creepin up from behind

happy (early) halloween!
no tricks, just treats: here's some GaGa for your pop pleasure
it's like coke for your eyes and it came out on iTunes today.

quotacular:

“I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention? To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. "Can I interest you in the chicken?" she asks. "Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it? To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked."

- Author David Sedaris, on undecided voters

just a quick note:

so I just got my absentee ballot today.    v. exciting

obviously you know who's running for president, maybe you care, maybe you don't (but you are going to vote, AREN'T YOU?)

whether you're filling in the bubbles or punching out the holes, you'll probably notice that there's more on there than space for the next commander in chief--and some states have more exciting stuff going on than others.

I don't live in California, Arizona, or Florida, but if I did, I would vote NO on Propositions 8 (CA), 2 (FL) and 102 (AZ). if you call any of those three home, maybe take a gander at that little space on the ballot on november 4th.

it's dumb that the government gets to decide who you can marry, but at least in some places you have the opportunity to change things for the better

if you need any more persuasion, check these vids

or maybe a celebrity or two would help

(hugs to all my homo homies)  <3 

you better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone

Well, the days of summer are officially gone.

Things could be worse.

Midterms are upon us--jackets and scarves and pumpkin spice lattes and cold handlebars. My kind of holiday cheer.

You have eyes. So obviously you can see the pics down there. They are some of my favorite things from the past fourish months that you missed. Everything from Salem to my living room.

(it was cloudy and wonderfully New England)

(Nathaniel Hawthorne: Salem's most famous non-witch resident)

(these guys caught my eye through a window on the other side of the street and M. almost killed me for my ADD)

(the ever-expanding wall of summer's work)

(my new reading spot)