Early voting is the best!

In order to beat the rush (and I sure hope there is a rush because everyone should get out there and vote) for the 2012 election, Retired Sorority Girl and I voted early this AM. Pretty sure she wrote in Mondale / Ferraro, but that's a whole other post for another time ... anywhoo ... We still had about a 30 minute wait in line, but was pretty seamless and easy.  I usually do write in ballots to avoid the drama of stupidity on election day and didn't realize that early voting was an option.  After experiencing it today, I will early vote for everything moving forward.

Since many of you haven't voted (and you better vote), I thought I'd provide you my voting tips and comments:

• When in line, don't talk about Georgia Tech and UF Football. You lost, get over it ... has nothing to do with politics. 
• No, Hurricane Sandy will not be the reason that Romney gets elected.  Comments like this should be kept to yourself because it just proves there should be an IQ test to vote. 
• Get there early, wear lots of cologne and be sure to alienate as many people as possible with your hat selection. I went with a Soviet era hat with a giant hammer and sickle in the middle ... ensured that no one spoke to me or shared their political opinion. 
• If you have a political opinion, text it to your significant other (SO) instead of awkwardly trying to mix it into convo with a stranger. If you don't have an SO, post it on your dog's (and or cat) Facebook page b/c we know you have one. 
• In regards to the actual voting, if you think the ballot is confusion then you shouldn't be allowed to vote. And at least read what you are voting for ... don't just vote YES for everything! This isn't Russia, Danny, and politicians should win by 100%.  
• If you don't like a candidate, I recommend writing in previous ex's for non-presidential positions. Since I've dated a few lawyers, you can guarantee they will get some votes for county and tax commissioner.  The way I see it, they deserve a civil service position and the opportunity to work with "the people." 

Of all the tips, the most important thing anyone can do ... is vote! If you don't vote, then you don't have permission to complain and it is your right as a citizen to vote. At most, it takes 30 minutes out of your day and offers you the opportunity to annoy the shit out of everyone on FB and Instagram with updates about your voting.  So go vote, then go complain ... it's the American way!

It's Wednesday!

Lots of haps going on in the World today.  From the looks of the news this morning, its going to get ugly in a hurry so I thought I'd throw in some other random updates:  

• FACEBOOK! - yeah, so pending any insurgencies at the airport, I'm heading to Facebook on Friday for a meeting. Aside from the sky miles that you get for a day trip across the country, I'm excited to actually get to go to a really cool office space -- or so I have it built up in my head.  I'm expecting a really amazing atmosphere and hopefully won't be disappointed. Our office flooded with water the other day so you could show me an empty room with the Facebook logo, a fax machine and some chairs and I'd find it entertaining.  
• Looks like our Allies are up to their old tricks in the mid-east again.  Very tragic that 4 people, including our ambassador, were killed last night in Libya during a protest over a movie.  Don't forget, another "spontaneous" riot occurred at our embassy in Cairo, Egypt.  If I were a politician, I'd ask myself, where were the local security forces and why weren't they protecting our embassy? Actually, I'd ask myself why the hell are we in this debacle? Course, no one knows that answer so my next question is when are the Marines going in and how do we put drones on a 24/7 rotation across that part of the world (pretty sure that's already happening). To say this situation is going to get worse is an understatement.  
• Break in -- we either did or didn't have someone try and break into our place the other night but what I can tell you is that the alarm going off at 430 AM is not a good feeling.  
• Presidential Election -- I quit watching it. In fact, I watched the movie Election last night with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick. Yeah, way more entertaining than listening to old people ramble about irrelevant policy and blame everyone else. 
• Snow White and the Huntsman -- anyone seen this? I watched it and was waiting for Edward to appear and kill the witch. He didn't and so I was disappointed and curious why I wasted the $5 U-Verse On Demand fee.  If I have to put up with some horrible acting (Kristen Stewart), then I need vampires. 
• Swimming with Dolphins -- no, I'm not going to hang out with Luca Brazi and sleep with the fishes, instead  I'm going to the Bahamas in a month and going to swim with some Dolphins. Rumor has it, I've worked for a while without a vacation so I'm headed off to an area where my blackberry won't work for a week.  Pretty sure it will be paradise. 

Yeah, so that's all I got. Not much to share ... let's hope the trip ends up meeting all of my expectations.