WE WOONNNNNNNNNNN
Cheers, Senator McCain. Great concession speech. Good campaign, minus the whole Governor Palin bit. You're a good man. Great Senator.
MSNBC is reporting 338-156 EV
No news yet on CA Propositions 4 and 8, but SD defeated their abortion ban bill, and marijuana has been decriminalized in MA and MI.
FLORIDA, OHIO, NEVADA, VIRGINIA, this shit ROCKSSSSS
Edit 1: Tim just said, "Our work starts tomorrow." How true.
04 November 2008
Election Day, Part I
So, folks. It's Election Day. I'm already going insane.
From fivethirtyeight.com, here is a list of 10 reasons why I should be ignoring exit polls.
1. Exit polls have a much larger intrinsic margin for error than regular polls.
2. Exit polls have consistently overstated the Democratic share of the vote.
3. Exit polls were particularly bad in this year's primaries.
4. Exit polls challenge the definition of a random sample.
5. Democrats may be more likely to participate in exit polls.
6. Exit polls may have problems calibrating results from early voting.
7. Exit polls may also miss late voters.
8. "Leaked" exit poll results may not be the genuine article.
9. A high-turnout election may make demographic weighting difficult.
10. You'll know the actual results soon enough anyway.
Nevertheless, in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the first city to vote in primaries and general elections, there were 15 votes for Senator Obama, and 6 votes for Senator McCain. Of 21 voters. Woohoo Dixville Notch!
Earl Blumenauer has given me this lovely thing!! It is an Election Night Scorecard. Not sure how it works yet but I AM GOING TO FIND OUT. And update when I figure it out. I'm currently making predictions of states. I'm going to get SO much work done today. Just like the rest of America.
Edit 1: Read this article. It's beautiful, and reflects why I have my burning desire to get an "I Voted" sticker... which I will never get on my own so long as Oregon votes by mail. I'll just have to steal my coworkers'.
From fivethirtyeight.com, here is a list of 10 reasons why I should be ignoring exit polls.
1. Exit polls have a much larger intrinsic margin for error than regular polls.
2. Exit polls have consistently overstated the Democratic share of the vote.
3. Exit polls were particularly bad in this year's primaries.
4. Exit polls challenge the definition of a random sample.
5. Democrats may be more likely to participate in exit polls.
6. Exit polls may have problems calibrating results from early voting.
7. Exit polls may also miss late voters.
8. "Leaked" exit poll results may not be the genuine article.
9. A high-turnout election may make demographic weighting difficult.
10. You'll know the actual results soon enough anyway.
Nevertheless, in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the first city to vote in primaries and general elections, there were 15 votes for Senator Obama, and 6 votes for Senator McCain. Of 21 voters. Woohoo Dixville Notch!
Earl Blumenauer has given me this lovely thing!! It is an Election Night Scorecard. Not sure how it works yet but I AM GOING TO FIND OUT. And update when I figure it out. I'm currently making predictions of states. I'm going to get SO much work done today. Just like the rest of America.
Edit 1: Read this article. It's beautiful, and reflects why I have my burning desire to get an "I Voted" sticker... which I will never get on my own so long as Oregon votes by mail. I'll just have to steal my coworkers'.
Happiness: November 4
THING FOUR. Ok judge all you want, but I really love instant oatmeal, Maple & Brown Sugar flavor. It's basically the highlight of my morning, when I get to work and have a ton of nervously exhausted energy, but my tummy is soooo empty. So then I dance around stand in front of the microwave for 2 minutes, and then ding! I have delicious warm globs of brown sugar to put into my mouth. My coworkers make fun of me for this, but I put in less water than you're "supposed" to, because if you put in the amount of water that it calls for, the sugar and maple gets all diluted! and that is not as delicious.
