My First 100 Days

I just realized that today marks my First 100 Days blogging! Wanna celebrate? Do I get cake? Champagne? No? Just another monthly bill from TypePad, huh? Yes, I am always trying to mooch cake and champagne and celebratory gatherings for, clearly, ANY occasion!

Well, if you have read any part of my blog, you'll get an idea of just how freakin' introspective I am and how I over-analyze everything. It's a curse, what can I do? I see here that my lil ole' blog has received some 8,000 hits (and no, 7,500 of those are not from my family!). ~ :) The "100 Days" benchmark made me sit and think how much has happened over the last 100 days/2400 hours. I have expanded the scope of the blog and even given-in to posting some personal, albeit cryptic, stories ~~ this strange form of "growth" and "development" has been organic and cathartic and funny and enlightening. Some of my favorite posts include the one about the Blue Moon, the silly one about F.A.Q.'s, hoo-boy especially The Function of Art post, oh and the one about Geraldine Ferraro, and the one about Sound Advice, the one where I learned what the hell a Tungsten Filament is, and definitely, always, my VERY FIRST POST. I've learned how to steal, ahem, I mean, borrow free images off the internet, how to sort through all the anarchists' websites and only hyperlink to "mainstream" or "liberal" media, how to phrase the titles of my blogs so they catch someone's eye, and how to deftly avoid the internet stalkers who seem to think my blog is some sort of personal ad. I have also made some unusual, kick-ass friendships like with My Complex Simplicity and The Daily Texican, who both help increase my daily number of hits. I have also learned a lot about amazing bloggers-of-color across the country.

All of this silly self-assessment also made me think about some important "100 Day" benchmarks. For example, in his First 100 Days as the Mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom made headlines around the globe when he challenged California's discriminatory state law banning same-sex marriage and allowed the City to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples ~ that legal battle will spend the next few years in the courts but I hope these outdated laws can catch up to modern, inalienable, civil rights, such as the freedom to love, honor, and cherish whomever you damn well want to.

In her first 100 days in office, San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris, made national headlines when she stood by her anti-death penalty campaign platform by making an informed decision not to pursue the death penalty in prosecuting defendant David Hill for murdering Police Officer Isaac Espinoza ~ enduring vitriolic criticism from Senator Feinstein and the San Francisco Police Department. Kamala remains a pillar of integrity, courage, and community commitment.

Where did this "100 Days' benchmark come from? It seems when Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, amid the crisis of the Great Depression, he spent his first 100 Days in office launching New Deal relief measures, reviving the banking industry, and delivering the first of 30 "Fireside Chats." At the end of those first 100 days, there was a general sense that at least the country's psychological mood had been transformed. And so, for better or worse, our elected officials must endure microscopic scrutiny during their First 100 Days In Office ~ the ultimate test of "making a good first impression" ~ which may well set the tone for the rest of that official's term. But think about it: would anything any of us do hold up next to the New Freakin' Deal? Indeed, Roosevelt's legacy is built on those First 100 Days.

Comments

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[TT]

Congrats to the first 100 days. I must say that I like your posts more now that you talk about random and personal things rather than just reporting stuff. And 8000 hits is an impressive number in just 100 days. I've been around since last July and I only have like 18000 hits. Even with my wonderfully witty stories and random humor. Alas. So if you're reading this, go on, click on my name. You'll be transported to a new and wonderful place...