It's been awhile since I've seen the way the candles light your face. And it's been awhile, but I can still remember just the way you taste.

I've got that song by Staind "It's Been Awhile" stuck in my head, and I can't find it anywhere to listen to it (there's no video for it that I could find, or else I'd put it here) and I'm half considering downloading it as a ringtone so I can hear it. Is that sad? It might be sad.

The ringtone site I found, www.myxer.com, is kind of the most amazing thing ever. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but that's where I've been getting all of my ringtones, since I can no longer make my own.

It's been a week or so since I've updated. I'm sure a lot of stuff has happened that I'm going to forget to write about but really? I'm OK with that.

Last night, I went to hear Sarah Palin speak in Asheville. Let me tell you. . .there are some CRAZY Republicans out there. I went to rallies for both Bill and Hillary Clinton, and I don't think either one was as crazy intense as the one yesterday. I got there at 3-ish and didn't leave until 9:30. On the plus side, I more than made up the hours I lost by leaving work early Friday (I was sick). I really enjoyed the rally, and I don't think that trying to describe it will do it justice. There was an insane energy in the room and everyone was just so. . .pumped.

The thing of it is, I have to write the article about the event. Since we're not a daily paper, it's not coming out until Wednesday. I think it would have been better had we gotten it out for today's paper, but I'm not the editor and it's not my call. But I'm. . .more stressed out about this article than I usually am about things I write, because, from what I understand, it's a Big Freaking Deal. I was told that the publisher asked about it, and then the general manager asked me about it this afternoon. . .and I know for a fact that Vi doesn't want it on there (staunch Democrat that she is) and. . .I don't know. I just feel like, considering politics is a major thing around these parts, I could, even if I write it from an entirely journalistic and professional viewpoint, get a lot of crap from it in the letters to the editor section. I'm not new to journalistic controversy (see: friends and family of gays support group article), but. . .I mean, this election is big news. Huge stuff. The Republicans have realized that North Carolina isn't necessarily the landslide state that it's been since, what? 1976? And I just feel like there's a lot riding on this article. Maybe I'm overreacting, but that's how I feel about it. And that's why I've got this huge mental block toward writing it. Most unfortunately, it's due bright and early tomorrow morning, so I've got to get to it.

After a discussion I had today, I think, really and truly, that "gorgeous" is one of my favorite adjectives, just because I don't hear it often. People are all the time saying things are "awesome" or "pretty" or even "beautiful," but you don't often hear someone call something (or someone) "gorgeous."

I think part of my affinity toward that word comes from my ex, who used to say I (or whatever I happened to be wearing at the time) was gorgeous, and I'd never been involved with anyone who used that particular word. (Of course, my two "serious" relationships were in high school where guys are basically incapable of coming up with anything better than "hot.")

So here's the real news, and I can talk about it now, since it's official. Carrie got a new job over at WCU, and she's going to be giving her notice at some point this week. Yay for her, because she's getting out of the hellish office in which we work.

How does this affect Sarah? I'm going to try to take over her old job. She's the editor for the weekly arts and entertainment supplement the paper puts out. It's like. . .not quite a magazine, but on the way there. Plus, I'd get an office, which would be awesome, as I could close the door.

I'm pretty psyched about it, but I'll talk about it more if it becomes official.