Ready to get my write on

As I sit here it's 1:05 A.M. on Thursday. These next two days will be filled with a lot of writing for me. Not writing in this blog, unfortunately, but writing a sizeable portion of my 15-page research paper that is due on Saturday morning. (I guess this is one case where I'm glad I have a Saturday class, because if it was on Friday I'd be in quite a bit of trouble.) While I do not look forward to researching and writing this paper over the course of a couple of days, I know I can do it and do a good job.

Of course, I have to stay awake to finish this paper. Not surprisingly, I'm once again running on fumes, this time from the combination of work (both school and otherwise) and my decision to watch 9 straight hours of election coverage on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. (I finally dragged my carcass into bed around 3:30 A.M.)

My opinion on the election is this: it went much smoother than in 2000 and we can now move on with our lives. I thought that the TV coverage was pretty decent, though CNN started getting annoying as the night went on with their self-righteous "we won't call the state until all votes are counted" attitude. I can understand being cautious; hell, I endorse it. However, CNN seemed to be doing it merely for attention. Whatever, it's a pretty minor complaint so I'm not going to bother expounding upon it.

On a completely unrelated note, I saw an interesting bumper sticker today. It read, "My karma ran over my dogma." I have to admit I chuckled on the inside at that clever play on words. (I'll take any laughs I can get at this point, believe me.)

-Mark