The Big Night

Tonight's the night! The big election! I'm very, very excited. It is pretty much useless attempting any concealment of the fact that Bush is not my favourite president ever, so I'm going to say, right off the bat, that I think Kerry is the by far the better choice. And it's such a weird, weird election. Everyone (pundits, Mum, columnists) are saying they've never seen one quite like it in terms of divisiveness and uncertainty. Hate to say it, but I'm pretty sure somebody's going to get killed this time if there's any uncertainty whatsoever about results.

And then there's the sheer nastiness of the campaign. Both major parties have been seeking not just to influence how the voters vote, but who gets to vote. I've never seen anything like it: the country wanting to bring the light of democracy to the world is also turning its own citizens away from the polls. Frankly, I'd rather have somebody vote twice than not vote at all. It's not great to have to choose, but it's true. Anyway. There's vitriol all over the place and I am just glad to be far from Ohio tonight, because stuff is supposed to get pretty ugly there.

In other news, I am not cranky today. A good run can cure all ills, even if one's hip feels all hurty and needs to pop. Today has been much better. Econ was tedious, as usual, but I survived, I did well on my assignment, my poli-sci essay looms (as usual) but it's coming together a bit and I have lots of material. I've also had some good socializing, just by running into people in the hallway or cafeteria. Finally gave Jeff that note from Jordan (she gave it to me at Thanksgiving), and had a good talk with him. He's feeling a bit loopy because of two weeks' confinement to the architecture building.

Also, my mommy's coming to visit me. It's just like preschool; I hardly think I've been this excited to see her since then. Yay! And she's going to hang out with me and we'll do all kinds of boring together stuff which I miss.

I hope she likes my friends and boyfriend and all. And if she doesn't? I don't know. She usually does.