Thoughts On Sarah Palin

The Weekly Standard had a post stating that somebody wrote a book on Sarah Palin being persecuted by the mainstream media.   My opinion is that Sarah Palin has not been persecuted but rather fairly criticized on character defects within her personality and a worldview that does not properly address the massive problems of that America has today such as the consequences of American imperialism, climate change, and massive inequity in society.

If the Republicans use her as a cheerleader or spokesperson for conservative causes, I conclude that is proper role for her.  However, I do not respect her for being an expert on foreign and domestic policy and I think that she has very limited credentials in the areas of foreign and domestic policy.   When she opens her mouth on policy matters,  it just seems to be fodder for late-night TV shows and Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World”.  But I am a progressive liberal and so my comments on Palin  would be probably considered to be biased.

Misery and Depression

Today was one of those days where I got into myself.  I started to dwell on my misery in life.

What misery? I have a full-time job, lots of friends, almost a year sober, and I am complaining about life?  There is any reason for miserable.

The real reason for this depression was that I lost my glasses this morning and missed a hike because I did have a Forest Service Adventure Pass.  Instead of forgeting about the pain, I decided to dwell on the event all day and sat on the Internet today doing random surfing with no purpose.  What a depressing day?

The reality is that I  lack motivation on how to use my spare time in creative purposes.  I also lack motivation on go outside on my own and explore South Orange County. 

For example, I could have gone to check the Microsoft store today at the Mission Viejo mall.   Just doing that act one and walking around the mall for about 30 minutes would be enough to snap my misery.

Instead my solution was to bitch and complain.  I guess there is some guilty pleasure in feeling miserable about yourself.

Perhaps, the point of this post is to remind myself not to get into the trap in the future just because something goes bad.  Everything life is great, but I guess we fall into fits of despair even though there is nothing wrong.  And that is bunch of stinky thinking