Mood: sleepy
Music: Saphire: the Uppity Blues Women

The music selection that I'm listening to right now is something that Mom lent to me. She described it as raunchy, but it seems fairly normal to me. It sounds like three ladies having fun making music. *shrug* maybe they've got some attitude, but I'm not sure I'd call them raunchy, but then again I haven't been paying that close of attention to the CD. I was trying to order a custom Bob Dylan CD, but the web site seems to have had some trouble. I'll have to try again later. That seemed like such a neat concept, being able to custome mix a CD to order yourself. Why didn't they think of this sooner?! Or how come I'm only hearing of it now?

Mood: politically perturbed
Music: Eddie From Ohio

Okay, soapbox time: I'm sitting here eating breakfast and turn on the "Hitler" Channel just out of habit and some guy I don't know is interviewing some astronaut I don't know. Apparently he's some hero in the astronaut world, but I don't know his story. Anyways, he makes this comment about how the only reason we beat the Soviets into space was because we're a democracy and they're communists. What a load of CROCK! Here's why this statement peeves me off: first off you're comparing apples and oranges. A democracy is a form of government, and communism is an economic system. Second off, the United States of America is NOT a true democracy. We are a Republic. If we were a democracy we would elect our officials directly. We do not. That's where the electoral college comes in. We as a people elect the electors of the president, senators, etc. The former Soviet Union ALSO happens to be a republic. That's what the R in U.S.S.R. stands for! Communism stands opposed to Capitalism. Those are the economic systems. Anyway, I know most of the people who actually read this probably understand this, but once in a while I need to fume about it.