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November 07, 2002
This whole NYC wind thing
This whole NYC wind thing is genuinely awful. I've never understood the need for scarves until now. Until now, I thought they looked silly. Now I know I need a superscarf. Now I realize that tornadoes are merciful because they're quick. This wind here lasts for months. They have these Great Lakes here that apparently suck the good weather into the depths, switching it with FREEZING PIERCING wind. Between that and the garbage on the street, it seems every moment is an awful American Beauty moment. I keep getting assaulted by plastic bags that are floating around in eddies of this wind trapped between the buildings.
And poor Bear's flared dog ass. The only time that the wind is at my back is when I'm walking Bear. This is a comfort to me, and an embarassment to Bear. As she gets older, her hind end is getting a lot of long white hair, kind of like old man nose hairs. As I was walking her last night, it was flared out like the vapor trail behind a supersonic jet.
Voting was a disaster last night. I was at school from 7:30 to 5:00, then went to what was supposed to be my polling place. I used Dan's link for precinct locator to be a 21st century guy. After waiting in line for about fifteen minutes, they tell me that I am not on their lists. Apparently I'm in a different area and have to go to a different location. Unfortunately, I'm out of time, as I have to leave to get to my university classes. I get home that night with fifteen minutes to spare, but chicken out, as I would have to go through the projects. Voting is important, but so is not getting mugged. I'm feeling really guilty. I missed the last presidential because of Peace Corps inefficiency (late absentee ballots, idiot country director who denied us the opportunity to go to the embassy, etc.) I just feel like a non-voter.
Posted by G at November 7, 2002 08:08 PM
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Posted by: Glenn at October 5, 2004 10:51 PM