The Introspective Geek

I got home late from work because the last kid in my Mad Science class was picked up over a half hour late.  Obnoxious parents.  Made me too late to make it to the caucus.  Fucking Kansas with its fucking caucus.  Seriously, a caucus is the DUMBEST thing in the history of modern politics.  Maybe it was a good idea back in the old days... the VERY old days... but not now.  Anyone who is working during the exact time of the caucus can't go.  I want to be able to go to the polls before work if I'm working late, or after work if I'm working early, cast my damn ballot, and then leave.  But no... I've got to be in line by a certain time in the evening, and if I'm late, I can't get in.  And then, I'd have to stay for however long it takes to argue and pester and badger people with opinions to sway them to my side.  That's STUPID.  I've already made up my mind, and if a person hasn't made up his or her mind by the time they arrive, then why the hell are they voting?  *sigh*  Whatever.

The way I figure it, I've talked to tons of people before today, swayed some people, discussed issues, and made my impact that way.  You better believe that I'll be voting in November when we're allowed to have real ballots.  But this caucus thing... fuck.  I've got a horrible headache, and even if I'd gotten out of work on time, I don't know if I could handle the caucus process right now when I want to get the hell away from most forms of noise and human life.  Why can't I just get a piece of paper, write down my choice, and leave?  That's what normal people in normal places do, right???  Oh, Kansas... I smite thee.

So, I'm sick.  My mother was a teacher for twenty years, and she told me that the first year she taught, her students gave her every flu, cold, and other minor illness going around.  I'm teaching with Mad Science, and so I'm essentially a petri dish for every virus and bacteria that those little walking incubators called children are carrying.  I feel like crap.  Head hurts.  Tummy ache.  Sinuses.  Nose.  Sneezing all afternoon.  I need love.  I keep seeing this feedbackmeme mentioned on my f-list, so... I'm in.

Here's my post.

I can has peppermint tea nao, yez?
*sneezes*