Why I am making sure I get my absentee ballot in the mail

Read this article from Rolling Stone!!! It's an interesting commentary that has been circulating amongst friends. There is also a piece on McCain that I haven't had a chance to digest yet but from the Palin piece... "Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States."

Great writing and I couldn't agree with the author more!

From one of the comments on the RS board:

"Sarah Palin represents the ultimate seduction of women’s vote. It was obvious McCain had no redeeming qualities to incite the female vote. It just proves that the powers that be, will go to any lengths, even to the embarrassment of the Republican party, to protect their kingdom. Our suffragette ancestors are rolling over in their graves while women across this county are being baited like lambs to slaughter. They say history repeats itself, damn if that might be the case with Sarah Palin, a pawn in an insidious patriarchal game of chess. She doesn’t have a clue how she is being used. Intelligent women are affronted by her brainless, boring, egocentric maverick-ing. Most, I contend, are not buying the giddy-up."

God, I hope so... All I have to say is "WAKE-UP PEOPLE..."

I'm the biggest women-first, women-can-do-anything kind of person but sheesh... Give me someone with substance to support that is not a Republican puppet....

Funny thing happened on the way NOT to the altar...

So I get this email from my pet sitter this week as I try to square away some bookings for upcoming trips...

"Hi Liz:
Rumor has it you've gotten married. True?

If so, is there a name change we need to deal with and/or a new contact person to add to your list?"

Uh...no, I haven't gotten married....I just started dating the guy... sheesh.

But (as I have come to laugh about in the last year with my doppelganger) is that my friend and coworker Liz Shaw (same given name also Elizabeth Anne...) did get married this summer. It was her bbq that I hosted at my house.

At the time of her wedding, I don't know who was more excited about her becoming a Fontaine... LOL....there was massive confusion when we sent out the evites for the bbq and who it was for and who it was bring hosted by.

But Mike did get a chuckle out of the email from the petsitter when I told him...or I think he did :)

We were this close...

For Spring Awakening the other night (11 rows center from the stage)... and all I can say is wow!!! We were running (ahem, not my fault this time) a bit behind so Mike and I opted for some Thai food at the Pacific Place mall.

Wild Ginger is an institute around here and all I can say about the meal is "mehhh..." The rice was warmer than my stirfry. I've eaten here in the past year a few times and the quality has gone waaaaaay down... (It makes me want to eat better Thai, like Chili Thai over in University Place...I'm lusting over their Drunken noodles and this awesome squid dish of theirs right now...which begs the question has Thai and Vietnamese become the new Chinese?)

It's a musical (and I can hear the snorts from the Sports guys now) but so much more.

Very edgey, very cool and the touring actors can sing. This is not your mother's A Chorus Line.

From the Seattle Times preview: "The show has transformed Frank Wedekind's caustic 1891 play "Spring Awakening" into a work of great sincerity with an edgy rock beat, explosive dancing, and a frank, timely exploration of teen pregnancy, suicide and abortion."

I've seen some good musicals and I've seen some bad and well this has taken over Miss Saigon, and Wicked in my books!