Found a solution

This may be an incomplete solution, and I hope I explain it thouroughly. If I didn't, keep in mind that I don't want to go down that road again.

Using my old account, I added my new account by making this a team blog. Now I can use both accounts, but I may only be able to do certain things with my old account unless I can find a way to work around that.

By the way, I did see The Simpsons Movie yesterday, and I apologize for the delay in my supposedly epic review. I just have one word for it: Indescribable.

Making it clear

My parents apparently didn't understand a word I said on my previous post. I really thought I was being clear. Let me explain: I started a new Google account, but I can't access this blog with it. I would have to start a new blog under my new Google account, unless I find another solution. Given that it's very unlikely that I will, I may need to move. Do you get it?

This really annoys me.

I may need to move

I have established a new Google account to get a new e-mail address, as my existing one will expire soon. I may need to start an entirely new blog on another page with my new account. Stand by to see what happens.

The morning after, part 2

I have decided to return the Cirrus. It just didn't work for me. I will keep watching the CARmax (I spelled it wrong before) site for something else and hope for the best.

Saturday is the new Friday night.

It was a rough day for prisoners in France in 1789, and it was a rough day for me in Raleigh in 2007. OK, I know I recycled that joke.

First, my 1995 Geo Prizm had been resilient for 12 years, 11 of those with us. But then an annoying rattle started that I couldn't stand. It was very faint, which made it all the worse, because my parents think I'm crazy. So, a trip to CarMAX, where we bought Mom's 2002 Mercury Sable less than a week before I started blogging in 2005, led to a 1997 Chrysler Cirrus. After a lot of thinking it over, mostly by me, I decided to get it. I felt like I was jumping the gun a bit. Either way, it's a good car. It only cost(ed) $7000, has only 73,000 miles, is in good condition, and has an aftermarket radio that I'll need to consult someone about, as I pushed a button that made it come off. Road noise, especially at highway speeds, is a bit of a problem, but it's not much compared to the Geo. There's also a slight pull to the right, which I will talk to CarMAX about today. I need to decide for sure if it's really what I want by late Monday, because I can return it up to five days later. And that was just half of it.

The other half was that I went with my parents to a Los Lobos concert at the NC Museum of Art, one of my favorite venues when people don't keep standing in your way. I got up to the area between the stage and the seats, the dance area. I danced, but I'm probably not that good. The good news is, that counted towards my exercise regiment, which was a good thing, because I was exhausted.

So now, it's the morning after. I got up at 11:45, and I am having severe trouble typing. You can't see it here, but I've messed up and fixed the mistakes about 20 times.

How to save a planet

I am a full supporter of the environmental movement. Originally, I wasn't all for it, because those who were were too preachy for my young self. I'm talkin' to you, Captain Planet! Anyway, I have seen the error of my ways, and have changed. And yes, Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, and Mississippi, there is global warming. Obviously, the world isn't as cold as it was. I remember getting some kind of snow every year up until 1997. Then it just became less frequent. It's 89 degrees here on July 12 at 5:08 pm EDT. I understand that there was unusual cold over Easter, but consider what it would be without global warming. What do we do? I have signed Al Gore's Live Earth pledge and instead of forwarding it like he says to do, I have one-upped him by posting it here with the best case I can give you. Referring to my post of July 4, this is more than a political issue. It's not surprising that this issue is practically split parallel to the line between Republican and Democrat. And yet, it's definitely more than that. This shouldn't be about politics, this is a matter of the future of our planet. And quite frankly, I would prefer that the United States not be remembered as the nation that ruined a whole planet.

Marge Gamer

About 5 minutes into the original airing of this episode, my dorm was evacuated. Finally, catching the rerun, I liked this one okay. The main plot was really good in the first two parts, but the subplot was pretty lame. An unforeseen circumstance (Don't worry, no one died) prevented me from seeing the last part, so I looked up the ending on Wikipedia. It sounded okay.

The upstairs AC has completely given up the ghost, and we can't replace it until Wednesday. So, I'm sleeping on the floor for the next two mornings. If you'll notice the time, I have gotten into a habit of stayng up later and getting up later. I am hoping that my new fitness plan, which I'm already screwing up on, will help that.

231 years in the making

Partly inspired by Keith Olbermann's special comment of last night, I have come up with my own political philosophy: Blind loyalty to one's own party can block one from seeing the main idea of an issue. For example, the government response to Hurricane Katrina. The main idea is that the government screwed up horribly after the hurricane. Some exclusively blame the federal government headed by Republican president Bush, some the state government headed by Democratic governor Blanco, some the local, city government headed by Democratic mayor Nagin. Stripping away the sides of this issue and getting down to the basics, the entire government, federal, state, and city, failed us. Another issue is the possible impeachment of President Bush. This issue is highly divisive and is the catalyst that started this philosophy. Within Bush's own Republican party, a handful of dissenters have voiced in favor of impeachment, or at least their opposition. This is because, Republican, Democrat, or neither, President Bush is, in my opinion, the worst American president. This may sound like typical liberal bias, but I can assure you, if Bush was a Democrat, I would still believe he is the worst. The aforementioned dissenters are those who are not blindly loyal to the Republican party, and thusly, Bush. Those who are not may be the blindly loyal ones or believe that Bush is doing a good job. They may say that the recurrence of governmental scandals in the news is nothing more than liberal bias. Biased or not, the facts are these:

1. About 3,500 of our soldiers have died in the Iraq war, more than the number of American people who were killed in the attacks of 9/11, which was used as a justification for the war.

2. Someone leaked the identity of a covert CIA agent at about the same time her husband spoke out against the Iraq War.

3. Several US attorneys were fired, and there doesn't seem to be a consensus on why.

4. The NSA is tapping phone calls without a warrant.

Those are four examples of basic facts. I did my best to seem unbiased in my writing and I left out what they mean. Now, what do they mean to you? Just looking at them, answer these three questions:

1. Ignoring the political affiliations of the people the facts are written about and yourself, what do you think?

2. If the political affiliations of the people the facts are written about are the same as yours, what do you think?

3. If the political affiliations of the people the facts are written about are the opposite of yours, what do you think?

Leave your answers as a comment. Oh, and happy Fourth of July.