Four years ago on November 7th, 2000 I wrote in my journal:<\/p>\n
My mom noted to the entire household, \\”Bush is not a handsome man. Gore is a handsome man. People are going to vote for Gore. I am going to vote for Gore, because he\\’s handsome and if I was younger, I would want to marry him.\\” <\/i><\/p>\n
So much for that. Four years ago on that Tuesday November 7th, I had forgotten to send in my absentee ballot and I couldn\\’t get to my district\\’s polling station because I was still in Berkeley on a school day.<\/p>\n
Four years ago, I was an innocent freshman at Berkeley. I was less pessimistic. I was less cynical. I was ready to tackle the world. In 4 years, I express my emotions upfront. I am less afraid now. Yet, don\\’t we all want to return to that innocence? Four years ago, I thought I was starting over. The world was supposed to follow in turn. Four years ago, I wouldn\\’t have thought I would be here.<\/p>\n
Then again, I never ever thought that far in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Four years ago on November 7th, 2000 I wrote in my journal: My mom noted to the entire household, \\”Bush is not a handsome man. Gore is a handsome man. People are going to vote for Gore. I am going … Continue reading