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i'm not exceptionally political. for the majority of this election season, my feelings have been of annoyance and anger, with only mild moments of positives. i'm not a huge fan of obama, i like mccain even less, i hate palin, and i have no opinion on biden. but today, seeing the grinning people at my polling place, and the grinning people with the "i voted" sticker on campus, and hearing about record turnout and voter patience in the face of long lines and glitches, i'm happy to be a part of it. this is probably silly and sentimental, but it's a big day, whether i like any of the candidates or not, and i'm glad to have participated.

also, i was happy to vote no on AZ's version of the gay marriage amendment, prop 102. i have no idea how it's doing in the polls, though. i sincerely hope it fails, but the thing i'm really worried about is prop 8 in CA.

apparently, the elections have really gotten to me

i've refrained from ranting (here, at least) about things for most of this election season. why did i start up today? dunno. oops. probably should've just kept my mouth shut for one more day.

annoyed

i don't need to have the last word.

last post for today, i promise

for all that i wasn't too excited going in to the election, i'm happy to have been a part of it. this is a pretty amazing thing, and i'm willing to suspend my misgivings for the moment and hope that obama can prove me wrong. i'm very unhappy about how prop 8 is going, and can only hope that it somehow changes over night. still, i'm feeling positive overall.

however, i've learned my lesson. in the future, when i rant, i will either lock comments or filter my posts so as to avoid situations in which i ask people to back off and then they don't. i'm still angry, and trying to avoid swearing.