Nott What You'd Expected...

That's My Bush -or- Freedom Fighters

So I was looking at some random GW quotes a while back, about God wanting him to win the presidency and all, and came across one that said something to the effect of 'freedom is annoying, gets in the way, sometimes you have to live without it'. Today - and I'm ashamed to admit it- I agreed with him. Maybe not 'freedom' in the ambiguous, blanketed term used by confused politicians who have taken one too many lines before getting in on the family business, but 'freedom' in the sense of having nothing to do and all day to do it.

At this point in my life (let's be more specific)... At this point of the week, after finals and after a huge break from classes, I'm restless and bored. Not too bored to research for my big Luther research paper due in two weeks and not too bored to actually go out and personally enter shops and establishments in hopes of finding work, but just bored. Like those summers between 5th and 7th grade when you were too young to have a job, so some days would pass just lying down on the living room floor watching the fan rotate, wondering why VH1 was so obsessed with Bret Michaels or other has-been 80s hair bands.

That's how I feel. If i watch another movie, attempt to read another book, or spend another dime in Nottingham, I'll pull a 'younger brother of politician from Heros' and jump off the roof (i'm only on the 4th episode, don't ruin it)

So, for the first time in my recorded history, the following words escaped my mouth: "Wow, I can't wait for classes to start"

I'll chalk it up to boredom, the fact that the classes are about TV, and the fact that I'm sick of this lack of cranial stimulation.

This period of time, the Dark Ages of my Nottingham experience, the Limbo or liminal space that i've been floating in has taught me a great lesson despite its vapid lack of excitement. I NEED STRUCTURE. I am so completely void of self motivation that not having at least an ounce of responsibilty has left me a pudgy mass of bluh. I feel like those balls of tac or sticky stuff that you put posters up with, all full of hair and little black chunks of dust and old white flakes of paint- I am a blob of goo (not physically), but I need something more than 'classes begin in February' to keep me amped and fighting for my academic life.

So, tomorrow, I have a few interviews for jobs- Starbucks, Ms Buns Cob Emporium, and a hotel that looks to be way too dirty and far away to be legit.

Because I couldn't find my Bush Quote, and my searching wasted another 40 minutes of my life, I made a point to at least find a few of my favorites....

It strikes me at times that, for as advanced and intelligent as our nation is, we would select a person so completely uncharismatic, bumbling, and ignorant as Bush. I realize it's all a game, and he had Texas to Cheny's Wyoming, and his cabnit does all of the work, but if I were him, I'd be embarassed to know that there are at least (and this is, by all means a legit attempt at a reasonable guess...no foolin') more than .5 million people in the US who are more qualified and better apt to do his job. I'm not saying they wanted to or had the means to, but think about all of the college/university professors, community activists, historians, and other politicians who are more polished, elequant, intelligent, and morally sound than Pres. Whatshisnuts.

Rant over.

Some of my personal favorites:

"Do you have blacks, too?" —to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." —at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2001

"You forgot Poland." —to Sen. John Kerry during the first presidential debate, after Kerry failed to mention Poland's contributions to the Iraq war coalition, Miami, Fla., Sept. 30, 2004

"I'm the master of low expectations." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002

"You know, when I was one time campaigning in Chicago, a reporter said, 'Would you ever have a deficit?' I said, 'I can't imagine it, but there would be one if we had a war, or a national emergency, or a recession.' Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta." —Houston, Texas, June 14, 2002

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002

"But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." —summing up his first year in office, three months after the 9/11 attacks, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001

posted by Kevin @ 8:31 PM