Stuff

I feel really bad for Obama. He may have a fairly low standard to be compared to last time, but that is not the standard that has been set for him. He the FIRST black president, and as much as everyone is going to say judging him by his race is wrong, he will be. Bush could mess up his presidency pretty badly and it will mostly reflect poorly on him and his party. Obama on the other hand is going to reflect on his race as well. Add to that the unreal amount of hype that has surrounded him. People think that he will be a magic cure for everything. By electing him, everything will be magically better. Yeah, sure, and if you believe that I have a bridge I would like to sell, cheap. His first hundred days are going to be even more crucial for him then other presidents. Oh well, we shall see very soon. I love his bringing fireside chats back. FDR had the right idea, and if it means I get to hear more oration from Mr. President, all the better.

I just finished Gene Wilder's autobiography, "kiss me like a stranger". Very honest. Not as funny as perhaps he would have liked it to be, but very likable, and again, breathtakingly honest. Now to find another good book to read while my friend finishes reading "Downtown Owl".

Combative is PT tomorrow, so I get to work off some stress and resentment I have against some of the people I work with. Things are going to get painful. I must say, even when I get out of the Army, I am going to enroll in a jujitsu class, not because I want to learn, but because there is something very therapeutic in making another guy tap out.

Hopefully I will be getting PRK (the Army's version of LASIK) for my 21st birthday as a present from my sergeant.
--Andy