Write your congressman, folks

The passports for me and The Boy haven't arrived yet. We applied for them in March, and still, nothing.

My sister's wedding is the first week in August, so you can see how we're in a bind.

Apparently the trick to getting your passports through the system are to write to your congressman or contact their office. Apparently they can help expedite things along.

Well, I'm sure they don't personally do it. I'm sure that their office staff takes care of it and stamps the congressperson's name on it. But still. They're the go-to guys for passport help.

So I just called my congressman (Anthony Weiner), and the people at his office were really, really nice. I guess I wouldn't expect them to be rude, although when I called Congresswoman Velazquez's office (by mistake), the person who first answered the phone sounded like they were chewing on something and angry at the same time. Huh.

Anyway, the very helpful, perky people at Mr. Weiner's office said to mail and/or fax them the details and they'd see what they could do. So that's done.

So I took a peak around at my congressman's website and discovered three things.

1) Damn. We have a kinda good lookin' Congressman. (Yes I am shallow).

2) I really, really like his politics. No to guns, yes to pro-choice, yes to the environment.

3) I will probably be voting for this guy next election. I need to register to vote in New York. I've been afraid because I don't know if it'll screw up my taxes or not. And I don't want to get pulled for jury duty. Jury duty scares me. Still, I need to vote.

*sigh*

Maybe I'll get Jury Duty on one of the days they're filming Law & Order and I'll get to see Jesse L. Martin.