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This evening I made my last donation to Barack Obama's campaign. Afterward, I was directed to write something down if I wanted to and send it along (to the campaign, I guess?) and I felt moved to do so. I was planning on writing something about this on my birthday, but I think this captures how I feel pretty well. And it's already written. So that's another plus.

I first donated to the campaign back early in the primary season, when Hillary was, I felt, being excessively negative to Barack. It wasn't much, but as he won more and more states I felt proud that I had donated and had in a small way helped his cause.
I donated a few more times during the primaries. And as he moved into the general election season I donated a little more. It became important to me to continue my support because I really believe America will be a better country with Barack as president. I've never understood why people dismissed him as little more than empty words and high retoric. If you would listen, I thought, you would understand that he's not just talking about hope and change, but he's talking about how to bring about change and how to renew hope.
Back when I made my first donation I was afraid he wouldn't win the nomination. But I saw that he and the people around him had thought through most of the paths their campaign could take and had chosen the right one. When Barack won the nomination, I was happy but still afraid that there would be something to take away his chances at becoming president.
Now I'm allowing myself to hope. The election is four days away and in two days I will be 22. Four years ago I voted for George Bush. It was a mistake I will not make again.

I don't know if you will read this, Mr. Obama, but if you do I want to say thank you. Thank you for being the canidate I hoped you would remain to be all those months ago. It means a lot to me, personally.

Thank you.

a quick one

Hey all, it's been a while. I'm fine, thanks for asking. And yourself? Oh, I've been keeping busy, mostly with school, but I can't complain too much about that.

I've been thinking about Things. (NOTE: This will not be a long heavy post, don't fret.) It hardly seems fair that college is almost over, especially since it seemed to take much less time to get through than high school did. I'll just end that train of thought right there. That train of thought can be difficult to articulate and I am too tired to do so now.

How about a joke? I don't remember where I read it...

What's the difference between Barack Obama and John McCain?

One of them offers you change, the other offers you a dish of hard candy.

Oh, ZING! Tip your waiters and waitresses.

thought(s) on the VP debate

gaioshfisahgh everytime I hear the word "maverick" I feel like someone is poking me in the back of the head asdsadasgahgops.

While she's rebuking Biden on his Afghanistan response, she looks like she wants to throttle him. He pissed. her. off. (Or maybe she's really flustered?)

This might be a bit too mean, but I thought it when Palin said John McCain "knows how to win a war": Didn't we "lose" the Vietnam War?

If either of you watched the debate, can you tell me how many questions she's answered? I haven't caught one yet.

AGH, stop being so damn folksy. It's like nails on a chalkboard!

"John McCain tapped me and said 'That's where I wantcha.' "

Were you aware Alaska produces a lot of energy?

Maverick twice in the same answer! When Biden was answering the same question he started to tear up. Palin said some talking points. Biden is NOT happy about that.

UPDATE: David Letterman has some special messages from Governor Palin which, I think, should not be missed. They clear several things up: