Most Awesomest Guy EVER!!

I just wanted to take a minute to brag about how much I lucked out with my boyfriend. I was looking forward to seeing him after a two-week hiatus and couldn't wait until Friday. I called him on Thursday after I got off work from the Book Store and it turned out that he had driven to Rochester a day early to surprise me! He is so super fantastic I can't even believe he is real. I might have made him up... Lucky me.

October

I love this month! Especially when:

• I get to spend a perfect fall day with Ryan riding the tandem bike around the Lake.
• I get to watch the Cubs get swept in the first round of the playoffs.
• I get to spend a long weekend with my girlfriends down in IA.
• I get to carve pumpkins.
  

I love October! There is not a single month of the year that makes me as happy as October does.

Uninspired...

I was hoping that tonight's VP debate would leave me with one of two reactions:

1. 100% undeniable confirmation that Sara Palin is a blubbering idiot.
2. 100% undeniable confirmation that Joe Biden is not just another politician.

I was disappointed on both fronts. While I do not endorse ANY of Sarah Palin's views on ANYTHING, I can't say that she looked like a blubbering idiot tonight. Yes, she needed to quit with all the, "OMG, that's just 'cuz he's a Maverick..." crap, BUT she actually came across as somewhat articulate and legitimate.

I have been a Joe Biden fan for a long time... I always loved how he spoke his mind and wasn't afraid to hold opinions based on reason and intellect. I do support the policies and views of the Obama/Biden ticket and think these two are the men for the job and support their ideas on civil liberties (which is what I consider "Freedom"), foreign policy (diplomacy > armed conflict), energy conservation, and the economy (greater taxes for people who can afford it? sounds good to me!). That being said, Biden left me uninspired tonight. He didn't come across as condescending (which I think many of his supporters might have enjoyed seeing someone over-qualified to be VP put the smack-down on someone under-qualified, but what do I know?). His policies and arguments were valid and articulate and he kept his cool, BUT I saw a politician running for office.

Anyway...there's my two-cents on the debate. I'll have to read through this again tomorrow as I am currently tired and heavily medicated (effing cold/allergies/migraine)...

OH! And also...the Cubs only need to lose 1 more! October Choke? Yes please. God I hate the Cubs.