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3/11/04 22:45þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg.
"That passed away. This may, as well."
(Should the encoding come out right).
I am awfully glad that I had a weekend in SC and at the Renaissance fest with the boy (though the train was two and a half hours late. A pox on Amtrak!) to distract me from the election. There was nothing I could do anyway.
You know, I always thought I'd be relatively content to live in the US as a Canadian citizen. I certainly didn't want to give up my citizenship. But now--the disenfranchisement, it grates. I almost lump myself in with the other people who just didn't bother to vote, even though in my case 'bothering to vote' would've taken a good seven years to achieve.
Still, though I feel a certain amount of alienation from the mainstream, I don't want to leave just yet. I don't like the polarization that's turning the conservative place even more conservative; I would like to stay and be a voice for "not EVERY sane person feels this way." And the "every sane person feels this way" trap is an easy one to fall into no matter which side you're on.
There's always Canada, as a last resort. And Japan, if they'd have me. I guess I'm lucky in that respect even if I'd rather not leave.
"That passed away. This may, as well."
(Should the encoding come out right).
I am awfully glad that I had a weekend in SC and at the Renaissance fest with the boy (though the train was two and a half hours late. A pox on Amtrak!) to distract me from the election. There was nothing I could do anyway.
You know, I always thought I'd be relatively content to live in the US as a Canadian citizen. I certainly didn't want to give up my citizenship. But now--the disenfranchisement, it grates. I almost lump myself in with the other people who just didn't bother to vote, even though in my case 'bothering to vote' would've taken a good seven years to achieve.
Still, though I feel a certain amount of alienation from the mainstream, I don't want to leave just yet. I don't like the polarization that's turning the conservative place even more conservative; I would like to stay and be a voice for "not EVERY sane person feels this way." And the "every sane person feels this way" trap is an easy one to fall into no matter which side you're on.
There's always Canada, as a last resort. And Japan, if they'd have me. I guess I'm lucky in that respect even if I'd rather not leave.