Tuesday ::thud::

Today I got out and voted. Have to say I am somewhat disappointed by the fact that the sticker they gave me this time wasn't bilingual, but just the English "I voted!" The dastardly Diebold machines themselves still offer instructions in Spanish, though, so I suppose it all works out in the end.

After voting, I limped my way to the nearest library branch, where I returned a few things and checked out a couple of videos I intend to watch while recuperating. From there, I limped to a supermarket, bought crackers to accompany the chicken soup I'd gotten yesterday, then very slowly limped home. Not only am I worn out, but my left foot is begging for me to stop overexerting myself already.

Now I'm sitting here with a cup of tea (Earl Grey, hot) and the realization that my higher brain functions are well on their way to shutting down for the night. Maybe tomorrow I'll get around to writing a long post? For now, I may be capable of tackling a meme as long as it doesn't tackle me first.

Writer's Block: Vote early, vote often

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Generally I like to vote for candidates based on issues and my perception of the candidate's general trustworthiness compared to the other candidates on the ballot. For the past few years, however, I've been following a party line simply because the direction of the other party as a whole disturbs me much more. (As a voter who is officially unaffiliated with any political party, I've been receiving lots of campaign literature from both the Democratic and Republican candidates this year, and I have to say that the local Republicans really haven't been making themselves look very good.)

Writer's Block: Vote early, vote often

[LJ Writer's Block question: Do you vote for a candidate based on issues or do you do you follow the party line, and why?]

Generally I like to vote for candidates based on issues and my perception of the candidate's general trustworthiness compared to the other candidates on the ballot. For the past few years, however, I've been following a party line simply because the direction of the other party as a whole disturbs me much more. (As a voter who is officially unaffiliated with any political party, I've been receiving lots of campaign literature from both the Democratic and Republican candidates this year, and I have to say that the local Republicans really haven't been making themselves look very good.)

No, this isn't the rally post yet

Comment I posted in response to an entry by xforge:

What gets me is... the rally had self-proclaimed conservatives and even Tea Partiers in the audience. And they weren't counter-protesters: they were people enjoying the show, and wanting other Americans to know that they're not necessarily insane either. Contrasting the Stewart/Colbert thing with some Republican get-out-the-vote effort is just missing the point.

Of course, since a big part of the rally consisted of skewering the media, the media has an interest in missing the point.

(At this point I don't know if what I'm typing is making any sense at all. If it isn't, this post can stand as a record of how much my brain isn't working this evening. Time for more tea yet? As many of the rally signs said: I like tea.)