some observations...

just a few thoughts...

• why can't politicians just concentrate upon what a candidate is going to do vs. having to slog the other candidate? what would happen if we ran an election where a candidate refused to engage in the word assassination? that is the reason i have no interest in the conventions. how many more times am i going to hear about john mccain not knowing how many houses his wife owns? i don't like mccain, but why is this important?
• going to a concert sure has changed...a lot. back in the 60's and 70's, what did you do for an encore besides cheering? you stood on your chair and lit your bic lighter (which you had because you smoked cigarettes during or before the concert, or you were smoking wacky tobaccy). today, no fire in the concert hall. so instead we have a new light...thousands of...CELL PHONES! only in america...
• and speaking of concerts, my bud, mary beth, made the astute comment that back in the day we weren't drinking beer at concerts. therefore, there was no need to keep stepping over everyone so you could go to the bathroom or buy more beer. as she put it, back in the day you just smoked some dope or drank some LIQUOR and that eliminated the need to have to take a leak and disrupt everyone. and no one passes the beer communally!
• how can it be that the measure of a person's life could come down to the last few months of a troubled life, enough so that administrators might discourage the establishment of a scholarship in that person's name? shocking that people who call themselves christians could be so callous as to NOT attend that faithful employee's funeral or accept the offer of scholarship money for graduating seniors in that employees name. i am trying hard not to stay angry...
• it takes a long, long time to get comfortable with silence. in my case, days. i have gone for 6 days with no tv other than a short view of the weather channel and the sox/yankees game in the background as i worked on the computer last night. for an adhd type like myself, it really is best to have silence and alone time.
• school and coffee go together. i am back on the columbian dark bean wagon since going back to work this week.
• is there something wrong with a woman who doesn't like babies? if so, i am a freak of nature in yet another catagory...
• online classes? i will find out if that works as well as being in a classroom, as i am headed off into that area of cyberspace in three weeks. i have been a fan of the book, no question, but i am now reading an online book. i am not sure i like that.
• why can't i find a hard copy of the san francisco chronicle sunday on the east coast? surely there are dislocated san franciscans who get it somewhere!
• having a creative outlet is something that i really need to pursue. i don't think i have been myself since i abandoned my pottery classes 2 years ago. i am thinking i will go back this fall and go back to my jewelry. i keep saying that, but after these days of silence where i can think a little more, i am seeing the need to engage in something for myself, and not for my child.
• i am thankful for the things i have.