the owl and the olive tree

Today I went to the caucus. I feel awesome for having gone, especially since it's the kind of thing that often triggers my social anxiety. (In fact, due to the remarkable turnout, I almost had oh-god-too-many-people claustrophobia. I dealt by offering to be the precinct secretary, which meant I was too busy keeping track of who had spoken and what the delegate tally was to focus on the number of people.) And it was interesting to do. jmpava is a delegate, go him! Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good, because participiating in The Process of Democracy(tm) is important to me, even though it's not easy for me.

After that we started watching Fullmetal Alchemist with 2gouda4u, thegreatgonz, and marvinalone. FMA is one of my favorite animes of all time, and we got to the episode that introduces some of my favorite characters -- Mustang's office, plus Hughes. I adore Hawkeye, even though she hasn't got much screen time yet, and Hughes' combination of being totally goofy with being unexpectedly badass charms me to no end. Plus, brothers, alchemy, alternate-1930s, and Mustang the smug bastard. Looooooove for the series. So I'm glad to get a chance to rewatch (so many things I'm catching on the second watching that I missed the first time through), and to share it with people. (The show is also remarkable for the number of awesome female characters. So far we've just seen Winry, Pinako, and a teeny bit of Hawkeye, but I'm totally looking forward to Ross, Izumi, Martel, Sheska, and other characters whose names would be spoilery....) (donaithnen, should you ever move to Seattle, I'll totally watch it a third time with you. Looooooove.)