Luckily, it didn't come to that, which is good because I don't really have the energy for rioting today. Therefore I got to protest in the most low-key way possible!
One of my favorite things about voting here is that it's a generally Democratic district, so local elections don't induce the nauseated panic attacks that national elections do - however, despite the Democrat-ness of it, the place where I go to vote - Knights of Columbus Church, which never fails to bring images of Will Ferrell in Anchorman declaring, "Knights of Columbus, that hurt!" - has TONS of pro-life imagery and rhetoric outside of it. And every election day a gaggle of old Republican supporters of whatever Republican candidate is running that year has a little booth set up outside the churches. They're not hecklers trying to get you to come over so they can talk you into changing your vote, they're just hanging out, being Republican.
It's just good ol' fashioned fun to tick the boxes for the Democrats in a house of conservatism.
However, it is good ol' fashioned disappointment that I have NEVER HAD TO WAIT IN LINE EVER to vote here. How sad is that? Go VOTE, people! If you don't vote, you shouldn't bitch.
As for me, I'm putting my still-inaccurate voting card away until the February 12th primaries...should be easy enough to remember as it's K-Roll's birthday. And due to the fact that the constant advertising will probably make me want to stab myself in the eye with a pen at that point. Next year will certainly be interesting.
Here's wishing good luck to John Miller and all the other Dems in Virginia today...
ETA...
Henry V Progress:
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
Am also halfway through Act II. Look out, Branagh, I'm coming for you...
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