"We finally killed Osama!!!!!!"

above is how i found about osama bin laden was dead.
alright. so i'm kinda a polisci/current events nerd.
but good ol' matt green, cadet at west point, posted it as his facebook status and this is how i found out.
so i went to a variety of new sources to confirm..

ps does anyone know why fox news calls him "usama"?

he's making his speech! (p obama. from the east room)
here are my "notes"
talking about sept 11.. really visual start
get to the good stuff.
"we were united" nuff said. good from bad.
top priority, go obama. 
targeted operation.
small team of AMERICANS yeahh
courage
no americans harmed! dangg.
fire fight.
killed him, took the body :)
everyone agrees.. this is big!
we didn't choose this fight, it came to us. (this makes me think about learning in book of mormon when it is okay to go to war. this war is book of mormon/gospel approved) :)
justiceeee
i liked that. good speech. well said. not too detailed.. but i'm satisfied.
God bless america.

right now i wish i went to george washington u or lived in dc or was there for any reason right now. i would totally be outside the white house :)

oh yeah. and my friends at west point? its crazy there. really funny and great.
anyways. this is good.
the reason i love this so much right now is because there is so much going on with congress and money and 2012 and all of the bad part of politics..
but this is a reason to be proud of the U S of A. agreed? how can you not.

anyways. thanks for letting me be a nerd. i love breaking news.

have a great historic sunday! :)

election day.

i enjoy current events. every day i check cnn, yahoo (so i can get some entertainment news in there), occasionally the daily universe, and a bit of wall street journal, usa today, and time apps on my ipod.
today was election day. and guess what? i didn't vote. i am SO ashamed of myself.
right when i turned 18 i printed out my registration sheet.. but i didn't have my driver's license with me so i didn't finish it. and then i never finished it. and then since i didn't finish it, i didn't get my absentee ballot. i'm finally 18 and i've been waiting to vote FOREVER and i don't even exercise my right to vote.
at the same time, i don't feel as informed with the issues in my state. did you know good ol' sd voted on legalizing marijuana for medical use today? i didn't know that until i was online last night.
maybe it was a good thing i didn't vote, because i wasn't fully informed. that's one of my biggest pet peeves, people who want to get into a political discussion based off things they've heard their parents say. i'm lucky enough to have parents who differ in views but can also agree from time to time.. after they've done their research.
being here at byu there is plenty of conservative go-getters ready to tell you all about the republican party and how horrible obama is and how the democrats are ruining the country. they're just a bit dramatic if you ask me. no one likes how our country is right now.. but i'm not sure i'm qualified enough to argue with someone because despite my daily news update.. i still don't know both sides on all the issues, but i'd like to hear both sides before i state my opinion instead of getting one side shoved down my throat.

alright. just a little venting. go america!
on a lighter note.. i can't wait to do a semester in dc.. when shall i? i was thinking summer 2012 would be a really fun one.. as would winter semester 2012. i registered for classes today and am in comparative government and politics.. anxious for that. :)

have a good election day.. hope you were better than me and voted!

(in an article done on my grandpa when he passed away, a friend quoted something like.. "fifty percent of washington county's democrats died last night." i always enjoyed listening to his opinions.. because he always had so much to back them up and so much perspective. ♥ miss him.

eh.

today = pretty lame.

highlight? watching the state of union address for a gov't assignment.

..that's a problem.

recovering, almost well.

lots of applications that need to be in asap :/

anyways.

mood? eh.

i could bash on high school somemore (more bad experiences today).. but i'll pass today.

stay beautiful, ashley ann.