OBAMA or McCAIN

November is sneaking up and I haven't realized I need to vote in three weeks.....

I've been in my bubble here at Converse, and I've watched a little bit of the debates, but the actually voting notification must have slipped my mind. This election is really important, but yet I know very little about each's views and I haven't done my research. The economy, the war, health care, etc, are major issues a citizen should be worried about.

In all honesty. I have to say I'm not too concerned. For the next four years, I'll be in college. If I don't like what this president does, I'll change it then. Granted that taxes affect me now, but until I get off my parents insurance, get out from under their roof, there's not much I need to be worried about.
At the same time, however, what the president does in these next few years may change where I'm headed after Converse.

I've given thought to whom I'll vote for, and personally, neither man is qualified, in my eyes, to rule America. I've been more concerned with their VPs. If he is not capable, maybe with help from the VP, it'll work out. Many people have joked that its the VP that will be running the country cause Obama will be assassinated and McCain will die in office. (I don't believe in either, but if something was to happen, the VP must be qualified to step in.)

I've also thought about "throwing" my vote away and voting for Ralph Nader, the 3rd party.
I'll try to catch up on who's for what and against what before the time comes.

Test and Some More Tests

So it is midterm week for some of my classes. Some of them are next week, but it is still stressful. All this studying and studying and lack of sleep and then some more studying. To top that off, I still have 6 a.m. practice and games all week. I love being a STUDENT ATHLETE....

But for my IDC class with Dr. Baker, I have been going over my notes on the books and the notes from class. I'm pretty sure I'll do OK on Antigone and Plato, but on the Old Testament and the one on the Iliad... I may be in a little trouble. I didn't exactly read those.... oops.

My roommate has been helping me, just giving me quick overview and I can piece it together with the skimming and what people have said in class. I also have an essay to be written out of class on how women have been portrayed in Antigone, Gilgamesh and the Old Testament. I've started that but need some "meat" for my body.

We had to fill out a "timetable" for Converse 101 and plan out our studying for an exam we're going to have. And although I did mine for one that is next week, it has help point out that studying should really start at the beginning of the year.

I've been reviewing my notes in my classes and going over the reading but not EVERYDAY, and definitely not from the beginning of school....I'll have to keep that in mind next semester, begin to keep cracking for my finals.

But this year has flown by. It seems like yesterday I was here for preseason and then classes started. I'm baffled how it's midterms already. Pretty soon it will be FINALS... oh no.