Damn this State!!! Here I was all up for trying to win Louisiana over to the democrats and some bumfuck Republican (I'm just guessing republicans are responsible) rejects Al Sharptons bid for the State Primary. I guess his check wasn't certified and his main headquarters address wasn't on the form. This is the presidential race and we've seen him on every debate! In a state where most of the African American population doesn't feel it's worth voting anyway because the system is against them, I do believe this will convince at least half to not vote come election day. The African American vote turn out is the largest factor in getting the Louisiana demo vote in the election. Jesus, why couldn't we just work it out over the phone with Mr. Sharpton's staff. What the hell!!!! I'm so pissed, I could throw this computer through the window. I may be overblowing this because I have no editorials backing me up on this thought, but it just seems the situation to me.

Damn this Macintosh!!! I accidentally hit clear as I was writing the last sentence of a very long post. I'm not going to write all that again. Here's a brief synopsis.
1. Kerry is still my man, although I like Dean as well. I'm worried that neither can win a southern state. I'm prepared to volunteer on the weekends to help get New Orleanians registered and actually voting, because I feel that is the best thing I can do to get this state to swing away from Bush.

2. I start my prison orientation this week. CPR, how to handcuff prisoners, etc... I won't be dealing with prisoners directly, but in any prison environment it is always good to be prepared.

3. I have a possible lead on a place to live in Uptown for May. It's nothing definite, but I was offered this place last time I lived here and it's a possibility this time. It's a renovated horse stable behind a large house in a nice section of town near Audubon Park and Tulane University. (the area I lived last time in N.O.)
It has a cool brick courtyard and a fountain with beautiful gardens. I'm not religious, but for this cool of a place and for this cheap of rent, I will pray. The cheap rent comes from having to keep watch on the larger house.

4. Being on this Mac makes it difficult for me to change my site much or post. One thing is that I don't have web tools and software for Mac and I am only able to use it about twice a week, because my brother works from home on it almost 24/7. I haven't been very good at posting anyway, so no big change there, but I know Jeff wanted me to get rid of all that clown stuff on my site and restart that section with all the new music they're creating in his basement laboratory.

oh, hell yes. Thank you Spirit!!! I was beginning to think that failure after failure would mean unbearable withdrawl of financial support for mars exploration. More successes mean more money. I don't have much hope for Beagle, but my fingers are still crossed. Oh yeah, and GEAUX TIGERS!!!