I was reading cnn.com. A totally reliable and upto the minute source for all news items that may or may not affect you and I came across this story about a 1 yr old who went missing and then was found under the floorboards of her grandparents home. Ok, happy ending. The baby is fine and everyone is glad the baby is safe (turns out the baby fell off the bed and managed to squeeze into a hole- read the article if you want the exact facts: )

Anyway, along with the article is a PICTURE of the baby when they found it AND they released it. Whose genius idea was it to be like "Ok folks I know we're all glad to find the baby, but before we make sure she is ok let's take a picture." And then the parents ok the picture to be released to the press?!

Maybe they needed the picture for Child Protective Services- but still.

So yeah since it was posted with the article I'm posting it here:

Call me naive/clueless/overly enthusiastic but this picture alone gives me hope for the future of our country.

Emily made seriously delicious Obama cupcakes. She was the belle of the bar.

The whole message function on estrip always throws me off. I forget about it and then I realize I have a million messages. It's kinda exciting. Like when your mom forgets she has one last Christmas present for you after youre done opening them all (yes I'm still like a 6 yr old when it comes to things wrapped up with bows).

Apparently some dude left me a message about how he orginated Chillax in NYC and I met some girls he hangs out with and that's how it started in the English language. Um no. Seriously I do not believe I'm the sole orginator of this word. However, it came into being in Buffalo during my stoner years when I realized that chilling out and relaxing were my two favorite activities and when combined you could "Chillax". BTW- if you've never chillaxed try it. You'll never be the same.

Also, I broke my 4th pair of ear buds for the year. What the hell am I doing wrong that I manage to go through $500 worth of ear buds a year? I'm now down to using my Bose sound reduction headphones. Normally I only break them out on airplanes. It's awesome to use them but they present some issues:

They reduce all sound. Including the sound of rapists sneaking up behind you at 2am when you're walking home.

They reduce the sound on the train (seemingly great) except when the person behind you is trying to pass by and you can't hear them say "excuse me" and then you're an asshole for not moving.

They are huge and over the ear. My one friend has this whole thing about how you don't need headphones that big unless you're a DJ. I'm not a DJ.

Looks like I'm going to need to head over the the Apple Store and browse for some new ear buds, again. Sigh..

Ok so yay Obama. Really thought there's nothing I can say that everyone hasn't already said. It was moving and exciting and today I love America. So one last thing: For me personally the single most awe inspiring thing about this election is that no matter how people felt or who they voted for they actually cared about the future of our country.

I went to an election party and as soon as my friend posts pictures I'll steal them from Flicker and post them here.