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Utterly. Speechless. And. Embarrassed.
Reason 34908234 I’m moving. Far, far away.
Edit: I can’t even express how incredibly awful and terrible and angry this makes me feel. GRRRRR.
Edit 2: No, really. I’m trying to think of something but all that comes through is a bad case of potty mouth.
Edit 3: Depressing.
Lavender! COME ON, PEOPLE!!!
I almost never ever watch, but when I do I usually get my butt kicked puh-rhetty darn bad. It’s refreshing when I get 10% of the questions right. I feel like I have some sort of greater purpose in life.
Anyway, no news to report so far. I really just wanted an excuse to post this picture somewhere.
It’s from a NYT article about facial yoga which is *kind of* interesting. I mostly just find that picture really funny.
And this:
A Darjeeling Limited Update, which has both old and new, somewhat interesting information. Like this:
But there are not that many laughs in The Darjeeling Limited, which in Anderson’s usual quirky style, features talking animals, lost parents and slightly deranged siblings. The brothers believe their father, played by Bill Murray-who went remarkably undiscovered in the two weeks he was shooting in Jodhpur-has been reborn as an albino leopard, and trace their mother to a convent where she teaches poor children.
Talking animals? Bill Murray as a talking animal? Bill Murray as Garfield in a Wes Anderson movie? Oh. Okay. This is the first I’ve heard of Murray, and it is yet to be confirmed on his imdb, but investigative reporting shall commence perhaps later or tomorrow. I’ll let you know. Or you can let me know. (So far my only confirmation is from a Livejournal post that contains the same article.)
Anyway, that’s all I have for you now. It’s time to watch The Guardian. Kevin Costner is bottom of the list for me and Ashton Kutcher is too goofy to be taken seriously sometimes. Should be excellent.
UPDATE: You know what was NOT excellent? The Guardian.
Allow The Great Jew Food Eating Fest 2007 to officially COMMENCE.
I got to my sweet, wonderful and hilarious Aunt Mary’s house and probably less than 4 minutes later I was at the kitchen table with a giant bowl of matzo ball soup and chicken salad.
Blugggghhh…
I’m off in a little bit here on my mini road trip from Columbus to Cincinnati. My rental car smells like mold, so I’ll have to pit stop on the way out and pick up something that will make this smell go away. Mapquest gives me just under two hours to get there, so let’s see how we do.
Not sure what my internets situation will be down there, so who knows what riveting, exhilirating and all-in-all crackerjack kinds of posts you can be expecting from me. We’ll see what happens upon arrival.
Other than that not much to report. Hopefully this changes.
Children, I am so very sorry that I am no good at this blogging business. You must forgive me and my absent minded self. Life has been rather crazy these past few days as this evening I am leaving on a jet plane. And I’m not sure when I’ll be back again. Actually, I do. Sometime next week. But that’s not important now. I’m on the hunt for employment, housing and a potential city I can soon call “home.” Fingers crossed, children. I’m incredibly nervous, very excited and all around an entire rainbow of emotions and energy.
But, for now, I owe you many things.
1. Phriday Foto:
I don’t know how that happened, but it did and I missed a Friday. So I will give you three from last week’s Archaeology session at Anthro/Expo.
Anthro Geeks Erica Jean (The lovely ASA VP and Anthro/Expo coordinator) and Traaacy (Birthday GIRL and my co-chair in planning the ASA Red Rock Archaeology field trip to Las Vegas!!!!!!)
Xenia explains to me how she’s making her obsidian hand axe.
Miss Brittany spins yarn from wool.
All very exciting. All very awesome.
2. My list of biggest fears ever has a new item.
1. Snakes.
2. Sharks.
3. Haunted houses/woods/places.
4. Cat People.
Post to be continued on le airplane. Much to discuss. Much to do.
I love when I forget that one of the funniest things that’s ever been made exists and I re-discover its greatness. I know we’ve all seen it a million times. But let’s see it once more. Watch it again, Sam.
I get happy when I see people getting involved in politics around a major election. It gives me a sense of hope that there are people out there who care and do participate, when the numbers can often times look shockingly weak.
I’ve not started to go the route of really “backing” a presidential for ‘08 yet, but rather am using this opportunity to keep my ears open and gather as much information as I can.
When the Dems took back Capitol Hill in November, I was excited for two reasons; One being that I was looking forward to actually seeing things get done in the better interest of the people, not just the people with deep pockets. Second, it was the first step to winning The White House in ‘08. It was time for Dems to really take matters into their own hands and make things happen. It is their duty now to make the country feel good about the party so that when a candidate is proposed in ‘08, the undecided vote may be slightly swayed by the good work of the last two years of good deeds on Capitol Hill. I believe this has been working, and perhaps faster than expected because of the massive hole that the GOP keeps digging for itself every few days.
