Changing Sides

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania recently announced that he will be switching over to the Democratic party! By doing this, the Senator will provide the Democratic party with a 60th vote and the power to break or prevent filibustering during the passing of legislation. President Obama has committed to fully supporting Mr. Specter's decision and has welcomed him and even promised, if need be, to aid in his campaign. The Senator's decision to switch parties was made as a result of the Republican party shifting so far right that he felt that his own ideologies were closer to those of the Democratic party.

This event could not have happened at a better time bearing in mind that Congress is about to take on health care reform. With the 60th vote in hand, the Democratic party can be sure that there won't be any unneccesary stalling during the passing of legislation through the Senate.

I don't want to make it sound like there's a battle going on in Congress, but there's no other way to say that this was a VICTORY for the democrats. We (the democratice party of course) already had the majority in the House AND the Senate. The Republicans were hanging on by a super thin thread as it was and now that that's been cut, maybe we can finally get some work done without the bickering of the opposition. yea, you like that? "the opposition" hahahah But really I'm tired of seeing angry Conservative Republicans on T.V. blantanly opposing the President and rooting for his failure. How closed minded and ignorant can you be that you would go on national television during a time of a flippin' economic recession and bad-mouth the President for trying to redeem us from the clutches of the greed and pride that got us there in the first place?

If I had the opportunity, I would give you a high five Senator Specter. Oh I forgot to mention before but early on in Senator Specter's political career, he was a registered Democrat. Welcome back Senator! I wish you the best of luck during your campaigns and I wish you many more years in Congress!...oh and...life too...you're getting kind of old. hahha Anyways, your name will definitely go down in history!

My Trip to Boston

I recently visited Boston and discovered and/or experienced a few things I'd like to share (limited in details):
1. In the subway, many adult men don't have the courtesy to give up their seats for standing women and children.
2. Turkey burgers at Sunset Cantina are epic.
3. The bag I checked in was accidentally flown to Hawaii when I arrived in Boston. I had to wear Ria's clothes to sleep the first night...
4. Eray SNORESS like no other! Don't even bother trying to wake him up either. Once he's checked out, he's OUT.
5. There are ridiculously more girls than guys but who's complaining?
6. When I hung out with Ria and her friends, I sometimes felt like I was sitting in on a scene from either the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" or "Sex and the City".
7. This dude, Kyle who just turned 21 while I was there has a VERY low tolerance for alcohol. hahahahhahahha
8. Only students (and official tours I think) can enter the library at Harvard.
9. No matter what Ann or Eray says, MIT is certainly walking distance from BU. Sure, you gotta cross a never-ending bridge across the river and risk losing feeling in your legs, but that's besides the point. hahaha
10. Wendy is an awesome girl and I wish I would've discovered that years ago.

Overall, my trip to Boston was one worth remembering. Sorry for the lack of details.

THIEVES i say, THIEVES

I don't have any respect for thieves of any kind. Now since the beginning of my driving era, I've NEVER had the inconvenience of having my car broken into. Well...today it happened.

So I start my morning off as usual; hear my alarm, hit the snooze, hit it again in five, then another five, then stumble to take a shower, eat some cereal, and stroll down stairs to the parking garage.

I get inside my jeep and start the ignition and do the usual, which is to adjust the music volume to a much lower "morning" volume than my cranked up "coming home from the bar" volume from the night before, and as I wait for the engine to warm up I notice that a couple of my CD cases are out and scattered on top of the passenger seat. So think to myself "hm, my mom must have used my jeep earlier" and thought nothing of it. Then I start thinking, why the heck would she use my jeep and why would she randomly bust out all my CD cases and make a mess of my jeep? So I continue to get adjusted and something catches my eye in my rear view mirror. I shoot it a double take. Could this REALLY be happening to me? I turn around and the back passenger window is completely shattered and its remains are spread out on the backseat like a blanket of flippin' black diamonds. OH...MY...GOSH I think to myself. I immediately scan my jeep and quickly discover that I have become a victim of a car break-in robbery...

So the only thing this bastard thief took was my tomtom (portable GPS) and my blue tooth. I think the real loss here was my broken window and the time he took away from ACEing my stats exam this morning. Oh i forgot to mention, two other cars INSIDE our parking garage and another outside across the street shared a similar fate. Yea man what a morning.

Amidst the irritation and resentment I was feeling this morning, one thing did however helped me regain my composure. I didn't mention it before but I was actually getting ready to drive to school to take my stats exam. Or did I mention it? Whatever...Since I had to wait for the police to arrive, there was no way I was going to make it on time and I wasn't about to drive my jeep in that condition. (with glass everywhere). I called my professor and told him my situation and he said as long as I got to class during the second half, I should be able to take the exam. So I texted my friend, Catherine (who was on her day off!) and asked her for a ride. Ok mind you, I've only known this girl for a couple months now but today was a true testament of how awesome she really is. She picked me up, still in pajamas and no make-up (she was still beautiful of course) and drove my temporarily car-less butt to school. I don't know, I live for little things like that. Because of her, I was able to make it on time for the exam. THANKS CAT! I owe you one. Oh yea and ERAY took me home after class and to the glass shop. You guys rock. I have great friends...

Don't worry guys (well...if anyone was worrying hahha) Patty (my jeep) is alright. My mom dropped it off at the window repair shop and I picked it up this afternoon. I really wish I video-blogged this. It would've been so much more exciting...