Oh god, Change it is sooo scary. Yes, I know, but what is the alternative?
After all the crazy events in Egypt, my husband would ask "what are you doing?" this, after both of us where glued to the live feed from the BBC all day I'd say; "gotta see what my peeps are saying" and I would check out the Kos. I understand the trepidation some have on going to DK4. I'm a creature of habit too, who isn't, really?
I am a very busy mother of 3. I read like lightning and I post very sarcastic, sometimes vulger comments. I proudly attribute that to my Spanish (Basque) upbringing. I always thought my first diary would be titled "Hey GOP stay the F*(# outa of my SN!*^&" but this will have to do. As it turns out it will be about the "UNKNOWN".
First of all you should all know I am a bit buzzed. Had 4 shots of Rum with a coke chaser. Not used to drinking any more, but hey...Had to celebrate the Egyptian's historic day. My husband has been sober for a few years after a lifetime of being a mean drunk. I am one mother f-ing stubborn wench. As a result, I now have the man I always knew he could be (enough of that).
I will follow Markos to the new site because I want to keep in touch with all of your brains. Like Buddha said; Life is change. Why? because that is what we do. We are progressive or Liberal or Lefty or Democrat. However you want to describe you prediliction for slamming your head against the wall of ignorance. We change. We survey the landscape, we look at the facts, we read, we analyse, we are trees and we bend according to the facts. We are not afraid of adjusting. I am a scientist and an artist and I have been trained by good schooling and great parents to adjust my thinking to the facts, F%^& ego. FACTS are the Shizzzznit.
The fact is, My beloved Daily Kos is moving to the 4. I don't know what that means, but by-golly I will figure it out. It will be unfamiliar, different....oh, maybe a bit scary, but I will NOT just give up.
I read some diarists (too buzzed to insert links, Razzzberry) say that they will not go. But, I say...what kind of a progressive are you anyway? We progress, we are not the ones that digress, we change when change is the smart thing to do. Refusing to follow over the hump, jump the shark, go under or over the fold, whatever, would be to cling to the old ways. This is precisely what we mock the other guys for doing. They live in the 1940's, we do not. WE live in the here and now - it's 2011 baby, get with it.
Change is scary if your expectations are high. Don't have any, just know that a whole bunch of others will be making the same change too. Together we'll be able to change a country, win an election, save a bill, elect someone qualified, laugh and point at the idiots, and have a ball with like-minded (scratchy pie fights notwithstanding) fellow Kosaks. Love you ALL. See you Sunday morning. Me.