Girl Crush

Girl at Front Desk at Gym: "So, my friends and I totally have a dinkiest ponytail contest going on. You win."

Wassail

And so begins my favorite time of year. The foods with the cinnamon, the drinks all warm and social, the weather chilly on the outside, but warm and snuggly in. Boots and skirts, with the occasional scarf. Granted, I just spent the weekend up in Sea Ranch, where it was beautiful and, dare I say, balmy, but the twinge of fall is still in the air. Holiday parties, Thanksgiving food dishes, knitting hats, making presents to give...it's all there. For the next two months? Color me content. And my coffee will be flavored with soy nog.

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Prepare to be mesmerized:
live puppy cam
oh, and.

Obamafication

fingers crossed

Unexpected

Unless you have been under a really freaking huge rock, you know today is election day. And you know you should vote. There are a ton of issues on the ballot (not just President!) that deserve our utmost attention...and people are coming out in droves. In the inner sunset, a little old Irish lady has the neighborhood polling station in her garage every election. There are old historical photos of San Francisco and Ireland on every wall surface that isn't covered in books. She gives us "I Voted" stickers, and usually there are cookies. Today, no cookies, but a line all the way to the corner that was just as satisfying.

I have my opinions. I know today is important. But what surprised me was the amount of intensity I felt when filling out my ballot this morning. I was overwhelmed. I wanted my little black line connecting the arrow ends to be capital letters, to be a howler, to yell at the scanner machine and somehow make my little mark louder and more impacting. Even now, I can feel it in my chest, the passion for some things to happen and the fear that others will. And I become thankful. And hopeful.

Vampires are alive

You would think that someone just really wanted to make a video with choreographed dancing vampires in the streets of some gothic city. No. The song came first. And was a hit. Ergo video. It's a whole chicken- egg thing I can't really wrap my brain around....