Cold. Rainy. Bored.

It's 2:00 am... do you know where your drowsiness is?

Two early mornings in a row (today and tomorrow)... but I get paid for it, at least.

New phone, new cell plan, same number, no major hassles (yet). Not bad.

One of the nice things that would come from regular employment is that the pains from standing for hours on end might not be so severe (wishful thinking, I'm sure) or at least get to a point where I'm used to it. As it is, from all the walking, bending, filing, lifting, shuffling, unpacking, cleaning, my legs feel like they've been run through a ( Read more... )

Decisions are made by those who show up. Below the cut is where you can show up to help make them.

( I think I got everyone... )

Well, it's a good thing they're not dragging us in to work tomorrow on more ballots... I swear that I'll be comparing signatures in my sleep as-is. We're through (the first round, anyway) almost all of the ones the county has (18,000, I believe the number is) and we'll be doing the mundanery of checking residence statements when next we have to ( Read more... )

Put in a day and a half on the Early Voting Ballot Board, and we were too efficient. We verified all of the ballots the county had available. About 7500 of them, by my estimation - and, according to the county, there were 11,000 and change turned back in (though they have some processing to do in order for them to be ready for the board). They don' ( Read more... )

Well, I have at least a third of a month's worth of paid employment somewhere near my field... I was appointed to the Early Voting Ballot Board for the county. Best I can tell, it sounds way more impressive than it actually is - basically reviewing the mail-in and provisional ballots for their validity. One of those things that completely escapes ( Read more... )

The internet's been working for almost four hours now. Probably the longest it's worked properly for several days.