I have not yet begun to pack
So it’s interesting to me (in a kind of sad way) that the people of Iraq are so distrustful of their media that they believe rumors that American GI’s have x-ray sunglasses and underwear-based personal cooling units. Students of Engineering are convinced that they have these devices, when simple logic would tell them they can’t possibly have them. If we had x-ray sunglasses, wouldn’t we have found Saddam by now, in addition to every cache of weapons? Or maybe they’re just good for looking under women’s clothes, which seems to be a rather unhealthy obsession among the Iraqi people. Still, hook me up. Claims abound that the US soldiers are giving away packets of sweets with pornography inside. I bet it’s called Candi. (I smell sex and … caaaandy) Maybe these kids should stay away from Marcy Playground and go to another one.
Guess what? I’m going to rant about politics. And I’m going to enclose it in XML tags because I’m a dork like that.
Arnold Schwarzenegger (or however his last name is spelled) should not be Governor. Neither should Arianna Huffington. Nor D.L. Hughley. Nor Larry Flynt. Well, not for too long. And Gary Coleman? Come on. Fallen child stars are bad enough as it is. And Leo Gallagher? Jesus H. Christ, California, where is your sense? Give me a race between Riordan and Feinstein. Then we’ll have to talk about real issues and make real decisions, not vote for who our favorite entertainer is. We already did that. California government is not an awards show.
Arnold should not be governor if he cites anything from a movie, especially the Terminator series. If he proves to be skilled at gubernatorial administration, he’s got a chance. If he’s any further right than a moderate conservative, he’s lost my vote. I’m kind of looking forward to hearing his position on things. Illegal aliens? Vhat? Aaliens? GET DOWN! I WILL SHOOOT THEM! Everyone makes mistakes, though being Kindergarten Cop doesn’t qualify one to make laws.
Arianna Huffington just sounds like a stripper name. She’s a political commentator (commentor?), and thus knows everything about everything until it comes to the actual application. Like a UC education. As they say, in theory there’s no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
While Cruz Bustamante is potentially committing political suicide, he’s still got my vote so far. I met him a while back, and he seemed tuned in to things that matter to me (e.g. student fees, and maintaining their low-ness)
I’m not quite sure if I want to see Larry Flynt get the governorship just because I want him to fail or because I think it would be funny to watch a wheelchair-bound professional pervert try to run a state. (”No, I’m all for women’s rights… and lefts… and fronts… and backs”) Try explaining to your kid how he can’t buy porn until he’s 18, but there’s a smutlord running his state. Smutlord, that’s a good word. Of course, smut is just a fun word. Smut smut smut. Looks funny, doesn’t it? And from on high, God smut the infidels. Or is it smote? Or smited? but I digress.
I’ve been halfway considering running for Governor. No, I don’t think I have a chance of winning, but I probably have just as much as any other Libertarian candidates. At least the ones that aren’t sitting at home polishing their guns muttering incoherently about the Man. Talk about a resume booster… ‘Gubernatorial Candidate, 2003′ Yeah, I haven’t finished my degree, and I have very little industry experience, but I ran for governor and got thirty votes. And those are just my friends that wanted to be jackasses and old people that marked the wrong box. I’d appear right next to Bill Simon if it wasn’t sorted by party. Talk about coattail campaigns.
I’d run on a platform of basic good and evil. “I support the aims of good, and denounce the ways of evil”, I’d comment at the news conference, “I think this state needs responsible, competent leadership, and if you find some, please be sure to tell me.” Look for a gubernatorial candidacy site in the near future, probably after I get back to San Diego.
Last year, I did this project for my Political Science class (if you can, take a class from Julie Sullivan. She’s awesome.) The assignment was to create a political advertisement or website. Guess what I picked. So I put Hef up for governor. Little did I know that I wasn’t far off. As my disclaimer says, the whole thing is a lie, so no one can sue me. Take a look at my stunning four hours of work. Most of that time was spent finding a picture of Hef that was big enough. I ended up scanning one out of Maxim, from some alcohol ad. How weird is it that I was going to make a site for Arnold for Governor, but couldn’t find a picture that worked?
In relevant news, we went to see Blue Man Group last night. They simply kick ass. I suggest everyone see the show. One of their opening acts, Venus Hum seems to be quite a neat group. They use PowerBooks. Check out the song Hummingbirds at Launch. It’s like … electronica with soul. ATC meets Aphex Twin meets some really good soulful diva. Sorry, I’m not up on my divas. I don’t track these people. I’m so buying the Venus Hum album though. Weird, huh? I actually do buy some music. And they walk that line between angsty and geeky and mainstream very well.
The other opening act for Blue Man Group was some lady named Tracy something that likes to assault violins. I don’t know if Adrian reads this, but I’m pretty sure violins weren’t meant to be played that way. She broke her bow. Rock stars break their guitars, but I haven’t ever heard of Rock Violin. Her voice was shrill. Maybe it was the sound balance, but I think it would be alright through studio editing. She reminded me of Yoko Ono or something. But not *as* bad.
The fact remains that Blue Man Group just rocks. What else can I say? Mute blue clowns pounding on garden pipe. Sounds stupid, but it’s not. Very not. I will not pay attention to the candy-ass sign on the right.
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Sly song reference of the day:
Irony does not mean simply, “things that suck.” For example, if it were to rain on your wedding day, that would suck, but it would not be ironic. A better example of irony would be to write a song with irony as its topic, and then to list a bunch of events that aren’t at all ironic. Don’t ya think?
-www.soyouwanna.com
Anyone see anything wrong with this sentence?
“Bill Simon surprised many when he defeated Republican moderate — and Bush favorite — Tom Riordan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. ” — thanks, CNN. Love the accuracy.
Song of the day: Venus Hum - Hummingbirds
