Scary news....

We keep hearing all this b.s. about California's gaping budgetary deficits. But here it is, folks. In three weeks, by February 1, California will have to declare bankruptcy. Our hypothetical situation if our state government can't fix its shit will be to send out I.O.U.s like they're going out of style, alongside massive state employee lay-offs. Well, doesn't this sound like a fabulous plan?

I'm not really that excited to see where this takes us, or what kind of deals the California legislators are going to scheme up. Heaven only knows.

Arnold has another kind of termination he'll need to ward off again.... (da-da, chhhhhhh). Sorry.


I'll be doing my part to keep California's economy rolling. After picking up some groceries at Trader Joe's tonight, I cooked myself a crab cake on a bed of lettuce greens and veggies, with some sweet potato fries. Trying to eat light so I can go out on my dessert date pretty soon tonight ;)

Kind of excited for that.

Big day!

Even though I'm crazy busy (wow, I'm going to try and blog just one time without saying anything about how busy I am), work is getting better by the day!

I'm slowly collecting more and more responsibilities as time goes on. For example, today I was told I'm going to be the primary contact for baseball! Meaning I get to be in charge of the media guide. Which, really won't change that much because I was already working on baseball anyways, just not as the official SID. But now it's mine.

So that means I get men's and women's swimming, men's tennis, women's water polo and baseball all to myself.

Apparently I'll get to do some radio for women's volleyball in the near future, so I'm hoping I get better at calming my nerves on the radio. I don't know why, but it makes me so nervous!

And finally, remember how when they came to play at Pacific, I got to work for the Sacramento Kings? Well, they're playing the Minnesota Timberwolves tomorrow night and guess who will be working at ARCO Arena?

That's right, I'll be back on the Kings' media team. I would not be opposed to this becoming a regular occurrence.

On to politics (because everyone seems to have an opinion right now). I heard a lot of people saying that if Obama won the election, gas would finally start to drop. Here in Stockton it's been steadily doing so over the past month, little by little.

Today, I almost died of shock when I filled my entire gas tank for under $35!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gas here has almost fallen below the $2 threshold. I say give it another week or so and we'll be back in the $1-range.

Now that is a welcomed change. I don't know if you had anything to do with it or not, Obama, but thanks and I'm looking forward to the next four years with you.

Last-minute thoughts

Today (and I only say that because it's past midnight), America goes to the polls.

If you haven't by the time you're reading this, go out there and cast your vote! Get a free Starbucks if nothing else.

But as usual, I was rather amused with the SNL Presidential Bash '08, even if I only saw the first half before leaving for my intramural basketball game at 11 p.m.

Along with many Californians, I'm really nervous about tomorrow. This is a huge potential turning point in our country I'd hate to see go to waste. But I guess even if all goes according to plan, it still might not work out how everyone wants. Nonetheless, I'm still interested to possibly witness history in the making. Wow, Stockton is turning me liberal. (Hmm, I guess it would suffice to say I've always been conservatively moderate on some things and liberal on basic human rights and other issues).

It's interesting though to see what kind of effect SNL is going to have on the polls, with McCain on last Saturday and Palin tonight (technically that was last night).

I don't know. I guess time will write the pages of this story, as always.

And that is about as political as I get. Thanks for listening and go vote!

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And all I got was this stupid sticker...

Actually, I didn't (get the sticker that is).

Ever sine I turned that magical age of 18 and have had the right to vote, I've lived beyond the realm of the Contra Costa County. So I go absentee every voting year.

I voted today. And my decisions on the ballot this year might surprise some people :)

P.S. Mom and Dad, I still want the red Sony Reader Digital Book with 100 free titles and the sweet carrying case to simulate holding an actual book, as well as protect the device. That is all.

I knew it was a good choice at some point

So I know there are a whole lot of Bush-bashers out there, and I, at times am indeed among those of you.

However, I'm still not going to deny the fact that I helped vote him into office back in 2004. At the time I thought it was a good decision and after months and years of no longer holding to that opinion, yesterday changed my mind in the blink of an eye.

George W. Bush has given me, personally a $300 check. Never mind that it's a federal economy stimulus check and many families earned twice that amount.

But, would Al Gore have done the same for me?! I don't think so. His silly movie/book would have never came out had he been sworn in and too busy with presidential matters and consequently would not have the Nobel prize to his name either (don't get me started on the fact that those people actually RESEARCHING global warming as well as the producers and/or the cameramen should be the ones garnering awards, not the big celebrity who filled in as a voice-over). So, Al Gore should be happy we had all those issues with hanging and pregnant chads, otherwise he'd be just another boring president.

And he wouldn't have given me a check, because he (most likely, though I have my doubts after 9/11) wouldn't be bombing the shit out of the Middle East thus causing our prices of oil and overall living to skyrocket on account of the American people really just not trusting the president and his current "executive" decisions. Though, in W's defense, Congress and everyone still had to allow his decisions, it's not like it's just Bush that's supporting all of this.

So that's my story. Thank you Mr. President for ruining the economy and then giving us all $300 to $600. I'm sure we won't be in debt or economic panic anymore now that your deus-ex-machina has saved us all...

(But hey, I'm not one to complain about free money! Neither is my currently unemployed bank account.)