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| - I can't stop smiling
- No, seriously, I can't stop smiling
- I feel all giddy inside about the outcome of the election
- McCain supporters are "threatening" to move. I even heard one friend talk about moving to Kenya....Obama's father's home country? That makes sense....
- I really could care less how "worried" or "scared" people are for our country - it would get a lot worse if McCain got elected.
- Barack Obama made history - It will be in textbooks when my future children (should I have any) go to school.
- Indiana went blue!
It was funny last night - watching everyone's statuses change on facebook in my news feed. Most people were like HELLZ YEAH OBAMA WON AND INDIANA WENT BLUE!! And only a handful of people were complaining about it. The absolute worse status that I read said, "I am worried for my country. I hope you all look back in four years and think, 'what did I do?'" It's like, UMMMMMM, I've looked back on the past EIGHT YEARS and wondered what did America do? It was also a female, so I said plain and simple: I'm sorry your candidate didn't win, but thanks for going out to the polls and voting anyways. No, really. If you had been born before 1920, you wouldn't have been able to vote. Eh, maybe it's not related, but I sure felt good after saying it.
Heh, so what if all the conservatives move? Most other countries hate us at the moment, so I'm sure they'll fit in just fine.
Maybe I'm being too harsh....ok....maybe I really AM being a little too harsh, but I really can't hide my happiness, and I really can't help but feel sorry for those who don't share in the joy of such a historic and momentous occasion. I am happy that everyone just went out and voted yesterday, I am literally overwhelmed by the outcome at the polls - all the long lines I witnessed early voting, and hearing all the stories about how long people had to wait to vote on election day. I really don't care who people voted for - they went out and voted for SOMEONE or SOMETHING important to them. They let their voices be heard yesterday - November the fourth of 2008.
Oh, and just for lulz: http://i33.tinypic.com/zx6yi8.jpg
Congratulations to Barack Obama! The new 44th President of the United States of America!!!
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| Yeah I hardly ever write in online journals, diaries, blogs anymore. I
really should start again though because they kinda help me organize my
thoughts and help me to be less irrational. I guess sometimes I don't
really understand my thoughts...maybe writing them down will help me to
analyze them and then be able to make better and more tactful
decisions. Not that the decisions I've been making lately are REALLY
bad or anything, but I've just been really argumentative lately and I
don't really know why. I've been so ready to just turn a lot of stupid
little things into arguments, and I think it would just help to write
down what's bothering me before getting in an argument...maybe to kinda
cool down and think to myself, "is this fight really worth it?"
On
top of that, we have crazy psycho diagonal upstairs neighbors in our
apartment complex...I say diagonal because they are a floor above us
and across the hall....but yeah, they got into this crazy screaming
fight, mainly the wife...she was just going ballistic, I don't know
what triggered it, but she was screaming about stealing cigarettes and
that the husband wasn't contributing anything to the household...that
he's a horrible father (to two little children)...which is ironic,
because she seemed like such a great rolemodel, screaming, yelling and
swearing in front of her kids...letting the baby cry while all of this
was going on, mind you. The husband was calling her a bitch...he liked
to keep putting that word at the end of his sentences...."I am doing
shit around the house, bitch." Really childish things like that...but
the one thing that just pissed me off the most was when I heard the
husband threaten to kill their children to get her to shut up or
something crazy like that....the only reason why I overheard all of
this was because I was getting rollerblades on to go rollerblade to
LaserFlash on the Monon Trail....stupid Monon Trail was closed when I
was more than halfway there though, so I was pissed that I had to turn
around and come back...but going back to my story, before I went on the
Monon Trail, I found Ben, the apartment leasing manager and told him
about it, and I guess he took care of it...and told them that if it
happens again, he will call the cops and child protective services.
Personally, I think the children need to be removed asap....those
parents are horrible...no parent in the right mind would threaten to
kill the children just because he was getting in a fight with his
wife.. Personally I think it would be in the best interest of everybody
if they just divorced or something....that fight was hard to listen
to...I tried to hurry to get my rollerblades on, but I can only put
them on so fast...and having to overhear all that was....quite frankly
disturbing...
