OK, so it's come down to this. Tomorrow I'll drag my ass out of bed at 6 am and trudge to the polls where I'll cast my vote and then go to work. Since we don't have a TV, I won't watch the news, won't even let the crap in my head for a couple of months. And then I'll just keep doing what I do. Same old, same old. But some of my friends, some of you out there areeven more disillusioned and will want to stay in bed. I urge you to get up.

Vote smart , vote arts , vote to help the hungry , vote skeptical. Maybe even vote sexy . Vote for the perks, like free admission to museums ( Rochester's MAG, scroll down to election week special).

I'm really thinking about a new project. It's an old project. It's a ton of work. For fear of jinxing myself, I won't go into the idea and won't share much until it's well brewed. But if you don't hear much from me, that's because I am drawing, thinking, planning and plotting and because the elections and all of the political nonsense around has forced me into an early hibernation.

Yes, and I am a little over all the stepping and steppers and comment frenzies. David B can and did draw from his own perspective, his own experience and did so in a lovely way. I appreciate Elise and Barbara's defenses of artistic freedom but these stepper comments seem to be coming from the middle of left field, so I don't really get my panties in a wad about it...

That's all for now, but please do take care and please do vote, and not just cause I said so...

Rachael