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averygoodun42 ([personal profile] averygoodun42) wrote2012-10-02 11:31 am
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*jitters*

So, in my quest to get my belly better, I've been avoiding tea the last couple of days (as well as doing lots of other things). I've been having coffee, instead (it's not my stomach that's at issue; it's my dang gut). Yesterday, I had a cup of coffee with almost no side-effects. It did its job and allowed me to wake up enough to study. Today, however, I feel the shakes coming on.

Oops.

Guess my instant coffee (all I had) has more caffeine than the school's regular blend. Now I know.


In other insignificant news, I spent all day at school yesterday (my day off) while waiting for my car to get an oil change. That's the nice thing about going to a technical/community college. Considering the only thing I really needed to do yesterday was study (and it would have taken me an hour and two buses to get home), I packed a lunch and hung out at school. So, I got motivation to study (study, exercise or be bored to tears? Study it is!) and managed to finish reading the entire, horrible, boring accounting chapter in four two hours (it felt like four), I also managed to get the car's oil changed for $13.67.

And the assistant prof said the car looked like it was in decent shape. I'm going to talk to the maintenance guy today to see if I can schedule the car for that class... *crosses fingers* With any luck, this car will hold out for another four or five years without costing us a the price of a new car fortune.

(I love serendipity, btw. I vocalize worry about not being able to afford to keep this car, and the next week, a call goes out at the school for students' and faculty's cars to work on! Yay!)


In more significant news, I'm really, really happy that the voter ID law in PA has been blocked. I'm actually not against requiring voter IDs, but I really, really object to voter ID laws that are passed in election years. Also, I think that any voter ID law needs to grandfather in the elderly (say... those over 75 or 80) as not needing the same level of ID. Sometimes, birth certificates are just not available. For example, my grandmum's birth place's town hall was destroyed by fire, and along with the hall went all the records. (And the town didn't even exist any more by the time she went looking for it.)

Now if only the NH voter ID law would be blocked. Just for this election, mind. I think it's rather insane not to require ID to vote, but, like PA, the law was passed this year, and that's just trying to disenfranchise people, pure and simple.

[identity profile] mundungus42.livejournal.com 2012-10-02 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the timing of the voter ID laws is more than a bit suspect. I'm also enjoying watching the Republican voter registration drives have the same problems that the infamous ACORN ones did, namely people who get paid per registration padding their numbers with fake registrations. Not that any of those fraudulent registrations have ever turned into fraudulent votes, but actual incidences of voter fraud are clearly not germane to the discussion. ;D And where the hell is Fox news? Shouldn't they be screaming about this and pointing to it as evidence that we need voter ID laws? *giggles*

That's awesome that you're getting inexpensive auto care and even more awesome that it sounds like your car is still in good shape.

Best of luck regulating your caffeine intake without upsetting the poor guts, and *hugs* Go serendipity!

[identity profile] averygoodun.livejournal.com 2012-10-03 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
but actual incidences of voter fraud are clearly not germane to the discussion.

No, that's been proven to not be germane, hasn't it?

We will need a new car on the sooner side of things, but if we can put it off for another four or five years, it would allow us to get on even footing, debt-wise. That would be nice.

Cheers! *hugs back with interest*