I forgot the Hump Day Cry Face! The photo below is not an entire photo of Cry Faces, but I love it anyway. It’s one of those photos where everyone does their own pose, and my dear friend Brenna (fourth from right, sort of in the background) made me so proud by throwing in a good old CF:
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I just discovered that I have frighteningly little money in my bank account, so instead of buying songs on iTunes I have been watching YouTube videos on repeat. Here’s my latest fave:
Can someone explain to me why watching this video renders me hopelessly in love with a sweaty, skinny British dude with screwy teeth? Anyone?
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I told you waking up on Wednesday morning would feel good.
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I just finished writing a shitty rough draft of my paper, as Anne Lamott would have advised me to do, and then I stalked around the Internets for a while and got myself crazy nervous about the election. Just think! At this time tomorrow, we will (hopefully?) know who our next president is! HOW FREAKED OUT AND NERVOUS AND EXCITED ARE YOU?!!
I can’t promise that there will be any liveblogging on my end, and Kathleen will probably be really busy doing actual campaign stuff, but know that I will be, er, liveblogging in spirit? Really that means I will be drinking lots of wine and crying lot of tears (no matter who wins) and will not have access to my computer.
Let’s look at pictures of Barry and be happy:
And you know the drill, kids: don’t forget to vote!
See you on the flip side.
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I hate that I am posting so many article links without much commentary, but this is a pretty busy couple of days for me. Posting quick excerpts and links is a way for me to feel like I’m still involving myself and this blog in some sort of discussion, because obviously there are a LOT of things to be discussed right now.
MSNBC’S First Read had a blurb in its afternoon political roundup today that I found pretty compelling:
At a rally at the University of Maryland, Independent Party candidate Ralph Nader criticized the way the media covers the presidential race, citing the fact that Joe the Plumber has gotten more political coverage than the Nader-Gonzalez tandem.
Of course you could make a lot of points on either side of the question of Ralph v. Joe, but it’s a question worth thinking about. Read a little more here.
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My friends, you must read this. Ken Layne is my favorite Wonkette boyfriend and he is a genius:
This first decade of the 21st Century has not been very good for America. We have been terrorized at home, humiliated in war, humbled by Asia, surpassed by Europe, invaded by Mexico and laughed at by Canada.
We are also so much sicker and sadder and poorer than we were eight years ago.
The question, on November 4, is this: Are we man enough, as a nation, to admit things are just going to keep getting worse? Can we finally grimace into our national mirror and admit that we need someone to finish the job? Then let’s make John McCain, and then Sarah Palin, our president(s). Let’s do this right!
Experts say the United States is like a bus full of enraged cows teetering on the edge of a sea cliff, with swarms of bloodthirsty sharks circling the waters below. Tragically, the frightened and confused livestock are unable to tilt the bus over the cliff by themselves.
We can’t afford to prolong the misery. We can’t afford to elect some pie-in-the-sky character who appeals to our better instincts. We can’t afford to put aside ignorance and poverty.
We need to be pushed over that ledge.
John McCain for pre — okay I can’t even type that line, but you get the point.
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I believe I’ve mentioned this before, but when I’m bored doing work, I tend to spend a lot of time and money on iTunes. I was just suckered into buying like 300 Joshua Radin songs. I really, really love him. If you haven’t heard the song “The Fear You Won’t Fall,” you should probably find it and buy it right now. There’s not a good video of it online, and I refuse to not do it justice.
As a part of my Joshua binge, I Wikipedia-ed him and discovered that he and Zach Braff are good friends. Apparently Zach is kind of the reason he’s famous, because he got one of his songs to be on Scrubs. Isn’t that adorable? Sort of a Ben Affleck/Matt Damon-type story. Here’s a little photo of Joshua:
Another fun and adorable fact is that Joshua Radin played his song “Today” at Ellen and Portia de Rossi’s wedding. Apparently they turned down George Michael and Justine Timberlake and chose Joshua instead. Not to knock Joshua, but I don’t feel like that’s much of a competition when we’re talking about a wedding. “SexyBack” is not really my dream wedding song.
While I’m rambling, how much do you love Ellen? She is GREAT. I love how unabashedly awkward she is. The other day I was doing my laundry and watching her show, and I was literally glued to the television while holding my laundry basket because she was doing a skit where she went out with Paris Hilton and it was just HI-larious. Anyway.
So Joshua Radin. Love him. Here’s the newest song I’m playing on repeat. And the video was directed by Zach Braff:
Also, THE ELECTION IS TWO DAYS AWAY HOLY SHIIIIIIIT!!!
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