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- new jersey,
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- travel,
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Don't Touch My Bags if You Please*...and VOTE!
It's off to the airport for me after work today! This is my final obnoxious "I'm so excited and it's going to be so much fun" post; hopefully to be followed in a week by obnoxious "that was even better than I'd hoped" posts. Consider yourselves warned and configure those filters appropriately. ;-)
I'll miss my f-list something fierce -- I think I'm addicted to y'all. I'm not going to quote Brokeback Mountain here re: quitting you, but it's only because I'm a bit hyper this morning and I know that's really annoying on a Monday.
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SERIOUS BUSINESS for those in the U.S.: Please, please, please vote in the next election. Election Day is Tuesday, November 7. I will get home just in time to vote and probably will forget to exhort you to go vote.
I fail to understand this willingness to not vote that the majority of our country feels. Every election is crucial but this one could be about restoring checks and balances to our government. This is about saying no to torturing prisoners. This is about not being evil.
Hey, Frodo lost a finger to destroy the Ring; all you have to do is touch a screen -- and you get to keep the finger.
I know I have some non-liberals on my f-list (shocking!). I'm urging you to vote, too, though I'm obviously hoping my viewpoint prevails. Never, ever give up your right to vote. For so much of our history, having the temerity to show up and vote could get you arrested (women) or, worse, killed (minority men). Please don't throw away the opportunity that people died to secure for you.
*Wonder if I have any Arlo Guthrie on my iPod...
I'll miss my f-list something fierce -- I think I'm addicted to y'all. I'm not going to quote Brokeback Mountain here re: quitting you, but it's only because I'm a bit hyper this morning and I know that's really annoying on a Monday.
~~**~~
SERIOUS BUSINESS for those in the U.S.: Please, please, please vote in the next election. Election Day is Tuesday, November 7. I will get home just in time to vote and probably will forget to exhort you to go vote.
I fail to understand this willingness to not vote that the majority of our country feels. Every election is crucial but this one could be about restoring checks and balances to our government. This is about saying no to torturing prisoners. This is about not being evil.
Hey, Frodo lost a finger to destroy the Ring; all you have to do is touch a screen -- and you get to keep the finger.
I know I have some non-liberals on my f-list (shocking!). I'm urging you to vote, too, though I'm obviously hoping my viewpoint prevails. Never, ever give up your right to vote. For so much of our history, having the temerity to show up and vote could get you arrested (women) or, worse, killed (minority men). Please don't throw away the opportunity that people died to secure for you.
*Wonder if I have any Arlo Guthrie on my iPod...
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- the monster camera, its filters, 3 camera batteries & charger, the separate flash and ITS batteries, 6 GB of Compact Flash (amongst the various cards), 1.5 GB of Memory Stick (amongst the various sticks)
- my 40 GB travelling photo harddrive since I don't have a laptop (*sniffle*). this, of course, necessitates 2 cables (power & connecting to camera)
- the monopod
- the iPod and its billion accessories, cords, charger, base, and a very hypothetical new attachment
- my new phone and its charger. my new blue tooth ear thingie and ITS charger so that I, too, can wander the world seemingly talking to myself
- my old phone and its charger since I haven't yet finished transferring all my old phone numbers (thank god I'll never have to do that again)
- hair straightener thingie because the hotel's blow dryers are wimpy and my hair needs strong discipline
Erm, I *think* that's it. Last night's packing is a bit of a hazy memory at this point.
I'm enjoying the story of the Luggage. I have a monsterous suitcase that we bought when we were spending 2 weeks in Alaska/British Columbia and a travel on. Those are the only pieces of luggage I own. I seem to have forgotten the mottoe of "moderation." Oy.
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Oh boy...the brain is already going. I meant, "carry on" of course. I have to pack my purce in my carry on so that my camera bag counts as my "purse."
The spelling of "motto," however, could only have been produced in the Dan Quayle School of Higher Edukashun.
It's not that I travel lightly in terms of clothes, though I am getting better about that. It's that my technology and its myriad of cords and power supplies has exploded. I need another me to help schlepp all this shit. :)