Red State, Blue State

Last night one of my biggest fears became a reality. I found myself in a situation where the thought entered my head, “I have become my father”. I wanted to try and live my life without having to ever thing that dreadful thought, but there I was staring at the TV following the election results for hours, without being able to move even an inch. Yep, I have totally become my father, and don’t get me wrong being like my old man is not a bad thing. I guess that growing up you always think that you are not going to be like your folks. The realization hit me that this fear is more a fear of growing up and doing lame adult things. Crap, I am losing the fun, free feeling of youth. This Sucks. You know, responsibility is enough without having to actually become like my father. Moving on, another discovery last night is how much politics angers me. I am all for “Rocking the Vote” but who are these people, the reporters, the candidates, and worst of all the commercials. The commercials are either confusing or ridiculous and often times both. A couple of nights ago, I saw the most unbelievable piece of “are you serious” campaign ad in the history of modern politics. I will let it speak for itself:

How about that? I mean wow, all of California is lining up to vote now. I don’t know, was that supposed to be compelling? Because of things like this I wanted to throw large objects at the TV all last night. I guess the truth is that I grew up in a red state and I now reside in a blue state. Don’t laugh it is harder to deal with than you think. So here I am a more “like my father” version of me than before and even though most of this whole red v blue thing is overblown, I still can’t help but care. Adulthood here I come. I think it is time for kids.