Certainly I would stand full-force behind Barack Obama if he were to win the Democratic ticket. I love the man and his ideas and I find that he’s an incredibly bright mind with some wonderful plans, a strong foundation and the drive to get it done. He’s got charisma, and seems like an incredibly respectable man. I am slightly glad that what appeared to be his hype stage has started to die off because I think that what he’s saying will slowly become less processed and more organic.
Similarly, I’d vote for Hillary, not just because she’s married to one of my top five people of all time ever, but because I think she’s turning herself into a vehicle for change and progress, which is what I think we all need to see happen as soon as it can.
However, the concept of “electability” is constantly on my mind with these two candidates. Are we as a country that is ready to elect a woman? What about a non-white male? Do enough Americans hate Bill that they wouldn’t vote for Hillary just on that basic principal? You might be, but what about the other millions of Americans who get to have their say too?
It is with this that I felt particularly confident in John Edwards as a promising candidate.
I was unsure of Kerry in ‘04 until he picked Edwards as his running mate. Edwards, to me, speaks this version of what it means to be American that I love. His ideas on health care and poverty speaks 10 different kinds of sense to me and the fact that he’s been spending the last 2-ish years working on his humanitarian efforts around the world truly comes off as nothing short of wonderful. He’s one of the only candidates who is really mentioning our global responsibilities, especially in relation to Darfur, which is something I’ve been very appreciative of.
He seems like a man who loves his family, believes in himself and believes that there is still massive good to be done in this world, and on days when I feel dejected by the state of the world, that speaks to me and makes me happy and proud to support him.
That being said, I was heartbroken to hear about his wife Elizabeth. She seems like such a beautiful soul and a huge part of who he is, and the news about her cancer returning made me feel scared for her, and scared for the campaign. I didn’t expect them to continue the campaign, but they say they are. And this, to me, says quite loudly of the kind of man that John Edwards is. I got an e-mail yesterday from the Edwards mailing list I’m on:
Our campaign goes on and it goes on strongly. We are so proud of the campaign we are running—a campaign based on ideas and reaching out to people. This campaign is not about me or Elizabeth—it’s about all the people we have met these past few years and people like them all across America and the world—people worried about feeding and clothing their kids; people without health care; people facing hardships overseas.
Both of us are committed to this campaign. We’re committed to this cause and we’re committed to changing this country we love so much.
I would completely understand if he were to in fact suspend his campaign or put it on hiatus for the time being, but they’re not. It’s easy for a candidate to make a campaign about their name being on a bumper sticker, but to me this selfless act shows that the Edwards family realizes that this campaign is about so much more than John Edwards running for president. It embodies what this, and all elections should be about. Us. The people. This collective family of human beings that can face great adversity in a lifetime, or an 8 year period, but must learn to pick ourselves up and work to make things better than they were before.
I wish nothing but the best for John, Elizabeth and their family and find this form of dedication to a cause and nobleness to an idea, a shockingly beautiful thing and hope that others can realize the same.
It’s over and that’s all that really matters. I’ve got photos and videos (Including one of Dr. Boxt and Dr. Cohen using the atlatl. Hehehe)
Please excuse my crazy behavior and habits these past few weeks.
Now back to our “regularly” “scheduled” “program.”
Maybe.
Well, at least for a few days.
Thar be travelin’ ahead, kiddies.
In other news, I had a dream last night that I wrote and starred in an episode of The Office. Aside from making out with John Krasinski, twice (Well, once when he was Jim and once when he was John… swoooon), I was hanging out with Michael Scott and I wrote a really funny joke for him in the show. Perhaps the funniest line that he’s ever said on the show. And when I woke up at 3:30 in the morning, in my 3/4 still asleep state, I thought it was hilarious. I even wrote it down. But it’s really unfunny now when I think about it. And for some reason I’ve been thinking about it all day.
Anyway, what’s new with you?
“…To be the best Rickey Henderson that Rickey Henderson can, or will, or want to be, as Rickey Henderson qualifying in a Rickey Henderson-esque type of way…”
When I was born, my great-grandmother (Tata) sent my parents some money. And with that money my dad bought me my first baseball glove, because Tata loved baseball, especially the Yankees, where Rickey Henderson occupied Left Field for four seasons during the 80s. The glove lasted me from about age 4 to 6, but I later upgraded to my favorite baseball player, Darryl Strawberry, because if I remember correctly, I really liked his name. Come to think of it, this is how I formed most of my “favorite athletes” when I was younger. My two favorite basketball players were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (because Kareem sounded like cream cheese to me) and Magic Johnson, because who doesn’t love magic?
And that’s the Rickey Henderson post.
“Only the finest restaurant in town…”
Stay tuned, kids. We’ve got reviews of Wicked and 300 coming your way. Someday. Maybe. We’ll see.
Happy St. Pat’s Day. Be good 
Be green Be merry
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