Monkey Thoughts

I have to admit, I'm very enthusiastic about voting. I suppose one day, I may get voter apathy, but for now, I really love Election Day. That's not to say I have any idea what's going on. I mean, I know things suck, but when there's suck in your own life, you tend to focus on "local" suck moreso than national suck. I wasn't even aware the ballots had changed till I went to the polls today. (And I didn't even get to use the REAL ballot machine thanks to my inattention to updating my name in the voter's registration prior to today. I had to get a provisional ballot, which means they put it in an envelope and threw it away. Or sent it somewhere. Who knows. All I know is that someone other than me got to look over my ballot today.)
So the Monday before election day I use to catch up on what the issues are/who the candidates are. I do a pretty good job of filtering out all those stupid ass campaign commercials. I mean, isn't the mudslinging old by now? At least they should do it in an interesting way and say "Don't vote for Mary Smith! She's a crack whore with VD!" Okay, that's not legal. But it would be funny. Don't even get me started on the "I'm so-and-so and I approve this message" crap. Now where was I? Oh yeah, getting acquainted with the ballot. This year I actually took a voter's guide with me, as I realized counting on my memory for anything is crap.
And I voted. WOO.
Then I told my husband he was voting. Sure, he didn't feel like it. But I didn't give him the option, cause I'm all pro-vote and all. Of course, I didn't consider that he had no idea who was running for who and what the issues were, etc. So he voted based on who had the cooler name. I can't get on him for this. When it came to the judges, I voted based on who didn't have a stupid campaign sign. I don't get the whole voting for judges thing. Being not employed in the legal industry, who the hell am I to say whether or not someone would make a good judge. Do they have a law license? Did they go to school? Do they know shit? Okay, fine, you can be judge. (And on a side note, I never want to be picked for jury duty as I don't feel I possess the qualifications for such a position. I know nothing about the law. Minus the obvious stuff.)
Anyway...I voted, and hopefully the people I voted for won, because I like feeling like I won. And then maybe shit won't suck.