Chris Kasprak has a new blog. He’s a weather guru, and he’s my co-worker’s (Meg’s) son! The new blog is The Snow Predictor. My favorite part is the disclaimer.
Congrats to Beth Bye, our local heroine! We’re sending her to Hartford — well, I suppose it’s not that far. She ran a strong campaign and deserves her win.
Of course I’m sad about the Lamont loss. I think Lieberman is becoming a bit of an insidious character, and I’d hoped that Connecticutians would see that.
Finally, things are looking decent for the Dems in general. Perhaps we have a good shot in 2008!
So last night Sujal was holding a Lamont sign outside of a polling place, and then he needed to phone in the results to the Lamont headquarters. Since he needed to use my cell phone, I was at the polling place for a bit, too. We got to see the election officals opening the polling machines — something I’d never seen before. They are the lever kind of polling machines — not my favorites. (I like — I guess they are optical scan — the kind where you draw a black marker line connecting an arrow.) They opened the back of the machine and read out the totals. What was funny to me was that they had this flashlight, and there are rolls of paper at the top for write-ins. They had to check for the write ins by looking on the scrolls. There were none, but I remembered writing in some of my friends’ names years ago when I was voting for an election that I had no idea about — I think I voted for Madeleine Reber for Judge, Dale Hudson for Auditor, etc. It made me realize some poor dude had to read that. He or she probably wondered — now who the hell is Madelene Reber?!
It was very cool to see the democratic process in action. We were invited to the Lamont party, but I was so tired, I just couldn’t go. It makes me want to be an election official next year.
Anyway, Congrats to the winners — esp. Beth Bye!
Sujal and I are looking forward to doing our civic duty — voting! Get out there and vote, loyal readers (or passers-by).
Vote for Beth Bye
Vote for Ned Lamont
Vote for Harris
If I weren’t so dang tired, I’d be a lot more enthusiastic. [Insert enthusiasm here.]
GO VOTE!!!!
Sujal and I both get “hits” on our site from girls (I presume they are young) who are in love with Sujal. Luckily (hopefully), it’s not my Sujal that are in love with. There is this Indian soap opera called Kahin To Hoga with a popular character named Sujal. Here’s a YouTube link to the first meeting of Sujal and his love, Kashish. I have to say it is almost identical to mine and Sujal’s first meeting. The consumation scene may be my favorite, though it is nowheres near as explicit as the name implies. Here are many great Sujal and Kashish videos. I do have to say, hands down, my Sujal is the far better looking of the two. Compare for yourself. Enjoy!
I just wanted to do a quick post to say that the Ahn Trio came to K-O recently. They were really good! They play this wonderful variety of music, exclusively contemporary music, I believe. Some of it is the fusion of jazz and classical (western art music).
The other asset they have is that they are three hot, young babes. They make classical music MTV-ishly hip, yet they’re good. Check them out. The kids loved them.
Last Saturday I went to thePark Road Parade in West Hartford. I try to do some activities here and there that are community oriented. I loved being there. Historically, I am not a fan of parades.
Here’s the thing: I was scared of the fire truck sirens as a child. Ergo, I don’t like parades. But this parade had no loud sirens. The West Hartford Fire Department was indeed there but sans sirens. It was my dream come true.
Okay, so as an adult, I’ve always thought parades we too schmaltzy or tacky. I guess in reality, they are meant to be. What I loved about this one was the crowd. I stood near this group of people — a married couple and a father with his daughter and dog. The dg was a golden retriever puppy. If I ever got a dog — I think it might be a golden retriever or perhaps an italian greyhound, because they are so adorable. I love dogs, alomost as much as cats, but what I really love is petting dogs on the street rather than owning them. But I digress.
So this “family” — the married couple, father, daughter, and dog — were really funny. They were the smartass type, poking fun at some people in the parade. And there were some people that were pretty funny. There were several parade members that were just some random schmoes advertising for their business. Part of the Park Road Parade is for Park Rd businesses to have floats. But these people we like from Bristol, and they would just drive in a car with a sign attached saying “Creative Innovations” or some such random business. Don’t get me wrong. Small business is a necessary part of our economy. Each of my parents is a small business owner, competitors, in fact, but they don’t go out to the West Hartford parade.
One of the guys kept trying to scare the daughter by pointing out the lone clowns that were in the parade, saying that it’s okay if a bunch of clowns get out of a car, but a clown by itself is usually one of those scary murderous ones. The girl was probably about middle school age, old enough to hold her own. Basically, these people had me laughing through almost the entire parade. I can’t say they had the kindest sense of humor, but that had the kind of sense of humor that I grew up on, and the kind I still treasure.
Then the highlight came. Scott Neilson walked Ernest and Lilly in the Pug portion of the parade. Ernest and Lily are pugs, hence being part of the pug parade. When Scott saw me, he left the parade to chit chat with me, and immediately about 25 kids surrounded Ernest and Lily. I’ll have to get some pics of them on my blog.
The other really cool part was that four K-O students were marching with the Citizens for Peace and Justice. As I watched the parade, I thought it was a bit sad that we didn’t have K-O representation. We don’t have a marching band like the other area schools, but it would be nice to get some involvement.
Many politicians were also out campaigning, and I saw Beth Bye out there. She didn’t seem to be campaigning, but more attending and being part of the day. She is a mother, afterall. It was nice to see her enjoying the day, as I’m sure campaigning is pretty exhausting. I missed Jodi Rell, and frankly (sadly?) I don’t know what she looks like. This is the problem of getting one’s news on the radio. I’ll never forget seeing Tony Blair for the first time after listening to him on the radio. I was picturing some very handsome British dude. Let’s just say he had not lived up the my mental image.
All in all, it was a fun time, and I look forward to next year’s parade. Perhaps I am a reformed parade poo-poo-er.
I have such a large international readership, that I have finally decided to abandon my socialist leanings and dive whole-heartedly into the capitalist regime by placing ads on my site. Now all I have to do is sit back and let the checks roll in. I think it’s time I resign from my job, because I think having two incomes might get a bit overwhelming.
Sujal, by the way, is not quite as optimistic about my capitalist venture as I am. I just say he’s a commie.
Yippee! She has a website: Beth Bye for state rep.
As my mother and I sat on my porch this morning, sipping coffee and chatting, we saw two Praying Mantis, one clinging to the outside of the window screen and the other hiding behind some tools — Cliche (the cat) found that one. I was watching the one clinging to the screen, and I think it was dying. During our conversation, it began to sag. Slowly, it’s body began turning brown. Autumn is such a wonderfully delicious season, but it’s also a reminder of death, especially the metaphoric death, that paves the way for rebirth. While it made me a little sad to see the Mantis dying, I remember that the sweet smell of fall leaves, the dying plants and insects are all necessary in the life cycle, so I take a moment to thank that mantis.
It’s safe to say Sujal and I are excited, especially now that we have the HD TV, which I still want to chuck out the window. I’m looking forward to seeing it play out, but I have to say, I have some low expectations. I’m not thrilled that we’ll be shifting away from the characters I have come to love, but then again, there have been shifts I anticipated hating previously. My main concern is the lack of finality to the story. I like it’s intricate plot. I like its character development, but I am also a huge fan of the novel — where there’s a trajectory, and aim, an endpoint that pulls the text (show) together. For example — the “monster” machine-thingy — are they just going to let that drop? It seems to have all but faded. But you can bet your sweet bippy that Sujal and I have a date on the sofa Wednesday night.
The Connecticutian 
