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What Day Is It?

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I feel like there’s something I’m supposed to do today.

Hmmmmm……..

Maybe I’m missing something… I wish my friends would let me know.

What? I can call Chris Kluwe a friend. We hung out in a basement and played video games for charity. We’re like BFFs. No big deal.

If only I had some clue… something to tip me off…

Make sure to read Chris’ post in there. It’s nerd-perfect.

Okay, fine. Yes, it’s voting day. There wasn’t a moment that I didn’t know that today, because this morning, Bill woke me up with “work told us to go vote first and then we will start our workday do you wanna come vote with me huh do ya” like a little kid on Christmas morning. My original plan was to go at 2 in the afternoon because that’s when no one else will be there, but he was just so goddamned excited over this I had to say yes.

So we woke up the boy, and brought him with us to go vote. We all stood in line. Bill and I signed a piece of paper and were given tickets. We went to the next table and were told how to fill out our ballots. We went to the NEXT table and got our ballots. We sat down at a table and filled out our ballots. Then we turned in our ballots and got our stickers.

I did it all for the sticker.

Democracy, bitches.

At just about every table, people asked jokingly if Jared was voting. Honestly, it’s gotta be so dull in there, with all these serious people people being very serious about their serious duties to seriously make the serious choices. Seriously. Jokes (and the Youngs provided a couple) were probably the best “thank you” we could have given them.

When I went to vote, Jared sat next to me and I pointed out various parts of the ballot. I told him not to share, as privacy during voting is very important. We talked afterward why not voting on an amendment counts as a no. We talked about how you could bring a list of who you were going to vote for. And we talked about how important it is to vote.

It sounds like I did voting correctly, right? Like ours is pretty much the example of how you should vote? As a family, teach the next generation as I go? Proud to be participating in the greatness that is our electoral process?

Dead wrong, kids. Once I got back, I hopped on Facebook, and had this conversation with master voter Chris Olsen:

High five!

Kids, if you haven’t voted yet, please, PLEASE promise me you’ll take joy in it. We all get so jaded and so serious and so stuffy over our duty, but remember the fact that we have the right is FUCKING AWESOME! That we don’t live in a dictatorship, that no one is pointing guns at us, forcing us to “vote” for a specific person. The fact that we get to have a say in WHO is leading our country… It’s one of the best parts of being an American! We should be voting with glee!

And we should totally be going out for ice cream after. Who doesn’t like ice cream?

Communists, that’s who. Don’t be a commie. Eat ice cream!

Killing People Out Of Kindness

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I’m pretty sure Bill forgot to write up a post last night. That, or he messed up the timer on the publish. So either you get no Bill post today and this random snippet, or you get just a quick post from me about charity and activism.

Won’t somebody think of the children?

About 10 years ago, I played in a Halo tournament with 80 other clowns and came in 3rd. I played a LOT of Halo, as I had a lot of frustration to get out, and it’s a good way to pass the time without waking your toddler from his nap (sound off). What I’m saying is that I used to be really good at Halo.

About 10 years ago.

I recently got recruited to do a charity event called High Charity. It is a weekend long Halo Marathon to raise money for Child’s Play Charity, an organization that provides toys and games to sick kids in hospitals. I love charity works, and I love playing games, and I used to be really good at Halo.

About 10 years ago.

Anyone who’s been to my house knows I have many older gaming consoles and a 55 inch TV shrine to game play. I have a wii, xbox, PS2, game cube, N64, and an Atarti 2600 (Anyone who gives me an old sega box or an NES will garner my undying gratitude). All of my systems are hooked up to switches in various fashions so that I can theoretically play whatever system at any time I want.

I haven’t even touched my xbox in probably a year or so.

I figure I should practice my old Halo 2 game. So I go to turn on the xbox. Pause, wipe the dust off of it, and continue. It’s been so long, I have to reset the time and date. And I can’t. The system, everything is working fine… except my controller. Well, replace the batteries. Nothing. Swap controllers. I can kind of navigate with it, but my joystick drifts to the left, and the buttons only work intermittently.

Well, now we know why I haven’t played xbox in a while.

I’ve ordered some controllers and they’re on their way. In the meantime, check out the site, donate, and mark on your calendars to check out the marathon starting October 26th. Last year, Chris Kluwe stopped by and played for a bit, and it seems likely he’ll be back. It’s sure to be a good time for a good cause.

Oh, and before you jerks ask, no, I cannot get you into this marathon. It’s not my house, my system, my set up, or my marathon. Now quit pouting and go donate.