I am so excited to meet more long-time #lj_s folks! (And I continue to laugh in giddy glee over the bit where Support started this whole thing. If things keep going the direction they seem to be, we're going to have to invite Rah and Carrie...)

State government sounds like a lovely, lovely career path to get into. :D

Car-wise, I have one, and my current commute tolerance is around 45 minutes. He's getting old, though, so I'll be trying local-ish first. (North-westish Tacoma is best, for reasons.)