September 2008 Archives

Nothing brings me out of my spider hole like a good controversy!  In addition to just generally being down for the count for the past month or so I've been avoiding politics on this here blog for awhile now because I've embarrassed myself in the past.  Mom Madison disapproved deeply.  (I believe it involved calling some politician a poopslice.)

But when I saw this post at FINDING WONDERLAND I just couldn't help weighing in.  The folks over there seem to feel that it's maybe inappropriate for YA authors to join forces in support of Obama.  I tried to control myself but naturally I had a little komment to add to the mix.

Am I being an idiot again?  Probs; I was up all night working on the next book (the next next one I mean) so I admit I'm cracked-out and punchy.

But shit man, there's a couple different wars going on, Brooklyn's gonna be underwater like tomorrow, my friend just got back from the North Pole where she went SKINNYDIPPING, honeybees and bats are decamping this earth for less apocalyptic climes as we speak, and let's not even THINK about the return of Quetzalcoatl!  I'm not trying to brainwash America's youth; it just seems like when it comes to getting political it's now or never.  In four years we're gonna be voting WaterWorld style and think how hard it's going to be to make it to the polls on a wooden raft with pirates trying to kill you for your last drop of kerosene!

So, yeah, I'm voting for Obama while I have the chance.  And no need to listen to me but you really should too.

Oh, and one more thing while I'm at it: I BELIEVE IN THE RADICAL POSSIBILITIES OF PLEASURE, BABE.  I DO, I DO, I DO.