I’m thankful that my brother’s alive. I’m thankful for my folks and their relatively good health. I’m thankful for Luc’s existence. I’m thankful for all my friends and non-blood family. I’m thankful for this coffee. I’m thankful for my cat (most of the time). I’m thankful for quiet mornings, like this one.
Just a few I [...]
I have pink eye. It was a really difficult diagnosis that went like this:
“See me eye? It was crusted shut when I woke up,” I said to the pretty nurse lady.
“Yes, I see your left eye is pink and swollen,” the pretty nurse lady said to me.
“Yeah, so, what is it?”
“Probably pink eye.”
“Weird.”
“Yeah, kinda.”
Because pink [...]
Sunday, I miss a friend’s bridal shower because I have a cold and don’t want to spread it.
Monday, I feel a lot better.
Tuesday, Luc loses his debit card in the block between parking the car and going to get coffee. Also, I feel kinda crappy again.
Wednesday, I wake up really sick, but have a lot [...]
It’s Veteran’s Day. Take a peaceful second and think of someone who died fighting under our flag and think of anyone who’s stood up for what they believed in. And be nice to soldiers.
Seattle danced in the streets. There was an impromptu parade on 1st (with a marching band!). Thousands of people stood together at the corner of Pike and Broadway. A cardboard cut-out of Barack Obama popped up for photo-ops. People sang. So many smiling faces beamed. I started breathing easier.
He told us, “Yes, we can.” We [...]
We all know by now, they’ve called it for Barack Obama. America just elected their first black President. I don’t even have the right words for it. I’m beyond elated, joyous, happy. My eyes are a bit damp. I’m looking at pictures of record-breaking crowds in Chicago. I’m watching workers paint the electoral map on [...]
I fucking hate pollsters! The exit polling is bullshit and every TV channel wants to be the first one to call each state. So they jump the gun and you end up with shit like this:
Uhhh, 0% reporting, 55% for Obama, and they call it for McCain. HUH?
I hope all those people who said to me, “If KARL ROVE is calling it for Obama, it’s going to Obama,” are right.
Mom, I want crisp bills. If it goes the other way, you’re getting pennies. Dirty ones.
I mentioned the other day that I’m hoping my mom owes me at least $5 on Tuesday. Really, I hope it’s $10 and I know I might not get it until… later than tomorrow. (Man, I am getting nervous about tomorrow.)
I got the basics of my politics from my parents. Mom might lean even further [...]
My dad relayed a conversation with my mom about the election. She told him, “I feel like a little kid on the night before Christmas.”
My dad answered her, “Because you don’t know if you’re gonna get that shiny new bike you really want*?”
“Exactly.”
From PostSecret (like Frank’s secret message with this one?):
And, of course the count [...]
