Election Day

Taken out of my physics notebook:

So, I'm currently sitting in my physics class paying attention with half an ear and reading The California Aggie, UC Davis' newpaper. Now, today is election day so there is quite an assortment of articles telling people go vote and some articles hinting at which candidate who should vote for. (Considering that I go to a public school in California and we're pretty much liberal, I think you know who I'm talking about). There are even ads by big name food corporations like Ben and Jerry's or Starbucks giving out free food for voting (though, I think the marginal cost of standing in line negates the marginal benefit of free ice cream, but then again, I'm not the typical Asian. I think there will be a lot of Asians... and freeloaders).

Anyways, I had already submitted my ballot in the mail a few weeks back so I don't really have to worry about the polls. I don't fancy waiting in line and then standing in a booth trying to decide if I'm making the right choice. I could be there for a loooooong time considering how hard it is for me just to decide on what I want to eat in the morning (even though I have like 4 options). This is the first time I have ever voted and I was so nervous because I keep feeling like I made some mistake. I had to read the instructions like 5 times even though the process was so simple that anyone could do it (who can't draw a line? well, maybe if you had no hands..)

By the way, I am now totally lost in this lecture... I can't really help it. The professor is nice and all and he reminds me of Christopher Knight (you know, Peter Brady from the Brady Bunch? The him now, not the him when he was Peter) with a Russian accent, but he's kind of boring. A lot of equations and stuff. Most students just either fall asleep or play sudoku (since the newspapers are distributed outside of our classroom, people just grab one for the puzzle, which also explains why I had a newspaper on me in the first place.)

Anyways! I diverge from the topic a lot. Stream of consciousness sure is fun and distracting.

I've always been saying that I don't care about politics. It was like "Oh, Bush is bad." but not really caring to look at exactly what he was doing wrong. Even when I was supposed to research this stuff for American democracy, I didn't really care all that much. But this election seems so exciting. Almost like one of those reality game shows. Like America's Top President. Oooh, we should have a TV show like that where McCain and Obama live in the same roof and battle it out in little minigames. And then winner will get a nice white house and power to destroy the world. Oooh oooh oooh! Wouldn't that be fun?

But putting aside the fact that Barack Hussein Obama has a funny name and the fact that McCain is incredibly old and resembles a white raisin, how much do people really know about the candidates. I mean, I tried to be a responsible American and looked at the facts, but every now and then, I get sucked into a vortex of lies or sometimes even truths and I get confused. Of course, I have to be honest, I think Obama is MUCH more attractive than McCain and McCain looks like he's just about to croak (which I don't wish on him. For pete's sake, his MOM is still alive. That is quite a feat) and he's black (at least half black) which makes him infinitely more cooler than an old white guy. Image has a lot to do with this game. And while Joe Biden is obscure under the limelight of Sarah Palin, that publicity sometimes does more harm than good. I would have considered McCain a little more if he had chosen a better running mate. I mean, if he makes such an important decision and, in my opinion totally fails it, I don't know how I can entrust the country to him.

The facts and accusations from both parties have become muddled and unclear. Instead of addressing the issues, the candidates debate about each other. But I don't know. In the end, I would rather have Obama become president because that lisp that McCain has is just not cute.

Disclaimer, the ending of this entry is totally different from the one that I wrote previously. Things change as you write and edit stuff that you wrote, so yeah.