Well, maybe not, but its one hell of a conincidence. Wednesday morning, Kerry concedes. By Wednesday around noon, I'm a regular snot factory. Sure, there might be a chance that half my program having been sick in the past few weeks, averaging 5 hrs of sleep a night this week, and being too busy to eat properly could have something to do with it as well, but I'll go with the Bush thing.

A bunch of the people in my program are thinking staying and getting their PhD's is probably a good idea, since the job market for environmental work will probably be on the tight side in the next four years, especially in the public sector, but even Bush getting re-elected doesn't make me want to stay. Sure, there are advantages of being a student again, but I miss things like salaries and free time. Which reminds me, time to work on my resume - I might go up to Sacramento on Monday to schmooze at the annual Calfed meeting, and it would be a good idea to be prepared.

Anyways, as promised, Halloween photos:

We had a mini Halloween tournament with the men's team last week. Our opponents theme was Where's Waldo. Great easy costume. Our's was Full Moon on the Quad, which is not quite as unifying, and was ignored by many, as shown by the black ninja holding the disc.

We went as the swing states. From l to r: A Portland Hipster, a very cold Minnesotan, a keystone, an elderly lady who can't vote, a cow, a non swing-state jedi, a Iowan farmer, the Colorado Rockies, and a New Mexican. My costume didn't stay on very long once we got to the party.

The costumes at the party were great - there was even a Blue Meanie!

Posted by dahl at November 4, 2004 10:22 PM

Swing states-- I love it. That's pure genius.