So here we go again. I sat at the bar at Chili’s with Cannons while F’ing P was tending bar last night. He introduced us to everyone as his brother and his girlfriend. Isn’t that the best?

Anyway, I voted for Bush based purely on foreign policy. I knew the Republicans controlled the House and would continue to do so, but the Senate is split, and everything I read said that it would remain so. A lot of, nay, most of, Bush’s domestic policies fall on the opposite side of the fence from my points of view, but I thought the upper chamber of the legislature would keep the far right from going too crazy up there on Capitol Hill. With Daschle losing and the Republicans picking up another seat in Louisiana, they are solidly in control. Top that with the fact that almost every state that had the option approved measures to ban gay marriage, it’s shaping up to be a frightening time if you’re not a member of the religious right.

Personally, I’m socially liberal. I’m pro-choice and pro-affirmative action. I think criminals in jail for drugs need more counseling and less incarceration, I think marijuana should be legalized and restrictions on guns tightened. Essentially, I prefer a conservative leader and a liberal legislature. After all, they’re the ones making the laws.

In slightly better news, I arrived to work this morning to find an email from a woman who is starting a weekly newspaper aimed at 20-somethings in southeastern Pennsylvania. She saw my resume on journalismjobs.com and emailed me. She said my resume and experience would make me “an outstanding candidate for this job.” I’m sending my stuff in this afternoon. How great is this? I’m so nervous, but this is definitely the move back into journalism that I’m looking for. It combines everything that I enjoy doing: management, hands-on newspaper work and Web development. I can’t wait to get the application process rolling. Philadelphia, here I come!