03 November 2008
Month of Happiness, November 3
So, November is notoriously a month where one tries to do things. Such as:
1) Write a novel (see: NaNoWriMo)
2) Write a tune every day (see: my friend's crazy flute playing mom)
3) Post a picture every day (see: NaPhoPoMo, my sister)
4) One blog post every day (see: various)
I have decided to extrapolate on this theme, and post to my blog every day. Not only that! But the theme of the post will be something that makes me happy.
Today, since it's already November 3 and I have missed days 1 and 2, I will post THREE WHOLE THINGS that make me happy.
THING ONE. That my kitten will continually dig the old kitten food bag out of the trash and carry it around the apartment. He's a die hard kitten food fan. It's very cute.
THING TWO. Photos of friends. I recently printed many and got some of those frames that have many slots, and put them on my wall. Not only does it make my wall look less depressing, it is nice for my friends and family to tell me hello when I come home, or wake up in the morning.
THING THREE. The man who hands out Express at the Rockville Metro Station. He stands at the top of the stairs and hollers to everyone to have a great week. One of my roughest mornings was the first time he talked to me personally, probably a couple weeks ago, and he told me, "Stay strong, pretty eyes." I almost cried, because at that point I think I had no makeup on, I was probably about 30 minutes late to work, and I was starving and cranky. Several days since then he's told me the same thing, and I'm sure that he tells lots of people that, but I don't care.
This morning, he told me that I looked beautiful. I grinned all the way down the Pike to my office. I think I'm his biggest fan.
1) Write a novel (see: NaNoWriMo)
2) Write a tune every day (see: my friend's crazy flute playing mom)
3) Post a picture every day (see: NaPhoPoMo, my sister)
4) One blog post every day (see: various)
I have decided to extrapolate on this theme, and post to my blog every day. Not only that! But the theme of the post will be something that makes me happy.
Today, since it's already November 3 and I have missed days 1 and 2, I will post THREE WHOLE THINGS that make me happy.
THING ONE. That my kitten will continually dig the old kitten food bag out of the trash and carry it around the apartment. He's a die hard kitten food fan. It's very cute.
THING TWO. Photos of friends. I recently printed many and got some of those frames that have many slots, and put them on my wall. Not only does it make my wall look less depressing, it is nice for my friends and family to tell me hello when I come home, or wake up in the morning.
THING THREE. The man who hands out Express at the Rockville Metro Station. He stands at the top of the stairs and hollers to everyone to have a great week. One of my roughest mornings was the first time he talked to me personally, probably a couple weeks ago, and he told me, "Stay strong, pretty eyes." I almost cried, because at that point I think I had no makeup on, I was probably about 30 minutes late to work, and I was starving and cranky. Several days since then he's told me the same thing, and I'm sure that he tells lots of people that, but I don't care.
This morning, he told me that I looked beautiful. I grinned all the way down the Pike to my office. I think I'm his biggest fan.
21 October 2008
Game On
Ok, despite all the fun I've had watching Gov. Palin on SNL, and laughing at how ridiculous her silly Midwest+Alaska=Palin accent is, it's pretty apparent to me how terrifying she is as a politician. This morning on the train I was reading Washington Post's Express, to which I'm now nearly-certifiably addicted.
Page one: Picture of Tina Fey, and huge voter turnout in Florida! This page makes me happy.
Page two: Funny story about a cat show. I'm a crazy cat lady, this makes me happy.
Page three: Headline about how Sen. Obama keeps 9 point lead over Sen. McCain, and another story about how Sen. Biden's health records show he's in excellent shape. Needless to say, another happy page.
Page four: the following headline -- "PALIN: BAN GAY MARRIAGE"
Anger anger anger anger anger! I actually think I growled at the newspaper. I read the article with a scowl on my face, and it didn't ever quite leave me, even after Pearls Before Swine brought a killer whale onto their baseball team on the second-to-last page.
Here's a version of the full article from the Associated Press. It makes me sad and angry. Just like Sen. McCain said at the last debate. The American people are angry, I'm angry, the American people are angry, blah blah, something like that. I think we're supposedly angry about the economy?
