Those shadows are Jon and Leta and me. We voted. You should, too.
the smell of my desperation has become a stench
Heather B. Armstrong
Hi. I’m Heather B. Armstrong, and this used to be called mommy blogging. But then they started calling it Influencer Marketing: hashtag ad, hashtag sponsored, hashtag you know you want me to slap your product on my kid and exploit her for millions and millions of dollars. That’s how this shit works. Now? Well… sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the ride.
me
2004/11/02 at 6:45 amway to go
Karen Rani
2004/11/02 at 6:45 amI’m not an American, but I am a strong supporter of voting – especially WOMEN voters….it’s so important to ourselves, our children and our future! Great picture!
sab
2004/11/02 at 6:46 amIf I was American I would vote to. For Kerry.
sarcastic journalist
2004/11/02 at 6:47 amYou do, in fact, have very nice long legs. I’d vote, but well, I live in Texas and according to the People That Be, we don’t matter.
Pooey on them. Either way, I’ll support who wins.
Julie
2004/11/02 at 6:48 amWish I could vote, just a lowly Canadian here.
tonya
2004/11/02 at 6:50 amI voted!!
kim
2004/11/02 at 6:50 amhey sarcastic journalist? why don’t we matter? I’m in Texas. And although my vote won’t much count LOL I voted LAST WEEK!!!
Amber
2004/11/02 at 6:51 amI am on it.
kEma
2004/11/02 at 6:53 amohh you voted..I bet lil Leta voted for Chuck!
di
2004/11/02 at 6:53 ami voted blue in a red state!
Em in Houston
2004/11/02 at 6:54 amI’m in Texas too. I didn’t know we didn’t count. When did we get removed from the states? Are we our own country again? I’ve got to pay better attention! I was planning to vote on my lunch hour – but if it doesn’t count….
Louise
2004/11/02 at 6:56 amI voted in cold and rainy Texas!
Joe
2004/11/02 at 6:58 amWho did Leta vote for?
Brigitte
2004/11/02 at 6:59 amI wish I could vote – I’m a New Zealander living here in the States (married to an American.) Luckily I don’t have to be nervous about my state, which is blue all the way.
tiffany
2004/11/02 at 7:00 amIs anyone here this morning NOT in Texas? I’m so disillusioned… Al Gore promised me that every single vote would be counted. Are you calling Al Gore a LIAR??
Chris From Ohio
2004/11/02 at 7:02 amOne for Kerry here, in a very swinging state…
Evil Stepmother
2004/11/02 at 7:03 amI voted early (Thursday), which brings to mind the phrase, “Vote Early, Vote Often.”
This is the first year my state has allowed early voting, and my stepdad asked what would happen if I went to my regular place today, since they make those books way in advance.
I told him I wasn’t going to break election law to satisfy his curiosity.
Early voting took forever here. I know some western states have had it for a while. Is it easy in your state, or is it always slow?
Beerzie Yoink
2004/11/02 at 7:03 amNose held, vote cast. Anything else?
Daniel
2004/11/02 at 7:05 amI voted for the write-in candidate, Heather Armstrong.
Em
2004/11/02 at 7:05 amI feel sick. The sickness may last four years if Bush wins.
I have crossed everything possible.
sarcastic journalist
2004/11/02 at 7:06 ami’m just saying that we know this is a “red” state. I couldn’t make up my mind, anyway. So YOUR vote counts. I’m all for getting out to vote but just not for me this year.
Regan
2004/11/02 at 7:06 amI voted! It will make no difference, as I live in Georgia. But I voted!
got my sticker and everything. woohoo!
Owen
2004/11/02 at 7:07 amI voted blue in a purple state! Did Leta get a sticker that said she voted?
peach
2004/11/02 at 7:07 amI hope you impressed upon Leta the importance of voting a straight Democrat ticket this year…
(P.S. I’m in Indiana, the oddest state in the country what with the no time change thing (good!) the entirely Democrat-controlled state government for the last 16 years (good!) and the state that always always always goes to the Republicans in the Presidentials (Bad, VERY VERY BAD!).)
(P.P.S. And I voted. D.)
jane
2004/11/02 at 7:11 amYay for the blues in red states! Especially the ones whose “votes won’t count.” Every vote counts, even if only to voice one’s (in this case, extreme) dissatisfaction with the opposite candidate.
Amber
2004/11/02 at 7:11 amI voted. And it took me 5 hours to vote. And I got a sticker that said I voted, too. I guess they want to make you feel special for voting now? I tried to feel like a little kid again, you know, when getting a sticker is pretty exciting, but for some reason it just didn’t work. Oh well. Maybe next election they’ll hand out lolly pops. Anyone else get a sticker?
That picture makes you guys look stick thin with long legs. Are you sure you aren’t just stick figures? I think I can tell that you are the one taking the picture, and Jon is the one holding Leta.
Is this commenting crowd full of Texans or what? I’m from Texas, but I moved to the cold, snowy north just a few years ago. I miss the warm weather. It’s cold and rainy here in Indiana.
