Attack of the Socks

frozen pinky toe
craves loathed, yet essential, sock
in the autumn chill

It's getting cold here and I've still chosen flip flops over tennis shoes every morning. But I regret I will soon resign myself to the dominion of socks and, ::gulp::, closed-toed shoes. I think I dislike them more the older I get... I'm certain one reason things didn't work out at my last job was because of my predilection for going barefoot around the office. Also, if you step in something wet (like a melted puddle of slush in the entryway), you can just dry off your foot. But, if you're wearing a sock, you're stuck with a wet sock. And that's one of my pet peeves, right up there with margarine and apathy.

In other news: It's election time, and I'm rather annoyed. Not so much at the politicians themselves (though that's often a given), but at how they make me feel. Election season just makes me feel like jumping on my soap box and arguing... and I don't like arguing. I know this blog is the perfect opportunity to pontificate, but this is online for all to see, so I'd rather keep the conversation off politics for the most part.

However, I do enjoy comedians that make fun of all candidates equally (hard to find these days), like Jay Leno. He did a sketch where he was moderating the 2nd Presidential Debate. He used the actual responses of the candidates, but dubbed in to follow his made-up questions. The reason I bring this up is the title of my last blog entry "Lovely to See You Again My Friends"... Those of you who watched the debate noticed how many times John McCain used the term "My friends..." when responding to a question. Jay Leno used this to his advantage in the sketch (which I tried to find on YouTube) by holding up pictures of old, long-dead people and asking McCain who they were: ::Jay holds up a picture of Mt. Rushmore:: "Who are these people?" "My friends." ::Jay holds up a picture of the signing of The Declaration of Independence:: "And these people?" "My friends"... It was quite funny.

::sigh:: I don't want to start wearing socks.