Breaking the Silence

I’ve been a pretty quiet blogger lately; mostly it’s because things are just chugging along.  Nothing too exciting has happened. My French class is going well and I’m not very worried about the exam. I’m reading for prelims (still), though at a much slower rate than I’d like.

Hillary Clinton won Kentucky’s primary last night and, political opinions aside, I’m incredibly disappointed in the apparent racism that is being attributed to her win in my home state. This CNN article says that two-thirds of the Kentuckians who voted for Clinton say they would rather vote Republican or not at all than vote for Obama. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised, but I am; I know very few people in Kentucky who would think this way. The best thing the CNN article can say about the Kentucky election is that more West Virginian Democrats would refuse to vote for Obama.  Great; we’re only the 2nd most racist state.

And I wrote about that for much longer than I intended to.  Because see? Nothing interesting is happening. What I intended to do was complete this meme that Claire tagged me for. Perhaps this will be slightly more interesting than discussions of French and disappointing election news:

What were you doing five years ago?

May 2003

1. I was finishing my junior year at WKU.
2. Still recovering from having lived in England for the fall semester before and wishing I could go abroad again.
3. Starting my summer job at the daycare; hanging out with four year olds all day.
4. Studying for the GRE.
5. Attending my sister Jessica’s high school graduation.

What are five things on your to-do list today (in no particular order)?

1. Read Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day.
2. Have lunch with my friend Jenny.
3. Update my prelim reading list.
4. Deposit a check.
5. Order (more) books.

What are five snacks you enjoy?

1. Triscuits and sliced cheese.
2. 100 calorie Cheetos packs.
3. Apples.
4. Pears.
5. String Cheese.

What are five of your bad habits?

1. Biting my nails.
2. Procrastinating.
3. Laziness.
4. Worrying/over-thinking.
5. Gossip.

What are five places you have lived?

1. Somerset, KY
2. Georgetown, KY
3. Bowling Green, KY
4. Cambridge, England
5. Tallahassee, FL

What are five jobs you have had?

1. K-Mart electronics dept. (before K-mart was ghetto!)
2. T.G.I. Friday’s hostess
3. WKU bookstore book dept. student worker
4. Sonshine Daycare, 4 year old teacher
5. college teacher (WKU and FSU)

As for tagging, I choose to tag anyone who reads this, has a blog, and hasn’t already been tagged by someone else.

So there.  Hope that was interesting.