4 posts tagged “qotd”
It's Election Day! How was your voting experience?
I was able to vote today, and it was a real vote— not one of those provisional ballots. I'm in Ward 5, Precinct 1 of Cambridge and voted at the LBJ apartments on Erie St. about 3 minutes from my apartment by foot.
They helpfully posted a copy of their registered voters list outside of the location, and my name was conspicuously absent. I had confirmed my registration to vote by VoteForChange.com's Facebook app, so I was surprised.
I was sent home to call the city election people and come back with mail in my name as I'm currently awaiting a replacement of my driver's license. The city people found me with no trouble (in their computer) but I was nowhere at the 5,1 polling place (paper listings.)
The woman who helped me at LBJ was quick, courteous, and knowledgeable. The explanation I received for my name not being on the listings they had was, "You're a Libertarian." I guess they only queried for voters
WHERE RegParty IN ("R","D","U","I")I also saw a girl in front of me receive and fill out two ballots. One was of course marked SPOILED immediately at check-out, but it was funny that she filled them both out. I felt the very fabric of our democracy tearing. :)
I'm in heaven
Trying to figure out which stack
They're going to stuff us atheists into
When Peter and his monkey laugh
What are some charitable causes that you support or would like to support?
I give homeless/faux-homeless people change all the damn time, and cigarettes flow from me like water. I cut out the middle man.
So quick jorrrrrrb update: assuming my math's right (which it almost certainly isn't- though I couldn't say in which direction it's wrong) I'll be taking home about $300 for Wednesday-Friday of this week. Not only do I feel like a have a decent handle on my job, but I feel I have a pretty good stance on most other people in the company's jobs as well- it's always helpful to know how the sausage is made. On top of that my boss/guy who hired me is not only pretty cool, but also seems to think pretty highly of me which is always a welcome bonus in the work environment.
Despite telling myself "the first or second day, you'll want to quit/kill yourself" (as has been the case with every other job I've worked so far) this has been an overwhelmingly pleasant experience. Even going to bed at 2-3AM the past two nights to be up and out of the house by around 8AM and not getting lunch today because the in-house caf doesn't accept cards hasn't been a problem in any meaningful way. All in all, I feel pretty good about this. Making money, the order system is so slow I read Salon.com and the New Republic while waiting for queries to return, great salami+cheese on wheat in the caf, and it's right on the boardwalk so when it's breaking 60 consistently it will be the nicest lunch breaks possible. And I haven't even seen the gym yet! <3333 Thomson
Plus I could ideally leverage this experience into a position helping with copyright/trademark issues as a paralegal or assistant in the future— ding! Now maybe this sounds a bit too optimistic considering how early in the game it is, but this is a world apart from how I felt a week or so ago and I'm going to bask in it. I've got three tiny bits of Bill coding I want to get done and sent off tomorrow after work, then I'll have a bit more in the coming week but I should be switching off the 9:30AM start time eventually and on to the more manageable 10:30-11 area.
Oh, and lost was a pretty sweet episode this week so that helps too. I hated Nikki and Paulo until they had their episode, and now I forgive how dumb and irrelevant they were previously. Also, Sun gets hotter every episode- I hope they don't give her a preggers belly :(
In honor of Vox's launch tomorrow, what's your favorite feature or aspect of Vox?
Unlimited bandwidth and the ability to link directly to uploaded media. I'm so done with you jerks the minute that faucet gets tightened. Just kidding <3....kind of
Addendum: A great and wonderful thing happened today- I did my periodic Google for "Wales is Ok" shirt and found that John Allison of Scary Go Round has actually made one available! It's not identical to The Boy's which is disappointing, but not so disappointing as to stop me from getting it. I may also get either the Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton t-shirt.
What's your motto?
"How do you do?" oh wait that's a "logo"
"Be aware of the surroundings about you."
Thanks to repeated indoctrination by my father, who was often worried by my lack of attentiveness. Now I think I overcompensate, but better overly aware than the alternative!
The music for this post is a 50 minute mix put together by Lemon Jelly, who will likely be getting the next audio post dedicated to them. The real standout track in my eyes is the last bit before the end, a little ditty called "Gossip Calypso" by Bernard Cribbins.
