Yes We Can!!!

I have never been more proud of my country than I am at this very moment.

Sleep-less night

I am unable to sleep tonight, yet again. I keep thinking about random stuff. Wondering whatever it may be? Here it goes:

-Many of my friends have started to notice that I am becoming a lot more cynical and negative than I used to be. It makes me wonder what made me this way. Could it be a certain person that completely fucked me over 5 months ago? I wasn't in love with him by any means but I don't appreciate being lied to and taken advantage of. Fuck him.
-In a few short hours the voters of this fine country of ours head to the polls to elect a new President. I hope that they choose the right person for the job. A man we all call Barack Obama.
-Why I have this fascination with Sarah Palin. I admire her as a woman, but at the same time I don't understand 2/3 of the shit that she does.
-Wondering if anybody is truely unique and an individual. Everybody copies somebody.
-The sudden realization that I don't actually believe in God. Strange...
-Why I tend to be more mature than most people my age and yet find myself unable to talk to a certain someone. I think about him constantly and yet act like a shy, 12 year-old girl. This reminds me of the Tanner Beam incident of 1998. Here it goes: after the 5th grade my parents decided to move us to a hell-hole named Hays, Kansas. It took a while to make new friends. I decided that I had a wicked crush on this kid named Tanner Beam. I figured that I would tell him that I was in love with him in a note. I decided that picture day would be the perfect time to do it. I wrote a note that said something like I thought that he was cute. When he went to get his picture taken I dropped the note off at his spot. When he got back I watched out of the corner of my eye as he opened it. He laughed. I was crushed. I figure that this is the reason why I find myself lusting after Mr. Jesus look alike and yet find myself unable to tell him how I feel. My friends keep offering to talk to him about it and I don't let them because it feels very much like 7th grade and is just embarassing. I'm 21 years old and should be able to do this by myself. Grrr...


Thanks for reading,
Kaitlin

And how white are you?

After my very boring Halloween, I went to work on Saturday and walked to Books a Million and bought a book that I had been looking at for a very long time. Stuff White People Like: The Definitive Guide To The Unique Taste Of Millions by Christian Lander. It had always looked interesting to me and I saved 10% with my millionaire's card so why not?

After just a few pages I have decided that I am extremely white and not unique in any way, shape or form. Using the examples from the book, here are the reasons why I am so white:

1. Coffee. I say things like "you do NOT want to see me before I get my morning coffee"

24. Wine.

35. The Daily Show/The Colbert Report. At one point in time I considered it a legitimate news source, just like many of you. I don't care, it's funny as shit.

38. Arrested Development. Greatest Show of All Time.

41. Indie Music.

47. Liberal Arts Degrees. I am working towards getting one. What can I say, I just don't like math or science.

53. Dogs

57. Documentaries

58. Japan. I've been there.

60. Toyota Prius. I crave one, apparently so do most other white folk.

67. Standing still at concerts. I just don't like to dance next to sweaty people.

83. Bad memories of high school. I have them, so do you.

84. T-Shirts. I have jillions. Apparently so do lots of us.

97. Red Hair. I have it. It's not even my natural hair color.

120. Platonic friendships. I have many.

122. Acoustic covers. Yes.

127. The Simpsons. I have every season that has been released on dvd.

128. Avoiding confrontation. I do it better than most other white folk.

132. Not having cash. Since the invention of the debit card I have no need for it. Apparently none of us do.

138. Reading. I have at least 30 books that I have yet to read and keep on collecting them.

140. Glasses. I like them so much that I've been wearing them for the past 12 years.

146. Therapy. Sometimes you just need someone to talk to.

There were 150 things listed and I said that I liked 50 of them. When I used the chart at the back of the book to figure out how white I was I found out that I was only 35% white! Yippee! I recomend you head to your local bookstore and pick up a copy for yourself. I would let you borrow mine, but I don't do that. People lose them.

Kaitlin