Thursday, January 31, 2008

Someone Less Inspiring Julia Stiles

Warning. You are about to find out my political leanings. Like they were a big secret before, especially if any of you have met my brother, Jeremy.

I really don't like writing about politics, it's not as fun as the Rockies World Series blog I still need to write (I found a great video for it too), but I have been up sick to my stomach about this since Tuesday night, and I'm almost certain that I am taking crazy pills.

John McCain?!?! Really Florida?!?! John McCain of the McCain/Kennedy immigration reform bill that so many people called their representatives to oppose that the capitol's phone system was shut down?!?!

I also heard someone describe him as charismatic, and I heard him describe himself as inspiring, and that Mitt Romney was less than. Let's get this straight, his STORY is inspiring. The man? Well...you tell me if you don't think he's just a little fireball
ooozing with personality. That gold tie is a little flashy, and I will apologize because no one deserves to be in the same category as Julie Stiles on the inspirational issue. If you don't believe me go watch Save the Last Dance and The Prince and Me and see if you can muster up any emotion other than extreme hatred for the casting directors.

The other thing that really bothers me about this whole thing is that Giuliani is endorsing McCain. Does that make sense to anyone? I don't understand how someone like the mayor can base the majority of his campaign on an anti-spending platform and the most aggressive tax cut proposals of any of the other candidates, and then throws his full support behind the co-sponsor of a global warming bill that will cost tax payers 1.2 trillion dollars per year to lower co2 levels by .02 %.

I was watching the video of his official endorsement announcement and I had a few observations. Watch and then see if you agree with me.


Doesn't it look like McCain is holding a gun to Rudy's side? If we didn't see both of his hands at one time I would have believed it. Watch when Giuliani moves a little to the left McCain is leaning right with him. He even has that look in his eye, and he has the most nervous laugh when Giuliani says he'll help if Senator McCain wants him too. Then he keeps looking over Rudy's shoulder like he's checking his speech. Although he mostly does it after the phrase "50 states" is mentioned. It's almost as if he's saying, "50? Really? There's 50 now?"

Ok, I'm really sorry. I hate being a negative Nancy, but I'm just so disappointed with where the primary's are going. I started off with 5.5 candidates I could be happy about supporting (Ron Paul is the .5), and now I'm down to 1 I would be happy about supporting and 1 I support his abolition of the IRS but can't really get behind the no CIA or FBI thing. And then there are 2 candidates that I would really consider voting for Hillary Clinton instead of them.

I will end on an optimistic note because I really believe that everything will turn out alright in the end. I also think John McCain is a guy I wouldn't mind meeting and learning about his experiences (I'm really trying to think of nice things to say, it's so hard when I know his policies have been so bad.)

I can also feel good knowing that whoever I end up voting for next fall it will be a decision that I came to by learning all I could about each of the candidates. I'm now realizing why so many people hate politics, but I'm enjoying learning about how the greatest government on earth works, and occasionally doesn't work as well as I would like it to.

Monday, January 21, 2008

"I'll Be Bahck...And I am Bahck."

I know it's been about a million years since I wrote last. Here's the story.
Jan. 1: I got online to write my first blog post of the new year. It was a sunny January day, which is rare for Utah, and I had the working title of "2007 was Heaven, and 2008 will be at least as good as 2007 if I'm lucky." I was so optimistic for this new year, and as I went to type that statement my computer crashed. Oh yes, it was a complete and total crash. I spent 2 weeks trying to recover files and after finally recover all the important ones this weekend I did a complete reinstall of Windows. I've almost got every program reinstalled and I'm feeling pretty good.

Anyway, this is not as good as the first post I had planned but it should satisfy those of you who have whined about me not posting. Actually that's no one. Does anyone even read this anymore?

Here's something fun for this unbelievably boring post. My favorite show that is no longer on the air. No it's not Arrested Development, although that is pretty good. It's Daisy Does America. This was probably the funniest show on TV, but it only lasted one season. So sad.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Oh World Wide Walrus, What a Marvelous Thing You Are

So I've been really, really lazy with my blog post lately. In my defense I have been quite busy too, but mostly lazy. I actually started reading again and so I've forgotten how wonderful the internet is. Then I had Thanksgiving with the Scott family (Thanks again fro that I had a blast the food was fantastic!!!) and I was reminded of several crazy websites that are so much fun and that I needed to share.


By the way, the world wide walrus comes from Glenn Beck's Moron Trivia where he asked a convienience store worker what WWW stood for and he couldn't come up with the last W, and so Glenn Beck told him it was walrus, and the guy said, "oh yes, that's it."
Anyway, website #1!
Click here for the Gallery of Misused Quotes. grammar people, grammar. It's not your Grandma it's your grammar. "You're in" Bear Country .

Website #2
I really don't know where this came from but click here to see more pictures like these.















Website #3
You thought waking up the king was creepy, try the subserviant chicken!

Website #4
Ok this is not the funniest website in the world, but it's super cool because it has almost every sports logo ever. Including this one that would have been the Nordiques new logo if they hadn't become the Avalanche in '95.


Thanks for checking back this week. I promise I will get a post about the World Series even though I'm sure no one cares about it anymore, but I still do and I got some great pictures.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

Be Cool, Stay in School Kali

So tonight is the night of posts, which is because I've been a little behind. I'm also sure you are all dying to know what I have to say about the Rockies. I have to finish getting all my pictures uploaded, but hopefully I'll have something posted this weekend. I've also changed my colors back, but that's mainly cause I miss them, not because I'm disappointed about the Rockies.

Now to the point of my blog. Kali I know you hate school, as stated in this blog post, however, I was sitting at boring work today, angry at the stupid people who don't know how to read, and I just was thinking of all the reasons why school is awesome.

Here are the top 5:

5. You get to sleep in. I miss sleeping in more than anything. Since I've left school I can't even sleep in on the weekends. I have to wake up early, and it's horrible. Also you may miss the Office, but you can watch the Price is Right!

4. You get Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday off for Thanksgiving, and 2 weeks off for Christmas. I can't be home again this year for Thanksgiving because we're on the same schedule as the stock market and the day after is not a holiday. Maybe I should become a teacher.

3. You can wear comfortable clothes. Now I know you are always looking fabulous, but if you want to just wear a t-shirt and jeans one day, you can!

2. Mom and Dad are more willing to pay for things!! I guess this is also a benefit of being single, but I think that mainly comes from mom feeling sorry for me, and she thinks if she buys me clothes it will help me get a man. So the school thing is a much better excuse.

1. Making fun of the stupid people, unfashionable, or old people, in class is a lot more fun than having to deal with the these kinds of people who effect your work and waste your time. Vanessa and I also made fun of the smart kids. Maybe it was because we were mad because they killed the curve for us, but I'm pretty sure it was mainly because they kept asking stupid questions that kept us in class way longer than necessary.

Hang in there Kali! Enjoy it while you can, and just realize it will be over sooner than you think! Also, if they ever have take your sister to work day you can come, and you can see school is way better than what I do every day. Ok, so maybe that is a reason not to go to school, cause I'm not sure it really benefited me too much, but maybe someday. I promise this job is only temporary.

Da Da Deeeee Da Dab a Boo Hoo Hoo

Well yesterday I got to work and checked MSN like I normally do and I saw some very sad news.
Robert Goulet died. I know many of you only know him from the Will Ferrell skit, but there was far more to him than that. Well, I really only know the bits and pieces from the story I read, but by far the best commercial from the super bowl this year was the Emerald Nuts commercial.

Here are some videos to be a tribute to the man, the legend, Robert Goulet.



 

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