of the reason I'm writing this blog is because I've realised I'm going to have to get some of this crap out of my system in order to come to terms with it, but to be honest right now I just don't want to revisit it. Maybe that's a good thing in itself. So anyway, the other major thing that's been on my mind this week is that one of my oldest and best friends, who I feel the need to give a false name so I'll call her Chloe, had a motorbike accident. Fortunately (given how badly these things can turn out) she escaped with a broken ankle and bruised ribs - but the broken ankle is pretty severe. She's already had one operation on it yesterday and has to have another next week, and she's so depressed and bored in hospital. Not to mention the agonising pain. There's something about seeing someone you love in pain that is just unbearable. I've know Chloe since we were eleven years old, and she's always been one of the strongest people I know. We used to live together and she was always the responsible one, while I was sometimes probably more of an annoying little sister to her than a friend or flatmate. So the sight of her confined to a hospital bed, wincing in pain and fighting back tears, was very difficult for me to deal with. The worst thing is that the hospital is really far from where I live so I haven't been able to visit her since Thursday. I felt terrible when I had to leave; she's so lonely and just wants to go home. It was awful. And so this is the latest thing on my mind. I suppose I should be relieved to get a break from thinking about all the horrors I've been through over the past two months - but I would prefer it if the universe could have given me something other than a nasty injury for one of my best friends. That's just cruel. Incidentally - I'm going to try to write a blog regularly but I will also try to make it not quite so depressing, because otherwise no one will ever want to read it. Just thought I should make it clear that I'm aware of that! |
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