A bit of an update seems necessary, since it's been a while, and I no longer have the stress of the GRE preventing me from writing in the proverbial unnecessary, self-aggrandizing blog.
Speaking of which . . . I'm done with the GRE! I did well enough that I'm totally not going to retake it, and it's one thing on the need-to-get-done-in-life checklist. And, I'm now required to go to grad school within the next five years, or I'll have to take it again. Which would be gross, so grad school it is.
In much more exciting news, I'm headed to Boston/Brandeis/my happy place in two weekends -- I'm ridiculously excited to a. not have Hebrew school for a week (although I'm loving it and it's going well, I could use a break), b. see all the people I miss desperately, and c. be social, goshdarnit. I really don't love the whole not-seeing-friends ever situation that seems to be where I've landed myself at home. Perhaps it was silly to lose connection with all of those people from high school, but everyone I love is away or busy for the most part. And realistically, high school friends aren't quite the same as college friends (with some notable exceptions). So needless to say I'm excited about going to Boston.
In decidedly ridiculous news, my mother and I were sitting in the office the other day and decided to make her a facebook page. So Mona is now on facebook. I'm not quite sure how to feel about this, but amused is definitely a part of it.
So I believe a few countdowns are in order:
4 days - spending a night in NYC just for fun!
7 days - election!
9 days - Brandeis!
Happy happy day. Even if it is intermittently snowing and hailing and blowing nasty stuff. Plus, I just bought a new coat. So even that can't bother me that much, because I have prospect of happy warmth coming into my life soon!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
One thing has been really bugging me throughout this very long, very fatiguing campaign. The accusation that Barack Obama is a Muslim drives me up a wall. First of all the evidence clearly indicates that he's not, but much much much much more importantly, it shouldn't matter. Not at all, not one bit. This is America, and there are Muslim-Americans who fight in Iraq, who run for Congress, who are every bit as American as my family or George Bush's family or John McCain's family. So if Barack Obama were a Muslim, I'd STILL vote for him. There are moderate Muslims all over the world (out of 1 billion people, I'm sure they don't all want to wipe Israel off the map), and I'm much more interested in a candidate's ability to affect change, position on the environment, position on Israel than anything else. And Obama's got it together on those counts.
I've been ranting about this to everyone for months. It's a real pet peeve. But when Colin Powell said the same thing (and infinitely more eloquently than I could) on Meet the Press this Sunday, I have to say my heart leaped. Here is a moderate, thoughtful, former General who really knows a lot more than me about this country and he also thinks that the behavior of those who insist that a Muslim-American couldn't be President is deplorable. Of course, Obama isn't even a Muslim, but if he were, what would matter?
I almost feel like this is the Muslim version of the song If You Were Gay from Avenue Q. "If you were muslim, that'd be okay I mean cuz hey, I like you anyway. .. etc etc, followed by "but I'm not Muslim". Of course, it doesn't rhyme as well . . .
Anyway, check out the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_NMZv6Vfh8
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