Well hello all. Yes I know, it's like I fell off the face of the planet again. But no I am here, and alive.
It's been an interesting couple of months that's for sure. Work was nuts with end of year jobs, Christmas was chaos, then I turned the big 26 (don't remind me) and the world rang in 2008. After that I was sick, only to get sicker with some virus and a kidney infection. However Shauna is starting to feel human again. Therefore I thought I would share with everyone. Sure it took till February for me to update but I do what I can.
In my time illness I haven't been able to do much, watching lots of TV and playing around on the computer. Due to the writers strike there hasn't been much to watch other then my main men Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Now I can't say that I'm a political person, I have my views no doubt, I like to be informed before I vote (and I always vote) but it's Canadian poltics. I think times would have to get a lot harder for us before anything drastic happens.
So last night when my friend Erin and I started talking about the state of the world. Naturally discussion turned to our evil twin brother to the south USA. I fear greatly I must say for the state of that nation and the ripple affect it's destruction of economy will have on other nations of this world. However after talking about it I decided to look into it and low and behold I read something that gave me a hint of hope that maybe Americans can turn their car around and head back to humanity. That is, if one man can truely be political and sincere at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY
I highly recommend checking out this link, a music video of supports of Barack Obama's inspired by his 'Yes We Can' speech. The speech can be read below. Happy Days!
It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
Yes we can.
It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail toward freedom.
Yes we can.
It was sung by immigrants as they struck out from distant shores and pioneers who pushed westward against an unforgiving wilderness.
Yes we can.
It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballots; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the Promised Land.
Yes we can to justice and equality.
Yes we can to opportunity and prosperity.
Yes we can heal this nation.
Yes we can repair this world.
Yes we can.
We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant . We've been asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope.But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
Now the hopes of the little girl who goes to a crumbling school in Dillon are the same as the dreams of the boy who learns on the streets of LA; we will remember that there is something happening in America; that we are not as divided as our politics suggests; that we are one people; we are one nation; and together, we will begin the next great chapter in the American story with three words that will ring from coast to coast; from sea to shining sea.
Yes. We. Can.
