Hump Day Distractions

Vintage Kardashian. Distractingly funny.

Welcome to Wednesday my merry friends!! Here we are in the middle of a warm and sunny fall-ish few days here in NYC, so let's savor the day... and then get over it and cruise straight towards the weekend!

* So yeah, I'll take every single one of these please.

* You know I try not to get political up in hur, but this time I'm blaming the press (just as much as the politicians).

* Dr. H just scored a GoPro from his awesome wife (ehgm); anyone have an eagle he can borrow?

* Doritos crusted chicken fingers... I sh*t you not.

* There's something kinda romantic about train travel, no?

* This is freaking amazing and completely (COMPLETELY) disgusting.

* What's going on in NYC this October? Click HERE to find out.

* This Ikea hack is pretty sassy.

* Want to be happier? Do some of THESE things.

* Apples... those are totally apples.

We the people...

Voting. So hot right now.

I've spent a lot of time debating whether or not to get political on SeektobeMerry. As you might imagine, this girl (a Washington DC university attending (go GDubs!) poli sci major, who digs a good constitutional conversation and crushes on George Washington) is acutely focused on the current Presidential election and has some well researched and highly opinionated thoughts on all things Obama v. Romney. However, I have made the executive decision (a "Blogger Executive Order"!?) to make this a non-partisan space. Politics can be very divisive and with a mission to make you merry, I don't think my political opinion should be part of our conversation. 

But the fact is, I care. I care deeply and I think that you should too. Are the Democrats or Republicans a perfect embodiment of all your political beliefs? Probably not, but at the moment they're what we've got. Are either of these candidates going to make dramatic changes to your everyday life? Again, unlikely, but their actions will impact you and the actions they each intend to take are VERY different. I think you should be informed and you should exercise your right to have an opinion and cast a vote (a right which people fight to the death for in other nations). Your vote isn't going to fix the economy, end discrimination or stop terrorism, but it is a tiny piece of the puzzle that you get to be as an American citizen (and we all know that puzzles with missing pieces are the WORST). So this fall, take a moment to educate yourself on where these two candidates stand on issues that you feel passionately about. Few of us will have time to know every detail (lord knows I'm trying!) but we can think about things that have meaning to us (education? financial reform? gay rights? the environment? student loans?) and cast a vote for the candidate who comes closest to representing our beliefs on those issues. We the People must always believe in the possibility of a more perfect union, and we must do what we can to achieve it. VOTE!

* To check your voter registration status, find your local polling place or request an absentee ballot, click HERE.