it’s starting to get chilly here and what better way to welcome the cold but by building a backyard fire pit.

we’re still in the planning stages. we’ve scouted the location and now it’s down to what materials to make it out of. we’re probably going to go cheap and just use random stuff in our backyard left by previous owners. maybe we’ll go to home depot for supplies, but i’d rather use my brain to come up with something spectacularly free.

i hope to be having fire in 6-4 days.

last night was truly exciting. i was actually excited about politics again. i can’t remember the last time i wasn’t completely apathetic toward this pathetic system we call democracy. it still boggles my mind that 62% of voter turnout is considered “high.” is it really that difficult to go scribble on a paper for 5 minutes?

i really liked mccain’s concession speech. in fact, i think that if he would have had that much integrity throughout his campaign, he would have had a much better chance. that and if he picked a serious running mate.

i’m anxious to begin these next four years. finally, we will have a president with a fully functioning brain.

2nd epoxy failed. super glue held for about 36 hours, then failed. not much can be done.

i got out my prescription from february and went to costco. i should have new glasses in about two weeks. and they are the least expensive glasses i have ever purchased. i’m talking 3-4 times less expensive. it was like i had vision insurance or something. costco is the shit.

so when i got home, i applied online to work in the costco tire center.

they’re saying on cnn that this could be the biggest election since 1908. and if the turnout is over 66%, it will be.

that’s pretty sad when only 66% cared enough to go and vote back in 1908 and now it’s far less than that. i’m sure many voters are disenfranchised and most times i don’t disagree with them. when things like the florida bungle of ‘00 happen, it’s kinda hard to convince yourself that your vote matters and that it will actually be counted. never mind the fact that our only two choices are often moderately retarded.

this time is different, though. so do yourself a favor and go make some history.

about 4 years ago, i got a new pair of glasses. these turned out to be my favorite glasses of all time. the reason is because they have no nose pads. a wire frame without nose pads is pretty rare. it must have been a brief trend or something back then. i got lucky enough to get them. they are small and comfortable and barely feel like they are on my face. and without the nose pads, they get nice and snug so that i can see very well.

that was then, this is now. recently (within the last 6 months), i needed a new prescription. so i went to eyeglass world (a terrible place) and got an eye exam. i decided to get the new lenses in my current frames. everything was fine until today when i was trying to bend them into better shape and a piece of metal broke. i tried epoxy, which held most of the day, but then came undone. i re-epoxied but i don’t think there is much hope. these frames are just dead.

i should have just gotten new frames.