Right. Apparently it is that time of the month. A little delayed; I apologize. Exams see. I dislike exams. I'm not quite sure if I've mentioned that before. I don't hate exams. I dislike them. Matter of fact, if I were living back at my old apartment exams would be fine. Why you ask? Because I lived at 146, Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. Why is that significant I hear you cry? Because the exam hall-where all the beautiful magic happens-is the Royal Exhibition Building. "So what?" says the half uninterested reader. BECAUSE IT IS MOTHER FUCKING 5 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE I USED TO FUCKING LIVE THAT'S FUCKING WHY!!! What now you say? Well, lets see. It takes me approximately 30 minutes to get to the REB-examination place-in good traffic and let's say about an hour in the morning. So that means I HAVE to wake up 2 HOURS earlier than I WOULD'VE NEEDED TOO had I been LIVING in VICTORIA PARADE. And I have to pay 10 bucks for my trouble. That is why I dislike exams. Having said that I still have 2 more to go. Tough luck eh. Meh....bygones.

So what's been happening?

Of course Obama won. I was shocked. Not shocked. Too strong a word. I was pleasantly surprised. I should clarify. I was surprised about a week before the election that Obama was leading in the poles. Come election day, it was pretty much how long and by how much. And in retrospect it was quite inevitable. And it got me thinking. One way or another we're somewhat drawn towards the States. The great US of A. They've got Ivy League schools which boast a 10% or lower acceptance rate and of course New York. I mean they are the world's super power. But I can't help but to think what if we they were too rash? On paper Obama is nothing compared to McCain. Even to Clinton I didn't he was much of an adversary. He got into politics when...5-6 years ago? Running then for his district or something like that. And now president? I don't dispute the fact that he's smart. But you can only be so smart when experience has to kick in. And here comes the big one. What if they were too rash because he was black? What if they voted for him BECAUSE he was black? It would seem like a fairytale ending at first glance. But put it under a microscope and I see so many holes. True that some days after Martin Luther King's assassination Obama got elected. And I must say, he turned an ethnic slur into a motto. Very effectively of course. Now the debate seems to be the way America's moving. Centre right to centre left opting for more equality against capitalism. Sounds good taxing the big corporates more and making them pay for their mistakes. But will he? They are tough people capitalist's and they got lots of moolah.

I leave this post semi-open to debate. Simply because I still find myself going through the motions of this post-elections. Sometimes not all the time. I do have exams. And every time I start believing, it just crops up. Maybe the war on Iraq was a bad mistake and McCain took the fall for it cause it was a Republican who brought them to war. Maybe it's because the citizen's felt Bush drove them into an economic crisis, again McCain takes the blow. No doubt you'd agree with me all these things played a factor. But can they be too much of a driving force? Or will this be the stepping stone to greater things? I recall recently I was watching an Aussie TV show Rove, where Rob Scheneider came on. He said something like this. "Maybe some day they'll be and Aborigine Prime Minister." Dead silence.

Till next time then. Next one might be a while. I'm leaving for the land of the Pharaohs early December and then Christmas at JB. So a little patience eh Tarrant for the next one =)