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[jemz]

♥ I had the best 8 hours of sleep in a long time last night.

♥ It was cool this morning and made me all wriggly with happiness that one of my favorite seasons is here and I can start sporting my favorite scarfs again.

♥ I have to remind myself to decant pretty smellies tonight for lizardspots, kerryblaze, and schmoo999 to send them out tomorrow. Sorry, the entire sleep-dep thing threw me off my groove.

♥ In other news, I got my BPAL order of White Moon and Midnight on the Midway! *flails* my fav. fall scent is Midnight on the Midway. I have yet to try White Moon but I'm sure it will be lovely. None of the Lunacy scents haven't loved me before.

♥ I didn't take many pictures at YCon but what I do have, I will upload and share. OH. I just reminded myself about the Lumos pics. It's so much easier now that I have a laptop of my own and have finished sharing desktops.

♥ I want people to come with me to watch Flags of Our Fathers. The same request will occur when Letters From Iwa Jima comes out. No, it's not because I want to go and fangirl Ninomiya Kazunari. Flags has Ryan Phillipe. *_*

Okay. You got me. I want to fangirl Nino as well but how often do you find a cute member of a boyband (one of my favorites!) in an American movie directed by Clint Eastwood? The fact that he is utterly adorable is beside the fact. The boy can act! *_* I don't normally care to watch many war movies but I felt that this would be an interesting of movies to watch. I would also say the same thing about any movie on the Vietnam War.

All this war talk makes me feel uneducated. I think I may go and have a heart to heart with Dad about his experiences in the war and whether or not he thinks the Americans did help with the Vietnam War.

♥ I've noticed people of my parents' generation are very politically active. Or at least they are not afraid to speak out their thoughts on politics. Why do I feel that my generation are lazier to speak up or be active with their voting rights when compared to my parents? I understand that fleeing their homeland in the midst of war may have influenced their stance on being proactive in politics but is it trend with other ethnic groups fleeing war? What drives a person to be active politically?

I know my parents relish their right to vote. When they were growing up, they never had that. Going through the war, fighting for democracy and everything it stood for made them really appreciate the United States' democratic stance. They received a first hand look at being unable to have a vote, unable to speak out. Now, having been naturalized as a citizen, they have been voting every single year. It makes me wonder.

♥ I know the day will be absolutely beautiful so I hope everyone will have a fabulous day today. Life looks so spiffy.

P.S. D: LJ FAILS. I'm not getting any email notifications. So if I take longer to reply, that's why. Bad, LJ. BAD. *spanks*

Comments

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

It's really nice to see your parents taking their right to vote seriously. A lot of us folks who were born in the US don't realize how important that right is.

I wonder if the 80's spurred a bit of apathy and disaffection in people? I think a lot of people went off politics then.

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

I was born here and I think I suffer the same sort of apathy. I vote every year but not with the same fervor as my parents.

I think in current times, people are too self-absorbed in their own problems and worries. I know a lot of people have been donating money and time to social causes but I think Politics is a worthy cause to pay attention to since it affects what we can and cannot do and whether or not the place we live in is going to be pushed into war or not.

:( It's sad to see so many people not voting on important issues and that the lesser urgent issues are being pushed as major ones.

[satokasusuki.livejournal.com]

OMG I love your layout. O_O ♥

I've noticed people of my parents' generation are very politically active. Or at least they are not afraid to speak out their thoughts on politics. Why do I feel that my generation are lazier to speak up or be active with their voting rights when compared to my parents?

I'm not sure, really - I've noticed that too, though. I guess it has something to do with the influence of society/media... but I can't really point to any specifics.

[swtjemz.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I do love having w-inds. as my header. I like to stare at them since they are so shiny. *____*

I suppose the influence of society and media may have something to do with it but it seems that the American society have moved towards more socially active path in terms of more and more people donating time and money to help worthy causes. But it doesn't seem that the majority of people are discussing all the politics that have been going on within our country or globally.

I wonder if the lack of resources and education has something to do with it. I explored more knowing I had access to resouces on various topics than I did when I knew nothing. Maybe if people knew there are resources out there, they would go and educate themselves on topics of interest.

:/

[dropsofme.livejournal.com]

It was cool this morning and made me all wriggly with happiness that one of my favorite seasons is here and I can start sporting my favorite scarfs again.

Seriously - I want you to come and have a Canadian winter! See how you like the cool weather ;p

XD

[istayconfused.livejournal.com]

Haven't talked to you in a bit dear. I must say I am missing you in the most awful way! Catch me on AIM sometime!
Marie