tickets, please

As if today couldn’t suck any harder, I got a ticket on the subway. That’s right. A ticket. On the subway. When I ride the ferry, I get a two-part transfer. One half gets me a ride on Muni away from the ferry building, good for 2 hours after it is issued. The other half gets me a ride towards the ferry building, good for 24 hours after it is issued. Well, every night I walk from the ferry building the two and a half blocks to the Muni station and give this transfer to the Muni worker in the booth in exchange for a Muni transfer. Some nights, especially after rush hour, there is no Muni worker in either of the two booths, and in that case, people are allowed to enter through an unlocked side gate as long as they can show proof of payment to the...

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Posted on 3 Nov 2004 | 3 comments

you’ll see

According to MSNBC (television, not website), an unconfirmed AP report says Kerry has called Bush to concede. I know this election had more issues than the presidential race, but, aside from the stem-cell research in California, every one of them is disappointing me right now. I got so worked up about it all that I forgot to take my Cipro before bed last night. Yes, I’m disappointed in the election results. Yes, I wish Kerry had won resoundingly, not because I believe in who he is now but because I believe in who he could become. But what angers me more than anything else is hearing 18-29 year olds bragging about how they didn’t vote. “Voting is a choice, not a right,” they explain. “I made my statement by not saying anything at...

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Posted on 3 Nov 2004 | 6 comments

too close to call

It doesn’t look good. And as the perfectly-coifed newscaster just reminded me, a candidate’s victory is not contingent on the concession of the other. But now everybody’s going to bed and forgetting about it until 10:00 (in which time zone, I wonder), so I will too. Please let there be better news in a few hours.

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Posted on 3 Nov 2004 | Comments Off