[is it over yet?]

the plan was to get up an hour earlier for work this morning in an effort to beat the crowds and vote. yeah, not so much. so i went to work and dreaded the 5pm crowds, i was going to face later on, all day. the more people i talked to however, who actually are morning people, said that they waited in line for over an hour. these were the people who got there as soon as the polls opened.

5pm found me flying out of the parking lot and fighting traffic in the rain. i was determined to get to the polls before the after-work crowd became out of control. mission accomplished. i had about 12 people in front of me voting/waiting. i was in and out in under fifteen minutes. i’ve never seen so many “i voted” stickers on people before, as I did today. that’s a good sign, right? and i was surprised at the number of people in their early twenties that were actually voting. i guess with so many new voters, and the large turn out that’s saying that maybe a lot of people are unhappy with the way things currently are, and they’re looking for a change. i guess that’s a hopeful way of looking at it. right?

for some reason the only thing i can think of, when i see dub-ya's smug look as he says he's confident that he'll win, is karen walker's voice saying: grab a bottle, hunker down, and pray for daylight.