Addendum to Anxiety

Why am I anxious? THIS is why I'm anxious.

How could that not make any sane person anxious?

Also, I'd like California to step up and vote down the bigoted bullshit that is Prop 8, thank you very much. I recently attended a friend's same-sex marriage and I've got several other friends who have followed that route. I really don't want to see their happiness get disrupted and California become a poster-child for the cause of homophobic hate-mongerers.

Besides, all moral issues aside, California's budget issues can only benefit from the added income in the form of marriage licenses.

How did everything get so crazy here?

Election Day Anxiety

It always happens: I get super-anxious on Election Day.

This one is no different. Oh, I already voted. I'm a fan of the absentee ballot. Since then I've been sitting back and watching the news with growing worry.

Presidential politics aside, there's a lot of propositions that interest me as well as other political races. I'm going to try to isolate myself until tomorrow so I can actually sleep tonight without worrying about who is taking over the White House in January.

Are you f***ing kidding me?

No joke. I was just talking withe one of my friends about how I'm due to be summoned for jury duty. Every year, like clockwork, the goddamn fucking county summons me.

EVERY.

FUCKING.

YEAR.

Seriously... what the GODDAMN FUCKING HELL IS UP WITH THIS???

How can this be random? It clearly isn't, of course. So who do I need to bribe or sleep with to get off this goddamn list?

I guess I could move out of the county, but that option doesn't appeal. Oh well, at least I can BART to this courthouse.

Un-fucking-believable.

Unsolicited Review #4

Three pics! So these two tools are from Leatherman. The bigger one is a Leatherman Skeletool. Very handy tool with pliars, screwdriver (with two reversable bits containing flat head and philips), knife (duh), and a lanyard/bottle-opener. The bottle opener is actually useful, too!

Oddly enough, I find myself using the pliars the most with this tool. The grip is good and the weight is really nice.

The smaller tool is a Leatherman Squirt and that one resides on my over-burdened keychain for the most part. It also has functional pliars as well as a small knife, screwdrivers, nail file, and leather punch. I find it useful for smaller tasks.

In both cases, the knives are quite sharp. The Skeletool's knife locks open, which is handy for keeping fingers attached to the hand and blood on the inside of the body.

The screwdrivers are all pretty standard. The Squirt's screwdrivers are the right size for adjusting glasses, which I tend to find most useful.

Yes, it's more than a little dysfunctional to carry both tools, but I'm used to carting them around, so there you go.

Honestly, I think the Skeletool is a more useful thing to have in the pocket than my Tool Logic SL Pro knife. The only reason I carry both is due to clear neurosis.

And, as usual, I regret nothing.

What is this "sleep" thing you speak of?

So it's finally Standard Time. I get my extra hour of sleep.

Theoretically.

Of course, there's still fallout from Halloween. Bored teens with nothing better to do than to opted last night (this morning?) to hit our complex and make noise. Mainly they were going through the trash, or so it appeared when I actually did a survey of the building this morning.

Little bastards woke me out of a sound sleep, too.

With Standard Time shrunk by two weeks, I begrudge my sleep all the more (and still wish for something HORRIBLE to happen to the assholes who legislated the change). Thus, I am unhappy.

I now dwell upon revenge fantasies. Mmm... revenge fantasies...

Well... damn

I finished "The Hero of Ages" this morning.

God DAMN that was a good book! It dragged in a few points, but the ending was worth it. All said, Sanderson left only two unanswered questions (the bastard). Does this mean he'll write more in the setting? Hard to tell.

And now I feel that deflated feeling I get after reading something that really strikes a chord with me. Other books just don't draw me. *sigh*

Rain! Whee!!!

Yay! Rain!

I like when it rains. It's an excuse to sit at home and watch movies or play on the computer or read.

Of course, as luck would have it, I have a party to go to tonight. And, of course, it's a party in a location that's nowhere near convenient public transportation.

I love the rain, but I really hate driving in the rain. This ought to be worth it, though. Why? Costume party!!!

Woo-hoo!