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[pacificpikachu]

Woo, go grassroots activism! I just made a shirt that says "Please vote Yes on 2! Help end animal suffering! P.S. Go Obama!" using a square from an old shirt of mine, a sharpie, some safety pins, and a current shirt of mine. I also did some silly little doodles of a chicken, a pig, a cow, and a turkey. I'm looking forward to wearing it tomorrow and hopefully getting to talk to some people about it (and maybe change some minds if I can). I don't know, it's a pretty doofy way of trying to get people to vote for 2, but anything is better than nothing, and obviously I think this proposition is extremely important.

I considered covering all the props that I think are particularly important, but I think that loses the impact of the message. The other one I think is really big is of course Prop 8, but who doesn't know about that already anyway? And I highly doubt Prop 4 will pass because they constantly put propositions similar to that one up and it's always defeated, thankfully.

I'm excited and a little nervous for tomorrow, but mostly just excited. I have a good feeling about this election, and I don't want to be overconfident but I really think Obama is going to win it. Which is really, really, really exciting if it happens. I guess we'll find out tomorrow night~!

So, who's moving with me to Canada if McCain wins? 8D

I think I'll cut this short before I ramble too much (which I am very prone to doing), but in short:

GO VOTE, US CITIZENS!
AND JUST THINK, INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS, YOU WON'T HAVE TO HEAR ABOUT THIS CONSTANTLY AFTER THE NEXT FEW DAYS!

Awwww, CC is playing with a paper bag I put out for her to play in, and she also seems to have found a badminton birdie and is batting it all around my room. So cute!

I was worried about making [my ideal] wordcount for my novel tonight, but I somehow managed to make it there and past. I'm currently at 7566, which is not bad at all! New goal: Have Mira on the plane to South America by 15K! Hopefully that'll cut down on some of my rambling and maybe force me to wrap up the novel within the 50K. Hopefully. I'm not counting on it.

Anyway, time to go to bed.

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[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

HOORAY! I don't think it'll be necessary, but, y'know, just in case.

Have you voted? I just got home from voting!

And yeah, I have a great feeling that Obama is going to win, but I can't help but be scared for 2 and 8 especially because the consequences of those are big to me. I don't think 4 is going to pass so I'm not too worried about that.

[hideincarnate.livejournal.com]

I WILL BE GLAD WHEN IT'S ALL OVER. Already moved to Japan.

Anyway, could you tell me what all these props are as I am not from California? =/ Not that I can vote on them.

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I'M SURE YOU WILL! And hahaha, you jumped the gun on us!

Prop 2 is about treatment of animals raised for food. If it passes, the animals will be required to be housed somewhere large enough for them to stretch their legs and/or flap their wings, lie down, and turn around. This one means a LOT to me.

Prop 4 is that parental notification would be required 48 hours before a minor has an abortion. This has been on the ballot a ton of times and has never passed, though, thankfully.

Prop 8 would modify the California constitution so that only a man and a woman can marry each other. :( It saddens me how many people are supporting that discriminatory proposition and I really hope it doesn't pass.

[hideincarnate.livejournal.com]

Seriously. I am sick of my friends fighting over it ya know?

Aaaah I see. Thanks for telling me, as I didn't get to vote on anything like that.

[sakura-nek0.livejournal.com]

I'll move with you. D:

[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

I don't think we'll need it, but woo! Party in Canada! \o/

[sakura-nek0.livejournal.com]

Hurrah!!

[toboe-lonewolf.livejournal.com]

Oh, trust me, la international friends will still hear about it. Either it'll be cheering or ranting and/or analysis, on the epic levels of the Avatar fandom. It's US politics.

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[pacificpikachu.livejournal.com]

Oh, they'll hear about it for a while, but I think it'll at least calm down after the next few days. Of course there will still be talk about it, but not the same insane level it's been at for the last...year.

Poor international friends, having to hear about our crazy country all the time. XD