W00t! Just got back from 12 hours at the polls. I went in to vote at 7AM, so that I could have the rest of the day to volunteer and canvass and get out the vote and such, only to find that the polling station was still closed. Apparently, none of the designated polling station attendants had shown up, and various people in mild positions of power were having to to assemble a team of volunteers to work the polls instead. I had previously contacted my two professors and asked for permission to miss class in order to volunteer, and they both gave me their blessing, so I agreed to contribute my services, as I would be able to spend the time I know I was going to spend volunteering out of the cold and with the ability to sit down. Also, as a poll worker, I would be paid $95! Huzzah!

We quickly got into a a rhythm and managed to process voters remarkably fast. We actually had quite a lot of downtime during the day! I was expecting mass chaos. The time passed quite quickly! I marvelled at the beauty of the party affiliations. Roughly one in every 20 voters was registered Republican. This certainly bodes well for Pennsylvania!

At 7PM, I had to leave early, as I had rehearsal at 7:30. I got home to more fantastic news: I got an email telling me I was one of 5 to win the Juror’s Prize for the Fine Arts Undergraduate Juried Exhibition! I submitted Death, Desire, and Destruction from the Sandman series, and while I don’t really know what the Juror’s Prize entails, I’m assuming it means I’m going to be in the next art show at Arthur Ross Gallery in the Adams Fine Arts Building. They mentioned tax forms in the email, so who knows, there may be cash involved! Woohoo! Life is so good.

Also, I got an email from Aaron, who said he wanted to watch the election coverage with me tonight. Bwa ha ha! Oh, the world smiles.