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i was going to give hampton inn two eprops for having high speed internet (first one since my stay in redwood city, which of course raised high expectations that have been dashed to pieces at every hampton i’ve stayed at since… until now!). BUT… according to the girl at the front desk (who has also never tried indian food), the network is “brand new” and apparently has a few bugs. so i’ve been sitting here with my (rice) laptop, jiggling wires and looking at the same network menu for about half an hour. after much research, i have discovered that there is no rhyme or reason to why the network works or doesn’t work… so i’ll just type as fast as i can and pray that the little red x of death doesn’t show up on my taskbar… zero eprops for you, hampton inn!

i’m currently in louisville, and i spent last night in cincinnati. and it is incredibly warm in ohio. but i’ve heard it’s hotter in houston, so i ain’t complaining.

the urgency of my post stems not from any sort of louisville happenings (nothing much of interest to report, so far) BUT from the ELECTION that is happening in houston TOMORROW (November 4).

if you can vote in houston tomorrow, you better do it or i will be really mad at you, i swear. there are no excuses, people!!! this election is even more important than usual cos of the mayoral race AND the vote on the lightrail!

as a good citizen (and poli sci major) i voted early before i left. in case you care, i voted for bill white for mayor (overall, a good guy even if he is kinda big business) and anise parker for controller (go rice grad!) and peter brown for city council at large (let’s say good-bye to shelly sekula-whatever her new last name is) and NOT for michael berry (dwight boykins instead) and FOR the metro lightrail expansion.

and, if you need further encouragement (besides the fact that i will be mad at you if you don’t vote), it just feels so damn GOOD to actually VOICE your opinions and know that they COUNT… they count even more than they should, actually, since so few people vote. so celebrate the bit of democracy that remains in this country and cast a freaking vote so that maybe, just maybe, smart and decent people can lead houston to a better place.

and make sure you check the times that the polls close, k? (ahem, jesse groh)