If the American people are angry, it's for the wrong reasons. We should be angry because people like Gov. Palin are in contention for positions of very serious power. We should be angry that people who promote marriage between teenagers simply because they don't know how to use birth control, but believe that two happy, consenting adults shouldn't have the same right as those punk idiot teenagers have the power to influence any law anywhere, even if only in one state. But the whole country!!
We can't just sit back and let that happen. Game on.
Clearly, our current president is of the same persuasion. However, he hasn't done anything about it. I most certainly believe that it would be one of the first things on her agenda, no matter where she may be on Pennsylvania Avenue, whether it be in the White House or the EEOB next door.
To help soothe my angry angry brain right now, I have a delicious lunch. Grilled chicken with tomato, basil, and melted mozzarella. Baby carrots. Chicken noodle soup with veggies (including garbanzo beans!!). A piece of whole wheat bread. A cup of deliciously cold water. AND. Oregon Chai. yum yum.
Obviously this hearty lunch serves to nourish me for the next two weeks. It's going to be rough and it's going to be awesome.
Game. On.
Page one: Picture of Tina Fey, and huge voter turnout in Florida! This page makes me happy.
Page two: Funny story about a cat show. I'm a crazy cat lady, this makes me happy.
Page three: Headline about how Sen. Obama keeps 9 point lead over Sen. McCain, and another story about how Sen. Biden's health records show he's in excellent shape. Needless to say, another happy page.
Page four: the following headline -- "PALIN: BAN GAY MARRIAGE"
Anger anger anger anger anger! I actually think I growled at the newspaper. I read the article with a scowl on my face, and it didn't ever quite leave me, even after Pearls Before Swine brought a killer whale onto their baseball team on the second-to-last page.
Here's a version of the full article from the Associated Press. It makes me sad and angry. Just like Sen. McCain said at the last debate. The American people are angry, I'm angry, the American people are angry, blah blah, something like that. I think we're supposedly angry about the economy?
If the American people are angry, it's for the wrong reasons. We should be angry because people like Gov. Palin are in contention for positions of very serious power. We should be angry that people who promote marriage between teenagers simply because they don't know how to use birth control, but believe that two happy, consenting adults shouldn't have the same right as those punk idiot teenagers have the power to influence any law anywhere, even if only in one state. But the whole country!!
We can't just sit back and let that happen. Game on.
Clearly, our current president is of the same persuasion. However, he hasn't done anything about it. I most certainly believe that it would be one of the first things on her agenda, no matter where she may be on Pennsylvania Avenue, whether it be in the White House or the EEOB next door.
To help soothe my angry angry brain right now, I have a delicious lunch. Grilled chicken with tomato, basil, and melted mozzarella. Baby carrots. Chicken noodle soup with veggies (including garbanzo beans!!). A piece of whole wheat bread. A cup of deliciously cold water. AND. Oregon Chai. yum yum.
Obviously this hearty lunch serves to nourish me for the next two weeks. It's going to be rough and it's going to be awesome.
Game. On.
19 October 2008
Two Weeks Out
THIS IS PERHAPS THE MOST HILARIOUS THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
SUPER awesome. She just shouldn't be President, or even Veep. Gov. Palin, that is. On the other hand, OBAMA/FEY 2012!!!!
Update:
Here's the Weekend Update Palin Rap, which makes me love Amy Poehler just a little bit more. Oh wait, a lot more.
Gosh I sure do hope she doesn't become vice president. [/strange midwestern twang]
I'll update on the movie "W" later.
SUPER awesome. She just shouldn't be President, or even Veep. Gov. Palin, that is. On the other hand, OBAMA/FEY 2012!!!!
Update:
Here's the Weekend Update Palin Rap, which makes me love Amy Poehler just a little bit more. Oh wait, a lot more.
Gosh I sure do hope she doesn't become vice president. [/strange midwestern twang]
I'll update on the movie "W" later.
13 October 2008
The Option Period
This is a post of schedules. Boring Boring Boring.
