Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Current Events
Some stuff has happened.
The Oscars, for instance. Wealthy white people sat in a room and gave each other little gold statues. Lady Gaga sang The Sound of Music for some reason, and there was extended business involving Octavia Spencer. People screamed "who are you wearing?" at strangers without being jailed. Neil Patrick Harris took his inoffensive blandness all the way to eleven.
Former Roommate Liz skyped in from Maine for the occasion. Fun fact: they do have television in Maine. But not God. Jokes were made about people's apparel. Oddly enough, Maine's version of the Oscars seemed to be a few seconds ahead of ours. Which of course makes one wonder if they faked the whole thing on a soundstage somewhere. I refuse to believe that Eddie Redmayne is an actual person.
I also had election duty. Precincts were visited, votes were cast. (Not votes plural by me, thank you very much. I limit myself to one.) The far north side was very lucky to have me. Bonus? We found a shopping plaza with a Five Guys and a Chipotle. And an Olive Garden, if we want to get crazy. Democracy has never seemed so plausible.
Some stuff has happened.
The Oscars, for instance. Wealthy white people sat in a room and gave each other little gold statues. Lady Gaga sang The Sound of Music for some reason, and there was extended business involving Octavia Spencer. People screamed "who are you wearing?" at strangers without being jailed. Neil Patrick Harris took his inoffensive blandness all the way to eleven.
Former Roommate Liz skyped in from Maine for the occasion. Fun fact: they do have television in Maine. But not God. Jokes were made about people's apparel. Oddly enough, Maine's version of the Oscars seemed to be a few seconds ahead of ours. Which of course makes one wonder if they faked the whole thing on a soundstage somewhere. I refuse to believe that Eddie Redmayne is an actual person.
I also had election duty. Precincts were visited, votes were cast. (Not votes plural by me, thank you very much. I limit myself to one.) The far north side was very lucky to have me. Bonus? We found a shopping plaza with a Five Guys and a Chipotle. And an Olive Garden, if we want to get crazy. Democracy has never seemed so plausible.
