Giddy disbelief

I can't believe that in less than two weeks, I'll be in California. I'll be in California!

I keep having these moments where I'm almost shocked, like "holy crap, I'm gonna be in California!" It's like one of those things where you're doing something, and you totally can't believe you're doing it, so you get all amped up, like "holy crap, I can't believe I'm doing this!" I actually was flipping through the channels last night and caught some show where they were counting down West Coast attractions, and they mentioned Yosemite, and I was like, "I'm going there! Oh my god, in two weeks, I will have been there!" :) It's like part of me is amazed that I'm going on such a huge trip, that I'm going all the way to the other coast, for a whole week, spending all that money and taking all that time off, for no necessary reason. Guess I'm still not really used to spoiling myself. But holy crap, in a week and change, I'm gonna be in California with Steve!!! *bounces and squees* :)

Really, my whole life is like that lately. It's all a big string of "holy crap, I can't believe this is happening to me!" I'm just so damned happy. Life is definitely a pretty sweet fruit. :)

Are these Democrats on TV today stupid?

This is the dumbest debate I've ever seen, and it's also a rather stupid compromise.

Those two states knew the rules -- if you have your vote too early, you will lose your delegates. That was well known. Those two states defied the rules while knowing exactly what the consequences should be.

And now, they get delegates anyway? I mean, c'mon -- rules are rules. The rules were very clear. If you make a stupid choice and you know what the punishment will be, you should have to live with it, case closed.

Plus, no matter what formula they come up with to pass out the votes, they'll never truly be an accurate count. Most of the people in those states knew at the time that their votes wouldn't count -- how many do you think just stayed home on primary day, then, knowing that? Plus, Obama didn't campaign in either state, and he wasn't even on the ballot in one of them. How would the votes have been split if both of them, if all of the Dems still running at the time, actually, had all been on the ballot and all campaigned in both states? Who knows? Maybe Clinton would've won anyway. Maybe Obama would've. Maybe Edwards would've taken both. Nobody knows, and there's no way we ever will know now. It's impossible to have an accurate, fair vote count for those states.

But the fact of the matter is, if I break a rule, I know that I'll face consequences for it. Why should this situation be any different?