Election Day

Today was Election Day here in the U.S., and I cast my vote for the next President this morning before going to work. Not only was the line a half-hour long, it was my first time voting as an officially registered "Independent" and perhaps the toughest voting of my political history ever in terms of who to chose for President: George W. Bush vs. John Kerry. Let's hope my vote was the right one. This evening I've been excitingly riveted at how close this race is -- the closest I've ever seen in my life and in 36 years according to political analysts. Over 73% (3/4) of Californians voted and 100 million Americans (out of 380 million Americans). People were definitely concerned about the direction of the country and the vote was divided almost completely down the middle as it was in 2000. As of this writing, the race still has not been decided and it looks as if it is coming down to Ohio. For more of the latest information, check out CNN.com.

Lee and Evan at Evans campaign victory celebration in Campbell in the evening, November 2, 2004. Waiting for results and trying to keep our chins up.

Tonight I went to the victory party/celebration for my 21-year old friend Evan Low, who's running for the first time for Campbell City Council. Had some stuff to drink, met some people and watched votes come in from the 21 precincts of Campbell. At last I talked to him (around midnight), he was only 300 votes shy to win! GO EVANATOR! Hope ya win. When I wake up tomorrow morning, I may be calling him "City Councilman Low.":P

Lastly, I brought in a new potential client for my freelance web design. My coworker's husband runs an association of wafer fabrication, including CEOs/COOs of wafer fabrication companies from around the world! I'm pretty excited about the prospect of making a website viewed by association members and "CEOs/COOs"!