The Boring Life

well, at the beginning of this week I came back from my high schools retreat; we all checked in to some random hotel and did like team-building and self-finding programs all weekend. It wasnt bad, I got to hang out with all my friends rather more than I cared for, and it wasnt as good as last years. But still...its a chance to connect with other people, and "find out about yourself" (cliche, obviously...but that was the theme of the entire shebang >.>) I hope its better next year, The hotel was fine but the content of the programs needed some work, along with the structure of our stay there. It was the first time of the guy who planned it, because the previous one who had been doing it for years moved at the beginning of the year. Next time it will probably be better, once he becomes more experienced.
All in all, it wasnt any sort of unforgetable experience, but it was an escape :)

~Adam

Posted by Adam at 7:32 AM 1 comments    

maybe Im just being a little bit paranoid, but I feel like Obama's going to be an all-or-nothing president. I mean obviously the majority of the people want him in office, but the question is will he preform to expectations. My prediction is that he will definatly not be some mediocre nobody; he has too much to live up to to just fizz out. I think that some of his issues (iran negotiations) might be a little bit too much for some people, although I think it is time for some change with the way that the US deals with hostile nations.

In english today we talked about how Obama made references to the getteysburg adress and Lincoln's inaugural speech when he got re-elected. He never once said "I", but reffered to the nation as a whole. For a time when there was a civil war going on, there was remarkably little southern-state-bashing. It was very bipartisan and very powerful. Theres no doubt the two of them were both brilliant orators, and I hope that his actions speak as loud as his words. Dont get me wrong, I support obama, but now that its a done deal, but before he starts making policies, its all speculation...time tells, right?

~Adam

Posted by Adam at 11:49 PM 1 comments    

I think I should take up drawing. Its always been really cool for me to watch other peoples art progress and take shape; there are lots of heavy doodlers in some of my classes. Its such an amazing thing to be able to do, and Im sure If I worked at it I could get better...for now the extent of my skill is just scribblings that dont look like much of anything.

Last year I was in a painting elective for a semester, but I never ended up with actual paints, I just sketched stuff the entire time. It would be interesting to try to learn how to shade online or something...who knows, maybe Im a hidden artist...

somtimes i make myself laugh >_>

~Adam

Posted by Adam at 6:49 PM 1 comments    

I find it weird that his new title is "president-elect".  Like seriously, whats the point in even having a lame duck president in the first place? you elected a new leader, why give the old one another 2 months to do whatever presidents do?  Ive also been reading various stuff recently talking about how messed up the electoral college system is.  Maybe it would make more sense if the proportions in terms of votes were even, but its not.  there was this new york times article that showed all the states, and how much impact each vote has in that state.  for example in cali cali, where they have 55 electoral votes, each electoral vote represents in the neighborhood of 400 thousand people, while in vermont, each electoral vote represents 130 thousand.  Your vote has more impact there...but why? why dont they just adjust the number of seats in congress and the amount of electoral votes, so that each state has a proportional amount of electoral votes to population?  so messed up...

well, gotta get back to antigone, got a big essay on it due tomorrow.

~adam

Posted by Adam at 8:20 PM 13 comments    

yeah, im not actually 18 so I cant vote obviously...we had this program at school that was about the election and the media and the electoral college and whatnot.  We talked about the Murphy effect (i think that was what it was called) where black candidates are predicted to win by landslides in exit poles, but it turns out that the opposite is true.  Im rooting for Obama, but im just cautious and a little bit worried.

my dad did early voting, and apparently he was waiting in line for longer than my mom, who actually voted today.  So many people flocked to the voting booths in the 4 days prior to the actual event, it took a huge load off the day itself.  any readers I still may have could go here for pretty up-to-date results of both candidates' popular vote percentage and electoral votes as well (kudos lydia ;))

~Adam

Posted by Adam at 5:50 PM 4 comments    

bottom line, I totally fail at keeping up with this blog.  Theres just too many online temptations.  Not that ive had internet for the past week...but Im going to try to keep up with this for real now.  Its really not a huge burden to just type a couple paragraphs every day, especially when its not a homework assignment...so heres hoping that Ill be back.

~Adam

Posted by Adam at 10:04 AM 2 comments