#53, #69, #242, #264, #265

"That Damn Blog"

That's what I would title post thing if I titled my posts differently. I am a rule-follower at heart, so I won't change the form, but those are my thoughts. Melanie coined the phrase while completing #242 when I was stressed out before my recital and said to myself, "Why on earth did I put myself through this voluntarily?!"

I said it again today because I looked at the list of golas, assuming I had completed a ton of them! I haven't yet. Oh well. Regardless, here's what we've got:

#53: Vote. 
Boom, baby! Two presidential elections, 100% track record!

#69: Buy a new suit.
Had to do this for Patrick's wedding. It's gray and I love it. I work it to school on picture day.

#242: Give a Recital at PSU.
So glad this is over, and thankful to my friends for performing with me. I was amazed at who came to watch, very inspired and felt very loved. My reed feel off in the middle of one of the pieces, but that's how it goes.

#264: Patrick/Angela Wedding!
Sept. 28 was a perfect day! Well, it rained, but it was an indoor wedding. I had to kneel on the alter next to Patrick since it was a catholic wedding. I had a communion wafer for the first time! It wasn't too tasty.

#265: Drew/Jill Wedding!
Sept 14 was another perfect day! I sang a song at the wedding with Will playing guitar. It was perfect. This wedding was like an IC reunion, so it was really special.

Yeah, that's it. That's all I've done. Since August 20th.

Damn blog.

#67: Buy New Concert Shoes

Am I cheating because these are the shoes that are for Patrick's wedding? No, I'm not. I make the rules to this stupid blog, not you, Will.

#54: Work on a Political Campaign

Hung out with my new friend Paula on Sunday and canvased for Obama. This consists of knocking on specific doors of independent voters and asking them who they are planning on supporting for the 2012 elected.

Whew, was it exciting!

#10: Go to a Fair.

I went with Jenny and Lisa to the Wolfboro Hospital Fair. This is one of those goals that I said, "Oh! This is a goal!" Totally forgot about it. Anyway, we went to Bubble's and got pizza and watched MLP:FiM which is everything I wanted to do and nothing to do with the fair. We also saw Carnie Drama (should be a TLC show) and got yelled at for spinning too fast on the "Berry Go Round/Spin the Apple" ride. There was a long conversation about the title of the ride, and looking back on it, I'm remembering the two girls as drunk even though they were completely sober. They were both tired. We also saw a Carnie with a face tattoo. I really wanted to take a picture. I didn't.

#326: Stand behind politician! (Instant Goal)

Have you ever watched a candidate speak and have seen all of those people behind them? THAT WAS ME! Behind Michelle Obama! 

I'm the one right by the demonic high school teacher. Actually, his tallness got us INTO that position! Michelle hates short people.

#266: Go to another Wedding!

This goal was achieved in June, but I forgot about it! It was a great wedding with brunch and...AN OPEN BAR. Perfect.

#55: Find a Republican Candidate to Support in the 2012 Elections

I think the purpose of this goal is to teach myself that not all republicans are bad, and not all democrats are good. Actually, I really have an easy time finding democrats I don't like (re: John Edwards) and an easy time finding republicans I do like (Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski), but when I look at who I like and who I don't like, there seem to be too many similarities on things that don't matter.

For instance, I am extremely inclined to vote for a female over a male. I supported Hillary over Obama, wanted Martha Coakley to win the Massachusetts primary for senate and all of the above republicans I listed who I liked are women.

Also, I love the republicans who are bi-partisen and hate the "blue dogs". I can't stand Nelson or Lieberman, but love Olympia. This really isn't very fair of me. I will say that I do like some ultra-conservative senators, even if I don't agree with them. I always liked hearing Pete Domenici speak, and enjoy Orrin Hatch and John Kyl whenever they are questioning a supreme court nominee. Still, those are exceptions to my rules.

So when I heard about Mia Love, the woman vying to be the first black republican woman elected to congress, a young woman from Utah who shares the same first name of my sister I was sold. She is adorable and seems smart. I agree with nothing she says, but like to hear her say it, and I'm sure Utah agrees with what she says, so I'm sure she'd be representing well. Turns out she is running against the only democrat Utah has currently elected to congress: Jim Matheson. There has to be some love for the democrats in Utah! Then I thought about how much I don't really like what Mia Love is saying, and just like the person who is saying it.



Trying to think of a similar situation on my side, I looked toward Massachusetts, which currently has no  republicans in the house of representatives, and hasn't since 1997. Scott Brown has served a two-ish? year term in the senate and is now running for a full term against Elizabeth Warren, who I can't get enough of (....woman). There is one candidate, Richard Tisei, who is running and is openly gay. Actually, he'd be the first openly gay republican to serve in the house. Socially liberal, fiscally conservative...ok, fine, this guy wins. If Utah can have a democrat, Massachusetts can have a republican. Vote Tisei!