Voting

Ah voted in my first primary today....n tha first CA Primary that actually counted. N ah fawkin EARNED it.

Ahd google-mapped tha distance between me n my polling place...a lil ovah a mile, gaein tha most direct way, which didn't look too feasible on a bike. Howevah, it didn't seem that tha Fire Station was really THAT much above sea level then my current abode. Google maps decided ta kick me in tha balls howevah, as ah struggled up ovah a mile of 30 degree inclines. Most of it, nawt on my bike (ah eventually gave up on tryin ta ride. Ahd totally thought ah was gittin some bikin legs b/c ahve recently needed ta use a higher gear in ordah ta meet w. resistance on flat land, but apparently ahm completely undah-prepared fer dealin w. tha hills of El Cerrito. Ah really hate pourin sweat before 10 am (and really noon) but ah was well warmed up by tha time ah made it ta tha fire station. You can let me know if ah should've seen that comin (note, tha route highlighted is nawt tha one taken, ah went up potrero):


Ah have a vote reg card, but nawt tha white piece of papah everyone else had, so this took ea couple minutes of figurin out. Eventually ah was given a blank democratic ballot w. a lawt of propositions ahd nevah heard of, n tha opportunity to vote fer a candidate. Ah gladly filled in my oval n fed tha ballot intae tha machine (ah was numbah 33 fer tha day).

Today ah did somethang very american....ah werked my ass off ta vote fer someone who won't win (currently tha numbahs have Hillary w. a 15 percent lead ovah Obama). Howevah, it was a beautiful day outside n ah snapped tha followin picture w. my phone a lil more then halfway up tha hill:


yes, that thang in tha distance is San Francisco.

N then at werk (tha office is currently on tha Pier) ah saw a sea lion. Neat!