why can't we all just get along?

i got another anti-obama email today. and while i know not everyone agrees with him and his politics, or even democrats in general, why must attacks be personal? who cares where his ancestors came from? what matters is what country he's living in and serving.
and political experience is overrated. the longer you're a politician, the more at risk you are for becoming corrupt.
what matters is experiences as a person, experiences the rest of us go through every day. to lead America, you need to be an American and be in touch with the day to day things Americans do. I don't want to take cheap shots at someone's personal life, but if you don't remember how many homes you own, how are you in touch with the average American in the midst of our current crappy economy?
some folks might worry about experience in war and foreign 'stuff'. well he's got biden now. and i think biden has some clue what he's doing, he just has a tendency to go around putting his foot in his mouth (but at least when he does it it's kinda funny). and biden's son is about to go to iraq.
so if you want to criticize, then try and stick with the facts. stick with a person's position on issues that matter to you. enough with comparing his name to terrorists. to me 'obama' sounds more like the sound a sheep would make. i hear his name and i think 'o baaaaaaa ma'. i picture cute little sheep (okay maybe that's not the best image for the future president to inspire in someone's mind...especially someone who's allergic to wool).

and just think....with biden as VP, school children AND adults will know that delaware is a STATE and not a city in PA.

SAG award nominees 2007-my picks

who I nominated...

outstanding performance by a,.........


Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Michael Cera-Juno (Paulie Bleeker) #20
Josh Hutcherson-Bridge to Terabithia (Jess Aarons) #74
Christopher Plummer-Man in the Chair (Flash Madden) #105
Will Smith-I Am Legend (Robert Neville)#116
Jim Sturgess-Across the Universe (Jude)#117

Female Actor in a Leading Role:
Julie Cristie-Away From Her (Fiona) #211
Marion Cotillard-La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf) #212
Ellen Page-Juno (Juno MacGuff) #245
Annasophia Robb-Bridge to Terabitiha (Leslie Burke) #251
Evan Rachel Wood-Across the Universe (Lucy) #264

Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Joe Anderson-Across the Universe (Max Carrigan) #303
Hal Holbrook-Into the Wild (Ron Franz) #429
Alfred Molina-The Hoax (Dick Suskind) #470
J.K. Simmons-Juno (Mac MacGuff) #519
Tom Wilkinson-Michael Clayton (Arthur Edens) #554

Female Actor in a Supporting Role
T.V. Carpio-Across the Universe (Prudence) #622
Grace Fulton-Badland (Celina) #643
Allison Janney-Juno (Bren MacGuff) #667
Jena Malone-Into the Wild (Carine McCandless) #688 (*was 669)
Naomi Watts-Eastern Promises (Anna) #754

at first I mistakenly selected #669 (Catherine Keener-Into the Wild-Jan Burres) instead of #688 (Jena Malone), but fixed the error before submitting my nominations

Cast in a Motion Picture
Across the Universe (#803)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#836)
Juno (#846)
Man in the Chair (#855)
?

my notes say#860, which is Music Within, but my draft list was #892, Zodiac. Who knows what I actually selected.


Best Stunts
The Bourne Ultimatum # 2004
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer # 2007
I Am Legend # 2010
Live Free or Die Hard # 2012
Transformers # 2018

water ice

to move far far away from politics....rita's water ice.
their new flavor (limited time only) cotton candy is amazing.
the first night i sampled it, along with the strawberry. i think they might make a good combo. i ended up ordering the cotton candy in a gelati with vanilla custard.
tonight i went for a blendini....cotton candy water ice, vanilla custard, vanilla wafers, and rainbow sprinkles thrown into the mix. wonderful.

cotton candy is one of my favorite flavors of ice cream as well. it was one of my top picks at baskin robbins, and now at bruster's i love the cotton candy explosion. that and birthday cake are maybe my most favorite non-chocolate flavors.

