could it be....???.....I was finally allowed to post my blog?...a miracle.....please note: I wrote this rant last night...it has not been updated even though I've discovered about 10 more flaws....but I don't have the energy right now....NEW SN TONIGHT!!!! Ahahaha...

GOSH DANG IT, SON OF A BROCCOLI!!!! This new design is pissing me off. It looks terrible, it's pissing me off, and it's just a piece of crap. Reasons why the new tv.com design sucks:

1)This is the fourth time I've written this rant. Do you know why? Because tv.com has a faulty blogging system, which kept refreshing my blog page and erasing everything I'd written. Well, this time I learned. This is saved in a word document. Try to beat that, tv.com!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

2)The fact that it took me over 4 minutes to even find the stupid link to create a new blog the first time I tried. That certainly doesn't ensue fun and enjoyment. More like cursing and angry muttering. ::insert angry muttering::

3)Again about the blogging: as you type up your blog, it won't let you go back to reread what you've written. If I had written this on their site, there would have been mistakes, and you the reader would have just had to deal with it. Blame tv.com....I know I am.

4)Because of the new design, I have to maximize every page to see the whole page, but I open multiple threads to read at one time. Problem is, every time I open a new thread, the previous page minimizes to its previous size. So I'm literally have a fight with tv.com over my own internet and having to keep on maximizing every time tv.com forces it to reduce. This is shaving off seconds of my time....no, I daresay minutes of my internet usage. But if I use history as an example, then I'm literally losing hours off of my life since I'm in the forums a lot because I have to keep on maximizing stupid web pages because tv.com couldn't manage the size of their new site design. That's not so fun. If I want to waste hours of my life, I'd spend it staking out Vancouver and watching SN film. That's the way to waste time and enjoy wasting time at the SAME time. Not fighting with my internet.

5)Oh, the forums. This one has sub-categories because overall? Yeah, it sucks:

a.Whenever I click the new responses link, it takes me to the thread, but it also takes me to the top of the page so I have to wade through old posts and figure out when the new ones started. Like I said before, wasted time.

b.Less posts on each page, makes me have to go through more pages to read the same amount of material

c.The lack of alternating color is definitely not appeasing and just makes it more difficult to distinguish between posts. And it looks crappy.

d.It just has the tacky/non-functional feel to it. The reason I stuck around with tv.com for so long was because it had a different design and set up from other forums I had seen, and I liked it here. It was tasteful and not confusing. And then they do this.....they joined the masses....and I am NOT amused...pfft...

6)Another complaint about the blogs. Now the blogs summary box doesn't tell you when there has been a comment update. So sorry guys if I don't come by your blogs as much. Do you know why? Well, I won't know. Because now I won't know if there is something new to read. And don't worry, I understand the same will happen with this blog. So now tv.com is making the blogs that much less fun for me. This means I may miss out on wackiness and fun moments. So thank you tv.com for making my life just that much less funny. I really needed that. It was getting too exciting with all the cool people I talked to and all the wacky SN moments. I understand now that you're just trying to help me out. Show me that fun is overrated. Well, message dually noted.

7)The new profile. Seriously, I want to cry... T____T.... My pictures now look out of place and tacky. But tv.com, was that what you were going for? Were you trying to make my profile tacky to fit in with your new design? Well, mission accomplished. And now because of this, I have to redesign MY profile to reorganize everything. Did I ask for that? Did I want that? I liked my old profile and how everything fit together. Now it looks like you played Yahtzee with my profile and just threw everything down. That, or maybe you just regurgitated it up.....I'm pretty sure that's where your new design came from....

8 )You lied. At least in my personal opinion. About what, tv.com may be asking. About us asking. Did you seriously get a flood of complaints about the old design? Did you hire one person who's job it was to go through complaint emails everyday about the old design? Is there a link that said, "Click here to complain about the terrible design we have that is practically unbearable and really makes us want to create a new one and if enough of you complain, we'll redesign."(PLEASE CLICK HERE) Next Question: Did you pay someone to send complaint emails all day about the old design so you had a "legitimate excuse" to create the new design? Because that's the only way I can see an explanation for what you did.

9)This is one close to the heart. You did this right before the season premiere of SN. So now I have to deal with trying to figure out this crap with the new SN right over the horizon. Could you have been any more evil? Please, don't answer that. This is totally harshing my mellow. Because you are on the path of ruining the best thing to me after new SN episodes: You're messing with discussion time with my SN buddies. And that's not cool. I'll already be dazed and eager for discussion, and then I'll come onto your site and be confused and and frustrated....new posts will be showing up, but I won't know where. New blogs will be written, but will there be new comments? DEAR GOD, think of Kripke for goodness sakes!!!!! The man comes on to YOUR site to take in the fans' reactions....I bet he'll be a bit confused and frustrated....I want to tear up for him now....he's in for a world of surprise.... "What a brave new world, that has such people in it." Yeah, NOT FOR LONG. As of right now, that's all I got for you. I'm so pissed off. But I just have this to say, tv.com: You may have won multiple battles (in sabotaging previous blogs) but the war is yet to be won....

And just know that right now...I'm totally imagining ways to win that war.... MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA........So don't look so smug.....

~DG, aka A Girl on One Important Mission .....::evil giggling::

**EDIT** Lazarus Rising as already aired, but I just have to say that I absolutely loved it and can't wait for more!

Is it just me, or does anyone else think of the part in Titanic when the little girls are crying and being put into the lifeboat and the father staying behind says that same exact line from my blog title? No, just me???? okay then.....