First, my potential spring 2009 class schedule!
Mondays/Thursdays
11:20-12:35 -- US Foreign Relations Since 1914
12:45-2:00 -- Ballet
2:10-3:25 -- Latin America: History, Art, Literature
3:35-5:15 -- Chamber Singers (100% definite)
Tuesdays/Fridays
8:30-9:45 -- First Aid/CPR/Medical Emergencies (with the worst professor ever but I'm obsessed with First Aid)
9:55-11:10 -- Beginning Golf!!!
I register on November 6, which is only a week after registration opens, so that should all be open. And full of seniors with the same goal as I have - to slack off as much as possible because your major and general education requirements are done or nearly done!
I'd be taking more that one history class except there are NONE THAT ARE GOOD. also, back to the lazy point.
My bosses are going to hate it! I can only work 25 hours a week (that is, if I'm working my ass off) and they have previously mentioned that they are under the impression that I'll be in the office 32 hours a week. Which is ridiculous. There is no way that someone can fulfill all these requirements:
a) go to school full time (15 credits in 6 classes)
b) work 80% of full time
c) have an HOUR long commute each way, with no car
d) dance 2 nights a week
e) be captain of Mock Trial, likely compete in the region
f) prepare for a European tour with choir
g) eat, breathe, relax, play with kittens, clean apartment every once in a while, have friends?
h) survive
I don't know if all those were in the correct tense, but Requirement F brings me to my next point!!
Tour Schedule!
May 15, 16 -- Budapest, Concert in St. Elizabeth's Church
May 17 -- Debrecen, Concert at Debrecen Univ.
May 18, 19 -- Sibiu, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Tricked you, that's not the Hall, it's just a pretty panorama of Sibiu)
May 20 -- Brasov, Concert in the Black Church
May 21, 22 -- Bucharest, Concert in the Choral Temple
I love Europe. After all, that's where the history comes from.
ALSO EASTERN EUROPE HUNGARY AND ROMANIA I'M OBSESSED
First, my potential spring 2009 class schedule!
Mondays/Thursdays
11:20-12:35 -- US Foreign Relations Since 1914
12:45-2:00 -- Ballet
2:10-3:25 -- Latin America: History, Art, Literature
3:35-5:15 -- Chamber Singers (100% definite)
Tuesdays/Fridays
8:30-9:45 -- First Aid/CPR/Medical Emergencies (with the worst professor ever but I'm obsessed with First Aid)
9:55-11:10 -- Beginning Golf!!!
I register on November 6, which is only a week after registration opens, so that should all be open. And full of seniors with the same goal as I have - to slack off as much as possible because your major and general education requirements are done or nearly done!
I'd be taking more that one history class except there are NONE THAT ARE GOOD. also, back to the lazy point.
My bosses are going to hate it! I can only work 25 hours a week (that is, if I'm working my ass off) and they have previously mentioned that they are under the impression that I'll be in the office 32 hours a week. Which is ridiculous. There is no way that someone can fulfill all these requirements:
a) go to school full time (15 credits in 6 classes)
b) work 80% of full time
c) have an HOUR long commute each way, with no car
d) dance 2 nights a week
e) be captain of Mock Trial, likely compete in the region
f) prepare for a European tour with choir
g) eat, breathe, relax, play with kittens, clean apartment every once in a while, have friends?
h) survive
I don't know if all those were in the correct tense, but Requirement F brings me to my next point!!
Tour Schedule!
May 15, 16 -- Budapest, Concert in St. Elizabeth's Church
May 17 -- Debrecen, Concert at Debrecen Univ.
May 18, 19 -- Sibiu, Concert at Philharmonic Hall (Tricked you, that's not the Hall, it's just a pretty panorama of Sibiu)
May 20 -- Brasov, Concert in the Black Church
May 21, 22 -- Bucharest, Concert in the Choral Temple
I love Europe. After all, that's where the history comes from.
