Dec 15, 2008
Christmas
This is a recent Twitter from Merlin Mann:
"If I were Jesus, I'd make a rule that nativities had to use live ducks. Because ducks hate costumes, and Christmas should be hard but funny."
Christmas is always an interesting time of year for me because my family is not majority Christian. We don't really celebrate the "reason for the season," and it's easy for me to get caught up in the tradition and gift-giving. I think that both of these things can be positive, but they are not inherently so. However, I love getting to spend time with my family and the people who understand me best, in many ways.
One of my all-time favorite Christmas movies is Home for the Holidays with Holly Hunter and a host of other excellent actors. There is a wistful, nostalgic tone to the film that I have appreciated since I was a teenager. (I feel a little emo saying that...) Christmas is hard in our family, and it will only be harder this year with trying to figure out our "new normal." I'm a little apprehensive to be honest, but that's nothing new.
In past years, I've been tempted to make myself an advent wreath to remind me of why I celebrate Christmas: the birth of Christ. Not my family or tradition or gifts. The birth of my Lord and Savior. I'm a little late, but I might make one anyway. What are your Christmas traditions?
Nov 18, 2008
Nov 5, 2008
Bipartisanship
bi•par•ti•san |bī'pärtəzən|
adjective
of or involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies : educational reform received considerable bipartisan approval.
DERIVATIVES: bi•par•ti•san•ship |-ˌ SH ip| |baɪˈpɑrdəzənˈʃɪp| noun
This is the first time in my three voting presidential elections that the candidate I chose won so I'm excited about that. But I have to agree with the author; this election was extremely acrimonious. Now is not the time to rub it in that you won or lost. Which means I won't rub it in your face that the government is extremely Democratic this term, if you promise to stop calling me comrade. Deal?
Nov 4, 2008
For my fellow Nashvillians
If you don't know where to go, check out this info from the Election Commission.
Alright, I've ACTUALLY voted. Now let's see what happens, folks.
Oct 19, 2008
I'm so tired
Of the election. I think election fatigue is going to become a diagnosable medical disorder one of these days. Here is my lament, and it's not related to a candidate so don't think I'm going to tell you why I'm voting for who I'm voting for here. We picked the wrong way to choose the men who run for President. When Washington was elected, he didn't campaign. The people wanted him, and he acquiesced.
We used to nominate people in a more honest fashion. We looked around for the best and brightest and said, "Him! I want him to lead us!" And then there was an election, and then we had a President. It wasn't an office you prepared your whole life for in the same way that it is now. You spent your whole life living as a good and honest servant, and people responded. They weren't perfect, but no one is. So, despite advances in technology, I'm just wondering, could we go back to the late 1700s? I would still like to be able to vote, though, and wear pants, which could be tricky...
