INTERLUDE

I LIVE IN ANCHORAGE ALASKA IN THE YEAR OF 2008. THIS TIME IS AMAZING. IT IS LIKE WE ARE SEEING REVOLUTION COMING. I HOPE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE SAID REVELATION. THERE CERTAINLY ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AMONG US. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS CHANGING AT THE SAME TIME, IT SEEMS AS IF WE AS HUMANS ARE GOING TO SELF DESTRUCT. PROBABLY BETTER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN HAS BEEN CHOSEN PRESIDENT: BARACK OBAMA. IT WAS A MERCILESS CAMPAIGN, AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL ONE. BOTH CANDIDATES CONTINUED ON IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE AS CHAMPS. THE WORLD WATCHED AND SUPPORTED IN RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS, AND THE AMERICAN SPIRIT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN IGNITED. NOW, AFTER THE ELECTION, HATE CRIMES AGAINST BLACKS HAVE RISEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND RUMORS AND JOKES ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S ASSISINATION ARE BEING WHISPERED. WELL, THAT VERY WELL COULD JUST BE HERE, SINCE THE ALASKANS AREN’T TOO HAPPY ABOUT MS. PALIN LOOSING THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL TICKET WITH SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN. ALASKAN POLITICS ARE FUCKED UP.
THE STATE ALMOST VOTED IN SENATOR TED STEVENS AFTER HE WAS INDICTED AND CONVICTED OF FRAUD. THE ELECTION HAS JUST BEEN DECIDED TONIGHT, FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER THE NATIONAL ELECTION OCCURRED. EVERY VOTE HAS BEEN COUNTED FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE STATE AND THE WORLD. AT LEAST ALL THAT MATTER.
IT WASN’T ALL VICTORY, HOWEVER, AS DON YOUNG STILL WON THE SEAT FOR CONGRESS, AND HE TOO HAS BEEN IN A LITTLE TROUBLE HIMSELF. DID I MENTION ALASKAN POLITICS ARE FUCKED UP?
WELL, IT’S COMPLICATED. AND IF YOU LIVE HERE YOU ALREADY HAVE YOUR OWN REASONS WHY, AND WE REALLY DON’T WANT TO GET INTO THAT, NOW DO WE?
I ENOYED THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE VERY MUCH, ESPECIALLY ON MY NEW CLICK CLACK COUCH AND 32’ TELEVISION SCREEN. IT’S PRETTY AMAZING ON HD- I GUESS THAT IS ONLY GOING TO WORK UNTIL FEBRUARY 16 THOUGH WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SWITCHES ITS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OR SOMETHING. ALL I KNOW IS I HAVE TO GET CABLE IF I AM GOING TO PLAN ON SLUMMING IT FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. FUCK. HOW THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO THAT?
WELL, AT LEAST I’VE GOT LIFESIZED OPRAH.