I wanna vote today! *stomps foot*

[SallyMander]

Why's our primary gotta be in March??? Waaaahhhh! x(

[huskerlaw]

1. Because the Democratic Party in your state

wants to be irrelevant?? :shrug:

Actually...the way this is going, the late states will probably decide it... ;)

[SallyMander]

5. Hmmm, good point!

OK, i feel better now. :D

[LynneSin]

2. To punish you for giving us Bush for 4 more years

You're the Florida of 2004

[SallyMander]

4. OUCH!

I worked SO HARD in '04, and i still can't think of it without getting a stomach ache. :cry:

[Arugula Latte]

3. We don't even frickin' vote here until MAY!

All the other big mean states will have already decided for us!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[SallyMander]

6. Bummer!

But the upside is, you get to live in Oregon... :think:

[Arugula Latte]

7. That's true!

:)

I was actually born in your town. Guess where my parents went to college ... :hi:

[SallyMander]

13. Well, there is a little school around here somewhere

I barely notice it, what with the 55,000 undergrads running around! :rofl:


:hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear SallyMander!

Well, you could vote absentee!

That would allow you to vote today, sweetie!

Of course, they still won't count it till next month...

Oh well, nevermind...:yoiks:

[SallyMander]

12. Hehee... you're right i suppose

but there's something fun about going to the polls! :bounce:

:hi:

[Critters2]

9. Do what I want to do.

Move to Iowa.

[SallyMander]

14. Well it would be fun every 4 years

Not sure about the rest... :shrug:

[Critters2]

17. It's great all the time.

Generous, intelligent people, lots of open space, great hiking, great culture, and everything in between. I'm going to live there again. Or die trying.

[SallyMander]

20. Sounds great!

What is keeping you from moving back?

[Critters2]

21. I've been told it's too soon to move back

"looking-good-on-a-resume-wise". I will, though.

[SPKrazy]

10. I Voted Today

:)

John Edwards :P

:D

:hi:

:hug:

[SallyMander]

15. Congrats!

I am jealous. Also sad that JE is out, and Big Al never got in. :(

It'll be interesting watching the results roll in tonight! We might go to a primary party at a local bar. :D

[appal_jack]

11. I feel your pain...

I feel your pain. Here in NC, we don't get to vote until MAY! But I like the perspective presented above that our late votes really do matter.

BTW SallyMander, did you ever post about how that job interview went? I hope it's all good!

-app

[SallyMander]

16. Hi app!

I posted here about surviving the interview, and a pic of what i wore since DUers were so helpful in my wardrobe choice :D
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7422521


It went really well though! I won't know anything for a couple weeks... and then it might only be that they've narrowed it down from five people to 2 or 3. I didn't think it could have gone better, really... i just feel discouraged because i'm sure those other 4 people have more experience than i do, since i'm a young un! ;)


Edit for typo...

[appal_jack]

22. thanks Sally!

Good to read that the interview went well! I'm certainly hoping that you get the job there. Philly is an interesting city (though, country boy that I am these days, I haven't been there since a Justice for Mumia & Stop the Death Penalty rally I helped with in 2001).

Anyway, keep your hopes up, but just in case, remember also that even a 'no' can open up new doors. During my last job search (in 2001, which is why/how I found time to help organize political rallies back then in-between employments) I got to spend an interview day with the NYC Parks Natural Resources Group: an awesome bunch of restoration ecologists working in the heart of megalopolis (I grew up in Staten Island, so I wasn't always 'app' in origin). My qualifications were a pretty good match for them, but then the grant that would have supported my position fell through. The director of the NRG at the time was kind enough to invite me to their office for a second time and tell me the bad news in person. I was crushed, but he also offered me some advice when I told him that I might continue job-searching from (lower cost of living) NC rather than NYC. He said, "Get out of this city, and get to know the business end of a chain saw: people with ecological knowledge in their heads AND hands that can do real work are in short supply." Heeding this advice is part of what helped open the door to the sustainable agriculture and forestry work I am now doing in the southern Appalachians.

Anyway, that's my story. But if you haven't checked out the NYC Parks Natural Resources Group as a possible employer (no idea if they are hiring now), it may be worth a try. They do cool salamander research! http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_divisions/nrg/nrg_vol_opport.html
Though, alas, you will note that the link is to 'volunteer opportunities' so they are probably even shorter on funds than they were seven years back.

Something will come for you on the job front I know: once we get a Dem in the WH and solid majorities in Congress, the government will have to get in gear cleaning up the mess of 8 years of *-polluting-cronyism-corruption, and there will be all kinds of jobs for biologists. Who knows, you and Izasparrow may have to fend-off competitive bids from eager employers!!!
:hi:
-app

[SallyMander]

23. What a great story!

Thanks for sharing it. I try to have a positive outlook and keep in mind that something else will come along... this is a good reminder. :hug:

I'd love to hear more about what you're working on now. Iza and i sometimes daydream about a fully sustainable lifestyle -- a little hippy homestead -- and my uncle is working with people in Indonesia on sustainable fisheries. SUCH important stuff. :yourock:


Thanks for the website and the vote of confidence! The main thing that excites me about this job is it's a real opportunity to do some good in conservation... rather than just sitting somewhere writing papers that no one will ever read. Anyway, I will let you know how it goes... :hug:

[appal_jack]

24. hooray hippy homesteaders!

I know it's probably silly of me to respond to a 2-day old Lounge thread, but I just had to say that some of the most fun and interesting times of my job are when I get to visit with young folks just starting out on agricultural and homesteading projects, and work with them to assess opportunities, assets, etc. I work for an Extension service, and, being the only long-haired, bearded guy on the team, the hippy-calls (i.e.- organic, small-farm, homesteading, or just oddball) come to me.

Trying to do a little hippy-homesteading on the side myself, though I've got quite a few infrastructure (plumbing, foundation, roof, brambly overgrown fields in need of goats, which requires fencing and TIME) and social (haven't yet met the woman who's quite the right match to share in such a a project, and who thinks I am her match too) challenges to work-out as I go. All in good time, I tell myself...

Most of all, I've got to welcome-back the steppin' Mander!! She's a sweetie who brightens up all the SallyMander posts!
:hug:
-app

[Quantess]

18. It's so outdated to have primaries on different days / weeks / months

All it means is that some people's votes don't count as much.

[SallyMander]

19. Yeah!

Totally sucks... we should all vote the same day... oh yeah AND we should can the electoral college system.

If only i were in charge! x(