Author: Gareth

I went out and voted, which I’ve been waiting to do with bated breath for 4 years.

Filled out my little optical-scan ballot, reliving my days of the SAT….I was kinda surprised by that, actually–I expected mechanical voting booths here in Lawrence.

Got my little “I Voted, Unless Some Slimeball Republican Files a Suit to Challenge My Eligibility” Sticker.

…and while we’re on that particular subject: Fuck you, American media. Because you’re trying to be “balanced”, you’re all referring to “Partisan Challengers” working at various polling sites around the country….and yet, in EVERY INSTANCE, the people in question are Republicans. Just fucking come right out and say it, won’t you? Saying “partisan challengers” makes it sound like it’s a both-sides kinda thing, when it obviously is not. Because, gods know, if you said “Republican challengers” or “Conservative challengers”, people might figure out that the RNC is so terrified of today’s outcome that they’ve already started to fuck with it.

*sigh* Sorry. Had to get that one off my chest.

I’ll close with ‘s quiz thing, behind the cut:

KCRF Quiz Result

Breaking the monotony of a day spent writing with….you guessed it, MORE WRITING!

A – Age: 35
B – Best feature: based on what I’ve been told? My wit. (and apparently, my hair, when it’s long)
C – Car I first owned: 1981 Toyota Corolla
D – Depeche Mode song: Blasphemous Rumours
E – Easiest person to talk to: Laura
F – Farthest from home that I’ve traveled: Las Vegas (when I was living in NYC)
G – Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Bears, and preferably Haribo
H – (Real) hair color: Brown
I – Instruments: Keyboards, drum machines, samplers, Irish whistle, fife.
J – Jellybean flavor: Cinnamon.
K – Kids: Three–one who lives with me (daughter, 15), and two who live with the Ex (daughter, 11, and son, 9 1/2)
L – Longest car ride ever: Moving from NYC area back to Lawrence in August of 2003. 1128 miles, in a moving truck incapable of safely traveling over 45-50 mph.
M – Mom’s name: Eileen
N – Name that was almost given to me: Amy, had I been a girl.
O – Oldest living relative: My Great-Grandmother on my father’s side, who is 100.
P – Phobia[s]: spiders, claustrophobia, bathophobia (fear of depths–but this stems from a childhood event. Ask about it sometime.)
Q – Favorite Quote: Far too many. But to name one: “If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.”–Dorothy Parker
R – Reason to smile: Completing a project.
S – Song I sang last: Caanan’s Land, on 10/17, during the close of KCRF.
T – Time I wake up: 10-ish.
U – Unknown fact about me: I sometimes feel like I’m not a “real writer”, since I haven’t had a novel published yet.
V – Vegetable I hate: Damn near all of them.
W – Worst habit: Procrastination.
X – X-rays I’ve had: Tons, including a full-body CAT scan in 1995.
Y – Yummy food: Lobster
Z – Zodiac sign: Gemini

Memething

Breaking the monotony of a day spent writing with….you guessed it, MORE WRITING!

A – Age: 35

B – Best feature: based on what I’ve been told? My wit. (and apparently, my hair, when it’s long)

C – Car I first owned: 1981 Toyota Corolla

D – Depeche Mode song: Blasphemous Rumours

E – Easiest person to talk to: Laura

F – Farthest from home that I’ve traveled: Las Vegas (when I was living in NYC)

G – Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: Bears, and preferably Haribo

H – (Real) hair color: Brown

I – Instruments: Keyboards, drum machines, samplers, Irish whistle, fife.

J – Jellybean flavor: Cinnamon.

K – Kids: Three–one who lives with me (daughter, 15), and two who live with the Ex (daughter, 11, and son, 9 1/2)

L – Longest car ride ever: Moving from NYC area back to Lawrence in August of 2003. 1128 miles, in a moving truck incapable of safely traveling over 45-50 mph.

M – Mom’s name: Eileen

N – Name that was almost given to me: Amy, had I been a girl.

O – Oldest living relative: My Great-Grandmother on my father’s side, who is 100.

P – Phobia[s]: spiders, claustrophobia, bathophobia (fear of depths–but this stems from a childhood event. Ask about it sometime.)

Q – Favorite Quote: Far too many. But to name one: “If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.”–Dorothy Parker

R – Reason to smile: Completing a project.

S – Song I sang last: Caanan’s Land, on 10/17, during the close of KCRF.

T – Time I wake up: 10-ish.

U – Unknown fact about me: I sometimes feel like I’m not a “real writer”, since I haven’t had a novel published yet.

V – Vegetable I hate: Damn near all of them.

W – Worst habit: Procrastination.

X – X-rays I’ve had: Tons, including a full-body CAT scan in 1995.

Y – Yummy food: Lobster

Z – Zodiac sign: Gemini