I'm not scared I'm wearing a tie you go home.

If you're wondering about the state of the economy, just look at my LJ icon for this post, and it about sums it up. When looking at the tantric, sensual dance that the Dow Jones has done over the past month, you're going to need someone from the USGS to decipher it. And if you're a geologist, you'll get that joke (Mary, I'm looking directly at YOOOOOOOOOOU.). Basically, the long and the short of it is this: it's going to get to the point where the dollar is so utterly useless, it will replace Charmin. Monopoly money and Life money will be the new currency, and if that's the case, I'll be a multi-millionaire. Three Monopoly sets (1935 edition, Nintendo edition, Here & Now) and one Life set will make me filthy rich. It's going to get to the point where I will be able to buy a house with some flour, some eggs, and a whisk. I told April that I would just LOOOOOOOOVE to go down to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, armed with my cameras, and just photograph the entropy. Can you say entropy, boys and girls?

Nice try.

In other news, I can NOT wait for Election Day. I learned nothing new about the candidates during the last debate, and really, they should've just slung real mud at each other. I have a problem with McCain telling us that he knows how to get bin Laden, how to fix the economy--and then fail to tell us exactly what we want to hear...THE FUCKING SOLUTION!. Palin makes me just sick to my stomach...I find her a disgrace to women everywhere. No wonder the National Organization of Women support Obama. I'm just going to go to the polls, vote for whom I think makes the most sense--while it looks like Obama, I'm going to wait this out until the endgame. Obama has not made himself look like a total ass in my eyes yet. There's still time. Then again, I'm operating under the mindset that every politician is a crooked bastard anyway. After the miserable, horrible EPIC FAIL of a certain horny Eliot Spitzer (who, for those not in the know, won the 2006 race for Governor in NY with 70% OF THE FUCKING VOTE...and he campaigned on an excellent platform of reform, truth, justice) who paid to get his balls jostled around a bit (it's one thing to have a whole friends-with-benefits thing. At least you personally know the other party. I'm quite cool with that, and I encourage it in everything you do. It's quite another to pay for it, and stealthily.), as well as the hypocritical politicians who decry, denounce, and cry religious foul over gays (and then get caught with their pants down and penis plunged into other men in public restrooms--yeah, where's your God card now? Fuckers.) I can't even look at any politician with whole-hearted beliefs and promises without thinking that he's lying his ass off.

But I can't make fun of the government unless I contribute in the civil process we call voting. Just like I can't make fun of food if I haven't tried it (gefilte fish, I'm looking right at you. Whoever decided putting shredded balls of fish meat in what looks like jizz and expecting us to eat it clearly had a vendetta against humanity. Clearly. One of the nastiest things I ever put in my mouth.), I can't make fun of the government unless I vote. I still am backing the campaign of Mario and Luigi '08. Now there's a duo that will change Washington for the better. Life would be so much better with mushrooms, flowers, stars, and Yoshis running around. Hell, a Congress of Yoshis and Toads would get more done. If there was a crisis that threatened us, just jump on, throw a fireball at, or hammer it. None of this yea or nay crap. A winner is you!

So this weekend I shall be away to Cape Cod, visiting my family and going to King Richard's Faire, the last RenFaire I go to this year (tear). It's been a great summer of Faire-hopping, starting with the MayFaire in New Paltz (where we got to eat dinner with the amazing NeidFyre), then going to the New York RenFaire a total of 8 times, then going to the CT RenFaire last weekend, and then King Richard's to close it out. Then comes the rest of fall, and with it, life. Apple picking is in the near future. More D&D is in the near future. A holiday party in December is near. I'll be able to have more New Paltz and Ramapo friends come up! NaNoWriMo is coming up (in which I will finally finish the RE4 novel I started 2 NaNos ago), as well as another character battle contest (yeah, I know, I keep saying it, but it will happen...but to be fair, I sort of like free evenings.).

Also, the applying to colleges is near. I have officially requested information regarding two local colleges--Schenectady County Community and Sage College of Albany. Sage is my preferred school, as they have an excellent photography program (from what I can gather, hence the more info part). My probationary period in my new job also came to an end, so I am officially permanent (as in, my boss likes me and won't demote me back to my old, boring data entry job) in this new position. Photography continues to keep me occupied. The good digital ones from my recent vacation are up on the ol' DeviantArt. Check them out!

And so, I think it's time to bring this LJ entry to a close. That, and I need a shower. And do laundry. And all the other domestic duties I sometimes am required to do. So here's your moment of Zen: In those days men were real men, women were real women, small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before - and thus was the Empire forged.