Sunday, November 09, 2008
End of year agenda
So the year's about to draw to a close. I have this month left then next month I will be put through the time warp of exam season at [Miskatonic University] and intensive Christmas shifts at [Pages]. Planned for this year, I will squeeze in finally doing the oft postponed black humour essay to give heft to the musing sector. Expect it December 25th, and expect to tickle your mind black and blue. I've hidden my behemoth of a manuscript in one of the cushions of my padded cell. The plan is to slip it out very soon and take a knife to it once more and then shop it around to more publishers. Ideally, I'd like to see this in stores for Devil's Night 2009 (October 30th), but I think the gestation period for publishing books is around 8-10 months, and I haven't landed a publisher just yet, and there's no guarantee that I'll get one in time.
But now I can free more of my time to these things since the US elections are over. I was obsessed. I got the doctor to surgically implant a slot into the back of my head so I could constantly plug myself into feeds of the latest presidential race coverage. Between learning about radicals that President-Elect Obama happened to cross the street at the same time with, to hearing Vice President-Elect Biden's wacky hijinks. From John McCain's hurtling descent down dotage lane to seeing [Spaghetti Western]'s dimwitted girlfriend Sarah Palin leave pundits arguing whether her IQ is in the double digits or single digits. It was a wild ride.The results are in, I'm satisfied.
I don't expect President Obama to bring about a vibrant coloured Utopia. That would be foolish, and even if it were remotely possible, it would be a nightmare to me. The world will always be imperfect. What I see him bringing to the world is progress. It's already been announced that his transition team is looking at ways to undo many of the imprudent policies crafted by Dubya to appeal to the Christian right. I won't agree with the moves of this upcoming administration 100%, I'm sure there will be things I will shake my head at, but that could be expected with any one, there are going to be some tough decisions to make.
I support Obama because I believe in the candidate, where in many other cases, people support a candidate because they dread the idea of their opponent winning. I mildly subscribe to that thought. John McCain, I have nothing personally against, other than that he didn't seem to have many principles. His campaign was all over the place, and I honestly don't know what all of his platform positions were because he was changing them up, as well as his tactics every day. However, I have deep hatred for Sarah Palin, reasons I've listed off before. One thing that I never mentioned that I should mention: She believes in banning books! Anyone who will ban any kind of book, whether it's Mein Kampf, The Holy Bible, or Winnie The Pooh, no book should be banned.
In the words of Ronald Reagan, there I go again...
This will be the last time for a while that I will pepper a post with political commentary. I mean, nobody expects Wolf Blitzer to rattle off about literature. But hey, I'm a junkie.
