Friday, February 08, 2008

flight of the conchords

my brother blair sent me this link. i am now seriously considering getting HBO.

partner yoga

every year (since last year) around valentines day our recreation center has a partner yoga class. we went last year and my brother stuart and his wifey jane came down too. the sign says that you don't have to have a partner, that they will pair you up in class, but i highly recommend bringing someone that you don't mind getting really close to. last year a guy came by himself, i don't think he was married, and a married girl came by herself so they got paired up. we were right next to them, and i think they felt a little awkward. anywho it is pretty fun, and they even have dessert after. so if anyone is interested in coming down, let me know and i'll sign you up. it is on friday the 15th, and is $10 a couple, or $5 a person.

big brother?

so last night i was doing some important surfing of the internet, when i got an instant message from matt, one of dan's buddies. matt is currently in iraq, so it was kind of fun to chat with him for a bit. we were asking him how the weather was, what he was doing, where he was and stuff. we decided to look on google earth (one of the greatest inventions by the way) and try to see where he was. he told us the town, and the approximate location, but when we tried to get too detailed, like if he was north or south of the euphrates, all of the sudden we lost our connection with him.

coincidence? i think not.

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

don't forget...

go vote today.

today we went to vote. we started out by going to our normal voting location where there was a sign posted that said that this polling location had been moved to another school a few miles away. on a different sign, it said something to the effect of "if you belong [these] voting districts, then go to legacy elementary, and if you belong to [these other ones] go to af high school." it was very misleading because 1)the first sign didn't say anything about the polling location being split between two new locations and 2) even if we were smart enough to figure out that is what the second sign was saying, who really knows their voting district anyway?

anyway, after going to three different locations we ended up at the proper voting location and cast our meaningless votes.

by the way. did you know that if you are registered as unaffiliated, you can vote democrat, but not republican? however, if you are unaffiliated, you can register yourself with a party at the polls and vote for whomever you want. on the other hand, if you are already registered with a party, you cannot change it at the polls.

lesson learned? for the next presidential election, change registration to unaffiliated. then for the primary elections you can vote for the cantidate of your choice regardless of party affiliation.


addendum: after reading this disheartening tale i learned that apparently each state has it's own rules and regulations regarding open or closed primary elections.