political BS

1. election day! i hope everyone went out to the polls (and voted against the NO party). but, that does not seem to be the case, according to the poll results so far. it seems as if the republicans have taken the house. at the time of this writing, the senate is still up for grabs. let's go blue!
2. my computer has been a wreck all day. i have no idea what is wrong with it and its at school did not seem to have any idea either. and since it's not a school computer, i'm essentially up the creek if something is seriously wrong with it (which is how it seems to be). GREAT.
3. finally went grocery shopping today. restocked my apartment with staple fall/winter foods, as well as other things that are normally in my cabinets and fridge. won't have to go shopping for awhile, which is nice--hopefully not until after thanksgiving.

i can't help but question my "civic duty." i certainly want EVERYONE to go vote, but, like my friend said, "due to long lines, republicans are being asked to vote tomorrow." i really, really, really don't want the republicans to have control. i am so frustrated by politics! what i understand, anyway, which is certainly limited. i feel like everyone lets the politics of politics get in the way--does that make sense? there is no sense of working together for a common goal--the betterment of this country. it's absolutely ridiculous what some people argue about in this country when there are MUCH bigger fish to fry (like, the catfish in the amazon that eat monkeys...that big). yes, i understand that there are issues that are near and dear to peoples' hearts (abortion, gay marriage, gun control, etc.) but there are so many other issues that are more pressing right now: the economy, job availability, the welfare of our impoverished and underprivileged, the ENVIRONMENT, the war, education, health care, the list goes on. but a lot of people don't choose to think about those issues as the most important issues so we have people who end up being "one issue voters" for stupid (in my opinion) reasons. i could go on and on ranting about this, and i wish i could, but i don't have the time or the energy. i am just so incredibly concerned with how our planet will be able to support all this waste and all this unequal distribution of wealth and power. i guess our generation will not have to answer...but just our ancestors. you'd think that we would be concerned (evolutionarily) about the welfare of our offspring, but our minds are too primitive to recognize that WE and OUR actions are the primary threat to our continued survival.