[for Mary Jane]

[daretodo]

I'm not exactly a party animal on the best of days, but this event in particular comes attached with a whole host of bad memories, the end of my brief (and, in retrospect, maybe ill-advised) political career not so far back in my memory that I'm not uncomfortable even just standing here. I mean, sure, I voted. You can't complain if you don't show up, and heck, all the horses I backed actually won for a change. Really, it's a good group. A competent one. That it happens to be a Who's Who of historically great leaders is icing on the political cake, and so what if a couple of 'em are younger than I've ever seen them. (Seriously, ol' cueball's hairline isn't even receding yet. What is that?)

Even the greats gotta start somewhere, right? I just wish they had a more stable somewhere to lead. Jeez, with the amount of environmental changes we've cycled through just this year -- not to mention this looming threat of waking nightmares -- I'm a little antsy waiting to see what's coming up next. Because winning an election doesn't give anyone foresight. I know that from unfortunately awful personal experience.

So maybe I'm not here with the intention to stay and maybe I'm not exactly celebratory, but I can offer congratulations where its due. Cap alone's good people. In the meantime, though, I'm gonna make up for the fact that I totally skipped lunch this afternoon.

Ooh, canapés.