Holidays

So we're now a little over a week into November and this means two things to me. One my birthday is coming up, this year it happens to land on black Friday. Two, the holiday season is fast approaching. Thanksgiving will soon be upon us, and after that Christmas is only a month away. This time of year has different effects on different people, for the most part people tend to act much more cheerful and kindly toward one another. But for all the good they cause in each one of us they also become a time of selfishness, and mindless consumerism. How many of us only think of what we're going to get for Christmas, or what we can get for cheap on black Friday  In fact the mere existence of black Friday should tell you about how far we've gone into commercializing holidays. On Thanksgiving we are all together, with our family, and it's supposed to be a time that we are all grateful and content for all the things we have and are blessed with. But look at it today? Last year I was disgusted to see how many stores were beginning their black Friday sale on Thanksgiving at 10 p.m, but even more disappointing to me was to see how many people went out and did so. I personally even had some family leave our house to go to the mall on Thanksgiving. Is the idea of being grateful and thankful for what we have already so lost on us as a society? Judging by the success of last year I'm afraid that new trend won't end this year, if anything they may even start it earlier, and I'm sad to say if they do there will still be those who go. We already have one majorly commercialized holiday all about shopping and giving presents and that's Christmas. So please America, don't take away another, leave Thanksgiving day out of it. Have black Friday and Christmas, but draw the line somewhere. I want to implore you, my readers to remember what Thanksgiving is, and that's being thankful for what you have and who is with you. So please this year stay home with your families, spend time with them, enjoy their company, be grateful for those who are still with you; at the end of the day you don't know how much longer they'll be there.

Elections

So in the United States the elections were held a few days ago. The two primary candidates were, current President Barack Obama, and Senator Mitt Romney. Now I personally wasn't in favor of either of these two candidates, I felt so disappointed by my options for this election. I felt like most people were just choosing the lesser of two evils which isn't really how an election should ever be run. If I had been forced to choose between them I would have sided with Obama primarily because he supports immigrants a lot more than Romney has, and my parents were immigrants. Can't forget your roots after all. I am glad that this is over, and seeing how the candidate I voted for (Jill Stein) never really had a shot I'm somewhat relieved Obama won. I did find it ridiculous how much money was thrown away on these elections, and find the idea of it only increasing in years to come a bit sickening. I'm somewhat uneasy about the fate of my country. I love the United States very much and hope Obama kicks it into high gear these next 4 years, and tries to get us back to being the #1 country in the world. That was my little thought on the elections, what did you guys think? Were you happy with the results?

Personal

Hey guys so I'll also be blogging here, this will be my personal blog about whatever is on my mind at the moment; I'll also discuss society at large and what matters to me. I'm currently extremely annoy at Google because their robots seem to have mistaken my regular blog for a spam blog, and have currently locked it down. I am awaiting their review to have it restored and I'm positive they'll reactivate it, but it's an annoyance none the less. And a big one. This down time is seriously affecting my ability to update and maintain my main blog http://celljunkie.blogspot.com/ which currently displays page not found. Anywho annoyances aside I've enjoyed my time tech blogging so far and look forward to continuing with all of you and hope you guys will keep following me. Thanks to those who have supported me so far and those who will in the future.

"Ideas are the sparks in the flames of revolutions" - Duncan Uruchima