Twice, man. Twice

I see myself as a good American.

Ugh. Because of my literature class (the one I balance pens in) every time I hear the word American, I hear it as if there are quote marks around it. Thus, when I read my first sentence, I read it as, "I see myself as a good 'American.' "

And I don't like that.

It's my lady professor's fault. She makes little quote marks with her hands every time she says anything having to do with being "American"--including "America" "Discovering America" "American Culture" and "The All-American meal from McDonald's except that I'm not sure if it's still called that."

But regardless if it's in quotes or not, I still see myself as a good American.

And as a good American, I went out and voted yesterday--twice.

You see, I had pre-registered because registering at the polls is for suckers and Drew.

So I went up to the lady at the desk and was like, "Hey lady, I need a ballot."

(No, she was really old and really nice, so I didn't really say that to her. I said, "Hey old lady...")

She asked for my name and then started flipping through her pages.

Then she asked for my name again. (Haha, crazy old lady.) So I told her again.

"And where do you live?" she asked. So I told her.

"And what's your name again?"

Growing a little tired of the old-lady questions, I looked at her sheet, and then I understood her confusion.

I guess there are two Reini's that live in Bemidji. Furthermore, there are two Reini's that live in my dorm room. One is Aaron R Reini. And the other is Arron K. Reini.

Huh.

So, naturally, I voted twice.

(No, I chickened out, though I probably could've tricked the old lady into letting me. I did get two "I voted" stickers. One went onto my ubiquitous hat, and the other onto my smelly sweatshirt.)

But it is nice to know that when I'm running from the law someday, I'll have a reliable alias to fall back on.

After all, would anyone think that Aaron Reini would be stupid enough to pick an alias that was "Arron Reini"?

I'd be stupid not to.

Well, that, or I'd pick "Lazar Wolf" because at least then no one would have a picture of me.