Got to rock some blocks in my neighborhood this evening. Sure wish I did a better job. It was a rare night when a big fat goose-egg was laid in the "Contributions" column. I could blame the people for not listening or the streets for being hilly, but really the fault is my own.

Tentacles of vacation still slithered through my mind while the tenuous webs-strings of the coming future started to stick and bind. Simply put, I wasn't focused on the job, and the lack of new members proves it. I could have gotten lucky and found someone that was already into the ACLU, that was just waiting for the right moment, but it didn't happen. I'll get a bunch of them tomorrow on my last day canvassing.

I'm not going to stop posting on this blog, though. I need a place to rant and shout and spew about politics. Without canvassing as an outrage outlet I'll need accoster. even more. Maybe I can stop people in their tracks online, like I have been out on the street and at doors.

And there's plenty to be pissed about. Topic 1 being the new laws in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. NPR will tell you all about it. Check out the first portion of Talk of the Nation, then two short discussions on All Things Considered and Day to Day. There's something about this whole issue that seems to make my brain fizz and sputter, so I have to really listen. I have to make sure the whole "I cannot believe this is happening here, in America," idea doesn't drown out the actual, frightening facts of these new laws. Sometimes insanity/audacity is hard to focus on. Sometimes it is so hard to believe what I'm seeing that denial sets in. It takes effort to pay attention.

Vacation was awesome because I got to hang with my brand new nephew, spend time with with parents and see a lot of friends with new kids of their own. Figuring out what I should do for work won't be nearly as much fun.