Lame title, maybe, but just deal =) it'll all make sense, eventually, haha.
U2 is playing at the Rose Bowl tonight, and I'm not there! Life is so not fair sometimes. But on the plus side, I'm sitting here at my computer, watching the live stream on youtube. In a way, it's better than actually being there, becuase with the 90,000+ people there, I'm sure I wouldn't have seen a thing. Add to that the fact that U2 has lovely camera people (do you know how rare that is at concerts?) and that my little geeky self is loving the lens flares, you have a pretty happy Anya, all around. Bono is funny, the stage is amazing beyond words, and the band overall is perfectly top-notch. I'm crossing my fingers that they'll play "New Year's Day", but I was looking through old set lists and they haven't recently =( In any case, I can't wait for the DVD of this!
My friends got me totally, utterly, helplessly addicted to Law & Order: SVU. Thanks a lot, you guys . . . I won't be doing reviews for each individual episode (I wish I had that much free time!) but I'll do a recap at the end of each season, 'kay? 'Kay good. I watched the first four episodes this weekend . . . Olivia Benson is fast becoming one of my favorite TV characters, period.
I finally finished watching Atlantis Season 3!! So now I have three more episodes to review, and then I can cross something off my to-do list! =) Review for "Sunday" is finally up on my website, check here.
A few words of advice: naps are not just for little kids, they are lovely for everyone. Just don't take them on couches in hotel lobbies while waiting for your sisters to dance at a feis. The people who work there tend to be rather unamused. Um. Yeah. Story of my weekend . . .
Anyway, that's all for now, since I'm beyond tired, but check back soon for some more politics-related stuff, rather than just my random ramblings =)
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Things Wrong With The World, Part 2
This was originally going to be in honor of Banned Books Week, a rant about censorship and stupidity, and the futility of trying to keep knowledge from children. Well, I kinda missed that train (stupid.schoolwork.takes.over.my.life.) but I'll just incorporate that into a larger rant.
I was driving with my mom the other day (well, fine, my mother was driving, but hey) and I just happened to look out my window. The woman in the SUV next to us had about six bobby pins in her mouth and both her hands were occupied with putting up her hair. Going sixty miles an hour. On the freeway. Are you trying to get someone killed? I know people in LA can't drive, but this is really taking it too far.
Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. For, um, making nice speeches about "hope" and "change" and being an optimist? Because that's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure there were plenty of other people who have sacrificed much more and accomplished better things that this prize could have gone to. And as much as I love my country and think President Obama is pretty cool, I would have much rather have seen this be awarded to him in a few years' time, when he's made genuine progress on his Middle Eastern peace initiatives. This lovely New York Times columnist has written what I think to be the perfect speech for Obama to give at the ceremony in December.
NASA crashed a spaceship into the moon to look for water vapor. And practically no one cared. Except the scientists. And me. What's up with people? This is the future we're talking about!
Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck are pathetic excuses for human beings, just like FOX news is an insult to good journalism. Honestly, it's people and organizations like this that give all Republicans a bad name. I laughed when I saw that the White House was treating FOX like part of the "political opposition", because .... they so are. Really. And as for some of Anita Dunn's comments . . . wow, remind me to never get on her bad side!
I'm still shocked by the amount of incivility and childishness that our Congresspeople demonstrate. California's Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano thinks it's perfectly appropriate to yell "You lie!" at Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with several other unreapeatable things. Sheesh, all the governor did was show up at a fundraiser. A Democratic one, to be sure, and he's certainly made many of us Democrats angry, but there's no excuse for saying what he did. And then a senator says that Republican opposition to healthcare reform just means they wan't people to "die slowly". True? Possibly. Inappropriate? Oh yes indeed. And if that wasn't enough, a representative finishes up his rebuttal against a House colleague by cussing him out. That's practically beyond ridiculous. I mean, no wonder Congress never gets anything done, everyone is too busy fighting. I cant believe people think that it's okay to say these things. Because it's not. I have the urge to go up to some of these people and shove a bar of soap in their mouths, because these people need a good mouthwashing.
And finally, Pepsi wins the Bad Taste award of the month for it's iPhone app, designed to help men "score" women. It's rude, it's degrading, it stereotypes women, and as a joke, it goes way too far. What happened to Apple's famed "app approval process" (oooh, alliteration skillz xD) which is criticized for being to harsh but lets something like this slip through? Not okay.
I was driving with my mom the other day (well, fine, my mother was driving, but hey) and I just happened to look out my window. The woman in the SUV next to us had about six bobby pins in her mouth and both her hands were occupied with putting up her hair. Going sixty miles an hour. On the freeway. Are you trying to get someone killed? I know people in LA can't drive, but this is really taking it too far.
Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. For, um, making nice speeches about "hope" and "change" and being an optimist? Because that's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure there were plenty of other people who have sacrificed much more and accomplished better things that this prize could have gone to. And as much as I love my country and think President Obama is pretty cool, I would have much rather have seen this be awarded to him in a few years' time, when he's made genuine progress on his Middle Eastern peace initiatives. This lovely New York Times columnist has written what I think to be the perfect speech for Obama to give at the ceremony in December.
NASA crashed a spaceship into the moon to look for water vapor. And practically no one cared. Except the scientists. And me. What's up with people? This is the future we're talking about!
Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck are pathetic excuses for human beings, just like FOX news is an insult to good journalism. Honestly, it's people and organizations like this that give all Republicans a bad name. I laughed when I saw that the White House was treating FOX like part of the "political opposition", because .... they so are. Really. And as for some of Anita Dunn's comments . . . wow, remind me to never get on her bad side!
I'm still shocked by the amount of incivility and childishness that our Congresspeople demonstrate. California's Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano thinks it's perfectly appropriate to yell "You lie!" at Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, along with several other unreapeatable things. Sheesh, all the governor did was show up at a fundraiser. A Democratic one, to be sure, and he's certainly made many of us Democrats angry, but there's no excuse for saying what he did. And then a senator says that Republican opposition to healthcare reform just means they wan't people to "die slowly". True? Possibly. Inappropriate? Oh yes indeed. And if that wasn't enough, a representative finishes up his rebuttal against a House colleague by cussing him out. That's practically beyond ridiculous. I mean, no wonder Congress never gets anything done, everyone is too busy fighting. I cant believe people think that it's okay to say these things. Because it's not. I have the urge to go up to some of these people and shove a bar of soap in their mouths, because these people need a good mouthwashing.
And finally, Pepsi wins the Bad Taste award of the month for it's iPhone app, designed to help men "score" women. It's rude, it's degrading, it stereotypes women, and as a joke, it goes way too far. What happened to Apple's famed "app approval process" (oooh, alliteration skillz xD) which is criticized for being to harsh but lets something like this slip through? Not okay.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
In Your Place: Randomz
I made it my mission a bit ago to find Republicans With Brains (they get capital letters in their title 'cause they're just that rare, y'know?). Actually, Ash kinda inspired me to go on that search. I found two: Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, two lovely senators from Maine who care about things like bailout packages, social equality, and affordable healthcare. Kudos to them for knowing when to drop the party line.
I want a Kindle. And an iPhone. And a tablet. Why do all the best things in life come with such huge pricetags? Apple should hurry up and release their tablet . . . but if it's just a large-scale iTouch, I will be quite unhappy. On the subject of computer-y things, I have a newfound respect for Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator (we're using them a lot in designing our yearbook). I'll still take GIMP over Photoshop any day, but I haven't found anything to compare to Illustrator or InDesign (my dad thinks I'm a bit crazy. He says, "why would you want software you have to pay for?"
I love Nancy Pelosi. She doesn't stand stupidity from anyone, and when told by a senior army figure that she needs to be put "in her place" she responds with "I am in my place". And her place just so happens to be Speaker of the House of Representatives. I approve =) There needs to be more people like her in Congress. Maybe then things would actually get done in an orderly fashion.
Speaking of, I'm in my place right now . . . watching Stargate Atlantis and "doing schoolwork". I suppose I have to get back to the second part of that now (though the schoolwork is the reason I have to multi-task and watch SGA at the same time, because it's taking me three months to watch four episodes. Sheesh). Catch ya on the flip side! =)
I want a Kindle. And an iPhone. And a tablet. Why do all the best things in life come with such huge pricetags? Apple should hurry up and release their tablet . . . but if it's just a large-scale iTouch, I will be quite unhappy. On the subject of computer-y things, I have a newfound respect for Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator (we're using them a lot in designing our yearbook). I'll still take GIMP over Photoshop any day, but I haven't found anything to compare to Illustrator or InDesign (my dad thinks I'm a bit crazy. He says, "why would you want software you have to pay for?"
I love Nancy Pelosi. She doesn't stand stupidity from anyone, and when told by a senior army figure that she needs to be put "in her place" she responds with "I am in my place". And her place just so happens to be Speaker of the House of Representatives. I approve =) There needs to be more people like her in Congress. Maybe then things would actually get done in an orderly fashion.
Speaking of, I'm in my place right now . . . watching Stargate Atlantis and "doing schoolwork". I suppose I have to get back to the second part of that now (though the schoolwork is the reason I have to multi-task and watch SGA at the same time, because it's taking me three months to watch four episodes. Sheesh). Catch ya on the flip side! =)
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