So many thoughts...you know you're curious

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*CSIThoughts

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*House-its a new series on FOX that everyone must watch so they don't cancel yetanothergoodshow-Thoughts

And finally, my Echoing Thoughts. I've discovered that it's fun to make weird, high-pitched sounds outside, and listen to them bounce off the things around you. I've finally found a use for the houses they built next door to us (where there used to be a field, and therefore no people). I can only hope that someone heard me and got a little freaked out.

I <3 T.O.

My Eagles beat the Cowboys, 49-21. The game was great, with some really excellent plays, by a number of players. Of course, Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens got all the attention. Partly because they played well, but just as much of that was for their sideline schenanigans. I don't think I've ever enjoyed a Monday Night more.

LOST Thoughts ::Spoilers for "Confidence Man"::

Gods, but I love LOST. Tonight's ep was interesting, but next week's looks to be better. My family was around while I was watching tonight, so I had to explain a bit to my mother and step-father. And the now-19-year-old had to be told to shut up, cause he was dissing my show.


My thoughts on "Confidence Man". In a disjointed fashion.

* Sawyer is hot. SO hot. I think that's the main point here. He can be a bastard, but there's a reason they keep showing him with his shirt off. See evidence:

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Am I drooling? Maybe a little. Okay, maybe a lot.

* Kate is always put in a tough spot. She seems to have this thing for Jack, but there is, as Sawyer says, a connection between her and Sawyer. Whose real name I would like to know.

* Sayid is so cool. We already know a bit about him, but he hasn't gotten his own flashback ep yet. Looks like that'll be next week. He just...he's done some bad things in his life. He knows it, and regrets it. The fact that he can be an evil badass, but is usually a fairly levelheaded, good guy, just makes him wonderful.

* It seems like Kate and Sayid have the strongest relationship, excepting the Siblings. And when I say 'relationship' I don't mean in a shipper way. I mean that they really do seem to be friends, regardless of how little they may know about each other. Like I think I said before, they have an obvious kinship that I love.

* The Kiss was hot. There were two extremely-nice-to-look-at people, and Sawyer's tongue. And yet, the entire time I was thinking, 'This is fucked up. How far is Kate going to take this? What is she thinking? Is it a really good kiss, cuz it looks like a really good kiss. Both parties seem to be enjoying it. But then, he's used to seducing wives, isn't he. Does he honestly have a thing for Kate, or is he just being a manipulative bastard and trying to undermine (even more) her..thing with Jack? Do I care right now?' And then I attempted to not drool.

* Jack can't watch torture. It's partly a doctor thing, I think. You know, 'First do no harm'. Hey, if you can't stomach it, don't watch.

* The Siblings. Aka, Shannon and Boone. They have a standard sibling relationship; mostly vicious bickering, but definite love and caring. "Boone- don't leave me alone." And he didn't. And the twisted incest fans rejoiced.

* Asthma treatments: First, the Jedi moment. Hee! That's why Hurley is fun. Then, the inhalers are still missing, but Sun is a eucalyptus-wielding demigoddess, so its all good. Except Jin doesn't want her to be a demigoddess.

* Charlie reached new heights of cuteness this week. We finally saw Clair again, she brings out the fluffysweetness in Charlie. "Extra creamy" indeed.

* Sawyer is both as bad as he seems, and not. He does have lines that he will not cross. Anyone who refuses to hurt a child can't be all bad. And he has the intelligence (and conscience) to realize the irony that is his life. Its kinda painful to think about. Yes, I do know its just a tv show. Shut up.

Children talk politics, too.

This morning I had a barely-five-years-old girl, one of the sweetest kids you could ever meet, ask me why George Bush was elected. "John Kerry went to war but he didn't," she said. "So why didn't people vote for Kerry?" So innocently she asked me this.

"I think a lot of people died in the war," she tells me. "I think maybe...200 people." "More than that," I tell her. "250?" she guesses. "Way more than that," I say. "That's why war is bad. Because so many people are killed."

She ponders that for a moment. "Oh."

Thus we vote away our future

Can I possible express how dismayed I am?

I never liked George W. Bush. I didn't like him when he was govenor, I didn't vote for him in 2000, I didn't like him before, on, or after 9/11.

On this day, November 3rd, 2004, I am ashamed to be an American. Or rather, ashamed to be grouped with those who have voted for so many conservative Republicans today. This is not to say that all Republicans are wrong, or evil, or that I disagree with all of them. Hell, I even voted for one for State Rep.

I am a Liberal. I want to know why that seems to be such a dirty word to so many.
I am Pro-Choice, though I personally would not get an abortion. I support programs which promote safe-sex, and prevention of pregnancy and STDs.
I support gay marriage, though I am not gay.
I want stricter enviromental protection laws.
I was against the tax cuts/refunds this administration pushed through at the beginning of 2001.
I support campaign finance reform.
I don't believe that "trickle-down economics" actually work, due to the inherent anarchy of that theory.
I think we should have stricter gun control laws- either that, or every adult should carry a gun. (Think about it.)
I think Prez Clinton behaved despicably in his personal life, but was an excellent president.
No-bid government contracts sicken me.
I would rather go through the U.N. with military action, if only because it placates other nations so they're more willing to help out if we ever need them.
I believe in the separation of church and state- we are supposed to be a Democracy, not a Theocracy.
I oppose the Patriot Act because it infringes on our Constitutional rights- I am not willing to accept fewer personal rights/freedoms in exchange for (supposedly) greater security against terrorist threats.
My views are my own; I have not adopted them because a certain party has, nor because family/friends forced these views upon me.
I am an American, born and raised, and I am loyal to this country. This does not mean that I am loyal to our legislative representatives, nor to our President.

The current presidential administration has led the way in weakening our enviromental laws, in massively increasing the size of government, in hurting the economy through unwise tax cuts, in increasing prejudice against homosexuals and foreigners, in creating a massive national debt.
Our president led us into an unwise and apparently ill-prepared military action (aka, the War in Iraq), has alienated allies and much of the U.N., has polarized our nation by taking hard-line stances on controversial issues. This doesn't even address the fact that he was an alcoholic who barely graduated college, and that my fifteen-year-old brother is more articulate than President Bush is.

I think about what I would like to say to Mr. Bush if I ever met him face-to-face. I have a certain amount of respect for the office, and would be more than a little hesitant about stating my true opinions. But probably not hesitant enough to keep my mouth shut. I'd really like to have a philosophical discussion with the man and hear his personal views on certain issues, fully explained. I want to know that he can defend his beliefs and opinions with something other than the Bible, and something more definite than "because its the right thing to do". I'm usually able to say things without people getting really upset and offended, and I'd like to be able to try it out on someone in such a position of power.

I am afraid for The United States of America, and for the world. I am afraid that the damage done to the Earth will be irreparable, that there will be nothing good left here for future generations. I am frightened by how divided we are.

I'm terrified.

Election Day

I voted late this morning. The line wasn't too bad, but it was longer than I've ever seen it. Though considering I've only been voting for a few years, I guess that's not saying too much.

I just hope that you will vote, or have already, if you are eligible to. This was my 18-year-old bro's first time voting. Very cool. My first election was the Fiasco of 2000. Quite a memory, and a story I'll probably be telling all my life.

VOTE!