Meryl (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cassius614) wrote,@ 2006-11-08 01:27:00 |
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Stuff
I feel like such a delinquent lj-poster - I haven't had a substantive post in ages. Who am I kidding, this probably won't be substantive either!
(Trying to do this in chronological order, so people desiring to skip to Election Day commentary can skip to the end right now.)
First Quiz Bowl practice. I don't predict that I shall enjoy practices as much this year as I have in the past. I feel like I should only whet my skill on my opponents, not teammates! Plus, I have a lot of experience, and I practice at home, so practices are not as necessary as they used to be. I mostly just want to get to our first competition this weekend, where we can safely expect to kick some ass!!
Saw Spamalot with Alex this past Sunday, it was really fun! I love all the allusions to other shows, especially since I understood a few of them (there was a reference to A Chorus Line and a reference to Les Mis, among others that I didn't catch, I'm sure). Quite the fun musical, though there was no plot. But lots of Monty Python weirdness, which is exactly what you go to Spamalot to see!
Got a math problem set back from my online class - this class is seriously a religious experience. I worship these guys, they're so freaking brilliant! I practically have doubled my knowledge of math in the past months alone - and I started out with a sizeable amount of knowledge in that area to begin with.
Saw The Prestige today with Justine - go see this movie, it's quite good. But go with a friend, because the only way we were able to figure out the crazy plot twists was to bounce ideas off each other until we understood what the hell was going on. It's so bizarre - in the first two minutes, you think, "um, so we know how it ends". But then you realize, "oh wow. we really don't." It's insane! After I got home from the movie, I fought a small battle with my parents on this issue: I think Bradley Whitford and Hugh Jackman share 99% of their facial structure. Seriously. They do. My parents disagree. I swear, if you're a West Wing fan and you watch this film (or even a trailer!), you'll see the resemblance.
All right - Election Night! I'm not quite breaking out the champagne just yet, but it looks like the Dems can do it. I actually just heard that Webb pulled ahead of Allen for the first time just two seconds ago, so I'm quite psyched. Finally! The power of the subpeona. Let's watch the political defacation interface with the ventilator! Speaker Pelosi! On another note - did anyone else see Rick Santorum's concession? What a show... the 96 kids, all crying, the nice wife, the trite mention of God... the cheesy congratulations to the victor...everything so obviously manufactured. Clinton's victory address was much cooler - slick political rhetoric yes, but at least she was aggressive. And she clearly has Bill whipped. Just saying.
John Stewart and Stephen Colbert once again kick ass in their snazzy coverage - I thoroughly enjoyed Colbert's angry walk-out once the House was called. I remember feeling that exact same way when I was trapped in a chem class with two arch-conservatives as Kerry conceded on TV (our sub let us watch). Doesn't feel so nice, does it, Republicans? I'd say the Dems can't do any worse than the Repubs have done recently, but we all know not to say silly things like that so I won't.
~M. :-)
I feel like such a delinquent lj-poster - I haven't had a substantive post in ages. Who am I kidding, this probably won't be substantive either!
(Trying to do this in chronological order, so people desiring to skip to Election Day commentary can skip to the end right now.)
First Quiz Bowl practice. I don't predict that I shall enjoy practices as much this year as I have in the past. I feel like I should only whet my skill on my opponents, not teammates! Plus, I have a lot of experience, and I practice at home, so practices are not as necessary as they used to be. I mostly just want to get to our first competition this weekend, where we can safely expect to kick some ass!!
Saw Spamalot with Alex this past Sunday, it was really fun! I love all the allusions to other shows, especially since I understood a few of them (there was a reference to A Chorus Line and a reference to Les Mis, among others that I didn't catch, I'm sure). Quite the fun musical, though there was no plot. But lots of Monty Python weirdness, which is exactly what you go to Spamalot to see!
Got a math problem set back from my online class - this class is seriously a religious experience. I worship these guys, they're so freaking brilliant! I practically have doubled my knowledge of math in the past months alone - and I started out with a sizeable amount of knowledge in that area to begin with.
Saw The Prestige today with Justine - go see this movie, it's quite good. But go with a friend, because the only way we were able to figure out the crazy plot twists was to bounce ideas off each other until we understood what the hell was going on. It's so bizarre - in the first two minutes, you think, "um, so we know how it ends". But then you realize, "oh wow. we really don't." It's insane! After I got home from the movie, I fought a small battle with my parents on this issue: I think Bradley Whitford and Hugh Jackman share 99% of their facial structure. Seriously. They do. My parents disagree. I swear, if you're a West Wing fan and you watch this film (or even a trailer!), you'll see the resemblance.
All right - Election Night! I'm not quite breaking out the champagne just yet, but it looks like the Dems can do it. I actually just heard that Webb pulled ahead of Allen for the first time just two seconds ago, so I'm quite psyched. Finally! The power of the subpeona. Let's watch the political defacation interface with the ventilator! Speaker Pelosi! On another note - did anyone else see Rick Santorum's concession? What a show... the 96 kids, all crying, the nice wife, the trite mention of God... the cheesy congratulations to the victor...everything so obviously manufactured. Clinton's victory address was much cooler - slick political rhetoric yes, but at least she was aggressive. And she clearly has Bill whipped. Just saying.
John Stewart and Stephen Colbert once again kick ass in their snazzy coverage - I thoroughly enjoyed Colbert's angry walk-out once the House was called. I remember feeling that exact same way when I was trapped in a chem class with two arch-conservatives as Kerry conceded on TV (our sub let us watch). Doesn't feel so nice, does it, Republicans? I'd say the Dems can't do any worse than the Repubs have done recently, but we all know not to say silly things like that so I won't.
~M. :-)
