January 31, 2008

Best line in the debate tonight:

Senator Clinton, in response to a question about how she can say she will bring about change when either a Bush or a Clinton has been in office for the past twenty years, said "It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and it will take another Clinton to clean up after the second one."

The crowd erupted in applause!

January 25, 2008

At left: Honolulu from Diamond Head Crater.

Friday Night Lights update: I have said it before and I will say it again, how much I dig this show. And it's about the only scripted show on TV right now that has new episodes!! I highly recommend getting the first season on DVD to catch up with the back stories on all the characters. But anyway, the updates are that last week's episode featured one actor from the late Veronica Mars, Francis Capra (playing a "thug" in both parts - though his character on VM was quite multi-layered), and one actor from the late Gilmore Girls, the dude who played Rory's rich boyfriend. He's playing a pastor of a mega-church on Friday Night Lights!! Crazy. But the craziest news, in which Ladyfest Texas alumni will be most interested, is that this week's episode introduced a new minor character played by none other than Brea Grant! She had like three scenes, and lots of lines. I recognized her after about 30 seconds, and won a $20 bet with M. that it was her. She looked awesome. Perfect for playing a quirky-nerdy-hipster high school student. Yay for Brea!

January 9, 2008

It has been a month of technological upgrades for me. Not one that could ever ever be mistaken for an early adopter, I have finally replaced my nearly four-year old basic cell phone with one that actually has an LED display and can download ringtones (currently it's Sheena Is A Punk Rocker), replaced the five-and-a-half year old laptop, traded my 15-year old TV to Reluctant Texan for a bigger old-school TV, and got a DVR. Next I plan to buy a new bike to replace the one that got stolen, and work up the nerve to buy a new car and say good-bye to Zippy, who has served me virtually maintenance-free for the last ten years. Though he is not so zippy anymore, he will be tough to let go of.

But Holy Consumerism!! It's all been a bit overwhelming and unfamiliar.

Ok. But so, can someone please tell me why otherwise smart, progressive people are so smitten with Ron Paul? Does no one realize that this man is a conservative pro-life Republican from Texas?? There is some serious kool-aid drinking going on. Yeesh.