Thanks for letting me vote in your garage

That’s right. I just voted two streets up, in my neighbors garage. Last time I voted in the furniture store down the block, and before that in a 6$ per head hair salon. It feels sorta backwards for a big city like LA.

As a kid in Texas I remember my parents voting at a school. I tagged along and felt pretty cool. There were lots of people, signs and all kinds of activity, it was the happenin place. This morning, not so much. 

Waiting on their sidewalk in line felt like I was in a small town, with a very hip community. Who lived inside and where were the refreshments I wondered. And I’m sure it was all on the up and up. Cause after voting, the pretty little ballots were all shoved into a giant tupperware bowl thing.

What happens next, only Oprah knows.

about 8 years ago i had to go to a trailer park to vote. did you catch that? A TRAILER PARK! needless to say, i wandered in to the lady with no teeth (perhaps she didn’t feel like getting dressed up for the occasion) and got my ballot and “i voted” sticker. i have voted absentee ballot ever since.