Finally...an answer

I have finally received an answer to the conundrum that's all but consumed me for more than 2 months. Granted, it is far from the answer I was hoping for although it was the answer I expected. I just would have liked it from the source and not a facebook status message. But I have at least gotten conformation on where we stood and knowing is half the battle. Believe me, I knew I wasn't going to win here, but there was hope dangling there. Since that's gone, I can try to start healing and working on doing it the healthy way this time, i.e. not by spending the next 6 months in the bottle. Especially since I will be waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too damn busy this semester for that. Apparently, I can't stumble drunkenly through Master's coursework. BUT, there are several days that I will be out of commission, hopefully this Saturday in BG will be one of them. Feb. 14 will be another all-day boozefest, so don't even bother.

Inauguration Day!

As I write this, it is quarter to noon. Barack Obama's term as President of the United States will begin in 45 minutes. This moment is something that we, that I have waited for for 8 years. This is a day that many thought would never come, the day we elect a black man to lead us. This is a country which at it's founding only counted a black man as 3/5's of a person. And now we have elected a black man to the highest office in the land. If you are not inspired about the potential that this country has, then I don't know what will get your blood going. We, however, must temper our expectations of this man. Obama has been hailed as a savior of some sort, but we cannot allow hype to overshadow reality. Obama takes this office with a country in its worst shape since the 1930's and there will be much hard work to get done. There will also be much resistance to his work. Overall, we cannot allow hope to get out of control. The economy will still suck at 12:01pm. Iraq will still be a huge drain on our resources and on the people of our armed forces. The Middle East will still be ready to explode. But the culture that will accompany the Obama White House will be far different and far more conducive to diplomacy and peace. Zack and I were talking earlier and he made the comment that he was watching CSPAN this weekend and he saw Bill Clinton's inauguration from 1992 and if there were 5,000 people there it was an estimate on the high side. I damn sure know there was not this many people present in 2000 or 2004. They are estimating that 2 million people will show up for the Inauguration. 2 million. That's like emptying Cuyahoga county and sending them to Washington. Take into account the amount of people who will be watching this around the world. The thought is just awe-inspiring.

Happy New Year... a week late!

Yayyyy!! 2009!

Big fuckin' deal. Same shit, different letter.

But being depressing is not why I started writing today. I have a bunch of stuff backed up and really need to blog more often. Fuck, that's a great resolution! I resolve to blog more this year, even though it'll be rough when the semester starts up again. But fuck it! Now to the reason for the first post of 2009.

Achievements.
When I have very little else going on right now, the seemingly small things are rather large achievements. Like today. While at the gym, I leg pressed more than twice my body weight. See, doesn't sound that impressive at all. It was to me, but that's not saying much. Leg pressing 460 pounds is really nothing to those who lift regularly I suppose. But to my tubby, out-of-shape ass, I was impressed. They say it's the little things in life, my penis, and in this case, I guess they're right.