Election ’06: The Good, the Bad, and the Concession Speeches

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Let me just make something very clear: I am not a blue dog Democrat. (I’m not! I’m not! I’m not!) I vote for people, not parties. However, the following must be said:

The Good
[-] Dems are back in control of the House! It has been ransomed from the evil Republican captors.
[-] My state contributed to what I hope will be the Democratic takeover of the Senate. (Hello Jon Tester! Good-bye Conrad Burns!)
[-] Virginia likely has a Democratic senator too though the racist thug Senator Allen will probably call for a recount.
[-] Claire McCaskill kicked her opponent’s butt in Missouri.
[-] My home-girl Nancy Pelosi is poised to become the first ever female Speaker of the House. (Hopefully Dennis Hastert didn’t leave anything behind on her rightful throne.)
[-] Rick Santorum got pwned!!!
[-] Mike DeWine got slaughtered!!!!!!!
[-] Montana’s minimum wage got raised by an overwhelming majority.
The Bad
[-] Bob Corker ran a filthy racist campaign in Tennessee… and won. It’s so painful to know that racism still exists in the South.
[-] The Robo-Calling. Like I needed 50,000 more phone calls to screen.
[-] Monica Lindeen didn’t win the House seat for Montana. (I really don’t care that much about her or Denny Rehburg in all honesty — I kinda just voted Democrat to help them out.)
[-] The Governator is back in California. (Phil Angelides, you suck!)

The Concession Speeches
[-] Harold Ford Jr: so much grace and eloquence — Tennessee, you don’t deserve his presence in your state!
[-] Conrad Burns: we’re waiting!
[-] George Allen: just get off your high horse and admit that Webb pwned you by 7000 votes.

I leave you with this podcast by Sage of Quirky Nomads.

The Laws of Gravity and Voting

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Could someone please remind me not to challenge gravity to a duel? It always wins.

Jen is a klutz!

(It’s a bad sprain of both my ankle and my foot. I thought I was on the floor when I stepped out off one of the stairs and I was sorely mistaken. What isn’t showing here is the bruise on my behind and the scrape on my arm.)

As for voting, GET OUT AND DO IT!!!!! I’m not going to tell you who to vote for (unless you’re in Montana, in which case I implore you to vote for Jon Tester because Conrad Burns was involved in the Abramoff scandal and is a buttmunch) — just VOTE!!!! You have no license to complain unless you VOTE!!!!

How Not To Commit Voter Fraud

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Attention Santa Clara County:

I have not had residence in the county for 5 years.Â? This means that you need to stop sending my parents absentee ballots and voter pamphlets for me.Â? They are a waste of money and ink.
Thank you for not calling me for jury duty in the last year and a half.Â? I appreciate not having to find a place in Montana to fed-ex the form back telling you that I have residency in a different county and state for the 4th or 5th time.Â? I’m sure you enjoyed receiving those forms from 2001-2004 and seeing the different counties and states I’ve lived in since then.

Snuggles,
jen

Today

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A couple things:

  • Mi amigo Eric is marrying his bride Amy.Â? My brother is one of the best men (there are 2).Â? Congrats you two!
  • I’m over 10,000 words for NaNoWriMo which means that being sleepy today isn’t going involve me catching up a ton over the next few days.Â? It’s been good to see how much I’ve been able to just let everything flow.Â? Hopefully, it continues this way.

Olbermann!!!!!!!!!

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Countdown had some interesting stories last night:

  • Why does Ann Coulter have to dress like such a slut?Â? You’d think someone that conservative would avoid the “little black dress” route.Â? She looks positively skanky at best!Â? Oh yeah… there’s also that voting fraud thing.Â? Oh let me guess… I’m a traitor for questioning her love of democracy?

Silly right-wing wackos!

Oh yeah… there’s also Bush’s super secret plan in Iraq!

Halloween and NaNoWriMo

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Halloween:Â? Well… I gave two pumpkins a lobotomy and carved up their shells into cat-o-lanterns.Â? It was about 4F last night which means that we had almost no trick-or-treaters.Â? Those who came were cute.Â? :)Â? I ran into two of my church kids and their dad down at the co-op this afternoon and told them that they needed to come up and get their candy!Â? (I was sad not to see them last night because I’m fond of these guys.)
Nanowrimo:Â? I’m doing it this year.Â? I have about 3400 words as I type this entry and it’s the first day.Â? W00t!

My piece is a murder mystery called “Minnesota Ice” and I’m killing off people I don’t like in it (not by their real names of course) as well as those of my freakish online friends who have asked to die as well.Â? (You know who you are.)Â? And no, I’m not taking requests to kill anyone else off.Â? I already have about 10 people who I need to kill creatively.Â? :)Â? *waves to the nice NSA people who are probably going to shut down this site*
As for who gets a copy at the end of the month, I’m gonna do it this way.Â? Email me if you want a manuscript and if I know you/trust you/do not live within a 40 mile radius of you, I’ll send you a link to my whatgoesaround.org givelist.Â? Make a donation to a charity on that list (I don’t care how much, just give something), send me your confirmation of that (leave off credit card numbers and all that), and I’ll email you a *.zip file of the story.Â? My reasons for this: I get to control who sees the story and some people in need get helped in the process.

Any questions?

A Letter

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Dear Mother Nature,

Just what did I do to get on your bad side?Â? That blowing snow that caused white out conditions between Fairfield and Dutton was not nice of you.Â? Blowing snow in general is not nice.Â? Please save the wind for times when I’m not on I-15 and wearing Crocs.Â? Oh yeah… let’s talk about not letting my windshield wipers get iced.
Snuggles,
jen