Hi! It’s me! Lily!!!

So there have been some events in the news that I haven’t mentioned.  Honestly, I try to avoid talking about events in the news, particularly ones that have to do with politics.  This isn’t a political diary!!!  It’s a Lily diary!!! I don’t like talking about politics!  I don’t even like thinking about politics.

But someone tried to kill one of the candidates a week ago.

Dave doesn’t think the government had anything to do with it, but he thinks they might have taken advantage of it and hoped it succeeded.  Well, clearly, it didn’t.  I’m glad for that.  Dave thinks it would have led to civil war if it did.  I don’t know, but maybe so.

The thing that gets me is, well, I could have prevented it.  If I’d known.  I could have popped in behind him and kicked him off the roof.

But that’s something that Mrs. X. warned me about.  Doing that kind of thing isn’t my place.  Because even if I made an exception and did it just once, what about the things I couldn’t do?  It’s best to not get involved without being asked to by the Boss himself.  And with all the cameras, well, that might have been a crapshow anyway.

And besides…  Apparently his survival was an actual bona-fide miracle.  According to the boss… he doesn’t need us to make miracles, he can do just fine himself.  It’s one of those subtle miracles that you get to decide whether you think it’s one or not…  but I get to ask the boss directly.  Yay?

Sabby thinks God has a plan for him.  Maybe she’s right.  But none of us seriously think he’s like “God’s anointed” or anything like that.  I know better than anyone that sometimes God has a use for someone, in spite of themselves, not because of themselves.

The other thing is that the current president isn’t running again.

Okay, so…  I don’t really have a strong opinion about who gets to be president next time.  I’m old enough to vote now, and I will, but I haven’t looked too much into it.  Dave and Sabby usually have different ideas about who they’ll vote for anyway (though they never tell me how to vote).  But even, well, the one who didn’t want the other guy to be elected was remarking about how the current guy can’t string together two coherent sentences – and that debate was embarrassing.  So, he’s out.  No one knows who’ll replace him, though apparently the current VP will.  Sabby calls her “cackles”.  I wonder why.

How do I feel about all that?

Well, it’s not that I don’t care.  I mean, I kinda don’t, but it’s not that I don’t.  It’s just that these are two people I really don’t like anyway.  I don’t like the current guy because he’s, well…  not good at his job and I’ve heard things about how he, well…  wasn’t good with his daughter and his son got convicted of something.  I don’t like the other guy because he’s just kind of a jerk.  I mean, I get why people do, but I just don’t like him.  Will I vote for him, though?  Well, umm… maybe.  You can be a jerk and still do a good job.

I mean, the nicest people in the government tend to be the least competent, right?

Anyway, that’s all I’ll talk about with politics.  Sabby and Dave have a lot stronger opinions, but I won’t share those her.e  That’s not what this diary is for!!!

Speaking of this diary… the time of ending is fast approaching.  The time of endings, and beginnings.  We have maybe one or two big events coming up, then… well, it’s gone.

I popped over to Japan this morning to have more lessons with Miki and the choreographer.  I’m… not a great dancer, but I’m getting good enough that I don’t feel embarrassed.  So that’s something.  I’m talking to the producer about costuming, but they think the cosplay uniforms they were all wearing are sufficient.  I think so too.  This time I brought back some dango and everyone’s been chewing on it all day.  Mochi is the best!!!

Love you all!!! ❤️