Just getting warmed up...

In my last post, on November 19th, 2008, I promised I would start posting again soon. Needless to say... I didn't.

My last post before that, September 24th, was pre-election, and I kept up a pretty good stream of posts from March 2008, when the heat was on in the Democratic presidential primary, up through the Fall...

And as I read these posts over, thinking of how I might continue this blog-line without the attendant drama of a historic presidential election to spur me along -- (it's good for your career, says CNN) -- I realize two things:

1. I am somewhat absurdly upset by hypocrisy and lies.
2. I am absolutely farcically upset by hypocrisy and lies when demonstrated by individuals selected for leadership positions.

Actually, three things:
3. When numbers 1. and 2. are true, above, I become inordinately self-righteous. But also fun to read.

Seeing as I live in Washington, DC, where vociferous public self-righteousness has always been the new black, I don't find this unusual.

But it does give me pause to consider that self-righteousness might be what motivates me to type and share my thoughts. I could easily say that my blogging was borne of a powerful desire to expose injustice, but I could also just as easily say: "LISTEN TO MEEEEE, I KNOW THE RIGHT THING ALL THE TIIIIIME." (Just picture that, in a whiny, little-girl voice.... and there you have Anne Coulter. Ba dum - ching.) But... you also have Rachel Maddow. Or Ana Marie Cox. Ana Marie Cox is freaking hilarious.

So what's a girl to do? Blog about injustice (and cupcakes)? In a fun way? Mayhaps...