ALSO EASTERN EUROPE HUNGARY AND ROMANIA I'M OBSESSED
The Disaster Show
Yes. It's Monday at 8:25am. Yes. I'm already late-ish for work, but it can still be salvaged. Yes. I'm a couple of weeks late in changing my contacts, so yes, I'll get new ones and my eyes will be happy. Yes. I don't have my glasses on so I can't quite see. Yes. There's a bottle of red nail polish there... falling... aaaah
NO! NO! NO!
Now I look like a murderer from trying to clean up the blood red nail polish from my bathroom floor. Oh, did I mention I don't own nail polish remover? No?
NO! NO! NO!
Now I look like a murderer from trying to clean up the blood red nail polish from my bathroom floor. Oh, did I mention I don't own nail polish remover? No?
12 October 2008
Undecideds
In the cab coming home I wrote a really great blog post in my head, and then when I got home I discovered I lost one of my favorite earrings, and so now I'm cranky. and calling Hawk and Dove first thing tomorrow morning. If I have to trek to Capital South just to retrieve it, it will be worth it. I just hope it's there.
I'm cranky.
I'm cranky.
06 October 2008
Life on Mars
A couple people sent that to me today, and I had been looking for it since I saw it in someone's GMail Chat status last week.Lindsey sent me the link to this, which is Wolf Blitzer laughing at Saturday Night Live's genius spoof sketch of Katie Couric interviewing Gov. Palin, which is really verbatim from the real interview. I suppose Blitzer's reaction is somewhat similar to mine when I saw that Tina Fey's jokes were actually Palin's real words, except that my face was plastered with a look of horror, more than amusement.
And here we have a picture of my kittens.
Ok Zoe looks a little wall-eyed but she really isn't.Happy debate watching tomorrow!
05 October 2008
The Dover Test
A few minutes ago I was on the phone with my mom and she was telling me about how she saw Miracle at St. Anna yesterday. She mentioned so casually that it's about the Buffalo Soldiers, as if that simple name drop wouldn't automatically cause Bob Marley to endlessly loop through my head!
The kittens are busy climbing in and out of my dresser and onto the window and all over me and on the table and over my dirty laundry and over me and on my desk and through my bookshelf and over me. Such is their life. It's most certainly a difficult one.
Natalie just sent me this, which I think is a super awesome story!! You should read it and worship Barack Obama's bones. Oh, I mean, vote for the esteemed junior Senator from Illinois in his bid for the American presidency.
The penultimate item for the evening: I have no idea how on Earth I found this, but it is freaking hilarious. It's a clip made by Pres. Clinton in his final days in the White House in 2000 (sigh... how I miss those wonderous times of a balanced budget and simple sex scandals). SO FUNNY. I guarantee, you need not care an inch for politics and you will find this funny.
And finally, Tina Fey again at her finest:
The kittens are busy climbing in and out of my dresser and onto the window and all over me and on the table and over my dirty laundry and over me and on my desk and through my bookshelf and over me. Such is their life. It's most certainly a difficult one.
Natalie just sent me this, which I think is a super awesome story!! You should read it and worship Barack Obama's bones. Oh, I mean, vote for the esteemed junior Senator from Illinois in his bid for the American presidency.
The penultimate item for the evening: I have no idea how on Earth I found this, but it is freaking hilarious. It's a clip made by Pres. Clinton in his final days in the White House in 2000 (sigh... how I miss those wonderous times of a balanced budget and simple sex scandals). SO FUNNY. I guarantee, you need not care an inch for politics and you will find this funny.
And finally, Tina Fey again at her finest:
04 October 2008
The Debate
Ok, first I have to get this out. I just read this article on CBS News. It's all about bad things that are happening as people are trying to vote and register to vote. This is a particularly horrifying segment:
In late August, a notice by a Montgomery County election official aimed at clarifying the voter registration process for Virginia Tech students actually mislead (sic) potential voters, creating a firestorm. It read in part,
The article says that VA elections officials clarified and told kids that it doesn't change their status as dependents, and it doesn't disqualify them for scholarships. Because DEAR SWEET BABY JESUS that would all be awful if true.
