A Few Things

1. So, I started my first job a couple weeks ago. It's not as soul-crushing as I was worried it'd be. And given my expenses over this summer, it's pretty good pay. The thing is, I'm working at a country store, otherwise known as "a supermarket for rural Maine." Pretty much the only thing that's depressing about it are the people who come in to buy lottery tickets. According to a study that was quoted to my class by a college professor a while back, Mainers have an absurd belief in the ability of the lottery to get them any money. And it is shocking to see how many people actually do buy lottery tickets in absurd amounts. It's doubly shocking how many people will win small sums of money, usually under ten dollars, and use all of that money to buy more lottery tickets. Quite often, they'll buy more lottery tickets than they won money for. I'd argue that I've seen more people lose more money on the lottery than on their cigarette addictions.
2. Also, in regards to my work, I had a dream a couple of nights ago where I was working the register at the store, and it was pitch-black, except for a small square of light where the window was. I could vaguely see an approximation of the workstation in the dark. I started walking around to find a lightswitch. At some point in here, I actually woke up, but didn't realize it. I'd apparently been sleepwalking in my room. Or, rather, sleep-standing, since my dream-reality hadn't given me any reason to move.
3. I'm kind of shocked at the amount of people who have been combing through Barack Obama's life for any hint of racism against white people. I'm not a fan of racism, but I guarantee none of these people have been nearly so careful about disowning any politician with connections to white racism.
4. I'm also kind of shocked at the amount of feminists who are acting like Hilary Clinton was their last shot ever at having a woman president. Now, I've occasionally fretted that the world was going to end in 2012, in more impressionable days, but, honestly, if the Obama presidency goes well, there should at least be space in the history books for at least one more full, two-term presidency after him. Probably more than that, even. Way more than that. Speaking as the son of a strong, female politician (albeit local), I know that there is still plenty of room for a strong female politician to make a stand on the national stage, but I just felt right about Obama. Hell, my mom even felt right about Obama.