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If you’re an American living overseas and you haven’t registered to vote yet, you need to do it NOW. Deadlines are looming in a lot of states. And don’t feel stupid if you don’t know what to do. (I’ve had a couple emails from people asking about the process.) Go to the Federal Voting Assistance Program and check out their information for Absentee Voting for Overseas Citizens. Or if you want something even simpler, go to Vote From Abroad and follow their online wizard. It’ll generate a PDF for you to send in with all the relevant instructions. NOW GET GOING, THIS IS IMPORTANT!

Job news: On Friday I was officially welcomed to my first meeting as part of the Product Management team. Nice! (I’m still technically a Software Engineer half of the week.) I’ve been helping out to finish a lot of specifications (use case diagrams, wireframes, etc), which means I actually get to use the stuff I learned in my training course this month. It’s very exciting! Friday afternoon we had an Oktoberfest party that involved kegs of beer from Löwenbrau, oom-pah music, and managers dressed in lederhösen. Yeah. Those liter steins of beer are why I didn’t post for 48 hours…

Ha! I just watched the second Twilight teaser trailer and suddenly realized that evil James is Volchok! The evil surfer who killed Marissa on The O.C.! THAT’S AWESOME. (Hm. I wonder if Bella will be as annoying as Marissa. Quite possibly.)

Duuuuuuuuuuude! The World’s Largest Flip Cup Tournament will be taking place in New York next month. If I were in the US, I would absolutely be trying to talk Kel, Crawf, Pants, and RT into entering. AND WE’D WIN.

Colour palettes from Vincent van Gogh. Nice. Makes me want to redesign my website!