Thursday, January 31, 2008

I've been a bad, bad girl...

Have ya'll seen the new LOST "music videos" from abc promo monkeys?

I love it - - how funny. I especiallly like the song choices for the Locke & Kate videos.









Tuesday, January 29, 2008

"The Beginning of the End"

This post is actually serving as equal parts update (for the adoring masses, I'm sure) and a reminder list for myself. There is just so much happening these days. Wee!!

What was awesome:

1. Birthday festivities. Thanks, friends and lovers. I heart u all.

2. The "Blue State Ball" for air america minnesota. Really kind of a dumb event, but it was fun to do something different, jump into waiting limos instead of cabs, to see Al Franken and Ed Schultz and, of course, everything having to do with Stephanie Miller. (Stay tuned for some photo evidence.)

What will be awesome:

3. I'm starting a new class tomorrow, on literature of birth and death. I'm pretty excited about it for a few reasons: it's the mpls campus so I can leave work a bit early. grab a cup of coffee and a snack item and have a little down time before class. I've never really done it that way and I think it will be nice. Also, the professor is trying to get the Hennepin Co. coroner to come to class, which - as a stupidly, but consistently obsessed crime scene investigation show fan - thrills me.

4. Vegas, baby. Thank you, Janelle and friends, for the balls and the follow-thru to pull of a Vegas wedding. Mama loves it. Especially awesome, certainly, will be the thrill-rides/spa day on Friday. This is how we'll sound: AHHHHH! ahhhhhh.

5. TUESDAY! TUESDAY! TUESDAY! (In a monster truck show voice, of course. Try it.)
Super Tuesday, which will be oh so interesting, is right around the corner. I can hardly belize it, with all the buildup and hype. I just can't wait to see how it all turns out. Predictions?

6. And finally, OMFG, OMFG, OMFG: LOST, S4 premiere. mere days - hours, even - away. I can barely handle it.

See? Seriously, so much happening. We are so totally extreme.

Ciao, buddies.
-Nina

P.S. LOSTfans, here's a nice little collection of all of the "mobisodes" (mini-episodes, created by the actual creators+ of LOST) in case you missed them or are not as painfully dorky as me.

Some interesting ones, some meh ones. The last one, however, is quite the head-scratcher...

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

15% Guiliani and 13% Huckabee, btw.

anyone else totally obsessed with election coverage right now? I KNOW it's too early, I KNOW it's over hyped, I KNOW it is an admission of my incredible dorkiness... but I just can't help it.

seriously, this shit is interesting. and this is the first time I've felt so undecided. I mean, not undecided on the question of dem v. republican (nfs), but which dem I prefer. I like a lot about all of them. I honestly don't know what I'd do if I had to vote tomorrow. I'm not complaining; I do not see this as a bad problem to have right now.

I've taken some tests like this one:


(63% Clinton, 60% Obama, 58% Edwards)

I know they are wild oversimplifications, but I sort of like those little quizzes because they are about issues and not personality, which - wow - is turning out to mean everything these days, isn't it? The I just don't like her but I don't know why if pressed to come up with an answer factor is strong here. As is the he seems like a real regular, likable guy, especially when compared to the slippery fools surrounding him theme.

I like the shift to "change" that the rhetoric has taken. although it became almost painfully ubiquitous within a matter of minutes after Obama's amazing Iowa victory speech, it's the right idea. we can fix this mess... let's stop giving up all hope on this country and remember what makes it great... all that. good stuff.


and then there's the other side. their whole field is a total joke. and it's my new favorite joke - - even better than the best ever man with no arms and no legs jokes. Phil, definitely.

ciao, buddies.
-Nina