Less than a week till my endless workload begins to stir in preparation for leaping upon my back. Actually, the beast has already awoken and is prowling in my vicinity.

So far, my newspaper editor (I'm in the "news" section), has required me to write two articles (which are mostly completed).

NOW, he wants me to write a third article (and possibly) fourth article, which is tantamount to impossible (okay, I'm exaggerating), because I already have summer work I've been slacking off of. But hey, I got like....5 days.

Shit....

Pardon my French.

Anyway, the articles he wants me to do are about a documentary being shown to the public about our sister city. This is especially aggravating, since the screening is this Sunday, the day before the first damn day of school.

By the way, these articles would be for the back-to-school issue coming out the 28th, I believe. Fascinatingly, I was not informed that this issue existed until, oh, about... a week ago.

Our monthly paper seems highly disorganized.

The other article is much more interesting, if I may say so. It's about Gavin Newsom, the San Franciscan mayor who is running for Governor of California. I hear you out there, cringing, going "Who the hell wants that job?"

From the rudimentary research I have conducted (a quick scan of his website: [link]), he seems like a pretty good Democratic Candidate. Apparently, rather than firing the teachers of his city, he gave them a raise (and interestingly, raised test scores). San Francisco is the ONLY city in the United States with universal health care. Now 38,000 people of his city have health care provided. To me, that is incredibly important. Honestly, who doesn't think Michael Moore's "Sicko" is at least partially relevant?

Also, San Francisco is one of the greenest cities around, and recycles 70% of its waste. They also have a solar panel program.

On a different not- I have been awake since ten p.m. last night. I fell asleep around seven last night. I have very strange sleep patterns, and possibly insomnia. I think I might start a folder in my gallery for work completed after midnight. Products of my insanit- I mean, my insomnia....

5/100 themes: [link]
I refuse to list them individually, it makes this entry obnoxiously long. All the ones I have done are in that folder.