i'm not here

after mostly ignoring the US presidential primaries for a year, i am somewhat shocked to find in my mailbox an absentee ballot.

wait. i'm supposed to care about these people?

do i?

do i care that hillary has welled with tears in what is obviously some sort of proof that her eyes have been hacked by republicans? do i care that barak has slightly less government experience than tipper gore? do i know who mike gravel is?

wasn't he fred flintstone's boss in the quarry in bedrock? dude. i'm voting for him. free dinosaur rides! yabba-dabba-do!

it's just a strange feeling. i mean, somewhere in my feeble brain i knew a ballot would be coming, but actually having it here is shocking. i am still american. whether or not i live there. now, i get to help decide which of these creeps will be president.

not that i feel all that australian. i just feel ex-pat. yabba-dabba-dope.

will we ever live in the states again? gentlemen, place your bets.