blah blah we lost the election blah

give it a whirl. that's my motto.

and so i did unsuccessfully give it a half-assed whirl. running for office, that is.

just a quick follow-up to food and politics. politics and food, for those dying to know the results of the election. in a nutshell, i wasted a perfectly good evening at the annual park fairfax neighborhood board meeting for the elections last wednesday.

we lost. period the end. it was lame, it was a silly waste of valuable time that i'll never get back.

so, why am i bummed about it? seeing it all unfold confirmed that the only people who give a rat's arse about the neighborhood are busy-bodied, ill-fashioned, single-minded old fogeys. i can't begin try to change a neighborhood that's afraid of change. it's overwhelming and requires time only these others have.

it's frustrating when you realize you cannot make a difference, even if it is for silly neighborhood elections.

that's all i have to say about that.

lastly, to update on ugly naked man: i saw him/tried to avoid him at the meeting. evidently someone posted an anonymous note on his door asking him to please close his blinds and have some decency to not parade naked around his house where we can all see him. someone else issued a complaint to the board about his nakedness. his response to this: there's now a hand-scribbled note in his bathroom window that reads, "FYI. Voyeurs."

huh?