Amber
2004/11/02 at 7:13 amI guess others got a sticker, too, and they all said so while I was typing my post. 🙂
Kelli
2004/11/02 at 7:14 amI voted Saturday-before-last for Kerry, during early voting. Somehow, NC manages to elect Democrats for other offices including governor, and we did elect John Edwards to the Senate, but I somehow feel we’ll once again go to the Republicans in the presidential election. But, I’m not giving up hope yet.
BTW – thanks for the lovely halloween pics of Leta Frog. Your halloween summary gave me a good, much needed, laugh!!!
Gordon
2004/11/02 at 7:15 amI voted for Kerry (in Virginia)
I also got to vote on two ballot issues: 1) I had no idea what it was for, I think I had to do with something if a Congressman gets kicked out of his district because they redrew his district, he still gets to represent it? I think?
2) Establishes a bigger chain of command in case the Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and the Speaker all get shot by a crazed postal worker. Ok, that works, I think.
Seema
2004/11/02 at 7:16 amNice picture 🙂
And I live in Texas too and voted last week even though it theoretically doesn’t count! I like to think when I see the results of the nationwide popular vote, my vote is among those (g).
Guy Slade
2004/11/02 at 7:17 amI wish I could vote…. I have a green card and so I am a victim of taxation without representation.
I thought the war of independance was supposed to have fixed this?
Shan
2004/11/02 at 7:17 amVoted for Kerry at a bright and early 7:20 AM.
Kano
2004/11/02 at 7:17 amWoooo hoooo going to vote at lunch…Good news is my buddy tells me 90 percent of his Office is voting BUSH!!!!
Colleen
2004/11/02 at 7:17 amhow many days of the count, recount, lawsuits, Supreme Court… until we know?
PS I didn’t vote for him in 2000 either.
Kano
2004/11/02 at 7:20 amUmmm Colleen….I didn’t vote for Kerry in 2000….Nor did I in 2004
Tim
2004/11/02 at 7:21 amI just stood in the rain with a TON of other people voting in urban St. Louis City for an hour and a half. No one left. It was truly amazing. I was proud (especially since its a very very liberal area of town).
maryse
2004/11/02 at 7:22 ami love living in massachusetts, but today i wish i lived in ohio or pennsylvania or florida or hell, even new hampshire
adrienne
2004/11/02 at 7:22 amI wish I could vote…taxation without representation, damnit.
Just remember your right to bear arms, people. You never know when a sawed-off shotgun might come in handy.
moose
2004/11/02 at 7:23 amI’m a blue in a red state. So my vote “doesn’t count?” I beg to differ. I think it’s very important that whoever wins realize just how much of the popular vote they DIDN’T get. Cheney said they thought about that for about 30 seconds before continuing on with their own private agenda. But still. But still. Every opportunity to rub it in the face must be taken. If I must go down, I’m going down fighting, clawing every inch of the way. So there. That’s just the kind of mood I’m in this morning. Look out, voting booth.
Guy
2004/11/02 at 7:24 amUmmmm Kano…. I doubt Colleen’s comment on who she voted for had anything to do with who you voted for.
Beth
2004/11/02 at 7:27 amI’m an American living in England. Sent off the absentee ballot a while ago. Today I’m wearing a sticker that says, “I THINK I voted!”
DoulaBrooke
2004/11/02 at 7:28 amVoted Kerry in Arizona!!! Woohoo!
Kano
2004/11/02 at 7:28 amGosh, Guy! I never thought of that. I seem to less intelligent every day anymore…..Maybe I am a Kerry supporter after all.
Laura
2004/11/02 at 7:29 amI can’t vote. I live in Arizona and I have tried to register THREE TIMES. Once was in last years election, twice was for this years election. You know what they told me? That I wasn’t an american citizen. I’m pretty sure that I am……I guess that my hometown isnt considered in America. Yes, its a border town, but you don’t need a passport to go there (last time I checked) Anyway Im a little bitter….I wanted to vote and get stupid Bush out of the office. Grrrr stupid Arizona.
Guy
2004/11/02 at 7:32 amSorry Kano, just sounded like you thought she thought you voted Kerry.
…’less intelligent everyday’…. I guess some things just rub off…. although, let’s face it, could he be any less intelligent than he already is?
Amber
2004/11/02 at 7:32 amDon’t worry, Kano, that unintelligence disease seems to be affecting all of us nowadays. I think it originated somewhere off the coast of France. Of France!!
Dee
2004/11/02 at 7:33 am1. Is it #3 for George?
2. I want a scarf just like that!!
3. I’d love to know how you do the chuck overlays on different backgrounds so cleanly. What do you use? how do you cut him out so cleanly?
4. OMG – Leta is precious 🙂
5. Hi again George — love Chuck’s rear!
Seriously, totaly awesome!
-kayde.
2004/11/02 at 7:34 ami voted early this morning and it only took about 10 minutes. granted i still didn’t get a sticker so i’m feeling a little ripped off.
i of course voted sensibly, for kerry.
Amanda B.
2004/11/02 at 7:34 amYour vote does count! The government pays attention to the statistics, and even if Bush/Kerry takes your state, your vote will not go unnoticed.
Word.
Marie
2004/11/02 at 7:34 amI live in Texas too, and hell fuckin’ yeah, I voted. ( “even though my vote for Kerry doesn’t count”….that’s bullshit!) Vote, or STFU!