Pariah's Ponderings

Every year it gets crazier and crazier out there, trying to buy those <a href="http://www.savebuckets.co.uk/browse/gifts/christmas-gifts/">christmas gifts</a> on the busiest shopping day of the year, "Black Friday," that crazy shopping day the day after Thanksgiving where insanity runs rampant. The craziness generally starts at 4 am (yes, 4) with stores opening their doors early and giving supposedly super great deals. Personally, I don't feel that the deals are all that great and having a bunch of barely awake folks crammed into one place trying to shop at 4 am is just asking for trouble. And then, people think they know what they want but I think really they are just wandering around like the rest of us, just trying to find some inspiration for great <a href="http://www.savebuckets.co.uk/browse/gifts/">gift ideas</a>. If on the off chance they do know what they are looking for, it's generally parents who absolutely have...

Today I was surfing random music sites, looking for good deals on music with some extra perks and such.  As music is a huge part of my life, one can imagine that a good site for music is a must.  I randomly came across a shopping site that has its own MusicSHOP .   The musicSHOP is a feature on its parent site, Shop.com and has many cool features, such as contests where registered customers can win autographed items from their favorite artists, such as an autographed guitar or CD. There are also other great prizes, such as a romantic cruise for two or a Tom Tom GPS. The really great feature about musicSHOP is the very cool musicSHOP player, which is a pop-up widget.  The musicSHOP player comes equipped with a full list of songs that can be listened to in their entirety before customers decide to make a purchase.  This widget is the best way to preview songs before buying, especially with an option for sharing the widget with your friends or putting it on desk...

I just found out today that I did, after all, impress the guys when I sang with them unexpectedly.  I guess that was the final test or something and I passed with flying colors so now I am in the band, SIFT....sweeeeet! Blogged with the Flock Browser

Well it's over and done.  We have a new president elect, Barack Obama.  What an amazing time to be an American!  It's been crazy, with everything from inspiring speeches to conniving beetches (heh) and all points in between.  But as I watched nearly 150,000 people in Grant park, Chicago, cheering and crying, hugging each other and all else..it struck me that history is well and truly made today.  Everyone thought, myself included, that this race would be so close due to divisions in the thinking of the American public over whether many white peope could live with an African-American president.  Yet, the spirit that has made this country great before came through today when Obama won by quite a large electoral margin.  John McCain had one of the most elegant and classy concession speeches I have ever heard; he had nothing but praise and admiration for Obama.  When there were boos from the audience of his headquarters, he immediately hushed them, lo...

I went to vote today!  I went during a "slow" period of the day but still each "booth" was taken and there was a few people in line.   I can just imagine how busy it got during peak voting times!  Of course, I got my sticker saying I voted..lol..

Well, tonight is the eve of one of the greatest election races in the history of the United States.  I certainly hope that Barack Obama will be our next president.  Sorry to all you McCain-ers out there but I feel we just need a change...and what better way to affect the changing we are always bitching about than by making history??  I can't wait to get up in the morning and go vote!!!  I don't care how long I have to stand in line (if I do) and let me say this is the first time I have ever been excited about voting!!!  Just think, tomorrow at this time, history will be made, regardless of who wins this election!  On one hand, the first African-American president...on the other, the oldest elected President (if who died, would have the first female president)....not that I wish McCain a premature demise of course, but hey I can't help it, I don't want another 4 years of Bushism.... What an exciting time to be an American...just when I think I've just about ...

I didn't have money for a costume so I "gothed out" for work..I put on loads of makeup and safety pins and a skullcap and had fun scaring people...very powerful feeling!