Post Election Depression

Well thanks America for voting the wrong way.  Yeesh.  Somehow this might be the fitting end to this year.  I'm not into that Mayan crap, but let's be honest here, things are pretty bleak, and about to get worse.  I just can't fathom why people want Obama running their lives, and driving up the cost of everything.  It makes no sense to me.  This is the most corrupt administration ever.  And he gets a free pass from the media, and you're called racist if you criticize him, even though he's also half-white.  Its crazy.  People complain about spending, but when they're guy does it, its suddenly ok?  Its ok not to respond to a terrorist attack?  Its ok to hand cartels guns so law abiding gun owners get blamed?  Its ok to take personal healthcare decisions out of the hands of the people and put into government run programs?  Yeah...this isn't going to end well... 

I'm gonna try and do a little writing I suppose, if I can't fit into my busy schedule of depression and cartoon downloading.  I'm trying to figure out if I can maybe work on two or three books at the same time.  I'm thinking one or two of these might be a good thing to have done before the next election.  Anyway, its something I have to think over.  I'm a little weird right now, and I need to figure out a good timetable for all this.  I'd like to finish about 7 or 8 books before the year is out.  If I can finish those books off, I think I can get some early stuff out of the way, and I can maybe spend some time around Christmas and New Year's working on a plan for just reading in 2013.  Alright its now time to think about getting in my five minutes of writing in for the day.  Sheesh.  Onwards and upwards...

A Plea to You Before The Biggest Election Perhaps in Our Nation's History

Tomorrow many of you will go to the polls and vote.  Typically people have their decision made up the night before the election, and tomorrow is probably the biggest day in history, in a very long time.  I'm not gonna ask where you stand on abortion, gay marriage, illegal immigration, gun rights, etc, etc.  I'm simply going to mention economics.  I'm a single dad in California, I live under the poverty line, and work typically 40 to 60 hours to be there.  I made $3,600 less this year than last year.  That's with Obama as president.  I literally can't imagine what next year will look like, or the year after.  I'm worried I could be on the street, and lose just about everything.  I implore you to vote Romney tomorrow, because he is a business man, and understands what is needed to balance a budget.  We have 6 trillion in new debt, and the Federal government is the largest its ever been.  There's no reason to blow money at a rate like this, and in your heart of hearts you know this isn't right.  I'm asking to simply vote on economics.  If you take out the social issues, which aren't really the main focus of Romney's campaign anyway, you're left with the same system we've had since our founding. 

Its capitalism vs. socialism, and really its capitalism vs. communism.  I'm broke, I don't fault the wealthy, for working hard and achieving things.  And if it really came down to it wouldn't you rather be rich too?  Obama says he's the champion of the middle class, but the middle class income has dropped under his so-called recovery.  I work for a small business, I can tell you I live in the reality of how business has been cramped, and bogged down.  This is an election of values.  I'm trusting you have some, or there wouldn't be things you are passionate about, or care about.  This election is not about the social issues, which are important to us, on either side of the aisle, this is about how to make prosperity for ourselves and for our children.  You know how to make and recognize prosperity, government does not.  Tomorrow is your opportunity to show that you know how to run your own life better than government does. That's what this is about in a nutshell.  I simply can't afford to have government spend its whatever it wants whenever it wants trying to get me to live a certain way, and I think you know you can't afford it either.  Go to the polls tomorrow with that in mind.  Thanks for letting me borrow your time.

A Little Election Humor

Here are my old "teleprompter pickup lines."  I was going to put them in my book revision if I could, but since the book isn't ready yet, here you go.  They're meant to make fun of fun Obama, but feel free to try them out on unsuspecting women. 


"You have a beautiful readout..."

"I love it when you tell me what to say."

"Do you need help with your power supply?"

 "I could totally lose myself in your video monitor."

"You have the prettiest camera lens I've ever seen."

"Can I check out your software?"

"Can we spend some time programming each other?"

"You have such a nice tripod"

"I always feel so important with you around."

 "Can I plug you in?"

 "You have such a nice casing."

 "I'm just here to make sure all your parts are in working order."

"I just want to make sure you're getting the right amount of electricity."

"I brought the non-streak glass cleaner this time."

"I love the heat from your power connection."

