I voted..now can all the ads disappear?

 

since social media knows all shouldn't it be aware i voted and shouldn't these ads go away...guess big brother isn't as all knowing as we give him credit for.

i waited in line for just over an hour. there were maybe 5 sightings of non-mask wearers..of course the pair right in front of me were not wearing masks and she seemed to know everyone in the hall and had a fairly long conversation with a gal who had just been diagnosed with cancer about her cancer treatment.  the security guy spoke to the pair about masks but that did not spark them masking up, they were not spoken to about it when they went in. not sure what they said to the security guy about it. he asked me if i'd called about it...i hadn't so clearly someone did.  maybe they have already had covid? who knows.  i do not to get into it with people about their refusal to mask up

i got in line and mostly just looked straight forward and avoided conversations at all...especially after the lady got in line behind me.  she asked how long the wait was and i told her i'd just asked someone coming out who said it took him 1 1/2 hours.  she then stated, she would..."do anything for trump".  luckily her friend/companion/whatever came at that time and i just turned my back to her. 

i did spend much of the time waiting thinking of questions i would like to pepper her with....you know all the things that i'd want to ask her if she would be willing to do for trump. my mask kept my smirk hidden.  it was quite rewarding. of course, i would have asked with a total dead pan tone/attitude...

would you have sex with a monkey? would you get in a cage with a lion? would you pee on a bedpost? would you cut off your arm?  you get the idea...

there were some outburst in the line.  she was getting a bit rowdy with another guy who was in line but wasn't actually going to vote...he was standing with a friend who was voting.  he was clearly baiting her and eventually said, "i'm just messing with you, i can't vote, i'm a felon" she then tried to tell him how much trump has helped black folks and felons.  later the lady he was with got on the phone and was screaming at someone on the phone.  something about her whole family being dead...

i looked over my ballot several times, fearing that i had mismarked it and had actually voted for trump by accident.  i hadn't. got the above sticker and headed home.

i have discovered over the years that you get cooler stickers if you vote early.  i'm like a child i guess...i want the cooler sticker.  last time it was various animals. 

when you vote on election day you get the standard yellow dipper on a blue background.  it's not bad, but the others are more fun.  :-)

i made shortbread cookies so i am now eating a bit of the leftover dough.  so tasty.  

i had a headache most of the day, it's finally subsiding.  i really should get a few things accomplished. 

just a few of us for the Monday walk.  the snow is melting but sticking around still. looking for cool ice, starting to form but not tons yet.  for sure it's cooler.  Covid Cat has been out there ,but he seems to be staying in more and more. he's out there now though. he seems to try to avoid the snowy parts.

there was a 7.6 quake out on the Aleutians yesterday.  Sand Point area.  we were briefly on a tsunami watch but the waters around Anchorage are pretty shallow so our risk is super low. that is a big one.  it may have been related to a quake they had back in July....they get big quakes out there and also have several active volcano's. i know there were tsunami warnings/watch all over the coastal areas for a bit.  was getting updates while i waited in line. 

i was laughing as the trumpee lady behind me was reading it aloud and sounded like a second grader reading. his target audience

the rest of these are still September pictures.  i'm looking at the big camera shots still.  was so far behind.  

thinking perhaps i'll see about working on the calendar/card tonight/tomorrow night. generally doesn't take too long once i sit down and do it.  

also would like to head out and look at desks and flooring options. 

this computer is getting up there....won't be too long before they stop updating it i suspect. want to clear out some more crap. i have pretty much wasted these days off.  need to put my vacation time in. 

fall is my favorite but it's so short so i take loads of photos and spread them out to continue to enjoy it.

being civil...which really means being a minimalist with some relationships

so you will just have to bear with the fall pictures

Covid Cat with the fall leaves.

these are still Independence Mine, Arctic Valley and Matanuska Glacier. 

views from the top, now covered with snow.

huge mushroom.

up there in the distance is the old nuclear silo's. 

love all the artifacts at Independence.

talking on the phone. so taking a break from writing.

the newspapers are downstairs..i'm behind on those.  no news is better than news most days. our Mayor is almost done since he resigned.   people can be so dumb.  nobody seems immune to stupidity. money and power are good at building confidence and as they say, pride goeth before a fall. many in high places do incredibly stupid things and destroy their own lives.

corruption is just a step away and many find it difficult to avoid getting themselves mixed up in things that in a previous life they would have had more sense about. Guiliani is currently the example of that. he seems to be being used as a pawn by Russia to spread misinformation. that is so easy to do with trump supporters who are open to every conspiracy theory that is tossed their way. 

one day perhaps they will wake up and i'm sure they will be like, "nobody knew"...i will not be very forgiving of their ignorance.  especially as they have called those who don't buy into the conspiracies every name in the book...how often did my brother tell me i had trump derangement syndrome.  like they haven't had hillary derangement syndrome for decades...haha. 

ivy coated in silt...takes weeks to wear off.  

plane flying towards and then over the glacier.

got a good call from the dentist...they had sent me a bill, i sent money and they called to say my insurance had actually paid for it...so they shredded the check.  money for me!!  time to go shopping for a desk and flooring.  okay, the money won't cover all of that but it is nice to have money you thought you didn't have.

not sure if another government check will ever come into play.  i got a small check but we do all like getting money that is unexpected. 

how poor will our nation be when this family in DC is done pilfering all they can from it. 

it's depressing that there really isn't much to be done about what they are doing or how to prevent someone else from doing the same or worse.  lucky for us Trump is so nuts...if he were more together he would have done a better job at screwing us all over....as it is the chaos was nearly as bad for those on his side as those not on his side...still he's done tons of damage. it could have been worse though.

he mentioned in a rally that if he loses maybe he will leave.  when he says stuff like that it is often a tell for what is actually a possible plan.  i have figured it was an option for him to simply escape to another country, like Russia.  if he loses i could totally see him turning it over to Pence, having Pence pardon him for what he can, taking off to another nation while he leaves behind a team of lawyers trying to get him out of all the crap financially that is coming to light. 

he may soon become more of a bother to a foreign entity like Russia though.  they have ways of dealing with people they find annoying.  hopefully, he takes his obnoxious kids with him. 

once he is no longer useful to someone like Putin he won't bother with him.  not sure how many state secrets he actually knows that are actual state secrets.  he doesn't read much.  he is bought in to all sorts of conspiracy theories which will quickly bore Putin or any other leader.  

he is a joke, a clown really.  what money gets you in life....eventually, it can't hide stupidity, especially in one who is so needy for attention. 

another leaf split with color.

the trees often look like a painting.

the last of the mushrooms...will have to wait another year for them

what will have happened in a year?  where will we all be by then?  

thankful for A. the many changes that occur week to week in this amazing place. B. totally lazy days like today.  the headache finally went away but sometimes i think my body just takes a day off C. mellow pups...when i sit they are cool with sitting too.