rar. i’m in a rather good mood this morning - remember how yesterday i got turned down for that raise? well, i had another talk with my boss and we’ve come to a compromise, where i’m getting not quite as much as i wanted but will be reviewed again in a couple of months. which seems reasonable to me, so yay.

if you’ve been reading this site on anything resembling a regular basis and harbor any sort of inkling intrest in american politics, it might have seeped into your awareness that i’ve been distinctly silent on the subject of the rapidly approaching presidential election. this is very unusual for me - i come from a politically vocal background, and i’ve been campaigning in support of a candidate every election year since the tender age of three. a series of excellent history and social studies teachers in high school instilled in me the sense that it’s my responsibility as a resident of this country to be aware of what’s going on in its government, however much i disapprove of it. that said, the machinations of both major parties this election year have more than ever both dismayed and disgusted me, and i’ve been really puzzled as to what to do about it. i’m very liberal, politically, and i’ve always supported the democratic party, but i’m having a hard time bringing myself to vote for gore. he and bush just seem like two sides of the same remarkably unappealing coin, when it comes down to it. nevertheless, if you’re eighteen or older and an american citizen, please vote. i don’t give a flying fuck who you vote for, but apathy is the worst possible method of expressing your displeasure with the system.

in other news, one of my co-workers this morning brought me in this little plastic jack skellington figure. it rocks - it’s jack standing against a metal fence with zero. it’s sitting on my monitor even at this very moment.

i think i’ve expressed previously my affection for orange juice, but i’d just like to take a second now to sort of reaffirm that affection. few other beverages can be consumed on such an unerringly regular basis and yet not grow unappealing or dull. i have a single-serving carton of oj every god damned morning and i have yet to grow sick of it. is this not remarkable? plus don’t even get me started on the vitamin c: suffice it to say that as far as the big c is concerned, orange juice got it goin on. oj could announce without stretching the truth even a little that it has c in its hizouse, so to speak. are we clear on this? i dig orange juice in the very most enthusiastic way.