Next I need to tackle all of the sound effects.

There are probably some fun ones there, what with all the spirits and the graveyards and the like.

It's for South Coast Repertory and this year will mark the 26th season that they've done this show.

Wow. Is it common to do the same show for so many seasons?

[Edit: 4=2² and 9=3² and 9=2+4+3]

Wow. Is it common to do the same show for so many seasons?

Specifically with Christmas shows. Folks make a tradition out of going to see the show and it becomes a real money maker for the theatre.

The community theater here does Christmas Carol every year and I never miss it. It is completely different each year. Outragiously funny and peppered with current events. The kids love it.

Well, I certainly have felt worse on the morning after elections. Here's hoping I feel this good next year.

Sorry about your eight-legged welcome home, Matt.

Can we bus students from Kansas to there?

I wonder if parents can have their kids step out into the hall when they make Intelligent Design remarks, like the parents who don't want their kids hearing about sex ed in Health class? If I had a kid in school in Kansas, I'd be throwing a screaming fit.

Kristen, I hope you're feeling better. 'Sodes suck.

Well, I certainly have felt worse on the morning after elections. Here's hoping I feel this good next year.

It's refreshing not to be a seething ball of rage or stuck in a fetal position on the couch after an election.

I just went to look at the results. David had posted the earlier ones. boy I am happy i woke up. Every single proposition failed. and although there is one I would have liked to have seen pass - i still think that every single propsition was 1) too complex for a yay/ nay vote and 2) a special election was not needed at this time.

for those that care

77% precincts reporting

PROP. 73

YES 48.9% NO 51.1%

Would require notification of parents before a girl under 18 could have

an abortion.

A17

PROP. 74

YES 46.6% NO 53.4%

Would extend the probationary period

for teachers.

A14

PROP. 75

YES 48.8% NO 51.2%

Would require public-

sector unions to get members' individual consent before using dues for political purposes.

A15

PROP. 76

YES 39.6% NO 60.4%

Would give governor new budget powers and limit growth in state spending.

A15

PROP. 77

YES 42.3% NO 57.7%

Would take legislative redistricting power away from state lawmakers

and give it to a panel of retired judges.

A14

PROP. 78

YES 41.9% NO 58.1%

Would set up discount prescription drug program for uninsured Californians (backed by the pharmaceutical industry).

A17

PROP. 79

YES 38.5% NO 61.5%

Would set up discount prescription drug program for the uninsured

(backed by consumer and labor groups).

A17

PROP. 80

YES 34% NO 66%

Would change regulation of electricity market and ban consumers in the future from contracting directly with energy providers.

A17

Just Say No apparently works for California.

Gronk.

I had to come into work at 7:00 am to log in the results for various ballot issues into our database (so the lawyers can write stories on the results before 10:00). This meant that I was up at 5:20 (I set the alarm for 5:45, but my body was freaked out about sleeping in, so it woke me up early instead), but since I was up, I brought in donuts for everyone. Now, everyone is asking me if it's my birthday, which it definitely is not--I just felt like bringing them in.

Good thing about this is that I'm taking off at 3:00--yay!

It's refreshing not to be a seething ball of rage or stuck in a fetal position on the couch after an election.

This. Ah, this. Though the rage will probably set in after a few hours, what with eventually having to think about the colossal waste of money the state can ill afford. Fuck you very much, Arnold.

Damn. There's that seething rageball again.

(I feel like such a Jewish mom when I'm posting things like that. I always want to open them with an "OK, I'm going to be a Jewish-mommy for a second here...". Only, in Israel, since most moms are Jewish, we call it "Polish mom". And then we have to explain how it shouldn't have anything to do with the question of where your mother lived before coming to Israel.)

She's come a long way, but I love the caption accompanying this article's picture.