October 23, 2006
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I forgot to mention this rather huge achievement of a friend of mine: she completed all 26+ (I don’t know the exact miles, just know its between 26-27) miles of the Chicago Marathon. She was really excited, but exhausted and very sore. She tool today and tomorrow off work as recovery days. At first I thought, “two days for recovery, thats a bit much, I mean its not like she…………wait, now that I think of it, there probably isn’t anything more physically demanding than running a marathon.” She was telling me I should run a marathon sometime, but shit, I have a hard enough time driving 26 miles, how the hell am I gonna run it?
It looks like Barack Obama is going to run for president in 2008. At first, I was thinking he wasn’t ready, since he has only been a senator for 2 years. But, the more I think about it, the more I realize that he should run. He is very popular right now and who knows if he will still be this popular in 2012 or 2016. He has cross appeal and brings together a lot of people. Even a Republican like Rusty says he will vote for him. The Democrats also really don’t have anybody else that stands as good of a chance of winning. Its safe to say that America has had enough of Republicans right now, but the Democrats still have to put up somebody worth voting for in 2008. This is going to be an election that is the Democrats to lose and putting up somebody like Hillary Clinton might be a huge mistake. Hillary Clinton is too polarizing and will probably not win. John Kerry or Al Gore? Been there, done that. Howard Dean? Great choice, but not a solid pick. Just look at all the potential candidates I have mentioned and try telling me that Obama is not better than any of them? Also, Oprah wants him to run. Laugh if you must, but with Oprah behind him, this makes him about as sure a bet as can be. Some people say America is not ready for a black president, but I say if not now, then when? This is the time, and this is the place. The longer he stays in Congress, the more of a chance he has of losing his popularity or being involved in some sort of scandal. People love this guy. Sure, there are your staunch Republicans who will refuse to vote for a Democrat. And of course, you have your racist people that would only vote to see that a black man is not elected, but I believe that he can overcome all of that. Not only will I vote for him, but I might even campaign for him.
I’ve decided I want to be fossilized someday. Preferably after I’m dead, but I haven’t ruled out when I’m alive. I know that I need to be dead to become fossilized, but my thinking is that I could reach a certain age and then start to undergo steps to be ensured of fossilization. I know this sounds crazy, but what a way to be remembered. 100,000 from now when everybody else has turned to dust or been cremated, here is the fossil of me being moved all across the globe by animals and futuristic school children. What a way to live on. And, maybe I can even find a way to be smiling on my fossil. Imagine, they find a fossil and its smiling back at them. How funny and incredibly creepy all at the same time. Now, I know it takes a few years to become fossilized, and that’s why I’m hoping Steven Hawking invents something that Bill Gates can fund to accelerate the process. I mean, I don’t need it to be microwave fast, surely the last thing the world needs is On Demand fossilization. But, instead of 100,000 years, maybe they can come up with something thats more reasonable, say in the 150 year range. I know what you are saying, why not fossilize somebody of greatness, you know, like Chachi or the guy that did the voice of the Knight Rider car. But, see, this is the genius of the whole plan, you take some average joe and turn him into a fossil. After all, its not like the dinosaurs that we have fossils of were famous in their time. No, we only have the fossils of the average, every day dinosaurs. This would give future generations a peek into the life of an average, everyday person. So, get to work Hawking and Gates, I’m probably gonna wanna start the process in about 30 years or so.
