Lostuses

Today was a big day. Today, I went and caucused with the DFL in SD 48B, W1P2. I had spent a large part of the afternoon researching the candidates, looking for someone whose message and intent resonated with me. So, I voted for the one who I thought would be end the dunderheaded logjam in the state government.

MN politicians have just been stupid. None of them are exemplary, but they all think they are, ergo, nothing gets done. The only MN politician I like at all lately is Amy Klobuchar. I have hope for Maureen Reed, who is one of the people running against Bachmann, but we'll see.

I had hopes for Dean Barkely, and he did surprisingly well considering he was running against Coleman and Franken, but I knew he wouldn't win. Still voted for him though, and I don't regret it! Although now I seem to be on his mailing list for even non-political things, which is annoying. (Note to self: make only anonymous political donations).

In any case, we left the caucus early because LOST premiered at 8pm. : )

I have been so excited for this since the minute the season 5 finale ended. I feel like I know what's happening, though. This is a weird feeling. Maybe this is the explanation season, so I won't feel as LOST at the end of the episodes anymore. Which is a little disappointing. Part of the thrill was that I could form little connections and think I knew what was happening. Maybe I've just been lulled into a false sense of security, and I really should be thinking "wtf" more often than I did this episode.

In any case, textbooks and contacts are expensive. Yay credit card!