In other news, the VP debate on Thursday was not the train wreck so many of us expected, or rather, hoped for. She seems to have a talking switch with two positions: robotic, or silly. On the other hand, Sen. Biden made my heart hurt sometimes. I love him.
Overall, Gov. Palin "held her own," which means she met the very very low expectations that the American public set for her. I feel like for three solid weeks all she did was memorize-- oh, I mean, prepare. Well, in that three weeks she also had time to stumble her way through a couple of really abysmal(ly hilarious) interviews.
Dear Tina Fey,
I love you.
Love,
me
In late August, a notice by a Montgomery County election official aimed at clarifying the voter registration process for Virginia Tech students actually mislead (sic) potential voters, creating a firestorm. It read in part,
“The Code of Virginia states that a student must declare a legal residence in order to register. A legal residence can be either a student’s permanent address from home or their current college residence. By making Montgomery County your permanent residence, you have declared your independence from your parents and can no longer be claimed as a dependent on their income tax filings.”The statement also warned that students could lose their scholarships as the result of an address change.
The article says that VA elections officials clarified and told kids that it doesn't change their status as dependents, and it doesn't disqualify them for scholarships. Because DEAR SWEET BABY JESUS that would all be awful if true.
In other news, the VP debate on Thursday was not the train wreck so many of us expected, or rather, hoped for. She seems to have a talking switch with two positions: robotic, or silly. On the other hand, Sen. Biden made my heart hurt sometimes. I love him.
Overall, Gov. Palin "held her own," which means she met the very very low expectations that the American public set for her. I feel like for three solid weeks all she did was memorize-- oh, I mean, prepare. Well, in that three weeks she also had time to stumble her way through a couple of really abysmal(ly hilarious) interviews.
Dear Tina Fey,
I love you.
Love,
me
17 September 2008
Constituency of One
Newsweek blog about accusations that Sen. Obama is all talk and no walk, and what Sen. McCain's campaign actually is.
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/17/on-wall-street-obama-is-all-wonk-and-mccain-is-all-words.aspx
I clicked on the link because I wanted to find out what "Obama is all wonk" meant.
I wish I could find a good quote or a chunk of a paragraph to copy and paste here, but so much of it is really good and shouldn't really be taken out of context, so I'll just leave it.
I finally got my wireless set up in my apartment, so I will update more later. Unless, that is, my kittens seduce me into going to bed as soon as I get home. I strongly feel that this might happen. In which case, updates after an epic cuddle-and-sleep night.
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/17/on-wall-street-obama-is-all-wonk-and-mccain-is-all-words.aspx
I clicked on the link because I wanted to find out what "Obama is all wonk" meant.
I wish I could find a good quote or a chunk of a paragraph to copy and paste here, but so much of it is really good and shouldn't really be taken out of context, so I'll just leave it.
I finally got my wireless set up in my apartment, so I will update more later. Unless, that is, my kittens seduce me into going to bed as soon as I get home. I strongly feel that this might happen. In which case, updates after an epic cuddle-and-sleep night.
14 September 2008
Duck and Cover
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on Saturday Night Live last night as Gov. Palin and Sen. Clinton.
Since it's NPR it's a legit video, it won't disappear like the YouTube versions keep doing. I knew we should have watched SNL last night at Niki's but since Sen. Obama cancelled (due to Hurricaine Ike, I was pissed off for a sec and then I realized that it was probably a smart move on his part) we didn't watch. Also there were like 18 people in her apartment so it would have been impossible to hear. Instead we played Balderdash!
Funny how we played board games when we were little, and then they got "uncool," and now that's pretty much what we do at parties. Balderdash, BS, Taboo, that weird card game that I can't remember, and hopefully soon Apples to Apples.
This is my blog in a word cloud! I wonder why I say "got" so much. I'm obsessed with this site. I'm entering as much as I can, other blogs, my resume, blah blah. so cool.
