STATUS UPDATE!
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be heading over to Japan to do work/participate in the Tokyo International Anime Festival. So, I’ll be doing a lot of japan-related blogging. There’s one catch though:
I’ll be doing that blogging here.
So head over to ANN and say hi. I may still drop some fun stuff in here from time to time, but in the meantime, go there. Yoroshiku (and all that jazz).
Before starting, MANY thanks to Matt for fixing the page. My appreciation is as boundless as the sea, but he knows that already.
Time:1:35 AM
I am: Working on contract translations!
Question from: n/a, just 10 minutes is the best format to discuss this topic.
Ah, POLITICS. That joy of American life that we relive every 4 years (or more frequently, if we want to be a GOOD citizen). While many people in the news media will go on and on about how the name/race/sex/religion/preference for fast food will affect a candidate’s “electability” (which is not a word, but who’s nitpicking? Not me!), I believe that many of us select our politicians by how they act in public.
All of the current presidential candidates have a sort of endearing quality to them. Obama looks like your buddy from college, Hillary looks like the nice PTA lady who has an overly excitable side, and McCain looks like someone’s Grandpa - the nice one, not the one on the block who will chase the “damn kids” off his porch (Pat Buchanan has that market cornered).
Incidentally, this is why Mitt Romney never had a chance. Does he look like a politician? Sort of. But moreso, he looks like YOUR BOSS. The over-greased hairstyle, the smarmy grin, the conservative wardrobe… he doesn’t look like he should be running a country. He looks like he should be asking me to fax something to corporate, or checking to see if I’ll make it to the birthday party for “Doris from Accounting” during my lunch break. I half expect him to say something about filing procedures whenever he takes the podium.
I won’t discuss who I’m supporting, but in this election season, let us all keep in mind that while we want to vote based on one’s opinion, it’s likely that someone is casting a vote based on a candidate’s haircut.
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