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well a lot has happened since i last posted... rammstein's new cd is out, my FBLA chapter was robbed (approx. $500 and 25 phoenix suns tickets), and i have 15 posters on my walls, 10 of which are the same rammstein promotional poster.
i said i would do 'street work' for the new album... and they sent me a 15 posters and about 20 stickers. i thought i probably would be able to find places for most of them, but only hot topic would even let me give them a poster and sticker. i resorted to begging in some cases: 'please just take a poster! you don't even have to put it up, just take it!" but they all said they weren't allowed to or didn't want to. then i get another set of 15 posters and 20 stickers. in all i asked 32 stores and the 3 colleges in prescott, and all except hot topic turned me down. hot topic didn't even put up the poster, but they did set the sticker by the register. so i gave some out to my friends, and almost entirely covered one of my walls with the rest. i suppose i now have a sort of rammstein shrine in my room. ;)
after reading concert reviews and seeing pictures, i have decided i will die if rammstein does not come to the US. or if they do come to the US, my parents have said i can only to a concert if A. regular school week/weekend: only can go to phoenix or las vegas B. some sort of school break, possibly can go to california. since it has always been just my luck that my favorite bands only seem to be playing on weeknights, i am desperately hoping that they will come to phoenix.


getting payed to burn 100 cds for my dad's friend to hand out to wedding guests is not a bad way to spend a weekend. except that all of the songs are country, so i must suffer the indignity of having such things polluting my computer. since i had to be on the computer anyway, i spent a ridiculous amount of time making new wallpaper and a screensaver featuring german bands... so far i have made 52 slides with at least 3 pictures and a lyrics excerpt each..... yeah i guess i am addicted.

well. bush won. i'm more than a bit scared about what will happen in the next four years... they have a much greater majority in the house and senate, so they'll be able to do whatever they want. and to everyone who says that liberals are stupid for saying they want to move to canada now... some of my conservative friends said they would move to canada if kerry won. ha.

i do want to move to a different country when i graduate college/uni. however far in the future that may be. no, i don't hate the United States (no, it's not 'America.' mexico, peru, etc are also 'America.'), i think there are some good things about it, and some of it is really beautiful (not phoenix).
just... there are things i don't like.
-electoral system. i know this election it wouldn't have made much difference in the outcome, but in 2000 it would have. but i hate that unless you live in a 'swing' state, it seems as if your vote doesn't matter.
-education. maybe it's because arizona is now last (or maybe second-to-last) in educational funding. we learn nothing except to memorize enough facts to regurgitate onto standardized tests and then forget.
-health care. we are supposedly the 'best' country in the world, yet so many people have little or no access to good health care.
-poverty. highest poverty rate of any industrialized country.
-our 'representatives' in congress/senate don't represent the people, but whatever company/group is paying them to vote a certain way.

wow i just made myself depressed. i should stop before i start crying or something.

listening to rammstein- ich will :) that makes me happier :)

i'm really nervous about the 'election' tomorrow... i reallyreallyreally hope kerry wins. i don't even want to think about what will happen if bush is 'reelected.' but there's this feeling i have that maybe some people will be struck by a sudden attack of 'voting for bush' and he'll win.. :(

main reasons i don't like bush (i'm lazy so i won't go into much detail):
1. invading iraq, countless civilian casualties and >1000 US soldiers
2. economy
3. environment- and he calls himself the Environmental President?
4. gay marriage- i see no reason at all, besides 'tradition' and religious beliefs (which should not impact a president's policies so strongly) to deny couples the chance to get married. at the very least there should be civil unions. look at canada, it's legal there and their society hasn't collapsed.
5. abortion- while i don't think it's good, i think it may be necessary (i'll probably go much more in depth on this later)
6. his seeming disregard for the opinions and citizens of every country that isn't the US (and many opinions/citizens in the US)
7. PATRIOT Act
8. dick cheney
9. his ties to the saudi royal family
10. his constant preaching

i bet the minute i post this i'll think of about 10 more...