I'm too lazy to mess with the formatting on this post, so it's just going to be this way. I have to go pretend to like my brothers at my fraternity's welcome back picnic. It's good, because I get free food, but I would rather have free food and cuddle with kittens at the same time, instead of having to go outside in 95 degree, super humid weather. With "Battlestar Galactica" still written all over my leg from last night.
I just realized how glad I am to not be allergic to cats, because then I would be sad when Rhett rubs himself all over my face and gives me smelly cat-breath kisses. As it is, that makes me really happy.
12 September 2008
Lord John Marbury
Kittens!
So floppy
So floppy
Kitten assembly - ur doin it rong!
I just met the richest man I may have ever met, and he looks like a Klingon.
Our office manager: "It must be nice to be richer than God"
10 September 2008
07 September 2008
Angel Maintenance
ZOE ROMERO
Listening to Vienna Tang, sent to me by Maeg. very similar to Girlyman, but just one of instead of three (cue to Lindsey, look her up).
One of the most common things I experience these days is waking up to a completely trashed apartment. Friday night (Saturday morning) I went to sleep with a pretty neat floor, considering. Saturday morning (afternoon) I pull myself out of bed and see a deck of cards AND half the box of Taboo cards scattered allllll over the place.
RHETT LYMAN
D. sent me this, from a Wired blog, which is really funny.
Also there is this DailyShow clip and commentary from Sociological Images. not that I don't agree with the commentary in the blog, but it is quite funny. And I can say that, because I'm from a town the size of Wasilla, Alaska. Er... yeah. Not when Gov. Palin was mayor, but presently.
Ex-Hurricane Hanna was mostly just a bit of rain and wind, for about 20 hours. Maeg and I ran errands (BestBuy, ACE Hardware, TJMaxx, Cosi yummm, Safeway), and by the time we left ACE, the rain had already stopped and when we were walking to Safeway, it was sunny and we were too hot. I really enjoyed the rain while it lasted, but Maeg's umbrella didn't as much.
I had a dream last night that Natalie and I lived in a treehouse our sophomore year of high school. The other night I had a dream that I went to Hogwarts. Funny how now that I'm not in school, I dream about school all the time.
I'm starving, and I need to clean my apartment, buy an ironing board and toilet paper, and figure out how the hell not to be late to work tomorrow. Eventually I need to find my card reader so I can post more pictures of kittens, there are more on my Facebook though.
I want Cosi again. crap.
Also there is this DailyShow clip and commentary from Sociological Images. not that I don't agree with the commentary in the blog, but it is quite funny. And I can say that, because I'm from a town the size of Wasilla, Alaska. Er... yeah. Not when Gov. Palin was mayor, but presently.
Ex-Hurricane Hanna was mostly just a bit of rain and wind, for about 20 hours. Maeg and I ran errands (BestBuy, ACE Hardware, TJMaxx, Cosi yummm, Safeway), and by the time we left ACE, the rain had already stopped and when we were walking to Safeway, it was sunny and we were too hot. I really enjoyed the rain while it lasted, but Maeg's umbrella didn't as much.
I had a dream last night that Natalie and I lived in a treehouse our sophomore year of high school. The other night I had a dream that I went to Hogwarts. Funny how now that I'm not in school, I dream about school all the time.
I'm starving, and I need to clean my apartment, buy an ironing board and toilet paper, and figure out how the hell not to be late to work tomorrow. Eventually I need to find my card reader so I can post more pictures of kittens, there are more on my Facebook though.
I want Cosi again. crap.
04 September 2008
Opposition Research
This is copied directly from here, an AP article by Jim Kuhnhenn, released today from St. Paul. I'd copy and paste the whole thing, but all you have to do is click the link, so don't be lazy. Read it.
Regarding one of my "favorite" moments so far from the Republican National Convention:
FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin "got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States."
THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor's election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.
