Tomorrow is going to be a very long day. If I knew what was good for me, I’d be calling it a night, oh, about two hours ago! Yet instead I feel the need to prattle about the following election miscellany recently encountered, each in its own way helping to remedy my bad case of election FLu (Fear and Loathing).
My aunt (who’s down with an even worse case than I!) forwarded me this recipe for disaster that Leaves a Bitter Taste. It appealed to my Midwestern sensibilities and seemed to explain some actual indigestion I’ve been experiencing.
Before that I enjoyed the video for Eminem’s new anti-Bush song "Mosh" on several levels. (Salon– who else?– tipped me off.) It appealed to my blossoming inner animation buff, to that Rock the Vote past self who so enthusiastically voted Clinton for president as soon as she was legal, and to the somewhat jaded and disheartened liberal who currently haunts these information highways. (Also brought back fond memories of the exquisite Whitey Rappers double feature I enjoyed one evening in West Los Angeles a few years ago: Eminem’s 8 Mile on opening night followed by the midnight show at the Nuart of Vanilla Ice’s ultra-campfest Cool As Ice– so bad it’s good!)
And before Eminem I had a moment of catharsis giggling my way through this admirably well-crafted and delightfully bawdy article on the intersection of sex and voting.
So I guess it’s "carry on, give me hope, give me strength"… and good night till tomorrow.
I refuse to put any more serious thought into voting and election issues for a while, so forgive me for holding my tongue on some of your potentially very charging political pieces.
I will however comment on the more tawdry such as the sex and voting article. Of course the first thing I thought of was the scene in ‘Pecker‘ by John Waters where Pecker and his girlfriend literally rock the vote in a voting booth just outside the awareness of the ever prudent precinct captain played by Mink Stole.
Shouldn’t voting be made more sexy and fun anyway? At least make election day a national holiday so everyone can celebrate their democratic liberties. I seem to recall back in the early days that it was standard practice for the contenders to pony up for a nice food and drink spread for all voters at the polls. Come on people, can the $1million tv spots and throw a decent party! Then if some idiotic republican somehow wins, I’ll at least feel somewhat satisfied that I had a good meal on their dime.