A few things I noticed this weekend.  Butch's Beach Burrito is open.  Pronto Pup is open.  In fact I just had three pups this weekend - ketchup and mustard, thanks.  When I went down there, there were some high school students there, each with a digital cam, and they were soooooo excited to be in Grand Haven.

That's the other thing I noticed this weekend.  The tourists are back.  Ugh.

Also, the Musical Fountain started up again this past weekend.

Annnnnnddddd a fight almost broke out at the Pavilion last night, mainly caused by some tourists.  What a shocker.

Another thing, I had to stock the cooler at work on both Friday and Saturday and it took my almost twice as long as usual.

So, I guess what I'm getting at is that in Grand Haven, MI, it is officially summer.

Weird thing happened to me today- 

I went to Wendy's for lunch - I had just woken up from a nap, mind you - and I wanted Mountain Dew with my hamburger.  But for some odd reason I was under the impression that they didn't have said beverage -- so I asked for a Doctor Pepper.  And guess what, dear LJ friends?  The young lady taking my order - and making flirtatious overtures -- something about Geico and competitor's prices -- - gave me Mountian Dew by mistake --

Or was it a mistake?

Gee whiz, I like Mountain Dew.

That makes me think of the song that Daniel Johnston sings about Mountain Dew while in a mental hospital.

CHECK - IT - OUT.

Bummer news.  My grandma is not doing well.  She had a stroke almost a week ago and every day for the last couple days was going to be her last, according to the doctors.  I haven't really known how to feel.  Yesterday I called my mom to get an update and she had just been making funeral arrangements.  She told me I could come see my grandma if I wanted to and I said I didn't.  Then today I was getting a new battery for my cell phone and I was down the street from the hospice that she is at.  So I decided to go.  I pulled in the parking lot and saw my parents cars, and left.  Then I went to Barnes and Noble for an hour or so, and decided to take another stab at it.  She didn't look terrible apart from the fact that she didn't have her dentures in (I didn't even know she had dentures).  She just looked like she was sleeping, which made it really weird to try to talk to her, cuz who talks to someone who is sleeping?

Anyways, a lot of crying on everybody's part.  Its just starting to hit me now.  I'm pretty sure that that was the last time I will see her.  Kinda crazy to think about.  My grandpa is being a champ.  I'm really amazed by him.

K.  That's it.

On Sunday Alicia and I had dinner with my family at my parents house.  Kinda a big deal and I think it went pretty well.

I got a 2.18 GPA for the semester which means I'm keeping my head above water going into my final semester for my associates.

Merry Christmas Everybody!  I hope y'all feel the love.

I got out of class at 11 this morning at there were these huge... umm... I can't really say snow flakes, but more like snow fluffs.  It was really weird because I could barely keep my eyes open since they would fly into my eyes.

Additional notes:

- Whiskey is a BAD thing.

- The gent currently sitting next to me in the school library just brought to my atttention that there is a healthy ratio of attractive women on our fine campus.

I am really excited for the elections to be over after today because it makes me strongly dislike some people towards whom I would otherwise be relatively indifferent.

I was looking through my past posts about the election over the last almost year or so, and I found this gem of a quote from withyour which was from way back.  (kinda paraphrasing because I forgot to cut and paste) "I'm excited about Obama because as nerdy as it sounds, I like the fact that he has a background in Constitutional Law, and I'm sick of politicians shitting on the Constitution.  Bah."  Me to Bren.  Me too.

Ahhhhh... what else... oh, at one point before the veepstakes, I was pulling for Kathleen Sebelius as Obama's running mate.  I think he did good with big Joe instead.

Oh, and this is kinda a funny thought.  A year from now no one will remember who Sarah Palin is.  Anyone remember Geraldine Ferrarro?  Me either.  But for serious, what a dumb move on McCain's part.  He might have had a shot if he picked someone with, um, IDK... street cred isn't the word but its close.

So yeah.  I'm voting in about six hours.  I didn't want this post to be completely political, but I guess it ended up being so.  So.

A few non-sequitors: I had a giant sized Red Bull this morning.  I woke up on time because of the time change, so that was fab.  My pen leaked all over my fingers and on my tooth during my morning class. 

Ok, that's it gang.  That's my election day '08 post.  If I had to sum up the whole election season in one word, it would be this:

"Mavericky".

Thank you.  Thank you.  My name is Case Monet and I'll be here all night.