so today i was walking out of the garage to the car and i saw this cute little white poodle walking alone down the sidewalk. he walked up to me and i checked for any id tags on him -- only a rabies tag and animal license. so i called animal control and they told me the owner (after i gave them the number on his tag). i called her and she came over to pick up the pup. the lady was obviously annoyed that this dog was a hassle (barked at her, wanted to run around, walk, play). sad really. i wonder if i should have kept him instead?

i managed to get myself sick this weekend. (and i feel like complete poo right now.) anyway, it snowed a tiny bit here -- but it didn't stick. it's crazy how cold it is, and in november! i think i heard on the news that it hasn't been this cold, this early in like 12 years. that number might be wrong, but regardless... it's not normal.

it's nice to actually have cold weather in november for a change. except, it's hard to dress for cold weather when all your winter clothes are boxed up and stored at a warehouse (along with every thing else i own).

yesterday i was driving behind this budweiser truck and it had the url: beeresponsible.com written on the back door. i get it and darn that's cute... but it drives me crazy -- bee responsible... beer esponsible? i wouldn't bother going to the site unless you're really interested in how anheuser-busch is spreading "consumer awareness and education."

today's the big southern rival in college football -- auburn vs. alabama. it's been 99 years since the rivalry has been held at tuscaloosa's stadium. i wish i was there in tuscaloosa, although since it's in the 30s and raining i think i'm happy to be warm and dry here in front of the tv. go auburn!

update: auburn just won: 9-0!

i forgot to mention that you can now access this page via the link: www.quidnunc.org. please update your bookmarks.

the dog, my parents' dog, ate through the power cord for my computer last night. that's just a $104 to replace it. that dog is completely wild -- last week, he got my dad's glasses and tore the crap out of them too. let's see, he got dad's pill box off the kitchen table and popped some of those. he's absolutely uncontrollable. and i've learned that i can't have a hyper-active dog, ever.

anyway, i can't do anything on my powerbook after my battery runs out of juice (in about 30 minutes) until i get a power cord, a new battery, or a battery charger. you don't understand how sucky this is b/c i've got to use my parents' computer here at home and it's slow as molasses. for example, i put an address into the browser and leave for 30 minutes, and come back and maybe the page has loaded.

last night i went to best buy to go cd shopping. i was alone and took the long way there. i was at a stop light in a bad area of town. a couple cars in front of me. for no apparent reason, the driver of the car two in front of me got out of his car and walked toward the car behind him (in front of me). since the light had changed to green, he looked at them then walked back to his car and got in. i wonder if he was planning to do something stupid or if he was just checking out the back of his car for some reason. either way it kind of freaked me out. i've had friends get car jacked here in town. what would i have done if he had gone at that car in front of me? what would i have done if he had come to mine? that's not anything that has been covered in any self defense class i've gone to.

so, once i got to best buy i ended up forgetting half of what i was there to look for to begin with. but, i came home with four cds still: poe -- haunted, radiohead -- kid a, cibo matto -- viva! la woman, sex & the city soundtrack. i've only listened to poe and so far i like it. it's dedicated to her dead father and has excerpts of his voice throughout it -- from cassette tapes she found of his afterward.

this is one of those stories that should be run on a slow news day... (much like today for me) although, i guess you can only analyze our voting process in so many ways.

i have a smallish welt on my arm where i got that flu shot wednesday. it's red, hard/swollen and painful to touch. i don't remember shots doing this. it seems like i got stung by a bee or something.

unrelated stuff: today i had the great fortune of getting a flu shot. me and everyone else in the city wanted one -- from one location. apparently there's this flu shot shortage/delay or something, so the vaccines are slow coming. well, a church in town was shooting for free, so i went over. fortunately i got in before they shut the doors -- guaranteeing that i got a shot. i waited in line for an hour. last year i got my shot on my bday and got sick from it during the weekend. i hope i don't get sick this time. so far, so good. we'll see.

will this election mess ever get straightened out? last i read, gore was trailing bush by a couple thousand votes in florida. that place is a wreck -- with the controversy over the screwy ballots and having to recount everything. what a mess! i stayed up until 4 am last night watching cnn's coverage of the whole event.

i usually don't care about politics, but i'm pretty passionate about presidential elections. this time though, i was very passionate about voting for a change to alabama's constitution. amendment two was against inter-racial couples marrying. we had the opportunity to vote for a change. and it won. i'm not involved in an inter-racial relationship, but i still think it's incredibly stupid that people are still prejudice about those kind of things. my parents' generation still think that way i guess... i'm glad that i've grown up around a more open-minded generation. Voting to ban this law is a really big step (forward) for my state.

boy... this election just keeps getting interesting. now a recount from florida? too bad for those people who went to bed thinking one thing and now they are going to wake up and not have a clue. crazy confusion. who will be president?!

i voted. and i got my little sticker. do you ever wonder if people only go to vote just so they can get that sticker? funny thing, those stickers. it's like once you place that thing upon your chest you become part of an elite club. you see people around town in passing and feel a connection with them. it's kind of silly actually.

well, they finally got in florida's votes and have declared george bush jr. our next prez. i voted for gore for two main reasons, no three. one: his backing on women's issues (very important to me). two: favoring strong gun control laws (incredibly important to me). and three: he seemed a little more intelligent than his competitor (a good thing to have in a leader). i'll admit that both candidates appeared shady and not incredibly great, but junior never appealed to me. and i have to question how many of the votes for him were based on him riding on his daddy's coat-tails? should be an interesting four years. i wonder who will run next time.

now i realize that my saying this may sit unsettled in your stomach b/c you love g.w.b., but this is my space and just my opinion. and junior is a boob.

now that we're all adjusted to daylight savings, do you know what time it is? my clocks are all off by seven minutes. that's a big difference...

today's election day. are you going to vote? i am. i hope it turns out the way i want it to... but i'm kind of worried about that.

i'm a little paranoid to drive now. the first time i was in a car wreck was about eight years ago. i made a left turn as the yellow light turned red and someone in the on-coming traffic ran the light and ran into the passenger side of my car. it was one month after i'd gotten my license. i banged my left knee into the dashboard, had a front bumper lying in the middle of the street detached from my car, a dented driver-side door that hardly opened and a hood crumpled to no end.

my confidence bruised, i didn't want to drive anymore. i went back to making my carpool buddy's mom drive us to school and my mom pick us up. that went on for a few months.

then a week ago this guy runs into my back end at a red light. harmless, so i thought. i come out with frustrating back pains that won't go away. more frustrating is that i'm a little jumpy about driving again. worried that someone else might run into me. and what if this time he hurts more than my rear end bumper and my back?

i hate driving. i always have.

trying to figure out and understand the inner workings of having my own domain. hopefully will get it all up and running soon. then i can join the ranks of web-savvy jon! i'm low on energy right now b/c i'm suffering majorly from the side-effects of my medications.