But anyways...I've just been playing the usual
dance games...Pump & ITG pretty much. Been taking an online
computer class, and a ballroom dance class...both that end early
August, and THEN I am going on a 5 day trip to Tampa, FL with Mike and
four other people and I'm pretty excited about it :) Also in the
process of planning for our wedding next year in July...I'm hoping to
find something soon to get the planning stuff out of the way! It will
be hard because no one is going to help us pay for this, so it's coming
out of our own wallets. Sooo basically, going cheap is the key for our
wedding...although we want to try to have a nice reception...but a
small ceremony...and I already know what our honeymoon is going to
be...a cruise! A Carnival Cruise Line...called Carnival Valor....leaves
from Miami and is a weeklong cruise! Can't wait to book that one :)
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| Hey peeps~it's been quite the while!
Yeah, I'm at the Union right now just hangin out...we have a vacation from work, it started in the 12 and goes til the 20th. Hahaha, then I leave on the 23rd for California with Mike and don't get back til the 28th.
Yeah, I'm officially moved out of my house. I'm currently living with Mike. If anyone wants any more info about the subject feel free to ask.
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| Ok, so there's a lot that's been going on lately. Consider this the ultimate update.
I have quit swimming. This was my decision, despite what my parents might think. I swam for the IU Swim team for a year, and I had some fun, I will admit. But, I just don't love it the way I used to. I look at the other IU swimmers, Lizzy is the perfect example. They love swimming, they would do anything for it. They are able to give each practice their all because they were destined to swim and destined to succeed because of their hard work and dedication to the sport. Then, I looked at my performance over the year. I never really put in as much effort, and coming to all the practice was a pain. When I was a kid, I couldn't wait to train hard and get in the pool and really work hard. I used to love swimming. It is now something that I do not wish to do anymore.
My parents are really pissed by my decision. Not just my decision to quit swimming, but a hand ful of decisions. They are being really demanding of me too. And they are having financial problems. Again. And that's basically allI hear them bitch about all day. "Can't afford this, can't afford this, blah blah blah blah blah." A good reason why there isn't a whole lot of money to spend is because my mom spends it all shopping. That, and my parents aren't looking for outside jobs. My aunt is interviewing for an art job today at North high school, and hopefully she gets that job. If not, then I get to hear more bitching.
Ok, so don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be harsh towards my parents, but they have absolutely been ridiculous lately. They never seem to be happy with anything. I hardly ever see them happy anymore, and I never hear good things come outof their mouths. They are always negative and critical towards everything. They have a strong opinion on every subject. When they meet new people, they come home and talk about their annoyances with that person. When they see a movie, they talk about what bothered them about the movie first before talking about what they liked about it. It's really hard to continually have to put up with their complaining. And, if they are so concerned about money, they can always pick up some part-times hours around town somewhere. I mean, it's not a lot, but PLZ MAKE THE BITCHING STOP!
Not only that, but they are controlling my life. I mean, they are better than they used to be, but they won't let me go and make my own mistakes. And I always have to tell them what's going on. I shouldn't have to tell my parents where I am going and who I am with at this point. Keep in mind, I do not get in trouble, I don't smoke, I don't drink.....all I want is to go out and have fun with either my friends or my boyfriend. It is safe fun, I would never considering getting in trouble as "having fun." All I want is to enjoy my college years, have fun, and take responsibility for things like work and school. If I make mistakes, then so be it. But that's the thing about my parents that drive me crazy. They really don't allow me to make my own mistakes. They prevent me from experiencing anything that they don't approve of.
I was recently reading a book about self-confidence, and here are a few quotes from it:
"A growing habbit in our culture is to do more and more for children and expect less and less. Parents guilty of this are unwittingly cheating their offspring by allowing them to be dependent for things they should be doing for themselves."
"The greatest gift any parents can give their children is to help them to become sefl-confident by making them self-reliant."
"It is a basic responsibility of parents to assist children in making a smooth transition from dependency to self-reliance. In the trasitional, children should be allowed to make mistakes. Over-protection is wrong."
Yeah, and it really does apply to me. The chapter goes on to explain that if parents keep protecting their children, and keep doing everything for them, then the children grow up to manipulate people to get what they want. I try not to do this, but sometimes I feel like I do. The chapter also mentioned that it is easier for a child to say "I can't do it" when they have protective parents because they are so used to their parents doing things for them, therefore feeling uncapable of doing things for themselves. Right now, I'm trying to find an alternate way of living, so I can finally move out of my house. I can't keep living under my parents rule. It's becoming harmful to my development, not helpful.
In other news, I recently got a job  I now work at the Back Alley bowling alley at the Union. Right where the DDR machine is 
Anyways, I gotta go now. Trust me, there's more. I'll update later tonight.
I LOVE YOU MIKE!
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