what's weirder, the fact that there was an earthquake here, in texas, last night?  or that that's not even the craziest thing i've heard all day?

so like i said, there was an earthquake here last night.  an earthquake.  here.  in texas.  i remember feeling it and if i hadn't read the next day that it was an actual, real-life earthquake i would have gone on thinking it was a trailer full of empty beer kegs or bowling balls taking a turn too fast and rolling over onto its side about a half a block away.  there were actually two small quakes, one in grand prairie (which i felt) and one a half hour or so later in irving (which i didn't).  some suspect the cause has something to do with all the natural gas drilling going on here lately, but i think we all know it's cause God's pissed wade phillips is still coaching the cowboys.

that isn't even the most earth-shaking thing in the news today though.  no, that'd have to be fox saying that they're cancelling king of the hill.  they tried doing that a couple years ago and changed their minds once they realized they didn't have anything half as good to replace it, which makes me wonder, what could they possibly have right now?  the only other comedies on fox i can name are the simpsons, family guy, and american dad.  i've never really been into either of the latter two and i know it'll be blasphemy to some, but for the last five or six years i've liked king of the hill better than the simpsons.  

whatever i guess.  though it was probably smart on their part to wait until after hank's dad cotton died to cancel the show.  if he was willing to swim to cuba to kill castro, who knows what he might have done to fox execs?

my friend jake and his wife erin are preparing to leave the US and fulfill a life's dream of theirs by going to china to live and study for a few years.

anyways, he posted a facebook status that read as such:

"Jake thinks that if you're not going to vote, you should leave the US and go live under a Communist Dictatorship somewhere."

so naturally i posted the following:

"maybe YOU should leave the US and go live under a communist dictatorship somewhere. ever think of that?!?

ha"

i wish i was that funny all the time.

today was fun. i have the sniffles.

halloween is tomorrow, which is awesome cause that means the day after halloween is saturday. and *that* means that kids won't be at school, which means that they can't show up all hopped up on sugar and razor apples or whatever it is people give kids at halloween anymore.

today was cool though, mostly on account of conversations regarding lists the NSA and local law enforcement could possibly make on account of pictures taken last night or ten (or more) years ago. whichever.

this is oddly familiar.

today is (mostly) over, which is pretty severe relief. there were moments i was almost positive this day would end in arrest, as in mine, or maybe breakdown of some sort or another. i worked both jobs today and staying awake through the second one was probably the fifth toughest thing i did all day. we were hosting early voting and this guy who chewed my ear for a half a dozen minutes or so and seemed about ready to lose his mind if obama ends up getting elected on tuesday. he kept muttering something about only one of the four P/VP candidates knowing something about how the founding fathers wanted america governed. i wasn't really listening.

he probably goes to church where i used to.

we'll see how long this holds attention, mine or anybody else's. keep this whole thing secret and i'll try not to overthink this time.