There are so many things that bother me about this election, it seems pointless to mention one, but man it bugs me. Why do people think being a businessperson makes you an expert on economic policy? Sure they might have some insight on what will help business in a particular sector, but poor people might have insight on what will help poor people, teachers might have insight on what will help education, and so on.

Bothers me especially because Trump supporters point to business success as a reason to support Trump when the man is clearly an idiot.

Maybe it's just frustration that the coverage makes Hillary and Trump equals when Hillary is an experienced, intelligent, mainstream candidate and Trump is basically a joke. If the candidate was Romney again or something, then that would be fine, he was a perfectly good candidate. But... c'mon.

Someone on this conference call just groaned out loud. Luckily I'm on mute; I laughed.

Coworker was out sick last week and Monday. I have been out sick since Monday. Coworker has not actually worked on our project for months. She desperately needs to if we're going to meet deadlines. What does she do yesterday, her first day back in the office? She makes sure I'm listed as writer on 40+ issues, most of which are ALREADY COMPLETELY DONE.

I'm not arguing against some cleanup, but jesus christ, have some fucking priorities.

Yay flea! Sounds positive.

Awesome job wishes for Scrappy and Aurelia. Sucks to not be appreciated.

Yay shrift with the knowledge getting!

Someone on this conference call just groaned out loud.

Ha! Did it show who was talking?

Bothers me especially because Trump supporters point to business success as a reason to support Trump when the man is clearly an idiot.

This election bothers me more than the previous ones too. My horror at friends voting for Nixon/Ford/Reagan/Bush/Dole/McCain/Romney was real, but I didn't seriously consider just dropping them as friends. The people in my life that are enthusiastic supporters of Trump may be former friends before November rolls around because I really just can't wrap my head around it.

Skipping like a flat rock expertly thrown to say: Dad's birthday was great, we successfully surprised him both with all of us being there in the first place and with the cake festooned with 75 lit candles. I am so very tired and being at work feels weird and kind of dumb, so I will probably need to talk to y'all a lot today...after I catch up in here, which will most likely help ground me.

ETA: what I was actually coming in to say was that I am super tied and could sleep for a week so OF COURSE I have a 5k on Saturday. #planning #ReallyThoughtThatThrough

Dole, and McCain are presidential candidates I kinda feel bad for.

Dole felt like a sacrificial lamb. He never had a chance and had a hard time finding an angle to run on. I remember him talking about trying to unshackled the economy at the same time the Fed was raising interest rates to keep the economy from overheating.

McCain reminds me of the movie 'The Candidate'. In the beginning of that movie young Bill McKay runs for Senate with the freedom to be genuine because he has no chance at winning. His campaign manager writes down this reason to run in a matchbook "You Lose". As he starts to actually have a chance he slowly sheds all his idealism and because everything he hates about politicians. The night before the election he opens that matchbook again and the words "You Lose" have a whole new meaning.

I felt like that was McCain from 2000 and 2008. In 2000, he seemed energized and happy, being quite genuine with the press on his straight-talk express. Then came 2008 and he seemed like a man who had compromised everything. There was this one moment in 2008 at a rally when a supporter took the mic and started talking about Obama being a terrorist. McCain stopped her and said Obama was a decent man, not a terrorist. He seemed broken at the moment, like he had just opened that matchbook and realized that no matter what happened, he'd already lost.

Yeah, I feel like McCain fell apart there at some point.

My issue with the Trump business thing is that he doesn't seem to have actually been all that successful!!

I returned from Chicago last night, and tomorrow I have a FOUR AM meeting. Gross. But it's due to having to include people in China and the UK also. Still. And then I drive to Portland for a dance weekend.

Also, I must share my disappointment with my morning scone: I stopped and purchased a latte and a scone, which was $8 (!! This shit is expensive now!). And the scone had currants on top and a little icing and I was told it was a currant scone. Was it ridiculous of me to expect that the currants would also be IN the scone? Because they are not. And I feel cheated. Grump grump grump.

Yeah, I feel like McCain fell apart there at some point.

And then his concession speech made him sound like the old McCain again. I had never planned to vote for him, but it was sad seeing what the campaign did to him. (Tim planned to vote for McCain...right up until Palin was unleashed on the voters. Then he was [rightly] horrified that she would be a heartbeat away from an old POTUS and voted for Obama.)

I think McCain was horrified at Palin, too. I almost got the impression that he nearly threw the election.