I'm on my phone more than my laptop & I've yet to find an adequate app for this. I have however found a great app for Tumblr. You can find me there: http://farkette.tumblr.com

I won't delete this just yet, but not sure how often I'll update either.

...for baseball.

A few years ago I decided to learn how to score a baseball game.  My husband taught me the basics.  What he couldn't quite remember I researched and figured out.  I've also added my own techniques which makes it fun.

I'm anxious to start back up again.  I've got my score sheets waiting, my pencils sharpened (GOT to use pencils...scoring baseball games is tedious & I still make a lot of mistakes!  LOL), and I'm ready to go!

PLAY BALL!

I'm trying out the whole Twitter thing again.  I'm still partial to Loopt though...

who feel the need to label me:  FUCK YOU!

Not once during this whole election process did I call you names for supporting Obama.  Not once did I label you anything but an American with freedom of speech and the right to your opinion.  How dare you try and tell me why I DIDN'T vote for Obama!

I listened to everything every candidate had to say and I chose the person who fit best with my ideals, opinions and beliefs.  

It's funny how some will say Obama was elected because of what he stood for and not for the color of his skin, yet that is apparently the general belief why people didn't vote for him.  Fuck off.  I don't believe that he was elected because of his race.  I believe he was elected because the majority of voters believed he was the right man for the job.

Just as much as I'm sure that there are those who didn't vote for him because of his race, I'm sure there are those that did.  But don't put me into any of those categories.  I'm not a racist and will never be a racist.  I could give a FUCK what color skin our president has.  I don't care if the president stands or sits when he/she pisses.  I only care that the person that gets elected delivers what is best for this country.

So where do you get off assuming my, or anyone else's, reason for voting someone else?  Its those names - those generalizations - that are in direct opposition of what this historic event is supposed to stand for!

In my lifetime, this has to be one of the biggest steps forward the Americans have taken together.

Through this whole thing, I've said I hope I'm wrong about Obama.  I still say I hope I'm wrong.  I hope he delivers on everything he's said he'd like to do.  I want the right person for the job & I pray to God it's whose there now.

So why in the HELL am I the bad guy?

*Sigh*

I hate the unknown.  I've been at Smith Barney since February of 1996.  It's been through many changes in the past, so why am I nervous about the latest news of a merger with Morgan Stanley?

I'm what you call a member of "middle management".  So I'm nervous about my job security.  Whose to say how long it will take before changes start happening?  Whose to say that whoever does my job at MS is better than me?

I guess I can only sit back and wait.  I HATE waiting.  This is going to drive me nuts!

Part of me thinks this is a good move for us.  A good move for Smith Barney.  We are a great company!  I'm a bit speechless about what this all means for Citigroup.   I think Citigroup is great firm.  I work with great people and I truly love my job.

I hope it doesn't go away...

I'll admit that I usually have disdain for the masses.  I seem to be ever confronted with stupidity and selfishness which I absolutely abhor in people.

However, today with the snow storm Michigan was pelted with, I've seen many helping others.  Friends have to come to plow driveways and those of their neighbors.  People pushing each other out of snow drifts and then taking time out of their day to plow that person's driveway to make sure they don't get stuck again.  Amazing!

I don't think I'm a heartless person.  But I surprised myself, by being surprised, that good people still exist.

Perhaps I'll use this as a tool.  Next time I get annoyed by someone that appears to be completely self-centered and uncaring of those around him, I'll remember my family, friends and neighbors who all see to help each other out.

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The internet is still as addicting today as it was just over a decade ago when I would post on my friend's BBS "The Stomach Pump".

I need to go to bed.

Good night.  Sweet dreams.