Edit:
"Maverick my ass. Doing adventurous things is past his bedtime." - Natalie, re: Sen. McCain
03 September 2008
Welcome to Wherever You Are
I'm in a weird weird mood today, and I guess for the past couple of days. I've been so so so busy every night, starting the second I leave work to the time I finally convince the kittens to stay still and nod off. I rush home to feed them and then run off to meet people or take care of things, and as soon as I'm out of the metro, I spend every second returning phone calls that I've received during the day- from the vet, the animal shelter, the doctor, family friends. It feels good to be efficient but it's a little hectic. Yesterday I was home for five minutes between 8:30 am and 10:15 pm. Then I obviously spent 2 hours playing with Zoe and Rhett.
My sister sent me a funny story today. Hee hee
There's a reason for this post. I wanted to write about my weird mood, but I can't put it into words. The best way I can describe is that I'm dying for something exciting to happen. I mean different than whatsherbutt speaking at the RNC tonight. I mean I want to go somewhere and do something and meet some people.
Words suck.
Craving o' moment: Chipotle
Obsession o' day: Josh and Donna
My sister sent me a funny story today. Hee hee
There's a reason for this post. I wanted to write about my weird mood, but I can't put it into words. The best way I can describe is that I'm dying for something exciting to happen. I mean different than whatsherbutt speaking at the RNC tonight. I mean I want to go somewhere and do something and meet some people.
Words suck.
Craving o' moment: Chipotle
Obsession o' day: Josh and Donna
02 September 2008
The Black Vera Wang
I've recently become obsessed with Mark Harmon. I'll have to start watching NCIS.
THE TICKETS:
Democrats:
Barack Obama and Joey Biden
Love love love love this ticket.
(are you kidding me? JOE BIDEN'S MOM FOR PRESIDENT)
Nothing more to say.
Republicans:
John McCain and Sarah Palin
I used to think that it was so smart for the GOP to put up McCain for pres. I still believe that, but less so now that I have realized he's 72. 8 years ago would have been better. 8 years ago he wouldn't have picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, because 8 years ago she was still just a hockey mom and only had a couple kids and was 36 years old.
Two things younger than John McCain - (1) Sarah Palin's home state, Alaska, and (2) Sarah Palin's parents. That's right, John McCain is the age of a great-granddaddy. well, in 4 months.
I'm sure there are people that love Gov. Palin. I'm sure she's a lovely person and a wonderful mother. However, I'm truly terrified of her, and would really rather she not be a heart beat away from an office in the West Wing.
I love my kittens. Almost as much as I love Mark Harmon.
Just kidding, I love my kittens more. They are, coincidentally, much more cuddly to me than Mark Harmon.
My musing of the day:
What would lawyers do without Portable Document Format??? Probably die off quickly, is my guess.
THE TICKETS:
Democrats:
Barack Obama and Joey Biden
Love love love love this ticket.
(are you kidding me? JOE BIDEN'S MOM FOR PRESIDENT)
Nothing more to say.
Republicans:
John McCain and Sarah Palin
I used to think that it was so smart for the GOP to put up McCain for pres. I still believe that, but less so now that I have realized he's 72. 8 years ago would have been better. 8 years ago he wouldn't have picked Sarah Palin as his running mate, because 8 years ago she was still just a hockey mom and only had a couple kids and was 36 years old.
Two things younger than John McCain - (1) Sarah Palin's home state, Alaska, and (2) Sarah Palin's parents. That's right, John McCain is the age of a great-granddaddy. well, in 4 months.
I'm sure there are people that love Gov. Palin. I'm sure she's a lovely person and a wonderful mother. However, I'm truly terrified of her, and would really rather she not be a heart beat away from an office in the West Wing.
I love my kittens. Almost as much as I love Mark Harmon.
Just kidding, I love my kittens more. They are, coincidentally, much more cuddly to me than Mark Harmon.
My musing of the day:
What would lawyers do without Portable Document Format??? Probably die off quickly, is my guess.
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