Things I should talk about, an incomplete manifest

[azurelunatic]

* detour to crochet a Goth necklace
* Bristol 8 and 9
* counterfeit Ovalteenies
* pectin gummies (not attempting to make -- YET)
* sleep

Speaking of which, I need sleep.

The spectre of Voting haunts me such that I don't feel like I can do anything until I do that, which is one of the worse kinds of ADHD lockup, because at the moment I also do not have the Brains to do that. (I know my obvious vote on the Presidential election. I have much less certainty about the various more local situations.)

Today was a #cupcake Zoom "lunch", which is to say it started at 2pm local time, and went until pretty much everyone had dropped out or fallen over (9p).

Apparently I am keeping Toowoomba hours. Huh.

Comments

[ursamajor]

Ugh, seriously, the local issues. H and I literally spent five freaking hours Saturday afternoon going over all the damned propositions and we still feel like there are going to be secret backlash ramifications for some of the housing propositions that were actually cover for other fights.

[azurelunatic]

I think we had many fewer bullshit propositions, but they were all bullshit propositions. The local public radio station had coverage of the main sponsor(s) a few months back.

My cunning plan for the next two days: maybe drop off my ballot tonight or maybe let Belovedest drop it off at the extremely convenient ballot box; maybe get or make brownies tonight; have Belovedest pick up Red Robin tomorrow night; break out the bottle of wine I put in the refrigerator just now and either toast or drown our sorrows. And it's a green state, so we have access to means of sleeping through the day if we need to.

[redbird]

I try to research and vote on all the local issues and races, but I occasionally skip one if I really can't figure it out, either because there seem to be good arguments on both sides, or because I can't get a grip on what it would do.

This year, we have one local office where the tricky part was figuring out what the job did, and for extra credit why this is even an elected position, chosen by residents of this one county.

[azurelunatic]

What I did this year was vote for the easy ones first, and then go through the voter guide booklet for the less easy ones. It made for less of an anti-treasure hunt, and I got it done while my accountability buddy was finishing her bath.

[littleoldliv]

Wait. American election, but Australian town mention... Aussie living in the US perhaps?

[azurelunatic]

American in the US, but I had Zoom "lunch" (monthly-ish chat, this time 7 hours before we called it a night) with a cluster of friends from one of my old jobs. One of whom is an Aussie, back in Australia after living in the US for some time. Always a good time.

Plus I have a scattering of other Aussie friends around here and there.

[littleoldliv]

Aha. Aussie in the US here, which is how I recognized the confluence of factors!