I read an article when I was in school about how Sprite hit some rough times until somebody discovered it was Dr. Dre's favorite. I'm actually trying to find some optimism but it isn't easy cause the fact there is Trump II has almost destroyed my faith in my fellow Americans, let alone how polling works. I have also almost never seen "Elections have consequences" play out in a way that...sparks joy. Maybe I'm due.

Unrelated: I just finished my last bit of work before leaving for vacation on Friday morning. So tomorrow I just have various doctor's appointments, Thursday I pack, and then it's finally goddamn vacation!

Vacation, yay!

I can't believe that people report on political races based on what the fucking prediction markets are saying.

I'd call those colors blue leaning toward periwinkle, and fuchsia.

I went and voted today, and got in and out with no issue and no lines. From what I could see, it looked like most of the people at my polling place were taking Democratic sample ballots from the people outside offering sample ballots. Then when I was backing out of my parking space, the guy handing out the Republican sample ballots started waving and shouting "Stop!" at me. So I slammed on the brakes, and it turned out that there was another car that was headed toward the rear of my car, but it was still like four car lengths away, so definitely not close enough to merit all that waving and shouting.

Now I should be grading, but I'm too anxious waiting for the results.