Alive and kicking

Unfortunately, the title of this post is referring to racism in America. Thankfully it is not a widespread attitude but it still prevalent enough to make me a little disappointed. I mean 15 minutes after Obama won the election a girl updated her facebook status to say "I can't wait for my hard-earned money to go to all the lazy (racial slur)." It was rather satisfying to see that many people jumped on her and yelled at her for the comments, and she changed the status.

Then last night, I found a story on the Internet about Texas backup linemen Buck Burnette, who was kicked off the Texas football team for his facebook status. After the election, he changed his status to "All the hunters gather up, we got a (racial slur) in the White House." Link here:

http://www.nowpublic.com/sports/buck-burnette-kicked-texas-football-team-racist-facebook-comment-about-barack-obama

How stupid do you honestly have to be? I mean this is the PRESIDENT of the United States, we're talking about, and you are gonna essentially put out a death threat to him? He's lucky he just got kicked off the team with no legal trouble pending.

Anyway, I sincerely hope that Obama does a wonderful job guiding this country and fixing some of its problems. I have confidence that he will. Not just for the fact that I want America to get back on track anyway, but so that hopefully some of these ignorant people will learn to look past the color of a person's skin and see who they really are. Some things will never change, though.

Obama at Mizzou

Barack Obama is coming to hold a rally at Mizzou on Thursday. It should be a fun experience. I will go and listen to what he has to say, even though my mind is already made up. It should be fun to see all the people drinking the Obama kool-aid there. Hopefully there will be free T-shirts. I am in need of an Obama shirt.

As I go through life in college and am really starting to figure out who I am, I am finding more and more that while at times I like to be the life of the party, so to speak, more often I would rather sit back and let the people who like to talk go ahead and talk. Hmm, that was an awkward sentence. A long one, too. Even though I support Obama, some of the interest I have in going is just to see how gung-ho some other people there will be. Those are the "kool-aid" drinkers I referenced above.

This all reminds me of a book a read entitled The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chopsky (sp?). I see a lot of myself in the main character, but have learned a lot from the book as well, mostly to be sure that I don't spend my ENTIRE life sitting by and watching.

Anywho, I have a test coming up Thursday, and I have yet to start studying. Peace out, yo

I can see the light

So I for sure got my ass kicked by both of my tests today. The good news is that they are finally over. Now I just have to write a paper on the similarities and differences between William James and Daniel Wegner (SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE), which won't be terribly hard if I can manage to stay awake, and finish some meteorology homework.

At least tomorrow's Friday. Then I can sleep in for two or three days. This week has been so hectic and tiresome I'm having trouble getting motivated to just finish out the last little bit I have.

I was talking to a friend of mine today that hadn't registered to vote, and I asked her why she hadn't. She said that she "didn't feel educated enough" to vote. I didn't understand that comment at all. So, wait, you can get on Facebook and look at pictures of people you don't really know for hours, but you can't take 10 minutes a day to read a paper and learn about the election? I mean, come on. I am by no means a political scientist and don't claim to be. But, really, it's appalling that so many people just don't give a shit. I mean, there are soooooo many things out there to take an interest in; the war, Darfur, immigration, abortion, I mean the list goes on an on. And take a second to think about it... by voting you are taking an active stance to try and change some of those things. I dunno, it just seems dumb that people don't go out and vote. The uneducated story isn't workin for me, I'm just not buying it.

Here's a video I found sorta funny about not voting. it's a PSA so don't expect much:
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1832128

My cousin is getting married in a couple weeks. The wedding is out on the East Coast, and I'm really excited to go out there and see all of my family for a couple days. I have not been out there in 3 or 4 years, I think, so I can't wait to go. The only downside is that I'll be missing the Mizzou vs Oklahoma State game. Both teams are ranked now and we both can keep winning it should be a top 15 or possibly even a top 10 matchup. It's set to air on either ESPN or ESPN2. I love night games in Columbia. The game has already been sold out it's really gonna suck to miss it. But I'll get a group of people together out there and show them what Chase Daniel and Co. are all about.

Wellllllllll it's high time I get some pizza rolls and get to writin and researchin.

Check back later

---The Comback Kid