stray thoughts

2008/9/27
up up up up up
…at 6:30am on a Saturday morning. To make home fries, some with bacon grease, some without, then get picked up in a big truck and go move some boxes from south of here to west of here. All of this before brunch, a couple of hours after which I’ll be hanging with a toddler for a while, and then with another one of my dearest. Life doesn’t suck! Though maybe a little more sleep would be good. (0)

2008/9/17
18
Today marks eighteen years since I came to the U.S. with my family. I am a citizen of this country; I vote locally and nationally; both places that I call home are here. But I still don’t feel American. On the other hand, I don’t identify with any other single nation either. This is neither positive nor negative; it just is. Actually, I kind of like this lack of an unequivocal anchor. (1)

Wow. What’s wrong with this picture?

Posted on 20 November 2008 at 16:55 by vika. Categories: politics.

Picture here. It’s Obama’s team-to-be, the people being considered anyway. What’s wrong with it?

2 comments.

Obama goodnesses. »« causes

nicole gustas

Comment on November 21st, 2008.

Well, it’s mixed-race (although there are no Asians) and mixed-gender. Maybe that Hilary’s not on there?

vika

Comment on November 21st, 2008.

The thing that struck me is that, though it’s true that both genders are represented, 34 men are being considered, and only 5 women. That’s a huge difference, and I don’t think it can (or should) be entirely accounted for by the claim that there are fewer women in general at that level of government/policy-making/awesomeness.

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