Can it stop now?

I think I've been rather patient and pleasant the last couple months given all the stupid political crap that has been thrown at me. Flyers, emails, commercials, calls. If I get 1 more call from that bitch Dan Lundgren, I'm going to reach through the phone and stab him in the eye with a fork.

I also think that I've been quite congenial with all the people around me (including family, friends, acquaintances, co-workers and random strangers) who think I want to discuss everything negative about the person or issue they disagree with. Even though not one of them asked my opinion, but rather assumed that I loathed Obama/Palin/Prop 8 as vehemently as they did.

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person I know that can truly see both sides of the issues and be able to recognize the positive and negative traits of all the candidates. Not that it matters very much. I still think David Palmer would have been the best Prez ever.


















The best part about election season, aside from it being over, is that it gives Molly and I yet another reason to get together and have fun. You see Molly is still registered to vote at my house, even though she hasn't lived there in 3 or 4 years, so we make an evening out of it. This year we got to vote in some one's garage. Here's Molly being all patriotic.














So now that we've all voted, I think it's time to get back to normal. It's time to focus on the things that really matter in life. Like the real reason Erica Hahn is being kicked off Grey's Anatomy. Is it because they made her character a lesbian? Doesn't seem fair to fire her for doing her job. And is Pam Beasley ever coming back to Scranton? I think this long distance crap has been going on too long. And when she does come back, is she going to take her old job back? What's going to happen to Ryan? And do I need to go back and watch the last season of 24 so I remember who everyone is during the 2 hour movie/mini-show coming up in 3 weeks?

It's possible I might have an unnatural attachment to the characters I see on TV. But tell me, how is that any different than having the same unnatural attachment to the political characters you see on TV? You have never (and will never) met them in person and what they say is written by a group of clever people who are scripting the dialogue to produce a specific result or emotion from the audience. It's all fiction anyway.