Anyway, I wanted to blog about this to make sure I actually had time before I became loaded with things to do before I leave for school....

yup, that's right. 3 1/2 months after graduating from high school, and I am FINALLY off to UCSD for my freshman year of college. but technically, according to the school, and because I had to be an overachiever, I am being admitted as a mid-year sophomore from all the credits I accumulated during high school.....which is soooooooooooo NOT cool when I have to declare a major in one quarter instead of one year.........but alas, I digress....

The point of this blog is to forewarn you guys that I may not be around as much as I have been. I really love this place because we all connected over a common interest, but after that, we got to know more about each other and learn each others' personalities....it really has been awesome and I'm going to miss being on as much as I have been. But now that I'm starting a new school year at a new college, and going to be living on my own and trying to make friends, I'm afraid I may be preoccupied. I want to really try to submerge myself, and I don't want constant time on the internet stopping that (not that I don't love you ALL, because I do )

I'll definitely drop by to make sure my Twin and others are behaving, but I'm really going to miss being in the loop about what's happening in SN....seriously, I want to cry everytime I think about 1)having to watch it on a little 3x5 in screen on a computer instead of on a tv and 2)having to wait days after it airs to watch it on the internet.........I'm going to miss my SN....but I promise to stay a true fan and work hard at staying caught up, especially since this season sounds like it's going to be totally AWESOME!!!!

Anyway, I don't leave until very early Saturday morning, but I just wanted to get this up there beforehand....especially since it might get lost in the craziness after SN season 4 premieres....I know that's what I'm looking forward to.......

so anyway, you all behave, and I know I'll do the same..........and I'll definitely drop by from time to time....like I said: this is only good bye for a little while.......

DG

okay, so Thursday night was the night that Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for the presidency at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. He made his appearance and gave his speech at the Invesco Field, a huge football stadium that held over 84,000 people: the most ever at any political convention in the US.

Now, I'll be the first to say that I have not always been an Obama fan. Actually, far from it. I was and still am a complete Hillary supporter. Hopefully, she will be able to try again and go further than she was able to do this time around. She has until 2016 to prepare (barring that everything works out! ) But that does not mean I will not turn around and vote for Obama, because as has been said by many, and Hillary herself: We must come together in unity and win to make a change. Every vote counts, and it will take all of us to succeed, because "No way; no how; no McCain."

And now, after hearing Obama speak of what he wants to do and the flaws he wants to change, I feel confident in my choice to support him. Though he may have less experience, he was his VP running mate (Joe Biden) at his side with 30 years of senate background and a strong grasp on foreign policy. That sure makes me feel better!

so now I want to highlight the moments in Obama's speech that really showed to me that he is ready to be our next Commander-in-Chief (and that he's freakin charasmatic as hell!):

"Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land - enough! This moment - this election - is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive...On November 4th, we must stand up and say: 'Eight is enough.' " (We do not need another Bush term)

"But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time...I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change." (That's scary similar....I'm not willing on taking that chance either)

"For over two decades, [McCain]'s subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is - you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck. No health care? The market will fix it. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots. You're on your own." (Why so many people are never able to feel the "benefits" of trickle-down politics)

"[Democrats] measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President - when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush." (That actually made me really sad when I heard that...)

"Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves - protect us from harm." (Something the govt seems to have forgotten...)

"That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper." (That we must work as one together if we ever hope in succeeding in the future)

"I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America.

I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the start-ups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow.

I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95% of all working families. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-****" (I was a bit wary of the whole tax break on average citizens...practically every candidate promises this...but hardly is it ever done)

"In ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East...As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll help our auto companies re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced." (Great way to imrpove America economically, environmentally, and really provide new jobs)

"America, now is not the time for small plans. Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-****education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy...Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American...Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations... And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons." (Like music to my ears...but don't worry, I'm wearing ear plugs to protect myself! )

"Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility - that's the essence of America's promise."

"If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have." (And that's the debate I'm ready to hear!)

"And today, as my call for a time frame to remove our troops from Iraq has been echoed by the Iraqi government and even the Bush Administration."

"I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future."

"So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America.

So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first." (One of my fave parts of the entire speech. McCain has been saying that he will be the one to put America first. Now he knows, we all already do that.)

"We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country...I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination...This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort." (So this is where some dust may have blown in my eye and I may have just shed one single tear...man, I should dust my house... )

"I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington.

But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. It's been about you." (He represents for the people the average American that always thinks he/she can be president one day. He came from a one parent home with a lower income, he made his way through school and college with scholarships and loans, and he comes from a biracial union. He isn't of the same mold as others. He is a symbol for others. The presidency is not just for the rich and priviledged.)

"This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.

Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend."

"America, we cannot turn back." (Not when there is so much more left to fight for)

Well, that's the end of my "highlights" and I promise, there was so much more in the actual speech...and it is so much better if you actually watch the video...though I did love a lot of it, so it was hard to cut things out......anyway, I know I may see biased towards Obama right now, but I am going to watch the Republican Convention next week and will definitely check out McCain's speech to see how it faired against Obama and how McCain plans on dealing with his term should he get it.


I guess that's it for now, and hopefully you all haven't fallen asleep (completely) while reading this!