A Letter to Young Voters

To all Young Voters -

First, let me say, Thank You for Voting! Regardless of your affiliation, you got out and made your opinions known.

If your candidate didn't win or the ballot measure didn't pass, and you feel like your vote didn't count for anything - don't say that. DO NOT EVER say that "My vote didn't count because my candidate/ballot measure/whatever lost - why do I even bother?" Why do you bother? Because, my lovelies, you live in America - where you can vote without having someone holding a gun to your head and forcing you to pick one candidate over another.

So your candidate or ballot measure didn't win - your vote was ONE MORE VOTE than they would've gotten otherwise, if you'd just stayed at home and not exercised your political freedom.

Continue to stay active in politics - even if your involvement is only at the local level. Local and state politics can certainly work to influence national politics, as we've seen recently.

So keep voting and keep up the good work!

Cheers!

Carly

{cross-posted *everywhere*}

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Borrowed from potbellynine, by way of reverend_pain

To file under "mmmmkay..."

Man Tries to Convert Lions to Christianity

Before anyone asks, no, this didn't happen Stateside. It happened in Taiwan, of all places.

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I don't think anyone on my Friends List failed to vote ... but if you did, or know of anyone that did:

QUEUE UP - YOU SHALL BE SLAPPED SILLY WITH MY SILICONE SWIM CAP!!

That is all.

How do I feel right now?

( U2 - Numb )

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( R.E.M. - Ignoreland )

Getting away from politics and Christian-eating Lions...

I know you're all dying to find this out, aren't you? If not, please play along, and just be glad that I'm not prattling about politics, mmmmkay? ;)

The Surreal Life IV cast has just been announced, and includes the following has-beens and never-really-weres:

America's Next Top Model Adrianne Curry - I suppose if you can withstand Botox Barbie, I mean ... Janice Dickinson's prowling around like she's the Bela Karolyi of the übermodel world, you can stand living with ...

Rapper Da Brat - Does anyone remember her? All I remember is that she looked kinda butch (but what early-to-mid-90s female rapper didn't?), and her song "F'all Y'all" got on my nerves. I'm sure that she'll get along fabulously with ...

Former pro wrestler Chyna Doll - Ah yes. Chyna. One sexy gal - kind of like Xena, but not as skeery. Except sartorially. Then it's just ooky as all get-out. Do you think she'll try to get this roommate into a half-nelson?...

Model Markus Schenkenberg - Beefcake. Beefcake! BEEFCAKE! Oh yeah - he's just a "vapid Calvin Klein-Bruce Weber boy-toy/I schtupped Carolyn Bessette before she married JFK, Jr./look mom, I wrote a book - with more words than pictures!" sort, so he's got a lot to prove. Especially since he's going to be living under the same roof with ...

Jane Weidlin of The Go-Gos - Jane, sweet Jane. She rocked me in her Go-Gos days, even in her solo days. Does anyone remember her turn as Joan of Arc in Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure? The scene in Oshman's was wicked funny - and made me want to go to an Oshman's for years after that ... just to play. She'll be residing with ...

Actor Christopher Knight (aka Peter Brady) - You know it's a bad, bad thing when they have to identify you by a character you played over 35 years ago. Hell, if you think he's got it bad, at least he's not ...

Actor Verne Troyer (aka Mini-Me) - Yes, Mini-Me has condescended to living in the Biosphere, where celebrity careers go to live out their last minutes of transient fame.


The new season starts in January '05 - so you get time to place bets on who will kill whom first! ;)