The BaseBlog

One of the nice things about turning eighteen is that I'll finally get to vote. Unfortunately, since I live in what can be determined as a red county, the only thing I can really help determine is my representative and president. Since I was still seventeen during the Illinois primaries, my representative in Springfield has practically been determined already, and my state senator ran completely unopposed. All other offices lacked Democratic candidates, though there is a Green Party candidate for county auditor. Would I have voted for any? Unlikely, but it still would feel nice to do research and actually make a choice.

Besides those, my district's GOP candidate does have a Democrat opponent, and the new districts set by the General Assembly will make it more challenging for him, but he has been rather sucesful, and so far it doesn't seem like much of a race. Any reservations I had about the GOP candidate I took care of a while ago (I started researching around March), so I'm unlikely to change my mind.

As for president, Mitt Romney is who I'm voting for, but I didn't much care for him during the primaries. Most likely, all the help he'll get from me is a vote and a bumper sticker, since the sticker's free. I'm not going to mention my choice for representative, as it is a little more specific about where I live than I care to let people online know.

The one problem with it, is that I no longer know what my real rank is.

I could go look thrugh the Premier Member list, but I'm not that interested.

Oh, and yeah, I'm back. Tightened up working hours, so I should have time to visit here again. Maybe. Time will tell.

I signed up for about 30 hours a week on my application, but I tend to have 35-38.5. This week is one of those 38.5 weeks. Between school and work, RKing is one of the last things I have to think about. Hopefully, I'll be able to help in the summer, but now, I'm bogged down more than a nub-legged McToran in a Le-Wahi swamp.

However, good to hear that Ryan Braun will play. Hopefully due to being cleared. He'd be a disgrace to the sport if he did cheat. As suspected, Pujols and Fielder both went to AL contenders, and I suspect the major pitching FA, Roy Oswalt, will stick to the NL. It's unfortunate he won't stay with Philadelphia. That pitching staff is still stacked without him.