Okay, rare political post

[gement]

I really hope that you (yes, you. YOU.) are registered to vote. It is embarrassing to me how many people never even bother to register, let alone vote. In voter turnout, America is 35th in the world [cite]. 56% of eligible voters participated in the last presidential election, which means almost half of us didn't vote. This is embarrassing.

Are you registered? Deadline's October 4th. Are you sure? Please check here. If it turns out you're not, that link will also help you fix that.*

I'm not kidding around here.

Anyway, in other news, this video made me laugh out loud at work. I haven't seen so many celebrity cameos since the David Duchovny video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vtHwWReGU0

* Edit: the previous link is paid for by the Obama campaign, but is the user-friendliest I could find and doesn't say anything about how you should vote, just gets you signed up. If you want the non-partisan (as if registration is partisan), more DIY version, try http://www.votersunite.org/info/RegInfo.asp

Comments

[hesperide.livejournal.com]

Dearheart - This is a quickie note and has very little to do with voting. I am registered to vote, and I am very concerned that everyone human needs to not just register, but vote this time, or we are fucked in a very unhappy way.

That said - If you haven't already seen it, you need to request a film from the library titled "The Libertine", for story research. With Johnny Dep and John Malkovitch, it is well done and well acted. It may have some significance to research for your manuscript. };>