Palin-tics

I'm not an expert on politics and I definitely don't have much background to have anything significant to say about the elections, but Sarah Palin makes me laugh. The kind of laugh that you do when you see a stupid person, showing her stupidity but covers it up with "witty" comments and an "endearing" attitude. I can see how the American viewer may get distracted from the fact that she doesn't know anything about anything by her constant reinforcement of taglines. But really, listening to her is like listening to a college freshman paper being read out loud. You know, the paper with a vague thesis, but you earn points for structure and reinforcing the point, which you can't really substantiate with anything else besides the common concluding sentence in every section.

So people say they like her for a number of reasons: she's real, she's strong, she's a pitt-bull, she embodies the American spirit, she can relate to working mothers and even growing young women, etc. Others hate her because she's a farce, because she IS a woman, because she's just a face, because she has no experience or brains and they're afraid is McCain passes, the US will be in the hands of a stupid hockey mom. I don't like her because she is just a face, but she's not even a smart face. She's been trained in what to say, and she delivers her lines well. But those lines suck, the fact that she has to deliver them shows her incompetence, and I see right through them. Half of America sees through them-- no wonder SNL does those spoofs. And they're freaking hilarious.

I'm not writing any of this with any solid background in politics or whatever. But as a woman, I'm embarassed. Palin's a historical figure now that she's the first woman to be a candidate, but she only got there as a political ploy. She's not as qualified as any other male candidate. She got there because she's a woman. And other women are proud of that; they think she deserves it. But she's a prop that can't really contribute much other than witty one-liners that aren't really that witty. That's embarassing.

"hun"

I don't like unnecessary nicknames. Like "babe" when it's said in that terse, trying-too-hard way. That's the real reason why I hate "babe." These nicknames are annoying. And the un-necessity of them makes them stupid. I don't think un-necessity is even a word.

I'm in Panera hoping to get a job application done. The girl at the counter is probably under 20. She looks pretty young. And the first thing she says is "Hey hun! How are you? I'll be right here whenever you're ready." Yea, she's doing her job by being friendly. But she totally ruined it with the "hun."

I don't want to be called "hun" by you, HUN. If you were obviously older than me, I wouldn't mind you calling me "hun." It'd even be nice, maybe. But if you're obviously my peer or even younger, and you're not my friend, I'm not your hun. And the woman who ordered after me is not your hun either. She's got a 5 year-old daughter with her, and I saw the way she reacted when you called her "hun." She didn't like it either.

I've become such a hater. Maybe I am a hun, but more of the scary, destructive Asian variety that you learn about in World History. Sorry girl, I didn't like it. I don't hate you. But I'm annoyed.

geez.
I need Jesus.

B.A.

My study abroad organization had facebooks for each group of abroad students, complete with a picture and basic information about each student. When I saw my information, I sort of regretted my major. And as if on cue, I heard a dude in the back of the bus say, "What the hell is 'Growth and Structure of Cities'?"

I'm in a rough spot with little to no realistic possibilities. At least it feels that way. And it doesn't feel so great.