Thank God Tomorrow is Election Day

I really don't think I can handle one more political ad or one more random stranger knocking on our door demanding to know who we are voting for and why. Even if I was somehow part of this insane population of people who are still "undecided," what makes you think that your annoying presence and the other 7 knocks at my door on a Sunday are going to change my mind?? If anything, it would make me hate the candidate you are supporting for allowing people like you to hassle me.

Here is a great quote about the "undecided" voter:

"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


I am going to put a sign on the door today that says Do NOT knock on this door unless:
You are delivering a package that I have requested.
You are handing me money.
You are an invited guest.

If you do not meet the above criteria, you are hindering the chances of your chosen candidate winning.

Thank you and have a nice day!

Kitten Nazi Update

We took one of the Kitten Nazi's advice. She told us given our "situation" which basically made us unworthy of adopting a kitten that we should just forget about the rescue organizations and go to a shelter where they kill them anyway and they might not have the same standards.

So we went to Loudoun County animal shelter and found our kitty. The problem was that we had to wait for the kitty to weigh 2 pounds before we could adopt her. They will only adopt pets in VA that have been spayed or neutered and the doctors won't do that until they are 2lbs. So, we wait. Apparently it takes a long freaking time for a cat to gain a pound. But, we finally have our kitty at home. She is very cute and also a little shit. Based on our couple of weeks with her, we feel even more comfortable with our decision to not have kids.

Why yes, I would LOVE to get another cert...

Why is it that employers have this great way of getting you to do things that you have no interest in doing? More importantly, why is it that we allow this to happen? A few extra nickels come review time? So, I am currently attending a review course on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6-9:30 (which never ends on time). I remember how I maintained this schedule just fine in graduate school, but somehow it is so much more difficult for me now. I guess I'm just old. Or perhaps it is because I actually was interested in my graduate degrees and not interested in being a CISSP.

If you could pick one certification that is not for me, it is this one. I should not be getting this certification. I am not a technical expert and I should not be pretending to be one. If by some stroke of luck, I actually pass this exam, it is further proof that certifications are a crock of shit. They mean nothing other than anyone that is willing to give up their life for 4 months can get this cert.

I spend basically every waking hour reading this awful book to prepare for this test and know just about 1% more than I did before I gave up what tiny amount of my life actually exists.

So, I ask again, why do we do this stuff to ourselves? Why would I kill myself for a certification that I do not even want that is only marketable in a career field that I already know I don't want to be in? I am clearly an idiot.