september 5th will bring the release of rita's pumpkin (pie?) flavor of water ice. i can't wait. this summer brought four new regular flavors (pumpkin and c.candy are limited releases)....sweet tea i think, georgia peach, key lime, and maybe something else. key lime is a good one, especially in a blendini. as is the georgia peach. g.peach also i think is good as a gelati.

i think i will be sticking with variations on the cotton candy theme this summer at rita's, until september when the pumpkin-related flavor comes out. i wish it wasn't limited edition. i hope it comes back next summer.

biden?

a memory of a chant heard on election night 2000. "TC to DC".
"JB as VP" has a nice ring to it as well.

i was at the election night party in my fancy purple silk suit. definitely not the outfit i was wearing when i handed out brochures at the polls earlier that day.

i don't think i've ever met biden. i've met carper. i spoke to castle's ''people''. met ruth ann and carney.

if obama chooses biden, would folks suddenly realize that delaware is a state, not just some city in pennsylvania? would we be known for more than tax free shopping and a return address on credit card offers? or for the airforce base and dupont?

it would be interesting. it's such a small state.

love of maslow

since i touched on this subject in my previous post...well, i thought i'd just start a new post instead of taking a major tangent.

maslow is one of my heroes. i know not everyone agrees with his hierarchy of needs, but to me its pretty self-explanatory and true. at least the base level. if your physiological needs aren't met, it's kinda hard to go after bigger and better things. and even if you do, it is partly because you're trying to meet those needs.
friendship is one area that some would argue is more important than the second level of the pyramid, safety. there are many many people out there who are not getting their basic safety needs met but still seek out and maintain successful friendships. some would say 'nope, cant happen, cant have successful friendships if they arent safe', but i disagree, because in those friendships they can find a sense of safety. and really, i feel that the 'safety' would have to be immediate threats, because anything can happen to a person at any given time. the world ain't exactly a safe place.

random thoughts

some people will never be happy no matter what you do.
some days you will get no more respect than a substitute teacher....maybe even less
some people are clueless about basic requirements to do a job...

i wonder what maslow would have to say....security of employment and security of body are on the same level of his beautiful pyramid. is that why some people risk their own safety for their job, and other people draw the line and will quit before putting themselves in serious harms way? of course security of employment has a big influence on the bottom level of the pyramid...food. if you dont have a job, finding food is a little tricky. with all the suburbs taking over old farm and forest land you can't exactly go foraging for roots and berries anymore.

the week of the dog

while the parents were in florida, the dog stayed with me. now she was somewhere else last weekend, another family's house, as i was in LA. but tuesday night i picked her up, and tonight i took her back to my parents.
she is not used to the condo lifestyle. the neighbor in the unit down the hall makes a sudden sound, she is ready to run out the door to investigate (bark/growl). outside she is distracted by cars passing, someone sneezing (sleeping with an open window), squirrels and birds, people, and most of all, other dogs.
at the house she has the freedom to go outside off leash in her nice fenced in area off the patio. here she must be on a leash. i know some neighbors let their small dogs wander free, but its for her own safety. and of course there is the leash law. you cant just stumble from sleeping on the sofa to the back door and let her out at 2am. no, if she wants out at 2am here, you must put on your glasses, put on her leash, take a baggie just in case, go out the door, down a few steps and a little hall, then out through the front door. and then you hope she pees quick before she's distracted by something else (and maybe starts to bark).

she's better about eating what's on her dish here. only once or twice did she not clean her plate, and that's cause i was eating something she'd rather have. we only got into 'trouble' once, this morning, and at least it was the bed/sheets and not the carpet (which happened last time she was visiting).

she doesn't get many 'treats' and snacks here, except the occasional piece of string cheese...this time a cheddar cheese stick. and i think the two biscuit halves that she buried she unburied and ate them. otherwise they'll be turning up here and there over the next few weeks, and on her next visit she'd be crying and looking for them when they weren't where she left them.