Generation X, yeah we’re still here

Generation X is in their 30s and 40s now. So what does this mean for the world? Well I’ll tell you what it means. It means good things, better things, it means hope. They said we got the world handed to us, I say they dangled it in front of us, to secure our subservience, then they snatched it away. We were the first experimentation group of the baby boomers. Crash test dummies in a way. All the moving and shaking, rabel rousing, and fussing the baby boomers did, in their free time mind you because most turned into corporate stiffs overworked and some grossly overpaid, gave way to many changes on the face of society. But they left it at just the face. It didn’t go that deep. And we were left with the botched face lift, false sentiments of unity and power to the people, and an all too real sense of authoritative fraud. Yeah, they said the world was ours, and for some of us we had it for awhile, and then it got snatched away, along with our jobs and our national security. Some of us graduated to the ruin known as the U.S. of A. Some of us never came back to graduate at all. We were built up to be kicked down, laughed at and labeled.

Lazy...isn’t that what they said, misguided, non-committal, moody, I mean really what the hell were we so mad about? Then we kind of fell off, you didn’t hear too much from us. We were incubating. We were giving those who think they run stuff enough rope to hang themselves. And the nooses are tightening all over the place. I’m smirking at what the future will bring. We are moving on up the chain, after all, isn’t that what you told us to do? We’ve had to find our way, our OWN way, all by ourselves and we did. We’ve had to learn how to be patient, and we have. So sleep with one eye open, don’t blink, or you’ll miss it, and before you know it, you’ll have a bright red X branded on your forehead, compliments from the generation they tried to count out.

How many Huckabees does it take to screw in a light bulb?

The Iowa caucus has come and gone, leaving us with two distinct front runners. Some food for thought, some material to blog about, and some research to occupy my time at work. The Iowa people have spoken, and they said Obama and Huckabee.
So who the heck is Mike Huckabee?
Let me just put this disclaimer out there; I hate politics, and am not up on what offices these talking heads hold. I’m also not that religious savvy either, don’t know the proper titles for those talking heads either. So my descriptions will be vague, but I’m trying to show respect.

Back to Huckabee. He’s a Republican conservative from Arkansas. He has done some good things as far as education reform, tax cuts, and unemployment is concerned in his home state. He is also pro-life and anti-gay marriage. I guess we can’t have it all (or can we?????) His religious background doesn’t bother me, nor does his beliefs about marriage and abortion, in fact Huckabee doesn’t bother me. Now that’s a surprise. I’ll be keeping an eye on this guy, and doing more research. His caucus speech didn’t do much for me though, all and all, he’s your average bible belt politician, who talks a good game, and may be able to produce, but I’m not sure how well he’ll do across the country. Because believe it or not, outside of the south, they don’t beat bibles, they exercise free thought and they actually DON’T like to be told who they can marry and what they can do with their bodies. I believe the people are more concerned about worldly things, such as the war ending, universal healthcare, education, energy independence, and what the hell is going to happen to my damn social security. Ok those are my main concerns, and I’m looking for the candidate that can address them the best, and I don’t care about what color, sex, or religion they are.

I’d also like to give props to Barack. Every time that man speaks he sends shivers up and down my spine. Even reading the transcript of his caucus speech had me jumping up and down inside. Obama makes me want to learn more about politics. Now that’s powerful…

2007-2008 Reflections, Expectations, and Forecasts

Last year I predicted that 2007 was going to be the year of change. For me, that meant doing big things in a big way. I felt I had to make a significant change because I knew the big 3-0 was going to arrive in 2008. I had to condense the 5 year plan I’d made when I was 25 in order to reach most of my goals by thirty. In my efforts to set this change into motion, I created a tsunami for which to usher in this change. I needed a big enough wave to carry me to my new place, the next plateau in my personal growth. As I stomped the ground and stirred up the water, I handed out surf boards made up of dreams and goals to all of those around me, I figured this wave would be big enough to carry me and anyone else who wanted to come along for the ride.
So with the tsunami in full motion, my dreams, goals and expectations building as the wave traversed the earth, it crashed me right into a place I should’ve been years ago! I won’t go into the details, but in the end, I’d made it to a place where I felt I could progress further, and I’d accomplished my goal for 2007.
And now it’s 2008. I predict that 2008 will be great! 2008 is the year to LET IT GO. What do I mean by this? Well with change and new things comes a lot of self exploration. I had to get over some things to initially make that move. I also came face to face with issues or things that I didn’t know I had problems with, but they had been the things that had impeded my growth to begin with. So in finding out my issues and in trying to continue to progress personally, there is a definite need to let some things go. I know that the issues that have continued to hold me back have no place in my present life. I know that holding on to certain feelings and perspectives may have at one point been good, helped me to survive some hard times, but that I don’t really need them anymore, and they are not helpful. So I’m working on letting it go!
In conclusion I would like to give a round of applause to all those who made changes in 2007, whether big or small, and I would like to encourage you to keep progressing in 2008 and work on our issues that may be holding us back. Just to name a few changes that took place in the ’07, I moved, someone got into Columbia and is working on her PhD, someone took a chance and moved to Austin just for the sake of having a life experience, someone moved out of their momma’s house, people got divorced/separated, people came out, people got married, people had babies (yay for twins!), people stopped smoking and people graduated from college!