Voting Schmoting

I voted yesterday. Honestly if there had been a slight chance of me standing in line for anywhere near an hour I probably would have skipped it. But I went at 2pm and walked right up to the N-Z table, got checked in and waited 2 minutes for a machine to open up. In almost exactly 10 minutes I had left my house, voted and made it to the gym parking lot. I felt badly for those who were in line for 3 hours. Heck, my mom and grandmother went at 10am and had to wait an hour. This was my second time voting ever. I voted in the primaries and then again yesterday. I still have this overwhelming feeling of 'what was the point?' I lived in California which was a mainly Democratic state so it never mattered who I voted for there. I now live in South Carolina which is a mainly Republican state so it doesn't seem to matter here either. It'd be cool to live in one of the too-close-to-call swing states.

Anyway, in the spirit of the elections I need y'alls help with something. I've tasked myself with baking a sweet potato pie for Thanksgiving. I don't actually like sweet potatoes so I have no preference for how it gets made. But I found some cool recipes yesterday so I was hoping you guys could check them out and let me know which one sounds good to you.

• Sweet Potato-Bourbon Tart
• Reggie's Sweet Potato Pie (I'm not sure who Reggie is but he calls for sweetened condensed milk AND heavy cream; this makes me want to know Reggie on a personal level)
• Sweet Potato Praline Cloud Pie (just the title of this makes me want to slap my granny and call it a day)

OH!!! I have a warning. I watched The Happening last night. It was not good. The dialogue was corny, the acting was thin and the ending wasn't as cool as it could have been. I have more to say about it but I don't want to ruin it for anyone who really wants to see it.