Sorry I haven't been on good ol' TV.com in a while, but I've been insanely busy in the last few weeks...Okay, Okay, the last MONTH or so. Sue me, alright? Anyway, this is an update and rambling about my life at current...try to bear with me and enjoy it!

First of all.... OBAMA!!! Holy crap. Sorry to any McCain supporters out there, you may want to skip past this little paragraph of my blog. I cant even tell you how incredible November 4th was for me! I have worked my happy little hiney off campaigning and volunteering with fellow friends and Obama supporters, and let me tell you, it was SO worth it!!! Being in Denver in the Middle of the DNC was stressful to be sure, but so educational as well. I work in a hotel in the Denver Tech Center, and for the love of god, it was certainly hellish for me while I was at work, but being out in Denver during the convention was like a dream come true for a hard core Dem like myself. Allow me to also say that I am so, SO terribly proud of everyone that turned out to vote, regardless of who you voted for. We had record turn outs in possibly the most historic election of our time. One of the most rewarding things about this election is that it has taught young voters that they CAN make a difference, and that they CAN be the change that they want to see in this world. I laughed, I cried, I worked my can off for this election, and I cant even say how excited and thrilled I am to possibly see the change coming in this country that I have so desperately hoped for since before I could even vote.

Move...If there is another great thing in my life right now that barely, literally, just barely, outshines B.O's landslide of a win, it's the fact that I just moved into my new condo! That's right folks! I'm officially a home owner, and also one step closer to being the old shut in hag with 23 cats like I've always wanted...Wait, what? Anyway, all very exciting, but not super interesting to read or write about, so moving on...

Cat Stevens... Cat Stevens has pretty much improved my life in an infinite amount of ways. First of all, and after this, I SWEAR no more election references, Cat Stevens was pretty much the best post election music I could have hoped for, being surpassed only by Queens, "We are the Champions". I love Cat's lyrics and his message as a whole. "Peace Train", "Cant Keep It In", "Ready to Love" and of course "Wild World" are some of my favorites of the several cd's of his that I own. My absolute, absolute favorite Cat song of all time though, has to be "Father and Son". Not exactly the most uplifting of his songs, but definitely one that will resonate with generations, for, I don't know, like, EVER. If you are not familiar with this song, I recommend that you listen to it, download it, or purchase it right away. The lyrics and message are so incredible....Amazing, that Cat Stevens is.

Narnia... Let me just start my telling you all this incredible story of adventure, intrigue, suspense, and ultimately, my wasting of our finite resources. My best, bestest friend Angi and I share the same Birthday (Oct 2nd, if your really interested). Sadly, my lovely girl moved to Philly last year, and my heart broke! But alas! She has returned for our birthday the last two years that she has been gone. Moving on, I go to meet Angi at the airport with my friend Lauren. She's getting picked up by her sister Jacquie, but I went to meet her anyway because it was our birthday, duh. So after much hugging and love, Lauren and I leave in my car and Ang and Jax leave in Jax's car. The plan was to meet at Jacquie's house so that Ang could drop off her stuff and then proceed to the Chipotle in Aurora. Well, I've driven out to the airport maybe, like, 6 times in my life in my 15 years in good ol' Colorado, and actually, I've never been the one driving. It was always my parents or a friend, blah, blah, blah. Why am I telling you this? To give you an idea of how f-ing directionally impared I am whilst out in the boonies by Denver International Airport. Not only are we heading home from the airport, which is bad enough as it is for me, but we have to drive through friggin Aurora, pretty much one of the most confusing, and seedy parts of CO, and its absolutely massive, one of the biggest counties in this state. Lauren and I end up WAY far away from where Jacquie lives, and 45 minutes later (Its SUPPOSED to be a 15 minute drive, if you have any clue where you're going) Ang calls me saying "Where the hell are you guys. Did you get lost?" (She knows me too well) I tell her we're out in some scary neighborhood in Aurora, on Martin Luther King Drive. Now Ang lived in Aurora for 7 years before moving back to Philly, and even she has no clue where Lauren and I were, and has never heard of Martin Luther King Drive. Super. Lauren is freaking out in my passenger seat saying we're going to get shot or carjacked. I, on the other hand, am reasonably calm, having been lost in the south side of Chicago, in Stoney Island, (I do not recommend it!), and Aurora really isn't scary to me anymore. Wasting gas, on the other hand, totally is. So finally Lauren and I see a sign saying it will lead us back to the interstate. Halleluiah! So we go through a few more crappy neighborhoods, still recognizing NOTHING, and then pop out onto I-25! Yay! Except for this little stunner. WE ARE ALL OF THE WAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OR FRIGGIN DENVER. Literally, all of the way PAST Denver, like, on our way to Fort Collins and Boulder, over by the dog food factories. "How did this happen? How did we get out here?" Lauren asks. To which I respond, with literally, the only good and logical response I could come up with, "I think we were in Narnia for a while there. Now we've returned home through a magical portal...". An hour and fifteen minutes after leaving the airport (again, a supposed 15 minite drive), we arrived at Chipotle. The point of this story? You might be asking yourself this question right now, and the answer to that is, that, I came up with a great excuse for getting lost, wasted half a tank of gas, and, at Chipotle, drank a beer with my veggie burrito at 12:15 in the afternoon! Go Me!

Extra Side of Meat Please?....This is just a short, funny little thing that happened this weekend. I'm at Chilies with my boy, grabbing a bite after a weekend of moving crap into the new place, and as we're sitting there waiting for our food, we hear the guy in the booth next to ours making his order. Now I previously worked in the restaurant industry, and I know how weird and obnoxious people can be when ordering, but this one was just weird. Not just to me, as I don't tend to eat much meat, but also to my boyfriend, who was most definately a carnivore. So this guy orders a rack of ribs, and instead of veggies on the side, he just wants a side of meat....Really? Not just any side of meat though, a hamburger patty. Just a plain, hamburger patty. Are you kidding me? Do you want to die of a heart attack before the age of 30? Do you really hate ALL veggies that much that you cant get mashed or fried potatoes, those aren't even a veggie really!...People blow my mind sometimes.

BestWeekEver.tv... Friends, please check out this blog by the peeps on "Best Week Ever" at VH1. Absolute hilarity, you could spend hours on this site reading the blogs by Dan, Michelle and Sara, seriously fun.

Ishmael....So I first read the book "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn when I was in 11 grade, and I thought it was pretty amazing back then. Well, I recently re-read it in the last couple of weeks, and let me tell you, I appreciate it SO much more now, with only 5 more years of life under my belt. I highly recommend this book to EVERYONE if you have not already read it. Is it about a talking gorilla? Yes. Is it one of the most influential and amazing things you'll ever mentally ingest? Indeed. Seriously, pick it up, or borrow it from your local library. I recommend just buying it because it is SO good that you'll instantly just want to add it to your home library. So just go buy it already.

So that's it! Random drabbles of Aly are now over. Tune in next week!