Definition of Insanity
Nov. 7th, 2012 02:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So I'm staying up all night to watch SourceFed's coverage of the American election. Me being Polish and living in Europe, I treat it less like "OMG my life is going to change forever if one of them wins" and more of "let's see how crazy can the Kardashians get". Yes. American politics is my reality TV. I apologize if my approach offends someone, but the way Americans do politics deeply fascinates me.
For starters, I can't get over the two party system. I mean, sure, in Poland anyone who gets enough signatures from the public can run for President and it usually means that I have to go vote twice - the first time to weed out the serious candidates and the second to vote between the two guys with the biggest support. It's tiresome, yes, but at least with more than two parties you get all the platforms and points of view represented.
The thing I've been fascinated the most lately is the fact that a third party presidential candidate has to *sue* for the right to participate in a presidential debate. It's like watching America's Next Top Model where Tyra picks two favourites early on and the rest of the girls are forced to do outrageous things just to get an edit in the final episode that airs.
Which is why I'm up at 2am with coffee in my hand and Skittles in front of me waiting to see who wins.
And I have surprisingly good grasp on English at 2am... o.O
To pass the time, I've been editing Fanlore today. I started a page for WaTchers the Virtual Series, which was a fan-made Buffy spin-off. It ran for 5 years and people involved in it put enormous amount of time and talent into it.
It's also really important to me, because a) I did translations for them in early season 1 and b) I met my best friend, briefly my girlfriend there. She was also doing translations for them and we got talking and it turned out that she was going to the same high school as me. 9 years later we're still close friends and I met the majority of the Polish fandom through her. So to say WaTchers has a special place in my heart would be an understatement. I love them with all my heart, even though I never finished reading the show... <3
I might edit something else in between the coverage, we'll see. I don't trust my English this late at night.
I hope your candidate wins, flist. *crosses fingers*
For starters, I can't get over the two party system. I mean, sure, in Poland anyone who gets enough signatures from the public can run for President and it usually means that I have to go vote twice - the first time to weed out the serious candidates and the second to vote between the two guys with the biggest support. It's tiresome, yes, but at least with more than two parties you get all the platforms and points of view represented.
The thing I've been fascinated the most lately is the fact that a third party presidential candidate has to *sue* for the right to participate in a presidential debate. It's like watching America's Next Top Model where Tyra picks two favourites early on and the rest of the girls are forced to do outrageous things just to get an edit in the final episode that airs.
Which is why I'm up at 2am with coffee in my hand and Skittles in front of me waiting to see who wins.
And I have surprisingly good grasp on English at 2am... o.O
To pass the time, I've been editing Fanlore today. I started a page for WaTchers the Virtual Series, which was a fan-made Buffy spin-off. It ran for 5 years and people involved in it put enormous amount of time and talent into it.
It's also really important to me, because a) I did translations for them in early season 1 and b) I met my best friend, briefly my girlfriend there. She was also doing translations for them and we got talking and it turned out that she was going to the same high school as me. 9 years later we're still close friends and I met the majority of the Polish fandom through her. So to say WaTchers has a special place in my heart would be an understatement. I love them with all my heart, even though I never finished reading the show... <3
I might edit something else in between the coverage, we'll see. I don't trust my English this late at night.
I hope your candidate wins, flist. *crosses fingers*