Famous Last Words: One Month Til THE VOTE.

2016 Presidential Nominees (caricatured)
 Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Image via flikr.
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Week 7 of the Semester is over, and I'm sitting here this evening facing an incredibly busy October: full of midterms, birthday parties, a trip to Santa Fe New Mexico, Essays due, and Halloween! Oh My! 

The most distressing issue for this month, however, is that we're almost to the Presidential Election of 2016, ya'll. Anyone else starting to really freak out about our options? Anyone? Surely I am not alone on this. Left standing are, technically: Hillary Clinton (Democrat), Donald Trump (Republican), Jill Stein (Green Party), and Gary Johnson (Libertarian). Actually, I'm starting to see a few Gary Johnson and Jill Stein yard signs pop up in my neighborhood (in the wild, I call it).

Tuesday, November 8th is the election.... Just about 1 month, exactly, away from now. (cue shrieking knife sounds of EEEP EEEP EEEP, that's so typical in horror movies) I'm left gape-jawed with our current options, and just really struggling with which way my vote is going to go. For once in his life, my husband, too, is left puzzling who the heck he's going to vote for. We're not alone, several of our friends are just as distressed about the current state of affairs regarding the next President of the United States. 

I'm sitting here finishing up this week's assignments with the 2nd Presidential Debate playing in the background (at the Town Hall). Did you watch it? What do you think about it all? Anyone else wince in pain also?

I will spare you from my personal, obtuse views on the subject, but I'll leave you with TWO things:

ONE: 

ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE?!?!?! 

The deadline for registering to Vote is THIS FRIDAY, OCT 14. If you're in Oklahoma, here is the link for the voter registration page. Print it off, fill it out, and mail it in to the address listed on the application itself. It must be postmarked by Thursday, Oct 13. 

Link to Voter Registration Application Form (OK)

TWO: 

Bernie Meme created from DonkeyHotey's photo on flikr.

Goodluck this week, ya'll!

Famous Last Words: Hit The Ground Running

This week seemed to go fairly well: I stayed ahead in most of my classes, was on top of homework assignments, and didn't have any major hiccups in getting babysitters organized and getting myself to class. The difficulty was with this class.... I find myself putting in nearly double the suggested time for each post required for the Orientation Week! I kept clicking over to interesting side jaunts in the large Wiki World, and, well, everything just took so much longer! This was most likely compounded by the fact that:

1. I was intimidated to create a blog
2. I was intimidated to have a blog
3. I was intimidated to keep making posts to a blog

But, I did it! Tech-savvy-less me be damned, I got started! Somehow, I managed to also stay on top of the assignments, though Wednesday was a little hairy. Now that we're settling into the reading schedules, I am enjoying it so much more. I can do reading, I know reading, reading is my home. Making blog posts about the reading? I'm not yet in the comfort zone with that, but I am getting there. 

Resolutions:

1. Work Ahead as much as possible!
2. Make more memes! These are fun. :)

Still from Sita Sings the Blues

I'm looking forward to watching Sita Sings the Blues later on in this course, as the style of it immediately draws me in. Which reminds me, that for now, I'm excited to be flying through the Ramayana. I've not actually read through the Ramayana or the Mahabharata (for shame!), and I am incredibly excited to be able to mark those down as read after this semester is over. I just want to take a minute to point out how incredibly soothing it is to listen to the readings through Sound Cloud.... simply click, and hear the words pour over you, relax, and say "Aaaaahhhhhh...." It's such a good way to go through the course (so far!)