ugh

AOL has discontinued their community blog site (one would think that this feature was a good thing), so I'm now on Google. My old blogs were supposed to transfer, but I don't think they did.

I had such the horrifying thought today. I'm not working now, and I thought that maybe I'd like to run for the Homeowner's Association Board again. I swore that I would never make that committment again, but it's so frustrating! It used to be, if you want anything done right, you have to do it yourself.... but now it's if you want anything done at all, you have to do it yourself.

After signing our gas lease agreement, the HOA took in almost $90,000.00 and they have put it to minimal use. We already had $40,000 - 50,000 in our savings account, so the board had promised some improvements with the gas lease bonus. It looks like they have started on the perimeter fencing, but they started on the pool instead of the side facing the street which is totally rotted and falling over. Of course it doesn't help matters that the president's yard backs up to the pool. And we wouldn't have had a pool party at all this year if the gas company hadn't given us one.

But all of this is just a facade to avoid thinking about the election today. I can't stand to channel surf lest I accidentally flip past "Breaking Election News!!!" Honestly, long lines in Philly is not a "Breaking Election News!!!" story. The end of the free world as we know it is a story... but I guess that doesn't really sell soup and Viagra these days.

So, I actually bought a new copy of "1984" a couple of weeks ago and read that and "Animal Farm" back to back. Scary stuff. One of the things that Orwell states is that no one ever assumes power with the intention of giving it up. We have term limits, but an electee is never thinking about the day when power is released. It concerns me that with someone who is as blatantly ambitious as Barack Obama, we will one day soon we will have a "National Emergency" of some kind, thus enabling him to seize total control and/or continue with control and power long after term limits have expired. Of course he may already have total control if the Democrats have the sweeping wins that many news stations are predicting.

I would never wish an assassination on Obama, but he will be the most hunted man on the earth, and that is another frightening prospect. The only thought worse than an American assassination is that Joe Biden would become president! What a moronic blowhard! He's an embarrassing testimony to American politics: out of touch with his own constituents, ill-spoken and a lifetime Washington backslapper. depressing.

But, it's a nice day outside and I've just made a trade with Half Price Books, so life is pretty good. I like to read those memoirs about some poor writer's demented childhood and subsequent drug abuse. It makes me feel like I'm doing pretty good! I'm reading "Such a Pretty Fat" by Jen Lancaster about her humorous attempts to lose weight. She starts out a size 24, so I feel absolutely svelt by comparison. Now I just need to read a book about some truly crazy housewife and my self esteem will go through the roof! Oh wait, I guess I'm writing that book.