Out with the relatively new, in with ???

Disappointed with the state of the CA ballot propositions this time around. Yeah we got Jerry Brown and kept Barbara Boxer and may even have snuck in Kamala Harris, but we've seriously eff'ed our legislature's ability to do anything but steal from education. We couldn't even cough up a piddly $18 per year/vehicle to save our state parks in perpetuity. The Giants' winning the World Series doesn't make up for our having rejected all sources of state income even if we did give Democrats the ability to pass a budget with a simple majority. Their hands were tied before and now my fellow voters have tied them tighter. All of this distrust and disgust with the concept of sharing and cooperation is... well, it's a huge bummer. We say we want to save education (which will bring us jobs down the line) but why must we kill anything that would actually help fund schools? Do we not care? Do we not understand the implications of the way we vote? Are corporate interests really just spoon-feeding us big business propaganda? Are things actually going to be better this way? I don't know. I just want us to take an interest and do something about it. Ok, and I want to fund education. That's really what I want. In the end, everything comes down to that.

...And now I need to get back to grad school apps.

At long last

Omg. Sierra Beauty apples -- still the best thing ever. Swoon.

I swear they show up at Berkeley Bowl later in the season every year. I guess we did have a pretty cold summer.

In any case, Mmmmiam!