Ever since I was a teen and accepted babysitting jobs on Friday nights, I have been bored out of my mind with Friday night TV. The shows are awful – it’s the worst night of the week. Plus, if you are stuck in someone else’s house watching kids, it is even worse to have nothing good to watch. So I usually have 4-5 VHS Tapes and DVDs in my bag to watch if I can’t find anything at all on cable.
Reading Oprah
I picked up a magazine at the grocery store check out line. It is called “O” for Oprah. She is one of those few famous people who can go by their first name and everyone knows immediately who you are talking about.
I think Oprah had a lot to do with Barrack Obama getting elected. But she is a good woman and her magazine seems to cover a lot of different topics of interest to the American woman. So I’ll give it a read and see if I like it.
Congrats to Barrack Obama
The voting results were final just about the time that I go to bed. I was relieved to see that Barrack Obama won by enough of a margin that there won’t be problems with protests and challenges and maybe even scandals like the infamous “hanging chads” in the last election.
I was surprised that some of the states that used to be red states turned out to be blue states this time. That says a lot for the political strategy that Obama used.
Also, I am glad that Biden has the chance to be Vice President and maybe eventually President. He is a good man, although he has a mean side, but then we need someone who won’t be bullied, and I think most people respect Biden for his leadership and no nonsense attitude.
Voting for President
This year’s election is the first time that I will have the chance to vote for the Presidential candidate. I registered to vote back in August and got my voter registration card in the mail about 2 weeks later.
They say to go vote early and be prepared for a long wait, as there will be a record breaking turnout this year. I hope that we do have a record turn out, but I hope the lines move along so I’m not there standing in line for an hour – or worse. I’m not a real patient person and long lines drive me crazy. But I will go vote right after work, and I hope the boss lets me leave a little early since it is for voting.