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I usually do my voting via absentee ballot.

I am *supposed* registered as a permanent absentee voter… meaning that they are supposed to automatically send me my ballot in the mail. I found out at the 2000 Presidential Election that there is some problem with the system (no shit!) and that if I don’t request an absentee ballot at every election, I don’t get it.

Anyway, I *thought* I had sent my request for a ballot in, but guess what I just found in my messenger bag?!

This means I have to go out of my way to go vote (I had planned my day around the fact that I would not need to go vote in person). Now I have to tell my boss that I’m likely to come in late that day to vote. Eeek.

And this is an important election, too. Yeesh!
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Before professoreric and I start getting hate mail, let me just say that we have nothing against the Germans. In fact, I am still waiting for my German lessons from MamaBear. (((Hugs to MamaBear)))

Those German lessons would have come in handy for something professoreric has been dealing with for work…
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10/1/2003
him (11:15:13 AM): let me tell you what i did since my day has been so stressful.
me (11:15:16 AM): Okie
him (11:15:58 AM): i got an e-mail finally from a german [vendor] who still hasn’t sent his/her [product], and which we most likely will not be [using] because it wont get here in time.
me (11:16:16 AM): that sucks
him (11:16:18 AM): well he/she sent the email in german, which i do not read or speak
him (11:16:51 AM): so i translated this crazy long e-mail on babelfish and all it said was that they recieved my message and understood it
him (11:17:45 AM): so being annoyed and confused why they responeded to my e-mail in german, i decided to send them a message that made it sound like i was trying to speak german to facilitate getting their message quicker
me (11:18:36 AM): What did you do?
him (11:19:59 AM): so i sent them this, which is a poor translation of what i wrote in english:
him (11:20:17 AM): Ich bin nicht sicher, wenn wir Wille Ihren [product] rechtzeitig recieve. Und ich verliebe in Sie. Senden Sie bitte Ihren [product] so bald wie möglich. Und lassen Sie mich wissen, wenn es nicht genügend Zeit danken Ihnen gibt.
him (11:20:37 AM): which means
him (11:21:07 AM): I am not sure if we will receive your [product] on time. And I am falling in love with you. Please send your [product] as soon as possible. And let me know if there is not enough time. thank you.
him (11:21:34 AM): (so i sent it and thats what they get!)
him (11:23:21 AM): i wish i could see their face when they recieve it
me (11:27:15 AM): LOL
me (11:27:51 AM): You should blog that
him (12:14:37 PM): sure… but i dont want those germans to think i am making fun of them
him (12:26:54 PM): oh whatever, they’re german
him (12:26:58 PM): post it
me (12:27:06 PM): And can my headline for the post be “Those damn Germans!”?
him (12:27:15 PM): sure
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I pray that in his next life, professoreric does not come back as one of those hostage negotiation people.

Remember that skin disease I had a few months ago?

Well, it’s back. With a vengeance. Via Smurfs.

… it’s called the “Joz Needs to Learn How to Put the Cap Back on Her Red Blue Pen Disease” (aka Joz is a Dork Syndrome).

Evidently it’s not contagious, but is prone to slight mutations and recurrences every few months.

Luckily, it’s not nearly as bad a case this time.