civic apathy

what's worse? being a completely uneducated and apathetic voter, or abstaining from voting in an election?

today is election day...again. there was just a municipal election last month, and there's another one today. i've been paying no attention, as evidenced by the fact that i'm confused about there being two municipal elections so close together.

i feel like i should care. st. louis is not home, but it's where i'm hanging my hat between august of 2005 and may of 2008. i should care at least somewhat about local affairs, wherever i am living. but, frankly, i don't. i don't care a whole lot about what the st. louis government is doing, since i know i'm not staying past may of next year. i care about my friends, my school (well, some things that are going on at school), my job, my life...but i don't feel particularly plugged into the st. louis community. i don't have any roots here, and i don't plan on growing any. i can't bring myself to care enough to spend time getting familiar with local affairs and local politics, because it is such a temporary place for me. it's a selfish way to look at things, but it's how i see them. i feel like a bad citizen...but i don't feel like i'm in any place to voice my opinions when the fact remains that i don't much have them.

i'm from uranus. heh-heh.

survey ganked from a_view_so_cruel...i couldn't resist posting it, because the result amuses me.

yes, i know. my mind lives in the gutter. :)

You Are From Uranus

You shine with brilliant creativity, and you're more than a little eccentric. You love everything unusual and shocking. You're one far-out chick or dude. Anything unconventional excites you - and you have genius potential. Just don't let your rebel side get the best of you, or else you'll alienate everyone. Your original thinking and funky attitude is all you need to be you.

What Planet Are You From?

busted!

this is hilarious. it's a guy getting busted for cheating on his wife, and then trying to justify why his cheating is okay. it starts out a little slow, with the setup of the bust, but once the wife and the husband are talking on the radio to each other, it is absolutely hysterical. i think my favourite line is when he says..."twenty-five percent of the time you are on the periodical anyway."

although, that call is not reason why he needs to go to a "better lover" seminar. it's a reason he needs to go to a "don't be an asshat" seminar. because, he's definitely an asshat.