We have a new President

Well the election didn't go my way. Ce la vie. Hopefully, there will be a peaceful transition of power, the Dems will overstep their bounds like they did the last time they had both Houses and the Presidency, and the backlash will restore the balance of power.

One brief political note, then I'll leave it be for the time being. I am rather disappointed in the electorate for their lack of historical or political perspective. The whole campaign season has centered on Bush bashing and "Change" for change sake. But that's not what happened. The Presidency changed, but the party in power in Congress who is as responsible as the President for the current Wars we are in and the economy today (which is very little influence, actually) got further entrenched in power. To be a true change, then the party with the majority would have been ousted, but apparently the populace was spoonfed by the Media that the Republicans are responsible for everything, which is simply a ridiculous assertion. Also, the national media's love affair with Obama was rather sickening, and it shocks me that the fourth estate was able to collectively put a media darling into such a position of power with little scrutiny.

Okay, I got that off my chest. In other news, job is stressful and I aggravated my leg injury in another volleyball loss. I have been told by my PT that I am not able to play volleyball for the rest of the season to let it heal. Needless to say, I'm disappointed.

Good news is that I am in a good writing cycle thanks to Ellice's idea that I write in the morning for fifteen minutes every day before I leave for work. So far, its worked rather well. Let's hope we can keep it up.

City of Ember
This is film adaptation of the novel I reviewed in an earlier blog.
I found the movie entertaining, but a bit rushed and somewhat less enjoyable than the novel. Bill Murray plays the smarmy mayor relatively well, and I thought the underground city was well represented. I thought they left the sense of mystery that was in the book out in the expository opening of the movie, as they told everything in a matter of two minutes. Overall, I'll give it as **