Accents really bother me. During my freshman year at Berkeley, I had an ethnic studies professor who was British. Of course, I couldn\’t pay attention in class because I was so immersed in how she pronouced certain words. Then I would practice saying those words in accented British myself while she talked about Cuban politics and immigration policies. I got a B+ in that class, by the way. It\’s so hard for me to pay attention when the speaker has an accent that I just lose myself in the manner of speech rather than the content. But how about me? People often say I have a slight accent too. A jennism accent that I created all by myself since I just never spoke.

And I got this from Angie:

The day after, you wake up and you smell the air. Something just isn\’t right. What I wonder is why half of the America voted for Bush and the other half voted for Kerry. Seems like we have a split America. At the same time, there are liberals that \”hate\” the conservatives. Yet, every day, we don\’t use that to categorize ourselves. I know I meet conservatives every so often…and it\’s not their political standing that defines who they are. Yet as the morning after, as a liberal, we think WHY!??! and we immediately point to the right. At this stage, it\’s hard to really define what (and who) is right for the country. I personally think we should all split into smaller nations (a true Athens?), but of course there is always one nation that becomes dominant, wants more land, wants more resources…and has the wmd.