Trump was elected for president of the US. I wasn't really expecting this, actually; I know the online circles I frequent are eco-chambers

hell, I make them that way

but I did believe I had looked into polling and predictions from all over, or from people without partisan affiliation, but I guess that kind of stuff just isn't very effective at predicting stuff at all.

I hope the American people like what they voted in. This time he actually got the popular vote too.

Regardless, now I have to look in.

For starters, my investments are doing rather well; I doubt it has much to do with Donald Trump being elected, specifically, and more to do with the politically tumultuous election season being over. Still, I appreciate it. I wish I had money to buy more before the election, but that just wasn't realistic for me, unfortunately.

Next, my national elections. The presidential election is actually 2 years from now

which doesn't matter too much as our president is a mostly symbolic position

and the government is in 4 years, since the election was this year. I'm gonna keep an eye on national policy and whatnot... I like some things that this current government has been doing, at least that, but we'll see. I don't think they're necessarily the right choice.

I'm actually feeling pretty good. I was stressed for no reason over this election, I'm not even American... I guess I should stop paying so much attention to international politics.

Back on the grind though: items for life. I love talking and thinking about this.

Tallying up the things I own that I intend to keep forever yields not very many things. My jeans (which, admittedly I'll probably end up selling as I lose weight and buy different ones a size or two down, but in spirit the jeans are there), my wallet, my backpack, my chopsticks. That's it. Isn't that crazy? I feel like I should own more "for life" stuff. Partly, I have few things because I live in a tiny room in a shared house, so there's really not much space or need for this kind of stuff. Also, things that one buys for life tend to be rather expensive, on account of the high-quality materials and warranty programs.

Speaking of which, I'd like to put out a request for items with life-time warranties. I found that Stanley has a lifetime warranty on their products, so I'm actually considering buying water bottle from them. Still, they're so expensive... I don't know if I can justify that. Whatever, if anyone's actually reading this, do me the favour of mentioning some long-lasting, high-quality product you love with life-time warranties.

And with that, I'm out!