Survival of the Three'd!

[a_bit_of_wit_2]

The whole campus seemed to have an air of depression today...it felt so somber. The election had a major impact on morale here, and as a result of Kerry conceding, giving Bush the win, everyone seemed depressed, upset. Especially considering that the overwhelming majority here voted for Kerry, myself included. Well, it's now out of our hands, and before you go move to Canada or blow your brains out, or both, consider this: it won't solve anything. We're stuck with Bush for 4 more years, like it or not. Now, as we always have, we've adapted the situation. No different now. Ranting about it now will do NO ONE any good. All you will do is just cause further damage, and nothing will come of it. As I read the rants of my friends' LJ's today and tonight (mine included), most of them were similar, although I did find one thing that just downright pissed me off, and I'm not mentioning any names but...

"Anyone who is not a redneck, ignorant, racist, prejudiced, gun-toting PIG, you are not going to be represented for the next four years. Yeah, the people have spoken. My ass."

I'm sorry, but I take personal offense to that. I know several of those "rednecks" personally, and they just happen to be excellent people. Not every "redneck" wanted Bush to win. My best friend happens to be a "redneck," and she wanted Kerry to win. So, lay off the fucking stereotype. I've fucking had it with silly, stupid stereotypes. Not every Southerner/Midwesterner fits that description.

Bush won, deal with it. We've done it for 4 years, and we'll have another 4. He'll be gone in 4 years, replaced by someone better, equal or worse. For a similar view on this whole election debacle, I refer you to nigoki.

Anyway, on a better note, I got my dad's financial info...he could end up possibly being a co-signer for this loan. I'll punch his info in tomorrow night when I get out of work, I work 2-8. (crosses fingers) Please...please work. Also chatted with my Aunt Lisa tonight...one of the members of my family on that (shudders) side. I must admit...I do love her, and I find her to be one of the nicer of the bunch. We chatted for a half hour, all nice, kind, calm, which made me feel very happy. I may actually plan a visit there in the future...I know she wants to see a pic of April, so I will mail her one. Also talked to Dan D. tonight, first time in a while. (smiles)

Oh, and this is rich: tonight, I had my exam in Computing on...Microsoft Word. To show you how much I ripped this test apart, let me tell you some of the questions I had to deal with tonight:

For all of these questions (which are in no particular order), you are given the Microsoft Word screen, with access to all features:

Example Question 1: (you are given some text, of which a sentence is highlighted) Change the highlighted text to 36 point.
EQ 2: Using the appropriate button in the toolbar, save your document.
EQ 3: Print the current page.
EQ 4. Make a table with 5 columns, 2 rows. (which is Word's default)
EQ 5. (you're given some text, of which a paragraph is highlighted) Delete the selected text.
EQ 6. (you're given a document) Spell check the document.
EQ 7: Undo the last action.

I had 40 of these questions, the hardest ones being to make tab stops. Now you can die of laughter.

Now, MCLA has this course as REQUIRED for the English major. Considering this is a liberal arts school and most of us are computer literate, I find this a bit disappointing.

On the NaNo front, current word count: 6,004/50,000. Chapter 1 of the novel is up at nfiction.com, check out the story in progress: Dino Crisis II: Jump into the Prehistoric

On that note, sleep.

Nighty night, all.