Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween

My sole accomplishment of the day (so far - I'm more productive at night... usually) was going to vote. I actually went out of my way, as the first place I went was incorrectly marked on the website as an early voting station. So I drove the opposite direction to get to the *real* voting station, stood in line, figured out the *weird* little machine they have this year and cast my ballot.

I have to admit, for someone who is in the dire straits of PC finals and is suffering from pure, unadulterated dread, it felt rather... uplifting. Not for the presidential election - pfft, I'm aware this is Texas and my vote doesn't matter *there* - but maybe for the local elections.

As a side note - going anywhere on Halloween always turns out to be confusing for me. I saw a nun, complete with a large, wooden cross, at the polling station. Was she really a nun? I haven't seen one in an actual habit since I was about 5. If she wasn't though, that was a fantastic costume... Same goes for the guy who I swear was carrying the carved, 6-foot walking stick and wearing a dashiki.

Charlie says, "Happy Halloween!"

4 comments:

Justin said...

I can confirm the sighting of the 6-foot guy in the dashiki with the walking stick. Well, unless there are multiple 6-foot guys in dashikis carrying walking sticks around Waco.

If that's the case, homecoming at Baylor is much more interesting than I thought it would be.

Jeremy Masten said...

Weird little machines they have this year? They used the same ones here in the March primaries and in the 2006 primary and general elections . . .

Maybe someone is out of practice voting?

Yee said...

I just switched my voting precinct for this election. In my old precinct in Dallas, they didn't have the weird little machines back when I was 18. Between then and now, I voted absentee because I was in Austin.

I have missed a couple more minor elections, yes.

ALV said...

On a completely different note, Charlie looks miserable and I love it.