Birthday
I’m 21 today.
How scary!?
Days Ahead
I turn 21 on Sunday! I’ve got a family meal and a few nights out to look forward to so it should all be fun.
Anyway, my worries for Killie are mounting. We just lost our top goalscorer AGAIN to another SPL team. In typical Killie fashion we haven’t had a chance to sign anybody to replace him. It’s ridiculously frustrating knowing that the club are just weakening and weakening every few months.
In other news: I was reading the BBC Site with the US Election Update and was surprised to see that out of the $107m spent on TV ads amongst the Presidential Candidates only Barack Obama has not went negative yet. I can only hope it stays this way. With Edwards now out of the race I hope he endorses Obama to give him a better chance against Clinton before Super Tuesday.
Changes
No, not the 2Pac song…
Anyway, I’ve managed to get 2500 word written on Groupwork and I can only hope I never achieve such boredom again! Mind you, in my line of study I will probably be just as bored about 20 times in the next 3 days
Anyway, since I started this blog already some things have changed - Killie didn’t get gubbed by Airdrie for one thing! Maybe there is some passion and ability in some players after all? Now that I’ve got this essay out the way I’ve got a bit of motivation going again for coursework which is a major boost too.
Also, to add to the excitement of the end of week celebrations I’m also going to see Marlow at Cabaret Voltaire on Thursday night - Should be pretty damn good! If you’re into something similar to U2 then maybe you should head along too.
I’m trying to decide if I want to get back into running. One of the forums I visit has inspired me of talk about the Nike+ iPod Nano kit. Of course, me being me I don’t own an iPod Nano (I have a classic of course!) or a decent pair of running shoes. The 2 hours of running I do at football each week isn’t enough and I’d really like to keep track of fitness and heart rate so I’ll think it over.
Democrats Eating Their Young
Now that the dust has settled from the blowout win in South Carolina for Barack Obama I’m beginning to wonder if the Democrats are blowing the best chance they’re getting to regain control of The White House. Before the vote there had taken place we went through a week or so of negative stories regarding the two major Democratic candidates. As John Edwards so rightly pointed out, there are 3 people in the race and in my opinion only one of them has behaved Presidentially in the past week.
As a very liberal minded person with a keen interest in American Politics the closest party to my beliefs out of the major two are obviously the Democrats. Yet, nothing annoys me more than negative campaigns. A political campaign shouldn’t be about why people shouldn’t vote for your opponent but why they should vote for you. In defence of Barack Obama he was right with his views on Bill Clinton doing most of Hillary’s dirty work and the candidates have kept it to a minimum thus far but it could well be the tip of the iceberg.
After major gains in the midterms in 2006, seizing control of the House and with Bush on his way out of what looks like a devastating 8 years for America it would appear that the Democrats have a ridiculous chance to elect a President of their choice and yet the continual squabbling is only damaging the reputation of the party. It really makes you wonder how bad the General Election is going to be.
At least Super Tuesday may be a day for all candidates to redeem themselves but I wouldn’t hold your breath!
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