Sean suggested I write a post on voting but I said "I don't know. I don't have much to say about it." And he suggested this. It made me laugh.
"It feels good to vote. It makes me feel like an active citizen and I like knowing that I am exercising my 1/280,000,000 say in what goes on around here."
ha. And that is very much how I feel.
Also: a dialogue from IM.
Sean says:
did you get a sticker when you voted?
Jen says:
no
Jen says:
i walked out to the tables of food hoping to catch a glimpse of one but trying not to appear desperate...
Jen says:
but i saw nothing
Jen says:
so i left
Jen says:
sad
Sean says:
awww
Sean says:
I think they printed fake ones here
Jen says:
ha ha
Sean says:
so they might give you one
Jen says:
yeah i should make myself one
Sean says:
food?
Jen says:
hat?
Sean says:
they have food
Jen says:
what? i mean
Sean says:
?
Jen says:
haha
Sean says:
hat?
Jen says:
hahah
Jen says:
the w didn't work
Sean says:
you're crazy
Sean says:
so they had food at the school?
Jen says:
yeah. random things like biscuits and coffee or i don't know what
Sean says:
weird
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hahaa. "Food?" "Hat?"
That's so great. It's like you're making fun of him for saying a random word.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'd like to echo Sean's sentiments on the subject. You had food where you voted? Lucky...
I gave Anna my sticker, just because she loves them, and lots of people thought that was "just adorable." "Oh, look. She voted. How cute." I made jokes like, "Yeah, she did it all. I don't even know what she put down..." It was funny. (Trevor makes fun of me for only telling stories where the punch line is me saying something funny. But I can't help it...)
sometimes the only funny stories are stories where you say the punchline, so, what can you do?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. Everyone I know is doing a blog post about how wonderful, humbling, inspiring, blah blah blah I voted today. So I'm glad you at least mostly resisted.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing today. What is the meaning of those stickers? Are they for bragging, to keep people from bugging you to go vote, or a reward (stickers for adults)?
ReplyDeleteI think it is silly.