Stacy Horn

I expected it to be BUSY and it wasn’t so much at my poll site, the Tweed Courthouse. Except I was told that the Tweed site usually gets close to zero, so the steady stream we’re seeing is a TON for them. The busiest time is after work hours, so we shall see what happens then. I can’t wait! I want mobs. Mobs!! Please show up!

My view from the table I’m working (I look up people’s addresses and tell them the Election District table to go to). This is the most beautiful poll site I’ve worked. The building is stunning and my view is lovely and breezy.

I’m exhausted from Spring Cleaning but here is the Cliff Notes version of why I’m voting for Hillary. It’s mostly because of two unforgettable impressions. 1. The first time she took on the senate, re: healthcare, when her husband was president. I’d been in scaled down versions of that situation many times, facing down a bunch of men who didn’t care about what I was proposing, or whether or not it was a good idea, only about making sure I didn’t succeed. I never handled it very well and I was impressed at how well she did.

2. The second time she took on the senate, re: Benghazi. I watched the whole thing. THE WHOLE THING. The Republicans had been preparing for how long? Months? Years really. They must have put all their best minds to work on how they were going to take her down. They threw everything they could at her, hour after hour after hour. And she swatted them aside like gnats. She also never backed down or tried to be nice and she pulled that off.

She’s not perfect, but I’ve got to give it to her for that. Really, I’m waiting for Elizabeth Warren to decide she’s ready. Wait, she’s 66. Maybe President Warren will never happen.

Pigeon love in Washington Square Park.

One shot from yesterday’s Mistakes Were Made 2.0 event. Pictured are: Peter Sachs Collopy, media historian and Mellon Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Digital Humanities Program at the University of Southern California, the moderator Finn Brunton, Assistant Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, and Marisa Bowe, the former managing editor or WORD, one of the first and most innovative web magazines.

It was a great event, so don’t miss it next year everyone! Marisa was the best, and I’m not just saying that because she is my friend. She was the only one who didn’t read a prepared speech. It’s not that the speeches that were prepared weren’t good, but you want someone to talk to you, and to talk at least somewhat unscripted. Plus, she’s smart and honest.

I will never forget the advice Steven Levy gave me when I first started writing. “Just be honest. Tell the truth. If you tell the truth everyone will be riveted, because almost no one does.”

I took a picture of the new litterbox in the exact same spot on my desk, but it wasn’t catching the light properly. You couldn’t see how pretty the sparkles look. This angle gives you some idea.

I’ve got just a few more things to do and then I’m done. And then it’s off to Mistakes Were Made, a conference about computer history which, “gathers emerging scholars challenging traditional technology narratives, and pairs them with creative coders, new media artists, tech innovators, and other members of computer culture’s past and present “fringe.” It’s not too late to get tickets. It starts at 1:30!! You can make it!!

And then tonight I’m going to the Loser’s Lounge, one of the best and most fun musical shows in the city. So, a pretty perfect day. Clean house, interesting presentations, great music.

I’m doing my annual Spring Cleaning about a month early this year, because I really, really, really feel like having an immaculately clean apartment. And I want flowers. (I always buy myself flowers when I’m done.)

One thing I always do during every Spring Cleaning is make Finney a fresh litterbox. The shot below shows the box before glittering. I’ve cut the hole so he can enter and exit the box. Now all that is left is to make it pretty. I will post the after shot tomorrow!

While we’re on the litterbox subject, Bleecker, who is otherwise a very smart cat, never enters the litterbox from the front, where I’ve made it easy for them to step inside. He leaps into it from the side. Sometimes, he climbs up on the shelf next to the litterbox and dives in. It’s insane. And loud. What is wrong with him??