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About Jen

Jen isn't quite sure when she lost her mind, but it is probably documented here on Meditatio. She blogs because the world needs her snark at all hours of the night... and she probably can't sleep anyway.

Sunday Sunday Sunday

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[-] I skipped church this morning to sleep.Â? Bad Jen!Â? (OK… granted I was also really stuffed up and I’m trying to have some time in between sinus infections.Â? Oh yeah… my body seems to think it’s pregnant even though it’s not so I also have no energy and beaucoup de nausea.)

[-] I skipped the nursing home service to sleep off the Sudafed I took to try and decongest me.Â? (Yes… Sudafed makes me sleepy.Â? I am the Mac of human beings.)

[-] I went to town tonight and had dinner (mmmm… red meat) and got ingredients for Irish coffee pie… well, except the whiskey.Â? Apparently, they can’t sell it in the grocery stores here if it’s hard liquor.Â? Minnesota was like that too.Â? I don’t remember how Ohio was because I never bought anything stronger than hard cider there.

[-] I’ve been invited to be part of the choir for the Christmas concert at a church in Shelby.Â? Score!

Depression

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OSU 42 – Michigan 39.

[insert string of curse words here]

*sighs* At least it was close and OSU didn’t win by *that* much.

**UPDATE** Craaaaaaaaaaap!!!! The Bobcats lost too! I’m going to just curl up in a hole for awhile.

**UPDATE** Thankfully my Huskies decimated the EEEEEVVVVIIIILLLL WSU Cougars in the Apple Bowl.Â? Michigan, start taking notes!

Lack of Postings

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OK… my lack of posting for the last week has been due to all my creative juices going toward NaNoWriMo.Â? I’m at almost 35K words which is a bit ahead of schedule (and ahead of everyone on my writing buddies list and their writing buddies lists) and I think I could probably be writing even more if not for that pesky thing called “sleep”.Â? Oh yeah… also the “eating/drinking/spending time with Jon” thing.

Let’s see… in the last week: I did volunteer training at the local prison to do religious activities there, attended a Veteran’s Day pancake supper (thank goodness for the buttermilk pancakes in addition to the sourdough ones) and program (unfortunately, I didn’t stay for part of the program — long story), did youth group stuff on Sunday, and did a puzzle at coffee yesterday.

Oh… and for the record, I’m now part of Fantasy Congress. Jigzone.Com is also mental crack.

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.