i'm approaching the end of the two hours i have just spent in a cafe and so i figure, i should post before i extend my welcome (i'm still a bit unsure about how long it is appropriate to sit...but since it's mostly empty i figure it's okay for now). i have the day off and the car is in the shop and so i'm spending the day writing and thinking and walking around the marina. no complaints from me.
obviously the election is overwhelming everything else going on in my life (and probably yours) right now and while i have gone back and forth about whether to write about it or not, i find it increasingly difficult to write about anything else. i find myself counting down the days, hours, seconds until this is all over. anxious to turn on my tv, the radio, open in the mail and hear or read about something else. but i also wonder about what and who will fill the void. no matter what the outcome of the presidential election, and being a californian (!) possibly more importantly prop 8, i find myself nervously anticipating the next chapter. i come from a lineage of worriers and while i break out in a cold sweat, expecting bad news basically every time my phone rings (its a sickness, i know) i find myself now fearing the worst with our country as well.
even if the election goes the way we all HOPE...need...i worry about what will come next. i believe in the people i am voting for but i can't help but worry that it might not be enough. am i crazy? i'm worried i'm' not.
my dad always argues that worry is a wasted emotion (the worrying gene does not come from his side). but i think that in this case it might not be. after all, if the election goes the way we all HOPE...need...and we stop worrying about the state of the world, stop being active; if we go back to our passive ways, ways in which war is acceptable, energy is expendable and human rights are questionable...then maybe a little continued worry would have been worth it...no?
i vote for the right to worry.
and by voting tomorrow i can get a free coffee. done.
one more thing...because i am nothing if not a good sister. THE CHARACTER and his friends are doing interactive (totally biased) election coverage tomorrow night. it's on the web and it's fairly funny and very informed. and you can/should participate. there's even a drinking game involved. check it out here....you can learn more and see some of the coverage they did around debates to get a feel for what is to come tomorrow night.
BARACK the VOTE! and if nothing else vote no on 8 because really...REALLY!
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