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A Change Is Gonna Come

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on January 5, 2009
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2009, WOW!  Only one more year of the double zeros!  Is that what they’re calling this decade? Who knows.

Happy New Year!

NaBloPoMo sends me monthly email updates reminding me to blog and telling me what the next month’s posting theme would be.  Not that I’m so anxious to go through THAT again (maybe one day but not just yet, bigger and better things on the horizon that I will need my precious time for). Regardless, I received such an update right before the holiday that the theme for January is “change” and I thought HOW FITTING.  With the messiah of change taking office in a mere 15 days, and a new year upon us I would think we all have change on the brain. You may want to change your life, change your career, change your health, your wealth, whatever it is I’m sure the desire is heightened during these times. I’m confident we all have high hopes for this year - for our families, ourselves, even our country and our new President.  I know I do.

In lieu of typical resolutions, which I don’t make anyway and even if I did I wouldn’t keep them (I love my vices too much), I’ve decided to make a list of things I’d like to work on in an effort to pave the way for the best life I can have and be the best me I can be.  (SO CORNY RIGHT?!?)

Anyway, I figured if I put them out there on the internets there’s really no getting away with not trying.  Because a year from now I’ll be all “What did I blog about a year ago?” and I’ll go the the archives and see this post and be “Shit, I really suck!”  And then I’ll drink too much scotch and fall down the stairs and crack my head open and die and I probably wouldn’t be wearing any underwear and that’s not good so I should just suck it up and try to do the following 8 things this new year.  

Let’s hear it for change:

  1. Be completely me, all of the time, no matter how scary or ugly that may be sometimes (hilarious and dead sexy all of the time).
  2. Get rid of those things in my life that either no longer make me happy or do not have a positive influence on my life (including clothes and shoes!).
  3. Figure out exactly what it is I want to be when I grow up, even if it means taking drastic measures to find out what that is.  With great risk comes great reward. 
  4. Learn how to do something by the end of the year that I do not know how to do today.
  5. Be the best friend, daughter, sister, cousin, lover, etc that I can be.
  6. Visit a place i’ve never before been, even if that place is only 10 minutes away by car.
  7. Keep myself, my mind, and my heart open to any and all possibilities and opportunities that present themselves to me (see #3).
  8. Laugh. And then laugh again. And then laugh some more.

Bonus:  At the end of the year, be able to look back on this list and confidently check each one off (no cheating!)

I know this may sound a little overzealous, but while 2008 wasn’t the WORST year it certainly wasn’t my best. For this reason I am looking forward to 2009 and all of the wonderful experiences that are in store - I have a feeling I’m in for a crazy ride.  I’ll be sure to keep you posted (ha!) as to what goes on (wouldn’t want to have to dip into the scotch)!

Mamba hopes 2009 bring you everything your incredibly awesome hearts desire!

In the words of Sam Cooke (er, Al Green):


At Least He Ducks Well.

Published
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mamba
on December 14, 2008
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This is ridiculous.  Everyone hates us.  Why is he smiling?

Yes, We DID!

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on November 5, 2008
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I KNEW IT!

And It All Comes Down To This

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on November 5, 2008
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I stood on line today for two and a half hours to vote.  There was a line outside just to wait to get on the inside line, and everyone was acting like they were on line for free beer or something.  It was a party!

I stood on line in front of a 43-year-old man who was so excited to vote that he literally did the pee-pee dance the entire time.  He recited Obama’s speech from the night before.  He read editorials out loud from today’s NY Times.  He told me where I could volunteer if I didn’t have to go to work.  He seriously danced around as he told me that in twelve years not only had he only voted against “the other guy,” this was the first year he was proactively voting for someone.  His excitement was contagious.

There were a lot of people on my line that agreed with him.  After all that excitement it was finally my turn to officially make my decision:

PHEW!  It’s over!  And here we are, awaiting the results, and I could not be happier.  I felt PROUD to stand on line and have my say.  I was excited to see so many other people as excited as me.  Children on line with their parents were asking, “Did Obama win yet?”  Just the way children say “Obama” is exciting.  Everything about this day is exciting!!! (How many more times can I say “exciting?” I can’t help myself!)

My Democratic mother received a photograph in the mail a few months ago, and she didn’t understand why McCain/Palin would have sent it to her as she is clearly a registered democrat.  I haven’t had a reason to post this picture until today, but it just wants to make me say:

Naa-Naa-Na-Na-Naaaaaah!!!

 

OBAMA/BIDEN ‘08/’12

UPDATE:  As I am proofreading this post, Obama has been elected.  There are really no words to describe how I feel about this other than, WOOO-HOOO!!!!!!   Way to go America!

‘Twas the Night Before Election Day

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on November 3, 2008
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It’s finally here.  I feel like a little kid waiting for Santa to arrive on Christmas morning.  All of the anticipation and anxiety will finally be over and tomorrow night (hopefully) we will know who will be the next President of the Free World.  We’ll all be able to breathe a sigh of relief and go back to our normal everyday lives.  The constant campaign coverage will be gone, the negative attacks, the he said-she said, the debates, the gaffes, the political conversations will die down to a murmur and things will go back to “normal”.

There is no early voting in NY.  Tomorrow I will have to brave the lines and wait just like everyone else.  I’ll wait patiently, excited that I will get to exercise my right to vote in this historic election year.  While I think you all have probably figured out who I will cast my vote for, no matter what the outcome is I’ll be okay.  

WE WILL ALL BE OKAY.

Tomorrow is our turn to have a say, our turn to make a statement.  I hope that we will stand up in droves and shout from the rooftops, “IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE!”  I hope that there are no “close calls” or “hanging chads” to contend with.  Mostly, I hope that on Wednesday morning we wake up proud to live in a country where its future is decided by the voters that live in it.  

A future that I’ll be happy to put in the hands of Senator Barack Obama.

PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO VOTE!

Sarah Silverman Would Be Proud

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on October 30, 2008
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Are you all as anxious and excited as I am for November 4th?  I can barely sit still. Living in NYC you don’t see many (if any) McCain/Palin buttons walking around, so in all of our minds Obama has already won the election.  Of course we all know that’s not really true, but no one wants to say anything about the slim possibility of a Republican victory for fear that maybe we’ll jinx it - so no one says anything at all. On top of that, being the home of Saturday Night Live, we’ve been inundated with parodies of all of the candidates, so the comic relief around here has been aplenty.  

Nevertheless, I absolutely need to share with you the following political satire.  It mimics the infamous “I’m Fucking Matt Damon,” and for those of you that may be experiencing some election anxiety, this should give you a nice reprieve.  Unless, of course, you are voting for “the other guy” and in that case you probably won’t like it.  

Or….maybe….

Thanks to my sis for sharing, and big props to her coworker et al for making it!! (Love the Perez shout!)

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN ‘08 ON NOVEMBER 4TH!

To find your nearest polling location, go here.

Don’t Buy Stuff.

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on October 22, 2008
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With the economy in the shitter and an imminent change in lifestyle brimming on the horizon for all of us, I wonder if we would be in a different position if we had all bought into the following advertising:

Thanks to Janet for the clip and the budget advice!

Change I Believe In

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on October 7, 2008
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This is not a post.

I just want to go on record as saying the next President of the U.S.A will be Barack Obama.

Please enjoy the video and no matter where you stand, DON’T FORGET TO VOTE:

I hear Fort Lauderdale is quite nice this time of year.

“I’m asking you to believe.  Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington…I’m asking you to believe in yours.” - Senator Barack Obama