As seen from the highway

three quarters unpacked

I’m all moved in and half un-packed.

And now that I have the internet back, I suspect I’ll remain half unpacked for a few days as I catch up after 3 weeks mostly offline.

I have found my scanner, now I just need to find the pics of Scary Gary (Indiana)

as seen on firedoglake

[Update: Good News!!! ]

to Hummer, Saturn, and apparently Saab.

Saab?? GM can totally sell Saab. Ideally to Subaru.

Well, this year has been pretty good so far.

A nice inauguration, news that my mom’s treatment is progressing positively, and I’ve even been invited to interview for some positions that I didn’t even put in for.

But there is a problem. One of my best friends crossed a serious line Sunday night. He was wasted drunk at the end of a party and tried to make me beat him up by attacking me with his closed fists and even a glass (and a bottle, which someone else took from him).

It sucks, because I almost beat the living crap out of him. It’s a bad situation. I don;t do that and he’s already used his ‘get out of jail free card’ with me over this sort of thing. He told me that he didn’t want to fight me per se, but that he wanted someone to beat him up,and there I was. Mostly sober me.

Mostly sober me who took it for 3 hours before finally raising an open handed welt on his face. I just bear hugged him up to that point when he tried to tackle me.

I really think I need to cut my losses, because I am becoming convinced I can’t help him anymore. We’ve had talks about him and liquor.

Any advice? I could use it. When do you just cut your losses?

Happy New Year.

Hopefully 2009 is better than this New Years Eve has been.

…can’t be much worse.

that’s obviously not true, it could be 365 worse days – and at this rate it’s what I expect.

My New Years Resolution is this : Say No.

Nothing personal Jennifer, but saying yes and putting in an honest effort just seems to piss more people off in the end. So fuck y’all.

“MARS!”

Obama – Biden

Kerry

Delahunt

State races: D, D, D, D, D, D,   , D, D

1 – no

2 – Yes

3 – Yes

4 – Yes (cape wind and others, non binding)

There was a 1/2 mile long line of cars in both directions (along the main road) at the polling place as I arrived, and the mile long line as I left. And I noticed that cars – all the way back – well out of sight of the turn – already had their turn signals on, and there was no other road for them to turn onto. Those signals were communication, and nobody seemed stressed out.

It felt much less like traffic and seemed more like the line to the parking lot at a concert.

Once in, busy but no line. Simple ballot and smiling people.

I can’t wait to not want to vote party line.