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       As the year draws to its end many are deciding what to do with their life. Some will stay, others will go as far as they can, and some will go to college. I fall in that last category, and is it frustrating. It has been months since school started, yet I feel as though I have done nothing to prepare. I know some schools like NAU have already accepted me, and many would love to see me attend. But the economic aspect of the whole situation is a bit overwhelming. I am still waiting on the scholarships I signed up for to give word back. The whole process is exhausting beyond belief. It seems that every time I open up one of those college websites they are always experiencing technical difficulties, or are having some issue that prevents me from doing the things I need to get done. I still persist because I know it is what is best for me, but it seems like the universe is out to stop me. Just the other day I was paying ASU for one of my transcripts when one of these errors occurred. It would not let me log in to the website with my profile. I even changed the password to something new, and it still told me I had it wrong. I tried for over an hour to get in but eventually gave up in favor of sending the information and money through the mail. It is things like this that really anger me. After all the Colleges as for us o be competent yet they lack even the smallest shred of competency.

I Love the Night

            I do not know when but for years I have felt a strong connection with nighttime. I know some things for certain and the first is that, in my opinion, the night is far more beautiful than the day. Something about that vast sea of cold stars stretching vastly across the infinity of the darkened sky I find far more inspirational than the simple blue sky of day. But I know that what attracts me most to it is the peace. I have mentioned before that I find silence and stillness two of the most wonderful and rare states of being in the world, and usually that is the only time that it is even possible to experience it. So many times on the weekend or when I am frustrated I will go outside and just sit and watch the night sky and the stars in their eternal machinations give me comfort. For most people night is something that they fear and I do not blame them. In ancient times our ancestors used to huddle around camp fires in fear of the darkness and the dangers it hid from view, and from what I have seen this instinctual fear still holds strong in modern man. They can keep their sunny days with bright suns and blue skies, I can suffice just fine with a lambent moon above and the quiet darkness surrounding.      

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Well it’s that special time, one that only happens every few years. You have everyone excited, there’s magic in the air… as well as the sound of old man and women screaming insults at each other over the T.V. twenty four seven. That’s right, it’s an election year. People like always are in a buzz about hoes candidate they are going to vote four, which party they are a part of, and concourse the issues.

            Now some people believe that there is something special about this election that sets it apart from all the others. I however do not believe that this one is any more viral than the previous elections. It is true that we are in an economic down turn, and that many people are worried about the future of the nation. I, however, am not concerned about the state of the Union for a few key reasons.

            The first and foremost being that, in this election the candidates are pushing the same issues that their respective parties have supported in what thirty years. Is there truly anything new that already hasn’t pushed, discussed, and tossed back and forth between both parties in their struggle for power. I do not think so, with the democrats pushing heath care and fairness, and the republicans pushing tax breaks and their own conservative agenda.

             You know I believe that the county would do so much better if we cut the partisan bull and started to work together for a common cause. It’s hard to feel patriotic enough as it is when neither candidate seems particularly exciting and both parties act like enraged groups of toddlers and refuse to compromise in any way.