"Your lens says 'no no' but your power light says 'yes yes.'" 

"You look so good in that carrying case." 

"Made in China?  Baby I thought you were made in heaven."

"Just once I'd like to give you something to say."

"The gentle warmth of your power supply, lets me know you're burning energy for me."



I know, I know, they're kinda chessy. 

Sunday...

I'm going to knock off some more books off my reading list I think.  I've been doing that a bit anyway, but I need to step it up.  I looked at my library, and realized I still need to ditch a couple of hundred books.  I'm trying to unload some more, but it seems like I take in 10 books for every 20 I get rid of.  I'm working on trying to get back up to whipping through a book in a week, but I seemed to have slowed down more and more over the years, and it seems like my memory is getting worse and worse too.  I can't tell if its aging, or the lack of not having to use my brain for too much more than driving a forklift these days.  I'm also having trouble telling if I'm repeating myself when I blog.  This might be a problem later, for my writing, especially if I'm trying to write mysteries, and spy stories.  Its tough to remember what clues I dropped where in a story, and what nuance I wanted to convey...  Wow, I just used nuance in a sentence.  Fancy.  I'm really just tired of life.  I don't mean in a despair sort of way right now, just tired.  I'd like a nice solid month in Hawaii.  That's not too much to ask for is it?  I've got a lot more notes this time around than I have before too.  I guess this is so I can remember things.  I'm trying to be better with it, especially since I hate doing them.  Diagraming, and outlining, are things I really despise.  I used to pride myself on having a good memory, but I guess those days be over.  And so children, I leave you with this, take notes, because one day you'll be thinking you're going to remember something that was a brilliant idea, and find out later you didn't remember at all.  Fin.

Saturday

Its been kind of wacky day.  I was going to sleep in till 10 or 11 today, and had that plan destroyed when some guys were taking down a tree or something at 8am.  If 10 or 11 seems late, keep in mind I stayed up till 2 or 2:30 last nite, and I don't usually sleep too well during the week.  SO...I go to the bank, and can't cash my check because its drawn on a different bank, so I have to deposit the check instead, which means I can't get at the money I need.  Then I took a nap.  Then I watch a movie or two, and now I'm working on a book title for the novel, and maybe just maybe work on finishing that last story for the book revision.  I used to have a great knack for getting motivated if I missed a day of writing, but now I'm worried I'm getting lazy about it a little.  Anyhoo, I guess thats it.  Tune in tomorrow, when we find out whether or not I was able to get any work done tonight.  Ha.

Meh

I get to sleep in this weekend.  Yeah, baby, yeah!  I'm super tired, mostly physically, and could use the time to myself.  I'm on empty.  Its getting closer to the holidays, so I hope I can expect some time off then too.  There's really a lot to do as far as research is concerned, and I'd like to knock some of it out before the year is out, since I'm not too likely to finish the book revision this year like I wanted.  I'm already two months behind of where I wanted to be on it, but I guess you can't rush greatness.  I think I can finish all the counter-terrorism, and espionage type reading in a few months, but I gotta organize a list for the history book, and I gotta work a little harder at putting that list together.  Sometimes you can track down other materials by checking out the bibliography in the back of a book, so you can see what books, and things, were used for that particular book.  I did that a little in college, when I'd writer a paper, and needed other sources to cite.  Its a handy little tool sometimes, and makes you look scholorly and intelligent, because you found a bunch of sources and are well-read.  Yadda yadda yadda.  I'm gonna be reading well into 2015 or 2016 I guess, maybe longer.  Chicks dig smart guys right?

Dear Diary...

Heh, just kidding about the title.  Today, I got some cool stuff, all espionage-y and whatnot.  I got some books on the Secret Service, the CIA, and a few wacky conspiracy ones, but the best one has to be the book of Reagan speeches.  I was a just a kid during his presidency, I don't really remember much of the 80s really, and I thought it'd be good to read about the best president of the modern era.  So there you go.  I'm working on a title now for the novel now.  I say "working" but really I haven't got started on it yet.  I've been consumed by trying to read up on spy stuff, that I haven't given too much time to finishing the stuff I'm working on, or the stuff I want to start working on.  Oh yeah, and its officially Christmas time, the Starbucks cup I got with my coffee said so...